Depilatory Wax Additive for Visual and Olfactory Enhancement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Hard depilatory waxes often have unappealing visual and olfactory characteristics and can irritate the skin, leading to discomfort during hair removal.

Innovation Solution

A depilatory wax additive that includes a molded hard wax composition with added components such as glitter, color modifiers, scent modifiers, or skin treatments, which can be mixed with preexisting hard wax compositions to enhance visual, olfactory, and skin treatment properties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If visual, olfactory, or skin treatment components are added to hard wax composition, then appealing visual or olfactory characteristics or skin treatment is achieved, but the time and difficulty of preparing and using hard wax composition increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of preparing hard wax compositionVSAvoidtime required to mix and apply wax

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-mixes visual components (glitter, color), olfactory components (scent), and skin treatment components into the hard wax composition during manufacturing. This preliminary action eliminates the need for users to manually mix multiple separate components, thereby reducing preparation time and difficulty while maintaining all desired characteristics.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines multiple functional components (visual appeal, olfactory appeal, skin treatment) into a single integrated hard wax composition. By merging these separate functions into one product, the patent eliminates the need for users to handle and mix multiple separate additives, thereby reducing preparation complexity and time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple hard wax formulations are purchased to achieve desired combinations of visual, olfactory, and skin treatment components, then comprehensive treatment options are available, but costs and storage requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevariety of treatment optionsVSAvoidstorage requirements for wax supplies

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal hard wax composition that integrates multiple functions (visual appeal through glitter/color, olfactory appeal through scent, and skin treatment) into a single product. This multi-functional approach allows users to obtain all desired treatment options from one formulation, eliminating the need to purchase and store multiple separate hard wax formulations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Ease of manufacture

If visual, olfactory, or skin treatment components are added to hard wax composition, then appealing characteristics or skin treatment is achieved, but waste is generated during addition and application

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of adding componentsVSAvoidwaste during addition to hard wax composition

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-mixes all visual, olfactory, and skin treatment components into the hard wax composition during manufacturing at precise concentrations. This preliminary action ensures that the correct amount of each component is incorporated, eliminating waste that would occur if users manually added components and potentially used too much or too little.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The additive reduces the time and difficulty of preparing and using hard wax compositions, eliminates waste, and provides a concentrated, easily mixed solution for enhancing the visual, olfactory, and skin treatment aspects of depilatory waxes, thereby improving user experience and reducing costs.

Implementation Method 1

heating the wax mixture until the depilatory wax additive liquefies, such that the glitter is dispersed in the wax mixture

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMelting: Melting

Data Source

PatentUS12311038B2Depilatory wax additive and process

Publication Date: 2025.05.27 MERMAID BRAND HLDG LLC

AI summary

A depilatory wax additive and process. The depilatory wax additive may modify a depilatory hard wax composition to include visual, olfactory, or skin treatment components. A depilatory wax additive may include molded hard wax component and glitter, a color modifier, a scent modifier, or a skin treatment. A preexisting hard wax composition of solid particles may be heated to a liquid. The depilatory wax additive may be added to the liquefied preexisting hard wax composition, mixed, and heated to disperse the glitter, a color modifier, a scent modifier, or a skin treatment in the wax mixture.