The present disclosure generally relates to a cosmetic package for applying a fluid product including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical product, onto keratinous substrate such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, neck, nails or any other part of the body. In particular the present disclosure discloses the cosmetic package is provided with plurality of rotatable ball members that rotate to provide a massage function during application.
Cosmetic packages with rotatable balls are generally used in many cosmetic products that are being use to give a sensational massage effect to any part of the body and also to apply a product including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical product, onto keratinous substrate such as skin, lips, under eyes, cheeks, nails or any other part of the body.
Korean patent KR102161468B1 discloses an embodiment of the present invention, a cosmetic container having a massage function is provided. The cosmetic container includes a container body in which the contents are stored; a nozzle unit coupled is to an upper portion of the container body and have a discharge hole formed at the upper end of the container body; at least one ball disposed at an upper end of the nozzle part along the circumference of the discharge hole and is rotatably coupled to the nozzle part; and a stopper coupled to the discharge hole to seal the discharge hole and discharges the contents toward the at least one ball by opening the discharge hole in response to the discharge pressure of the contents.
Chinese patent CN211410068U discloses a ball massage head comprising a base, a massage head device arranged on the base, an upper cover for covering the massage head device, and a hose which is detachably arranged on the base and is used for containing skin care liquid; the first device of massage includes shell, inner shell and massage ball, the massage ball adaptation is installed on the inner shell, shell detachably installs on the inner shell of having installed the massage ball, be equipped with a plurality of adaptations of being used for of adaptation installation on the shell the round hole of massage ball and the liquid outlet that is used for exporting skin lotion, the adaptation is equipped with the through-hole that is used for the liquid outlet to pass on the inner shell, the massage head is through using with the hose cooperation, can directly remove the hose when paining skin lotion and make the ball roll on skin and massage, the difference with the current product on the market.
There is still a need for a cosmetic package that provides an applicator head which enables a gentle massaging and application while covering a large area during application.
Accordingly, there is provided a cosmetic package for applying a fluid product including a cosmetic, care or pharmaceutical product, onto keratinous substrate such as skin, lips, under eyes, eyelids, cheeks, neck, nails or any other part of the body. The cosmetic package comprises an applicator head, a container, and a cap. The applicator head includes a plurality of ball members, an upper plate, a lower plate, and a connector. The connector couples the applicator head to the container. An at least a portion of the plurality of ball members and an upper surface of the upper plate defines an applicator surface that comes in contact with the skin of a user during application. The applicator surface defined by the upper plate is inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package and has a shape that provides an ergonomically comfortable angle to a user for an application.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the container is provided with an internal space in which the fluid product is accommodated. The container may be provided with a neck portion through which the cosmetics are discharged at an upper end thereof, and the outer surface of the neck portion may be formed with threads for coupling with corresponding threads formed on an inner surface of the applicator head. However, the coupling of the container with the applicator head may be achieved by any other coupling means known in the art other than the threads.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the container is shaped like a tube or a tottle. In alternate embodiments, the container may have any other desirable shape in which a space for accommodating a fluid product may be provided.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a lower portion of the connector comprises internal threads to engage with the corresponding threads present on the outer surface of the neck portion of the container.
Further, the connector comprises the lower portion, an upper portion, and a narrow waist region between the lower portion and the upper portion. The connector further includes an internal duct that is in fluid communication with the container. A lower end of the internal duct is received in the neck portion of the container. The internal duct comprises a lower duct portion, which extends in the lower portion and the narrow waist region of the connector, and an upper duct portion that extends in the upper portion of the connector. The upper duct portion is narrower than the lower duct portion. Furthermore, the upper duct portion is off-centered with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package, whereas the lower duct portion is centered with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the lower portion of the connector flares downwardly and outwardly from the narrow waist region of the connector such that a lower peripheral edge of the connector aligns with a sidewall of the container and covers the neck portion and a shoulder portion of the container.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the upper portion of the connector flares upwardly and outwardly from the narrow waist region of the connector and forms a wide opening at an upper end of the connector.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the connector further comprises a horizontal inner wall located in the narrow waist region of the connector. The upper duct portion passes through the horizontal inner wall of the connector. A plurality of tubular coupling projections is located on an upper surface of the horizontal inner wall of the connector. The connector receives the lower plate at the wide opening at an upper end of the connector. The lower plate is dimensioned to fit snugly within the wide opening at the upper end of the connector. The connector includes a plurality of protrusions formed on an inner sidewall of the upper portion of the connector near the wide opening that supports a bottom surface of the lower plate and prevents any undesirable downward movement of the lower plate into the connector.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the lower plate comprises a plurality of depressions, a first opening, and a plurality of second openings. The plurality of depressions is formed on an upper surface of the lower plate for seating the corresponding plurality of the ball members. The first opening allows a duct of the upper plate to pass the through the lower plate and link to the connecter. The plurality of second openings allows the passage for a plurality of projections of the upper plate.
The plurality of the ball members may be a spherical shape, an ellipsoidal shape, or a combination thereof. The plurality of the ball members may be provided on a surface thereof with projections and depressions based on various shapes. The plurality of the ball members may be made of silicon, metal, or plastic material having an appropriate hardness. The plurality of the ball members may be made of a combination of two or more materials, each single material. In the present disclosure, the structure and material of the ball members are not particularly limited.
The upper plate covers the lower plate such that the ball members are sandwiched between the upper plate and the lower plate. This type of fitment allows the ball members to rotate 360-degrees in all directions when contacted with an application surface. The upper plate further includes a plurality of openings that aligns with the plurality of depressions of the lower plate, and wherein plurality of openings is of such dimension that allows the plurality of ball members to partially protrude outside from the plurality of openings.
The plurality of openings of the upper plate has a shape so that a part of the plurality of ball members is exposed to the outside and the plurality of ball members is supported so that it does not come off the outside. The upper plate may have a smooth curved shape at the edges to allow natural rolling motion by contacting the skin, and may be formed of an opaque or transparent material.
Each of the plurality of ball members protrudes from the upper surface of the upper plate to a height of 20% to 40% of the ball member diameter.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the lower plate is in close contact with a bottom surface of the upper plate to prevent leakage of the fluid product. Further, the lower plate may be of the same plastic or metal material as the upper plate, or may be of an elastic material with a little elasticity.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the upper plate includes the duct that extends downwardly from a top surface thereof to a bottom surface thereof, and forms a dispensing orifice on an upper surface of the upper plate. The duct of the upper plate extends through the first opening in the lower plate and connects to the upper duct portion of the connector so that fluid product can move into the duct of the upper plate through the internal duct of the connector and can be dispensed through the dispensing orifice. Thus, fluid product does not come in contact with the plurality of the ball members before dispensing. The dispensed fluid product can be then transferred or deposited onto the keratinous substrate, and further applied by the upper surface of the upper plate and the plurality of ball members. Thus, the internal duct of the connector and the duct of the upper plate and the dispensing orifice collectively define a dispensing path in the applicator head.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the upper plate further includes the plurality of projections that extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the upper plate. The plurality of projections of the upper plate extends through the plurality of second openings formed in the lower plate and connects with the plurality of tubular coupling projections of the connector to couple the upper plate with the connector. The plurality of projections of the upper plate is received within the plurality of tubular coupling projections of the connector. Each of the plurality of projections of the upper plate comprises a rib that snaps into a corresponding snap groove present in a corresponding tubular coupling projection of the plurality of tubular coupling projections of the connector.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the upper plate, the lower plate, and the wide opening of the connector, each one has an outer periphery with a convex portion and a concave portion, more particularly, with a lower side of the outer periphery being convex and an upper side being concave. The concave portion is concave towards the central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package.
According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, the upper plate and the lower plate, and the wide opening of the connector are all inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the applicator head or a part of the applicator head can be detachably coupled and may also be replaceable.
Further, the applicator head may be sealed or opened by the cap. More particularly, the connector includes at least one coupling protrusion that snap fits into a corresponding snap groove on an inner surface of a sidewall of the cap. Further, the cap may include a pintel projection that extends downwardly from a lower surface of the top wall of the cap and plugs into the dispensing orifice of the upper plate in order to seal the dispensing orifice when the cap is attached to the cosmetic package.
As per an embodiment of the disclosed disclosure, the container of the cosmetic package is made of a soft material that can suppress when applying a sufficient amount of force on the container. The force generates a pressure in the container which allows the fluid product to travel from the container to the internal duct of the connector and the duct of the upper plate of the applicator head, and dispense out from the dispensing orifice. The fluid product dispensed then can be applied using the upper surface of the upper plate and the plurality of ball members. The plurality of ball members rotates by the user's rolling motion and the fluid product discharged from the container can be massaged on the user's skin.
The upper plate may be of a gentle curved shape and may be formed of opaque or transparent material to allow natural thrusting to be applied to the skin.
As per an embodiment of the disclosed disclosure, the plurality of ball members can be made from any substance like thermal sensation absorbing material but not restricted to metal, stone, ceramic, glass, alloy, plastic or any other of this category.
Terms of orientation, such as “upper,” “lower,” “top” and “bottom,” are used herein for purposes of clarity to identify the orientation relative to the drawings. Such terms are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure or to exclude and equivalent structure.
The present disclosure is not limited to, the broadest in accordance with the basic idea disclosed herein. It should be interpreted as having a range. Skilled artisans may implement the pattern of the non-timely manner by combining, replacement of the disclosed embodiments shape, this would also do not depart from the scope of the invention. In addition, those skilled in the art may readily change or modifications to the disclosed embodiments, based on the present specification, such changes or modifications also belong to the scope of the present disclosure will be apparent.
A more complete appreciation of the present disclosure and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
As shown throughout the drawings, like reference numerals designate like or corresponding parts. While illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure have been described and illustrated above, it should be understood that these are exemplary of the disclosure and are not to be considered as limiting. Additions, deletions, substitutions, and other modifications can be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the present disclosure is not to be considered as limited by the foregoing description.
Throughout this specification, the terms “comprise,” “comprises,” “comprising” and the like, shall consistently mean that a collection of objects is not limited to those objects specifically recited.
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In the present embodiment, the container 300 is shaped like a tube or a tottle. In alternate embodiments, the container 300 may have any other desirable shape in which a space for accommodating a fluid product may be provided.
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The lower portion 210a of the connector 208 flares downwardly and outwardly from the narrow waist region 210c of the connector 208 such that a lower peripheral edge of the connector 208 aligns with a sidewall of the container 300 and covers the neck portion 311 and a shoulder portion 313 of the container 300, refer
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The plurality of the ball members 202 may be a spherical shape, an ellipsoidal shape, or a combination thereof. The plurality of the ball members 202 may be provided on a surface thereof with projections and depressions based on various shapes. The plurality of the ball members 202 may be made of silicon, metal, or plastic material having an appropriate hardness. The plurality of the ball members 202 may be made of a combination of two or more materials, each single material. In the present disclosure, the structure and material of the plurality of ball members 202 are not particularly limited.
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Each of the plurality of ball members 202 protrudes from an upper surface of the upper plate 204 to a height of 20% to 40% of the ball member 202 diameter.
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The upper plate 204 further includes the plurality of projections 204d that extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the upper plate 204. The plurality of projections 204d of the upper plate 204 extends through the plurality of second openings 206c formed in the lower plate 206 and connects with the plurality of tubular coupling projections 208b of the connector 208 to couple the upper plate 204 with the connector 208, refer
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According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the upper plate 204, the lower plate 206, and the wide opening 210d of the connector 208 are all inclined with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the cosmetic package 1. The upper plate 204, the lower plate 206 makes a non-zero angle with respect to the longitudinal axis X of the cosmetic package 1. In a preferred implementation, the non-zero angle is about 60-80° which provides a comfortable angle of application during use. However, other designs may be used. For example, in other implementations, the non-aero angle may be between about 100 and about 80°.
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the applicator head 200 or a part of the applicator head 200 can be detachably coupled and may also be replaceable.
Further, the applicator head 200 may be sealed or opened by the cap 100. More particularly, the connector 208 includes at least one coupling protrusion 208h (see
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The upper plate 204 may be of a gentle curved shape and may be formed of opaque or transparent material to allow natural thrusting to be applied to the skin.
As per an embodiment of the disclosed disclosure, the plurality of ball members 202 can be made from any substance like thermal sensation absorbing material but not restricted to metal, stone, ceramic, glass, alloy, plastic or any other of this category.
Terms of orientation, such as “upper,” “lower,” “top” and “bottom,” are used herein for purposes of clarity to identify the orientation relative to the drawings. Such terms are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure or to exclude and equivalent structure.
The present disclosure is not limited to, the broadest in accordance with the basic idea disclosed herein. It should be interpreted as having a range. Skilled artisans may implement the pattern of the non-timely manner by combining, replacement of the disclosed embodiments shape, this would also do not depart from the scope of the invention. In addition, those skilled in the art may readily change or modifications to the disclosed embodiments, based on the present specification, such changes or modifications also belong to the scope of the present disclosure will be apparent.
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211410068 | Sep 2020 | CN |
102161468 | Oct 2020 | KR |