Depressible thermal tips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10973299-B2
Application number	US-201916580744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2019
Priority date	Jun 24, 2013
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A dispenser includes a depressible thermal tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The depressible thermal tip comprises a thermal applicator displaceable between open and closed positions. The thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing, or the thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a button depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cosmetic dispenser for applying a product to a body comprising:
a housing having a reservoir for storing the product, the housing having flexible walls;
a collar coupled to the housing;
a button displaceable within the collar; and
a thermal applicator displaceable within the button;
wherein when the flexible walls of the housing are depressed, the button is moved within the collar, and the thermal applicator is moved within the button, and product flows around an exterior of the thermal applicator.

2. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the thermal applicator comprises metal, stone material, or ceramic.

3. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the thermal applicator includes a domed application surface that extends beyond the button in a direction away from the housing.

4. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 3 , wherein the thermal application is a rotatable ball.

5. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the button is axially displaceable within the collar.

6. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the thermal applicator is axially displaceable within the button.

7. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the button and thermal applicator are displaceable simultaneously.

8. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the button and thermal applicator are displaceable individually.

9. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the button includes an interior void configured to receive product from the reservoir when the button is displaced within the collar.

10. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 9 , wherein when the thermal applicator is displaced within the button, product is released around the thermal applicator, wherein when the thermal applicator is released, the thermal applicator seals the void.

11. A cosmetic dispenser for applying a product to a body comprising:
a housing having a closed end opposite an open end, and a reservoir for containing the product, the housing having flexible walls; and
a thermal applicator depressibly coupled in the open end of the housing, the thermal applicator being depressible from a closed position preventing the product from being dispensed to an open position allowing the product to be dispensed, the thermal applicator including:
a button, the button having a top portion opposite a bottom portion, the bottom portion of the button displaceably coupled to the open end of the housing; and
an application surface exposed within the top portion of the button for applying the product to a portion of the body, wherein the button surrounds the application surface;

wherein when the button is displaced towards the housing and the flexible walls are depressed, the product is dispensed axially, relative to the button, onto the application surface exposed in the top portion of the button.

12. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the cosmetic dispenser further comprises a collar fixed to the open end of the housing, the collar having a channel configured to slidably receive the bottom portion of the button.

13. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the application surface is biased in the closed position in which a portion of the application surface abuts the top portion of the button, the application surface axially displaceable relative to the top portion of the button to the open position in which the portion of application surface is spaced apart from the top portion of the button, allowing product to flow around an exterior of the application surface to dispense the product.

14. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 13 , wherein the application surface is a roller ball configured to rotate as it is displaced axially relative to the button.

15. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 13 , wherein the application surface has a planar bottom surface and a domed top surface.

16. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the button is fixed against rotation about at least one axis.

17. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the application surface comprises metal, stone material, or ceramic.

18. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the thermal applicator is arranged at a 90 degree angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing.

19. The cosmetic dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the button and applicator surface are configured to be displaced axially independent of one another.

20. A dispenser for applying a product to a body, the dispenser comprising:
a housing having flexible walls;
a collar fixed to an open end of the housing;
a button having a first end including a seal surface and a second end depressibly coupled to the collar; and
an applicator depressibly coupled within the button, the applicator being depressible from a closed position to an open position, wherein when the applicator is in the closed position the applicator abuts the seal surface of the button, and when the applicator is in the open position the applicator is spaced from the seal surface of the button.

Assignees

• Hct Group Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Villarreal Armando
• Thorpe Timothy

Classifications

• B05B11/1053

  combined with means, other than pressure, for automatically opening a valve during actuation; combined with means for automatically removing closures or covers from the discharge nozzle during actuation · CPC title

• B05B11/1025

  a spring urging the outlet valve in its closed position (B05B11/1026 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/026

  Membranes separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container · CPC title

• A45D2200/054

  Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container · CPC title

• A45D2200/055

  Piston or plunger for supplying the liquid to the applicator · CPC title