Adjustable cosmetic wiper

• US 4,261,376 A
• Filed: 11/21/1979
• Issued: 04/14/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Plough, Incorporated (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Kingsford, Ted I.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNeill, G. E.
• Application Number:
  US06/096,709
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 132/88.5, 132/88.7, 401/122, 401/5, 401/128, 401/129, 401/207, 138/45
• US Class Current: 132/218
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/047 with adjustable wiping action
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/268 with adjustable wiping action
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 3/18 the bristles being fixed on or between belts or wires
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/021 arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/32 with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents droppers B65D47/18; eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246

Abstract

A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Claims

1. A package comprising:

a. a container having fluent material therein;

b. a container closure;

c. a wiper having an orifice means adapted to wipe excess material from the applicator;

said orifice means comprising a plurality of apertures of differing cross-sectional area;

d. an applicator attached to said closure by a shaft and adapted to be passed through one of said wiper orifice apertures and immersed in said fluent material when said closure is attached to said container;

e. a calibrated adjusting means to permit selection of the chosen orifice aperture, said adjusting means permitting a user to reproduce a previous result.

2. A package as in claim 1 wherein said fluent material is a cosmetic composition.

3. A package as in claim 1 wherein said wiper comprises a plate positioned across said container and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said container and a tubular lead in member, said adjusting means comprising a means to align one end of said tubular member with each of said aperatures.

4. A package as in claim 3 wherein said tubular member is rotatable with respect to the neck of said container.

5. A package as in claim 3 wherein said tubular member is integral with the neck of said container.

6. A package as in claim 1 wherein said calibrated adjusting means further comprises:

a. an indicating means comprising a plurality of indicia, each indicia corresponding to a different orifice cross-sectional area, and

b. a means to position said indicia to correspond to the selected orifice cross-sectional area.

7. A package as in claim 6 wherein said container comprises a reservoir and a cover overlapping said reservoir wherein said indicating means is located on said reservoir.

8. A package as in claim 1 wherein said applicator is a radial bristle brush.

9. A cosmetic package as is in claim 8 wherein said brush has an overall diameter of 3-10 mm and an overall length of 5-35 mm.

10. A cosmetic package as in claim 1 wherein said fluent material is a cosmetic composition and said adjusting means is adapted to adjust the cross-sectional area of the orifice between 6 and 15 mm².

11. A cosmetic package as in claim 10 wherein said applicator is made of a compressible foam material.

12. A cosmetic package as in claim 10 wherein each of said apertures are substantially circular.

13. A cosmetic package as in claim 10 wherein said cosmetic composition is a pasty, liquid or semi-liquid material.

14. A cosmetic package as in claim 10 wherein said cosmetic composition is a powder.

15. A cosmetic package as is claim 10 wherein said wiper is made of a rigid material.

16. A cosmetic package as is claim 10 wherein said wiper is made of an elastic material.