IP Library Granted Patent US 7,802,937
Granted Patent B1
US 7,802,937 · App. 11/466,786 · Granted Sep 28, 2010

Sample applicator

Assignee: Plastek Industries, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,802,937
App. No.
11/466,786
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprises flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof. The flowing leaves the product in a first location within the body atop a transverse web. A closure is secured to the body at the first end. The web is displaced to shift the product from the first location.

Claims (42)

1. A personal care product applicator single piece molded plastic body comprising:

a sidewall having an upper end and a lower end; and

a transverse web separating open upper and lower body compartments, the web having shape and dimensions effective to toggle between: a first condition and a second condition, the second condition being relatively upward of the first condition and wherein the web is, along a majority portion, convex upward in said second condition and concave upward in said first condition.

2. An applicator apparatus comprising:

the body of claim 1 wherein the web is in the second condition;

an antiperspirant and/or deodorant composition in the upper compartment and protruding beyond an upper rim of the sidewall; and

a closure removeably secured to the body at the upper end.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

the closure is nondestructively removeably secured to and replaceable on the body; and

the composition has a mass of 8-20 grams.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

there is no closure at the bottom end.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

the closure is nondestructively removeably secured to and replaceable on the body; and

the composition has a mass of 10-15 grams.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

the body has an essentially non-circular elliptical transverse footprint.

7. A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprising:

flowing an amount of a personal care product into a one-piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof, the flowing leaving the product in a first location within the body;

securing a closure to the body at the first end; and

displacing a transverse web of the body within a sidewall of the body to displace the product from the first location, the displacing shifting a portion of the web from a first concave upward condition to a second convex upward condition.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein:

the displacing is after the securing; and

the displacing at least partially molds the product against an interior surface of the closure.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein:

the displacing is after the securing; and

the displacing causes the product to protrude from the first end.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein:

the displacing comprises a toggling.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein:

the composition sets after the toggling.

12. A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprising:

flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one-piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof, the flowing leaving the product in a first location within the body;

securing a closure to the body at the first end; and

after securing, displacing a transverse web of the body within a sidewall of the body to displace the product from the first location, the displacing at least partially molding the product against an interior surface of the closure.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein:

the displacing is after the securing; and

the displacing causes the product to protrude from the first end.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein:

the displacing comprises a toggling.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein:

the composition sets after the toggling.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2016
From: PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES INC; PRESQUE ISLE TRUCKING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 038300/0614 →
RELEASE OF PATENT, TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2015
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.; PRESQUE ISLE TRUCKING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 035126/0667 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2011
From: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.; PRESQUE ISLE TRUCKING COMPANY
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 026708/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2006
From: SZEKELY, ALEX S.
To: PLASTEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 018283/0666 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 6071115400 · Aug 24, 2005