Patent Application
20200390222
The present disclosure relates to a tip applicator and a cosmetic application device including the same.
Generally, make-up cosmetics are products which are applied on a body such as a face or nails to lent a splash of color and make skin color beautiful after a basic product is used, and which conceal skin defects which cannot be covered by the basic product. The make-up cosmetics can be classified into base make-up products and point make-up products.
The base make-up product may be a product which can unify the color of the skin of an entire face or cover skin defects such as melasma and freckle, thereby making a skin beautiful. The base make-up product includes, for example, make-up base, foundation, powder and the like.
The point make-up product may be a product which locally highlights or shades lip, eyebrow, nail color or the like to deliver a three-dimensional effect, thus expressing his or her individuality. For example, the point make up product may include lip stick, lip gloss, lip liner, eye liner, mascara and the like.
Particularly, the lip make-up, one of the point make-ups, is a make-up which applies cosmetic on lips to make lips prominent, and various applications and expressions are possible depending on cosmetic device for applying cosmetic as well as color of cosmetic.
Important functions of a lip make-up cosmetic device include a capture function that takes out cosmetic from a cosmetic container, and an application function that applies the cosmetic taken out from the container on lips evenly.
The applicator of a lip make-up container according to the related art includes a cavity for improving the capture function or accommodating coloring matter in an application member of the applicator for holding separate tinting coloring matter, and however there is a problem that it is very difficult to use it to locally apply cosmetic or change lip lines because the shape and structure thereof are relatively massive.
Further, a front side, lateral sides and a rear side of the application member have same configuration or material, and thus the capture amount, application amount and feeling which the application member presents are similar, whereas disadvantageously various use feelings cannot be generated according to usage purpose.
The present invention is to address the above problems, and is to provide a tip applicator and a cosmetic application device including the same which are capable of allowing a user to feel various application feelings, and to use a suitable position of an application portion according to use purpose.
In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a tip applicator intended for capturing and applying cosmetic on skin, which includes an application portion including an application surface for capturing and applying the cosmetic on a skin of a user, the application surface being formed in a surface of the application portion; a support portion which is connected to one side of the application portion to support the application portion; and a capture amount control portion which is formed on the application surface and changes a capture amount of the cosmetic captured by the application surface.
Further, the capture amount control portion may include a capture recess formed in at least a portion of the application surface in order to increase the capture amount of the cosmetic.
Further, the capture recess may be formed to extend along a length direction of the application portion from another side of the application portion to one side of the application portion, and at least one of a depth and a width of the capture recess varies along the length direction of the application portion.
Further, the capture recess may have a depth which becomes shallower or a width which becomes narrower as it goes along a length direction from a distal end of the application portion from the support portion to a proximal end of the application portion from the support portion.
Further, the capture recess may be formed plurally, and the plurality of the capture recesses may be disposed to be spaced apart from each other along a width direction of the application portion.
Further, the capture recess may be formed to extend along a width direction of the application portion from another side to one side, the capture recess may be formed plurally, and the plurality of the capture recesses may have their own depths which become shallower or which become narrower as it goes along a length direction of the application portion.
Further, the capture recess may be formed in a shape of an ellipse or closed curve with a center of the application portion as a center thereof along a side surface of the application portion, and the capture recess is formed plurally and the plurality of the capture recesses may have their own depths which become shallower or their own widths which become narrower as it goes along a height direction of the application portion.
Further, the support portion may include a first portion which comes into contact with a contact surface formed on another surface of the application portion to support the application portion; and a second portion which extends from the first portion to support the first portion.
Further, a widthwise length of the application portion may gradually increase as it goes along the length direction of the application portion from one end portion to another end portion of the application portion, and the widthwise length may gradually decrease as it goes from a first point, and wherein the first point may be formed between the one end portion and the other end portion of the application portion.
Further, a sum of a thickness of the application portion and a thickness of the first portion may gradually increase as it goes along the length direction of the application portion from one end portion to another end portion of the application portion, and the sum may gradually decrease as it goes from a second point, and wherein the second point may be formed between the one end portion and the other end portion of the application portion. Further, the application portion may be integrally formed with or detachably coupled with the first portion.
Further, the first portion may have a rigidity enough to prevent the application portion from being bent.
Further, the support portion may be formed with a metal material, and the application portion may be formed with a material having a flexibility.
Further, a horizontal cross section or a lateral cross section of the application portion may have a streamlined shape or curved shape.
Further, the capture amount control portion may include a flocking surface which is formed on a portion of the application surface, and on which a plurality of small fibers are attached by a flocking process.
As another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a tip applicator for capturing and applying cosmetic on skin, which includes an application portion including an application surface for capturing and applying the cosmetic on a skin of a user, the application surface being formed in a surface of the application portion; and a support portion which is connected to one side of the application portion to support the application portion, wherein the application portion is provided with at least two surfaces having different capture amounts of the cosmetic.
Further, the at least two surfaces may be provided with a first surface formed along a length direction from another side to one side of the application portion, and a second surface connected to the first surface and having a capture amount different from that of the first surface.
Further, the first surface may have a capture amount of the cosmetic greater than that of the second surface.
Further, the first surface may have a capture amount of the cosmetic which gradually decreases as it goes along a length direction from another side to one side of the application portion.
Further, the application portion may have a greater widthwise length at a lower portion side of the application portion proximal from the support portion than at an upper portion side of the application portion distal from the support portion.
As another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a cosmetic application device including a storage container in which a certain amount of cosmetic is accommodated; and the tip applicator for capturing and applying the cosmetic on skin.
The tip applicator according to one embodiment of the disclosure and the cosmetic application device including the same enable various application feelings depending on the capture amount of the cosmetic, and the appropriate point of the application portion to be used according to use purpose, thus embodying various functions such as wide application of the cosmetic or fine change with one product.
Additionally, the tip applicator according to one embodiment of the present invention and the cosmetic application device including the same can control the capture amount of the cosmetic captured at once to enable overlay application without several times of capturing, thus enhancing convenience in use.
Hereinafter, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, exemplary embodiments of this disclosure will be described in detail such that the ordinarily skilled in the art can implement them with easy. The disclosure can be implemented in various different forms and the scope of the disclosure should not be construed as being limited to the exemplary embodiments described herein. In the drawings, in order to describe clearly the invention, parts not related to the description will be omitted, and like reference signs will be given to like constitutional element throughout the disclosure.
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With this configuration, the cosmetic application device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention can prevent emission of the cosmetic 30, and allow a user to feel various application feelings depending on capture amount of the cosmetic 30.
Further, the cosmetic application device 1 enables overlay application by controlling the capture amount without capturing the cosmetic 30 several times, so that the convenience in use can be improved.
The cosmetic application device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention may be for a cosmetic, in particular, a lip cosmetic such as lip gloss, and however is not limited thereto, but may be an application device used for applying lip tint, lip lock, lip oil, eye shadow, foundation, concealer and the like on skin.
Additionally, referring to
Further, the opened side of the storage container 10 may be provided with a wiper 12 which is disposed inside the storage container 10 and which, when the tip applicator 100 is extracted, wipes the cosmetic 30 attached to a support portion 110, an application portion 130 and the brush rod 40 to be described below.
The wiper 12 may be provided with a wiping hole which is formed in a central portion thereof, and which serves to wipe cosmetic attached to the application portion 130, the support portion 110 and the brush rod 40. This is because a size of the wiping hole 12a formed in the wiper 12 is different from the sizes of the application portion 130, the support portion 110 and the brush portion 40.
The cross-sectional area of the brush rod 40 and the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the application portion 130 and the support portion 110 which pass through the wiping hole 12a of the wiper 12 are greater than the cross-sectional area of the wiping hole 12a, so that, when the brush rod 40, the application portion 130 and the support portion 110 pass through the wiping hole 12a, the cosmetic 30 attached to the brush rod 40, the application portion 130 and the support portion 110 can be wiped.
In this case, the difference between the cross-sectional areas of the brush rod 40 and the wiping hole 12a may be less than the difference between the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the application portion 130 and the support portion 110 and the cross-sectional area of the wiping hole 12a, so that, when the cosmetic attached to the brush rod 40, the application portion 130 and the support portion 110 is wiped, the amount of the cosmetic 30 which is wiped can be controlled.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the lid 20 is detachably coupled to the opened side of the storage container 10. Further, the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention may be fixed at its one end via the brush rod 40 or directly to the lid 20.
With this configuration, the lid 20 is detachably coupled to the storage container 10, so that, when the tip applicator 100 is not used, the lid 20 can prevent the emission of the cosmetic from the storage container 10, and so that, when the tip applicator 100 is used, the tip applicator 100 can be extracted from the storage container 10 and apply the cosmetic attached to the application portion 130 on a skin of a user.
As used in the description hereinafter, a direction toward the application portion 130 from a second portion 114 of the support portion 110 in
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With this configuration, the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can control capture amount of the cosmetic 30, so that various application feelings can be realized, and by using a suitable point of the application portion 130 depending on the use purpose, various functions, such as wide application or fine change can be performed with one product.
Further, the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can control the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 captured at once, so that overlay application is possible without several captures, thus improving convenience in use.
In this case, in this embodiment of the present invention, the tip applicator 100 may be employed to the cosmetic application device 1 for a lip cosmetic, in particular, lip gloss, and however, the invention is not limited thereto, but can be employed to any beauty product as long as it is a type of product which can be applied on the skin of a user by capturing cosmetic, such as eyeshadow or foundation.
On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention, the support portion 110 may be connected to one side of the application portion 130 to support the application portion 130. The support portion 110 may be connected at its one end portion directly to the lid 20 for covering the inlet of the storage container 10, or to the brush rod 40 connected to the lid 20.
In this case, the support portion 110 may be formed with thermoplastic resin, metallic material such as aluminum, gold or silver, or silicone material, and however the material of the support portion 110 is not limited thereto, but may be formed with any material as long as it has a rigidity enough to prevent excessive bending or deformation of the application portion when the cosmetic is applied by the application portion 130.
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In one embodiment of the present invention, the first portion 112 may be connected to the application portion 130 while abutting a another surface of the application portion 130, for example, a contact surface 134 of the application portion 130 as shown in
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Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in
On the other hand, the first portion 112 may have a rigidity enough to prevent the bending of the application portion 130. Accordingly, when the cosmetic 30 captured by or attached to the application portion 130 is applied on the skin of a user, the bending or deformation of the application portion 130 can be prevented or minimized as the application portion 130 is supported by the first portion 112.
Therefore, when the user applies the cosmetic 30 with the application portion 130, the application portion 130 can be stably supported by the first portion 112, and thus the user may feel a hard and stable application feeling via the application portion 130.
Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent the cosmetic 30 from being captured by the first portion 112 at the time of the extraction of the tip applicator 100, the first portion 112 may be formed with or coated with a material which relatively rarely captures the cosmetic 30 as opposed to the application portion 130. Further, the first portion 112 may be coated with or plated with a glossy material having a luster feeling.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as the first portion 112 may be coated with a material which relatively rarely captures or does not capture the cosmetic 30 compared with the application portion 130, unnecessary cosmetic 30 may not be conveyed and serve to spread on a lip or the like the cosmetic 30 conveyed by the application portion 130 to the lip or the like.
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Further, similarly to the first portion 112, in order to prevent the cosmetic 30 from being captured by the second portion 114 at the time of the extraction of the tip applicator 100, the second portion 114 may be formed with or coated with a material which relatively rarely captures the cosmetic 30 as opposed to the application portion 130. Further, the second portion 114 may be coated with or plated with a glossy material having a luster feeling.
On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention, the thickness L4 of the second portion 114 may be less than the sum of the thickness L2 of the application portion 130 and the thickness L3 of the first portion 112. In this case, in order to prevent the cosmetic 30 from being captured by the second portion 114 at the time of the extraction of the tip applicator 100, the second portion 114 may be formed with a material which does not capture the cosmetic 30.
As described above, in one embodiment of the present invention, the first portion 112 may be coupled with the application portion 130 which is intended for coming into contact with the skin of the user and applying the cosmetic 30 after capturing the cosmetic 30.
In this case, the application portion 130 may have a material and surface characteristics of smoothly applying the cosmetic 30 on the skin of the user at the time of coming into contact with the skin of the user. Further, various known materials may be used for the application portion 130 as long as they are a material, such as a fiber material, sponge or the like, which has a flexibility and is capable of capturing a certain amount of the cosmetic 30 and applying it on the skin of the user.
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Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the contact surface 134 may be the other surface of the application portion 130, for example, a portion where the application portion 130 abuts the first portion 112, so that the contact surface 134 of the application portion 130 may be coupled with the first portion while abutting the first portion.
On the other hand, with reference to
In this case, the first point X1 may be located closer to the end point of the lower end portion a than to the end point of the upper end portion b. As described above, the width of the application portion 130 varies, and thus the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can control the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 depending on the position in the application portion 130.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as the width of the lower portion of the application portion 130 is greater than the width of the upper portion of the application portion, most of the cosmetic 30 captured by the lower portion of the application portion having a large width is wiped and small amount of the cosmetic 30 captured by the upper portion of the application portion having a small width is removed when passing through the wiper 12 at the time of the extraction of the tip applicator 100, and thus it is possible to control the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 depending on the position of the application portion 130.
On the other hand, referring to
With this configuration, the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can easily come into contact with a lip at both the upper end portion and the second point X2 which are different from each other in terms of the thickness of the application portion 130.
Further, in one embodiment of the present invention, the second point X2 may be located closer to the end point of the lower end portion a of the application portion 130 than to the end point of the upper end portion b as shown in
With this configuration, the sum of the thickness L2 of the application portion 130 and the thickness L3 of the first portion 112 becomes greater as it goes to the second point X2, and becomes less as it goes to the end point of the upper end portion b, so that, when passing through the wiping hole 12a of the wiper 12 at the time of the extraction of the tip applicator 100, the largest amount of the cosmetic 30 can be wiped from the second point X2 having the sum of the thicknesses of the application portion 130 and the first portion 112 greater than the cross sectional area of the wiping hole.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first point X1 may be same as or different from the second point X2, and in a case where the first point X1 is same as the second point X2, the largest amount of the cosmetic 30 on the application portion 130 could be wiped from the first point X1 (=second point X2) when passing through the wiping hole 12a of the wiper 12.
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On the other hand, as shown in
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In this case, in one embodiment of the present invention, the capture recess 152 may extend from the upper end portion including the end point of the upper end portion b of the application portion 130, or as shown in
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Further, the capture recess 152 may cause the capture amount to decrease as it goes downward from the upper end portion of the application portion 130 by gradually narrowing the width w or gradually shallowing the depth d along the length of the application portion 130. The capture recess 152 may be formed such that the depth becomes deeper or the width becomes wider as it goes to the upper end portion of the application portion 130. In this case, the depth d or the width w of the capture recess 152 may be gradually shallowed or narrowed like gradation effect.
With this configuration, the tip applicator 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention can cause the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 captured by the application portion 130 to differ according to the position in the application portion 130, so that the user can feel various application feelings and use an appropriate position in the application portion 130 according to the use purpose, thus performing various functions such as wide application and fine change with one product.
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On the other hand, in one embodiment of the present invention, the capture recess 152 may extend over a portion of an entire length of the application portion 130 from an upper portion side to a lower portion side of the application portion 130 along the length direction of the application portion 130. In this case, the capture recess 152 of the application portion 130 may not be formed in the lower portion of the application portion 130 proximate to the support portion 110, so that less amount of the cosmetic 30 can be captured by the lower portion of the application portion 130 than by an upper portion of the application portion 130 in which the capture recess 152 is formed, and the user may cause the capture recess 152 formed in the upper portion of the application portion 30 to capture the cosmetic 30, apply thus captured cosmetic 30 on a skin surface of the user and then spread thus attached cosmetic on the skin surface using the lower portion of the application portion 130.
Further, according to a first modification of a capture amount control portion 150a of a tip applicator 200 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention as shown in
On the other hand, referring to
With this configuration, the tip applicator 100, 200 according to one embodiment of the present invention can cause the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 to be greater at the upper portion side than at the lower portion side, and thus various functions can be realized with one product, such that the wide application can be performed by the upper portion side of the application portion 130 while fine change can be performed by the lower portion side whose capture amount is less than that of the upper portion side.
Further, according to a second modification of a capture amount control portion 150b of a tip applicator 300 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention as shown in
Further, the capture recess 352 may be formed plurally and the plurality of capture recesses 352 may be disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the length direction of the application portion 130. In this case, the capture recess 352 can cause the capture amount to decrease as it goes from the upper end portion to the lower end portion of the application portion 130 by gradually shallowing the depth d or gradually narrowing the width w along the length of the application portion 130.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as the capture recess 352a formed at the upper portion side of the application portion 130 has a greater depth d and a greater width w than the capture recess 352b formed at the lower portion side of the application portion, the capture amount can increase as it goes from the lower end portion to the upper end portion.
According to a third modification of a capture amount control portion 150c of a tip applicator 400 in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention as shown in
In this case, the higher the location of the capture recess 452 is, the less a depth d of the capture recess 452 may be or the less a width w of the capture recess 452 may be as illustrated in
In one embodiment of the present invention, as the capture recess 452a formed at the periphery of the application portion 130 has a greater depth d and a greater width w than the capture recess 452b formed proximate to the center of the application portion 130, the capture amount can increase as it goes from the periphery to the center.
The tip applicator 100, 200, 300, 400 according to one embodiment of the present invention can cause the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 captured by the application portion 130 to differ by means of the capture recess 152, 252, 352, 452 of the capture amount control portion 150, 150a, 150b, 150c, so that the user can feel various application feelings and use an appropriate position in the application portion 130 according to the use purpose, thus realizing various functions such as wide application and fine change with one product.
On the other hand, in order to increase the capture amount of the cosmetic 30, in one embodiment, a portion of the capture amount control portion 150, 150a, 150b, 150c may be provided with a flocking surface 154 formed in a portion of the application surface 132.
Further, the flocking surface 154 may be formed in such a type that a plurality of small fibers are attached to the application portion 130 through a flocking process, said application portion being constituted with a molded product made by injecting thermoplastic material.
With this configuration, as the tip applicator 100, 200, 300, 400 according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with the flocking surface 154 formed on the application surface 132, it is possible to capture a greater amount of cosmetic 30 compared to in a case where only the application surface 132 captures the cosmetic 30.
On the other hand, referring to
In this case, the application portion 130 may be provided with a first surface S1 and a second surface S2 which are formed on the application surface 132 and have different capture amounts of the cosmetic 30. In this case, the first surface S1 may be formed to extend along the length direction of the application portion 130 from the upper end portion of the application portion to downward. Further, the second surface S2 may be connected to the first surface S1 and be formed to extend along the length direction of the application portion from the first surface S1 to the lower end portion of the application portion.
On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention, the first surface S1 may be different from the second surface S2 in terms of the capture amount, and the capture amount of the first surface S1 may be greater than that of the second surface S2. Further, the first surface S1 may have the capture amount of the cosmetic which gradually decreases as it goes from the upper side of the tip applicator to downward along the length direction of the application portion.
With this configuration, the tip applicator 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention can allow the user to feel various application feelings according to the capture amount, and to use a suitable position of the application portion 130 depending on the use purpose, so that various functions, such as wide application or fine change can be performed with one product.
Further, the tip applicator 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention can control the capture amount of the cosmetic 30 captured at once, so that overlay application is possible without several captures, thus improving convenience in use.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as the support portion 110 and the application portion 130 have the same configuration as in the above description, the description for them will be omitted below.
Although embodiments of the present invention are described above, the spirit of the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments presented by this disclosure, and the ordinarily skilled in the art who can understand the spirit of the invention may easily conceive another embodiment by addition, change, removal, modification, replacement or the like of constitutional element without departing from the scope of the invention, which will be construed to fall within the spirit of the invention.
The present invention can be used in the field of the cosmetics industry.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2017-0173851 | Dec 2017 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2018/016090 | 12/18/2018 | WO | 00 |
