Patent ID: 9398800
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A45D

Claim Text:
1. A cosmetic application device comprising a cosmetic application tool for applying a cosmetic and a container for containing the cosmetic, the application tool being insertable into and removable from the container through an opening of the container, wherein: the container includes: the application tool includes: in a state where the lid body is fixed to the mouth/neck section, a lower end section of the lid body is located at an upper end of the containing section; the mouth/neck section includes a lower tier section located on the containing section side, and an upper tier section located on the opening side; the mouth/neck section also includes a stepped section that is provided between the mouth/neck section's lower tier section and the mouth/neck section's upper tier section and that has the maximum outer diameter in the mouth/neck section; the stepped section is provided in a substantially central region of the mouth/neck section in a height direction of the mouth/neck section; a plurality of engagement sections for engagement between the lid body and the mouth/neck section is provided to the stepped section; the plurality of the engagement sections are arranged at even intervals along the circumferential direction of the mouth/neck section; in a state where the lid body is fixed to the mouth/neck section, a first clearance is formed between an upper end of the mouth/neck section's upper tier section and an upper-end inner wall of the lid body, and a second clearance is formed between a lower end of the mouth/neck section's lower tier section and a lower-end inner wall of the lid body; in the mouth/neck section's lower tier section, a section close to the containing section has a narrowed shape, and the mouth/neck section's lower tier section has a lateral cross-sectional area that gradually decreases from an upper section thereof toward the containing section; when the application tool is tilted in a state where the fixation between the lid body and the mouth/neck section has been released and the lower end section of the lid body is located at a position within a height-wise length of the mouth/neck section, the application section of the application tool is made to contact an inner wall in the vicinity of the bottom section of the containing section of the container; and the cosmetic application device has filled therein a lip cosmetic, as the cosmetic, comprising a composition that has a penetration hardness of from 0.5 N to 100 N, inclusive, at 30° C. as measured with a 5-mm-dia. penetrator.