Patent ID: 8231294

Claim:
A cosmetic applicator for retaining a plurality of cosmetic members for selective extension and retraction, the cosmetic applicator comprising: a housing with a proximal end and a distal end; a revolver chamber rotatably retained within the housing wherein the revolver chamber has a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinal tubes disposed in the revolver chamber for slidably retaining a plurality of cosmetic members circumferentially spaced relative to the revolver chamber; a cosmetic member retained within each longitudinal tube in the revolver chamber wherein each cosmetic member has a proximal end and a distal end; a cap member coupled to the proximal end of each cosmetic member; a longitudinal channel disposed along the housing; a slide button retained to slide along the longitudinal channel in the housing; means for selectively rotating the revolver chamber and the housing in relation to one another to induce one of the plurality of cosmetic members to become an active cosmetic member; and means for drivingly engaging the slide button with the active cosmetic member comprising at least one leg that projects from the slide button for being received through the longitudinal channel in the housing in combination with a laterally disposed locking channel disposed in the cap member that receives the leg that projects from the slide button; whereby the revolver chamber can be selectively rotated to cause a desired cosmetic member from among the plurality of cosmetic members to become the active cosmetic member and whereby the active cosmetic member can be extended and retracted relative to the housing by a sliding of the slide button.