Patent ID: 7438490

Claim:
A container and applicator unit comprising a container for a cosmetic; an applicator top ( 1 ) that is placed on the container, having an applicator ( 2 ) which extends out therefrom wherein the applicator ( 2 ) comprises only a plurality of separate fibers ( 20 ) engaged to each other at an upper side of the applicator top, wherein all of said fibers are hollow and each serve as an extension of a passage through the applicator top from an inside of said container and have a plurality of decentralized outlets, wherein free ends of all of said fibers are aligned in the same plane to form a common application surface which is inclined to the longitudinal axis of the applicator so that a free end of the applicator is wedge shaped, wherein two wedge shaped cutting edges formed as a unit with he applicator top extend down from a bottom side of said applicator top, pierce a perforated upper wall on the container and form a lower part of the passage from the inside of said container through the applicator top into said hollow fiber, and wherein a central axis of the fibers, the passage and the cutting edges are coaxial with the longitudinal axis ( 4 a ) of the applicator unit.