Patent ID: 8132574

Claim:
A hair treatment applicator for applying a hair treatment composition to the hair, wherein said applicator comprises a plate and a containment portion; wherein said plate comprises a perimeter, a substantially flat internal surface comprising a centre, and an external surface; wherein said plate comprises at least one member, which projects from said substantially flat internal surface; wherein said member is continuous and liquid impervious; wherein said member has a proximal base and a distal base wherein said proximal base is attached to said substantially flat internal surface of said plate and wherein said distal base comprises an edge; and wherein said containment portion comprises a bottom and a wall, said wall emerging from said bottom and extending upwardly, said wall having a rim and said rim defining an opening and an internal volume of said containment portion; and wherein said plate and said containment portion are movably joined by a connection so that said applicator may alternate between a closed state and an open state, wherein when said applicator is in the closed state, said substantially flat internal surface of said plate is in a juxtaposed relationship to said opening of said containment portion and wherein when said applicator is in the open state, said substantially flat internal surface of said plate is in a distal relationship to said opening of said containment portion; and wherein when said hair treatment applicator is in said closed state, at least a part of said member is within said internal volume of said containment portion; wherein said substantially flat internal surface of said plate comprises an axis Y, wherein said axis Y extends substantially straight from the centre of said substantially flat internal surface of said plate and crosses transversally said connection, wherein said member extends along said axis Y.