ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,823, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to L'OREAL (Paris).

"Reversible adapter and ecosystem for cosmetic applicator configured for users with limited mobility" was invented by Casey Barbarino (San Anselmo, Calif.), Shivya Bansal (Somerset, N.J.) and Gregoire Charraud (Jersey City, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that stabilizes an applicator in response to the motion caused by a user. The system includes a motion stabilizer; and an adapter that holds a cosmetic applicator. The motion stabilizer includes a receiver configured to be coupled with the adapter; at least one sensor configured to detect a movement caus...