Decorative cosmetic case

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6397633
  • Patent Number
    6,397,633
  • Date Filed
    Saturday, September 4, 1999
    26 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, June 4, 2002
    23 years ago
Abstract
A decorative cosmetic case includes at least one or more cosmetic cases, and a decorative worn on a finger of a user for assembled with the cosmetic case(s). The decorative has a flat base on top, and the cosmetic case is made of transparent material, having an interior cavity for containing a cosmetic and a recess formed in the bottom for the flat base of the decorative to fit firmly therein, and an outer circumferential edge on an upper side to fit in the recess of the bottom of another cosmetic case. Then one or more of the cosmetic cases may be assembled on the decorative, with the flat base of the decorative fitting firmly in the recess of the cosmetic case. Thus different cosmetic cases with colored cosmetics may be selected to be carried out for convenience of use.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




This invention relates to a decorative cosmetic case, particularly to one changeable according to need in selecting colors of cosmetics, and able to be carried with ease by assembled on a decorative such as a ring worn on a finger of a user.




Traditional cosmetics are packaged in different cases, independent from each other, inconvenient to carry out, so various cosmetic cases are designed and available on market, having small recesses for containing lipsticks, eye shadows, pressed powders, etc.




Such conventional cosmetic cases with plural recesses practically contains only small volume of cosmetics, always the same colored, unchangeable according to need. If other colored cosmetics are needed, then a user has to get another cosmetic case.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




This invention has been devised to offer a decorative cosmetic case having one or more cosmetic cases assembled on a decorative such as a ring worn on a finger of a user so that the cosmetic case is convenient to be carried out, and in addition, a user can select different cosmetic cases to be assembled with the decorative to change colored cosmetics if needed.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS




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





FIG. 1

is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 2

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





FIG. 3

is a cross-sectional view of

FIG. 2

;





FIG. 4

is an upper view of a cosmetic plate swung out of the first embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 5

is an upper view of two cosmetic plates swung out of the first embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case in the present invention;





FIG. 6

is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case in the present invention; and,





FIG. 7

is a cross-sectional view of the second embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case in the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




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

FIGS. 1

, includes one or more cosmetic cases


20


, and a decorative


10


(for example, a ring illustrated in Figures) worn on a finger of a user.




The decorative


10


is a ring with an opening


201


formed in a bottom so as to let it adjustable in worn on a finger of a user, having a flat base


102


formed on top and having the same shape as the cosmetic case


20


.




The cosmetic case


20


is made of transparent material, having an opening


201


formed in an intermediate portion of a circumferential wall


203


, a -shaped cavity


208


defined by the circumferential wall, a pivot hole


202


respectively in an upper wall and a lower wall near one end of the opening


201


, a cosmetic plate


21


having the same shape of the cosmetic case


20


and a center recess


211


for receiving a cosmetic


212


such as lipstick, eye shadow, or a pressed powder therein and able to be swung in and out of the cavity


208


by means a pivot


213


respectively formed on and under the plate body


21


fitting in the pivot holes


202


. The cosmetic plate


21


further has a V-shaped push projection


214


formed on an outer surface of the circumferential wall to protrude out of the cavity


208


, and another V-shaped projection


215


formed near the push projection


214


.




The cosmetic plate


21


is pushed through the opening


201


and inserted in the cavity


208


of the cosmetic case


20


normally, with the pivots


213


inserted in the pivot holes


202


and functioning to let the cosmetic plate


21


swing out of and in the cavity


208


. If the cosmetic plate


21


is pushed at the push projection


214


with the pivots


213


, it swings out of the cavity to let the cosmetic


212


exposed as shown in

FIG. 4

for the user to use it. On the contrary, if the cosmetic plate


21


is pushed at the push projection


214


to swing in the cavity


208


, the end of the circumferential wall


203


stops the V-shaped projection


215


of the cosmetic plate


21


as shown in

FIG. 2

, with the push projection


214


exposed out. The bottom of the cosmetic case


20


has a recess


204


for the base


102


of the decorative to fit tightly therein and a circumferential projecting-up edge


205


formed on an upper side to fit in the recess


204


of another cosmetic case


20


if two cosmetic cases


20


are combined at the same time with the decorative


10


.




In assembling, as shown in

FIGS. 2 and 3

, the base


102


of the decorative


20


is directly fitted in the recess


204


of the cosmetic case


20


. The characteristic of this invention is that a user can select the cosmetic cases


20


containing lipstick, eye shadow or a pressed powder to be assembled with the decorative


10


according to the user's need to be carried out. If two or more cosmetic cases


20


are needed, they can be assembled together by means of the projecting edge


205


engaging the recess


204


as shown in

FIGS. 3

or


5


. Thus two or more different cosmetics may be carried out for use. It is convenient to carry, as the decorative


10


is worn on a finger of a user, and the cosmetic case(s)


20


are assembled on the decorative, with the colors of the cosmetics visible through the transparent case(s)


20


as decorative effect.




A second embodiment of a decorative cosmetic case is shown in

FIGS. 6 and 7

, also includes a decorative


10


and one or more cosmetic cases


20


combined together. The difference is the base


102


of the decorative


10


further has a center round groove


103


, and a post


104


formed in the center round groove


103


and having the same height as the thickness of the base


102


. The cosmetic case


20




20


further has a hole


206


formed in the center of the bottom for the post


104


to fit therein, and a post


207


formed on an upper wall to fit in the hole


206


of another cosmetic case


20


so as to permit two or more cosmetic cases


20


assembled together in case of need.




The cosmetic base


20


can also be made to have an inner hollow with an upper cap pivotally connected to an upper side of the base body, with a cosmetic directly contained in the inner hollow, and a recess


204


or a center hole


206


for a projecting edge


205


or a post


207


formed on top of the upper cap of another cosmetic case


20


to engage so as to form two or more layers of the cosmetic cases


20


.




A user may select cosmetics of different colors contained in different cosmetic cases


20


assembled with the decorative


10


everyday to carry out so as to be conveniently used in case of supplementary need.




While the preferred embodiments of the invention have 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 decorative case comprising:at least one case element and a piece of decorative jewelry adapted to be worn on a finger of a user; said piece of decorative jewelry includes an upper surface which forms a mounting base, said at least one case element includes an inner cavity adapted to contain a cosmetic, a lower surface of said at least one case element includes a recess to receive an upper end of said mounting base, said recess of said at least one case element having a shape matching that of said base element, an upper surface of said at least one case element includes a projection with a shape matching that of said base element, said projection being adapted to receive a second unit of said at least one case element such that more than one case element may be stacked together; wherein said at least one case element is secured on said base element by pressing said at least one case element onto said base element such that said base element is received in said recess of said at least one case element.
  • 2. The decorative case as defined in claim 1 wherein:said base element includes a securing recess in said upper surface thereof, and said at least one case element includes a securing projection extending from said lower surface, said securing recess has a shape conforming to that of said securing projection; such that said at least one case element is further secured on said base element by said securing projection being received in said securing recess.
  • 3. The decorative case as defined in claim 1 wherein:said at least one case element includes an opening in an outer wall, said opening provides access to an interior cavity of said at least one case element, said interior cavity includes a mounting means, and at least one cosmetic plate is received in said interior cavity, said at least one cosmetic plate includes mounting means thereon that mates with said mounting means of said at least one case element, so that said at least one cosmetic plate is pivotally mounted in said interior cavity, said at least one cosmetic plate includes a push projection on an outer surface thereof, said push projection enabling a user to easily move said at least one cosmetic plate from a first position where an interior of said at least one cosmetic plate is covered by said at least one case element to a second position where said interior of said at least one cosmetic plate is exposed.
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