GB2527497A - Epilatory device - Google Patents
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- GB2527497A GB2527497A GB1409228.2A GB201409228A GB2527497A GB 2527497 A GB2527497 A GB 2527497A GB 201409228 A GB201409228 A GB 201409228A GB 2527497 A GB2527497 A GB 2527497A
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- 229920000298 Cellophane Polymers 0.000 claims description 3
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- 210000004209 hair Anatomy 0.000 abstract description 8
- 239000001993 wax Substances 0.000 description 12
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 3
- 230000000052 comparative effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000013043 chemical agent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000002537 cosmetic Substances 0.000 description 1
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
- A45D26/0014—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers using wax
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
- A45D26/0019—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers using an adhesive element
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
- A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
- A45D2200/1009—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like
- A45D2200/1036—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like containing a cosmetic substance, e.g. impregnated with liquid or containing a soluble solid substance
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Abstract
An epilatory device comprises a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the length of the flat elongate body to the length of the adhesive paste is from 1.251 to 1.151. The adhesive paste medium may be a wax. The ratio of the area of the flat elongate body to the area of the paste is preferably 1.87:1 to 1.65:1. The advantages of the invention include that it provides efficacious hair removal without leaving significant wax residue on a user's skin.
Description
Epilatory Device The present invention relates to a new epilatory device and its application to hair removal. Hair removal, particularly for cosmetic purposes, is performed by several techniques. The technique of electrolysis, electrical devices gripping and pulling out the hair, for example with the aid of rotating parts, chemical agents such as sulphides, the conventional tweezers, as well as hot and cold epilatory waxes, may be used for example.
Cold epilatory waxes are generally applied to a thin backing in the form of a strip. Such a wax will hereinafter be termed adhesive paste medium.
Traditionally, a film of cellophane or a non woven material having the adhesive paste medium applied directly on one side of the strip is used. This type of product is commonly referred to as a cold wax strip and it typically found in the general shape of a rectangle.
Such cold wax strips are used as follows: the user presses the strip firmly onto the area to be epilated, the adhesive medium being placed in the direction of the area to be depilated, then one end of the backing strip is grasped and pulled sharply away from the area to be depilated. The hairs trapped in the adhesive paste medium are therefore removed from the treated area and in principle the whole of the adhesive paste medium remains attached to the backing strip.
However, a disadvantage of known cold wax strips is that a user can find a cold wax strip difficult to use and achieve consistent efficacy.
Therefore according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the length of the flat elongate body to the length of the adhesive paste can be from 1.25:1 to 1.15:1.
The ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1. According to a particularly preferred embodiment the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically 1.23:1.
The length of the flat elongate body is typically 160mm or less.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the area of the flat elongate body to the area of the adhesive paste can be from 1.87:1 to 1.65:1.
The ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is typically from 1.85:1 to 1.81:1. According to a particularly preferred embodiment the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically 1.85:1.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the length of the flat elongate body to the length of the adhesive paste can be from 1.25:1 to 1.15:1 and wherein the ratio of the area of the flat elongate body to the area of the adhesive paste can be from 1.87:1 to 1.65:1.
The ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1. According to a particularly preferred embodiment the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically 1.23:1.
The ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is typically from 1.85:1 to 1.80:1. According to a particularly preferred embodiment the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is typically 1.85:1.
Typically the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste can be from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1 and the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste can be from 1.85:1 to 1.80:1. More typically the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste can be 1.23:1 and the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is 1.85:1.
The length of the flat elongate body is typically 160mm or less.
It is preferred that the substrate of the first, second and third aspects is a non-woven material or cellophane, however it is envisaged that any suitable substrate may be used.
The device of the first, second and third aspects can further include a grab member which is held by the user to aid removal of the device from a user's body part. Typically, the grab member is substantially free of adhesive paste medium.
:o It is preferred that the body and/or giab member of the device of the first, second and third aspects has indicia applied thereto. The indicia may be instructions or other indicia which may provide guidance to an end user on how to use the epilatory device. The indicia may be, for example, one or more arrows which give guidance to the user on which way to pull the epilatory device away from the users body in use. The indicia may be on the body and/or the grab member.
It is envisaged that two epilatory devices are attached together typically the adhesive paste medium on a first epilatory device is attached to adhesive paste medium on a second epilatoiy device. In use, the first epilatory device and the second epilatory device are peelable in order to allow easy separation of the epilatory device at the moment of use.
The wax strips of the present invention can be made using any suitable technique known to the man skilled in the art.
The wax strips of the present invention along with a comparative example were tested by a panel of consumers. The following attributes were specifically assessed: * Ease of peeling the strip apart, * Ease of applying the wax strips, * Ease of gripping the strip, * Ease of removal, * Ease of pulling strip back on itself, * Efficiency of hair removal, * Smoothness of skin after use, * Amount of residue left on the skin.
The results are shown in Table 1.
Inventive Inventive Comparative Test Example A Example B Example Ease of pulling strip apart 8.4 8.3 7.9 Ease of applying strip 8.4 8.0 7.6 Ease of gripping tab 8.3 8.2 7.4 Ease of removal 8.4 8.4 6.9 Ease of quick removal 8.4 8.2 7.3 Ease of pulling strip back 8.4 8.1 6.9 on itself Effectiveness of hair 8.3 8.1 7.5 removal Smoothness of skin after 8.5 8.2 7.3 use Consumers with no 41% 35% 22% residue on skin after use
Table 1
An advantage of the present invention is that there is provided an improved wax strip whose design has been optimised such that it provides efficacious hair removal without leaving any significant wax residue on a user's skin.
Further modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention described herein. b
Claims (9)
- Claims 1. An epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the length of the flat elongate body to the length of the adhesive paste is from 1.25:1 to 1.15:1.
- 2. An epilatory device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1.
- 3. An epilatory device as claimed in either claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is 1.23:1.
- 4. An epilatory device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the length of the flat elongate body is 160mm or less.
- 5. An epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the area of the flat elongate body to the area of the adhesive paste is from 1.87:1 to 1.65:1.
- 6. An epilatory device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is from 1.85:1 to 1.81:1.
- 7. An epilatory device as claimed in either claim 5 or claim 6 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is 1.85:1.
- 8. An epilatory device comprising a flat elongate body having an adhesive paste medium applied to a first side of the body, wherein the ratio of the length of the flat elongate body to the length of the adhesive paste e is from 1.25:1 to 1.15:1 and wherein the ratio of the area of the flat elongate body to the area of the adhesive paste is from 1.87:1 to 1.65:1.
- 9. An epilatory device as claimed in claim 8 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1.lOAn epilatory device as claimed in claim 8 or claim 9 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is 1.23:1.hAn epilatory device as claimed in any of the claims 8-10 wherein the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is froml.85:ltol.80:1.12.An epilatory device as claimed in any of the claims 8-11 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is 1.85:1.13.An epilatory device as claimed in any of the claims 8-12 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is from 1.24:1 to 1.21:1 and the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste can be from 1.85:1 to 1.80:1.14.An epilatory device as claimed in any of the claims 8-13 wherein the ratio of the length of the elongate body to the length of adhesive paste is 1.23:1 and the ratio of the area of the elongate body to the area of adhesive paste is 1.85:1.15.An epilatory device as claimed in any of the claims 8-14 wherein the length of the flat elongate body is typically 160mm or less.16.An epilatory device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the substrate is a non-woven material, cellophane or any other suitable material. a
Priority Applications (8)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB1409228.2A GB2527497A (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2014-05-23 | Epilatory device |
| AU2015263104A AU2015263104A1 (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Epilatory device |
| CN201580026771.0A CN106470572A (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Depilation device |
| PCT/GB2015/051492 WO2015177553A1 (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Epilatory device |
| MX2016015291A MX2016015291A (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Epilatory device. |
| RU2016150192A RU2016150192A (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | EPILATION DEVICE |
| EP15726260.1A EP3145364A1 (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Epilatory device |
| US15/313,666 US20170208916A1 (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2015-05-21 | Epilatory Device |
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| GB1409228.2A GB2527497A (en) | 2014-05-23 | 2014-05-23 | Epilatory device |
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| GB2527497A true GB2527497A (en) | 2015-12-30 |
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| US (1) | US20170208916A1 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP3145364A1 (en) |
| CN (1) | CN106470572A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU2015263104A1 (en) |
| GB (1) | GB2527497A (en) |
| MX (1) | MX2016015291A (en) |
| RU (1) | RU2016150192A (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2015177553A1 (en) |
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| USD861249S1 (en) * | 2018-06-21 | 2019-09-24 | Harry's, Inc. | Wax strip |
| USD947450S1 (en) * | 2019-12-18 | 2022-03-29 | Harry's Inc. | Wax strip |
| US11197527B2 (en) | 2019-12-18 | 2021-12-14 | Harry's, Inc. | Wax strip |
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| FR805243A (en) * | 1935-04-25 | 1936-11-14 | Hair removal accessory | |
| US3808637A (en) * | 1972-07-14 | 1974-05-07 | Combe Inc | Depilation device |
| US6027513A (en) * | 1997-02-20 | 2000-02-22 | Ceraboma, Inc. | Wax band for depilation and device for its use |
| WO2009006681A1 (en) * | 2007-07-06 | 2009-01-15 | Chemcorp Pty Limited | Hair removal strips |
| WO2012020245A1 (en) * | 2010-08-10 | 2012-02-16 | Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited | Epilatory device |
| EP2559422A1 (en) * | 2011-08-17 | 2013-02-20 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Effective depilatory article |
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| CN102988225A (en) * | 2012-10-31 | 2013-03-27 | 广西众昌树脂有限公司 | Depilatory patch |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| FR805243A (en) * | 1935-04-25 | 1936-11-14 | Hair removal accessory | |
| US3808637A (en) * | 1972-07-14 | 1974-05-07 | Combe Inc | Depilation device |
| US6027513A (en) * | 1997-02-20 | 2000-02-22 | Ceraboma, Inc. | Wax band for depilation and device for its use |
| WO2009006681A1 (en) * | 2007-07-06 | 2009-01-15 | Chemcorp Pty Limited | Hair removal strips |
| WO2012020245A1 (en) * | 2010-08-10 | 2012-02-16 | Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited | Epilatory device |
| EP2559422A1 (en) * | 2011-08-17 | 2013-02-20 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Effective depilatory article |
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| GB201409228D0 (en) | 2014-07-09 |
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