Lip balm with spherical surface and method for producing

• US 8,888,391 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2013
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EOS Products LLC
• Original Assignee: The Kind Group LLC
• Inventors: Teller, Jonathan, Dubitsky, Craig, Garvey, Coral, Payongayong, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Fristoe, Jr., John K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiang, Jennifer C
• Application Number:
  US13/941,228
• Publication Number:
  US 20130308993A1
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 401/49, 401/88, 401/98, 206/375, 206/457, 132/305, 220/4.21, 220/4.24, 220/4.25, 220/654, 220/651
• US Class Current: 401/88
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2040/0012 with special decorative arrangements or form
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/00 Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks features common to containers for handling powdery or liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D33/00-A45D37/00; cosmetic or like preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; sample tables or the like G09F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/0068 Jars
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/12 Casings with provision for preventing undesired movement of the stick A45D40/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/16 Refill sticks; Moulding devices for producing sticks
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/26 Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/87 Application Devices; Containers; Packaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/31 Hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/922 of vegetable origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/925 of animal origin
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/927 of insects, e.g. shellac
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/9789 Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/9794 Liliopsida [monocotyledons]
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/001 Preparations for care of the lips
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 39/026 characterised by the shape of the surface
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 5/103 for packaging pills or tablets

Abstract

A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Claims

1. A lip balm applicator comprising:

an upper portion having

an interior surface and

a first connecting structure located on the interior surface;

a sub-assembly comprising

an exterior surface;

a second connecting structure located on the exterior surface that is detachably connected to the first connecting structure; and

a lower portion detachably connected to a support platform, the support platform comprising;

a support surface;

a rim having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface; and

at least one joint where the support surface extends from the interior surface of the rim; and

a lip balm mounted on the support platform, the lip balm covering at least a portion of the support surface and at least a portion of the lip balm contacting at least a portion of the at least one joint.

2. The applicator of claim 1, wherein the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure are interconnecting threads.

3. The applicator of claim 2, wherein the support platform snappingly attaches to the lower portion with a press-fit connection.

4. The applicator of claim 2, wherein the second connecting structure is located on the support platform.

5. The applicator of claim 2, wherein the second connecting structure is located on the lower portion.

6. The applicator of claim 1, wherein at least one of the upper portion and the lower portion is composed, at least in part, of at least two layers.

7. The applicator of claim 6, wherein the at least two layers include an outer layer and an inner layer.

8. The applicator of claim 7, wherein outer layer is softer than the inner layer.

9. The applicator of claim 8, wherein at least one of the outer or the inner layer comprises a thermoplastic elastomer.

10. The applicator of claim 1, wherein the at least one joint comprises a second joint where a second support surface extends from the interior surface of the rim.

11. The applicator of claim 10, wherein the support surface is separated from the second support surface by an opening in the support platform.

12. The applicator of claim 2, wherein the support surface has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, and the lip balm contacts at least a portion of both the top surface and the bottom surface.

13. The applicator of claim 11, wherein the lip balm extends through the opening in the support platform.

14. The applicator of claim 13, wherein the support platform maintains the lip balm in a position spaced apart from a substantial portion of an interior surface of the lower portion.

15. The applicator of claim 14, wherein the upper portion together with the subassembly forms a substantially egg-shaped enclosure around the lip balm.

16. A lip balm applicator comprising:

an upper portion having

an interior surface and

a first connecting structure located on the interior surface;

a sub-assembly comprising

an exterior surface;

a second connecting structure located on the exterior surface that is detachably connected to the first connecting structure; and

a lower portion detachably connected to a support platform, the support platform comprising;

a support surface;

a rim having an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface; and

at least one joint where the support surface extends from the interior surface of the rim; and

a lip balm mounted on the support platform, the lip balm covering at least a portion of the support surface and extending below the at least one joint.

17. The applicator of claim 16, wherein the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure are interconnecting threads.

18. The applicator of claim 17, wherein the support platform snappingly attaches to the lower portion with a press-fit connection.

19. The applicator of claim 17, wherein the second connecting structure is located on the support platform.

20. The applicator of claim 17, wherein the second connecting structure is located on the lower portion.

21. The applicator of claim 16, wherein at least one of the upper portion and the lower portion is composed, at least in part, of at least two layers.

22. The applicator of claim 21, wherein the at least two layers include an outer layer and an inner layer.

23. The applicator of claim 22, wherein outer layer is softer than the inner layer.

24. The applicator of claim 23, wherein at least one of the outer or the inner layer comprises a thermoplastic elastomer.

25. The applicator of claim 16, wherein the at least one joint comprises a second joint where a second support surface extends from the interior surface of the rim.

26. The applicator of claim 25, wherein the support surface is separated from the second support surface by an opening in the support platform.

27. The applicator of claim 17, wherein the support surface has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, and the lip balm contacts at least a portion of both the top surface and the bottom surface.

28. The applicator of claim 26, wherein the lip balm extends through the opening in the support platform.

29. The applicator of claim 28, wherein the support platform maintains the lip balm in a position spaced apart from a substantial portion of an interior surface of the lower portion.

30. The applicator of claim 29, wherein the upper portion together with the subassembly forms a substantially egg-shaped enclosure around the lip balm.