Cap with applicator and packaging equipped with same

• US 10,405,635 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Ramet, Marc, Lechanoine, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Huyen D
• Application Number:
  US15/525,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 401256
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/045 connected to the cap of the container
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/265 connected to the cap of the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/42 with pads or like contents-applying means contents-applying means associated to aerosol container nozzles B65D83/285; brushes combined or associated with containers A46B11/00; swabs for applying media to the human body from an integral supply A61F13/40

Abstract

The present invention is related to a cap with applicator (30) that is attached to a container (10) which accommodates a formula. The cap (30) is capable of plugging an opening of a nozzle (14) for discharging the formula provided into the container (10) to the outside. The cap (30) includes an applicator (20) for applying the formula, and the applicator (20) is placed in a state in which it is isolated from the formula so that it does not contact the formula within the container (10) when the cap (30) is attached to the container (10).

Claims

1. A device for accommodating a formula, the device comprising:

a container which accommodates the formula;

a nozzle for discharging the formula to the outside of the container;

a cap attached to the container, wherein the cap is capable of plugging an opening of the nozzle; and

an applicator for applying the formula, wherein,

the applicator is isolated from the formula so that it does not contact the formula within the container when the cap is attached to the container, and

the applicator comprises a hole which receives at least a portion of the nozzle when the cap is attached to the container.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is attached to the cap such that the applicator can be separated from the cap.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the container comprises a collar surrounding the nozzle, the cap is attached to the container, and at least a portion of the applicator is accommodated within a space defined by the collar.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the nozzle comprises screw threads, and the cap comprises screw threads that engage with the screw threads of the nozzle, and

wherein when the cap is attached to the container, the screw threads of the nozzle can engage with the screw threads of the cap.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator comprises a circular cross-section or non-circular cross-section chosen from an elliptical cross-section, a substantially triangular cross-section, a substantially square cross-section, and a substantially polygonal cross-section having at least five sides.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein a cross-section area of the applicator decreases from a base side thereof toward a tip side thereof along a center axis (X-X) of the cap.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator comprises an application surface that is inclined relative to the center axis of the cap.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is made of at least one material chosen from rubber, soft or hard plastic, sponge, or foam.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is made of a solid formula.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is a brush.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator comprises a plurality of fins with spaces formed between the fins for retaining the formula.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is a spatula.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is a delimited area of the cap.