Pump and liquid applicator apparatus for health and beauty products

An applicator apparatus for storing and applying liquid health and beauty products to various difficult to reach remote regions of a physically challenged person, comprising;

• a combined reservoir and pump for storing and discharging a liquid health or beauty product, said reservoir and pump having a flexible generally cylindrical body for storing said liquid health or beauty product and discharging said health and beauty product when said cylindrical body is squeezed, said cylindrical body having a closed end portion and an opposite outlet end portion, a valve for venting said reservoir and pump mounted in said closed end portion of said body, said valve having a means for automatically closing said value when said body is squeezed by a user to discharge a portion of said health or beauty product through said outlet end portion and for automatically opening said valve to admit air into said reservoir after said body is released;
• a check valve in an outlet end portion of said reservoir for preventing a loss of said health or beauty product when said apparatus is not in use, said check valve having a means for automatically opening said check valve when said body is squeezed to disperse said liquid through said applicator and for automatically closing said valve when said body is released;
• a substantially elongated slender non-extensible tubular member for reaching said difficult to reach remote areas, said tubular member having one end portion detachably connected to said cylindrical body's outlet end portion and an opposite end portion connected to an applicator for transferring a portion of said health or beauty product from said reservoir to said applicator;
• said applicator articularly connected to said opposite end portion of said slender elongated member, said applicator having a frame and an open cell pad mounted in said frame a permeable membrane in covering relationship to said open cell pad for distributing said liquid product throughout said open cell pad;
• and a ball and socket joint for pivotally connecting said applicator to said slender tubular member.

A method for applying heath and beauty products to various difficult to reach remote areas of a physically challenged person's body comprising the steps of adding a liquid health or beauty product through an outlet end portion of a combined flexible slender cylindrical reservoir and pump of an apparatus for applying said health or beauty products to said areas of said person's body;

• installing a check valve on said outlet end portion of said reservoir and pump to prevent a loss of said health or beauty product from said reservoir when said apparatus is not in use, said check valve having a means for automatically opening said valve when said reservoir is squeezed to discharge a portion of said liquid from said reservoir and for automatically closing said valve when said reservoir is released to prevent a loss of said liquid from said reservoir;
• connecting one end portion of a substantially elongated slender non-extensible tubular member to said outlet of said reservoir and pump for reaching said difficult to reach remote areas;
• pivotally connecting an applicator with a ball and socket joint to an opposite end portion of said substantially elongated slender tubular member;
• rotating said applicator about at least one axis with said bell and socket joint which is attached to said elongated slender non-extensible tubular members;
• reaching said difficult to reach remote area with said elongated non-extensible tubular member;
• dispersing said liquid health or beauty product through said applicator by squeezing said flexible reservoir and pump to automatically open said check valve;
• automatically closing said check valve by releasing said reservoir;
• automatically venting said cylindrical reservoir during said dispersion of said liquid health or beauty product;
• and spreading said liquid health or beauty product with said applicator on said selected difficult to reach remote portion of said physically challenged person body.