Dispenser with threaded tip/dispenser with removable cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9578949-B2
Application number	US-201414313587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Jun 24, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A cosmetic applicator includes a container for containing a product to be dispensed and a tip threadably retained on the container. The tip includes an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which the product is dispensed. A cosmetic applicator includes a container containing a product to be dispensed, a dispensing tip disposed on the container having a tip application surface, and a cap selectively engageable with at least one of the container and the dispensing tip to selectively cover the tip application surface. The tip application surface is configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed and an opening in the application surface through which the product to be dispensed is dispensed from the reservoir. The cap includes a cap application surface configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed. At least one of the dispensing tip or the cap includes a thermal member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cosmetic applicator comprising:
a container for containing a cosmetic product to be dispensed wherein the container comprises an externally threaded neck proximate an open end of the container;
a tip comprising an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which to dispense the product, and further defining an annular protrusion;
a separate skirt having internal threads for mating with the external threads of the neck, and defining an annular flange for engaging the annular protrusion of the tip to retain the tip on the neck of the container;
a cap having internal threads; and
wherein the skirt is provided with external threads for threadably and selectively retaining the cap.

2. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein the thermal member comprises at least one of metal, ceramic, and a stone material.

3. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein the thermal member has a thermal conductivity of at least 1 watt/meter-kelvin.

4. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein the thermal member has a heat capacity of at most about 1.1 kilojoules/kilogram-kelvin.

5. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein the tip further comprises a sealing member contacting the container when the tip is retained on the container.

6. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1 , wherein the cap further comprises a dispensing hole.

7. The cosmetic applicator of claim 6 , wherein the dispensing hole in the cap aligns with the opening in the application surface.

Assignees

• Hct Group Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Villarreal Armando
• Thorpe Timothy
• Apodaca Adrian C

Classifications

• A45D34/04 Primary

  Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball · CPC title

• A45D2034/002

  Accessories · CPC title

• A45D2200/15

  Temperature · CPC title