Patent ID: 8185998

Claim:
A cosmetic applicator comprising two applicator parts, each having a head and a flat handle, wherein: the handle of each part is similarly shaped as having a wide major face and a narrow side face, wherein the wide major face has one or more magnetic components positioned over at least one of its length or its width, and wherein the narrow side face has one or more magnetic components positioned along its length; the two said applicator parts are arranged to be combinable in a first configuration with the two narrow side faces abutting and the heads side by side to form a single wide, flat head, and to be combinable in a second configuration with the two wide major faces abutting and the heads face to face to form a single flat head; the magnetic components in each of said applicator parts cooperate with magnetic components in the other part to hold the applicator parts together in both the first and the second configurations; at least one of the wide major faces and the narrow side faces comprises at least one relatively recessed portion, and the respective wide major face or narrow side face that abuts said at least one face comprises a relatively projecting portion that fits into said relatively recessed portion at an engaging location when the two parts are combined with those two faces abutting; and said engaging location being intermediate two of the corresponding cooperating magnetic components facilitating said abutting.