Liquid applicator

A liquid applicator suitable for use in the application of liquids to a surface of the human body comprising a container having a container body adapted for storing a quantity of said liquid, said container having an opening at one end thereof which is provided with an upper margin, step means spaced below said upper margin of said opening and extending inwardly from the walls of said opening, said step means being adapted to support a shaped applicator means;

• shaped applicator means positioned in said opening and resting on said step means;
• said applicator means being releasibly secured in said opening of said container;
• said shaped applicator means comprising a non-flexible, non-deformable, sintered, porous synthetic plastic resin structure having a controlled porosity and having omni-directional interconnecting pores, said applicator also including a collecting channel disposed adjacent said shaped applicator means adapted to collect overflow liquid coming through the pores of said shaped applicator and directing it back into said container, passage of the fluid collecting in said collecting channel and draining back into said container being possible only through the pores of said applicator.