Lip balm with spherical surface and method for producing

Abstract

A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
 forming a lip contacting surface of a lip balm by introducing a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a portion of the lip balm article such that the interior surface of the portion of the lip balm article molds the lip contacting surface of the lip balm.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the article comprises lip balm enclosed within a final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the portion is at least part of an upper portion of the final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the portion is a substantial portion of the upper portion of the final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the portion is an upper portion of the final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the lip contacting surface is arcuate. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the lip contacting surface is arcuate in multiple dimensions. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein, when the final consumer product is open, the lip balm has an exposed arcuate surface in multiple dimensions. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the lip balm has an arcuate surface that corresponds with the substantially concave interior of the upper portion. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the lip balm has an arcuate surface that corresponds with the substantially concave interior of the upper portion. 
     
     
         14 . A method of making a lip balm applicator comprising:
 forming a multi-dimensional arcuate lip contacting surface of a lip balm by introducing a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a portion of the lip balm applicator that is in a substantially upside-down position.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the portion is at least part of an upper portion of a final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the upper portion has a substantially concave interior. 
     
     
         17 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
 forming an arcuate lip contacting surface of a lip balm by retaining a liquefied phase of the lip balm into a substantially concave portion of the lip balm article that is in a substantially inverted position.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the article comprises lip balm enclosed within a final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the substantially concave portion is at least part of an upper portion of the final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         20 . A method of making a lip balm article comprising:
 hot pouring a lip balm into a substantially concave portion of the lip balm article that is in a substantially inverted position.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the substantially concave portion of the lip balm article is part of a final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the substantially concave portion of the lip balm article is the upper portion of a final consumer packaging. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the final consumer packaging further comprises a lower portion that has a base on its exterior surface proximately opposite the upper portion.