Device and method for massage and application of a cosmetic product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10004658-B2
Application number	US-201615149051-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2016
Priority date	May 6, 2016
Publication date	Jun 26, 2018
Grant date	Jun 26, 2018

Abstract

A massager device includes a structure having a contact face and a handling face. A pair of notched rollers is on the contact face of the structure. The notched rollers freely rotates around intersecting axes. The notched rollers are attached to the structure by elastic suspensions. A gripping shape is on the handling face of the structure, opposite to the contact face. The gripping shape forms a cap wrapping the surface of the structure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A massager device to perform a palpate-roll type massage, comprising:
a structure comprising a contact face and a handling face, the contact face comprising a base of elliptic contour and a skirt, on its periphery, projecting on the periphery of the base, made of a flexible material configured to glide on a skin of a user and protecting the contact face from water;
a pair of notched rollers on the contact face of the structure to provide the palpate-roll type massage, inside the contour of the base, the notched rollers freely rotates around intersecting axes, the notched rollers being attached to the structure by elastic suspensions so that the notched rollers are projecting under the base and the skirt when free from pressure and lift up in the base when a pressure is applied;
a gripping shape on the handling face of the structure, opposite to the contact face, the gripping shape forming a cap of a semi-ellipsoidal shape, covering a whole contour of the base, with a length, measured along a major axis of an ellipse, ranging between 120 mm and 170 mm, a width, measured along a minor axis of the ellipse, ranging between 70 mm and 100 mm, and a height measured from the base to a top of the cap, ranging between 30 mm and 50 mm;
a dispensing orifice on the contact face, the dispensing orifice configured to dispense a cosmetic product of a cosmetic product tank, the dispensing orifice is aligned with a point of intersection of rotation axes of the notched rollers in front of the notched rollers in a direction of use of the massager device;
the cosmetic product tank being placed inside the cap and in a fluid communication with the dispensing orifice; and
wherein a stiffness of the elastic suspensions of the notched rollers and their relative positions to the contact face and the skirt are configured so that a massaging pressure is set when the skirt comes into contact with the skin.

2. The massager device according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing orifice is closed by an obturator and the obturator opens in response to a pressure applied to the contact face.

3. The massager device according to claim 2 , wherein an opening of the obturator is driven by a displacement of the elastic suspensions of the notched rollers.

4. The massage device of claim 2 , wherein the base, the skirt surrounding the notched rollers and the dispensing orifice with the obturator prevents a washout of the cosmetic product in a massage area during a wet condition use of the massage device.

5. The massager device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pump to expel the cosmetic product from the cosmetic product tank to the dispensing orifice; and a knob to actuate the pump.

6. The massager device according to claim 5 , wherein the pump and the knob are constituted by a flexible membrane closing the cosmetic product tank on the handling face so that a pressure on the flexible membrane changes a volume of the cosmetic product tank.

7. The massager device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of the following sensors: a transducer configured to indicate a pressure applied on the notched rollers, a transducer configured to indicate a moving speed of the massager device and a direction of rotation of the notched rollers, and a sensor to measure a temperature of a skin of a user.

8. The massager device according to claim 7 , further comprising an electronic unit comprising: a memory, an input port, an output port, and a microprogram to acquire and analyze information in a form of signals issued by said at least one sensor.

9. The massager device according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic unit comprises a radio transceiver to establish a connection with a connected object over a personal wireless network.

10. The massager device according the claim 9 , wherein the connected object is a smartphone.

11. The massager device according to claim 1 , wherein the cosmetic product tank is removable and interchangeable.

Assignees

• Fabre Pierre Dermo Cosmetique

Inventors

• Marty Olivier Jean
• Chenal Marie
• ROUCAYROL Bénédicte

Classifications

• A45D34/041

  using a roller, a disc or a ball · CPC title

• A61H2015/0021

  multiple on the same axis · CPC title

• A61H2201/5082

  Temperature sensors · CPC title

• A61H2201/5071

  Pressure sensors · CPC title

• A61H2015/0007

  with balls or rollers rotating about their own axis · CPC title