Patent ID: 6412997
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
An applicator apparatus for storing and applying liquid health and beauty products to selected difficult to reach remote areas of a physically challenged person, comprising: a combined flexible reservoir and pump for storing a liquid health or beauty product and dispersing a portion of said liquid health or beauty product through an applicator by squeezing said flexible reservoir and pump, said reservoir and pump having an outlet end portion for discharging a portion of a liquid health or beauty product from said reservoir and pump and a means in said reservoir and pump for automatically venting said flexible reservoir and pump when said applicator apparatus is dispersing said portion of said liquid through said applicator; a check valve in said outlet end portion of said reservoir for preventing a loss of said health or beauty product when said apparatus is not in use, said check valve having a means for automatally opening said check valve when said reservoir is squeezed to discharge said portion of said liquid from said reservoir and pump and for automatically closing said valve when said reservoir is released to prevent a loss of fluid from said reservoir and pump; a slender, substantially elongated non-extensible tubular member for reaching said difficult to reach remote areas, said tubular member having one end portion operatively connected to said outlet end portion of said reservoir and pump; and an applicator pivotally connected to an opposite end portion of said slender elongated non-extensible member for receiving and applying said liquid health or beauty product to said selected remote and difficult to reach remote areas of said person's body.