Patent ID: 6497235
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
A dispenser for a material to be applied manually to a substrate, comprising:(a) a container for the material, having an opening; (b) a hollow cap having a distal end removably mountable on the opening and an open proximal end; (c) an applicator for the material, carried by the cap and projecting from the distal end thereof for insertion into the opening; (d) an implement receivable within the open proximal end of the cap and extendable therefrom in a proximal direction to assist in application of the material; (e) a member extending distally from the implement lengthwise within the cap; (f) said cap including a portion within which said implement and member are moveable; (g) said cap further including an element, manually movable relative to said last-mentioned cap portion, and pivotally connected to the member within the cap so as to move the member to displace the implement lengthwise of the cap between a retracted position within the proximal end of the cap and an extended position outside the cap, the member having an axis of pivotal motion; and (g) a guide within the cap, engaging the member, the member having a guide-engaging portion so shaped and disposed, in relation to the guide and the axis of pivotal motion, that as the member is moved by the element to displace the implement from the retracted position to the extended position, the guide pivotally tilts the member to dispose the implement in offset relation to the cap.