Patent ID: 8066443

Claim:
A packaging and application device for a cosmetic product comprising: a platform, a tube that includes a side wall that extends in a longitudinal direction of the device and that defines a housing for said product, and a driving mechanism for translational movement of the platform in the tube in the longitudinal direction, the movement of the platform allowing dispensing of product via a dispensing opening in the tube, the tube being arranged in a base, the base including a side wall that extends in the longitudinal direction, wherein at least one of a cross-section of the side wall of the base or a cross-section of the side wall of the tube comprises an inner surface that defines a convex portion, wherein the base and the tube include a non-homothetic cross-section, and wherein the drive mechanism includes a pushbutton that is disposed entirely between an outer surface of the side wall of the tube and an inner surface of the side wall of the base with respect to a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, the inner surface of the side wall of the base being a surface that extends in the longitudinal direction and faces the outer surface of the side wall of the tube.