Patent ID: 8186363

Claim:
An applicator ( 1 ) for applying a hair treatment composition to the hair, wherein said applicator ( 1 ) comprises a plate ( 10 ) and a well ( 20 ), wherein said plate ( 10 ) and well ( 20 ) are movably joined by a connection ( 30 ) so that the applicator ( 1 ) may alternate between a closed and an open state, and wherein said plate ( 10 ) has an external surface ( 102 ) and an internal surface ( 101 ), and said internal surface ( 101 ) comprises a first fin ( 70 ) which projects from said internal surface ( 101 ) and a second fin ( 71 ) which projects from said internal surface ( 101 ), wherein said first fin ( 70 ) and second fin ( 71 ) each independently comprise a free distal edge ( 80 , 81 ), wherein said free distal edge of said first fin ( 70 ) points towards said free distal edge ( 81 ) of said second fin ( 71 ), and wherein said well ( 20 ) comprises a base ( 201 ), a wall ( 202 ) emerging from said base ( 201 ) and a rim ( 222 ) and wherein said applicator ( 1 ) further comprises a fluid metering means, wherein said fluid metering means comprises a lower metering means ( 50 ) positioned on the internal surface of said wall ( 202 ) adjacent said rim ( 222 ) and which extends from the internal surface of said wall ( 202 ) towards the centre of said well ( 20 ), wherein when said applicator ( 1 ) is in said closed state, said lower metering means ( 50 ) and said first fin ( 70 ) are substantially juxtaposed to provide said fluid metering means.