MULTI-HEAD ARTIST AND MAKE-UP BRUSH

• US 20180116386A1
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Published: 05/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Darren Levy, Frank Levy
• Original Assignee: Darren Levy, Frank Levy
• Inventors: Levy, Darren, Levy, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 10,791,822 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/008 Pocket toiletry etuis
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/205 Radiation, e.g. UV, infrared
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/25 Kits
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 15/0091 Container, e.g. bag or box with a collection of various devices
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 17/065 Sterilising brushes; products integral with the brush for sterilising, e.g. tablets, rinse, disinfectant
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1046 Brush used for applying cosmetics bristles arrangements for cosmetic brushes A46B9/021
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/205 Artist paint brush, e.g. paint brushes that as a rule come to a point for fine work
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 5/0095 Removable or interchangeable brush heads
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/023 where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 7/04 interchangeably removable bristle carriers

Abstract

A make-up brush system includes a mandrel having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes. A plurality of make-up brushes is provided. Each of the plurality of make-up brushes includes a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel. The system also includes a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention. The case includes a tray supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case.

Claims

1. A make-up brush system, comprising:

an elongated mandrel shaped and dimensioned for handling by a make-up artist including a first end and a second end, the first end including a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes;

a plurality of make-up brushes, each of the plurality of make-up brushes including a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel; and

a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention, the case including a tray supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case.

3. The make-up brush system according to claim 1, wherein the second end of the mandrel is an elongated narrow member shaped and dimensioned for coupling with the second end of each of the plurality of make-up brushes.

5. The make-up brush system according to claim 1, wherein the coupling member at the second end of each of the plurality of make-up bushes includes a coupling recess shaped and dimensioned for receiving the second end of the mandrel in a mating configuration.

7. The make-up brush system according to claim 1, wherein the case includes a base and a cover.

8. The make-up brush system according to claim 7, wherein the base and cover are connected by a hinge allowing for the cover to move between an open configuration where the contents of the case are exposed and a closed configuration where the contents of the case are fully enclosed within the case.

9. The make-up brush system according to claim 7, wherein the tray is positioned within the base.

10. The make-up brush system according to claim 9, wherein the tray includes an upper support surface sitting above free edges of a side wall of the base.

12. The make-up brush system according to claim 1, wherein each of the retention recesses is shaped and dimensioned to frictionally hold a make-up brush and release the same when adequate force is applied.

13. The make-up brush system according to claim 1, wherein each of the retention recesses includes opposed side walls and a base connecting the opposed side walls, the opposed side walls and base defining a cavity shaped and dimensioned for receiving the make-up brush, wherein each of the retention recesses also includes a front end closed by a front wall and a rear end open for the passage of the second end of the mandrel into the recess, and ultimately into the coupling member and the second end of the make-up brush.

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