Finger mascara

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10973304-B2
Application number	US-201816476267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2018
Priority date	Jan 5, 2017
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

Finger mascara includes: a container for containing a cosmetic material; an application unit coupled to the container; and a middle unit for detachably coupling the application unit to the container. The application unit includes: a finger insertion part in which a user can insert a finger from above; an outer cylinder surrounding the periphery of the finger insertion part and having an upward opening; a plurality of elastic supporting parts extending upward from the outer cylinder and capable of wrapping the finger inserted from above and being elastically transformed in a direction away from a central axis of the outer cylinder as the finger is inserted; a stick extending downward from one point of the inner space of the outer cylinder; and a brush for applying cosmetic material by coating the same thereon, wherein a free end of the elastic supporting parts is provided with a tip.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A finger mascara comprising:
a container in which a cosmetic material for eyelash make-up is contained and whose upper end is opened;
an application unit which is coupled to an upper end of the container and into which a user can insert his/her finger to apply a cosmetic material; and
a middle unit removably coupling the application unit to the container,
wherein the application unit includes,
a finger insertion part which provides an insertion space into which the user can insert the finger from an upper side thereof;
an outer cylinder which surrounds around the finger insertion part and whose upper end is opened;
a plurality of elastic supporting parts which are extended upward from the outer cylinder, capable of wrapping around the finger to be inserted into from the upper side, and can be elastically deformed in a direction away from a central axis of the outer cylinder as the finger is inserted into;
a stick extended downward from a point within the inner space of the outer cylinder; and
a brush which is capable of being coated with and applying the cosmetic material,
wherein at a free end of the elastic supporting part, there is provided a tip which is formed so as to be more protruding toward the finger than the elastic supporting part, or which is extended to one side or both sides, or which is formed with a wider area in a width direction than the elastic supporting part,
wherein the middle unit includes,
a base provided between the container and the application unit; and
an upper rib which is extended to an upper side of the base;
wherein a predetermined space is formed between the finger insertion part and the outer cylinder, and
the upper rib of the middle unit inserted into the predetermined space.

2. The finger mascara of claim 1 , wherein the elastic supporting parts are disposed along the periphery of the outer cylinder at a constant interval therebetween.

3. The finger mascara of claim 1 , wherein the elastic supporting part is extended in a spiral shape in a circumferential direction of the finger.

4. The finger mascara of claim 1 , wherein some of the plurality of elastic supporting parts are formed to have lengths different from each other.

5. The finger mascara of claim 1 , wherein some of the plurality of elastic supporting parts are arranged so as to overlap each other in a length direction of the finger.

6. The finger mascara of claim 1 , wherein a distance from a lower point of the finger insertion part to a center of the tip is from 2 cm to 5 cm.

7. A finger mascara comprising:
a container in which a cosmetic material for eyelash make-up is contained and whose upper end is opened;
an application unit which is coupled to an upper end of the container and into which a user can insert his/her finger to apply a cosmetic material; and
a middle unit removably coupling the application unit to the container,
wherein the application unit includes,
a finger insertion part which provides an insertion space into which the user can insert the finger from an upper side thereof;
an outer cylinder which surrounds around the finger insertion part and whose upper end is opened;
a plurality of elastic supporting parts which are extended upward from the outer cylinder, capable of wrapping around the finger to be inserted into from the upper side, and can be elastically deformed in a direction away from a central axis of the outer cylinder as the finger is inserted into;
a stick extended downward from a point within the inner space of the outer cylinder; and
a brush which is capable of being coated with and applying the cosmetic material,
wherein the middle unit includes,
a base provided between the container and the application unit, and provided with a through hole through which the stick and the brush pass;
a lower rib which is extended to a lower side of the base to be coupled to the container; and
an upper rib which is extended to an upper side of the base to be inserted into an inner side of the outer cylinder,
wherein the upper rib is inserted into a space between the finger insertion part and the outer cylinder,
wherein a predetermined space is formed between the finger insertion part and the outer cylinder, and
the upper rib of the middle unit inserted into the predetermined space.

8. The finger mascara of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of coupling ribs are provided around the stick,
wherein on an inner circumferential surface of the upper rib, there are provided a plurality of coupling slots into which the coupling rib is selectively inserted.

9. The finger mascara of claim 8 , wherein the outer cylinder is formed so as to have a height equal to or lower than an end portion of the coupling rib.

10. The finger mascara of claim 8 , wherein on an inner circumferential surface of the upper rib, a guide which guides movement of the coupling rib is protrudingly formed from the inner circumferential surface,
wherein the guide is provided between the coupling slots to include a plurality of guide surface,
wherein the guide surface is provided with an inclined surface extended to the coupling slots of both sides with respect to a summit point located between the coupling slots.

11. The finger mascara of claim 10 , wherein the coupling rib is configured to be elastically deformed and extracted from the coupling slot by a rotational force applied to the outer cylinder,
wherein the coupling rib goes up along the guide surface after having been extracted from the coupling slot.

12. The finger mascara of claim 8 , wherein the coupling rib has a plate shape extended lengthily downward, and is fixed to the finger insertion part and the stick,
wherein between the coupling rib and the outer cylinder, there is provided a space into which the upper rib can be inserted,
wherein in a state where the application unit is coupled to the middle unit, the coupling rib is spaced from the inner surface of the upper rib, and the outer surface of the upper rib is in contact with an inner surface of the outer cylinder.

13. The finger mascara of claim 7 , wherein in an inner side of the lower rib, there is provided a wiper which is capable of scraping a cosmetic material adhered to the stick.

14. A finger mascara comprising:
a container in which a cosmetic material for eyelash make-up is contained and whose upper end is opened;
an application unit which is coupled to an upper end of the container and into which a user can insert his/her finger to apply a cosmetic material; and
a middle unit removably coupling the application unit to the container,
wherein the application unit includes,
a finger insertion part which provides an insertion space into which the user can insert the finger from an upper side thereof;
an outer cylinder which surrounds around the finger insertion part and whose upper end is opened;
a plurality of elastic supporting parts which are extended upward from the outer cylinder, capable of wrapping around the finger to be inserted into from the upper side, and can be elastically deformed in a direction away from a central axis of the outer cylinder as the finger is inserted into;
a stick extended downward from a point within the inner space of the outer cylinder; and
a brush which is capable of being coated with and applying the cosmetic material,
wherein the middle unit includes an upper rib to be inserted into an inner side of the outer cylinder,
wherein when the application unit is coupled to the middle unit, the finger supporting part is disposed in an inner side of the upper rib,
wherein a predetermined space is formed between the fing

Assignees

• Amorepacific Corp

Inventors

• Cho Yeon Ju
• Jeong Hae Won
• Han Eun Sil
• Roh Hyun Woo

Classifications

• A45D2040/0006

  Accessories · CPC title

• A45D40/267 Primary

  comprising a wiper · CPC title

• A45D40/18

  Casings combined with other objects (A45D40/24, A45D42/02 take precedence) · CPC title

• A45D2200/053

  Transparent containers · CPC title

• A46B5/04

  shaped as gloves or finger-stalls {or other special holding ways, e.g. by the tongue} · CPC title