Textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes Patent Grant Xavier , et al. March 28, 2 [Sigma Enterprises, LLC]

Textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes

Xavier , et al. March 28, 2

Patent Grant D782764

U.S. patent number D782,764 [Application Number D/514,849] was granted by the patent office on 2017-03-28 for textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes. This patent grant is currently assigned to Sigma Enterprises, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is Sigma Enterprises, LLC. Invention is credited to Rene Xavier Filho, Simone Rodrigues Oliveira Xavier.

United States Patent	D782,764
Xavier , et al.	March 28, 2017

Textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Xavier; Simone Rodrigues Oliveira (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Filho; Rene Xavier (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Sigma Enterprises, LLC	New Brighton	MN	US

Assignee:

Sigma Enterprises, LLC (New Brighton, MN)

Family ID:

48746251

Appl. No.:

D/514,849

Filed:

January 16, 2015

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
13540090	Jul 2, 2012	9015895

Current U.S. Class:	D32/40
Current CPC Class:	B08B3/10 20130101; A47L13/18 20130101; A46B5/04 20130101; B08B3/04 20130101; A46B17/06 20130101; B08B1/00 20130101; A46B2200/1046 20130101
Current International Class:	0401
Field of Search:	;D32/40-43,50-52 ;D29/117-119

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Primary Examiner: Windmuller; John
Assistant Examiner: Yeh; John R
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes, the texture being arrayed in a planar manner; and,

FIG. 2 is a representative fragmentary cross-sectional view of the textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes of FIG. 1 taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1.

The broken lines are portions of the textured device for cleaning cosmetic brushes that form no part of the claimed design.

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