Patent ID: 8360673
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An applicator device, for use in applying mascara, said device comprising: a head; said head comprising: a valve cylinder; said valve cylinder being received into a portion of said conduit at said housing first end; said valve cylinder having at least a first end being selectively blocked to form a pooling area within said valve cylinder; said portion of said conduit beyond said valve cylinder forming a product dispensing chamber; and a plurality of conical prongs being secured to and extending away from said elongated flat surface of said V-shaped projection at said second end of said housing, said plurality of conical prongs comprising a first prong type and a second prong type, said first prong type extending a first distance away from said elongated flat surface, and said second prong type extending a second distance away from said elongated flat surface, said first distance being greater than said second distance, said prongs of said second type being disposed about said elongated flat surface so as to alternate between prongs of said first type; said plurality of openings in said housing being interspersed between two pairs of rows of said alternating first and second prong types; a body, said body being adapted to receive said head to form an enclosed volume forming a product reservoir; said body comprising a means for decreasing said volume of said product reservoir to pump product from said product reservoir through said pooling area of said valve cylinder and through said product dispensing chamber to be delivered out from said plurality of openings at said housing second end; said pooling area being adapted to maintain product integrity within said product reservoir by separation from said product dispensing chamber.