Portable combination nail polish and polish remover holder and applicator

• US 3,341,884 A
• Filed: 02/19/1965
• Issued: 09/19/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Barbara Pryor
• Original Assignee: Barbara Pryor
• Inventors: Pryor, Barbara
• Application Number:
  US04/433,894
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• US Class Current: 401/17
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/042 using a brush or the like

Claims

4. IN A PORTABLE COMBINATION NAIL POLISH AND POLISH REMOVER HOLDER AND APPLICATOR INCLUDING:

A NAIL POLISH SECTION, A NAIL POLISH REMOVER SECTION AND A COUPLING MEMBER TO ASSOCIATE AND SECTIONS TOGETHER, SAID NAIL POLISH SECTION COMPRISING;

A REMOVABLE COMPRESSIBLE RECEPTACLE FOR CONTAINING SAID NAIL POLISH, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING A NOZZLE FOR DISPENSING SAID POLISH;

A HOUSING WITHIN WHICH SAID RECEPTACLE IS POSITIONED;

A POLISH APPLICATOR INCLUDING APPLICATING MEANS AND A HOLLOW BASE RING ATTACHED TO SAID APPLICATING MEANS, SAID BASE RING BEING RELEASABLY AND SECURELY CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING IN BOTH AN OPERATIVE AND NONOPERATIVE POSITION, IN SAID OPERATIVE POSITION SAID APPLICATING MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID RECEPTACLE AND CAPABLE OF RECEIVING POLISH FROM SAID RECEPTACLE, IN SAID NON-OPERATIVE POSITION AND APPLICATING MEANS BEING INVERTED AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID BASE RING BEING POSITIONABLE FROM SAID OPERATIVE TO SAID NON-OPERATIVE POSITIONS UPON BEING DISCONNECTED FROM SAID HOUSING, INVERTED AND RECONNECTED;

A REMOVABLE CAP ENGAGING SAID HOUSING AND COVERING SAID BASE RING IN SAID NON-OPERATIVE POSITION;

AND A TUBULAR SHIELD CLOSED AT ONE END AND FITTING OVER AND FIRMLY ENGAGING SAID HOUSING, THE CLOSE END OF SAID SHIELD ABUTTING SAID CAP FOR PREVENTING SAID CAP FROM LOOSENING AND LEAKAGE OF POLISH FORM THE RECEPTACLE.