Patent ID: 7607852
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An all-in-one applicator for dispensing and applying a liquid, the applicator comprising: (a) an elongated, hollow cartridge housing; (b) a cartridge assembly disposable within the cartridge housing, the cartridge assembly comprising at least one liquids cartridge and an interior slide, the liquids cartridge comprising an open upper end and an opposite, lower end of the liquids cartridge comprising a cartridge liquids aperture, at least a portion of the interior slide being slidable into the cartridge from the open upper end of the cartridge; (c) an exterior slide that is slidable over the cartridge housing; (d) an applicator head portion that is removably attachable to an open lower end of the cartridge housing; and (e) a liquid dispensing mechanism that causes liquid to be dispensed from the cartridge liquids aperture into the applicator head portion in response to movement of the exterior slide over the cartridge housing ; wherein the cartridge housing comprises a cartridge housing slot in an upper portion of the cartridge housing; and wherein the liquid dispensing mechanism comprises an exterior slide nib on the exterior slide, a first portion of the exterior slide nib being affixed to an upper end of the exterior slide, a second portion of the exterior slide nib projecting through the cartridge housing slot into an upper end portion of the interior slide, the exterior slide nib being movable along the cartridge housing slot; and wherein the cartridge comprises a cartridge projection adjacent an upper end thereof, the cartridge projection extending through the cartridge housing slot.