This application is the U.S. National Phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application PCT/JP2014/053440, filed Feb. 14, 2014, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-030399, filed Feb. 19, 2013. The International Application was published under PCT Article 21(2) in a language other than English.
The present invention relates to a facial mask sheet package in which facial mask sheets impregnated with liquid cosmetic preparation, chemical solution, etc., are stored.
As a way to package a wet sheet or other sheet-shaped material, it is known, for example, to impregnate a wet sheet with cosmetic preparation, chemical solution, etc., and then individually package the wet sheet so that the package will be opened and the wet sheet inside will be taken out and used when necessary. When it comes to using such wet sheets, traditionally multiple individually packaged wet sheets are packed in a single bag and, to use the sheets, the individual packages must be taken out from the bag and opened separately; however, such wet sheets are not easy to use because their package must be opened separately one by one to use the sheet, although the individual packaging prevents growth of bacteria and attachment of contaminants.
In addition, types of wet sheets that are widely used include multiple wet tissues, body wipes or other relatively large wet sheets that are folded and stacked in a pop-up manner and stored in a plastic container or packaged in a pillow bag. Just like tissue papers, some wet sheets are placed in a box or bag and pulled out one by one from the opening provided at the top of the box or in one area of the bag to be used. However, wet sheets must be folded in a special manner to allow for removal from the opening one by one, which makes the manufacturing process complex.
On the other hand, an art of packaging small wet sheets (such as small-sized pads and partial facial masks) individually and then layering and storing them in a sealable container is also widely used.
An example of stacking such multiple small wet sheets in a box or bag is found in Patent Literature 1 where pads impregnated with cosmetic preparation are stacked and stored in a container so that the pads are removed one by one from the opening provided at the top of the container for use, or in Patent Literature 2 that describes a container in which pads impregnated with cosmetic preparation are stacked in such a way that the pads are layered while partially overlapping with each other to allow the overlapping parts to be removed from the lidded opening provided at the top of the container.
Patent Literature 3 describes a flexible material dispensing container characterized in that one plastic sheet is folded to form a molding of roughly W shape in cross section having two exterior walls and two interior walls and the upper sections of the exterior walls are partially cut off to provide a dispensing outlet; however, this container is not sealable and no means are available, either, for sealing the dispensing outlet formed by the cutout.
Means for stacking and storing pads in a container without individually packaging them so that the pads are removed one by one from the outlet at the top of the container, such as the means described in Patent Literatures 1 and 2 above, require that the pads, after removal from the container, must be spread by two hands for use because they are folded in a certain manner.
In addition, the art described in Patent Literature 1 causes the wet sheets to easily stick together, resulting in insufficient operability to separate and remove the wet sheets one by one. To solve this problem, a method of stacking wet sheets by offsetting the positions of adjacent sheets is proposed in Patent Literature 2, but since a large container is required relative to the original area size of the sheet, this method is not desirable in terms of cost and reduction of waste material.
Patent Literature 1: U.S. Pat. No. 5,046,640
Patent Literature 2: U.S. Pat. No. 7,007,801
Patent Literature 3: Japanese Utility Model Laid-open No. Sho 63-199944
As described above, with wet sheets, facial mask sheets and other sheets (hereinafter referred to as “facial mask sheets”) individually stored in bags, it is not easy to remove the facial mask sheet from the bag, and when the fingers are inserted into the bag, not only the fingertips pinching the sheet, but also other fingers as well as the palms and backs of the hands, get wet by the cosmetic preparation, etc. Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to minimize the wetting of the hands when removing the facial mask sheet from the bag, except for the fingertips pinching the facial mask sheet.
Another object of the present invention is to allow for easy, reliable spreading of the folded facial mask sheet that has been removed from the bag for use, so that the removed facial mask sheet can be attached onto the face, etc., quickly and reliably without wetting the fingers or causing the facial mask sheet to tear or wrinkle.
The present invention achieves the aforementioned objects by adopting a specific package in which facial mask sheets are stored, and specifically adopts the means specified below:
The package storing facial mask sheets as proposed by the present invention is such that facial mask sheets impregnated with cosmetic preparation or other chemical solution are packaged inside, thus preventing the sheets from getting dried up or degrading while in storage before use, and when the facial mask sheets are used, the package can be opened by a specific means so that the sheets can be removed easily from the package without wetting the fingers and hands excessively, and furthermore the removed facial mask sheets can be spread out easily and reliably without wetting the fingers excessively.
Also because the facial mask sheets are placed in the perforated tray and stored in the pillow bag, the perforated tray does not cause the facial mask sheet outlet in the facial mask sheet package to deform when the sheets are used, which makes it easy to remove the sheets. In addition, when the facial mask sheet package is formed by combining the perforated tray in which the facial mask sheets are placed and the separate inverted tray, the shape of the facial mask sheet package reflects the shape of the two combined trays, which results in excellent ease of handling the package during storage, transport, etc., as well as excellent ease of holding the facial mask sheets in hand when used.
The present invention is a package comprising a perforated tray which has a hole provided at the bottom and in which folded facial mask sheets are placed, wherein the perforated tray is stored in a pillow bag having a butt joint on the top side, which package is a facial mask sheet package in which a window is formed that can be opened as needed when removing the sheets, provided on the side of the pillow bag contacting the hole provided in the perforated tray which is opposite the one on which the butt joint is formed.
The present invention is explained based on the drawings.
The facial mask sheets 1 shown in
Needless to say, the folding method of the facial mask sheet 1 is not limited to those shown in
These Z-folded facial mask sheets 1 are stacked and stored as necessary in a perforated tray whose hole opens at the bottom is pre-sealed by a liquid-impermeable sheet, or in a perforated tray having a hole outline pre-formed in a thin area at the bottom so that a hole could be formed and is actually opened by tearing the hole outline with an external force along the thin area.
It should also be noted that the facial mask sheets need not have the shapes illustrated in
The material of the facial mask sheet is not limited in any way, but it must have enough flexibility to permit folding and must not tear or suffer any other damage when the folded ends are pulled.
Such facial mask sheet material is not limited in any way, so long as it constitutes a foldable facial mask sheet, such as paper, resin sheet, metal sheet, woven or non-woven fabric made of organic compound or inorganic compound, or the like.
The base material for facial mask sheets stored in the package under the present invention is a liquid-absorbing sheet, as a rule, where knit, woven or non-woven fabric or any other fiber sheet, paper, foam, etc., can be used. Among foamed sheets, polyurethane foam, NBR foam or other sponge sheet having excellent liquid absorbency and liquid retention property can be used, but from the viewpoints of economy and skin safety, a fiber sheet whose primary constituent is cotton, pulp, rayon or other natural fiber is preferred. For the manufacturing method of such sheet, any known method can be used that employs a knitting machine, resin molding machine, any of various non-woven fabric forming methods, or the like.
In addition to the above, a laminated sheet or other laminate comprising fiber sheet or foamed sheet and resin film can also be used. Preferably the base material is a sheet with thin synthetic resin film laminated on one side, so that the water repellency of the film makes it easier to separate the sheets even when they are wet.
Under the present invention, the facial mask sheet can have any shape such as circle, ellipse, comma shape, polygon, etc., and although a folded facial mask sheet is preferred because the folded parts spread out naturally when the sheet is pinched and lifted up with fingers, the sheet need not be folded.
The chemical solution with which the facial mask sheet is impregnated is a cosmetic preparation or the like, but it is not limited in any way and can be water, skin lotion, cleaning agent, etc., where preferably the facial mask sheet is impregnated with liquid that does not corrode the sheet material and pillow bag.
Under the present invention, any known chemical solution can be impregnated into or attached to the facial mask sheets when they are stored. Such solution can have any property such as liquid, paste, cream or gel, where examples include face wash, skin lotion, skin milk, and other skin care cosmetics, foundation, cheek color and other makeup products, perfume, whitening agent, antioxidant, anti-wrinkling agent, moisturizing agent, sunscreen solution, hair removal agent, antibacterial agent, bactericidal agent, acne treatment agent, and various other types of cosmetics, chemical agent, surface active agent, etc. Under the present invention, cosmetic preparations, chemical agents, cleaning agents, and other chemical solutions in liquid state of varying viscosity, or in semi-liquid state such as cream or gel, can be used in a favorable manner.
The cosmetic preparation, chemical agent, or cleaning agent is retained preferably by 30 to 800 percent by weight, or by 30 to 500 percent by weight, relative to the weight of the base material of facial mask sheet. If the cosmetic preparation, chemical agent, or cleaning agent is liquid, then using it by 30 percent by weight or less does not allow the cosmetic preparation, etc., to be applied efficiently due to small application amount, while using it by more than 800 percent by weight exceeds the liquid retention property of the facial mask sheet and tends to cause any excess liquid applied to drip and collect at the bottom of the storage implement.
For the material film of the pillow bag, any known material may be adopted which can be formed into a pillow bag to store wet facial mask sheets in an airtight manner. Examples of such material include laminate film constituted by multiple resin layers, and laminate film having aluminum or other metal layers, among others.
After these Z-folded facial mask sheets are placed in the perforated tray, skin lotion or other chemical solution is introduced into the perforated tray to impregnate the facial mask sheets, while the perforated tray and facial mask sheets are stored in the pillow bag whose top side has a butt joint formed by sealing the ends of a film, in such a way that the bottom of the tray is positioned on the opposite side of the butt joint, after which the opening of the pillow bag is sealed by means of thermal fusion or any other known means to obtain the facial mask sheet package proposed by the present invention.
Next, as shown in
Here, the hole 4 in the perforated tray T1 is blocked with a liquid-impermeable sheet S. By blocking the hole 4 this way, leakage of the chemical solution into the pillow bag outside the tray can be prevented when the facial mask sheet package is rotated or inverted during storage or distribution.
Thereafter, the separate tray T2, perforated tray T1 and facial mask sheets 1 placed therein are turned upside down, as shown in
The pillow package thus obtained has the structure of the facial mask sheet package wherein the facial mask sheets 1 placed in the perforated tray T1 are covered by the inverted separate tray T2.
Needless to say, a method in which the separate tray T2 is not used can be adopted, instead of the one in which the separate tray T2 is used for storage, as shown in
It should be noted that the perforated tray and separate tray used in
The facial mask sheet package proposed by the present invention, thus obtained, is used as shown in
Also in
It is also possible to color the edges 5, 5a so that they can be visually identified in a clear manner.
The facial mask sheet 1 that has been pulled up this way is placed over the face with one or two hands, just like a regular facial mask sheet, and since only one facial mask sheet is reliably removed from the facial mask sheet package for use over the face, it will not happen that two or more sheets are accidentally removed from the facial mask sheet package when the original intention was to remove only one sheet.
In addition, sheets can be removed without using the fingers more than necessary, so the facial mask sheet package can be used comfortably.
Now, the Z-folded facial mask sheet 1 stored immediately below the facial mask sheet 1 that has been removed is now present in such a way that its edge faces the window in the pillow bag and the hole provided at the bottom of the perforated tray, and the sheets can be removed one after another in the same manner.
The user can remove the facial mask sheet 1 in the condition shown in
And, according to this example, the facial mask sheet 1 can be removed and used without having to release the fingers pinching the facial mask sheet 1 or repositioning the sheet with the fingers, which translates to easy, reliable handling of the facial mask sheet 1 from removal from the bag to use, and other fingers, etc., do not get wet.
In
In the examples shown in
The embodiment shown in
The facial mask sheet package in
As a result, the facial mask sheets are kept in an airtight manner while not in use.
When the facial mask sheets of the present invention are to be used again, the lid member 7 is opened to remove the facial mask sheets using fingers as shown in
Such lid member 7 is formed separately from the pillow bag and attached to the pillow bag by being joined integrally with the attachment part provided on the side of the pillow bag opposite the butt joint side, by fusing, bonding or any other known means.
In the example shown in
In the example shown in
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