Patent ID: 7186044
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A wiping device configured to be inserted in a container, comprising: a body with two ends, each end defining an opening configured to receive an applicator; a wiping portion on an inner surface of said body and configured to wipe said applicator when said applicator passes through said body; and a coupling member configured to couple the wiping device to the container, wherein: said coupling member includes a flexible lip on the exterior surface of the body, said flexible lip has a first end attached to the body at a joining region and a second end which is free, and said first end having a surface which faces said body and which is connected to said body at an acute angle so that said flexible lip exhibits, during an introduction of the wiping device into the container, a resistance substantially less than a resistance exhibited during extraction of the wiping device from the container, after the wiping device is mounted on the container, the flexible lip is in a flexed position and an outer dimension of said flexible lip is greater in said flexed position than in an unflexed position.