Patent ID: 7228863

Claim:
A compact comprising: a housing ( 12 ); an applicator ( 40 ) having a brush ( 44 ) in the housing ( 12 ); and a plurality of recesses ( 28 ) in the housing ( 12 ), each of the recesses ( 28 ) having a cosmetic therein; wherein the recesses ( 28 ) are arranged in the housing ( 12 ) side-by-side along the longitudinal length of each of the recesses ( 28 ); wherein the length of the brush ( 44 ) is substantially equal to a width of the plurality of recesses ( 28 ) defined by the distance between a first and a last longitudinal edge of the plurality of recesses; wherein when opposite ends of the brush ( 44 ) are respectively aligned with the first and the last longitudinal edge of the plurality of recesses and moved across the plurality of recesses, the brush is loaded in a single stroke with each of the cosmetics in the plurality of recesses, wherein the recesses ( 28 ) are each formed in a concave portion ( 26 ) of the housing ( 12 ) and are each themselves formed curved concave along the longitudinal length thereof, wherein the applicator is a mascara brush having a brush and a handle engaged to the brush, and wherein both the brush and handle have a circular cross section.