Device for packaging and applying a hair-care product

• US 5,845,651 A
• Filed: 03/26/1997
• Issued: 12/08/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: de Nervo, Stanislas
• Primary Examiner(s): Manahan, Todd E.
• Application Number:
  US08/824,517
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 132/113, 132/114, 132/115, 132/112, 220/265, 220/266, 220/278, 401/28
• US Class Current: 132/114
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/22 Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/10 having frangible closures
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/36 Closures with frangible parts adapted to be pierced, torn, or removed, to provide discharge openings B65D51/18 takes precedence; caps with piercable membranes B65D41/20, B65D41/50

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for packaging and applying a liquid or semiliquid product, in particular for hair care, the device comprising a receptacle suitable for containing said product and an applicator in the form of a comb having hollow teeth for dispensing the product. The said applicator is fixed ab initio to the receptacle and the teeth of said applicator are closed prior to use in the case of one of the teeth by an individual snap-off portion and in the case of the other teeth by a common snap-off portion.

Claims

1. A device for packaging and applying a liquid or semiliquid product for hair-care, the device comprising a receptacle suitable for containing said product and an applicator in the form of a comb having hollow teeth for dispensing the product, wherein said applicator is fixed ab initio on the receptacle, and wherein one of its teeth is closed by an individual snap-off portion while at least two of its other teeth are closed by a common snap-off portion, said individual portion being shaped so that when turned upside-down it forms a closure cap for the corresponding tooth.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle is made of two shells heat-sealed together around their periphery.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle has a neck of oval section in which the applicator is fixed.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is heat-sealed to a neck of the receptacle.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is overmolded on the neck of the receptacle.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the receptacle has closing means of its bottom.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the receptacle is a tube.