Patent ID: 7338225

Claim:
A touch up paint applicator comprising: A) a cylindrical container having an interior volume, a first end which is an aft end when the container is in use and a second end which is a forward end when the container is in use; B) a dispensing port defined in the forward end, the dispensing port being in fluid communication with the interior volume of the container; C) a dispensing nozzle on the dispensing port, the dispensing nozzle being in fluid communication with the interior volume of the container; D) a sponge tip on the dispensing nozzle, the sponge tip including (1) a first wall that is a bottom wall when the sponge tip is in the use condition, (2) a second wall which is a sidewall, and (3) a third wall which is a top wall when the sponge tip is in the use condition, (4) the top wall of the sponge tip being oriented at an oblique angle to the sidewall of the sponge tip, (5) an apex being defined at the intersection of the top wall and the sidewall; E) a rubber seal located adjacent to an entrance port on the aft end of the container; F) a plunger handle mounting bracket unit on the container; G) a plunger having (1) a handle having a distal end and proximal end, the handle of the plunger being movable between a stored condition in which the handle of the plunger is mounted in the mounting bracket unit and a use condition in which the handle of the plunger extends through the entrance port on the aft end of the container, and (2) a plunger head on the distal end of the handle of the plunger; and H) touch up paint stored in the container, the touch up paint being forced out of the dispensing nozzle and through the sponge tip when the sponge tip is pressed against a workpiece being touched up, and drawn into the interior volume when the plunger handle is moved away from the forward end.