Methods and Apparatuses For Applying Eyelash Extensions

• US 20090217939A1
• Filed: 10/03/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Galleria Co (Agnaten SE)
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Rabe, Thomas Elliot, Wyatt, Peter Jonathan, Reeves, Kate, Ehrman, Matthew Clair, Dempsey, Nancy Taylor, Morys, Megan Mai, Beentje, Peter Paul, Moir, Robert Scadding, Marsh, Keri Ann
• Granted Patent: US 8,015,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/218
• CPC Class Codes: A41G 5/02 Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44017 with specific mounting means for attaching to rigid or semirigid supporting structure or structure-to-be-secured

Abstract

An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system that has a backbone and a backbone surface. A plurality of eyelash extensions are attached to the backbone. The applicator has a closure having a closure surface facing the backbone surface, and a pair of clips, each clip including a first arm, a second arm, and a pivot attached to the first arm and the second arm. A first holder is attached to each of the first arms to releasably attach the backbone to the first arms. Further there is a second holder attached to each of the second arms to releasably attach the closure to the second arms. The first and second arms are moveable between a first state wherein the first and second arms are spaced relative to each other and a second state wherein the first and second arms abut each other.

Claims

1. An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system comprising a backbone having a backbone surface, a plurality of eyelash extensions attached to the backbone and depending therefrom, and a closure having a closure surface facing the backbone surface, the applicator comprising:

a pair of clips, each clip including a first arm, a second arm, and a pivot attached to the first arm and the second arm;

a first holder attached to each of the first arms to releasably attach the backbone to the first arms; and

a second holder attached to each of the second arms to releasably attach the closure to the second arms,

the first and second arms moveable between a first state wherein the first and second arms are spaced relative to each other and a second state wherein the first and second arms abut each other.

2. An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system comprising a backbone having a backbone surface, a plurality of eyelash extensions attached to the backbone and depending therefrom, and a closure having a closure surface facing the backbone surface, the applicator comprising:

a frame having a first holder;

a track attached to the frame; and

a carrier having a second holder, and moveably mounted to the track for movement along the track between a first position wherein the first and second holders are spaced apart and a second position wherein the first and second holders abut,

the backbone being disposed on one of first holder and the second holder and the closure being disposed on the other of the first holder and the second holder.

3. An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system comprising a backbone having a backbone surface, a plurality of eyelash extensions attached to the backbone and depending therefrom, and a closure having a closure surface facing the backbone surface, the applicator comprising:

a frame having a holder with a first end and a second end spaced laterally from the first end;

a track attached to the frame; and

a cam having a cam surface that cooperates with the holder, and moveably mounted to the track for movement along the holder from the first end to the second end,

the movement of the cam relative to the holder causing the backbone to be moved in the direction of the closure as the cam moves along the holder from the first end to the second end.

4. An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system comprising a backbone having first and second ends and a backbone surface extending between the first and second ends, a plurality of eyelash extensions attached to the backbone and depending therefrom, and a closure having first and second ends and a closure surface extending between the first and second ends, the closure at attached to the backbone the first ends only, the applicator comprising:

a frame having a holder with a first end and a second end spaced laterally from the first end; and

a wedge with an open point in communication with an interior space,

the wedge moveably mounted to the frame between a first position wherein the open point is aligned with the first end of the holder and a second position wherein the open point is aligned with the second end of the holder.