Skin care device with integrated cleanser

• US 9,301,657 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Miller, Zane Bowman Allen, Pilcher, Kenneth A.
• Primary Examiner(s): GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE
• Application Number:
  US14/143,366
• Publication Number:
  US 20150182078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 151/049.3, 151/049.4, 15/28, 15/29, 401/19, 401/24, 401/49, 401/52, 401/88
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/008 Disc-shaped brush bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/04 with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/102 Brush specifically designed for massaging the skin or scalp A46B2200/1026 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/04 Mechanical washing or cleaning devices, hand or mechanically, i.e. power operated

Abstract

A cleansing workpiece suitable for use with a personal care appliance. The cleansing workpiece includes a cleanser and a cleansing component, such as a number of tufts each having a plurality of bristles. In use, the cleansing workpiece can be rotated, reciprocated, oscillated, etc., over a subject'"'"'s skin in order for the cleansing workpiece to dispense or apply a quantity of the cleanser onto the subject'"'"'s skin and/or for the cleansing component to clean, massage, and/or exfoliate a subject'"'"'s skin with the aid of dispensed cleanser. The cleanser may be continuously applied to the subject'"'"'s skin as the cleansing component.

Claims

1. A cleansing workpiece, comprising:

a cleansing body having an interface configured for coupling to a powered personal appliance, the cleansing body including a movable central member and an outer retainer including a first discrete section and a second discrete section, the first discrete section being capable of movement with respect to each of the movable central member and the second discrete section;

a plurality of tufts each including a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the movable central member of the cleansing body; and

a cleanser carried by the first discrete section of the cleansing body.

2. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, wherein the cleanser is one of a liquid cleanser and a solid cleanser.

3. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, wherein the cleanser includes one of a soap and detergent.

4. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, wherein the cleanser is impregnated into a porous matrix.

5. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, wherein the cleanser is a solid cleanser mounted to the cleansing body and extending outwardly in the direction of the bristles.

6. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, wherein a biasing device is disposed in-between the first discrete section and the second discrete section.

7. The cleansing workpiece of claim 6, wherein the first discrete section is capable of movement in the direction of the second discrete section against a biasing force generated by the biasing device.

8. The cleansing workpiece of claim 7, wherein the biasing device is selected from a group consisting of a coil spring, a Belleville washer, an elastomeric bushing, and a leaf spring.

9. The cleansing workpiece of claim 1, further comprising a reservoir configured to store the cleanser, wherein the cleanser includes a liquid cleanser.

10. The cleansing workpiece of claim 9, further comprising an applicator that communicates with the reservoir and is configured to transfer the liquid cleanser from the reservoir to a subject'"'"'s skin.

11. A cleansing workpiece, comprising:

a cleansing body having an interface configured for coupling to a powered personal appliance, the cleansing body including a movable central member configured to be moved by the powered personal appliance and an outer retainer including a first discrete section and a second discrete section, the first discrete section being capable of movement independent of movements of the movable central member by the powered personal appliance;

a plurality of tufts each including a plurality of bristles extending outwardly from the movable central member of the cleansing body; and

means for dispensing a cleanser onto a subject'"'"'s skin, wherein said means for dispensing a cleanser is carried by the first discrete section of the cleansing body.