Coating implements with material supply – Including means to apply material-moving force – Piston-provided reservoir
Reexamination Certificate
2001-04-27
2001-12-04
Huson, Gregory L. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
Including means to apply material-moving force
Piston-provided reservoir
C401S176000, C401S171000, C401S261000, C401S286000, C401S289000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325564
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a long handle lotion applicator and more particularly pertains to allowing lotion to be applied on a person's back.
The use of dispenser devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, dispenser devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of dispensing a variety of liquids are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,372,700 to Moffit, Jr. discloses a brush with a reservoir and dispenser using a piston pump. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,240,339 to Deforest and 5,961,235 to Kennedy disclose elongated applicators for dispensing lotion to hard to reach places.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a long handle lotion applicator for allowing lotion to be applied on a person's back.
In this respect, the long handle lotion applicator according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing lotion to be applied on a person's back.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which can be used for allowing lotion to be applied on a person's back. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of dispenser devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved long handle lotion applicator. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises an elongated handle portion having a closed outer end and an open inner end. The open inner end has a washer disposed therein. The handle portion has a slot formed therein inwardly of the closed outer end. A lotion housing is coupled with respect to the elongated handle portion. The lotion housing has an open inner end and a closed outer end. The open inner end removably couples with the open inner end of the handle portion. The lotion housing contains a quantity of lotion therein. The closed outer end of the lotion housing has an aperture therethrough. A tap portion is secured to the closed outer end of the lotion housing. The tap portion is angularly oriented. The tap portion has a central tube having an open inner end and an open outer end. The open inner end is coupled with the aperture in the closed outer end of the lotion housing. The tap portion has a lower tack portion with the open outer end of the central tube extending outwardly thereof. A sponge portion is removably coupled with the lower tack portion of the tap portion in communication with the open outer end of the central tube. A pump portion is disposed within the handle portion and the lotion housing for directing the lotion outwardly of the aperture in the closed outer end of the lotion housing and into the central tube of the tap portion and into the sponge portion for application on a user. The pump portion includes an elongated shaft slidably disposed within the handle portion and the lotion housing. The shaft has an inner end and an outer end. The inner end has a slide handle secured thereto and extending outwardly of the slot in the handle portion. The outer end of the shaft has a push plate secured thereto. The shaft has a spring disposed thereon for biasing the shaft toward the outer end of the handle portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which has all the advantages of the prior art dispenser devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a long handle lotion applicator economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator for allowing lotion to be applied on a person's back.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved long handle lotion applicator including an elongated handle portion having a closed outer end and an open inner end. A lotion housing is coupled with respect to the elongated handle portion. The lotion housing has an open inner end and a closed outer end. The open inner end removably couples with the open inner end of the handle portion. The lotion housing contains a quantity of lotion therein. The closed outer end of the lotion housing has an aperture therethrough. A tap portion is secured to the closed outer end of the lotion housing. The tap portion has a central tube having an open inner end and an open outer end. The open inner end is coupled with the aperture in the closed outer end of the lotion housing. The tap portion has a lower tack portion with the open outer end of the central tube extending outwardly thereof. A sponge portion is removably coupled with the lower tack portion of the tap portion in communication with the open outer end of the central tube. A pump portion is disposed within the handle portion and the lotion housing for directing the lotion outwardly of the aperture in the closed outer end of the lotion housing and into the central tube of the tap portion and into the sponge portion for application on a user.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understan
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