Eyelash adornment

• US 8,596,284 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AXK Beauty LLC
• Original Assignee: Alexsandra Byrne
• Inventors: Byrne, Alexsandra
• Primary Examiner(s): STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING
• Application Number:
  US13/531,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20120305020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 132/216, 132/217, 132 53- 56, 132/200, D28/92, D28/36
• US Class Current: 132/201
• CPC Class Codes: A41G 5/02 Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows

Abstract

A method of adorning an eyelash of a wearer (the wearer having an eyelid with a natural lash line containing natural eyelashes) includes providing at least first and second lash subassemblies. Each lash subassembly includes an elongated mounting portion and a plurality of elongated lash filaments. Each lash filament has a filament base and an oppositely disposed filament tip. The filament base is attached to the mounting portion with the filament tip extending from the mounting portion. The first and second lash subassemblies are concurrently affixed to the eyelid. When concurrently affixed to the eyelid, the first and second lash subassemblies collectively provide a different appearance of the plurality of elongated lash filaments of the first lash subassembly than an appearance collectively provided by the plurality of elongated lash filaments of the second lash subassembly.

Claims

1. A method of adorning an eyelash of a wearer, the wearer having an eyelid, the eyelid having a natural lash line containing natural eyelashes, the method comprising the steps of:

providing at least first and second lash subassemblies, each lash subassembly comprising an elongated mounting portion and a plurality of elongated lash filaments, each lash filament having a filament base and an oppositely disposed filament tip, the filament base being attached to the mounting portion with the filament tip extending from the mounting portion;

concurrently affixing the first and second lash subassemblies to the eyelid; and

when the first and second lash subassemblies are concurrently affixed to the eyelid, collectively providing a different appearance of the plurality of elongated lash filaments of the first lash subassembly than an appearance collectively provided by the plurality of elongated lash filaments of the second lash subassembly.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing at least first and second lash subassemblies includes the step of providing at least two but no more than five lash subassemblies, with each mounting portion having a mounting portion length in the range of about 3 mm to about 25 mm.

3. The method of claim 1, including the steps of:

selecting a predetermined number of lash subassemblies from the at least first and second lash subassemblies; and

affixing the selected lash subassemblies to the eyelid in a predetermined relative relationship.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the natural lash line defines a lash line length, and the step of concurrently affixing the first and second lash subassemblies to the eyelid includes the step of affixing the first and second lash subassemblies to the eyelid to form an eyelash adornment, the eyelash adornment extending along substantially the entire lash line length.

5. The method of claim 1, including the step of selecting at least one lash subassembly for affixation to address at feast one condition selected from the group consisting of relatively small eyes, relatively deep-set eyes, relatively narrow eyes, relatively droopy eyes, relatively protruding eyes, relatively wide-set eyes, relatively closely-set eyes, relatively round eyes, relatively downward-slanting eyes, relatively upward-slanting eyes, relatively droopy eyelids, relatively crê

pey eyelids, and relatively feathery eyelids.

6. The method of claim 1, including the steps of:

providing a plurality of lash subassembly images, with each lash subassembly image representing at least one of the first and second lash subassemblies;

displaying an image of an eye area of the wearer;

choosing a lash subassembly image from the plurality of lash subassembly images;

displaying a combined image of the chosen lash subassembly image in association with the image of the eye area of the wearer;

assessing the combined image; and

selecting the lash subassembly associated with the chosen lash subassembly image for affixation to the eyelid.