Patent ID: 8337109

Claim:
An applicator for transferring and depositing a product, comprising: a housing configured to be gripped by a user, the housing having an interior cavity forming a reservoir for the product and an opening in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a rotatable element mounted on the housing at the opening of the reservoir, the rotatable element configured to rotate on an axis of rotation extending through a portion of the housing, the rotatable element further configured to receive the product from the opening, wherein the housing is arranged laterally with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotatable element, wherein the housing comprises two side arms oriented laterally with respect to the axis of rotation, the side arms supporting the rotatable element, wherein the rotatable element is mated to the housing by click-fitting, and wherein the rotatable element includes an axle, and the side arms include a hub which cooperates with the axle at two ends of the axle.