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US 7,458,381 B2Granted
Fingernail polish and remover applicator
OwnerGloria A. Shepardinventor
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Abstract
A fingernail polish container and applicator includes a cylindrical transparent container having a pump on one end and an angled applicator tip on the other end. Fingernail polish or fingernail polish remover is stored in the container and is forced to and through the applicator tip by operation of the pump.
Claims1
A container and applicator for fingernail polish consisting of:
- A) a container which has
- (1) an outlet port,
- (2) an interior volume, and
- (3) liquid fingernail polish contained in the container;
- B) a dispensing unit which includes
- (1) a plug mounted the container in the outlet port of the container, the plug having
- (a) a fluid passage which is in fluid communication with the interior volume of the container,
- (b) a counterbore which is in fluid communication with the fluid passage in the plug, and
- (2) a dispensing plug mounted in the counterbore to be in fluid communication with the interior volume of the container via the fluid passage, the dispensing plug having
- (a) an angled first end which is a forward end when the plug is in use, and
- (b) a second end which is an aft end when the plug is in use and which is located in the counterbore and which is in fluid communication with the interior volume of the container via the fluid passage of the cylindrical plug;
- and
- C) a pump unit on the second end of the container.
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