Patent ID: 7309183
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A cosmetic unit, especially a mascara unit, comprising a storage container for a mascara liquid, a closing cap for placing onto the storage container, an elastic applicator rod incorporating an applicator and extending away from the inside of the closing cap through an orifice of the container, and a wiper element fixed in the orifice of the container, wherein the wiper element ( 11 ) tapers at the same angle from the edge of the orifice ( 3 ) into the interior of the container ( 2 ) over the entire length thereof to an annular wiper orifice or annular wiper lips so that the wiper orifice ( 15 ) or the wiper lips ( 16 ) of the wiper element ( 11 ), when the applicator ( 10 ) is in the inserted condition, are substantially adjacent to the proximal edge of the applicator ( 10 ) and, in the inserted condition, the applicator rod ( 9 ) is enclosed along an entire length thereof within the wiper element ( 11 ) without the applicator rod closing the wiper element, wherein the applicator ( 10 ) is located outside the wiper element, and wherein the rod ( 9 ) is thin and has a smaller diameter compared to the diameter of the applicator ( 10 ).