ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,985, issued on June 3, was assigned to PUIG FRANCE (Paris).
"Refillable stick case" was invented by Frederic Coutan (Paris) and Jerome Liard (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cosmetic applicator device including a refillable stick case and a base for receiving the refillable stick case. The refillable stick case is configured to be removably coupled to the base. The refillable stick case includes a stick holder for holding a stick of a cosmetic material and a tubular guide surrounding the stick holder. The tubular guide extends along a first longitudinal direction between a tubular guide coupling end and a tubular guide open end...