Multi-head artist and make-up brush

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9339105-B2
Application number	US-201414278329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2014
Priority date	May 11, 2006
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

A make-up brush system includes a mandrel having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes. A plurality of make-up brushes is provided. Each of the plurality of make-up brushes includes a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel. The system also includes a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention. The case includes a tray supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A make-up brush system, comprising:
a mandrel including a first end and a second end, the first end including a gripping surface for engagement with a hand of a make-up artist and the second end being shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with a plurality of make-up brushes;
a plurality of make-up brushes, each of the plurality of make-up brushes including a first end and a second end, the first end including a functional component of the make-up brush and the second end including a coupling member shaped and dimensioned for selective engagement with the second end of the mandrel; and
a case both supporting and sanitizing the various components of the present invention, the case including a base and a cover, as well as a tray positioned within the base for supporting the plurality of make-up brushes in accessible positions within the case, wherein the tray includes an upper support surface with a plurality of retention recesses, and each of the plurality of retention recesses includes a magnet of a strength sufficient to hold one of the plurality of the make-up brushes within one of the plurality of retention recesses but allow for retrieval upon application of sufficient force.

2. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the mandrel is an elongated member shaped and dimensioned for handling by a make-up artist.

3. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the mandrel is an elongated narrow member shaped and dimensioned for coupling with the second end of each of the plurality of make-up brushes.

4. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the functional component is brush bristles.

5. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling member at the second end of each of the plurality of make-up bushes includes a coupling recess shaped and dimensioned for receiving the second end of the mandrel in a mating configuration.

6. The make-up brush system according to claim 5 , further including a magnetic member providing sufficient attractive force to maintain the make-up brushes and the mandrel in a coupled arrangement during normal usage, while similarly allowing selective disconnection.

7. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the base and cover are connected by a hinge allowing for the cover to move between an open configuration where the contents of the case are exposed and a closed configuration where the contents of the case are fully enclosed within the case.

8. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , wherein the upper support surface sits above free edges of a side wall of the base.

9. The make-up brush system according to claim 8 , wherein each of the retention recesses is shaped and dimensioned to frictionally hold a make-up brush and release the same when adequate force is applied.

10. The make-up brush system according to claim 8 , wherein each of the retention recesses includes opposed side walls and a base connecting the opposed side walls, the opposed side walls and base defining a cavity shaped and dimensioned for receiving the make-up brush, wherein each of the retention recesses also includes a front end closed by a front wall and a rear end open for the passage of the second end of the mandrel into the recess, and ultimately into the coupling member and the second end of the make-up brush.

11. The make-up brush system according to claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of make-up brushes includes a circumferentially coupling recess and each of the retention recesses includes coupling detents respectively extending from the opposed side walls of the retention recess, the coupling detents being of a size to fit within the coupling recess of the brush body.

12. The make-up brush system according to claim 11 , wherein the coupling member at the second end of each of the plurality of make-up bushes includes a coupling recess shaped and dimensioned for receiving the second end of the mandrel in a mating configuration.

13. The make-up brush system according to claim 12 , further including a magnetic member providing sufficient attractive force to maintain the make-up brushes and the mandrel in a coupled arrangement during normal usage, while similarly allowing selective disconnection.

14. The make-up brush system according to claim 1 , further including batteries, an electronic circuit board and an ultraviolet light for sanitizing the plurality of make-up brushes.

Assignees

• Levy Darren
• Levy Frank
• Switchpro Llc

Inventors

• Levy Darren
• Levy Frank

Classifications

• A46B15/0091 Primary

  Container, e.g. bag or box with a collection of various devices · CPC title

• A45D2200/205

  Radiation, e.g. UV, infrared · CPC title

• A46B2200/1046

  Brush used for applying cosmetics · CPC title

• A46B7/04

  interchangeably {removable bristle carriers} · CPC title

• A46B7/023

  where the bristle carrier retracts or collapses, i.e. for storage · CPC title