Applicators for health and beauty products

• US 6,244,776 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2000
• Issued: 06/12/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lien J. Wiley
• Original Assignee: Lien J. Wiley
• Inventors: Wiley, Lien J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Walczak, David J.
• Application Number:
  US09/607,824
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 401/208, 401/210, 401/220, 401/175, 401/185, 401/6, 401/209, 401/216, 401/218, 401/183, D 4/122
• US Class Current: 401/208
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0205 characterised by the handle, e.g. handle shape or material B05C17/0217, B05C17/022 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0325 attached to the hand tool, e.g. into the handle

Abstract

The applicators for health and beauty fluid materials (or products) have an elongated reservoir with a dispenser head at one end and a telescoping extender thereon. When extended, the telescoping extender increases the length between the manual grasp and the dispenser head for application of the fluid material onto hard to reach body surface areas. The dispensing head lies at an acute angle to the handle length axis. The dispenser head has a rolling member and a cap which presses the rolling member down to close the dispensing opening through the dispenser head. The rolling member may be a roller, a cone or one or more spheres.

Claims

1. An applicator comprising:

a reservoir for containing a fluid suitable for external body application for health and/or beauty purposes, said reservoir having an axis, said reservoir having an outlet, said reservoir being configured so that fluid therein can be dispensed from said reservoir through said outlet;

a dispenser head attached to said reservoir, said dispenser head having a body thereon by which said dispenser head is attached to said reservoir, said dispensing head having side walls and end walls defining a basket and said body forming the bottom of said basket, said dispenser head having a dispensing passage therethrough extending from said reservoir outlet into said basket, said dispenser head having a face, said face lying in a plane which intersects said axis at an acute angle;

a rolling member in said basket configured for rotation about an axis within said basket, said rolling member lying adjacent said dispensing passage to receive fluid material from said reservoir, said rolling member being configured and positioned to apply the fluid material from said reservoir onto a selected body surface and being positioned within said basket so as to limit distribution of fluid material from said rolling member in a direction other than out of an open end of said basket.

2. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said rolling member is a truncated conical surface.

3. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said rolling member is a sphere.

4. The applicator of claim 3 wherein said rolling member comprises a plurality of spheres.

5. The applicator of claim 1 wherein there is a piston in said reservoir and a driver connected to said piston to urge said piston toward said dispenser head to expel fluid material from said reservoir to said dispenser head.

6. The applicator of claim 1 wherein said reservoir has flexible reservoir walls so that said reservoir can be squeezed to expel material therefrom to said dispenser head.

7. The applicator of claim 1 further including a telescopic extender telescopically slidable and mounted on said reservoir, said telescopic extender being configured to be manually grasped so that when extended, manual grasp is farther away from said dispenser head than when said telescopic extender is unextended.

8. The applicator of claim 7 wherein said telescoping member comprises a tube slidably engaged on the exterior of said reservoir to move in a direction generally along the axial direction so that the length of said reservoir can be effectively lengthened.

9. The applicator of claim 7 wherein said reservoir has an interior tube which is open to the bottom of said reservoir opposite said dispensing opening of said reservoir and there is a telescoping member slidably mounted in said interior tube.

10. An applicator comprising:

a reservoir for containing fluid materials suitable for external body application for health and/or beauty purposes, said reservoir having an axis, said reservoir having an outlet, said reservoir being structured so that fluid materials suitable for external body application in said reservoir can be expelled from said outlet;

a dispenser head mounted on said reservoir, said dispenser head having an opening therethrough, said opening in said dispenser head being in communication with said outlet from said reservoir so as to permit fluid material suitable for external body application within said reservoir to be dispensed from said reservoir, said dispenser head having a face, said face being defined by spaced side walls and spaced end walls defining a basket with said opening in said dispenser head being in the bottom of said basket, a plane lying in said face, a line perpendicular to said plane intersecting said axis at an acute angle, a roller within said basket, said roller extending from said basket to extend beyond said plane defining said face of said dispenser head, said opening through the dispenser head being positioned to deposit fluid material from said reservoir onto said roller for external application to a selected area of the body and said walls of said basket limiting distribution of said fluid material to a position beyond said plane to avoid splashing of the fluid material; and

a telescopic extender slidably mounted with respect to said reservoir for a sliding motion generally along said axis, said telescopic extender being manually graspable so that when in an extended position, the manually graspable handle on said telescopic extender is farther away from said dispenser head than when unextended.

11. The applicator of claim 10 wherein said angle of intersection between said line perpendicular to said plane and said axis is substantially 60 degrees.

12. The applicator of claim 10 wherein said telescopic extender is slidable within said reservoir.

13. The applicator of claim 10 further including structure for expelling fluid from said reservoir into said dispenser head.

14. The applicator of claim 13 wherein said structure for expelling fluid material from said reservoir comprises a piston in said reservoir and an external actuator to move said piston toward said applicator head.