Liquid container

Abstract

A liquid container includes a receptacle for storing a liquid content such as mascara, a squeezer fitted in the mouth of the neck of the receptacle, and an applying shaft of a cap inserted into the receptacle through the squeezer. The squeezer is made of a material having flexibility and formed in such an approximate cylindrical shape that the diameter of the squeezer becomes gradually smaller from the top end toward the lower part and becomes gradually greater from that lower part to the bottommost part while a multiple number of vertical slits are cut out in the peripheral wall of the squeezer. The squeezer becomes gradually wider from the lower part to the bottommost part, so as to avoid collision with the applying part of the applying shaft that holds the liquid content.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A liquid container, comprising: a receptacle for storing a liquid; a squeezer fitted in the mouth of the receptacle; and an applying shaft inserted into the receptacle through the squeezer, 
 characterized in that the squeezer is made of a material having flexibility and formed in such an approximate cylindrical shape that the hollow size of the squeezer becomes gradually smaller from a first end to a position near the other end and becomes gradually greater from that position to the endmost part of the other end while slits extending in the axial direction are formed in the peripheral wall of the squeezer.    
     
     
         2 . The liquid container according to  claim 1 , wherein both ends of each slit are not extended to both ends of the squeezer.  
     
     
         3 . The liquid container according to  claim 1 , wherein a flange is projected radially outwards at the first end of the squeezer so as to be engaged on the rim of the mouth of the receptacle.  
     
     
         4 . The liquid container according to  claim 2 , wherein a flange is projected radially outwards at the first end of the squeezer so as to be engaged on the rim of the mouth of the receptacle.