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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Timothy Thorpe, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Luis Alviar, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Timothy Thorpe, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Luis Alviar, Santa Monica, CA (US);
HCT Asia Ltd, Central, HK;
Abstract
A dispenser includes a cam path and a mating guide pin to provide a closed position or an open position for the dispenser. The dispenser is selectively rotatable causing the mating guide pin to travel along a cam path to rotate between slanted, unslanted, and slanted downward positions. The mating guide pin in the cam path causes the open position to allow product delivery and causes the closed position to provide a seal to prevent product leakage. In an implementation, the dispenser is selectively guidable along a helical guide slot to an upward position for product application and to a downward position to retract the applicator. When the dispenser is selectively rotatable along the helical guide slot to a retracted position, the dispenser is in a stored state.