Each With Individual Supply Patents (Class 401/17)
  • Patent number: 6811339
    Abstract: A multiple applicators comprising an elongated housing that is separated into multiple sealed compartments containing a liquid and an applicator tip with a score line formed at each of the sealed compartments located near the applicator tip wherein the elongated housing may be selectively severed into shorter sections at the score lines and removed. The removed section of the elongated housing is used to apply the liquid or viscous substance contained therein and disposed of after application. The remainder of the elongated housing with the remaining unused applicator tips and liquid is retained for subsequent uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Garry Tsaur
  • Publication number: 20040190974
    Abstract: Described is a compound hollow container (900) having a multiplicity of compartments (16, 17), e.g., two or three compartments, with the container (900) being capable of containing, storing and dispensing one or more liquids such as nail polish and nail polish remover, and nail polish curing agent, and optionally, fluidized solids such as nail glitter and, further optionally, accessories therefor such as nail polish remover cleaning pads (88). The container (900) is equipped with liquid applicators (52), e.g., vertically disposed long brushes (53), or porous pads for each of the liquids and, optionally, a fluidized solid (300) dispenser for the fluidized solids, e.g., a screen (200) or multiplicity of orifices (201A) which can be opened and closed, located in the upper lid portion (10) of the container (900).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas J. Cantone, Frederick Caputo
  • Patent number: 6783293
    Abstract: In a combination coating film transfer tool and ball-point pen, the transfer tool comprises a case, and a replacement cassette comprising supply and take-up reels and a transfer head. The cassette fits tightly, but removably, in the case, with the tip of the transfer head projecting from the case. The cassette is replaced from time to time, but the case can be reused. Consequently waste of plastic is reduced, and the replacement units can be manufactured less expensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Fujicopian Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Masahiko Ono
  • Patent number: 6773184
    Abstract: An integrated lipstick and lip pencil comprises a lipstick part for painting a user's lips with a lipstick of a prescribed color, a lip pencil part for penciling a lip line using a lip pencil, and a coupling part for coupling the lipstick part and the lip pencil part to combine them into one body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Suck-Doo An
  • Publication number: 20040136770
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaning apparatus providing a user with the ability to perform two cleaning functions with the same apparatus. According to one aspect of the present disclosure the cleaning apparatus includes an elongated body portion having first and second ends, a first tip integral with the first operative end, the first tip including a first solution for performing a first cleaning function on the electronic equipment, and a second tip integral with the second operative end, the second tip including a second solution to the second operative end for performing a second cleaning function on the electronic equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Audrey Muhr-Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20040114985
    Abstract: A composite holding tool has a space in a rear barrel to be effectively used in order to expand a range of use of one composite holding tool. The composite holding tool includes a front barrel, a rear barrel rotatably connected to the front barrel, a plurality of holding bodies housed in the front barrel non-rotatably relative to the front barrel and movably in an axial direction, a cam cylinder that rotates integrally with the rear barrel, and can selectively hold any of the plurality of holding bodies, with a tip of the holding body protruding from a tip of the front barrel, by a relative rotation between the front barrel and the rear barrel, and a cartridge connected to the rear barrel or the cam cylinder and placed in the rear barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicants: Fujicopian Co., Ltd., Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Ono, Kazuya Watanabe, Tadao Odaka, Tadashi Keda
  • Patent number: 6749354
    Abstract: A composite writing implement is capable of being used as a ball-point pen, a mechanical pencil or a stylus pen. The composite writing implement includes a barrel, a pencil lead feeder unit axially slidably placed in a front part of the barrel, a ballpoint refill unit disposed behind and coaxially with the pencil lead feeder unit in a back part of the barrel and including a ballpoint refill case and a ballpoint refill fixedly held in the ballpoint refill case, a rotary cam operatively connecting the ballpoint refill case and the pencil lead feeder unit, and a cap put on the ballpoint refill case so as to cover the ballpoint tip of the ballpoint refill, provided with a stylus tip, capable of being used as a stylus and means for turning the rotary cam through the ballpoint refill case to make the pencil lead feeder feed a lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshio Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20040105716
    Abstract: A pen and/or pencil having an opening positioned opposite its writing end for retaining or storing a cosmetic preparation which can be applied to a user. Caps may also be included to cover both the writing end and/or the opposite end containing the cosmetic preparation. The cap covering the cosmetic preparation may also include an applicator such as a wand having a flat, round, or brush shaped tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Christina Carlino
  • Publication number: 20040086317
    Abstract: A holder includes a main body having two ends that hold cosmetic tools substantially parallel to a central axis of the tool, and it can also include caps for placement over the cosmetic tools. The caps can have a reflective outer surface for use as a mirror. The ends can be configured to hold cosmetic tools having variable dimensions by using a chuck mechanism or a compressible material in the ends of the holder. With cosmetic tools held in place and the caps installed, the holder provides for a way to carry and use a variety of cosmetic tools such as lipstick, lip liner, eye liner, eye shadow, or other tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Tania W. Hanna
  • Patent number: 6729785
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil and/or pen and method for operating a mechanical pencil and/or pen is provided. The mechanical pencil includes a barrel, a lead chamber, a first pressure actuator, an eraser chamber, and a second pressure actuator. The first pressure actuator is situated on the outer surface and is coupled to the lead chamber. The lead chamber holds the lead and pressing the first pressure actuator advances the lead chamber causing the lead to advance. The second pressure actuator is situated on the outer surface and is coupled to the eraser chamber. The eraser chamber holds the eraser and pressing the second pressure actuator advances the eraser chamber causing the eraser to advance. A pen including a barrel, a pen chamber, an eraser chamber, and an eraser pressure actuator is also provided. The barrel includes a pen-end, an eraser-end, and an outer surface. The pen chamber is situated in the pen-end and holds the pen. The eraser chamber is situated in the eraser-end and holds an eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Rose Art Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Roshan Wijerama
  • Publication number: 20040076461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an offset pen comprising a holding portion, a writing portion, and an intermediate portion, in which said holding portion is provided for a user to operate by hand, said writing portion is provided with a pen tip for writing, in which a pen tip seat is provided outside the pen tip, and said intermediate portion is used to connect the holding portion and the writing portion so that the writing portion and the holding portion are separately formed on different axes and that a visible space is formed between said writing portion and said holding portion; therefore, when the user operates, the holding portion naturally tilt, while the writing portion keeps vertical to a writing surface for the sake of different axes, so that the user may promptly see the writing result through the visible space; furthermore, a storage chamber is provided in the holding portion, in which pen tips ready for replacement are stored in the storage chamber so that storage and use of the tips may be impl
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Bao-Shen Liu
  • Patent number: 6702494
    Abstract: A cosmetic unit comprising two different applicators each with a stem, each of the applicators dipping into a respective reservoir; each reservoir having an externally threaded neck on which to screw a coupling member; and the two reservoirs being releasably attachable to each other via a coupling sleeve by means of the coupling members which are screwed on and which simultaneously serve as a closure cap. The coupling members in the form of screw caps are non-rotarily attachable to the coupling sleeve by an axial serration and axially tightly attachable thereto by a beaded section engaging with a locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20040028461
    Abstract: In a combination coating film transfer tool and ball-point pen, the transfer tool comprises a case, and a replacement cassette comprising supply and take-up reels and a transfer head. The cassette fits tightly, but removably, in the case, with the tip of the transfer head projecting from the case. The cassette is replaced from time to time, but the case can be reused. Consequently waste of plastic is reduced, and the replacement units can be manufactured less expensively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuya Watanabe, Masahiko Ono
  • Patent number: 6682242
    Abstract: A dual cosmetic applicator is formed from two applicator units, each of which includes a cap from which extends an applicator and an internally threaded sleeve facing the applicator. An enclosure includes an externally threaded end portion adapted to threadably engage the internally threaded sleeve of the cap. Each applicator unit also includes a coupling member which is formed by a central internal member surrounded by a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall having a plurality of projections laterally extending therefrom beyond the central internal member and a plurality of recesses corresponding in size, shape and number to the projections. An inner surface of the projections includes one half of a mating pair of snap fitting elements, while an outer surface of central internal member adjacent the recesses includes the other half of the mating pair of snap fitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Antonio Montoli
  • Publication number: 20030231919
    Abstract: A marking pen assembly includes two or more colorant supply units and a colorant applicator detachably connected together, so that when the pen assembly is stroked along a work surface plural parallel strips of colorant are simultaneously formed on the work surface. A connecting mechanism between the colorant supply units is designed so that the units can be separated from one another and used as individual marking pens. The marking pen assembly enables the user to obtain a rainbow coloring effect with a single stroke of the pen assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Allen C. Kim
  • Publication number: 20030231918
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is an interproximal brush with gargle and disinfectant. This interproximal brush includes two brush units. The brush units each consists of a handle having a rectangular cross-section, and an interproximal cleaning means, such as bristles or a dental floss, fixed to an end of the handle. The interproximal brush also has a casing consisting of two reception parts. In this case, the reception parts have a hollow box shape for receiving the brush units, and contain gargle and disinfectant therein, respectively. Further, a sealing unit is provided at a position around a mouth of each of the two reception parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventor: Sang Kee Han
  • Patent number: 6663305
    Abstract: A holder that is designed to hold within a single molded structure up to four marking implements such as a carpenter's pencil or a lumber crayon. The marker holder, which is configured to resemble a Greek cross, consists of a vertical tube having a rectangular or circular cross-section, a right wall and a left wall. To the two walls is respectively attached a right horizontal tube and a left horizontal tube. Each tube includes a set of marker support tabs that grip and accessively retain the carpenter's pencil and the lumber crayon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Peter D. Poulos
  • Patent number: 6655391
    Abstract: A mascara makeup tool having a first mascara container and a second mascara container each containing mascara; a first cap element and a second cap element; and a first applicator brush and a second applicator brush. The first cap element and second cap element are joined together such that the first applicator brush and second applicator brush are aligned on a substantially straight line and face in mutually opposite directions; and the length of the bristled portion of the second applicator brush is 20 to 60% of the length of the bristled portion of the first applicator brush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventor: Miyuki Sunago
  • Patent number: 6637963
    Abstract: A multi-purpose pen-shaped container includes first and second receptacle bodies, an applicator device, an end cap, and a coupling unit. Each receptacle body has an axis, first and second end portions, and a peripheral wall that is disposed to surround the axis so as to define a receiving chamber. The first and second end portions of each receptacle body are formed with a coupling member and a connecting member, respectively. The applicator device has a base portion that engages the connecting member on the first receptacle body. The end cap has a tubular cap wall that cooperates with the base portion of the applicator device to define a receiving space for receiving a cosmetic applicator therein. The coupling unit engages removably the coupling members of the first and second receptacle bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Tao-Chen Huang
  • Publication number: 20030194255
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator device is disclosed that includes a cylindrical body having a first portion and a second portion, a writing member including a tip and a writing supply incorporated in the first portion, and a reservoir for containing a cosmetic supply positioned interiorly of the second portion. The second portion is in a releasable engagement with the first portion of the cosmetic applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventor: Barry Silberman
  • Publication number: 20030185616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic unit comprising two different applicators each with a stem, each of the applicators dipping into a respective reservoir; each reservoir having an externally threaded neck on which to screw a coupling member; and the two reservoirs being releasably attachable to each other via a coupling sleeve by means of the coupling members which are screwed on and which simultaneously serve as a closure cap. The coupling members in the form of screw caps are non-rotarily attachable to the coupling sleeve by an axial serration and axially tightly attachable thereto by a beaded section engaging with a locking groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030180082
    Abstract: In a cosmetic unit comprising two different cosmetic products and two different applicators, provision is made, with a view to cost-saving manufacture based on a minimum of components and simplicity of assembly, for a central sleeve; a threaded plug which is fixable in the central sleeve; a threaded spindle which reaches through a hole, with a female thread, of the threaded plug and on the outer end of which is provided a cup that houses a cartridge, the cup being mounted, via axial projections, non-rotatably, but axially displaceably in a protective guide section; an insert which is plugged into the central sleeve in the vicinity of the threaded spindle and which includes the protective guide section that is formed outside the central sleeve; an applicator handle which adjoins the inside end of the threaded spindle; and a helical spring which extends between the threaded plug and the inner front end of the applicator handle, forcing the applicator outwards against a cosmetic compound contained in the screw c
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: h&m gutberlet gmbh
    Inventor: Detlev Gutberlet
  • Patent number: 6612764
    Abstract: In a cosmetic applicator unit that comprises two different applicators, each having a stem, the applicators being interconnected in the vicinity of the free ends of the stems, it is provided that each applicator is lodged in a reservoir; that each reservoir has a neck with an external thread; and that the necks are screwed into coupling members for interconnection of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Werner Fischer
  • Patent number: 6607323
    Abstract: An improved lip product applicator for applying a pasty or semi soft lip product to a user's lips comprising a body is described. The body has a product reservoir extending therefrom. The product reservoir is generally hollow and has a tip extending from an end of the reservoir opposite the body. The reservoir has a means for discharging product contained therein through an orifice in said tip. The tip is made of a clear material that permits the user to view the color of the product contained therein. The tip is also tapered and retains its tapered shape as lip product is applied to a user's lips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventors: Diane C. Breidenbach, Laurence W. Mille
  • Publication number: 20030152410
    Abstract: A multi-purpose pen-shaped container includes first and second receptacle bodies, an applicator device, an end cap, and a coupling unit. Each receptacle body has an axis, first and second end portions, and a peripheral wall that is disposed to surround the axis so as to define a receiving chamber. The first and second end portions of each receptacle body are formed with a coupling member and a connecting member, respectively. The applicator device has a base portion that engages the connecting member on the first receptacle body. The end cap has a tubular cap wall that cooperates with the base portion of the applicator device to define a receiving space for receiving a cosmetic applicator therein. The coupling unit engages removably the coupling members of the first and second receptacle bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Tao-Chen Huang
  • Patent number: 6588958
    Abstract: A cosmetic container precludes exposure of the cosmetic within the container to the environment outside the container, even during application of the cosmetic, because, as the applicator head is used to apply the cosmetic to an intended wearer, other portions of the applicator preclude exposure of the cosmetic remaining within the container to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Concept Workshop Worldwide, LLC
    Inventor: David Seidler
  • Patent number: 6582514
    Abstract: A correction tape is constructed to include a housing formed of a bottom cover shell and a top cover shell, a tape reel mounted on an upright axle in the housing, the tape reel having an upper reel portion and a lower reel portion, a nose wheel mounted in a peripheral opening of the housing, a ratchet; which limits the direction of rotation of the tape reel on the upright axle, a tape of correction material wound round the upper reel portion and lower reel portion of the tape reel and extended through the nose wheel, and fastening adapted for securing the correction tape to a writing implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Inventor: Jacky Yang
  • Publication number: 20030086741
    Abstract: The present device relates to a two-in-one ballpoint pens, and more particularly to one, wherein ballpoint pens are joined to both sides of connecting part, or a ballpoint pen is joined to one side and at the same time a string is attached to the other side for being worn around a neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Jong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 6547465
    Abstract: A pencil has a fixed non-replaceable eraser and a moveable sleeve. The fixed non-replaceable eraser is elongated to provide a larger eraser to pencil ratio in order to have more erase cycles per write cycles. The moveable sleeve can be moved to selectively expose a portion of the eraser. A ferrule couples the pencil body and the eraser together and provides an outer surface to engage an inner surface of the moveable sleeve. In one embodiment, a threaded female slot in the outer surface of the ferrule engages a male threaded tab in the inner surface of the sleeve. In another embodiment, a plurality of concentric slots in the outer surface of the ferrule engage a tab in the inner surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Rago, David Small
  • Publication number: 20030053839
    Abstract: In a cosmetic applicator unit that comprises two different applicators, each having a stem, the applicators being interconnected in the vicinity of the free ends of the stems, it is provided that each applicator is lodged in a reservoir; that each reservoir has a neck with an external thread; and that the necks are screwed into coupling members for interconnection of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Werner Fischer
  • Patent number: 6527464
    Abstract: A multi-purpose fingertip pen/stylus comprising a flexible shaft having first and second ends made of a bendable material, which retains a twisted shape, said shaft sized of sufficient length to wrap and secure about the fingertip of a writing digit or to be used in a straightened position as a conventional pen; the first end adapted as a stylus tip for use with pressure sensitive computer screens, and the second end adapted as a writing tip to extend sufficiently beyond the fingertip of the writing digit stylus to contact and write on a writing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Winston Delano Lee
  • Publication number: 20020186995
    Abstract: A pigment application pencil includes a column of pigment material having a composition which readily rubs onto a contacting surface and being divided into several discrete color regions of differing pigment color, the column having at least one longitudinal flat side including portions of at least two of the color regions; and an outer layer of pencil cover material; so that sliding contact of two color regions on the flat side permits even and uniform parallel application of contrasting pigments along a well defined straight or curving line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Irina Iosilevich
  • Patent number: 6491464
    Abstract: A multi-element pen, particularly a pen with twin heads containing at least three operating elements for writing, correction or marking, allowing the user use only one pen for writing and correction. The pen includes a body that houses three or more ink-storage rooms and operating elements of different applications, each operating element corresponding an ink-storage room. Different writing inks or correction liquid contained in the ink-storage rooms enables the use different operating elements for writing, correction or marking, allowing the user carry only one pen for writing, correction and marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Jean Young
  • Publication number: 20020154937
    Abstract: The present provides a porous plug between a reservoir and a feeder having an open space therein to store the excess liquid as the underpressure within the reservoir subsides, i.e., higher absolute pressure. That is, as excess liquid conveys through the porous plug and then to the feeder, liquid take the path of least resistance, which in this case is the open space within the feeder. As liquid enters the open space, air within the open space is displaced through larger capillaries in the feeder. The displacement of air creates an slight vacuum or underpressure within the open space itself to hold the liquid inside the open space until the underpressure within the open space rises, i.e., lower absolute pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Reza Mehrabi, Dale Harder
  • Patent number: 6461068
    Abstract: Provided herein are writing instruments which include a first end portion from which characters may be dispensed, such as an inkpen tip, and a second end portion comprising a correction tape dispensing means. Through use of the present invention, a writer who makes an error using an ink may conveniently invert the writing instrument from an initial position having the inkpen in contact with the paper being written upon, to a second position in which the correction tape dispensing means is in contact with the paper. Such a 180 degree change in the position of the writing instrument is all that is needed to render the writer able to apply a sufficient portion of correction tape to an error in the process for its correction. Through use of the present invention, convenience is increased, while exposure of the writer to harmful volatile chemicals as in the cases when a correction fluid containing a volatile organic compound, such as a halogenated hydrocarbon, is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Holmes
  • Publication number: 20020136587
    Abstract: The inkjet stylus includes a nozzle for depositing ink onto a writing surface. The ink is drawn from an ink cartridge, which may contain a plurality of ink containers, each holding a different color ink. A switch mechanism is used to select different combinations of ink to produce different colors. A microcontroller controls the switch mechanism so as to select the combination of inks that will produce the desired color, and also controls how the ink is deposited on the writing surface using the nozzle. A battery powers the electronic devices in the inkjet stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian W. Bramlett, Frank T. Brown
  • Patent number: 6428230
    Abstract: A new and improved apparatus for assisting a user while cooking on an outdoor grill or other cooking surface. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical tube approximately fifteen inches in length and four inches in diameter. The apparatus has two separate and distinct compartments for holding a condiment and water. The apparatus further has structure enabling the user to apply the water and the condiment onto a grill or piece of food being cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Inventor: Tommie Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20020094224
    Abstract: An upright nail polish bottle includes a pair of inseparably adjoined compartments joined by a permanent common wall for different colored nail polishes. The dual nail polish bottle has a pair of closable brush handle caps with separate fluid accommodating brushes for the two different colored polishes in the inseparably joined compartments. In a preferred embodiment, one compartment is of a lesser height than the other compartment. The comparable brush applicator is also proportionately smaller than the other brush applicator. In such a configuration, the common wall permanently separating the pair of compartments from each other is not parallel to the side edges of the dual bottle, but intersects at least one side edge obliquely, either in a curved and straight slanted direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventor: Constance Kaufman
  • Patent number: 6412998
    Abstract: A single writing instrument has multiple marking tips combined with a non-marking stylus tip. The single writing instrument is formed by two complimentary bodies which are joined together. The complimentary bodies are a front section and a rear section. The front section defines a chamber for holding ball point pen cartridges which are extendable one at a time through an opening in the front section writing tip disposed at one end of the front section. The opposite end or back of the front section is open and forms a sleeve for receiving the rear section. The rear section is bilaterally symmetric with a non-marking stylus at one end and one of a fountain pen tip, a rolling ball tip, a felt-tip marker tip, or a gel ink tip extending through a writing tip at the opposite end of the rear section. The rear section is adapted to fit into the open sleeve of the front section and be held by a frictional fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: A.T.X. International, Inc.
    Inventor: Soojung Ham
  • Publication number: 20020076254
    Abstract: A doublet liquid applicator device comprises two singlet liquid applicator devices held together in a side by side relationship along matching sidewalls by an outer shrink-wrap film. Each singlet liquid applicator device comprises a liquid applicator at the top end and a housing enclosing a liquid reservoir in fluid communication with the liquid applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: John Calabro, Thomas O'Shei
  • Patent number: 6357943
    Abstract: A ball-point pen with correction supply includes a tubular holder having an upper end formed with a neck provided with an inner circular flange and a circular recess above the circular flange, a correction fluid container having a lower end snugly-fitted into the circular recess and bearing against the circular flange, an upper tubular member configured to engage with the neck, a reservoir tube fitted within the tubular holder having an upper end extending through the circular flange to abut against a lower end of the correction fluid container, and a cap engageable with a lower end of the tubular holder and an upper end of the upper tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Wang Wei Kuang
  • Publication number: 20020018688
    Abstract: In a cosmetic applicator unit that comprises two different applicators, each having a stem, the applicators being interconnected in the vicinity of the free ends of the stems, it is provided that each applicator is lodged in a reservoir; that each reservoir has a neck with an external thread; and that the necks are screwed into coupling members for interconnection of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Geka Brush GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20010055509
    Abstract: The present invention is that of a new and improved apparatus for assisting a user while cooking on an outdoor grill or other cooking surface. The apparatus would be cylindrical tube that would be approximately fifteen inches in length and about four inches in diameter. The apparatus would have two separate and distinct compartments in which a user would store both a condiment and water and would have mechanism to apply the stored items from one or more both compartments onto a grill or piece of food being cooked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventor: Tommie Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20010036383
    Abstract: An article for storing and dispensing multiple units of cosmetic product comprising a plurality of units of cosmetic product, each unit comprised of a body portion with a first end and a second end, with the first end in the form of a solid cosmetic product for application to skin, nails, or hair, and the second end in the form of a hollow cavity of a size and shape to house the solid cosmetic product of the first end when the units are stacked in nested relationship; and an elongated hollow body for housing the units in slideable, stacked, nested relationship, the hollow body having a first open end for holding one of the plurality of units in position for use by the consumer, and enabling extraction of that unit from the hollow body after use; and a second open end for inputting the extracted unit into the hollow body to cause slideable movement of the stacked, nested units so that the next of the plurality of units is moved into position for use by the consumer in the first open end; as well as a method fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Cynthia Cirlin, Julio Gans Russ
  • Publication number: 20010019679
    Abstract: A marking and/or highlighting and eradicating instrument having a marking and/or highlighting ink dispenser and an ink eradicator dispenser, which are coaxially and opposingly located each to the other and a barrel for manual gripping. Liquid dispensed from the eradicator dispenser removes the marking and/or highlighting previously dispensed upon a permanently printed surface. The marking and/or highlighting dispenser and the eradicator dispenser may each have felt wicks or other applicators for applying the marking and/or highlighting liquid and the eradicating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Jacqueline I. Fulop
  • Patent number: 6276853
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser for dispensing liquids such as perfumes or other fragrances includes a common double-ended cap with a plurality of liquid dispensers bottles therein. Each of the dispensing bottles is retained in axial alignment with another of the bottles within the common double-ended cap. Each bottle has a dispensing end facing another dispensing end of another bottle within the common double ended cap. The common double-ended cap preferably includes separate caps attachable at common edges to form a single cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Fragrance Systems International Inc.
    Inventors: Diane Breidenbach, Laurence Mille
  • Publication number: 20010012468
    Abstract: A double ended direct-feed type writing implement includes: an ink tank; a pair of writing points (point assemblies) arranged both ends of the ink tank; ink collectors; an ink feeder means including a center core; arrangement for inhibiting air from flowing into the ink tank through the ink collector air/liquid exchanger located at the top while the pen is unused for writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Pencil Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Furukawa, Hiroaki Koyama, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yojiro Sano, Yosuke Mito
  • Patent number: 6241408
    Abstract: Dual pack applicators capable of holding two separate volumes of product are described. The respective product volumes are separately accessible from opposite ends of the applicator. The applicator has an outer sleeve which holds two individual applicator assemblies. Each individual assembly has its own reservoir and dispensing mechanism and can be a pre-existing self-sufficient applicator. Each individual applicator assembly is secured within the sleeve by a friction fit or by a snap fit mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Federal Package Network, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank J. Lang
  • Patent number: 6200045
    Abstract: A combined cosmetics package for containing cosmetic products, having a first component for containing a first cosmetic product; a second component for containing a second cosmetic product; and a connector cap that is removably attached to the first component for reclosably sealing the first component and is removably attached to the second component for releasably securing the second component to the connector cap, wherein, when the connector cap is removably attached to the first component and removably attached to the second component, the combined cosmetics package results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Stephanie Lee LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie L. Hahn, Joshua M. Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 6179501
    Abstract: A marking and/or highlighting and eradicating instrument having a marking and/or highlighting ink dispenser and an ink eradicator dispenser, which are coaxially and opposingly located each to the other and a barrel for manual gripping. Liquid dispensed from the eradicator dispenser removes the marking and/or highlighting previously dispensed upon a permanently printed surface. The marking and/or highlighting dispenser and the eradicator dispenser may each have felt wicks or other applicators for applying the marking and/or highlighting liquid and the eradicating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Jacqueline I. Fulop