Twist-open stain applicator dispenser method of use

Abstract

The device of the disclosure comprises a fluid applicator which keeps liquid inside a sealed bottle until a user rotates a head assembly relative to the bottle, thereby piercing a seal at the neck of the bottle. Further, the head assembly is provided an eccentric fluid valve which permits fluid flow from the bottle through an applicator pad in its ON configuration, but not when the head assembly is rotated 180 degrees into an OFF configuration. When in its OFF configuration, the device's pad may be washed while remaining on the disclosed device, and the fluid within the bottle remains sealed there within.

1 . A device comprising:
 a. a bottle, a spacer, and a head assembly;   b. the bottle comprising a fluid-containing chamber, the chamber defining a neck, the neck comprising an external cylindrical surface defining a screw thread and defining a circular mouth, the mouth comprising a puncturable seal;   c. the spacer positioned between the head assembly and the bottle and adapted to be manually removed from therebetween by a user, the spacer further adapted to space the bottle apart from the head assembly by at least the height of a seal cutter positioned within the head assembly; and   d. the head assembly comprising at least
 i. a cap shaped pivot valve comprising a top and a cylindrical wall, which wall is adapted to screwingly mate with the bottle's neck and which top defines an aperture eccentrically positioned relative to the bottle neck's mouth, the top further comprising a seal-cutter extending downwardly therefrom, which seal-cutter is dimensioned and disposed to pierce the bottle neck's seal when the spacer is removed and the bottle and the head assembly are completely screwingly mated by a user, 
 ii. a brush head body defining a cylinder positioned adjacent the pivot valve and adapted to envelop and to rotate  180  degrees about the pivot valve, and further comprising a brush head platform, and still further defining a fluid channel adapted to conduct fluid between the pivot valve aperture and a platform-defined aperture eccentrically positioned relative to the circular bottle neck's mouth, 
 iii. a brush head attached to the brush head platform comprising a fluid well, a fluid trough, the fluid well adapted to fluidly communicate with the platform aperture, and 
 iv. a water washable brush pad attached onto the brush head, 
   e. the head assembly still further comprising at least a pair of substantially 180 degree rotational stops adapted to permit a user's rotation of the brush head body relative to the pivot valve when the spacer is removed and the brush head is fully screwingly mated with the bottle by a user, thereby permitting the seal-cutter to cut the seal; thereafter when the spacer has been removed by a user, and the seal cut by a user and the brush head is fully screwingly mated with the bottle and fluid may flow from the bottle to the pad and onto a surface, the device is in an “ON” configuration, and when the brush head is rotated 180 degrees from the “ON” configuration, so that fluid is blocked at the pivot valve, and the device is in an “OFF” configuration, washing of the brush pad by a user is possible without mixing water and fluid present within the container.   
   
   
       2 . A method of using the device of  claim 1  comprising the following steps, namely:
 a. pulling out the spacer from between the bottle and the head assembly;   b. rotating the head assembly relative to the bottle at least 180 degrees to cut the seal of the bottle neck with the seal cutter;   c. positioning the head assembly relative to the bottle to the ON configuration;   d. applying fluid to a target surface;   e. rotating the head assembly relative to the bottle to the OFF configuration;   f. positioning the device relative to water to permit the pad to be cleaned by the water.