Hinged Dual-Rounded Cosmetic Applicator Tip for Simultaneous Lip Application
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional applicator tips for cosmetic products can only apply the product to one lip at a time, limiting the efficiency of application and user comfort.
Innovation Solution
An applicator tip with two opposing rounded applicator faces hinged to a flexible part, allowing for rotation about multiple axes, providing a larger application surface that can be used to apply product to both lips in a single passage while maintaining comfort and sensation similar to spatula-shaped tips.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a spatula-shaped applicator tip is used, then local application to one lip is achieved with good flexibility, but application to both lips simultaneously is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator tip is segmented into two opposing rounded applicator faces that can be independently positioned. Each face can contact a different lip, allowing simultaneous application to both lips while maintaining the flexibility and comfort of individual spatula-like surfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The applicator tip transitions from a single-plane spatula shape to a three-dimensional structure with two opposing rounded faces. This dimensional change allows the applicator to span across both lips simultaneously while maintaining contact with each lip through the rounded surfaces, thereby improving productivity without sacrificing ease of operation.
2Area of moving object
If a single spatula-shaped applicator face is used, then comfort and flexibility are maintained, but the application surface area is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator tip is divided into two opposing rounded applicator faces, each providing a curved contact surface. This segmentation increases the total application surface area while keeping each individual face simple and easy to manufacture, thereby increasing the area parameter without significantly increasing device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a rigid applicator tip is used, then structural stability is maintained, but adaptability to different users and lip shapes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator tip incorporates a flexible part that allows the two rounded applicator faces to move relative to each other. This dynamic structure enables the applicator to adapt to different lip shapes and user anatomies while maintaining sufficient structural stability through the connection between the faces and the flexible element.
Solution Approach 2:
The applicator tip uses a flexible part connecting the two rounded applicator faces. This flexible element allows the structure to deform and adapt to different user lip configurations while maintaining overall structural integrity, thereby achieving both adaptability and structural stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient application of cosmetic product to both lips simultaneously, enhancing user experience and application efficiency with a design that adapts to various users and optimizes product distribution.
Implementation Method 1
said application part being connected to said sleeve by means of a flexible part, referred to as a restriction, such that said application part is rotatable relative to said sleeve about at least two axes
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AI summary
The invention relates to an applicator tip (10) for cosmetic product, said applicator tip (10) comprising a fixing part for fixing to a support rod, and an application part (20, 20′) for applying said product, said application part (20, 20′) having at least two opposing rounded applicator faces (F1, F2) that are hinged to said fixing part (14) and extend as far as a distal end (16) of the applicator (10), said rounded faces (F1, F2) having a radius of curvature (R1, R2) of less than 6 mm.The invention also relates to an associated applicator and applicator assembly.