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US 7,802,937 B1Granted
Sample applicator
AssigneePlastek Industries, Inc.
InventorAlex S. Szekely
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Abstract
A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprises flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof. The flowing leaves the product in a first location within the body atop a transverse web. A closure is secured to the body at the first end. The web is displaced to shift the product from the first location.
Claims15
A personal care product applicator single piece molded plastic body comprising:
- a sidewall having an upper end and a lower end;
- and
- a transverse web separating open upper and lower body compartments, the web having shape and dimensions effective to toggle between:
- a first condition and a second condition, the second condition being relatively upward of the first condition and wherein the web is, along a majority portion, convex upward in said second condition and concave upward in said first condition.
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A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprising:
- flowing an amount of a personal care product into a one-piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof, the flowing leaving the product in a first location within the body;
- securing a closure to the body at the first end;
- and
- displacing a transverse web of the body within a sidewall of the body to displace the product from the first location, the displacing shifting a portion of the web from a first concave upward condition to a second convex upward condition.
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A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprising:
- flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one-piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof, the flowing leaving the product in a first location within the body;
- securing a closure to the body at the first end;
- and
- after securing, displacing a transverse web of the body within a sidewall of the body to displace the product from the first location, the displacing at least partially molding the product against an interior surface of the closure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.