Adjustable product applicator

• US 4,498,490 A
• Filed: 07/23/1982
• Issued: 02/12/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: Max Factor & Co. (Japan) (The Procter & Gamble Company)
• Inventors: Seidler, David
• Primary Examiner(s): McNeill, Gregory E.
• Application Number:
  US06/401,068
• Time in Patent Office: 935 Days
• Field of Search: 132/88.5, 132/88.7, 401/122, 401/129, 401/127, 401/170, 401/128
• US Class Current: 132/218
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/046 comprising a wiper

Abstract

A product applicator which is adjustable to vary the amount of product retained by the applicator for subsequent application and to vary the combing effect thereof. The applicator includes a stem and an applicator head coupled to the stem. A platform is in fluid communication with the applicator head. An adjusting mechanism selectively adjusts the distance between the applicator head and the platform.

Claims

1. A product applicator comprising:

a stem;

an applicator head coupled to said stem and including a plurality of coating surfaces defining an opening;

a platform within the opening, in fluid communication with said applicator head, said platform including at least two arcuate surfaces having different radii; and

handle means including first and second portions rotatably coupled together, said stem being coupled to said first portion and said platform being coupled to said second portion, with rotation of said second portion relative to said first portion rotating said platform to bring a selected arcuate surface of said platform into alignment with said coating surfaces.

2. The product applicator as defined in claim 1, wherein said applicator head includes a casing in which said coating surfaces are supported, said casing including an edge extending longitudinally along said coating surfaces and having a plurality of serrations.

3. The product applicator as claimed in claim 1, wherein said stem is hollow and includes first and second ends, the first end of said stem being supported in said first portion and the second end of said stem supporting said coating surfaces, a rod extending through said hollow portion of said stem secured at one end thereof to said second portion and at the other end thereof secured to said platform.

4. The product applicator as claimed in claim 2, wherein said stem is hollow and includes first and second ends, the first end of said stem being supported in said first portion and the second end of said stem supporting said coating surfaces, a rod extending through said hollow portion of said stem secured at one end thereof to said second portion and at the other end thereof secured to said platform.

5. The product applicator as claimed in claim 14, wherein said casing is secured to said second end of said stem.

6. A mascara applicator comprising an elongated stem having first and second ends, a handle means coupled to said first end of said stem, an applicator head coupled to said second end of said stem, said applicator head having a plurality of spaced coating surfaces, said coating surfaces defining a hollow interior, a platform positioned within said hollow interior and including at least two arcuate surfaces having different radii, and adjusting means for rotating said platform within the hollow interior to position a selected one of the arcuate surfaces of said platform proximate said coating surfaces.

7. A mascara applicator comprising:

an elongated stem having a first end and a second end;

handle means coupled to the first end of said stem;

an applicator head coupled to the second end of said stem, said applicator head having a plurality of spaced coating surfaces defining a hollow interior; and

a platform positioned within the hollow interior, said platform and said coating surfaces being correspondingly cone-shaped;

said handle means including first and second members rotatably coupled together, said stem being coupled to said first member and said platform being coupled to said second member, with rotation of said first member relative to said second member causing longitudinal displacement of said platform, to vary the distance between said platform and said coating surfaces.