Patent ID: 8287199

Claim:
A container for a pasty or liquid cosmetic product, comprising: an elongate body, extending in a longitudinal direction, comprising a bottom zone and a free edge; a reservoir comprising said product and a neck, wherein the reservoir is movable in translation in the body between a low resting position close to the bottom zone and a high working position close to the free edge; an elastically compressible guide device, located between the body and the reservoir, wherein: said guide device comprises a stable retracted configuration defining the low resting position of the reservoir, and a maximum extension configuration defining the high working position of the reservoir, the guide device is convertible between said configurations by retraction of said guide-device beyond the stable retracted position against a spring, and the guide device comprises, on the body or the reservoir, a hollow guide track disposed substantially in the longitudinal direction of the body, and, on the other of the body or the reservoir, a follower finger engaged in the hollow guide track, at least when the guide device is in the maximum extension configuration; and an application member comprising a shaft joined to a cap and terminated by an applicator, wherein: said application member is adapted to be loaded with said product when the shaft of the application member is inserted through the neck into the reservoir in a reloading configuration, and the cap is adapted, in the reloading configuration, to engage and push the reservoir into the body until the reservoir reaches said low resting position, and, the cap is adapted to be at least partly extracted from the body under the action of the elastically compressible guide device to enable extraction of the application member out of the reservoir and the body; wherein a mounted-on elastic member is located near the guide track and is adapted to provide a resistant braking point to passage of the follower finger when the elastically compressible guide device leaves the maximum extension configuration and the cap is pushed into the body.