US 6,981,814 B2
Container for storing and dispensing flowable products
Glenn Robert Geardino, Red Bank, N.J. (US); Manharbhai Kantibhai Patel, Saddlebrook, N.J. (US); Barry Hutton, Northumberland (United Kingdom); Michael Corcoran, Northumberland (United Kingdom); William Heron, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom); Lou Ann Christine Vena, Scotch Plains, N.J. (US); Melissa Jamie Miczewski, Rahway, N.J. (US); and Maxine Gayle Moore, Piscataway, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Redlon Consumer Products Corporation, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/238,671.
Prior Publication US 2004/0047674 A1, Mar. 11, 2004
Int. Cl. B43K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 401—205 91 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
82. A container for storing and dispensing flowable products comprising (a) a receptacle for storing the flowable product, and (b) a combination closure and applicator, comprising a base portion, a closure and an applicator which is integral with the receptacle, said closure comprising a top surface, a neck portion, an intermediate platform and a cylindrical portion with threaded engaging means thereon and is operable to open and close the receptacle and said applicator to apply the product directly to the desired surface when placed in contact therewith wherein the base portion comprises a conduit having an inner surface, said inner surface having threaded engaging means, and wherein the threaded engaging means on the cylindrical portion of the closure mate with threaded engaging means on the inner surface of the conduit when the closure is affixed to the base portion.