DISPENSER WITH THREADED TIP/DISPENSER WITH REMOVABLE CAP

• US 20140376984A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCT Goup Holdings Limited (Knowlton Development Corporation Inc.)
• Original Assignee: HCT Goup Holdings Limited (Knowlton Development Corporation Inc.)
• Inventors: Villarreal, Armando, Thorpe, Timothy, Apodaca, Adrian C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,578,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/2
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2034/002 Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/15 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball

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.

Claims

1. A cosmetic applicator comprising:

a container for containing a cosmetic product to be dispensed;

a tip threadably retained on the container, the 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.

2. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a threaded neck proximate an open end of the container and the tip comprises at least one tip thread adapted to threadably engage the threaded neck.

3. The cosmetic applicator of claim 2, wherein the threaded neck comprises one or more threads on an external surface of the neck.

4. The cosmetic applicator of claim 3, wherein the at least one tip thread is formed on a skirt depending from the tip.

5. The cosmetic applicator of claim 4, wherein the application surface is formed on both the tip and the skirt.

6. The cosmetic applicator of claim 4, wherein the skirt is formed integrally with the tip.

7. The cosmetic applicator of claim 2, wherein the threaded neck is disposed radially inwardly from an outer surface of a sidewall of the container.

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

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

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

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

12. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1, wherein the container comprises a sidewall and one or more threads are disposed on an external surface of the sidewall.

13. The cosmetic applicator of claim 1, further comprising a cap selectively securable to one of the container and the tip to selectively cover and expose the opening in the application face.

14. The cosmetic applicator of claim 13, wherein the cap is selectively securable to one of the container and the tip using at least one of a threaded engagement, a snap fit, and a friction fit.

15. The cosmetic applicator of claim 13, wherein the cap further comprises a dispensing hole.

16. The cosmetic applicator of claim 15, wherein the dispensing hole in the cap aligns with the opening in the application surface.

17. The cosmetic applicator of claim 4, wherein the skirt is separate from the tip.

18. A cosmetic applicator comprising:

a container for containing a product to be dispensed, the container comprising;

a sidewall;

a closed end;

an open end; and

a container attachment portion proximate the open end; and

a thermal tip comprising;

a tip attachment portion configured to fit over and attach to the container attachment portion;

an application surface for applying the product to a surface; and

an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container.

19. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the thermal tip further comprises a skirt depending from the tip, the skirt being configured to fit over the container.

20. The cosmetic applicator of claim 19, wherein the tip engagement portion is formed on an inner surface of the skirt.

21. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the container attachment portion and the tip attachment portion are configured to attach via at least one of a threaded engagement, a snap fit engagement, a press fit engagement, and a welding engagement.

22. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the thermal tip further comprises a product delivery passageway in fluid communication with the opening in the application surface and the container.

23. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the container comprises a neck proximate the open end and the container engagement portion is formed on the neck.

24. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the container engagement portion is formed on the sidewall.

25. The cosmetic applicator of claim 18, wherein the thermal tip comprises a thermal member.

26. The cosmetic applicator of claim 25, wherein the thermal member comprises one or more of a ceramic, a metal, and a stone material.

27. The cosmetic applicator of claim 25, wherein the thermal member has a thermal conductivity of at least 1 watt/meter-kelvin.

28. The cosmetic applicator of claim 25, wherein the thermal member has a heat capacity of at most about 1.1 kilojoules/kilogram-kelvin.

29. A cosmetic applicator comprising:

a container containing a product to be dispensed;

a dispensing tip disposed on the container, the tip comprising a tip application surface 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 is to be dispensed from the reservoir; and

a cap selectively engagable with at least one of the container or the dispensing tip to selectively cover the tip application surface, the cap comprising a cap application surface configured to contact a user'"'"'s skin to apply the product to be dispensed.

30. A cosmetic applicator comprising:

a dispensing portion comprising;

a container containing a product to be dispensed,

a tip disposed at a distal end of the container having an application surface and an opening formed through the application surface, the opening being in fluid communication with the container to dispense the product to be dispensed, and

one or more dispensing portion threads; and

a cap having one or more cap threads configured to cooperate with the dispensing portion threads for selective securement of the cap to the dispensing portion,

wherein at least one of the dispensing portion or the cap comprises a thermal member.