Patent Application
20050000850
Most lipstick cases available on the market are generally packed in single cases or tubes containing single-colored lipstick or cosmetic material. There are limitations, however, on the filling, storage, carrying and use of the market available lipsticks in liquid or paste form, with only one color of lipstick contained in a single container. A cosmetics user generally owns several lipsticks in different colors in solid and liquid forms to go with different dresses and moods for different occasions. Though individual package of lipstick has a small size and easy to carry around, a user has to carry several packages of lipstick and cosmetic materials and ustensils in various colors. Though such inconvenience can be improved by carrying a large case containing several divided compartments of containers to contain different colors of lipsticks or other cosmetic materials, the large case is too bulky and inconvenient to carry. Furthermore, the conventional lipstick case could not contain liquid and paste form of lipsticks.
Available on the market are two-ended type of lipstick container or multiple layers of containers or other types of lipstick container combinations, but those containers provide only completely opened and stacked containers. They could not contain liquid or paste form of lipsticks. They could not contain multiple colors of liquid and paste form of lipsticks in the accommodating space of a regular lipstick case. It is desirable to make improvement on the above shortcomings.
The present invention of multiple-color combination lipstick and cosmetic container comprises:
A base, providing divided storage spaces or a combination of storage units, on top of each storage space and storage unit is an opening;
A specified number of brushes to match the number of storage spaces and storage nits, assembled to seal the openings of the storage spaces, with brush heads constantly inserted in the storage spaces;
A cover unit to match the base;
The cover unit and the base are assembled to form a container that can be opened and closed, the base providing a plurality of storage spaces respectively filled with non-solid cosmetic materials in different colors, to form a cosmetic case containing multiple colors of non-solid cosmetic materials for ready use within limited measurements.
As illustrated in the embodiment in
The base 2, shown in
The box container unit 21 on the base 2 provides a hollow interior space. The space is partitioned by a specified number of partitioners 23, dividing the interior hollow space of the box container unit 21 into a specified number of containing spaces 24, as shown in
The base 2 is optionally formed to include various shapes of container units, preferably made to have a transparent containing unit 31, thereby permitting obvious observation of the colors and remaining amounts of cosmetics contained in the containing spaces 24. However, it it is to be understood that the aforementioned formation of the base 2 shall not be limited by the colors and shapes of the cosmetics.
The cover 3 is formed to have a hollow, interior, recessed space of container unit 31, with an opening 32 on the container unit 31 corresponding to the cover unit at a neck unit 22 on top of the base 2. Inside the space of the cover top 33 in the hollow containing space is fixedly installed (in a gluing, insertion, fastening or other joining process) a mirror-like reflector 5 serving as a mirror. The cover unit 3 has a fastener piece 30 matching a fastener unit 20 on the base 2 for securing purpose.
With the foregoing design, the present invention provides a plurality of sealed container spaces 24 inside a small space, thereby liquid or paste forms of lipsticks, eyeshadows and cosmetic tools in multiple colors are filled therein to facilitate carrying and ready use. To use the cosmetics, the user takes out the container 1 from her handbag and opens it. Knowing the color of the cosmetics contained in each container space 24 through the transparency of the container unit 1, the user can immediately take out a brush 4 for a particular color of cosmetics out of the opening 25, a brush end 42 of the brush 4 now moistened with the particular color of cosmetics (lipstick) for ready application, or optionally with the aid of the mirror-like reflector 5 inside the cover unit 3. After use, the user just inserts the brush 4 again into the opening 25 on the container space 24 and cover the cover unit 3 onto the base 2 for convenient carrying purpose.
The structure of the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of its original design to satisfy the same functional requirements.
The base 2 includes a box container unit 21 having a hollow interior space and a “D-shaped” section as in
The brushes 4, having an equivalent number to the container spaces 61, are fixed (selectively by screwing, insertion or otherwise) to brush rods 41, aligned with the openings 62 of the container spaces 61, so the openings 62 are sealed by the brush rods 41 of the brushes 4, while the brush heads 42 of the brushes 4 are constantly inserted in the container spaces 24 and wetted by the cosmetics contained therein.
The cover unit 3 has a formation of storage unit 31 with a hollow space. An opening 32 of the storage unit 31 matches a cover unit of the base 2. The cubic measurements of the recessed hollow space of the storage unit 31 serve to accommodate the brushes 4 installed in the container unit 6 the inside space of the cover top 33 is fixed (by gluing, insertion or other joining process) with a mirror-like reflector 5 functioning as a mirror.
The foregoing structural design has the same features of the above embodiment, including the capability of containing lipsticks, eyeshadows and other cosmetics and cosmetic utensils in multiple colors and in liquid or paste form in compacted cubic measurements, convenient ready use and portability, and easy selection of various colors of cosmetics.
The base 2 includes a hollow case container unit 21. The container unit 21 provides a specified number of sealed storage areas 7 and non-sealed storage areas 71, respectively providing spaces to contain lipsticks, eyeshadows or other cosmetics in liquid or paste form. The base 2 has at least one horizontal recess 28 located at neighboring storage areas 7, 71, providing spaces to accommodate brushes 9 to apply solid forms of cosmetics. (Shown in
The sealed storage area 7 is selectively designed in the same formation of the foregoing container unit 6, or the non-open space inside the storage unit 21 can be divided by partitioning boards 23 into a specified number of sealed container spaces 24 serving as the sealed storage area 7, with the installation of openings 70 and brushes 4 assembled for sealing and access purposes. As for the non-sealed storage area 71, the storage unit 21 provides an open space that is divided by partition boards 23 into a plurality of non-sealed container spaces 24 that serve as the non-sealed storage area 71, or, the foregoing storage unit 6 having non-sealed upper ends is selectively used to sere as the non-sealed storage area 71.
The base 2, as shown in
The diameter of the shaft fastening hole 82 on the fastener unit 8 is preferably no less than the diameter of the shaft post 64 of the joining member 63, and slightly larger than the diameter of the shaft post 64 of the joining member 63. Preferably, the diameter of the opening 83 of the shaft fastening hole 82 is no larger than the diameter of the shaft post 84 of the joining member 83, to the extent that the shaft post 64 is pressed by a moderate force to pass through the opening 83 and be fastened in the shaft fastening hole 82.
The plurality of storage units 6 provide hollow storage spaces 61. On the upper side of each sealed storage space 61 is an opening 62. In the sealed storage units 6 and the storage spaces 61 are filled lipsticks, eyeshadows and other cosmetics in different colors and in liquid or past form. On the end side of the storage unit 6 are joining units 63. Extending from the joining units 63 are shaft posts 64. Thereby the shaft posts 64 of the joining units 63 are fastened and secured respectively in the shaft fastening holes 82 of the fastener unit 8, but capable of rotating.
The storage unit 6 is selectively made in a variety of different shapes and preferably in the formation of a flattened container, to facilitate arrangement. Meanwhile, the storage unit 6 is preferably made to have a transparent casing, so as to directly show the colors and levels of cosmetic materials contained in the storage space 61, and facilitate easy access, ready use and necessary replenishment. Of course, the formation of the storage unit 6 is not limited to the above in terms of its color and shape. In other words, it can be made to have semi-transparent casing or different colors to match the cosmetics contained therein.
The storage units 6 have a same number of cosmetic brushes 4, with matching brush rods 41 fixed onto the openings 62 of the storage units 6 (by gluing, fastening or other joining process), so the openings 62 are sealed by the brush rods 41 of the cosmetic brushes 4, while the brush heads 42 of the cosmetic brush 4 are inserted in the storage spaces 61 of the storage unit 6 and wettened by the liquid cosmetic materials contained therein.
The cover unit 3 is a hollow storage body. The Opening 32 of the storage body matches the corresponding cover unit on the neck 22 on top of the base 2. At an appropriate location on the outside of the cover unit 3 is selectively fixed by a mirror-like reflector 5 functioning as a mirror.
The structural design of space in the foregoing embodiment of the invention provides a multi-color cosmetic container like the foregoing embodiments. With the adoption of the flattened storage unit 4, the joining member 63 of each storage unit 6 is directly fastened in the shaft fastening hole 82 of the fastener unit 8 on the base 2, to form a combination of arrangement of a plurality of storage units 6 like book pages (shown in
