Mascara container

Claim 1

A MASCARA CONTAINER COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING TO ENCLOSE LIQUID MASCARA MATERIAL, SAID CASING HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END THEREOF, AN INSERT MEMBER OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL REDUCING THE OPEN END OF SAID CASING AND HAVING A CENTRAL CIRCULAR OPENING FOR ACCESS TO THE LIQUID MASCARA MATERIAL, A CLOSURE MEMBER REMOVABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CASING TO CLOSE AND SEAL THE OPEN END THEREOF, THE OPENING IN SAID INSERT MEMBER HAVING A WIDE OUTWARD FLARE DIRECTLY EXTERNALLY EXPOSING THE SAME FOR READY CLEANING WHEN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER IS REMOVED, SAID CLOSURE MEMBER INCLUDING AN EXTERNALLY EXPOSED MANUAL GRASPING END AND INCLUDING A MASCARA APPLICATOR ROD RECEIVED IN SAID CENTRAL OPENING, SAID ROD HAVING A SMOOTH CYLINDRICAL PORTION NEAR SAID GRASPING END AND HAVING AT ITS OTHER END EXTERNAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL APPLICATOR THREADS FOR IMMERSION IN THE LIQUID MASCARA, SAID ROD HAVING A MAXIMUM DIAMETER SLIGHTLY IN EXCESS OF THE DIAMETER OF SAID CENTRAL OPENING, WHEREBY SAID INSERT-MEMBER OPENING MUST BE FLEXED INTO STRESSED WIPING CONTACT WITH SAID ROD, SAID INSERT MEMBER IN THE REGION OF CONTACT WITH SAID ROD HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS LIP INTEGRAL WITH SAID INSERT MEMBER, SAID LIP HAVING A FREE END LOCATED INWARDLY OF THE OPENING AND INTERMEDIATE THE RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF SAID INSERT MEMBER, SAID LIP HAVING A CURVED EXTERIOR SURFACE AT THE LOCATION OF CONTACT WITH SAID APPLICATOR, SAID CONTACT LOCATION BEING BETWEEN THE FREE END OF SAID LIP AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SAID INSERT MEMBER, THE CURVATURE OF SAID SURFACE BEING LESS THAN REQUIRED TO FILL THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID THREADS, WHEREBY A METERED FILLING OF MASCARA MATERIAL IS DEVELOPED IN SAID THREADS FOR EACH REMOVAL OF SAID APPLICATOR.