Dispenser and Brush Apparatus

Abstract

A dispenser and brush apparatus ( 10 ) has a container ( 12 ) with a floor ( 22 ) and a top opening. The floor ( 22 ) includes an aperture therethrough. A brush ( 14 ) is received over the top opening and includes bristles ( 28 ) and a passageway ( 32 ) between the bristles and a storage interior ( 35 ) of the container for containing a flowable substance, such as shaving cream. There is a rotatable base ( 16 ) beneath the floor ( 22 ), and a stem ( 18 ) is connected to the base so as to be rotatable therewith. The stem ( 18 ), which extends through the aperture and upwardly in the container, includes a threaded portion. A movable platform ( 20 ) is threadably engaged to the stem ( 18 ) and defines a lower extent of the storage interior ( 35 ) of the container for containing the flowable substance. In use, rotation of the base ( 16 ) in a first direction causes the stem ( 18 ) to rotate therewith and the movable platform ( 20 ) to move upwardly through the container, thereby squeezing flowable substance contained in the storage interior out of the passageway ( 32 ) and through the bristles ( 28 ).

1 . A dispenser and brush apparatus, comprising:
 (a) a container having a floor and a top opening, the floor including an aperture therethrough,   (b) a brush received over the top opening, the brush including bristles and a passageway between the bristles and a storage interior of the container for containing a flowable substance,   (c) a rotatable base beneath the floor,   (d) a stem connected to the base so as to be rotatable therewith, the stem extending through the aperture and upwardly in the container, the stem including a threaded portion, and   (e) a movable platform threadably engaged to the stem and defining a lower extent of the storage interior of the container for containing the flowable substance,   wherein, in use, rotation of the base in a first direction causes the stem to rotate therewith and the movable platform to move upwardly through the container, thereby squeezing flowable substance contained in the storage interior out of the passageway and through the bristles.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the container is generally cylindrical and the aperture is at the centre of the floor. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the brush is threadably received over the top opening. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the brush has a downwardly depending annular collar having internal threading, and the container has an upper rim portion, the outer annular side thereof having external threading adapted to threadably engage the internal threading. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the brush includes a lower surface and the passageway has an opening at the centre of the lower surface. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5  wherein the lower surface of the brush defines an upper extent of the storage interior of the container. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the base is adapted to be rotated in a second direction so as to cause the stem to rotate therewith and the movable platform to move downwardly through the container.