Patent ID: 6257788
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A nail varnish application system comprising:a cap including internal screw threading;a deformable seal provided on a lower facing portion of the cap;an applicator configured to apply nail varnish to a nail, the applicator includingan elongated wand extending from the cap, anda nail varnish application member on an end of the wand; anda reservoir having an interior containing nail varnish, the reservoir being formed of a unitary, integral, single piece of glass material, the reservoir having a neck includingan external wall surface,an internal wall surface defining a passage and an opening sized to permit the application member to pass into the reservoir via the opening and the passage,an upper portion includingthe opening,an upper part of the passage, andan upward-facing edge provided at an uppermost location of the reservoir, the edge providing a wiping surface for wiping excess nail varnish from the application member, anda lower portion adjoining the upper portion of the neck, the lower portion includinga lower part of the passage andexternal screw threading configured to cooperate with the internal threading of the cap, the external screw threading terminating where the lower portion of the neck adjoins the upper portion of the neck,wherein the edge on the upper neck portion and the seal are configured such that when the cap is placed in a closed position on the reservoir by rotating the cap relative to the reservoir to cause cooperation between the internal screw threading of the cap and the external screw threading of the lower neck portion, the edge on the upper neck portion contacts the seal to deform the seal and to remove, from the edge, any remaining nail varnish transferred to the edge during wiping of the application member on the edge,wherein the edge of the upper neck portion has a sharpness sufficient to provide the seal deformation and the removal of the remaining nail varnish, andwherein the edge of the upper neck portion is defined by one of:a) an inclined surface extending upwardly from the internal wall surface of the neck to the external wall surface of the neck,b) an inclined surface extending downwardly from the internal wall surface of the neck to the external wall surface of the neck, andc) both a first inclined surface extending upwardly from the internal wall surface of the neck and a second inclined surface extending upwardly from the external wall surface.