Magnetic Eyelash Curler

Abstract

An eyelash curler, includes an eyelash curling press assembly having an eyelash pressing cylinder and an eyelash curling base assembly including an eyelash receiving trough. The eyelash receiving trough receives and engages the eyelash pressing cylinder. The eyelash receiving trough is movable relative to the eyelash pressing cylinder. The eyelash curler has a first, open, operative orientation, having a gap between the eyelash receiving trough and the eyelash pressing cylinder, and a second, closed, operative orientation, wherein an exterior of the eyelash pressing cylinder engages a surface of the eyelash receiving trough. The eyelash receiving trough and the eyelash pressing cylinder are curved and are sized and configured such that a contour thereof is adapted to engage the entirety of an eyelid of a user.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An eyelash curler, comprising:
 first and second handle portions, pivotable relative to each other about a fulcrum, each including a finger engaging loop;   an eyelash curling press assembly, fixedly attached to an end of said first handle portion, and including an eyelash pressing cylinder; and   an eyelash curling base assembly, slidable along said first handle portion and attached to said second handle portion, said eyelash curling base assembly including an eyelash receiving trough sized and configured to receive and to engage said eyelash pressing cylinder,   wherein said eyelash curler has a first, open, operative orientation, in which said finger engaging loops of said first and second handle portions are disposed at a first distance from each other, and a gap is formed between said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder, and a second, closed, operative orientation, in which said finger engaging loops are disposed at a second distance from each other, smaller than said first distance, and an exterior surface of said eyelash pressing cylinder engages a surface of said eyelash receiving trough, and   wherein said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder are curved, and are sized such that a contour thereof is adapted to engage the entirety of an eyelid of a user.   
     
     
         2 . The eyelash curler of  claim 1 , wherein:
 said eyelash pressing cylinder includes at least one first magnet;   said eyelash receiving trough has at least one second magnet disposed therein or therebeneath; and   in said closed operative orientation, said at least one first magnet and said at least one second magnet attract one another.   
     
     
         3 . The eyelash curler of  claim 1 , wherein said first handle portions comprises a first bent wire, and said second handle portion comprises a second bent wire. 
     
     
         4 . The eyelash curler of  claim 3 , wherein said second bent wire has a bore formed therein, and said second handle portion further includes a third bent wire extending through said bore, said third bent wire being rotatable relative to said second wire portion and being fixedly attached to said eyelash curling base assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The eyelash curler of  claim 3 , wherein, at said fulcrum, said second bent wire extends between two portions of said first bent wire. 
     
     
         6 . An eyelash curler, comprising:
 first and second handle portions, pivotable relative to each other about a fulcrum, each including a finger engaging loop;   an eyelash curling press assembly, fixedly attached to an end of said first handle portion, and including an eyelash pressing cylinder having disposed therein at least one first magnet; and   an eyelash curling base assembly, slidable along said first handle portion and fixedly attached to said second handle portion, said eyelash curling base assembly including:
 an eyelash receiving trough sized and configured to receive and to engage said eyelash pressing cylinder; and 
 at least one second magnet disposed within or beneath said eyelash receiving trough. 
   
     
     
         7 . The eyelash curler of  claim 6 , wherein said eyelash curler has a first, open, operative orientation, in which said finger engaging loops of said first and second handle portions are disposed at a first distance from each other, and a gap is formed between said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder, and a second, closed, operative orientation, in which said finger engaging loops are disposed at a second distance from each other, smaller than said first distance, an exterior surface of said eyelash pressing cylinder engages a surface of said eyelash receiving trough, and said at least one first magnet and said at least one second magnet attract one another. 
     
     
         8 . The eyelash curler of  claim 6 , wherein said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder are curved, such that a contour thereof matches a contour of an eyelid of a user. 
     
     
         9 . The eyelash curler of  claim 6 , wherein said eyelash pressing cylinder and said eyelash receiving trough are sized and configured to engage an entire eyelash hairline of an upper eyelid of a human eye, at once. 
     
     
         10 . The eyelash curler of  claim 6 , wherein said first handle portions comprises a first bent wire, and said second handle portion comprises a second bent wire. 
     
     
         11 . The eyelash curler of  claim 10 , wherein said second bent wire has a bore formed therein, and said second handle portion further includes a third bent wire extending through said bore, said third bent wire being rotatable relative to said second wire portion and being fixedly attached to said eyelash curling base assembly. 
     
     
         12 . The eyelash curler of  claim 10 , wherein, at said fulcrum, said second bent wire extends between two portions of said first bent wire. 
     
     
         13 . An eyelash curler, comprising:
 an eyelash curling press assembly including an eyelash pressing cylinder; and   an eyelash curling base assembly including an eyelash receiving trough sized and configured to receive and to engage said eyelash pressing cylinder, said eyelash receiving trough being movable relative to said eyelash pressing cylinder,   wherein said eyelash curler has a first, open, operative orientation, in which a gap is formed between said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder, and a second, closed, operative orientation, in which an exterior surface of said eyelash pressing cylinder engages a surface of said eyelash receiving trough, and   wherein said eyelash receiving trough and said eyelash pressing cylinder are curved and are sized and configured such that a contour thereof is adapted to engage the entirety of an eyelid of a user.   
     
     
         14 . The eyelash curler of  claim 13 , wherein:
 said eyelash pressing cylinder includes at least one first magnet;   said eyelash receiving trough has at least one second magnet disposed therein or therebeneath; and   in said closed operative orientation, said at least one first magnet and said at least one second magnet attract one another.   
     
     
         15 . The eyelash curler of  claim 13 , further comprising a first handle portion and a second handle portion rotatable relative to each other about a fulcrum, wherein rotation of said first handle portion relative to said second handle portion causes said relative movement between said eyelash curling base and said eyelash curling press. 
     
     
         16 . The eyelash curler of  claim 15 , wherein said relative movement is a linear movement. 
     
     
         17 . The eyelash curler of  claim 15 , wherein said first handle portions comprises a first bent wire, and said second handle portion comprises a second bent wire. 
     
     
         18 . The eyelash curler of  claim 17 , wherein said eyelash curling base is slidable along said first bent wire and is attached to said second bent wire, and said eyelash curling press is fixedly attached to said first bent wire.