Information
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Patent Grant
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6474346
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Patent Number
6,474,346
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Date Filed
Tuesday, July 24, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, November 5, 200222 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Wilson; John J.
- Doan; Robyn Kieu
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 132 293
- 132 297
- 132 298
- 132 299
- 132 306
- 132 307
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International Classifications
- A45D3302
- A45D3300
- A45D3328
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Abstract
A powder case comprises a lower case for receiving powder, with a first connector, and an upper case including a second connector to be coupled with the first connector, and a downwardly extending a cylindrical housing with a ledge for engaging a flange of a slider of a brush, and an array of apertures at its bottom. As the end of the brush is inserted into the housing the flange of the slider 23 engages the ledge so that the brush fur is exposed to the powder through the apertures. The connectors may include complementary threads or cleats which engage to secure to upper and lower cases.
Description
BACKGROUND—FIELD OF INVENTION
The present utility relates to a powder case, more particularly, to a powder case that prevents dispersing of the powder when adhering the powder on a brush.
BACKGROUND—DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
The conventional powder case, as described in
FIG. 1
, includes a case
1
which has an outer case
2
. The outer case
2
has a receiving portion
3
and a tray
5
. The receiving portion
3
receives the powder
4
. And the tray
5
is for filling a part of the powder from the receiving portion
3
, and is formed at an upper part of the receiving portion
3
. The receiving portion
3
contains a puff
6
or a brush for adhering the powder. Also, a lid
7
is screwed to the case
1
in order to prevent separation of the puff
6
or the brush.
But, the conventional powder case is inconvenient to use. A user should to separate the tray
5
whenever taking out the powder from the receiving portion
3
, fix the tray
5
into the receiving portion
3
again, and then here the powder on the puff
6
or the brush. Accordingly, whenever adhering the powder on the puff
6
or the brush, the powder
4
is dispersed around. Accordingly, there is a loss of the powder and the circumference is unclean.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to overcome the conventional problems, an object of the present utility is to provide a powder case that is easy to adhere the powder on a brush and prevents dispersing of the powder when adhering the powder on a brush.
In order to accomplish the object, the powder case comprises a lower case for receiving powder and being formed with a first conjunction around upper peripheral; and an upper case including a second conjunction to be coupled with the first conjunction on the inner peripheral surface of the lower case, a cylindrical housing formed vertically from the upper center to the lower, a ledge, formed along middle peripheral of the housing, for locking a flange of a brush, and an array of apertures at the bottom of the housing.
Consequently, the present utility has some advantages as follows.
If the end portion of the brush is inserted into the inner of the housing after leading out a slider of the brush, the slider is inserted into the case while the flange of the slider is locked on the ledge of the housing. Accordingly, the brush adheres the powder through the apertures. That is, a user may adhere the powder on the brush by only inserting the brush into the housing. The inserting work is very comfortable, and the loss of the powder is prevented, and a problem of the uncleanness of the circumference is solved.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
These and other features, and advantages of the present utility will become better understood with regard to the following description, appended claims, and accompanying drawings, in which like components are referred to by like reference numerals. In the drawings:
FIG. 1
is a plane of a conventional powder case;
FIG. 2
is a fragmentary perspective of a powder case according to the present utility;
FIG. 3
is a plane of a powder case coupling with a brush according to an embodiment of the present utility;
FIG. 4
is a plane of a powder case coupling with a brush according to another embodiment of the present utility;
FIG. 5
is an another embodiment of a powder case according to the present utility; and
FIG. 6
is a fragmentary perspective of the powder case according to another embodiment of the present utility.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Hereinafter, preferred embodiment of the present utility will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As described in
FIG. 2
, the powder case
11
according to the present utility includes a lower case
12
and an upper case
15
.
The lower case
12
receives the powder
14
in the inner portion of itself and is formed with a male screw
13
as a first conjunction.
The upper case
15
is formed with a female screw
16
as a second conjunction so as to be coupled to the male screw
13
on the inner peripheral surface of the lower case
12
. The upper case
15
includes a cylindrical housing
17
, which is formed vertically from upper center to the lower. A ledge
18
is formed along middle peripheral of the housing
17
for locking a flange
24
of a brush
21
. And, arrays of apertures
19
are formed at the bottom of the housing
17
.
The powder case
11
according to the present utility possesses the powder
14
in the lower case
12
, and couples the male screw
13
to the female screw
16
on the upper case
15
.
In order to couple the brush
21
to the housing
17
of the powder case
11
, as described in
FIG. 3
, a slider
23
of the brush
21
should be led out for gathering the brush fur
25
to inside of the slider
23
. And then, as described in
FIG. 4
, the end of the brush
21
is led into the housing
17
.
When leading the brush
21
into the housing
17
, a flange
24
of the slider
23
is locked by the ledge
18
. If pushing the brush
21
continuously, the slider
23
is inserted into the inner case
22
, and the brush fur
25
is exposed outwardly, and the powder
14
provided through the apertures
19
of the housing
17
is adhered to the brush fur
25
.
The powder case
11
according to present utility is more comfortable than the conventional powder case because the powder
14
is adhered to the brush fur
25
with only a simple work such as pushing the brush
21
into the housing
17
.
Besides, when adhering the powder
14
on the brush fur
25
, the powder
14
may be dispersed around. In the present utility, all portions of the powder case are closed except only the apertures
19
of the housing
17
, and the apertures
19
are intercepted by the brush fur
25
. Accordingly, the powder is not dispersed into anywhere except the brush fur
25
.
Consequently, the present utility may prevent undesired waste of the powder
14
and the user may use the powder
14
long times while reducing a cost and solve the conventional problem of the uncleanness of the circumference.
FIG. 5
is another embodiment of a powder case according to the present utility. The powder case
31
includes a plurality of radial supporting protrusions
33
as a first conjunction on upper peripheral of the lower case
32
, and also includes a plurality of locking protrusions
36
as a second conjunction around the lower peripheral of the upper case
35
.
Consequently, the locking protrusions
36
of the upper case
35
face the supporting protrusions
33
of the lower case
32
. If the upper case
35
and the lower case
32
is closed and then the upper case
35
is turned, the locking protrusions
36
of the upper case
35
are located on the bottom of the supporting protrusions
33
of the lower case
32
. And then, the upper case
35
and the lower case
32
is locked each other not to be separated.
The powder case
31
is easier to be opened/closed than the powder case
11
including the male screw
13
and the female screw
16
because the powder case
31
is opened/closed by just a little turning of the upper case
35
and the lower case
32
.
FIG. 6
is a fragmentary perspective of a powder case according to another embodiment of the present utility. The powder case further includes a cover
37
for covering the lower peripheral of the housing
17
included in the upper case
15
,
32
. The powder case is emerged in condition that the housing
17
is covered by the cover
37
. And the powder in the lower case
12
is prevented from being dispersed outwardly through the apertures
19
.
Consequently, the present utility has some advantages as follows. If the end of the brush
21
is inserted into the inner of the housing
17
after leading out a slider
23
of the brush
21
, the slider
23
is inserted into the case
22
while the flange
24
of the slider
23
is locked on the ledge
18
of the housing
17
. Accordingly, the brush fur
25
adheres the powder
14
through the apertures
19
. That is, a user may adhere the powder
14
on the brush fur
25
by only inserting the brush
21
into the housing
17
. The inserting work is very comfortable, and the loss of the powder is prevented, and the uncleanness of the circumference is solved.
Claims
- 1. A powder case comprisinga lower case having a chamber for containing a powder and a first connector, an upper case having a second connector complementary to said first connector for mating said upper case and lower case, and an upper surface with an opening at an upper end of a downward extending cylindrical housing, said housing having a lower end with apertures in communication with said chamber, and an inward extending ledge intermediate said upper end and said lower end, and a powder applicator comprising a hollow cylindrical case, a brush mounted in said case and extending downwardly therefrom, and a cylindrical slider telescopically mounted within said case about said brush and having an external shoulder, said slider covering said brush when fully extended from said case, and said shoulder engaging said ledge as said powder applicator is inserted into said cylindrical housing thereby exposing said brush to said lower chamber through said apertures.
- 2. A powder case as claimed in the claim 1wherein one of said upper case and said lower case comprises a male screw thread and wherein the other of said upper case and said lower case comprises a female screw thread for engaging said male screw thread to connect said upper case to said lower case.
- 3. A powder case as claimed in claim 1,wherein the first connector comprises a plurality of radial supporting protrusions formed adjacent the upper circumference of the lower case, and wherein the second connector comprises a plurality of complementary radial locking protrusions formed adjacent the lower circumference of the upper case for interlocking with the supporting protrusions on the lower case.
- 4. A powder case as claimed in the claim 1,wherein the powder case further includes a cover removably mountable on the housing of the upper case.
Priority Claims (1)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
01-13003 |
May 2001 |
KR |
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US Referenced Citations (11)