Methods and apparatuses for applying eyelash extensions

US8616223B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Elliot Rabe · Baltimore, US
• Peter Jonathan Wyatt · Portland, US
• Keri Ann Marsh · Baltimore, US
• Matthew Clair Ehrman · Baltimore, US
• Nancy Taylor Dempsey · Danbury, US
• Megan Mai Morys · Cambridge, GB
• Robert Scadding Moir · Arbury, GB
• Peter Paul Beentje · Rotterdam, NL
• Kate Reeves · Grafton, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/44017
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An applicator for use with an eyelash extension system that has a backbone and a backbone surface configured to be joined with a closure surface. A plurality of eyelash extensions are attached to the backbone. The applicator includes a frame having a first end and a second end spaced laterally from the first end, a rail attached to the frame and extending laterally between the first and second ends, and a cam. The cam has a cam surface configured to contact the backbone of the eyelash extension system to urge the backbone to come into contact with the closure as the cam is moved laterally along the rail.