Body lotion applicator system

• US 5,573,342 A
• Filed: 06/20/1995
• Issued: 11/12/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Christine S. Patalano
• Original Assignee: Christine S. Patalano
• Inventors: Patalano, Christine S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bratlie, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US08/493,220
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 401/6, 401/175, 401/207, 401/140
• US Class Current: 401/175
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1081 Applying a substance on the back of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/26 Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball

Abstract

A body lotion applicator system to enable a user to conveniently apply hand cream and other skin preparations to the back and other hard-to-reach areas of the body is disclosed. Such system comprises a reservoir in a tubular configuration with an exterior surface and an interior surface and having a circular cross-section. The reservoir has a closed upper end with a filling aperture therein and a closed lower end with a first bearing aperture therethrough. The reservoir also has an intermediate extent therebetween. A bearing plate is located interior thereof adjacent the upper end with passages therethrough and with a second bearing aperture therethrough. An application box is secured to the exterior surface of the reservoir adjacent to the upper end. The application box includes a common wall with the reservoir and is formed with a plurality of feed holes extending therethrough for the passage of lotion to the application box from the reservoir. The application box also has peripheral side walls and an exterior wall with a dispensing hole therethrough for the passage of lotion to the body of a user from the application box during operation and use.

Claims

1. A new and improved body lotion applicator system to enable a user to conveniently apply hand cream and other skin preparations to the back and other hard-to-reach areas of the body comprising, in combination:

a reservoir in a tubular configuration with an exterior surface and an interior surface and having a circular cross-section, the reservoir having a closed upper end with a filling aperture therein and having a closed lower end with a first bearing aperture therethrough and with an intermediate extent therebetween, the reservoir also having a bearing plate interior thereof adjacent the upper end and with passages therethrough and with a second bearing aperture therethrough;

an application box secured to the exterior surface of the reservoir adjacent to the upper end, the application box including a common wall with the reservoir and formed with a plurality of feed holes extending therethrough for the passage of lotion to the application box from the reservoir, the application box also having rectangular peripheral side walls and an exterior wall remote from the common wall with a dispensing hole therethrough for the passage of lotion to the body of a user from the application box during operation and use;

a removable pad positionable over the side walls and front wall of the application box for the dissemination of lotion therethrough;

a jack screw having an upper end rotatably received in the second bearing aperture and having a lower end rotatably received in the first bearing aperture and extending through the lower end of the reservoir with a rotatable handle secured to the jack screw beneath the lower end;

a circular washer axially slidable within the reservoir and having a threaded interior received on the jack screw and having an elastomeric O-ring in sealing contact around the periphery of the washer and movable along the interior surface of the reservoir; and

a fill cap removably secured by a flexible strap with respect to the filling aperture in the upper end of the reservoir for allowing the addition of lotion to the upper extent of the reservoir above the washer for being dispensed through the fill holes of the common wall and then the dispensing hole of the application box and pad during operation and use.