Dual cosmetic applicator and container

• US 4,972,858 A
• Filed: 10/21/1988
• Issued: 11/27/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: FD Management, Inc. (Elizabeth Arden (Financing), Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Elizabeth Arden Company Division of Conopco Incorporated
• Inventors: Vasas, Martin M., Beck, Marlene
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LaViola, Jr., Frank A.
• Application Number:
  US07/260,950
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 132/216, 132/218, 132/310, 132/314, 132/320, 401/17, 401/18, 401/35, 401/36, 401/122, 401/126, 401/129, 15/184, 15/206, 15/207
• US Class Current: 132/218
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/24 Casings for two or more cosmetics
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/265 connected to the cap of the container
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 3/18 the bristles being fixed on or between belts or wires
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/021 arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow

Abstract

The invention provides a dual cosmetic applicator and container for applying cosmetic, especially mascara, to the eyelashes in which a pair of eyelash brushes engage each other on the inside of a container holding a quantity of cosmetic. When an eyelash brush is removed from the container its bristles rub against the bristles of the other brush so as to mix the cosmetic which is applied to the brush. This mixing action tends to thin thixotropic cosmetic like mascara, making application of mascara to the eyelashes easier.

Claims

1. A cosmetic applicator and container for use in the application of cosmetics, especially mascara, to eyelashes comprising:

a container for holding a quantity of cosmetic therein, having at least two openings, each opening for allowing access of an eyelash brush inside of the container, and

at least two cosmetic applicators, each cosmetic applicator comprising an eyelash brush and a means coupled to the brush for capping one of the respective openings, said eyelash brushes being removably inserted in the respective openings of said container and capped thereon, said eyelash brushes engaging each other inside the container and one of said brushes rubbing against another of said brushes upon removal from the container causing the cosmetic to mix in the vicinity of said brushes.

2. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 1 wherein the container is cylindrical and has two cosmetic applicators.

3. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 2 wherein the eyelash brush of one cosmetic applicator interfaces along substantially its entire longitudinal axial length with the eyelash brush of the other cosmetic applicator when the cap means of both cosmetic applicators are fastened onto the container.

4. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 3 wherein the container is provided with a wiping member on its inner surface near the vicinity of at least one opening.

5. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 4 wherein said wiping member is a cylindrical insert whose outer surface is fixedly attached to the inner surface of said container so as to define a bore of a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the eyelash brush of at least one cosmetic applicator, whereby when said eyelash brush is passed through said wiping member said eyelash brush engages said wiping member to remove excess mascara therefrom.

6. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 2 wherein the openings of the container are at opposite ends of the cylindrical container and wherein the eyelash brushes of each of the cosmetic applicators are positioned along substantially the same longitudinal axis when the cap means of both cosmetic applicators are capped onto the container.

7. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 6 wherein at least one eyelash brush is comprised of a plurality of resiliently flexible bristles which are arranged so as to define a plurality of closely spaced annular grooves.

8. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 1 which contains a quantity of mascara.

9. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 1 wherein said cap means are rotatably fastenable onto the container, whereby when a cap means is unfastened from the container by rotation its corresponding eyelash brush rubs against the eyelash brush of another cosmetic applicator to mix cosmetic between said eyelash brushes.

10. A mascara applicator and container for use in the application of mascara to eyelashes, comprising:

a container for holding a quantity of mascara therein, having at least two necks, each of said necks defining a bore for allowing access of an applicator wand inside of the container, each of said necks having a plurality of threads around the periphery thereof for allowing rotational coupling of each said necks with a cap means; and

at least two mascara applicators, each mascara applicator including an applicator wand, an eyelash brush, fixedly wrapped around the periphery of said wand at a free end segment thereof, and a cap means having a bore therein which terminates at a closed end of said cap means, said wand being attached to the closed end of the cap means at a non-free end of the wand, said cap means having a plurality of threads on the surface of its bore which are releasably engaged with the threads on a neck of the container, said applicator wands being removably inserted in the respective bores of said container and capped thereon, said eyelash brushes of at least two mascara applicators engaging each other inside of the container and one of said brushes rubbing against another of said brushes upon removal from the container causing the mascara to mix in the vicinity of said brushes.

11. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 10 wherein the container is cylindrical and has two necks and two mascara applicators.

12. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 11 wherein the eyelash brush of one mascara applicator interfaces along substantially its entire longitudinal axial length with the eyelash brush of a second mascara applicator when the cap means of both mascara applicators are fastened onto the container.

13. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 12 wherein the necks are at opposite ends of the cylindrical container and wherein the eyelash brushes of each of the mascara applicators are positioned along substantially the same longitudinal axis when the cap means of both mascara applicators are fastened onto the container.

14. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 13 wherein at least one eyelash brush is comprised of a plurality of resiliently flexible bristles which are arranged so as to define a plurality of closely spaced annular grooves.

15. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 12 wherein at least one of said necks is provided with a wiping member on its inner surface.

16. A mascara applicator and container according to claim 15 wherein said wiping member is a cylindrical insert with an outer surface which is fixedly attached to an inner surface of said necks so as to reduce the diameter of the bore defined by said neck, and wherein the diameter of the bore defined by the neck containing said wiping member is smaller than the diameter of the eyelash brush of at least one mascara applicator, whereby when said eyelash brush is passed through said wiping member said eyelash brush engages an inner surface of said wiping member.

17. A cosmetic applicator and container for use in the application of cosmetics, especially mascara, to eyelashes, comprising:

a cylindrical container for holding a quantity of cosmetic therein having an opening at each of two opposite ends of the container for allowing access of an eyelash brush inside of the container; and

a pair of cosmetic applicators, each applicator including an eyelash brush coupled to a means for capping an opening of the container, said eyelash brushes being removably inserted into respective openings of said container and capped thereon, said eyelash brushes of both cosmetic applicators being positioned along substantially the same longitudinal axis and engaging each other inside the container.

18. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 17 wherein the eyelash brush of one cosmetic applicator interfaces along substantially its entire longitudinal axial length with the eyelash brush of the other applicator when the cap means of both cosmetic applicators are fastened onto the container.

19. A cosmetic applicator and container according to claim 17 wherein the container is provided with at least one cylindrical insert near a container opening having an outer surface which is fixedly attached to the inner surface of the container so as to define a bore having a diameter which is less wide than the diameter of the eyelash brush of a cosmetic applicator, whereby when said eyelash brush is passed through said cylindrical insert said eyelash brush engages an inner surface of said insert to remove excess cosmetic therefrom.