DISPOSABLE SEMI-ENCLOSED APPLICATOR FOR DISTRIBUTING A SUBSTANCE ONTO A TARGET SURFACE

• Main Authors: GRUENBACHER, DANA, PAUL, MANSKE, THOMAS, JAMES, JR, DAVIS, JAMES, HERBERT, ZAVERI, PIYUSH, NARENDA, JOSEPH, CURTIS, GARY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.07.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; BRUSHES; BRUSHWARE; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FISHING; FOMENTATION; FORESTRY; FURNITURE; HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MANICURING OR OTHER COSMETIC TREATMENT; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PROSTHESES; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, ORMANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; SPICE MILLS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STORING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A disposable, semi-enclosed applicator for distributing a substance onto a target surface is disclosed. The applicator has a first side, a second side, and an internal cavity between the first and second sides. The applicator is provided with at least one opening so that the intemnal cavity is externally accessible. Further, the applicator has a ratio of absorbency of the second side to the first side of at about 1.5.