Abstract: A press-type dispensing container that includes an outer case that includes a hollow tube portion and a compressible region; and an inner member including a support portion that is configured to support a personal care product, wherein the inner component is contained within the outer case and is configured to migrate towards the shaft portion when the compressible region of the outer case is compressed by a user is presented.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container for containing a product to be dispensed and a tip threadably retained on the container. The tip includes an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which the product is dispensed. A cosmetic applicator includes a container containing a product to be dispensed, a dispensing tip disposed on the container having a tip application surface, and a cap selectively engageable with at least one of the container and the dispensing tip to selectively cover the tip application surface. The tip application surface is configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed and an opening in the application surface through which the product to be dispensed is dispensed from the reservoir. The cap includes a cap application surface configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed.

Abstract: An eye shadow pencil case includes a container for receiving eye shadow, a rotatable control tube, and a makeup tool for applying the eye shadow. The container includes a top end having a first opening. A sliding groove is formed in an intermediate portion of an outer periphery of the container and includes an open position and a closed position. The rotatable control tube includes a top end having a second opening. The rotatable control tube further includes an inner periphery having a protrusion. The protrusion slides in the sliding groove when the rotatable control tube is rotated. The second opening is aligned with the first opening when the protrusion is in the open position. The second opening is not aligned with the first opening when the protrusion is in the closed position. The makeup tool is mounted on the top end of the rotatable control tube.

Abstract: An oral care implement having an internal reservoir. In one embodiment, the invention can be a toothbrush comprising: a handle having an internal reservoir containing an oral care fluid; a head coupled to the handle; an applicator located on the head; a partition member positioned within the internal reservoir that divides the internal reservoir into a storage chamber and an overflow chamber; a passageway extending through the partition member from the storage chamber to the overflow chamber, the passageway terminating as a first opening in a first surface of the partition member and as a second opening in a second surface of the partition member; and a wick member having a first end in fluid communication with the applicator and a second end terminating in an end surface that abuts the second surface of the partition member to prohibit axial movement of the wick member in a first axial direction.

Abstract: A cartridge-type cosmetic container includes: a main body outer tube to which a cartridge body is attached; a driver body that is rotatable relative to the main body outer tube; a push rod that is propelled by relative rotations of the main body outer tube and the driver body; and a screw spring that is housed in the main body outer tube, and contracts as a result of attaching the cartridge body. The screw spring includes: a first flat plate part whose position is defined in the main body outer tube; a second flat plate part that approaches the first flat plate part by the cartridge body attached; plate spring parts that join both of the flat plate part each other; and a female thread protuberance that is provided on the plate spring parts, and interlocks with a male thread of the push rod as the plate spring parts curve.

Abstract: A personal care article includes a first personal care composition in a first zone and a second personal care composition in a second zone such that the first and second zones are defined by one or more barriers.

Abstract: A ballpoint pen 10 includes: a ballpoint pen tip 20 having a writing ball 30 and a holder 21 holding the writing ball 30; a shaft tube 12 to which the rear end part of the ballpoint pen tip 20 is mounted; and ink 40 accommodated in the shaft tube 12. The holder 21 has an ink guiding hole 26 formed from the rear end thereof toward the head end thereof and a ball house 22 formed with the inner circumference near the head end of the holder 21 expanded. The writing ball 30 is formed of a zirconia sintered body with the content of an aluminum element being less than 0.1 weight %, and the ink 40 contains inorganic particles 41.

Abstract: An oral care implement having a visual indicator of depletion. In one aspect, the oral care implement comprises a body having a reservoir containing a composition including an oral care fluid and an indicator fluid, the oral care fluid being a different color than the indicator fluid and immiscible with respect to the indicator fluid; a delivery member formed of a capillary material; and the oral care fluid and the indicator fluid arranged within the reservoir so that upon the oral care fluid within the reservoir being substantially depleted, the indicator fluid is delivered to a visible portion of the delivery member by capillary action.

Abstract: The applying material extruding container includes a movable body and a screw part in the container including a container main body and a control tube, wherein by relatively rotating the container main body and the control tube, the screw part makes the movable body move forward, and the applying material extruding container includes a leading tube. The screw part includes a female screw as a ridge spirally extending on the inner circumferential surface of the leading tube. An opening is formed on the peripheral wall of the leading tube, and the female screw is arranged so as to be continued to the opening. One side constituting the sides of the opening extends along the trajectory drawn by the female screw in the side view facing the opening.

Abstract: A spray apparatus has a container and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a cup member and a retention ring. The cup member has a central concave surface and a hole open to the central concave surface. A conduit extends downward below the hole and cooperates with the container to allow depression of the cup member from a first condition to a second condition to, in turn, pass product from the container out the hole. The retention ring has an inner portion secured to the container and an outer portion cooperating with the sidewall to resist upward movement of the sidewall of the cup member beyond the first condition.

Abstract: A cosmetic formulation applicator is provided for applying cosmetic formulation to a user's skin. The cosmetic formulation applicator includes a reservoir that contains a cosmetic formulation, a brush head base, a plurality of bristles, and one or more dispenser nozzles. The brush head base is attached to the reservoir on a first side of the brush head base and the plurality of bristles extend from a second side of the brush head base. The one or more dispenser nozzles are configured to permit passage of the cosmetic formulation from the reservoir through the brush head base to the plurality of bristles. The cosmetic formulation applicator includes a plunger that is configured to force cosmetic formulation from the reservoir to the plurality of bristles via the plurality of dispenser nozzles. The plunger can be driven to control flow of the cosmetic formulation through the plurality of dispenser nozzles.

Abstract: An interdental cleaning device that delivers an oral care fluid to a cleaning element via capillary action. The invention can be an interdental cleaning device comprising: a housing forming an internal reservoir containing an oral care fluid; an applicator extending from the housing, the applicator comprising a stem and at least one cleaning element extending from the stem; and wherein the stem comprises a capillary material that extends into the reservoir to be in fluid communication with the oral care fluid so that the capillary material of the stem delivers the oral care fluid from the reservoir to the at least one cleaning element via capillary action.

Abstract: This cosmetic application device (1) includes an application tool (2) and a container (3), the application tool (2) being insertable into and removable from the container (3) through an opening (33) of the container (3). When the application tool (2) is tilted in a state where the fixation between the lid body (23) of the application tool (2) and the mouth/neck section (32) of the container (3) has been released and the lower end section (23d) of the lid body (23) is located at a position within the height-wise length of the mouth/neck section (32), the front end of the application section (21) of the application tool (2) is made to contact an inner wall in the vicinity of the bottom section of the containing section (31) of the container (3).

Abstract: An extensible vibrating shower apparatus that includes a shower member retractably extensible from within an ergonomically formed handle, said shower member including a generally tubular neck, a flexible joint disposed endwise upon the neck, and a head disposed upon the flexible joint, the head having a nozzle with a plurality of bristle holes disposed in a radial pattern and a plurality of massage pads disposed thereon, through which plurality of bristle holes a plurality of bristles is retracably extensible from within the head when a rotatable rim is turned, and a water proof switch alternately activates and deactivates a vibrator disposed within the head, which vibrator is in operational communication with the plurality of massage pads.

Abstract: A cold effect applicator tip for cosmetic products is disclosed. The applicator tip is made of a plastic material comprising organic fillers, metallic fillers or a mixture of organic fillers and metallic fillers. A container for cosmetic products with a cold effect applicator tip is also provided, comprising a reservoir to contain a cosmetic product and an applicator tip such as above described.

Abstract: A writing instrument includes a pen point retaining member, a pen point that is attached to a first end of the pen point retaining member, an ink tank that is attached to a second end of the pen point retaining member, and an ink that is accommodated in the ink tank. The ink includes a lubricating interface layer-forming compound, and a carbonaceous film is formed on at least one of a surface of the ball or a contact portion of the ball holding portion with the ball.

Abstract: The x-ray stick marker includes a shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending through the shaft between the proximal end and the distal end. A handle is disposed at the proximal end of the shaft and a marking tip is disposed at the distal end of the shaft. The handle includes an actuating button configured to control the release of the marking tip. The marking tip is configured for marking the skin of the patient. To avoid exposure to radiation, a user may maintain a suitable distance from the patient when positioning the marking tip on a designated location of the patient's skin for drawing a mark thereon.

Abstract: A stick-type cosmetic holder is formed in a cylindrical shape opened at upper and lower ends. On an inner peripheral surface, an inner diameter is gradually decreased from an upper opening downward to provide an upper tapered surface, and the inner diameter is gradually decreased from a lower opening upward to provide a lower tapered surface. A single annular step portion forming a step such that the lower tapered surface side is higher than the upper tapered surface side is provided at a boundary between the upper tapered surface and the lower tapered surface. The step portion is formed with an inclination in relation to the axial center as viewed from the lateral side. Moreover, taper angles of the upper and lower tapered surfaces are 1° to 10°, and the height of the step portion is 0.1 to 2.0 mm.

Abstract: A compact utensil which has two utility components connected by an assisted opening hinge.

Abstract: A skin cosmetic container includes an opening/closing unit capable of discharging contents introduced into a cylinder provided within a first body in which the contents are stored to the outside of the first body as a pressure is applied to a push button provided on a pump body mounted to an upper portion of the first, body and including a discharge hole for discharging the contents flowing along a guide passage in the pump body to the outside of the first body to selectively open and close a content passage, the skin cosmetic container including: a second body mounted to a lower portion of the first body and having a temperature controller therein; a power source mounted within the second body; and a heater mounted to an end of the second body to emit heat by using electric power applied from the power source and including a heat emitting portion whose heat emitting temperature is controlled by the temperature controller.