Compressible liquid container and applicator

Claim 1

A liquid container and applicator to apply paint in the container to the exposed head of a screw and the outer surface of an annular flange surrounding the head when the screw is fixed in place, while protecting the areas surrounding the flange from the paint comprising, a plastic squeeze bottle having an externally screw threaded neck portion, an internally threaded cap for engagement on said neck portion and providing a central hole in a top wall thereof, defining a top peripheral flange, a round dispenser tube, and means to fix said tube to an outer portion of said peripheral flange in an upwardly extending relation thereto, said tube having an open mouth portion square cut perpendicularly to the axial length of the tube and with an inner diameter to just receive the flange surrounding the screw head, an absorbent sponge sized and shaped to fit in said open mouth portion, a compression spring, disposed in said dispenser tube between an inner portion of said peripheral flange and said sponge, said compression spring being proportioned in an unstressed relation to position a predetermined length of said sponge outwardly of said open mouth, and wherein one of the terminal ends of said compression spring, formed as a prong extends into said sponge to induce rotational motion of said sponge upon compression of said spring during application of paint to a screw and flange.