Abstract: A device for packaging and metered dispensing of a product includes a container having an opening that receives a retention element defining a metering cavity. The device may be equipped with a pump for dispensing the contents of the metering cavity. The retention element may also include a first passage and a second passage, with the second passage located between the opening of the container and the first passage. The first and second passages are intended to be brought into communication with the product by at least partially inverting the container. Ribs may be provided within the retention element for channeling all or some of the product entering the retention element via the second passage towards the metering cavity.

Abstract: A device is provided for mixing at least two products to form a mixture. The device may include a first compartment configured to contain a first product, a second compartment configured to contain a second product, and a sealing arrangement isolating the first compartment from the second compartment when the device is in a storage position. The first compartment may include a dispensing orifice capable of dispensing a mixture of the first product and the second product. The sealing arrangement may be actuatable to place the first compartment and the second compartment in flow communication with one another and thereby enable mixing of the first product and the second product to form the mixture. The second compartment may include a sampling orifice to enable the withdrawal of a sample of the second product from the second compartment prior to the mixing of the first product and the second product.

Abstract: A one piece molded assembly including a first part and a second part integral with the first part. The first part includes a first member engageable with a second member formed by the second part so as to form an articulation of the first part and the second part about an axis. Two linking strips are connected to the first and second parts to provide a spring-effect assist for opening and closing of the assembly about the axis, the linking strips crossing the axis in an intermediate position between an open position and a closed position of the assembly.

Abstract: An assembly includes a first part and a second part articulated to the first part. A label is bonded onto at least a portion of the surface of each of the first and second parts. The label has at least one connecting strip capable, when the assembly is being opened and being closed, of occupying an intermediate position in which it intersects a geometric axis about which the assembly is hinged. The label experiences maximum tension and, after passing through the intermediate position by a relative movement of the first and second parts in a first direction, elastically returns the second part to a closed or almost closed position. After passing through the intermediate position in a direction which is the opposite of the first direction, the label elastically returns the second part to an opened position.

Abstract: A dispenser includes an upper element and a lower element configured to cooperate to form a reservoir and a valve cavity of a valve. In addition to the valve cavity, the valve includes an inlet passage for providing flow from the reservoir to the valve, an outlet passage for providing flow from the valve to a dispensing outlet of the dispenser, and a movable valve member configured to be moved from a closed position to an open position to enable flow through the dispensing outlet. A product is contained in the reservoir, and this product may be chosen from a pharmaceutical composition, a vaccine, a hormone, and a drug. Also, the dispenser may be used in a dispensing method wherein the product is dispensed toward a portion of an individual, such as the mouth, nose, skin, and/or hair.

Abstract: An application device for applying a product to a surface, include an applicator member and a grip. The applicator member has a deformable application surface arranged substantially in a plane. The surface has a first shape substantially parallel to the plane in an undeformed state of the applicator member and a second shape substantially parallel to the plane in a first deformed state of the applicator member. The grip has a linking element on the applicator member and at least one actuation element coupled to the linking element. The grip is configured to deform the application surface from the undeformed state to the first deformed state in response to a first force applied to the actuation element.

Abstract: A device is provided for mixing at least two products to form a mixture. The device may include a first compartment configured to contain a first product, a second compartment configured to contain a second product, and a sealing arrangement isolating the first compartment from the second compartment when the device is in a storage position. The first compartment may include a dispensing orifice capable of dispensing a mixture of the first product and the second product. The sealing arrangement may be actuatable to place the first compartment and the second compartment in flow communication with one another and thereby enable mixing of the first product and the second product to form the mixture. The second compartment may include a sampling orifice to enable the withdrawal of a sample of the second product from the second compartment prior to the mixing of the first product and the second product.

Abstract: A device for packaging and metered dispensing of a product includes a container having an opening that receives a retention element defining a metering cavity. The device may be equipped with a pump for dispensing the contents of the metering cavity. The retention element may also include a first passage and a second passage, with the second passage located between the opening of the container and the first passage. The first and second passages are intended to be brought into communication with the product by at least partially inverting the container. Ribs may be provided within the retention element for channeling all or some of the product entering the retention element via the second passage towards the metering cavity.

Abstract: A dispenser includes an upper element and a lower element configured to cooperate to form a reservoir and a valve cavity of a valve. In addition to the valve cavity, the valve includes an inlet passage for providing flow from the reservoir to the valve, an outlet passage for providing flow from the valve to a dispensing outlet of the dispenser, and a movable valve member configured to be moved from a closed position to an open position to enable flow through the dispensing outlet. A product is contained in the reservoir, and this product may be chosen from a pharmaceutical composition, a vaccine, a hormone, and a drug. Also, the dispenser may be used in a dispensing method wherein the product is dispensed toward a portion of an individual, such as the mouth, nose, skin, and/or hair.

Abstract: A device for displaying at least one object, includes a support, at least one through passage defined by the support, and at least one housing attached to the support and received at least partially within the passage. The housing includes a first portion extending from a first side of the support and a second portion having an opening accessible from a second side of the support, opposite to the first side. The opening is configured to receive an object for display. The housing includes a locking element configured to engage the object such that one portion of the object becomes reversibly locked in the housing and another portion of the object emerges from the second side of the support.

Abstract: A pressurized container, containing a dished part and a valve equipped with a valve body with a valve-control stem surmounted by a push-button with a seal and with a return system wherein the dished part and the valve body interact to form, on the one hand, a reservoir cavity able to contain a product to be dispensed and a propulsion device and, on the other hand, a valve cavity and wherein a passage is formed between the reservoir cavity and the valve cavity.

Abstract: A pressurized container, containing a dished part and a valve equipped with a valve body with a valve-control stem surmounted by a push-button with a seal and with a return system wherein the dished part and the valve body interact to form, on the one hand, a reservoir cavity able to contain a product to be dispensed and a propulsion means and, on the other hand, a valve cavity and wherein a passage is formed between the reservoir cavity and the valve cavity.

Abstract: Dispensing assembly including a container and a dispensing member for dispensing a product contained in the container. The container is cylindrical and receives therein a piston having a body made of rigid material. The body has a cylindrical part carrying a seal made of elastic material. The seal is overmolded on the body of the piston and has a semi-toric portion. The elastic material and the rigid material are chemically compatible so that the seal and piston bond together.