CA2049513A1 - Cottonbud case - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract Of The Disclosure A cottonbud case having a lid and a case body provided with a plurality of rooms for storing cottonbuds horizontally and middle portions of the rooms being vacant for fingers to insert to put in or pick up cottonbuds so as to keep clean cot-ton balls at both ends of sticks.

Description

2 ~ 3 TITLE: C~TTUNE~UD C~SE
~ckground 0~ The Invention ~ conventional cottonbud or swab case as stlown in Fi~ur-e 1 h~s a cylindrical container 1~:~ closed with a lid 11 which may o~ten be tal~en o~ with e?cessive force by a user a5 to ~nrce some Q~ the cottoslbuds stored therein to drop out Or the container lC~ In addition e~:tra cottonbuds may be carelessly and easily pulled o~t together with the one chosen to bé picked up. And if worse the cotton ~all~ at both ends o~ sticks may 1~.) be pQlluted in pic~-in~ up Spreadin~-out ~pper ends o~ the cot-tonb~lds should be pushed to stand upright before the lid il is to be covered on the container lC) ~hich i5 quite inconvenient to handle in covering the lid 11 everytirne it i5 taken o~ in picking out a cottonb~d.
S~mmary Of The Invention In view of the disadvantage o~ a conventi~nal cottonb-ld or s~Jab case mentioned above7 this invention has been de~ d to ~upply a cottonbud case wherein its interior cavity is di-vided into a plurallty of rQoms ~or storing cottonbuds hori~or.-tally and len~thwise. The roDms are divided into three por-tions two side ones and a middle one and two side portions are -~or the cotton b~lls at both ends o~ a sticl~ to lie in and the middle portion ~or the middle section o~ cnttonbuds to li~
in arld for ~ingers to put in or take out cottonbuds. Thus the cotton balls at both ends o~ sticl~s can be ~ept clean witho~t contaminated by fingers.
The cottonbud case in the present invention has been planned to have the ~ollowing advantages.
1. It i 5 convenient to tore cottonbud~ hori20ntally and to pick up one ~y one easily by fingers catching hold Q~ the middle section o~ a cottonbud~
S 2. In picking up the cottonbuds stored in i-t, the cott~n balls at both ends oF a stic~ can never be touched by fingers to be cont~minated.
~ief DecriptiDn Of The Dra~lings Figure 1 is a perc,pective view of a conventional co~ton--lC) t3ud case.
Figure 2 is an e>:ploded per~pecti~e view o~ a cottonbud case in acrordance ~ith the present invention.
Figure ~ i5 a perspective view o~ a cottonbud case in accord~nce with the present invention.
Figure 4 i5 a crogs-~5ectiot-al view o~ a cc~ttonbud case in acordance with the present invention.
Figure 5 is a perspective view o~ a hand picklng up a cottonbud from the cottonbud case in accordance with the pre-sent inven~ion.
2C) Detailed Description 0~ The Invention A cottonbud or swab case in accordance with the pre~ent invention, as shown in Figure 2, comprises a rectangular case bod~J 2 and a lid ~ as the main components.
The rectangular case body 2 has its interior avity di-vlded Witll a plurality o~ parallel vertical boards 20 equally spared apart to ~ortn a plurality of lengthwise rooms 21, each of ~Jhich consists of t~lo side portions for cotton balls at ?. ~ 1 3 both ends o~ sticks to lie in and ~ middle open portion 2~ ~or ~ingers to put in or tak.e out cottonbuds at the middle sections 50 that ~otton balls at both ends o~ stic~s can never be con-taminated by Fingers in picking up or putting in~ The case S body 2 i5 al50 pro~ided with two guide grooves 2'" ~4 at both lengthwise upper ~ides ~or two proiecting ridges 31, 32 on both lenghtwise sides o~ the lid 3 tD ~it therein so as tD keep said lld ~; securely covered on said case bDdy ~.
In using this cottonbud casel the lid 3 is to be pulled open slidably, ~Jith the ~idges ~1, 3~ moving in the gui-le grooves ~, 24, and then cottonbuds ~re to be hori~ontally laid in the ~ooms 21~ In picking up the cottonbuds, they are to be pich:ed up by ~ingers inserting in the middle port.inr~ 22 of th~
~oom 21 without touching to contanimate both cotton b~lls at both ends ~5 sho~ln in Fi 95 . 4 and ~.

Claims

What Is Claimed Is:
A cottonbud case comprising a case body and a lid to co-ver the case body said case body having its interior cavity divided into a plurality of rooms consisting of two side por-tions and a middle portion for storing cottonbuds horizontally with both ends laid in the side portions, said middle portion being for fingers to insert to put in or pick up cottonbuds, said case body also having a guide groove at both upper length-wise side edges for the lid to close or open the case body by sliding horizontally by means of two projecting ridges provided at the lengthwise sides of the lid and moving in said guide grooves in the case body.