Patent ID: 8313263

Claim:
A device for packaging and applying a substance, the device comprising: a receptacle for containing the substance, the receptacle comprising a first part and a second part, the second part being turnable by a user relative to the first part; and an applicator; the second part including a blade defining a rotary surface in contact with the substance inside the receptacle and having a shape that is curved in such a manner as to deflect the substance toward a center of the receptacle and the applicator when said blade is turned in an appropriate direction, a radially inner edge of the blade being situated in a central region of an inside space of the receptacle for containing the substance, said rotary surface including a bottom edge that matches substantially a shape of a bottom wall of the receptacle, the turning of said rotary surface being enabled regardless of a position of the applicator with respect to the receptacle, including when the device is in a closed position.