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Cosmetic applicator and container

  • US 3,921,650 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1974
  • Issued: 11/25/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cosmetic package for use in the application of mascara to eyelashes, a container having mascara therein, said container being provided with access opening;

  • an applicator including a comb portion, a handle portion, and a rod portion interconnecting said handle and comb portions, said comb and rod portions being removably inserted in said container through said opening to immerse said comb portion in said mascara, said comb portion having plurality of elongated teeth extending from a base portion to the tips of said teeth to define a cross-sectional configuration which is relatively elongated in one dimension and relatively thin in the other dimension;

    wiper means mounted on said container adjacent said container opening for wiping the rod and comb portions of said applicator as they are withdrawn from said container, said wiper means including an approximate frusto-conical annular lip of a resilient, elastic and flexible material converging inwardly of the container with its terminal inner edge surface in complete contact encirclement of tHe rod when the applicator is in place in the container and defining a stretchable opening through which said applicator is inserted and withdrawn, said lip being axially reversible by withdrawal of the applicator to position the reversed surface of the lip in complete wiping encirclement of the rod;

    the improvment comprising;

    a brush portion having bristles extending from a brush base adjacent the base portion of the comb, said wiper means by withdrawal beyond the rod being resiliently deformed and stretched by the brush and comb portions to an elongated configuration conforming generally to the peripheral surfaces of the comb portion and of depressed brush portion in contact wiping relationship with the tips of the comb teeth and the brush brisles and in general wiping relationship with the edges of the comb teeth as the comb and brush portions pass outwardly through the wiper means, whereby excess mascara is removed from said comb portion and substantially all mascara is removed from said bristles.

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