ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,275, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TRISA HOLDING AG (Triengen, Switzerland) and GEKA GMBH (Bechhofen, Germany).
"Applicator device" was invented by Herbert Fischer (Reitnau, Switzerland), Oscar Trevisan (Oftringen, Switzerland) and Erika Von Jan (Roth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator device for cosmetic and/or hygiene applications, which includes a shaft with a longitudinal axis, a proximal and a distal end as well as a carrier element, wherein at the carrier element there are arranged bristle elements in an anchor-free manner, wherein the carrier element is introduced in a receiving opening or put onto a rece...