# US 9,079,003 B1 · Cream and ointment applicator

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- Number: US 9,079,003 B1
- Document ID: US9079003B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/275,936
- Filed: 2014-05-13
- Granted: 2015-07-14
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-08
- Applicants: Leasa Kay Hoogerwerf
- Inventors: Leasa Kay Hoogerwerf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9079003B1

## CPC

- A46B 11/0075: {Means integral with the brush for opening, puncturing or piercing sealed reservoirs, e.g. on insertion}
- A46B 9/005: {where the brushing material is not made of bristles, e.g. sponge, rubber or paper}
- A46B 11/0003: {containing only one dose of substance, e.g. single-use toothbrushes}
- A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means}
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

An applicator for the topical application of a rash-treating substance to a baby's bottom without transferring the substance to a caregiver's hands includes a handle component and a disposable sponge component adapted to be mounted removably on the handle component. A sponge portion of the sponge component includes a quantity of a rash-treating substance. In one embodiment, (a) the sponge portion is pre-moistened with a rash-treating substance and covered with a sponge-sealing cover that the caregiver removes prior to using the applicator, (b) the sponge component snaps removably onto the distal end portion of the handle component, (c) the distal end portion of the handle component pivots, and (d) the handle component includes a slide component that enables the caregiver to release the sponge component from the distal end portion of the handle component by sliding the slide component.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An applicator for a caregiver to grasp in topically applying a rash-treating substance to a baby's bottom, the applicator comprising:
a handle component; and
a sponge component for mounting removably on a distal end portion of the handle component;
wherein the sponge component has a sponge-holding portion and a sponge portion held by the sponge-holding portion;
wherein the sponge-holding portion of the sponge component is a plate attached to the sponge portion, said sponge-holding portion functioning as means for interfacing the sponge portion to the distal end portion of the handle component;
wherein the sponge-holding portion of the sponge component is adapted to be mounted removably on the distal end portion of the handle component;
wherein the sponge portion of the sponge component includes a quantity of a rash-treating substance;
wherein the sponge portion defines a cavity;
wherein the cavity contains the quantity of the rash-treating substance;
wherein the applicator is so adapted that the action of a user mounting the sponge component on the handle component unseals the rash-treating substance from the cavity;
wherein the handle component has a length and said length is approximately five inches;
wherein the handle component extends along a straight-line axis of elongation throughout substantially the entire length of the handle component; and
wherein the sponge component includes a thickness that is not less than approximately one-half inch.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An applicator as recited in claim 1, wherein:
the sponge portion of the sponge component is pre-moistened with a rash-treating substance; and
the sponge portion is covered by a sponge-sealing cover that the caregiver removes prior to using the applicator.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

An applicator as recited in claim 1, wherein the sponge component snaps removably onto the distal end portion of the handle component.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An applicator as recited in claim 1, wherein the handle component is an elongated member with an axis of elongation, and the distal end portion of the handle component is pivotable in a plane containing the axis of elongation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An applicator as recited in claim 1, wherein the handle component includes a slide component that enables the caregiver to release the sponge component from the distal end portion of the handle component by sliding the slide component.