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.

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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 ...

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Benefits of technology

[0017]An apparatus that supports a plurality of individual eyelash extensions includes a tray and an attachment member. The tray is configured to be positioned on the back of an individual's hand and/or wrist (e.g., a cosmetician's hand and/or wrist, etc.), while the attachment member is configured to secure the tray in place on the back of the individual's hand and/or wrist. Such an apparatus may enable the individual to readily access eyelash extensions at a location that is close to the natural eyelashes to which the individual eyelash extensions are to be applied.

[0018]The tray includes a surface that is configured to hold the plurality of individual eyelash extensions. The surface of the tray may be configured to cause individual eyelash extensions with base ends that are removably secured to a strip to fan out in such a way that outer ends of the eyelash extensions, which are opposite from the base ends of the individual eyelash extensions, to be spaced farther apart from one another than their corresponding base ends. In some embodiments, the surface comprises a convex surface or a convexly curved surface. Such a surface may be elongated and even have a partially cylindrical configuration (i.e., a segment of a solid consisting of two parallel planes bounded by identical closed curves, such as circles, oval, ellipses, etc., that are interconnected at every point by a set of parallel lines, which may be oriented perpendicular or oblique to the planes). In embodiments where the plurality of individual eyelash extensions are carried by a strip, to which base ends of the individual eyelash extensions are secured and from which the base ends of the individual eyelash extensions may be removed, the strip may be temporarily secured (e.g., by way of a pressure-sensitive adhesive material, etc.) to the surface. Positioning of the strip on the surface may cause the individual eyelash extensions that are carried by the strip to fan out, with outer ends of the individual eyelash extensions being spaced farther apart from one another than their corresponding base ends. Such an arrangement may make it easier for an individual (e.g., a cosmetician, etc.) to grasp an individual eyelash extension from a group of eyelash extensions that are arranged in close proximity to one another.

[0019]The tray may be configured in such a way

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.

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