Patent ID: 8056569

Claim:
Applicator tip, adapted to be mounted at one lower end of a rod of an applicator of cosmetic products, wherein the other upper end of said rod being unitary with a manual prehension means for said applicator, comprising: a) an application means comprising a rigid core and a plurality of flexible projections, said plurality being adapted to hold a portion of said cosmetic product when said applicator tip is dipped into said cosmetic product, b) an axial handle member having an axial direction and comprising an upper end adapted to be fixedly mounted on said lower end of said rod through a fixation means, and operatively connected, through its lower end, with said core, said handle member and said core comprising a single-piece member, said assembled rod and axial handle member having said axial direction, and characterized in that: i) said core and said handle member constitute a molded portion of plastic material wherein said core is a core constituting substantially a truncated sphere of radius R, the truncation of said sphere corresponding to the junction of said core and handle member; ii) said application means comprises a plurality of N projections extending radially from the core of plastic material, said plurality of projections and said molded portion comprising a single-piece molded member; iii) said applicator tip having, along said axial direction, a length L 0 ranging from 10 mm to 30 mm, said application means having a length L 1 ranging from 4 mm to 15 mm and said axial handle member having a length L 2 ranging from 6 mm to 15 mm, wherein L 0 =L 1 +L 2 ; iv) said application means having a transverse width T, viewed in a transverse plane that is perpendicular to said axial direction, that varies as a function of the axial distance L ranging from 0 to L 1 , the function T=f(L) having a maximum value T 1 for said transverse width when L is between 0.3.L 1 and 0.7.L 1 .