Tray for holding eyelash extensions and processes for applying eyelash extensions

Abstract

A support for holding individual eyelash extensions includes a tray that is configured to be positioned on the back of an individual's hand and / or wrist, as well as an attachment member associated with the tray to secure the tray in place on the back of the individual's hand and / or wrist. The tray includes a surface for holding individual eyelash extensions. More specifically, the surface may be configured to receive a strip that carries individual eyelash extensions and to cause the individual eyelash extensions to fan out in a manner that makes them easy to individually grasp. Methods for applying eyelash extensions to a person's natural eyelashes are also disclosed.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]A claim for the benefit of priority to the Jan. 23, 2015, filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 62 / 107,286, titled HAND TRAY APPARATUS FOR EYELASH EXTENSIONS AND PROCESSES FOR APPLYING EYELASH EXTENSIONS (“the '286 Provisional Application”), is hereby made pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e). The entire disclosure of the '286 Provisional Application is hereby incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This disclosure relates generally to apparatuses that are used to hold eyelash extensions in place as a cosmetician applies the eyelash extensions. More specifically, this disclosure relates to apparatuses that are configured to be held on a cosmetician's hand or wrist and, in turn, hold the eyelash extensions at a location and in an orientation that makes the eyelash extensions readily accessible to the cosmetician as she applies them to an individual's existing eyelashes.BACKGROUND OF RELATED ART[0003]Artificial eyelashes ...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The patent describes an apparatus and method for applying eyelash extensions to a person's natural eyelashes. This apparatus includes a portable tray that is easily positioned on the hand or wrist of a cosmetician or individual, and a plurality of individual eyelash extensions that can be placed on the tray easily. This allows for access to the eyelash extensions close to the natural eyelashes. The method involves positioning the tray on the individual's hand or wrist and placing the eyelash extensions on the tray, with the outer ends of adjacent extensions spaced apart from each other. This makes it convenient and comfortable for the individual to apply the eyelash extensions to the person's natural eyelashes. The technical effect of this invention is that it provides a convenient and easy way to apply eyelash extensions to a person's natural eyelashes.

Problems solved by technology

In that arrangement, the individual eyelash extensions may be mixed together and even tangled, making it difficult for a cosmetician to grasp them one at a time.

It takes a substantial amount of concentration for a cosmetician to isolate a person's natural lash from adjacent lashes.

Substantial amounts of concentration and effort are also needed for the cosmetician to hold that individual natural lash in isolation.

While holding the isolated natural lash with one hand, it is especially difficult for the cosmetician to abandon her field of focus to grasp one or more individual eyelash extensions with her other hand.

Even where the support is placed upon a stable surface located close to a customer's eyes, repeated movement between the support and the person's eyelashes can distract the cosmetician, disrupting her focus and concentration each time she has to reach for another individual eyelash extension.

Furthermore, since the cosmetician's movements are usually repeated so many times, the process of moving her hand may consume a significant amount of time during the session.

The repetitious movement may also become tiresome and even fatiguing to the cosmetician.

This approach is, however, can be unsanitary and often results in dropped strips that carry individual eyelash extensions, as the adhesive material on the strips does not adhere as well to an individual's hand as it does to a more solid surface (e.g., plastic, metal, etc.).

Furthermore, the placement of adhesive material on the cosmetician's hand can be a challenge.

While a glue ring eliminates the need for a cosmetician to hold onto a receptacle for the adhesive material, its use can be undesirably dangerous, as it will move whenever the finger or thumb on which it is placed moves, and because of the risk that some of the liquid adhesive material may spill each time the cosmetician moves her finger or thumb.

In addition, glue rings are typically top-heavy—particularly when they carry adhesive material—when may cause them to unexpectedly roll on a cosmetician's finger and to spill the liquid adhesive material that they carry.

The danger of spilling the liquid adhesive material is of particular concern because glue rings are intended to enable a cosmetician to place the adhesive material close to a customer's face and eyes—the very locations that are prone to injury if the liquid adhesive material is spilled.

Unfortunately, positioning individual eyelash extensions on the individual's finger limits her ability to use that finger and, thus, the hand of which that finger is a part, for other purposes.

Moreover, if the individual bends the finger that holds the individual eyelash extensions, the individual eyelash extensions may be moved from their preferred orientation, which may increase the difficulty of grasping and applying adhesive material to the base ends of the individual eyelash extensions.

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