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US 2026/0256263 A1Published application
Stick applicator
AssigneeCrystal International (Group)
InventorsWilliam Lloyd ALUSITZ, Stephen M. FISHER, II, Roger Ting Chih HWANG
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are personal care applicators are disclosed that include a wide land configured to glide across an application surface, such as a user's face, lips, skin and the like. The wide land enables soft personal care products, particularly those in stick form, to be applied without mushrooming or otherwise distorting the shape of the end of the personal care product at the point of application.
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A personal care applicator comprising:
- a housing;
- a sleeve extending from the housing to a distal end, the sleeve having a tubular passage;
- a stick product advance mechanism integrated with the housing, the stick product advance mechanism operable to advance a personal care product toward the distal end of the sleeve;
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- an applicator guide ring disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the applicator guide ring having a center passage aligned with the tubular passage, the applicator guide ring having a land extending around the center passage, the land facing away from the housing, the land having width of at least 1 mm, the width of the land being less than a diameter of the center passage.
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A personal care applicator comprising:
- a housing;
- a sleeve extending from the housing to a distal end, the sleeve having a tubular passage;
- a personal care product stick advance mechanism integrated with the housing, the personal care product stick advance mechanism operable to advance a stick of personal care product through the distal end of the sleeve;
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- an applicator guide ring disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the applicator guide ring having a center passage aligned with the tubular passage, the center passage having a diameter between about 2 mm to about 20 mm, the applicator guide ring having a land extending around the center passage, the land facing away from the housing, the land having width of at least 1 mm, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the center passage to the width of the land is between 20 and 2.
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A personal care applicator comprising:
- a housing;
- a sleeve extending from the housing to a distal end, the sleeve having a tubular passage;
- a personal care product stick disposed in housing and advanceable through the distal end of the sleeve;
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- an applicator guide ring disposed at the distal end of the sleeve, the applicator guide ring having a center passage aligned with the tubular passage, the applicator guide ring having a land extending around the center passage, the land facing away from the housing, the land having width of at least 1 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.