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US 4,687,364 AGranted
Retractable mascara applicator
AssigneePlough, Inc.
InventorTed I. Kingsford
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Abstract
A mascara device comprising a container with a mascara reservoir, a retractable mascara brush on a shaft therein and a spring to move the brush longitudinally (axially) between a position inside the reservoir and a position outside the reservoir.
Claims4
A mascara applicator device and container comprising:
- (a) an elongated reservoir for mascara therein having an opening;
- (b) a mascara brush wiper with an orifice in the opening;
- (c) a brush mounted on a shaft for movement through the wiper between a position inside of the reservoir and a position outside of the reservoir wherein the shaft is oriented longitudinally by at least one centering ring;
- (d) a removable cap adapted to simultaneously close the opening and push the brush to its position inside of the reservoir;
- (e) a spring means for pushing the brush to its position outside of the reservoir when the cap is removed;
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- (f) a protrusion from the shaft that is larger than the wiper orifice for preventing the brush from becoming detached from the reservoir when the brush is in its position outside the reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.