Patent ID: 8235617

Claim:
A packaging and applicator unit comprising: an applicator ( 3 ) having an application element ( 12 ) and a rod ( 14 ); a product P to be applied; and packaging, the packaging comprising: a shell ( 4 ) and a closing piece ( 5 ), said shell and said closing piece secured together by solder to form a seal at a peripheral interlocking edge ( 6 ) of the shell ( 4 ), a reservoir ( 8 ) that is formed by an enlarged part ( 8 a ) of the shell ( 4 ) and a corresponding closing part of the closing piece ( 5 ), an opening ( 9 ) for passage, distribution and spray drying formed by a shrunken part ( 9 a ) of the shell ( 4 ) and a corresponding closing part of the closing piece ( 5 ), an elongated pipe ( 10 ) that is formed by a trough ( 10 a ) of the shell ( 4 ) and a corresponding closing part of the closing piece ( 5 ), the elongated pipe ensuring the metering and distribution of the product to be applied on the application element ( 12 ) of the applicator ( 3 ) and preventing spraying of the product to be applied during the extraction of the applicator ( 3 ), the inside diameter of the trough ( 10 a ) and the elongated pipe ( 10 ) being slightly larger than the inside diameter of the shrunken part ( 9 a ) and the opening ( 9 ), wherein the trough ( 10 a ) and elongated pipe ( 10 ), and the enlarged part ( 8 a ) and the reservoir ( 8 ), have identical or close axial lengths, a holding housing ( 11 ) that is formed by a constitutive part ( 11 a ) of the shell ( 4 ) and a corresponding closing part of the closing piece ( 5 ), a gripping zone ( 19 ) for opening of the packaging by the user, the gripping zone formed by the outside face of the trough ( 10 a ), the outside face of the corresponding closing part of the closing piece ( 5 ), and the adjacent parts of edges ( 6 , 7 ), the gripping zone allowing for the application of a finger or the clamping between two fingers, a line or fragile zone of lower strength ( 16 ), the line or fragile zone ( 16 ) being located between the elongated pipe ( 10 ) formed by trough ( 10 a ) and the holding housing ( 11 ) formed by constitutive part ( 11 a) and being located away from the shrunken part ( 9 a ) and the opening ( 9 ), wherein the holding housing ( 11 ) is detachable from the remainder of the packaging by folding the unit crosswise along the line or fragile zone ( 16 ).