Cleaning or applicating apparatus and dispensing system
OwnerThomas Howard Beaty, Payton Autrey Morrison, Sr.inventors
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Abstract
A first apparatus includes a base, a plurality of stems, each stem having a first end retained by the base and a second end opposite the first end. Each stem is movable between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the base, such that the second end projects from the base when the stem is in the extended position. Flexible tips are attached respectively to the second ends of the stems. A second apparatus includes a storage vessel, a cup dimensioned to receive the flexible tips of the first apparatus, and a dispensing mechanism linking the storage vessel to the cup.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of rigid stems, each stem having a first end retained by the base and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the stem is movable between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the base, such that the second end projects from the base when the stem is in the extended position;
- and
- a plurality of flexible tips attached respectively to the second ends of the stems,
- wherein each stem has a plurality of longitudinal ridges that extend the full length of the stem.
A kit comprising:
- (a) a first apparatus including
- a base,
- a plurality of stems, each stem having a first end retained by the base and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the stem is movable between a withdrawn position and an extended position with respect to the base, such that the second end projects from the base when the stem is in the extended position, each stem has a plurality of longitudinal ridges that extend the lull length of the stem, and
- a plurality of flexible tips attached respectively to the second ends of the stems;
- and
- (b) a second apparatus including
- a storage vessel,
- a cup dimensioned to receive the flexible tips of the first apparatus, and
- a dispensing mechanism linking the storage vessel to the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.