Patent ID: 8353304

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 at least one hair orientation means which extends beyond said internal surface ( 101 ) towards said well ( 20 ), and wherein said well ( 20 ) comprises a base ( 201 ) and a wall ( 202 ) comprising a rim ( 222 ), wherein said rim ( 222 ) defines an opening ( 203 ) and internal volume ( 204 ) of said well ( 20 ) and wherein said applicator ( 1 ) further comprises a fluid metering means, wherein said fluid metering means comprises a lower metering means ( 50 ) positioned on said rim ( 222 ) of said well ( 20 ), and an upper metering means ( 60 ) positioned on said internal surface ( 101 ) of said plate ( 10 ), wherein said lower and upper metering means ( 50 , 60 ), each independently comprise at least one resilient strip ( 13 ) and wherein when said applicator ( 1 ) is in said closed state, said lower metering means ( 50 ) and said upper metering means ( 60 ) are substantially juxtaposed to provide said fluid metering means.