Composition Applicator

Abstract

A pair of coplanarly disposed support sheets, suitably having co-extensive areas, have multiple ply solvent-resistent, thin, flexible sheets disposed in a coplanar stack adjacent to one planar face of the pair of coplanar support sheets. The pair of support sheets and the multiple ply applicator composition sheets are preferably co-extensive in area and are secured contiguously together by a central securing means. A multiplicity of incised slit apertures extend from the exterior perimeter of the toilet applicator inward to the perimeter of a central applicator support area, the slit apertures extending completely through the pair of coplanar support sheets and the multiple ply solvent-resistent applicator sheets. Multiple toilet applicator leaves are disposed between the multiple slit apertures. Multiple handle flaps are formed by the first impermeable applicator sheet, which can be folded to form a finger tip grip oppositely disposed to the multiple ply of solvent-resistent flexible sheets. The toilet applicator can be impregnated with solid or liquid chemical compositions suitable for a single use application. The applicator can be used also to apply chemical compositions such as beauty toilet preparations, shoe polish, and other paste and liquid compositions from a commercial storage container.

Parent Case Text

CROSS REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION

This application is related to U.S. Pat. Ser. No. 814,025 filed Apr. 7, 1969, now U.S. Pat. NO. 3,737,939, issued June 12, 1973, for DISPOSABLE TOILET APPLICATOR by, the sole inventor John Leslie Jones, Sr.

Description

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The composition applicator has a pair of coplanarly disposed applicator support sheets, coplanar and preferable co-extensive in area. Multiple ply of thin solvent-resistent flexible sheets of water-resistent, tissue paper, of non-woven bonded flexible textile sheets, and of light-weight woven textile sheets provide applicator composition sheets, and are coplanarly disposed adjacent to the pair of applicator support sheets typically all being co-extensive in area. The pair of support sheets and the multiple ply of applicator composition sheets are coplanarly secured together by a central securing means, which can typically be a hot melt adhesive plug, a securing central eyelet, a central securing rivet, or a plurality of central thread stiches. The central securing means centrally bonds all the sheets together. A multiplicity of incised slit apertures extend from the external perimeter of the applicator inward to a central handle support area, the incised apertures extending normally through the planar faces of the pair of support sheets and the multiplicity of flexible composition applicator sheets. A central handle support area is common to the pair of support sheets and the multiple ply composition applicator sheets. The first handle support sheet can be flexed around a centrally disposed score line which can be the perimeter of the central handle support area. Multiple handle flaps are thus provided, as disclosed in the cross-referenced patent. The second applicator support sheet is not folded and acts as a shield sheet, preventing compositions disposed on the toilet applicator leaves from striking through and soiling the fingers of the user. The multiple ply of water-resistent tissue sheets, non-woven flexible sheets and the thin textile sheets may be impregnated with solid or liquid compositions at the place of manufacture as may be applicable, or they may be enclosed as a dry applicator with a composition, to be used as required.

Other objects and advantages of this invention are taught in the following description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A description of this invention is to be read in conjunction with the following drawings:

FIG. 1 is a planar view of a composition applicator.

FIG. 2 is an elevation sectional view through 2--2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a planar view of another modification of the composition applicator.

FIG. 4 is an elevation sectional view through 4--4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a planar view of still another modification of the composition applicator.

FIG. 6 is an elevation cross-sectional view through 6--6 of FIG. 5.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 together in detail, the applicator 10 is shown in planar view having a thick first applicator support sheet 11 and a second thick applicator support shield sheet 17 disposed directly therebelow and typically co-extensive in area. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 together the multiple handle flaps 12 can be elevated as by finger tips around the central handle support area 13 which can have a surrounding perimeter score line 14 to facilitate raising the handle flaps 12. The central securing means 15 is a hot melt adhesive plug centrally disposed through the first support sheet 11, the second support shield sheet 17, and multiple ply solvent-resistent flexible sheets 18 and which are secured together in stacked arrangement by means 15. Multiple incision slits 16 are formed, extending from the external perimeter 20 of the applicator 10 inwardly to the score line 14, which defines the central handle support area 13. The multiple incision slits 16 extend normally through the first support sheet 11, the second support sheet 17 and the multiple ply of sheets 18. Multiple toilet applicator leaves 19 are thus provided, which comprise the multiple ply flexible sheets 18 and the second support shield sheet 17. The multiple handle flaps 12 can be raised by the finger tips as earlier taught in the cross-referenced patent.

The multiple ply thin flexible applicator sheets 18 can be water-resistent tissue paper sheets, non-woven flexible textile sheets, and light-weight woven textile sheets of cottom, synthetic fibers or the like. The water-resistent tissue paper sheets can be paper stock treated to give high wet strength, or can be tissue sheets impregnated with water proofing compositions, if the multiple ply tissue sheets are to be used in conjunction with a water solvent base composition application. Typically, the tissue paper sheets can be creped or uncreped and can range typically from 10 to 20 pound weight, and can be used in the typical range of 10 to 30 plies. The coplanar area of the applicator and the total thickness of the flexible applicator sheets 18 can be varied in value as are required by the proposed end use of the composition applicator.

The adhesive plugs are taught in the U.S. Pats. No. 3,532,097 and 3,593,717, by this inventor.

FIGS. 3 and 4 together illustrate a second applicator 30. The first handle sheet 31 is rectangular in planar area, having two handle flaps 32 and two handle flaps 33. A central handle support area 34 is surrounded by the score lines 35 and an eyelet 36 is centrally disposed through the support area 34. Multiple incision slits 37 are disposed normal to the coplanar pair of handle support sheets 31 and 38 and the coplanar multiple ply water-resistent tissue sheets 39. The eyelet securing means 36 secures the plies 31, 38 and 39 together. Two toilet applicator leaves 40 are shown, together with two toilet applicator leaves 41, the leaves being delineated by the four incision slits 37. The slits 37 extend inwardly into the interior of the applicator 30 from the applicator perimeter 42.

Another modification of this invention discloses the applicator 50 in FIGS. 5 and 6. The disc shaped applicator 50 has a first handle support sheet 51 which is shown to have the multiple handle flaps 52 which can be bent by finger tips to form a handle. A central handle support area 53 is enclosed by the circular score line 54. A central securing means 55 is a plastic rivet which coplanarly secures the first handle support sheet 51, the second applicator support shield sheet 57 and the multiple plies of water-resistent tissue sheets 58. To prevent the first handle support sheet 51 from rotating it is also secured to the second handle support shield sheet 57 by an adhesive bonding layer 56 over the central handle support area 53. The multiple applicator leaves 59 are shown to comprise the second applicator support shield sheet 57 and the multiple ply solvent-resistent flexible sheets 58. The multiple incision slits 60 which extend from the perimeter 61 of applicator 50 radially inward to the score line 54, provide the multiple applicator leaves 59. The multiple incision slits 60 are normally disposed through all of the plies of the applicator, including 51, 57 and the multiple ply 58.

The second applicator support shield sheets, typically 17 of FIG. 2, 38 of FIG. 4 and 57 of FIG. 6, provide backing support sheets for the multiple ply applicator flexible sheets typically 18, 39, and 58 respectively. Thus the shield sheets 17, 38 and 57 physically support the flexible sheets 18, 39 and 58 when they are mechanically applied to a surface while being held by the handle flaps 12, 32, 52, and the like respectively. The pairs of applicator support sheets 11 and 17, 31 and 38, and 51 and 57 can be paper or thin plastic sheets as are desirable. Typically the above applicator support sheets can be impregnated with chemical compositions rendering them impermeable to liquids with which they will normally be contacted. As an example, sheets 11 and 17 can be polyethylene coated paper board, they can be polyvinyl coated paper board, or the like. The pairs of support sheets 31 and 38 can typically be thin sheets of high density polyethylene or polypropylene. The pair of support sheets 51 and 57 can typically be a commerically available coated paper board. The planar area of the applicators as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 can be the values which are required for a specific application. Other geometrical shapes can be utilized for the applicator planar area.

The applicators of this invention are proposed for single use or relatively short term use in applying chemical compositions in consumer products. Typically, the applicators can be used to apply toilet preparation such as soap, perfume, beauty preparations, shoe polish, medicaments or the like. Typically, the single sheets of the multiple ply of applicator sheets 18 can be impregnated in continuous rolls with compositions which can form dry impregnations in the single ply of the multiple ply 18. The single sheets can then be coplanarly laid together in a multiple ply web, and antecedent applicator support sheets which form the sheets 11 and 17 are laid on the multiple ply of the antecedent web forming the multiple ply of sheets 18. The die cut planar configuration of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 or FIG. 5 is then formed. The securing means 15, 36 or 55 is then applied as is applicable, to form a large number of applicators 10, 30 or 50 as is required. Similarly, applicators 10, 30 and 50 can be formed, with the multiple ply sheets 18, 39 and 58 having no impregnants therein, the structure of the plies being adapted to the desired end application.

Reference is made to my cross-referenced co-pending application, and the inventive advance therein is incorporated herein by reference.

Obviously, many modifications and variations in the composition applicator may be in the light of these teachings. It is therefore understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise then as specifically described.

Claims

I claim:

1. A composition applicator having a pair of liquid impermeable, thick first and second support sheets disposed coplanarly one above the other, having a first face of said first support sheet contiguous to a first face of said second support sheet and having at least three spaced incised slits extending from the exterior perimeters of said support sheets inward to a central applicator support area, said slits disposed normally through said pair of support sheets, wherein the improvement combination comprises:

multiple ply of solvent-resistant, thin, flexible applicator sheets disposed in a substantially aligned, stacked arrangement in register with and coadjacent to a second planar face of said second support sheet and coextensive therewith; and,

a central securing means centrally disposed through said pair of support sheets and said multiple ply of flexible applicator sheets, the aforesaid spaced slits normally disposed through said multiple ply of applicator sheets, extending from said exterior perimeter of said stacked arrangement inward to said central applicator support area;

whereby said first support sheet provides a foldable handle means and said second support sheet provides a shield sheet separating said handle means and said applicator sheets.

2. A composition applicator having a pair of liquid impermeable, first and second support sheets disposed coplanarly one above the other and in registration, having a first face of said first support sheet contiguous to a first face of said second support sheet and having at least three spaced incised slits therein extending from the exterior perimeter of said support sheets inward to a central applicator support area, said slits disposed normally through said pair of support sheets, wherein the improvement combination comprises:

multiple ply of solvent-resistant, thin, flexible applicator sheets disposed in a substantially aligned, stacked arrangement in register with and coadjacent to a second planar face of said second support sheet; and

a central securing means centrally disposed through said pair of support sheets and said multiple ply of flexible applicator sheets, the aforesaid spaced slits also normally disposed through said multiple ply of applicator sheets, also extending from said exterior perimeter of said stacked arrangement inward to said central applicator support area;

whereby said first support sheet provides a foldable handle means and said second support sheet provides a shield sheet separating said handle means and said applicator sheets.

3. A composition applicator having a pair of liquid impermeable, first and second support sheets disposed coplanarly one above the other and in registration, having a first face of said first support sheet contiguous to a first face of said second support sheet and having at least three spaced incised slits therein extending from the exterior perimeter of said pair of support sheets inward to a central applicator support area, said slits disposed normally through said pair of support sheets, wherein the improvement combination comprises:

multiple ply of water resistant, flexible tissue paper sheets disposed in a substantially, aligned, stacked arrangement in register with and coadjacent to a second planar face of said second support sheet; and

a central securing means centrally disposed through said pair of support sheets and said multiple ply of tissue paper sheets, the aforesaid spaced slits normally disposed through said multiple ply of tissue paper sheets, also extending from the external perimeter of said stacked arrangement inward to said central applicator support area;

whereby said first support sheet provides a foldable handle means and said second support sheet provides a shield sheet separating said handle means and said applicator sheets.