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US 8,944,712 B2Granted
Cosmetic bottle with automatic extending applicator
AssigneeHCT Asia Ltd
InventorJames Thorpe
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Abstract
An applicator includes a bottle cap with an automatically extending applicator head coupled to a spring. The bottle cap is removably coupled to a bottle having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. By virtue of having an automatic extending applicator head, the applicator is capable of extending during application and retracting during storage in a clean and automatic fashion.
Claims20
An applicator comprising:
- a bottle comprising a wiper;
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- a bottle cap removably coupled to the bottle, the bottle cap comprising:
- an applicator head movably coupled to the bottle cap via a spring, and a stem having an inner surface, a portion of the inner surface of the stem enclosing and in contact with a portion of an exterior surface of the spring;
- when the bottle cap is coupled to the bottle, the spring is compressed, a portion of the stem rests on the bottle causing the applicator head to be in contact with the wiper.
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An applicator device for applying a product to a surface, the applicator device comprising:
- a bottle for storing the product comprising a product reservoir and a wiper;
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- a bottle cap removably coupled to the bottle by a threaded rotational retention mechanism, the bottle cap comprising:
- an automatically extending applicator head coupled to a stem, the stem configured to move along a longitudinal axis of the applicator device in contact with an inner cavity of the bottle cap;
- a first spring coupled to the stem and an inner cap;
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- a second spring coupled to an inner channel of the stem, a portion of the stem enclosing a portion of the first spring, and the first and second springs are configured to provide a force for extending the stem and the automatically extending applicator head out of the bottle cap when the bottle cap is not connected to the bottle;
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- an outer cap for gripping during product application coupled to the inner cap.
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An implement comprising:
- a product bottle comprising a wiper;
- an applicator head with a stem coupled to a spring, the stem comprising an upper portion and a middle portion, an inner surface of the middle portion of the stem circularly enclosing a section of the spring, the inner surface of the middle portion of the stem in contact with an exterior surface of the section of the spring, when the bottle cap is coupled to the bottle, the spring is compressed, a portion of the stem rests on the bottle causing the applicator head to be in contact with the wiper;
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- a bottle cap comprising an inner cap, the bottle cap removably coupled to the product bottle, an exterior surface of the upper portion of the stem configured to slide against the inner cap of the bottle cap, the bottle cap further coupled to the spring, the spring configured to extend the applicator head a predetermined length from the bottle cap when the bottle cap is removed from the product bottle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.