Patent ID: 6986617
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A hand-operable apparatus for applying lotion onto hard-to-reach human body pads, said apparatus comprising: a cylindrical shaped reservoir housing a predetermined quantity of lotion therein, said reservoir having a continuous outer surface extending along a longitudinal length thereof and defining monolithically formed upper and lower portions, said reservoir further having a centrally registered longitudinal axis passing therethrough wherein said lower portion of said outer surface is equidistantly spaced therefrom and said upper portion of said outer surface is spaced inwardly from said lower portion, said reservoir further including a cap threadably conjoinable with said upper portion of said reservoir for preventing undesirable foreign elements from contaminating the lotion, said cap having a centrally registered through opening, said cap opening having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface; an elongated and rectilinear handle slidably positional into said reservoir in such a manner that said handle completely extracted and separated from said reservoir during operating conditions, said handle being directly and permanently attached to said cap such that said cap is extracted in sync with said handle when said handle is withdrawn from said reservoir, said handle being provided with a monolithically formed bottom lip portion annularly protruding away from an outer surface of said handle, said handle includes a monolithically formed top end extending through said cap opening and located above and beyond said upper surface of said cap opening; and an applicator pad formed from fluid-absorbing material rotatably conjoined around said handle continuous outer surface and nested within said reservoir in such a manner that said applicator pad becomes impregnated with the lotion during non-operating conditions, said applicator pad having a bottom surface, said applicator pad having an open top end portion wherein said handle is positioned therethrough, said open top end portion of said applicator pad contacting said lower surface of said cap opening when said handle is positioned therethrough; wherein said bottom lip portion of said handle is nested directly on said bottom surface of said applicator pad when said cap is conjoined to said reservoir in such a way that said bottom lip portion of said handle is flush with said bottom surface of said applicator pad when said handle is positioned therethrough; wherein said applicator pad maintains a static relationship with said reservoir as said handle is linearly extracted from said reservoir until said bottom lip portion of said handle engages said open top end portion of said applicator pad at which time said applicator pad is extracted from said reservoir.