ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,403, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to L'OREAL (France).
"Device for packaging a cosmetic product in the form of a stick" was invented by Marcel Sanchez (Clichy, France), Francois Boucher (Clichy, France) and Stephane Maire (Clichy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for packaging a lipstick, having a lipstick distributor mechanism, having a proximal part and a rotary distal part, configured such that the rotary movement of the distal part with respect to the proximal part is accompanied by an axial movement of the stick relative to the proximal part, a case having a body made of mineral glass, into which said mechanism ...