Patent ID: 7278798
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
1. A wiper for use in a cosmetics bottle having a neck and an applicator rod and applicator, the wiper removing excess cosmetics from the applicator rod and applicator as they are withdrawn through the neck of the container, the wiper comprising: an low density polyethylene sleeve having an inner wall and a outer wall, said outer wall of said sleeve being tightly fittable in the cosmetics bottle neck, said sleeve having an integral wiper diaphragm extending radially inwardly from said inner wall of said sleeve at a lower end thereof, said wiper diaphragm being formed as a downwardly and inwardly extending curved surface terminating in a wiper edge defining a wiper orifice, said wiper diaphragm being connected to said sleeve by a plurality of spaced-apart ribs extending at an angle upwardly and outwardly from said wiper edge of said wiper diaphragm to said inner wall of said sleeve, said wiper edge having a thickness of about 0.015 inches or less.