Patent ID: 8157463

Claim:
A nail polish applicator comprising: a container having a throat for containing nail polish therein and a cap for closing the container, said cap comprising: an upper plunger cap; a base cap threadedly secured to the throat of the container wherein the upper plunger cap has a hollow portion that at least partially surrounds an outer surface of the base cap such that the upper plunger cap is slidably disposed over the base cap; a seal disposed in the base cap for sealing the container; a plunger shaft having an upper end secured to an inner surface of the upper plunger cap and a lower end having a nail polish applicator attached thereto; and a spring positioned between the inner surface of the upper plunger cap and an upper surface of the base cap; wherein the plunger shaft extends through the spring, base cap and seal such that when the base cap is fully threaded onto the throat of the container and the upper plunger cap is depressed, the upper plunger cap slides along the outer surface of the base cap and thereby depresses the plunger shaft such that the applicator extends to a bottom inner surface of the container and wherein when the base cap is unthreaded from the container and resting on the throat of the bottle and the upper plunger cap is depressed, the upper plunger cap also slides along the base cap and thereby depresses the plunger shaft such that the applicator extends to the bottom inner surface of the container.