Patent ID: 6722804
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A45D,B29C,B65D

Abstract:
A package for storing an applique material and for dispensing a desired amount of said material on an applicator, said package including:a housing member for storing a quantity of said applique material, said housing including a reservoir chamber having a closed bottom end and a top opening, an open-ended passageway communicating with said reservoir top opening, and open-ended cavity means extending into said housing adjacent said passageway; a cap member for sealingly closing said package, said cap including a rod member, means mounting one end of said rod member to said cap member, said rod member having a free end extending outwardly from said cap; an applicator mounted to the free end of said rod member, said applicator adapted to rest adjacent the bottom of said reservoir when said cap member sealingly closes said package; an open-ended, self-supporting, deformable sleeve member having a central passageway communicating with the opposed first and second open ends thereof, said passageway adapted to receive said applicator therethrough substantially without interference when said sleeve is in its undeformed state, said passageway also adapted to provide a continuously variable interference surface against said applicator upon applying inward finger pressure directly against the exterior surface of said sleeve, so as to squeeze and manipulate said sleeve while simultaneously withdrawing said applicator from said reservoir through said passageway, to thereby dispense the desired amount of applique on said applicator; means fixedly and sealingly mounting said first open end of said sleeve member within said housing cavity means with each of said sleeve and housing passageways in register with one another; and means for sealingly mounting said second open end of said sleeve member to said cap member when said applicator rod member extends through said sleeve member and said applicator is positioned adjacent the bottom of said reservoir, wherein said passageway in said deformable sleeve member tapers from said second open end toward said first open end, said first open end adapted to receive said applicator therethrough substantially without interference when said sleeve is in its undeformed state.