Applicator having a color gradient

US8926547B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Kelyn Anne Arora · Cincinnati, US
• Ryo Minoguchi · Cincinnati, US
• Margaret Henderson Hasse · Wyoming, US
• William Hollis Hood · Cincinnati, US
• Jeffrey Tupper Roesgen · Chillicothe, US
• Colleen Marie Neal · Cincinnati, US
• David Andrew Dalton · Loveland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/26
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An applicator having a color gradient. The applicator includes an outer member having a first end, a second end disposed opposite the first end, a longitudinal axis, a length measured along the longitudinal axis, and an exterior surface. The outer member further includes a color gradient extending along at least a portion of the length from a first region to a second region, the color gradient being visible by a user viewing the exterior surface of the outer member.