Patent ID: 8777503

Claim:
An applicator for combing eyelashes and/or eyebrows and/or for applying a composition thereto, the applicator comprising a molded applicator member, comprising: a core of polygonal cross-section having a longitudinal axis, the cross section of the core being square, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal or octagonal; and rows of teeth being connected to respective longitudinal faces, the teeth extending outwards from the core, each of the rows of teeth comprising a first set of teeth extending along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the face and a second set of teeth extending along a second direction, forming an angle with the first direction, wherein the angle lies in a range of 20° to 80°, the teeth of each of the rows of teeth being disposed in a staggered configuration and two consecutive teeth of each of the rows of teeth being offset alternately on opposite sides of a separation surface, and the majority of the teeth having a length in the range 0.5 mm to 1.8 mm, the applicator member having a greatest transverse dimension, measured perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, that is less than 6 mm, on at least 70% of the length of the applicator member.