ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,699, issued on July 29, was assigned to MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Cosmetic applicator" was invented by Shunsuke Sakai (Fujioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic applicator capable of stably applying a cosmetic even when the cosmetic contains large particles. A cosmetic applicator includes a barrel, a brush made of bundled fibers and provided in front of the barrel, a cosmetic accommodation portion arranged in a space behind the barrel, a guide that guides a cosmetic from the cosmetic accommodation portion to the brush, a collector that has a comb-shaped outer circumferential surface and that is disposed ...