ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,614, issued on June 24, was assigned to COSMOGEN SAS (Paris).
"Refillable applicator for cosmetics" was invented by Hugues Chabrerie (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) and Christophe Benigni (Pantin, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refillable applicator for a cosmetic product includes a cartridge that is movable between an initial position and an ejected position. The applicator includes a case housing the cartridge, and a push button designed to eject the cartridge, the push button being movable between an idle position wherein it is designed to enable the cartridge to be in the initial position in the case, and an ejection posit...