False eyelash applicator

• US 20050166939A1
• Filed: 01/24/2005
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anna D. Stroud
• Original Assignee: Anna D. Stroud
• Inventors: Stroud, Anna D.
• Application Number:
  US11/040,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20050166939A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/216
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/30 Masks for marking lips or eyelashes

Abstract

The false eyelash applicator is a generally U-shaped hand tool having two arms joined together by a middle portion. The arms are mirror images of each other and are parallel to the other. Each arm has an end, a neck section, and a handle section. The middle portion is flanked on each side by the handle sections of each arm. The ends have a width and a slightly concave edge that serves to hold the false eyelash. The width of the applicator'"'"'s ends permits the applicator to grasp up to about three-fourths of the false eyelash, and not just a few lashes, at one time for more accuracy. The applicator is constructed of flexible, resilient material to permit the applicator to be folded into its generally U-shaped configuration and be manipulated.

Claims

1. A false eyelash applicator, comprising:

a first arm;

a second arm; and

a resilient middle portion joined to each arm and shaped to a generally U-shaped configuration;

whereby the first arm and the second arm lie in parallel planes.

2. The false eyelash applicator of claim 1, wherein the applicator is made from stainless steel.

3. The false eyelash applicator of claim 1, wherein the applicator is made from resilient material.

4. The false eyelash applicator of claim 1, wherein each of the arms has an end, a neck section, and a handle section.

5. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein the end is generally T-shaped.

6. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein the end has a width of about ¾

″

at its widest part, whereby a user may grip several lashes of a false eyelash simultaneously.

7. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein the end has a slightly concave edge adapted to correspond to a natural curve of both the false eyelash and a user'"'"'s eyelid.

8. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein the neck section is disposed between the end and the handle section, the neck section having a width of about ¼

″ and

the handle section having a width of about ½

″

, thereby providing space for the user to manipulate the applicator with fingers and a thumb.

9. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein the neck section has a width, the end has a width and the handle section has a width, the width of the neck section being narrower than both the widths of the ends and the handle section permitting the user to view the false eyelash as the false eyelash is held by the applicator.

10. The false eyelash applicator of claim 4, wherein each of the ends has an edge face defining an elongated inner corner between the edge face and the inner surface of the arm, the applicator being adapted for gripping the false eyelash between the inner corners.

11. The false eyelash applicator of claim 10, wherein at least one of the ends is slightly bent towards the other end in order to ensure gripping the false eyelash between the inner corners.

12. The false eyelash applicator of claim 1, wherein the middle portion has a width of about 5/16″

.

13. The false eyelash applicator of claim 1, wherein the applicator in the U-shaped configuration is between about three and three-eights inches and three and one-half inches long, and about seven inches long from the end of the first arm to the end of the second arm when the applicator is in a pre-bent configuration.

14. A false eyelash applicator, comprising:

a first arm and a second arm, each of the arms having an end, a neck section, and a handle section, the ends having a broad T-shaped configuration defining a slightly concave edge face and elongate, arcuate inner corners at a junction of the edge faces and facing inner surfaces of the two arms; and

a U-shaped, resilient middle portion joined to each arm;

wherein the first arm and the second arm are mirror images and disposed parallel to each other, the applicator being adapted for gripping a substantial portion of a false eyelash between the inner corners of the first and second arms when the arms are squeezed towards each other.

15. A method of using the false eyelash applicator of claim 14, comprising the steps of:

(a) placing at least one finger on the first arm of the applicator and a thumb on the second arm;

(b) grasping a center region of lashes on a false eyelash, leaving opposing ends of the false eyelash extending from the ends of both the first arm and the second arm;

(c) applying adhesive to a base of the eyelash;

(d holding the eyelash until the adhesive becomes tacky;

(e) applying the base of the eyelashes toward a user'"'"'s eyelid;

(f) placing the base of the eyelashes close to roots of the user'"'"'s eyelid;

(g) pointing the middle portion of the applicator up and away from the user'"'"'s eyelid, thereby providing the user with an unobstructed view of the eyelid and causing the ends of the arms to automatically point down to the roots of the eyelid;

(h) identifying and affixing the center three-fourths of the false eyelash in the center of the eyelid, nearest the roots; and

(k) pressing down the ends of the false eyelash to the ends of the user'"'"'s root using tweezers.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the base of the false eyelashes are directed to the roots of the user'"'"'s eyelid at an angle.