Bruce B Cummings

US Patent:

6419412, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Dec 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/729931

Inventors:

Daniel Ostrowski - North Brunswick NJ
Bruce Cummings - New York NY

Assignee:

Colgate Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

B43K 2300

US Classification:

401 98, 401 75, 401 68, 22215307

Abstract:

The cosmetic dispenser is comprised of a barrel that is closed at a lower end by a screw and elevator assembly and on the upper end by an integrally molded top wall. The integrally molded top wall has a weakened area at its periphery and a gripping means such as a loop whereby the top wall can be removed by severing the weakened area. The removed top wall is discarded and the screw turned to raise a portion above the sidewalls. The integrally molded top wall can be integrally molded with the barrel or it can be integrally molded to an adaptor which fits onto the top of the barrel to provide a compound curved top edge for comfort in applying the cosmetic to a skin surface. In this latter embodiment the top wall has a peripheral weakened area whereby the top wall is removed by severing this top wall at the peripheral weakened area. The structure of these embodiments provides a positively sealed and easily opened cosmetic dispenser.

US Patent:

8534510, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/847082

Inventors:

Michael Parra - Somerset NJ, US
Jeffrey Mayers - Ridgefield Park NJ, US
James David Faulkner - Erie PA, US
Elaine Casey - New York NY, US
Bruce Cummings - New York NY, US
Corrine Elstow - Marlborough, GB
Sam Lucking - Cheltenham, GB
John Lamb - Pewsey, GB

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY

International Classification:

B67D 3/00

US Classification:

222525, 215329, 215DIG 13

Abstract:

A closure for a container, and a container incorporating the same, that minimizes or eliminates leakage between the closure and the container holding the liquid. The closure provides a liquid sealing system that allows irregularly shaped closure tops to be used without sacrificing the effectiveness of the liquid seal. In one embodiment, the closure includes a plurality of struts disposed within an annular space that receives a neck portion of the container to create a seating plane that corresponds to a plane formed by the rim of the neck portion.