Closure for nail polish container or the like

• US 3,298,054 A
• Filed: 10/26/1964
• Issued: 01/17/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James L. Mcdonald, Maglena Humble
• Original Assignee: James L. Mcdonald, Maglena Humble
• Inventors: MAGLENA HUMBLE, Mcdonald, James L.
• Application Number:
  US04/406,245
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• US Class Current: 401/122
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/045 connected to the cap of the container

Claims

1. A CLOSURE FOR A CONTAINER HAVING A NECK DEFINING AN OPENING, COMPRISING A CAP HAVING MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING CENTRALLY SPACED THEREIN, MEANS FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING AND SEALING THE CAP TO SAID CONTAINER, AN APPLICATOR BRUSH INCLUDING AN ELONGATED STEM SLIDABLY SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID OPENING DEFINED BY SAID CAP, SAID STEM HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE WITH A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN SAID OPENING WITHIN SAID NECK AND SAID BRUSH HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF SAID CONTAINER TO PROVIDE FOR EXTENDING SAID BRUSH DIAGONALLY THROUGH SAID OPENING WITHIN SAID NECK WHEN SAID CAP IS REMOVED TO REACH THE INSIDE PERIPHERY OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER, AND A COMBINED SEAL AND STEM WIPER INCLUDING A RESILIENT GENERALLY TUBULAR PORTION SUPPORTED AND CARRIED BY SAID CAP IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID OPENING AND PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM WITHIN SAID CAP AND TERMINATING IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL LIP ENGAGING SAID PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF SAID STEM.