Cosmetic case

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6363947
  • Patent Number
    6,363,947
  • Date Filed
    Monday, March 20, 2000
    25 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 2, 2002
    23 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Wilson; John J.
    • Doan; Robyn Kieu
    Agents
    • Pro-Techtor International Services
Abstract
A cosmetic case includes a case body, a cover, a slidable cover, and a drawer. The case body has two recesses in an upper surface, a drawer cavity in a bottom for the drawer to be pushed in and pulled out. The cover is pivotally connected to a front half portion of the case body to swing up and down and have a mirror fixed in an inner surface. The slidable cover is combined on a rear half portion of the case body, sliding in and out to open or close the shallow recess formed in the rear half portion. The drawer is positioned in the drawer cavity, possible to be pulled out or pushed in. Then many kinds of cosmetics can be stored in the recesses, the elongate hole, and the drawer.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




This invention relates to a cosmetic case, particularly to one possible to contain a wide variety of cosmetics and having a novelty shape.




A conventional cosmetic case generally has a case body and a cover pivotally connected to the case body to swing open and close, impossible to contain a wide variety of cosmetics.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




This invention has been devised to offer a cosmetic case to contain a wide variety of cosmetics and having a new style.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS




This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 2

is an exploded perspective view of the cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 3

is an upper view of the cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a cross-sectional view of the line


4





4


in

FIG. 3

;





FIG. 5

is a side cross-sectional view of the cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 6

is a cross-sectional view of the line


6





6


in

FIG. 5

;





FIG. 7

is a side view of the cosmetic case being in use in the present invention;





FIG. 8

is a perspective view of the cosmetic case opened up in the present invention; and,





FIG. 9

is a perspective view of the cosmetic case filled with cosmetics being opened up in the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




A preferred embodiment of a cosmetic case in the present invention, as shown in

FIGS. 1 and 2

, includes a case body


10


, a cover


20


, a slidable cover


30


, a drawer


40


as main components combined together.




The case body


10


as shown in

FIG. 2

, has a pivotal hole


11


formed respectively in two sides of a front end, a deep recess


12


and a shallow recess


13


formed separated with an intermediate wall in an upper surface. The deep recess


12


is located near the pivotal hole


11


to place a powder puff A therein, as shown in

FIG. 9

, having plural air holes


120


in a bottom to communicate with an exterior to keep dry the powder puff A. The shallow recess


13


is to place a pressed powder therein as shown in FIG.


9


. The case body


10


further has two lengthwise side walls, which have its upper halves receded inward to form receded walls


14


near the shallow recess


13


having respectively an elongate straight rail groove


140


. Further, the case body


10


has a drawer cavity


15


formed in a lower bottom and an aperture


150


formed in a rear end as an entrance of a drawer


40


to slide in, and a guide groove


151


respectively formed in two opposite inner side walls of the cavity


15


as shown in

FIGS. 2 and 6

. A lengthwise elongate hole


16


is formed in a wall beside the deep recess


12


as shown in

FIG. 6

, for containing a eyebrow pencil or a small perfume bottle therein, and a cylindrical cap


160


closes the mouth of the hole


16


and functions as a decoration.




The cover


20


, as shown in

FIG. 2

, has a pivot


21


respectively formed to protrude from two opposite side walls to fit in the pivotal holes


11


of the case body to permit the cover


20


closing on the deep recess


12


swing up and down by means of the two pivots


21


. Further, the cover


20


has a mirror


22


fixed on an inner surface, as shown in

FIGS. 4 and 8

, usable to do makeup. The cover also has two wings


23


extending down from two lengthwise opposite sides to hide the receded walls


14


of the case body


10


when the cover


20


closes up the case body


10


, and a rather thin front wing


24


extends forward from a front edge, as shown in

FIGS. 2 and 4

.




The slidable cover


30


, as shown in

FIG. 2

, is located on the shallow recess


13


of the case body


10


, has a protruding tab


31


formed respectively on two inner opposite walls of an inner end to fit in the two rail grooves


140


in the case body


10


to let the slidable cover


30


to slide back and forth along the rail grooves


140


. When the slidable cover


30


is correctly fitted on the shallow recess


13


, the slidable cover


30


has its inner end fitting with the front wing


24


of the cover


20


and preventing the cover


20


from swinging open.




The drawer


40


, as shown in

FIG. 2

, is positioned in the drawer cavity


15


of the case body


10


, having plural chambers


41


divided by separating walls in an upper side for storing various cosmetics and utensils therein (such as lipsticks C and lip pencils as shown in FIG.


9


). Further, the drawer


40


has a projection


42


formed respectively at two opposite sides and fitting in the guide grooves


151


to permit the drawer


40


move in and out of the bottom of the case body


10


.




In using this cosmetic case after assembled together, the following operations may be done.




1. The slidable cover


30


is pushed out to let the front wing


24


of the cover


20


separated from the slidable cover


30


. Then the cover


20


may be swung up as shown in

FIG. 7

, and the mirror


22


appears in a slanting position for a user to look at to do makeup.




At the same time, the powder puff A (shown in

FIG. 9

) in the deep recess


12


may be taken out for use.




2. The slidable cover


30


is pulled out, with the projections


31


moving along the rail grooves


140


until the slidable cover


30


completely moves out to expose the pressed powder B, as shown in

FIGS. 7-9

. Then the pressed powder can be used.




3. The drawer


40


is pulled out of the case body


10


(as shown in

FIGS. 7

,


8


and


9


) to expose the lipsticks C and lip pencils in the drawer


40


. When the drawer


40


is completely pulled out, the projections


42


may be stopped by the end walls of the guide grooves


151


of the drawer cavity


15


, preventing the drawer from falling out of the case body


10


.




4. The cylinder cap


160


is taken off the elongate hole


16


, as shown in

FIG. 6

, for the eyebrow pencil or the perfume bottle to be taken out for use.




As can be understood from the aforesaid description, the cosmetic case in the invention contained almost every kinds of makeup, improving conventional ones to contain only one kind or a few kinds of makeup.




Further, a compressed powder B and lipsticks C may be contained in inner frames and then the inner frames are respectively placed in the shallow recess


13


and the chambers


41


of the drawer


40


. In case of the compressed powder or the lipsticks used up, a new one can be replaced, and the cosmetic case still has full usefulness, not reducing its functions.




While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications which may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.



Claims
  • 1. A cosmetic case comprising:a case body having two—one front and the other rear-recesses formed in an upper surface, a rail groove formed respectively in two opposite walls of the rear one of said recesses, a drawer cavity formed in a bottom, said drawer cavity having an aperture in one end of said case body, and a guide groove formed respectively in two opposite inner wall of said drawer cavity; a cover having one end pivotally connected to said case body, closing on a front deep recess with no rail grooves in its two side walls, and a mirror fixed in an inner surface; a slidable cover closing on a rear shallow recess with said two rail grooves in its two side walls, a protruding tab respectively formed in two opposite inner walls to fit in said two rail grooves of said case body, said two opposite walls extending down, said slidable cover possible to move back and forth by means of said protruding tabs moving along said rail grooves; and, a drawer movably fitted in said drawer cavity by means of two projections formed on two opposite lengthwise sides fitting and moving along said guide grooves of said case body, said drawer pushed in and pulled out of said drawer cavity in said case body.
  • 2. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein said front deep recess of said case body closed on by said cover has plural air holes in a bottom for air to flow in and out to keep said powder puff always dry.
  • 3. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover has a rather thin front wing formed to extendrearward from a rear end, and said front wing is pressed immovable by an inner end of said slidable cover when said slidable cover is pushed in.
  • 4. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case body has a lengthwise elongate hole formed in a side wall of said front deep recess, and a cylindrical cap closes a mouth of said lengthwise elongate hole and protrudes out of said case body for an eyebrow pencil or a small perfume bottle to be contained in said elongate hole.
  • 5. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein said case body has receded surfaces formed in two lengthwise opposite walls of a front half portion to keep an outer surface of said two lengthwise opposite walls flush with said cover when said cover closes on said case body.
  • 6. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein said two recesses and said drawer are for placing various inner frames of cosmetics.
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