Patent ID: 7384208

Claim:
A flow-thru cosmetic dispenser for a flowable product comprising: a container having a reservoir that is capable of dispensing a flowable product through a container orifice; an applicator tip having a base and an external surface, wherein the applicator tip may comprise a bristled brush, a comb, a sponge, a powder puff, a flocked substrate or a doe-foot; a deformable, resilient conduit that defines a lumen which, in an undeformed state, is capable of conducting product between the reservoir and the applicator tip, but which in a deformed state is hindered from conducting product; the deformable conduit having proximal and a distal ends which define proximal and distal orifices of the lumen; and a closure having: an opened position, wherein the closure is not covering the applicator tip and the resilient conduit is in the undeformed state; and a closed position, wherein the closure is covering the applicator tip and the resilient conduit is pressured into the deformed state by the closure.