EP1080658B1 - Behälter für Kosmetische Produckte, insbesondere für die Reise - Google Patents

Behälter für Kosmetische Produckte, insbesondere für die Reise Download PDF

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EP1080658B1
EP1080658B1 EP99830550A EP99830550A EP1080658B1 EP 1080658 B1 EP1080658 B1 EP 1080658B1 EP 99830550 A EP99830550 A EP 99830550A EP 99830550 A EP99830550 A EP 99830550A EP 1080658 B1 EP1080658 B1 EP 1080658B1
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Enrico Roncato
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
    • A45D33/006—Vanity boxes or cases, compacts, i.e. containing a powder receptacle and a puff or applicator
    • A45D33/008—Vanity boxes or cases, compacts, i.e. containing a powder receptacle and a puff or applicator comprising a mirror
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C15/00—Purses, bags, luggage or other receptacles covered by groups A45C1/00 - A45C11/00, combined with other objects or articles
    • A45C15/04—Purses, bags, luggage or other receptacles covered by groups A45C1/00 - A45C11/00, combined with other objects or articles with mirrors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/22—Casings characterised by a hinged cover

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  • the present invention relates to a compact for cosmetic products, particularly but not exclusively a travel compact, and still more particularly a compact of the type that fits into a beauty case.
  • Compacts for cosmetic products are known, particularly for travel use, e.g. for fitting into a beauty case. They consist of a shell comprising two complementary half-shells, one forming a base and the other a lid.
  • the two half-shells are variously hinged along the edges of respective rear sides so that the lid can rotate about an axis parallel to its rear side from a position in which the compact is closed to an open position at an angle of approximately 180 degrees away from the closed position, as shown in US 2,025,971.
  • the base is normally provided in its interior with dividing walls or partitions that define compartments designed to contain the cosmetic products. Mounted on the inside of the lid is a mirror, of small dimensions but still useful in situations in which a wall mirror is unavailable.
  • the mirror is awkward to use because when the compact is open the base and lid lie on approximately the same plane: the mirror is therefore parallel with the surface on which the compact is resting. To move the mirror to where the user can conveniently use it the lid must therefore be supported, by hand or by means of whatever support happens to be available, in a position intermediate between the closed and open positions. All this makes the compact unergonomic.
  • one object of the present invention is to provide a compact for cosmetic products that does not have the drawback described above.
  • this object is achieved with a compact for cosmetic products as claimed in claim 1.
  • a compact according to the present invention comprises a shell 1 formed by a first half-shell 2, or base half-shell or, more concisely base, and a second half-shell 3, or lid half-shell or, briefly, lid.
  • a first half-shell 2, or base half-shell or, more concisely base and a second half-shell 3, or lid half-shell or, briefly, lid.
  • lid half-shell or, briefly, lid.
  • partitions 4 that define spaces 5 for holding cosmetic products of various kinds.
  • the two half-shells 2, 3 may be produced by plastic moulding, and in this case the partitions 4 are preferably formed in one piece with the base 2.
  • the lid 3 comprises a frame 6, with a generally rectangular inner outline, and a central part 7 complementary in shape to the frame 6 and separable from the latter.
  • the frame 6 is hinged basically along an edge 8 of a rear side 9 of the base 2 more or less next to a corresponding external edge 10 of a rear side 11 of the frame 6, so that it can rotate about an axis X parallel to the external edge 10 from a closed position, shown in Figure 1, to an open position, shown in Figures 3 and 4.
  • the hinge may for example be provided by a membrane 40 of elastically deformable plastic material which unites, for approximately the whole of their length, or in discrete sections, the two edges 8, 10 of the rear sides 9, 11 of the base 2, and respectively of the frame 6.
  • Other types of hinge are of course possible, as will readily be apparent to those skilled in the art.
  • a front side 50 of the base 2 and a corresponding front side 51 of the frame 6 are fitted with releasable snap-closing parts 52, 53 which engage to secure the compact in the closed condition, e.g. a pair of interlocking curved projections.
  • the central part 7 of the lid 3 has a rear edge 12 which, when the lid 3 is closed, engages with an inner rear edge 13 of the frame 6, and which is hinged to the base 2.
  • the central part 7 can therefore rotate about an axis Y parallel to the axis X.
  • the hinge action is provided by a pair of pivot pins 15 supported by respective arms 16 projecting from the rear edge 12 of the central part 7, these pivot pins 15 engaging rotatably in respective slots 17 formed in two of the partitions 4 which extend in parallel in a longitudinal direction inside the base 2.
  • Other types of hinge action may obviously readily be conceived.
  • the central part 7 is also provided, along mutually opposite lateral edges 18, 19 and more or less close to a front edge 20 opposite the rear edge 12, with two pins 21 which slide in corresponding guide channels 22 formed along corresponding inner lateral edges 23, 24 of the frame 6.
  • the guide channels 22 are closed at least at one end 25 close to the inner rear edge 13 of the frame in order to form a limit to the sliding of the pins 21.
  • the front edge 20 of the central part 7 is rounded and forms a lip which, when the compact is closed, sits on top of a suitably rounded inner front edge 28 of the frame 6.
  • the rear edge 12 of the central part 7, on the other hand, is shaped to form a continuous protrusion 29 which extends also partly along the lateral edges 18 and 19 as far as a point which, when the compact is closed, meets the end 25 of the channels 22.
  • the projection 29 sits underneath the inner rear edge 13 and underneath the inner lateral edges 23, 24 of the frame 6, all in such a way as to contribute to forming an essentially continuous lid (Figure 1).
  • the inside of the central part 7 of the lid 3 is also provided with an enclosure 26 for a mirror 27.
  • the mirror 27 is therefore operatively connected to the lid 3 and to the base 2 of the compact.
  • the central part 7 On opening the compact, after first releasing the closure devices 52, 53, while the frame 6 is rotating about the axis X, the central part 7 rotates about the axis Y and the pins 21 run along the guide channels 22 towards the limit point at the end 25 of the channels 22. In the course of this movement the central part 7 gradually comes away from the frame 6 ( Figure 2). On reaching the end 25 of the channels 22, the pins 21 abut against the closed end 25 of each channel 22 and thereby prevent the lid 3 from being opened any further, and the central part 7, which supports the mirror 27 in the enclosure 26, remains in an inclined position relative to the base 2 at an angle intermediate between 0° and 180°, e.g. of between 40° and 60°, which depends on the length of the guide channels 22.
  • the mirror 27 is therefore automatically in a convenient position for the user, making it unnecessary to find a prop or, worse still, to support the lid by hand, as is the case with known compacts.
  • the use of the compact according to the invention for the application of cosmetics is therefore made very easy.
  • the central part 7 of the lid could have only one pin 21 on one of the two edges 18, 19, and the frame 6 could have only one channel 22 along the corresponding edge 23 or 24.

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Claims (7)

  1. Behälter für kosmetische Produkte mit einem Basisteil (2) zur Aufnahme der kosmetischen Produkte und einem gelenkig an dem Basisteil (2) angebrachten Deckel (3), der zwischen einer Stellung, in der der Behälter verschlossen ist, und einer Stellung, in der er für einen Zugriff auf das Basisteil (2) offen steht, bewegt werden kann, sowie einem reflektierenden Element (27), welches gelenkig mit dem Basisteil (2) und gleitend mit dem Deckel (3) verbunden ist, so dass das reflektierende Element (27) in der offenen Stellung eine für den Benutzer günstige Position einnimmt,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    der Deckel (3) ein Rahmenteil (6) und ein vom Rahmen umschlossenes, komplementär geformtes Teil (7) umfasst, wobei diese Teile zusammen einen im Wesentlichen durchgängigen Deckel bilden, wenn sich der Deckel (3) in der Stellung befindet, in der der Behälter geschlossen ist, das Rahmenteil (6) um eine erste Achse (X) schwenkbar an das Basisteil (2) angelenkt ist, und das vom Rahmen umschlossene Teil (7) das reflektierende Element (27) starr unterstützt, um eine zweite Achse (Y), die zur ersten Achse (X) parallel ist, schwenkbar an das Basisteil (2) angelenkt ist und mit dem Rahmenteil (6) gleitend verbunden ist.
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Rahmenteil (6) im Wesentlichen an einer Rückseite (9) des Basisteils (2) angelenkt ist und das vom Rahmen umschlossene Teil (7) an einer Stelle an dem Basisteil (2) angelenkt ist, die von der Rückseite (9) in Richtung des Inneren des Basisteils (2) beabstandet ist.
  3. Behälter nach Anspruch 2,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Rahmenteil (6) wenigstens eine Gleitführung (22) für das Gleiten eines entsprechenden gleitenden Eingriffselements (21) des vom Rahmen umschlossenen Teils (7) sowie Begrenzungsmittel (25) aufweist, die ein weiteres Gleiten des gleitenden Eingriffselements (21) verhindern, wenn sich das reflektierende Element (27) in der für den Benutzer günstigen Stellung befindet.
  4. Behälter nach Anspruch 3,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Begrenzungsmittel (25) mit dem gleitenden Eingriffselement (21) zusammenwirken, um die Rotation des Rahmenteils (6) relativ zum Basisteil (2) zu begrenzen.
  5. Behälter nach Anspruch 4,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Gleitführung(en) (22) der Länge nach mit einem entsprechenden inneren Seitenrand (23,24) des Rahmenteils (6) verbunden ist/sind und das gleitende Eingriffselement (21) einen Stift aufweist, der mit einem entsprechenden Seitenrand (18, 19) des vom Rahmen umschlossenen Teils (7) verbunden ist.
  6. Behälter nach Anspruch 5,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die Begrenzungsmittel (25) durch ein verschlossenes Ende der Gleitführung(en) (22) gebildet werden.
  7. Behälter nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    das Basisteil (2) im Inneren Trennwände (4) aufweist, die abgeteilte Räume (5) zur Aufbewahrung von kosmetischen Produkten bilden, und das vom Rahmen umschlossene Teil (7) mit wenigstens einem Schwenkzapfen (15) ausgestattet ist, welcher drehbar in einen entsprechenden Sitz (17) eingreift, der in den Trennwänden (4) ausgebildet ist.
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DE69909787T DE69909787T2 (de) 1999-09-06 1999-09-06 Behälter für Kosmetische Produckte, insbesondere für die Reise
AT99830550T ATE245368T1 (de) 1999-09-06 1999-09-06 Behälter für kosmetische produckte, insbesondere für die reise
EP99830550A EP1080658B1 (de) 1999-09-06 1999-09-06 Behälter für Kosmetische Produckte, insbesondere für die Reise
ES99830550T ES2204096T3 (es) 1999-09-06 1999-09-06 Estuche compacto para productos cosmeticos, en particular estuche compacto para viaje.

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US1645351A (en) * 1927-06-13 1927-10-11 Napier Co Vanity box
US2025971A (en) * 1935-04-26 1935-12-31 Hurst Inc Vanity case
US2570314A (en) * 1949-05-05 1951-10-09 Brand Eve Compact
DE2443417A1 (de) * 1974-09-11 1976-03-25 Deyhle Geb Behaelter mit schwenkbar gelagertem deckel
US4807773A (en) * 1987-09-21 1989-02-28 Aaron Tsai Vertically assembled compact

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