Patent ID: 7165285
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: A45D,A47K

Abstract:
1. An appliance for applying lotion to the skin, wherein the appliance comprises: a housing; a soft pad, mounted within the housing to rotate about an axis of rotation, including a flat application surface, outwardly disposed from the housing, extending perpendicularly to the direction of rotation; an elongated handle extending from the housing in a direction perpendicular to the direction of rotation; a motor driving the soft pad to rotate about the axis of rotation; and a first battery supplying electrical power to drive the motor; an axle shaft mounted to rotate within the housing about the axis of rotation, wherein the axle shaft includes a detent member held outward from the axle shaft by a spring; a mounting plate attached to the soft pad, wherein the soft pad is mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation by releasably attaching the mounting plate to the axle shaft by the detent member engaging a groove within the mounting plate to releasably attach the mounting plate to the axle shaft; an actuator movable between a first position, in which an electrical circuit extending between the first battery and the motor is closed, and a second position, in which the electrical circuit is opened wherein the actuator includes a first latching surface engaged to hold the actuator in the first position and a second latching surface engaged to hold the actuator in the second position, and wherein the actuator is depressed to disengage the first and second latching surfaces, allowing movement of the actuator between the first and second positions; a battery holder, holding the first battery, wherein the actuator is attached to the battery holder; and a first motor terminal, electrically connected to the motor, wherein an end of the first battery is held against the first motor terminal with the actuator in the first position, and wherein the first battery is moved away from the motor terminal as the actuator is moved into the second position.