Interior protectant applicator

US7658568B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Armstrong · Portland, US
• Anna DiBello · Parramatta, AU
• Ed Kopinski · Parramatta, AU
• Henri Spaile · Sydney, AU
• David Petarcic · Richmond, AU
• Wen-Chen Su · Pinehurst, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2007
• Grant date: Feb 9, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D47/248
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An applicator for applying a liquid composition to a work surface. The applicator includes a bottle, a cap detachably mounted on a neck projecting from the bottle and a cover that extends over the cap and an upper portion of the bottle. The cap has and inclined surface with a multi-layer polishing pad mounted thereon. The pad has a cloth outer layer overlying a compressible, preferably foam, under layer. The pad has a central aperture exposing the end of a valve stem. Pressing the pad against the work surface opens a normally closed valve dispensing the liquid in the bottle onto work surface. The valve stem moves reciprocally along a path generally perpendicular an inclined surface on the cap on which the pad is mounted.