BRUSH APPARATUS FOR MAKE UP

Abstract

Provided is a makeup brush. According to one aspect of the present invention, a makeup brush includes a first body, a first brush part coupled to one end of the first body and configured to include a plurality of hairs, a first cover forming a first through hole that accommodates the first body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first body so as to accommodate the first brush part therein or to expose the first brush part outwards according to the movement thereof, a first coupling part installed at the other end of the first body, a second body arranged at the other end of the first body, a second brush part coupled to one end of the second body and configured to include a plurality of hairs, a second cover forming a second through hole that accommodates the second body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the second body so as to accommodate the second brush part therein or to expose the second brush part outwards according to the movement thereof, and a second coupling part installed at the other end of the second body so as to detachably couple the first body and the second body.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a makeup brush.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

Makeup brushes, a beauty tool for putting color cosmetics on eyes, cheeks, etc., come in different sizes according to their use.

According to a conventional art, a makeup brush includes a brush part having a plurality of hairs, a holder supporting the brush part, and a handle coupled to the holder such that the user holds the handle to put on make-up by using the brush part.

According to such a conventional art, a brush part is exposed to the external environment thereby resulting in the contamination or damage of the brush part. If a separate cap is used to protect the brush part, the cap has to be opened and closed each time the makeup brush is used. This causes inconvenience to the user.

PRIOR ART DOCUMENT

[Patent Document] South Korean Patent No. 10-1033386 (published on May 9, 2011)

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Technical Problems

Technical Solutions

According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a makeup brush including a first body, a first brush part coupled to one end of the first body and configured to include a plurality of hairs, a first cover forming a first through hole that accommodates the first body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first body so as to accommodate the first brush part therein or to expose the first brush part outwards according to the movement thereof, a first coupling part installed at the other end of the first body, a second body arranged at the other end of the first body, a second brush part coupled to one end of the second body and configured to include a plurality of hairs, a second cover forming a second through hole that accommodates the second body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the second body so as to accommodate the second brush part therein or to expose the second brush part outwards according to the movement thereof, and a second coupling part installed at the other end of the second body so as to detachably couple the first body and the second body.

The first brush part and the second brush part may be respectively accommodated in the first cover and the second cover, and the first cover and the second cover may be detachably coupled in the state where the first body and the second body are separated.

One end of the first cover may be inserted into and detachably coupled to one end of the second cover.

Any one of one end of the first cover and one end of the second cover may form a connecting groove and the other end may form a connecting protrusion interlocked with the connecting groove.

A first protruding part is formed on the inner surface of the other end of the first cover, a pair of first stumbling protrusions are respectively formed at a position corresponding to the first protruding parts on the outer circumferential surfaces of both ends of the first body, and the first protruding parts respectively stumble over a pair of first stumbling protrusions while the first cover slides, such that the sliding movement of the first cover may be limited respectively at a position where the first cover accommodates the first brush part therein, and a position where the first cover exposes the first brush part outwards.

For the sliding movement of the first cover, an area, where the first stumbling protrusion is formed out of the first body, may be configured to be elastic if weight load exceeding a reference value is applied, such that the first protruding part passes the first stumbling protrusion.

The first body may have a hollow pipe shape.

First cut parts configured to penetrate the first body may be respectively formed at both side of the first stumbling protrusion.

The width of an area, where the first stumbling protrusion is formed out of the first body, may be configured to be smaller than that of the other area.

The first coupling part may include a first cap coupled to the other end of the first body, and a first magnet installed at the first cap.

Advantageous Effects

The present invention can improve convenience in the use and storage of a brush.

BRIEF DESCRIPTON OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a makeup brush according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a state where a cover of a makeup brush according to an embodiment of the present invention is closed.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the separating of a makeup brush and the opening and closing of a cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating a state where covers of a makeup brush according to an embodiment of the present invention are coupled so as to store the makeup brush.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SYMBOLS

• • 10: Makeup brush
  • 110: First body
  • 112: First stumbling protrusion
  • 114: First cut part
  • 120: First brush part
  • 130: First cover
  • 132: First through hole
  • 134: Connecting groove
  • 136: First protruding part
  • 140: First coupling part
  • 142: First cap
  • 144: First magnet
  • 210: Second body
  • 212: Second stumbling protrusion
  • 214: Second cut part
  • 220: Second brush part
  • 230: Second cover
  • 232: Second through hole
  • 234: Connecting protrusion
  • 236: Second protruding part
  • 240: Second coupling part
  • 242: Second cap
  • 244: Second magnet
  • T1: Width of section of first stumbling protrusion
  • T2: Width of section except first stumbling protrusion

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Although specific embodiments of the present invention will be illustrated in the attached drawings and described in the detailed description of the invention, the present invention may be modified and embodied in various ways. Accordingly, it should be understood that the drawings and embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention but to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives within the scope of the spirit and technology of the present invention. In describing the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known technologies relevant to the present invention will be omitted if they are deemed to make the gist of the present invention unnecessarily vague.

The terms “first”, “second” etc. may be used to describe various elements but may not limit the elements. Thus, it should be understood that the terms “first”, “second” etc. are used herein only to distinguish one element from another element.

The terms set forth herein are only intended to describe specific embodiments and not intended to limit the present invention. The singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless explicitly indicated otherwise. It should be further understood that the terms “comprise” or “have,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components or a combination thereof but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers steps, operations, elements, components or a combination thereof in advance.

Below, embodiments of a makeup brush according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. Identical reference numeral is are given to identical or corresponding elements throughout the written description, and description regarding identical or corresponding components will not be repeated.

According to the embodiments, a makeup brush 10 used to put powdered color cosmetics etc. on faces, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, includes a first body 110, a first brush part 120, a first cover 130, a first coupling part 140, a second body 210, a second brush part 220, a second cover 230, and a second coupling part 240.

According to the embodiments, a brush 10, provided with a pair of brushes consisting of the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220, may be used for different kinds of cosmetics, and the first cover 130 or the second cover 230 is easily opened and closed so as to selectively use the first brush part 120 or the second brush part 220 depending the use of the makeup brush.

Further, the first cover 130 and the second cover 230 slide from the lower ends of the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 towards the upper ends of the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 so as to accommodate the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220, and conversely, the first cover 130 and the second cover 230 slide from the upper ends of the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 towards the lower ends of the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 so as to expose the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220, thereby making it possible to effectively use and store the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 with no damage to the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220.

Additionally, the first body 110 and the second body 210 are separated, while the first cover 130 and the second cover 230 are coupled, such that the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 may be reliably stored inside a first through hole 132 and a second through hole 232 in the first cover 130 and the second cover 230.

Below, each element of a makeup brush 10 according to the embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

To form a makeup brush 10 according to the embodiments, a pair of brush consisting of a body, a brush part, a cover and a coupling part respectively are symmetrically coupled, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4.

The first body 110, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, may be symmetrically coupled to the second body 210 through the first coupling part 140 and the second coupling part 240, and the first body 110 and the second body 210, as illustrated in FIG. 3, may be separated so as to store the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220.

Further, the first body 110, as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, may have a hollow pipe shape. More specifically, the first body 110 may be configured to be a cylindrical pipe structure. The first body 110, as illustrated in FIG. 2, has a first stumbling protrusion 112 respectively formed at the upper and lower ends of the first body so as to maintain a position of the first cover 130, and the first stumbling protrusion has a first cut part 114 respectively formed at both sides of the first stumbling protrusion so as to elastically move. Detailed structures and functions of the first stumbling protrusion 112 and the first cut part 114 will be specifically described when a mechanism for the sliding of the first cover 130 is described.

The first brush part 120, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, is coupled to one end of the first body 110 and is configured to have a plurality of hairs. The user may put on powder etc. with the first brush part 120.

In the embodiments, a first brush part 120 with a cross sectional area corresponding to the diameter of the first body 110 is presented as an example. Besides such a first brush, a first brush part 120 with a cross sectional area smaller than the diameter of the first body 110 may be formed such that the user applies eye make-up on a local area such as eyes etc. In the case of a first brush part 120 with a small cross sectional area, the first brush part 120 may be supported by a separate brush guide etc. so as to maintain the shape of the first brush part 120.

The first cover 130, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, may have a first through hole 132 therein, and the first body 110 may be slidably accommodated inside the first through hole 132. Herein, the first through hole 132 may have a cylindrical structure so as to correspond to the shape of the first body 110.

The first cover 130, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, is slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first body 110. According to the movement of the first cover, the first cover, as illustrated in FIG. 2, accommodates the first brush part 120 therein, or as illustrated in FIG. 1, exposes the first brush part 120.

In more detail, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a first protruding part 136 may be formed along the edge of the inner surface of the lower end of the first cover 130, and a pair of first stumbling protrusions 112, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, may be respectively formed at a position corresponding to the first protruding part 136—i.e. on the path of the movement of the first protruding part 136 according to the sliding movement of the first cover 130—on the outer circumferential surfaces of both ends of the first body 110.

As described above, the first protruding part 136 and the first stumbling protrusion 112 are respectively formed at the first cover 130 and the first body 110, such that the first protruding parts 136 are respectively interlocked with a pair of first stumbling protrusions 112 while the first cover 130 slides. Accordingly, the sliding movement of the first cover 130 may be limited respectively at a position where the first cover accommodates the first brush part 120 therein as illustrated in FIG. 2, and a position where the first cover exposes the first brush part 120 outwards as illustrated in FIG. 1.

That is, if the first cover 130, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, slides towards the upper side of the first body 110 and reaches the upper end of the first body 110 while accommodating the first brush part 120, the first protruding part 136 of the end portion of the first cover 130 rides over and passes the first stumbling protrusion 112 of the outer circumferential surface of the upper end of the first body 110, then stumbles over an edge part that is formed to protrude from the upper end of the first body 110 in a lateral direction and functions as a stopper, and may not move any more. Accordingly, the first protruding part 136 is caught between the first stumbling protrusion 112 and the edge part of the first body 110 such that the first cover 130 reliably stays at the upper end of the first body 110.

In this case, an area, where the first stumbling protrusion 112 is formed out of the first body 110, is configured to be elastic, and if weight load exceeding a reference value is applied to the area, an elastic deformation occurs inside the first body 110. Therefore, the first protruding part 136 may pass over the first stumbling protrusion 112 by means of weigh load over a certain level.

Herein, the elasticity of an area, where the first stumbling protrusion 112 is formed out of the first body 110, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, may be embodied through a deviation in the width at the first cut part 114 and the first body 110.

The first cut part 114, as illustrated in FIG. 2, may be respectively formed at both sides of the first stumbling protrusion 112. The first cut part 114 may be configured to penetrate the first body 110. Accordingly, the first stumbling protrusion 112 interposed between the first cut parts 114 is elastically deformable in a direction of the inner side of the first body 110 in an effective way.

Further, the width of an area, where the first stumbling protrusion 112 is formed out of the first body 110, may be configured to be smaller than that of the other area. The width T1 of the area where the first stumbling protrusion 112 is formed, as illustrated in FIG. 3, may be configured to be smaller than that the width T2 of the other area. Accordingly, the area where the first stumbling protrusion 112 is formed is more elastic than the other area such that the first stumbling protrusion 112 is elastically deformable in an effective way.

Meanwhile, if the first cover 130, as illustrated in FIG. 1, slides towards the lower side of the first body 110 and reaches the lower end of the first body 110 while exposing the first brush part 120 outwards, the first protruding part 136 of the end portion of the first cover 130 rides over and passes the first stumbling protrusion 112 of the outer circumferential surface of the lower end of the first body 110, then stumbles over a first cap 142 that is coupled to the lower end of the first body 110 and functions as a stopper, and may not move any more. Accordingly, the first cover 130 reliably stays at the lower end of the first body 110.

The first coupling part 140, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, may be installed at the other end of the first body 110 and detachably coupled to the second coupling part 240 such that the first body 110 is coupled to and separated from the second body 210.

In more detail, the first coupling part 140, as illustrated in FIG. 3, may include the first cap 142 coupled to the other end of the first body 110, and a first magnet 144 installed at the first cap 142.

The first cap 142, as illustrated in FIG. 3, partially covers the lower end of the first body 110, and the edge part of the first cap is configured to protrude outwards so as to function as a stopper for limiting the downward movement of the first cover 130.

The first magnet 144 is coupled to the inner side of the first cap 142 so as to be accommodated in the first body 110. In the embodiments, magnetic force is used to easily couple and separate the first body 110 and the second body 210.

The second body 210 may be positioned at the lower end of the first body 110, and has the second coupling part 240 so as to be detachably coupled to the first body 110 through the coupling with and separating from the first coupling part 140.

The structures and functions of the second body 210, and a second brush part 220, a second cover 230, a second coupling part 240, all of which are coupled to the second body 210, and a second stumbling protrusion 212, a second cut part 214, a second through hole 232, a second protruding part 236, a second cap 242, a second magnet 244, all of which are detailed elements of the second brush part 220, and the second cover 230 and the second coupling part 240, are similar to or the same as those of the first body 110, the first brush part 120, the first cover 130, the first coupling part 140, the first stumbling protrusion, the first cut part 114, the first through hole 132, the first protruding part 136, the first cap 142, and the first magnet 144. Accordingly, they will not be described in detail. Instead, the structure of the upper ends of the first cover 130 and the second cover 230, and the coupling thereof that are differently configured so as to store the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 will be described below with reference to FIG. 4.

A pair of brushes symmetrically arranged may be re-coupled to each other in a different way after separated from each other.

That is, the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220, as illustrated in FIG. 4, are respectively accommodated in the first cover 130 and the second cover 230, and the first cover 130 and the second cover 230 may be re-coupled in the state where the first body 110 and the second body 210 are separated. Accordingly, the first brush part 120 and the second brush part 220 are completely accommodated in the first through hole 132 and the second through hole 232, and blocked from the external environment so as to be reliably stored.

In this case, one end of the first cover 130, as illustrated in FIG. 4, may be inserted into and detachably coupled to one end of the second cover 230. More specifically, one end of the first cover 130 forms a connecting groove 134, and one end of the second cover 230 forms a connecting protrusion interlocked with the connecting groove 134.

The connecting groove 134, as illustrated in FIG. 4, extends along the outer circumferential surface of the upper end of the first cover 130 so as to have a hook shape, and a plurality of connecting protrusions 234 may be respectively arranged radially at the inner circumferential surface of the upper end of the second cover 230 at a regular interval.

An embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that the present invention may be modified and changed in various ways through the addition, modification, removal or supplement of elements without departing from the spirit of the present invention described in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A makeup brush comprising: a first body;a first brush part coupled to one end of the first body and configured to comprise a plurality of hairs;a first cover forming a first through hole that accommodates the first body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first body so as to accommodate the first brush part therein or to expose the first brush part outwards according to the movement thereof;a first coupling part installed at the other end of the first body;a second body arranged at the other end of the first body;a second brush part coupled to one end of the second body and configured to comprise a plurality of hairs;a second cover forming a second through hole that accommodates the second body therein, and slidably coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the second body so as to accommodate the second brush part therein or to expose the second brush part outwards according to the movement thereof; anda second coupling part installed at the other end of the second body so as to detachably couple the first body and the second body.

2. The makeup brush according to claim 1, wherein the first brush part and the second brush part are respectively accommodated in the first cover and the second cover, and the first cover and the second cover are detachably coupled in the state where the first body and the second body are separated.

3. The makeup brush according to claim 2, wherein one end of the first cover is inserted into and detachably coupled to one end of the second cover.

4. The makeup brush according to claim 3, wherein any one of one end of the first cover and one end of the second cover comprises a connecting groove and the other end comprises a connecting protrusion interlocked with the connecting groove.

5. The makeup brush according to claim 1, wherein a first protruding part is formed on the inner surface of the other end of the first cover, a pair of first stumbling protrusions are respectively formed at a position corresponding to the first protruding part on the outer circumferential surfaces of both ends of the first body,the first protruding parts respectively stumble over a pair of the first stumbling protrusions while the first cover slides, such that the sliding movement of the first cover is limited respectively at a position where the first cover accommodates the first brush part therein, and a position where the first cover exposes the first brush part outwards.

6. The makeup brush according to claim 5, wherein for the sliding movement of the first cover, an area where the first stumbling protrusion is formed, out of the first body, is configured to be elastic if weight load exceeding a reference value is applied, such that the first protruding part passes the first stumbling protrusion.

7. The makeup brush according to claim 6, wherein the first body has a hollow pipe shape.

8. The makeup brush according to claim 7, wherein first cut parts configured to penetrate the first body are respectively formed at both side of the first stumbling protrusion.

9. The makeup brush according to claim 7, wherein the width of an area, where the first stumbling protrusion is formed out of the first body, is configured to be smaller than that of the other area.

10. The makeup brush according to claim 1, the first coupling part comprising: a first cap coupled to the other end of the first body; anda first magnet installed at the first cap.