Apparatus, arrangement and method for providing skin care ingredients

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10214339-B2
Application number	US-201414900941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	Jul 2, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement comprising:
a first structure enclosing:
a second rigid structure, including at least one weakened portion, enclosing at least one first ingredient;
at least one second ingredient; and
a medium configured to absorb a mixture of the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient;

wherein, upon a breakage or an opening of the second rigid structure, the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient are caused to come into contact with one another.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first ingredient is a cosmetic active ingredient and the at least one second ingredient is a solvent solution.

3. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first ingredient is a solvent solution and the at least one second ingredient is a cosmetic active ingredient.

4. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the second rigid structure includes:
a first side,
a second side opposite the first side,
a third side, and
a fourth side opposite the third side,
wherein the at least one weakened portion (i) extends from the first side to the second side, and (i) is located at a distance away from both the third and fourth sides.

5. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the second rigid structure is configured to break at the at least one weakened portion.

6. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first structure includes an indicator structure configured to indicate whether the at least one first ingredient and the at least one second ingredient have come into contact with one another, wherein at least one portion of the indicator structure is visible from an exterior of the first structure.

7. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the medium includes at least one of (i) a mask configured to be applied onto skin, or (i) a face mask configured to be applied onto a face.

8. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first ingredient is at least one of: Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, selenium, Silymarin, polyphenols, polypodium leucotomos, green tea polyphenols, coenzyme Q10, Reservatrol, glutathione, flavonoids, peptides, retinol, sirtulins, ceremides, caffeine, alpha-lipoic acid, salicyclic acid, glycolic acid, alpha-hydroxy acid, hyaluronic acid, arbutin, licorice extract, kojic acid, ferulic acid, niacinamide, curcuminoids, or isoflavones.

9. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second ingredient is at least one of (i) an aqueous solution, and the at least one first ingredient is water-soluble, or (ii) a lipid solution, and the at least one first ingredient is fat-soluble.

10. The arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the distance is substantially half way, between the third side and the fourth side.

11. The arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the second rigid structure includes:
a first side having a first length,
a second side, opposite the first side, having a second length,
a third side, adjacent to the first and second sides, having a third length, and
a fourth side, opposite the third side, having a fourth length,
wherein the first and second lengths are longer than the third and fourth lengths, and
wherein the at least one weakened portion is located at a distance away from the third and fourth sides.

12. The arrangement of claim 11 , wherein the distance is substantially half way between the third side and the fourth side.

Assignees

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Inventors

• Wang Steven

Classifications

• A61K8/676

  Ascorbic acid, i.e. vitamin C · CPC title

• B65D75/5805

  for tearing a side strip parallel and next to the edge, e.g. by means of a line of weakness · CPC title

• A61K8/678

  Tocopherol, i.e. vitamin E · CPC title

• A61Q19/08

  Anti-ageing preparations · CPC title

• A61K8/0212

  Face masks · CPC title