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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Rea Innovations, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Robb Akridge, Seattle, WA (US);
Iranpour Khormaei, Vancouver, WA (US);
Michelle Lynn Balmer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Phillip Keith Golob, Washougal, WA (US);
Gregory Calvin Peterson, Seattle, WA (US);
San Francisco Sabin, Bellingham, WA (US);
Kimberly Ann Sokol, Vancouver, WA (US);
REA Innovations, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Abstract
Cosmetic blending devices for producing a cosmetic liquid from a solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule. The cosmetic blending devices include a lid, a base, a blending element configured to blend the capsule, and a drive mechanism configured to actuate the blending element. The cosmetic blending device may include a thermal element configured to change a temperature of the capsule. The thermal element may melt the capsule. The solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule comprises a shell defining an enclosed inner volume, and cosmetic material included in the enclosed inner volume. Methods of using the cosmetic blending devices comprise placing the solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule into the cosmetic blending device and blending the capsule to produce the cosmetic liquid. Methods of forming the solid-shell cosmetic ingredient capsule comprise forming a portion of the shell, adding the cosmetic material to the portion of the shell, and forming the remaining portion of the shell.