ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,691, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COSMOGEN SAS (Paris).
"Device for dispensing and applying stick-shaped cosmetic product" was invented by Hugues Chabrerie (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dispensing and applying a cosmetic product wherein the cosmetic product is movable between a position retracted into the device and a position deployed out of the device includes a receptacle for the cosmetic product and a sheath forming a housing for the receptacle. The sheath covers the cosmetic product when the cosmetic product is in the position retracted into the device, and at least partially unco...