US 12,357,074 B2
Personal care product applicator
Hilary J. Orr, Prescott, AZ (US)
Assigned to Honestly Phresh, LLC, Prescott, AZ (US)
Filed by Honestly Phresh, LLC, Prescott, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 19/005,531.
Application 19/005,531 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/139,893, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/335,099, filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0127280 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. A45D 40/06 (2006.01); A45D 40/04 (2006.01); A45D 40/20 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 40/06 (2013.01) [A45D 40/04 (2013.01); A45D 40/205 (2013.01); A45D 2040/0025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An applicator comprising:
a hollow, cylindrical body extending between a top end and a bottom end, the body having a threaded inner surface and an outer surface opposite the threaded inner surface, wherein the outer surface is smooth and wherein an interior volume of the body is configured to hold a meltable solid;
a cap configured to slidably couple with the body and enclose the interior volume;
a base rotatably coupled to the bottom end of the body, the base having an annular lip extending away from the base around a perimeter of the base, wherein the annular lip is configured to engage with the bottom end of the body to rotatably couple the base to the body; and
a lift positioned within the body, the lift having a threaded outer surface configured to engage with the threaded inner surface of the body, the lift further having a slot extending through a center of the lift, wherein the lift is rotatably fixed to the base through a fin fixedly coupled to the base and extending upward through the slot and wherein the fin has a length shorter than a length of the body;
wherein, when the base is rotated in a first direction, the threaded outer surface of the lift engages with the threaded inner surface of the body to raise the lift with respect to the body and when the base is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction, the threaded outer surface of the lift engages with the threaded inner surface of the body to lower the lift with respect to the body.