Combination applicator and closure cap means for shaving cream containers

• US 4,089,609 A
• Filed: 10/15/1976
• Issued: 05/16/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Arthur C. Sordillo, Frank M. Gring
• Original Assignee: Arthur C. Sordillo, Frank M. Gring
• Inventors: Sordillo, Arthur C., Gring, Frank M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stack, Jr., Norman L.
• Application Number:
  US05/732,954
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 401/123, 401/127, 401/190, 401/196, 401/204, 401/205, 401/130, 222/182, 222/191, 220/24 R
• US Class Current: 401/130
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 27/04 Hand implements for lathering, e.g. using brush
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/00 Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks features common to containers for handling powdery or liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D33/00-A45D37/00; cosmetic or like preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; sample tables or the like G09F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/205 Actuator caps, or peripheral actuator skirts, attachable to the aerosol container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/285 for applying the contents, e.g. brushes, rollers, pads, spoons, razors, scrapers closures with pads or like contents-applying means B65D47/42; brushes with integral pre-pressurised reservoirs A46B11/0017; domestic cleaning implements with liquid-feeding devices A47L13/00

Abstract

An applicator body is combined with an annular supporting base which functions as an applicator handle. The applicator base when not in use as an applicator handle is designed to sealably close the top of a rigid shaving cream container, particularly one of the class in which a pressurized lather is received and discharged from a valve operated nozzle member. The annular applicator base, at its underside, is formed with a closure cap portion and the base and closure cap portion cooperate to snugly engage against concentrically arranged surfaces formed at the container top one above another. The applicator base is further formed at its upper side with a bowl-shaped receptacle in which the applicator body is adhesively secured and in which small amounts of liquid such as water may be contained.

Claims

1. In combination a cylindrical container for holding a pressurized shaving cream and dispensing shaving cream onto fingers of a user, said container being formed with an annular shoulder portion extending around the outer side thereof and terminating in a cylindrical rim presenting outwardly projecting spaced apart lug portions, a dispensing nozzle extending laterally outwardly from the rim, a valve actuating member movable inside the rim to release pressurized lather, a cylindrical cap and applicator device for receiving discharged shaving cream and holding the discharged shaving cream out of contact with the fingers of a user, said cylindrical cap device being internally recessed to provide a cylindrical wall fitted around the said rim, said cylindrical wall being formed with an outwardly projecting annular rib portion located in a position to engage beneath the lug portions and detachably secure the cap device on the container, the lower side of the cap device being extended downwardly to form an annular handle which is engageable with an outer portion of the said annular shoulder to protectively house the valve actuating member, a portion of the handle being recessed to form a slot through which the dispensing nozzle is received, the upper side of the cap device being formed with a bowl-shaped liquid receptacle, a hydrophilic applicator body secured in the receptacle for receiving pressurized cream from the container when the handle is detached therefrom and said bowl-shaped receptacle being operative to receive and hold liquid during a shaving operation and to prevent discharge of liquid from the applicator after the applicator has been used and the cap device is re-engaged with the container.