Patent Application
20130015224
The present invention relates to a ring construction adapted to facilitate use of personal care products by a wearer of the ring.
Consumers use a variety of personal care products which include, without limitation, lip and skin balms, lotions, ointments, sunscreens and treatments, as well as a variety of cosmetic products such as lipstick and glosses.
Often it is necessary to apply or reapply such products at frequent intervals and this sometimes necessitates application at inconvenient times.
Further, depending upon environmental circumstances, it is sometimes a nuisance to carry the required products at all times.
It will be recognized that there is a need for a convenient receptacle for such personal care products which not only contains the required components, but facilitates the ready availability of such products whenever necessary. To have such convenient availability as well as a variety of attractive applicators will be seen as an advantage over prior methods. The present invention relates to a ring construction adapted to facilitate use of personal care products by a wearer of the ring.
All of the foregoing advantages can be accomplished with the ring construction described herein.
The present invention relates to a ring construction adapted to facilitate use of personal care products by a wearer of the ring. For instance, a chap stick or lipstick applicator may be combined with a ring assembly as described in detail below. It will be seen that the subject device can be useful for lip gloss, balms, lotions and ointments, ski products, sun screen products and the like. Furthermore, the ring assembly is equally useful indoors as well as outdoors.
The ring is worn by the user for convenient application of the contents. A cover is removed from the ring applicator to expose the contents where it may then be used directly as an applicator avoiding contact with the user's fingers.
A variety of materials may be used in the subject design including jewelry grade precious metals such as gold and silver other less expensive metals (copper, etc.), leather, woven and molded thermoplastics for less expensive applications.
A freshening ring with a decorative setting may be used. The decoration may be or be combined with, a cover for the contents. It is contemplated that the convenience of the subject device can be fashionable as well as useful.
The ring is also intended for use by children as a toy, and namely as a dispenser for applying lip gloss, balm, lotions, ointments and makeup suitable for children. Thus, in addition to being attractive to children, the ring provides for the renewable storage and transport of the contents thereof, which cannot be readily lost and which is simple to use. The contents, i.e., lip gloss, balm, makeup, chap stick and the like can be readily accessed by removing or releasing the cover to expose the contents after which it may be used directly as an applicator, avoiding contact with the wearer's fingers and without removal from the wearer's hand.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent when the detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiments of the invention are considered and are to be construed in an illustrative and not limiting sense as follows:
The subject wearable ring assembly comprises a ring shank portion, integrally or mechanically connected to a personal care product receptacle, which is mechanically or frictionally connected to a protective cap element configured to contain and protect personal care products stored in the receptacle. The ring shank portion is sized to fit a wearer's finger or is adjustable to fit a wearer's finger. The ring may be made from a variety of materials as may be desired for expense, attractiveness or convenience, such as jewelry grade materials selected from precious metals such as gold and silver or costume jewelry grade materials selected from non-precious metals, thermo-formable plastic resins, ceramics, leather, fabrics or woven materials.
The personal care product receptacle may be smooth or may further have at least one friction inducing protrusion for facilitating storage of a personal care product in the receptacle. The personal care product receptacle may have a means for connecting and holding secure the protective cap, such as a friction fitting, a screw-cap fitting, or a snap-cap fitting. Furthermore, the cap may be a decorative cap, or a decoration may be attached to a regular cap. The subject wearable ring assembly may further comprise a personal care product in the receptacle. The personal care product may be a skin care product, a lip care product, or any personal or therapeutic lotion, ointment, balm, gloss or cosmetic product.
The invention now being fully described, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that many changes and modifications can be made thereto without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as set forth herein.
