# US 10,500,385 B2 · Dispensing applicator for fluids > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,385 B2 - Document ID: US10500385B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/658,459 - Filed: 2017-07-25 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2005-05-26 - Assignees: Biomed Packaging Systems Inc. - Applicants: Biomed Packaging Systems Inc. - Inventors: Jack W. Kaufman; James Brown - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500385B2 ## CPC - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - A61M 35/003: {Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media (hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003)} - B43M 11/06: Hand-held devices - A61M 2210/04: Skin - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B43M: BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (stapling devices B25C5/00; devices for temporarily attaching sheets together B42F) ## Abstract A liquid dispensing applicator may include a liquid source for housing a liquid, the liquid source having a first end and a second end, the second end being closed; a swab member for dispensing said liquid, the swab member being disposed at the first end; and at least one capillary member being in fluid communication with the liquid source, the capillary tube directing fluid out from the liquid source onto an exterior of the swab member upon application of pressure to the liquid source. A liquid dispensing applicator may also include an applicator tip fluidically connected to the liquid source including a frangible juncture and a tongue member coupled to the frangible junction, application of force to the tongue member causing the frangible junction to fracture while remaining attached to the tongue member, resulting in at least one aperture to form through which liquid from the liquid source is dischargeable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid dispensing applicator, comprising: a liquid source for housing a liquid, the liquid source having a first end and a second end, the second end being closed; an absorbent member including a swab member for dispensing said liquid, the swab member being irremovably disposed at the first end; at least one capillary member including a capillary tube that traverses the absorbent member and that is in fluid communication with the liquid source, the capillary tube directing fluid out from the liquid source onto an exterior of the swab member upon application of pressure to the liquid source, the capillary tube permitting flow of fluid from the liquid source to the swab member only upon application of a predetermined amount of pressure to an exterior of the liquid source; an attachment member coupled to the first end of the liquid source to secure the absorbent member to the liquid source, the attachment member having a through passage fluidically connecting the liquid source and the absorbent member; and an applicator tip extending outwardly from the attachment member into the absorbent member, the applicator tip being disposed at a distal end of the attachment member and comprising a frangible portion and a tongue member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 1, wherein: the swab member includes an inner surface in fluid communication with the liquid source. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 2, wherein: the absorbent member is not in fluid communication with the liquid source. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 1, further comprising: an absorbent member, the absorbent member being adjacent to the swab member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 4, wherein: the liquid source has an axis extending lengthwise through the liquid source, the axis extending lengthwise through the liquid source being disposed substantially between the swab and absorbent members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 1, wherein: the absorbent member and the swab member have center axes extending through exterior surfaces thereof, the center axes being orthogonal with respect to one another. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 1, wherein: the attachment member is configured to direct liquid from the liquid source toward a center axis extending lengthwise through the liquid source. ### Claim 8 A liquid dispensing applicator, comprising: a liquid source for housing a liquid, the liquid source having a first end and a second end, the second end being closed; an absorbent member being disposed at the first end of the liquid source; an attachment member for insertion into the first end of the liquid source to secure the absorbent member to the liquid source, the attachment member having a through passage fluidically connecting the liquid source and the absorbent member; an applicator tip fluidically connected to the liquid source, the applicator tip including a frangible juncture and a tongue member coupled to the frangible junction, application of force to the tongue member causing the frangible junction to fracture while remaining attached to the tongue member, resulting in at least one aperture to form through which liquid from the liquid source is dischargeable, the applicator tip extending outwardly from the attachment member into the absorbent member; and at least one capillary member including a capillary tube that traverses the absorbent member and that is in fluid communication with the liquid source, the capillary tube directing fluid out from the liquid source onto an exterior of the absorbent member upon application of pressure to the liquid source, the capillary tube permitting flow of fluid from the liquid source to the absorbent member only upon application of a predetermined amount of pressure to an exterior of the liquid source. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The liquid dispensing applicator of claim 8, wherein: the tongue member further comprises: at least one reinforcing rib connected proximate to frangible juncture. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The liquid dispersing applicator of claim 9, wherein: the at least one reinforcing rib is configured to inhibit flexing of the tongue member and to concentrate the applied force at the frangible juncture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The liquid dispersing applicator of claim 9, wherein: the at least one reinforcing rib includes a first rib proximate a first end of the frangible juncture and a second rib proximate a second end of the frangible juncture and a third rib therebetween, the first and second ribs being configured to concentrate an applied force and break proximate said respective frangible junctures while the third rib remains secured to the frangible juncture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The liquid dispersing applicator of claim 8, wherein: the tongue member is hingedly connected to the frangible juncture, flexing of the tongue member relative to the frangible juncture causing the frangible juncture to fracture. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The liquid dispersing applicator of claim 12, wherein: the absorbent applicator member is multi-sided. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The liquid dispersing applicator of claim 8, wherein: the applicator tip is disposed within an absorbent applicator member.