Patent ID: 6789972
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
An applicator for applying a liquid to a surface, said applicator comprising:a first housing part; an elongated wand of light transmissive material having a fixed end mounted in said first housing part and projecting from said fixed end to a free end remote from said housing part, said wand including a light dispersing mechanism comprising at least one of: (i) a decreasing cross-sectional diameter as measured from the fixed end to the free end, (ii) a plurality of radial projections, (iii) a plurality of scoring marks, (iv) a fluorescing or phosphorescing or illumination-enhancing additive, and (v) a reflecting material or reflecting particles; means for retaining a liquid on said free end of said wand; and an activatable light source mounted in said first housing part so that light emitted from the light source enters said fixed cad of said wand and is transmitted in and through said wand so as to illuminate at least a portion of said wand; and a second housing part which releasably mates with said first housing part to enclose said wand of light transmitting material within the first and second housing parts, said second housing part including a reservoir for containing a supply of the liquid; wherein the light dispersing mechanism is separable from the reservoir.