Patent ID: 8360078

Claim:
An applicator system for applying a product to a body comprising: a brush for applying the product to the body comprising: a base having a top and bottom; a group of bristles fixed in a pocket in the top of the base; and a magnet fixed to a gripping portion of the bottom of the base opposite the group of bristles; and a compact having a top and a bottom and housing the brush, the compact comprising: a shell defining a cavity for receiving the brush; a slide-mechanism housed in the shell for sliding the brush into and out of the shell; an actuator disposed on an exterior surface of a wall of the shell for selectively sliding the slide-mechanism housed in the shell; and another magnet fixed to a portion of the slide-mechanism housed in the shell for magnetically coupling with the magnet fixed to the rear portion of the brush to releasably couple the brush to the compact.