Patent ID: 7381003
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An application device comprising: a container portion having an opening through which cosmetic cream is deposited therein; a receptacle having a U-shaped cross section and having an open top and a closed bottom, said receptacle being received in said container portion and retained in said opening of said container portion, said receptacle having a circumferential wall and being cylindrical in shape, said receptacle having a converged lower portion structure which has a conic shape in cross-section, said receptacle defining slits which are spaced circumferentially and extend axially, said bottom of said receptacle having a plurality of apertures, said slits and apertures allowing said cosmetic cream received in said container portion to flow therethrough and into said receptacle for application to a user's face, said receptacle having a top formed with a radially expanded flange which is supported by a top rim of said opening of said container portion, an outer surface of said circumferential wall of said receptacle being provided with a circumferential rib which is able to be snapped into a corresponding circumferential groove defined in an inside surface of said opening of said container portion thereby securing said receptacle inside said container portion; a cap portion having a circumferential outer wall delimiting an interior space; an inner cap securely fixed in said interior space of said cap portion, said cap portion having a top formed with a cavity for receiving and retaining cosmetic powder, said inner cap being threadably engageable with said container portion; an absorptive application bud, said inner cap having a central portion recessed to retain said absorptive application bud, said absorptive application bud being elastically deformable and configured to be snugly accommodated in said receptacle when said inner cap is threadably engaged with said container portion, said absorptive application bud having a rounded lower portion for preventing excessive compression of said absorptive application bud when said absorptive application bud is snugly accommodated in said receptacle; and a top lid pivotally connected with said cap portion for openably close said cavity; whereby when said cap portion is rotated to detach from said container portion, said absorptive application bud will gradually expand due to resiliency, absorb a portion of said cosmetic cream and sweep over an inner surface of a circumferential wall of said receptacle to have excessive cream scooped therefrom thereby providing a uniform coating of said cosmetic cream on said absorptive application bud.