Dual-ended lip balm container
A three to six sided lip balm applicator comprises a cap, a liner, and a base, having engagement assemblies for engaging the cap to the liner, the liner to the base, and a base from one lip balm applicator to an equivalent base from another lip balm applicator to form a lip balm container. The base comprises a partition with stabilizers which emerge from the partition and extend radially toward and overhang an aperture in the partition. The lip balm applicator may contain a domed lip balm, filled directly into the lip balm applicator or components thereof as a mold for manufacturing the domed lip balm, filled to a fill level approaching the partition top but not touching the partition top.
1. A lip balm applicator comprising:
a cap comprising
a cap top with a cap flat edge and a cap top perimeter,
a cap exterior,
a cap interior having a lower cap interior and an upper cap interior,
a first cap engagement assembly on the cap interior, and
a cap bottom perimeter;
wherein the cap has three to six sides;
a liner comprising
a domed upper liner section,
a lower liner section with a liner perimeter which contains a second cap engagement assembly which aligns with the first cap engagement assembly and engages the liner perimeter with the lower cap interior,
a liner exterior,
a liner interior having a lower liner interior and an upper liner interior, and
a first liner engagement assembly on the lower liner interior, and
a base comprising
an upper base section having a base top edge,
a lower base section,
a partition dividing the upper base section and the lower base section and extending to a base perimeter which aligns with the cap bottom perimeter,
the partition having a partition bottom and a partition top, with the partition top having an outer partition top section and an inner partition top section,
an aperture in the partition,
an upper base section exterior wall comprising a second liner engagement assembly which aligns with the first liner engagement assembly and engages the lower liner interior with the upper base section exterior wall,
an upper base section interior wall,
a plurality of stabilizers arising from a first area adjacent to the upper base section interior wall on the inner partition top section, rising to a level at or near horizontal with the base top edge and extending radially inward to a second area overhanging the aperture,
a gap between each stabilizer and the upper base section interior wall, and
a base engagement assembly on the lower base section which provides releasable engagement of the lower base section on the lip balm applicator with a lower base section on a second lip balm applicator;
wherein the base has three to six sides and corresponds to the three to six sides of the cap;
and wherein the lip balm applicator has three to six sides and corresponds to the three to six sides of the cap.
2. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the stabilizers is a vertical blade.
3. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the stabilizers is a vertical blade with a horizontal fin.
4. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of stabilizers comprises three vertical blades and three vertical blades with horizontal fins, configured alternatingly.
5. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the lip balm applicator has four sides.
6. The lip balm applicator of claim 5 , wherein the lip balm applicator has four equivalent sides with rounded edges.
7. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the base engagement assembly is a snap-fit.
8. The lip balm applicator of claim 7 , wherein the snap-fit consists of two first tabs having two bumps each and two second tabs having two holes each.
9. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the upper base section exterior wall and the lower liner interior are circular, and wherein the first liner engagement assembly and the second liner engagement assembly are complementary inclined planes which form a screw-fit.
10. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the upper base section exterior wall comprises at least one ramp, at least one hollow, and at least one chock, and wherein the lower liner interior comprises at least one pin.
11. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the first cap engagement assembly and the second cap engagement assembly form a snap-fit.
12. The lip balm applicator of claim 11 , wherein the first cap engagement assembly comprises at least one tooth on the lower cap interior and the second cap engagement assembly comprises at least one notch on the liner perimeter, and wherein the at least one tooth and the at least one notch align to form the snap-fit.
13. The lip balm applicator of claim 12 with four teeth and four notches.
14. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the lip balm applicator further comprises a lip balm, wherein the lip balm is a semisolid.
15. The lip balm applicator of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is covered.
16. A lip balm container consisting of a first lip balm applicator and a second lip balm applicator, wherein the first lip balm applicator and the second lip balm applicator each comprises:
a cap comprising a cap top with a cap flat edge and a cap top perimeter, a cap exterior, a cap interior having a lower cap interior and an upper cap interior, a first cap engagement assembly on the cap interior, and a cap bottom perimeter; wherein the cap has three to six sides;
a liner comprising a domed upper liner section, a lower liner section with a liner perimeter which contains a second cap engagement assembly which aligns with the first cap engagement assembly and engages the liner perimeter with the lower cap interior, a liner exterior, a liner interior having a lower liner interior and an upper liner interior, and a first liner engagement assembly on the lower liner interior; and
a base comprising an upper base section having a base top edge, a lower base section, a partition dividing the upper base section and the lower base section and extending to a base perimeter which aligns with the cap bottom perimeter, the partition having a partition bottom and a partition top, with the partition top having an outer partition top section and an inner partition top section, an aperture in the partition, an upper base section exterior wall comprising a second liner engagement assembly which aligns with the first liner engagement assembly and engages the lower liner interior with the upper base section exterior wall, an upper base section interior wall, a plurality of stabilizers arising from a first area adjacent to the upper base section interior wall on the inner partition top section, rising to a level at or near horizontal with the base top edge and extending radially inward to a second area overhanging the aperture, a gap between each stabilizer and the upper base section interior wall, and a base engagement assembly on the lower base section which provides releasable engagement of a lower base section on the first lip balm applicator with a lower base section on the second lip balm applicator; wherein the base has three to six sides and corresponds to the three to six sides of the cap;
wherein the first lip balm applicator and the second lip balm applicator each have three to six sides and correspond to the three to six sides of the cap; and
wherein the first lip balm applicator and the second lip balm applicator are engaged through the base engagement assemblies.
17. The lip balm container of claim 16 , wherein the lip balm container is barrel-shaped.
18. The lip balm container of claim 17 , wherein the first lip balm applicator and the second lip balm applicator each comprises:
four equivalent sides which are slightly curved latitudinally with rounded edges; wherein the four equivalent sides are longitudinally curved outward;
wherein the base perimeter is slightly larger than the cap top perimeter;
wherein the cap top is indented from the cap flat edge; and
wherein the base has a snap-fit base engagement assembly; wherein the snap-fit base engagement assembly consists of two first tabs having two bumps each and two second tabs having two holes each.