Device for applying creams and the like to the skin

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SPREADING UPON A PERSON''S BODY WITH A DRAWING ACTION AN EVEN LAYER OF DEPILATORY CREAM FROM A SQUEEZABLE PACKAGE RECEPTACLE OF THE SAME, SAID DEVICE BEING CONSTITUTED OF A RELATIVELY RIGID UNIT HAVING A PART ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO SUCH RECEPTACLE AND PROVIDED WITH A PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH, A RESERVOIR PART CONNECTED TO SAID ATTACHING PART AND PROVIDED WITH A CHAMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PASSAGEWAY IN SAID ATTACHING PART, SAID RESERVOIR PART INCLUDING A DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION HAVING AT ITS OUTER TERMINAL END A SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST A PERSON''S SKIN AND BEING OF GIVEN CONFIGURATION AND OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH, SAID DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH ELONGATED MEANS EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF TO BRING THE SPIN ENGAGING SURFACE OF SUCH EDGE PORTION INTO CREAM FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING OF GIVEN DIMENSIONS TO ENABLE THE DEPOSING ON THE PERSON''S SKIN AS SAID SURFACE OF SAID DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION OF THE DEVICE IS BEING DRAWN THEREALONG, SUFFICIENT OF THE DEPILATORY CREAM TO FORM ON THE SKIN A COVERING LAYER OF SUCH CREAM AND OF A WIDTH COMPARABLE TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ELONGATED MEANS, AND A SPREADER PART HAVING A SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED RELATION WITH AND FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID EDGE PORTION AND POSITIONED IN FOLLOWING RELATION TO THE LATTER AS SAID DEVICE IS DRAWN OVER THE PERSON''S SKIN, SAID SPREADER PART BEING OF SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH AND OF A LENGTH AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE LENGTH OF THE PART OF SAID EDGE PORTION PROVIDED WITH SAID ELONGATED MEANS SO THAT AS THE DEVICE IS DRAWN OVER A PERSON''S SKIN, THE DEPILATORY CREAM DEPOSITED ON SUCH SKIN JUST IN FRONT OF SAID SPREADER PART IS SMOOTHLY REDISTRIBUTED ON THE SKIN BY THE SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE THEREOF AS AN EVEN LAYER WITH A MINIMUM OF RUBBING.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SPREADING UPON A PERSON''S BODY WITH A DRAWING ACTION AN EVEN LAYER OF DEPILATORY CREAM FROM A SQUEEZABLE PACKAGE RECEPTACLE OF THE SAME, SAID DEVICE BEING CONSTITUTED OF A RELATIVELY RIGID UNIT HAVING A PART ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO SUCH RECEPTACLE AND PROVIDED WITH A PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH, A RESERVOIR PART CONNECTED TO SAID ATTACHING PART AND PROVIDED WITH A CHAMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PASSAGEWAY IN SAID ATTACHING PART, SAID RESERVOIR PART INCLUDING A DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION HAVING AT ITS OUTER TERMINAL END A SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST A PERSON''S SKIN AND BEING OF GIVEN CONFIGURATION AND OF SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH, SAID DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH ELONGATED MEANS EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF TO BRING THE SPIN ENGAGING SURFACE OF SUCH EDGE PORTION INTO CREAM FLOW COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER AND BEING OF GIVEN DIMENSIONS TO ENABLE THE DEPOSING ON THE PERSON''S SKIN AS SAID SURFACE OF SAID DISTRIBUTING EDGE PORTION OF THE DEVICE IS BEING DRAWN THEREALONG, SUFFICIENT OF THE DEPILATORY CREAM TO FORM ON THE SKIN A COVERING LAYER OF SUCH CREAM AND OF A WIDTH COMPARABLE TO THE LENGTH OF SAID ELONGATED MEANS, AND A SPREADER PART HAVING A SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED RELATION WITH AND FORMING A CONTINUATION OF THE SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID EDGE PORTION AND POSITIONED IN FOLLOWING RELATION TO THE LATTER AS SAID DEVICE IS DRAWN OVER THE PERSON''S SKIN, SAID SPREADER PART BEING OF SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH AND OF A LENGTH AT LEAST AS LONG AS THE LENGTH OF THE PART OF SAID EDGE PORTION PROVIDED WITH SAID ELONGATED MEANS SO THAT AS THE DEVICE IS DRAWN OVER A PERSON''S SKIN, THE DEPILATORY CREAM DEPOSITED ON SUCH SKIN JUST IN FRONT OF SAID SPREADER PART IS SMOOTHLY REDISTRIBUTED ON THE SKIN BY THE SKIN ENGAGING SURFACE THEREOF AS AN EVEN LAYER WITH A MINIMUM OF RUBBING.