Cosmetic brush cleaning aid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9826824-B2
Application number	US-201414522104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2014
Priority date	Oct 23, 2014
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

A cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus and processes for streamlining cleaning, drying, and/or storing cosmetic brushes are described. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include elevated elements to aid in cleaning and drawing out make-up, dirt, debris, etc., in the fibrous heads of cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include draining mechanisms for removing excess water resulting from the cleaning process. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include an elevated wall that follows a contour of the cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus for retaining water within the elevated wall of the cosmetic cleaning apparatus and/or securing cosmetic brushes for drying and storing cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include one or more additional drying elements for drying and/or storing the cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning system enables users to deep clean cosmetic brushes efficiently and conveniently dry and/or store the cosmetic brushes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for cleaning and drying cosmetic brushes, the apparatus comprising:
a front surface including a plurality of spaced apart elevated cleaning elements, each cleaning element having a base attached to the front surface, and a top that is elevated from the front surface, wherein the base of each cleaning element is spaced apart from the base of adjacent cleaning elements, the front surface including an elevated wall that protrudes from the front surface and follows a contour around an entirety of the front surface;
a back surface coupled to the front surface, the back surface facing an opposite direction from the front surface; and
one or more drying elements disposed on the back surface or the elevated wall, the one or more drying elements configured to hold substantially linear handles of cosmetic brushes in an angled position over the apparatus, with a first end of the brush higher than a second end of the brush.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elevated cleaning elements comprise one or more of a plurality of elevated cross shapes, a plurality of elevated circular shapes, or a plurality of elevated rectangular shapes.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the elevated wall is elevated to a height relative to the front surface greater than a height that the plurality of elevated cleaning elements is elevated relative to the front surface.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the back surface is coupled to and separated from the front surface by one or more separators that are interposed between the front surface and the back surface, the one or more separators following a contour of the front surface and the back surface.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of draining mechanisms disposed on the front surface or the back surface, the plurality of draining mechanisms configured to drain water from the apparatus.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more drying elements are disposed on the back surface and comprise one or more elevated drying elements; and
the one or more elevated drying elements are arranged at least along the contour of an edge of the back surface.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising one or more hanging mechanisms coupled to the back surface, the one or more hanging mechanisms configured for attaching the apparatus to a surface for drying and storing one or more cosmetic brushes.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the front surface is associated with a front side of a sheet and the back surface is associated with a back side of the sheet, the back side of the sheet opposite the front side.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
a top height of the elevated wall above the front surface at a top edge of the front surface is taller than a bottom height of the elevated wall above the front surface at a bottom edge of the front surface, the bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a side height of the elevated wall above the front surface along a first edge and a second edge gradually decreases from the top height to the bottom height, the first edge and the second edge being substantially parallel, and the first edge and the second edge being substantially perpendicular to the top edge and the bottom edge.

10. An apparatus for cleaning and drying cosmetic brushes, the apparatus comprising:
a front surface including a plurality of elevated cleaning elements that are elevated from the front surface and an elevated wall that protrudes from the front surface and follows a contour around an entirety of the front surface;
a back surface coupled to the front surface, the back surface opposite the front surface;
one or more drying elements disposed on the elevated wall;
wherein the one or more drying elements comprise a plurality of circular cutouts in a first portion of the elevated wall associated with a first edge of the apparatus and a plurality of circular cutouts in a second portion of the elevated wall associated with a second edge of the apparatus, the first edge opposite the second edge; and
wherein individual circular cutouts of the plurality of circular cutouts in the first potion have a corresponding individual circular cutout of the plurality of circular cutouts in the second portion such that corresponding individual circular cutouts are configured to secure a cosmetic brush.

11. A cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus comprising:
a body comprising:
a top sheet including a plurality of elevated cleaning elements that are elevated from a surface of the top sheet and an elevated wall that follows a contour of the top sheet;
a bottom sheet coupled to the top sheet, the bottom sheet opposite the top sheet; and
one or more separators connecting the top sheet and the bottom sheet, the one or more separators following the contour of a portion of the top sheet, the one or more separators connecting the top and bottom sheets along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the top and back sheets; and

one or more drying elements disposed on the body.

12. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the body comprises a flexible, non-water absorbent material.

13. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the top sheet further includes a plurality of draining mechanisms configured to drain water from the top sheet.

14. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:
the one or more drying elements comprise a plurality of circular cutouts in a first portion of the elevated wall associated with a first edge of the body and a plurality of circular cutouts in a second portion of the elevated wall associated with a second edge of the body, the first edge opposite the second edge; and
individual circular cutouts of the plurality of circular cutouts in the first potion having a corresponding individual circular cutout of the plurality of circular cutouts in the second portion such that corresponding individual circular cutouts are configured to secure a cosmetic brush at a distance above the top sheet.

15. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , further including one or more hanging mechanisms coupled to the bottom sheet, the one or more hanging mechanisms configured to hang the body from another surface for drying or storing one or more cosmetic brushes that are secured in the one or more drying elements.

16. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the bottom sheet includes a plurality of draining mechanisms configured to drain water from the bottom sheet, the plurality of draining mechanisms comprising cutouts in the bottom sheet.

17. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more drying elements are disposed on the back surface.

18. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more drying elements comprise an elevated wedge associated with a first edge of the back surface, the elevated wedge configured to elevate a handle of a cosmetic brush to a height above a head of the cosmetic brush resting on a second edge of the back surface, the second edge opposite the first edge.

19. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more drying elements comprise a plurality of elevated drying elements arranged along a first edge of the back surface and a second edge of the back surface, the second edge opposite the first edge, the plurality of elevated drying elements configured to elevate handles of cosmetic brushes to heights above heads of the cosmetic brushes.

Assignees

• Hct Group Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Cindy Sean Yuei
• Wong Michelle
• Yiang Nadine

Classifications

• A46B17/06 Primary

  Devices for cleaning brushes after use · CPC title

• A46B9/021

  arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow · CPC title

• A46B17/02

  Devices for holding brushes in use · CPC title