Patent ID: 7690854

Claim:
A device for packaging and applying a product, comprising: a container holding the product; an applicator element designed to be supplied with product via a passage in permanent or selective communication with the inside of the container, wherein the applicator element includes an application surface which can be placed in contact with a surface to be treated; wherein the applicator element is carried by a movable member which is movable from a first position in which the applicator element is exposed to an outside of a recess surmounting the container, to a second position in which the applicator element is contained within the recess, and wherein the movable member includes a portion closing off the recess in the second position, and further wherein the movable member performs at least one of the following functions when it is in the second position: preventing the actuation of a dispensing element fitted on the container, and/or closing off the product delivery passage to the applicator element.