Patent · US Expired

Zoned mascara brush and package including the brush

US6394678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 2001
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B2200/1053
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A twisted-in-wire mascara brush constituted of one or more zones of mascara-absorptive material such as cotton fibers or polymeric sponge material alternating with one or more zones of bristles or fibers substantially nonabsorptive to mascara along the length of the brush. A package of mascara includes a container holding a body of mascara and an applicator brush constituted of alternating zones of material absorptive to the mascara and bristles or fibers nonabsorptive to the mascara.

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