Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • A45D40/18—Casings combined with other objects
• • 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
• • 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
  • A45D40/221—Features of the hinge
• • 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
  • A45D40/222—Means for closing the lid
• • 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
  • A45D2040/0006—Accessories
• • 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
  • A45D2040/225—Casings characterised by a hinged cover characterised by the opening or closing movement of the lid
• • 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
  • A45D2040/225—Casings characterised by a hinged cover characterised by the opening or closing movement of the lid
  • A45D2040/226—Casings characterised by a hinged cover characterised by the opening or closing movement of the lid by limiting the angle between base and lid in the open position

Definitions

• the invention relates to a packaging device for a cosmetic product, especially for a cosmetic product in solid or pasty form, that is to say which does not spread in the open air, such as lipstick, balm lipstick, blush, eye shadow and foundation.
• Known packaging devices for lipstick are known from the state of the art, the opening of the device of which is done by the tilting of a first part about an axis of rotation, this first part being completely interlocked. within a second portion to reveal the product in the open position of the device.
• this type of device is often not adapted to limit the stroke of the hood during the tilting of the latter inside the base and to ensure the locking of the cover in the open or closed position.
• One of the objectives of the invention therefore consists in proposing a solution for controlling the tilting movement of the bonnet during the opening of the packaging device and for locking the bonnet both in the open position and in the closed position.
• An advantage of this invention is to allow the consumer to use the device according to the invention without having to ensure the stopping of the race and the hood lock.
• the cover remains hidden in the base of the device, stably, without the cover returning to its path.
• the consumer can thus have access to the cosmetic product, without hindrance of a possible inadvertent return of the hood.
• the random opening for example in a handbag, is avoided.
• the invention relates to a packaging device for a cosmetic product, in particular for a solid or pasty cosmetic product, comprising a base, an intermediate piece intended to carry the cosmetic product and a cap, the intermediate piece being mounted integral with the base and the hood being hinged mounted on the intermediate piece so that said cover occupies two positions, a first position, said closure of the device, wherein the base and the cover define a substantially closed space between them and a second position, said opening of the device , in which the cover is retracted inside the base, in which said cover is configured to be locked in the open position - reciprocally in the closed position - by locking means comprising at least one outgrowth of material protruding of the intermediate piece.
• the packaging device for a cosmetic product comprises a base, an intermediate piece and a cover, the intermediate piece being mounted in the base and the cover being hingedly mounted on the intermediate piece so that the device occupies two positions, a first position, called closure, in which the base and the cover define a substantially closed space between them and a second position, called opening, in which the cover is retracted inside the basis, in which:
• the base serves as a means of gripping the device and seating for the intermediate part
• the cover is configured, on the one hand, to be locked in the open position - reciprocally in the closed position - and on the other hand, to switch, by a rotational movement, inside the base,
• the intermediate piece is intended to carry the cosmetic product and to make it accessible in the open position of the device.
• the packaging device further comprises locking means for retaining the cover in the open position - reciprocally in the closed position, the locking means being provided in the form of a protrusion of material protruding from the intermediate piece, the protrusion of material being intended to abut with the cover, the passage from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa, being done by a limited force exerted on the cover, in order to unlock the cover from its position without using an external tool.
• the invention makes it possible to control the tilting movement of the hood when the packaging device is opened.
• the invention makes it possible to control the locking of the cover both in the open position and in the closed position.
• the intermediate part comprises a rim, said at least one protrusion of material projecting from an outer face of the rim;
• said at least one protrusion of material projecting from the intermediate piece is in continuous abutment with an inner face of the cover during the progressive tilting of the cover inside the base from the closed position to the open position;
• the cover has at least one notch for receiving the projection of material protruding from the intermediate piece at the end of stroke of the cover to retain the cover in the open position;
• said at least one material protrusion cooperates with an edge of the cover to block said cover in the closed position
• the intermediate part comprises two concentric rims, respectively an outer rim and an inner rim, said at least one protrusion of material projecting from the inner face of the outer rim;
• said at least one protrusion of material is circumferentially quasi-continuous
• the outer rim and the inner rim of the intermediate piece are connected to each other by at least hinge means formed by two pins which determine an axis of rotation for the cover;
• the outer rim and the inner rim of the intermediate piece define between them an opening configured to allow the passage of the hood;
• the outer rim of the intermediate piece comprises at least one material projection intended to cooperate with at least one first lug of the cover to block said cover in the open position;
• the outer rim of the intermediate piece comprises at least one material projection intended to cooperate with at least one second lug of the cover to lock said cover in the closed position;
• the cover comprises a gripping means adapted to allow the handling of the cover so as to move it from its open position to its closed position, and vice versa, said gripping means constituting a stop to block the race the hood in the closed position as in the open position;
• the first lug and the second lug of the hood are arranged on either side of the gripping means;
• the intermediate part comprises retaining means which, intended to be engaged with the cosmetic product, extend radially inside the intermediate piece by defining between them at least one opening to allow casting of said cosmetic product.
• the intermediate piece has at least one rim, the said at least one rim having an outer face and an inner face,
• the cover has an outer face and an inner face
• the outer face of the cover has a gripping means being supported on the base, the gripping means being adapted to allow the handling of the cap so as to move it from its open position to its closed position, and Conversely, - The gripping means is located at the front on the outer face of the cover in the closed position of the device,
• the gripping means is adapted to serve as a stop to block the stroke of the hood in the closed position as in the open position, in particular by contact with an edge of the base or the intermediate piece,
• the protrusion of material projecting from the intermediate piece is in continuous abutment with the inner face of the cover during the progressive tilting of the cover inside the base from the closed position to the open position
• the inner face of the cover has a notch for receiving the projection of material protruding from the intermediate piece at the end of stroke of the cover, so as to retain the cover in the open position
• the notch is located at the front on the inside face of the hood in the closed position
• the notch and the protrusion of material are located opposite one another, along the transverse axis, diametrically opposite, in the closed position of the device,
• the protrusion of material is housed inside the notch, at the rear of the device, in the open position of the device.
• FIG. 1A is a perspective view showing a packaging device according to a first embodiment and illustrating the device with the cover in the closed position
• FIG. 1B is an exploded view of the main components of the device of FIG. 1A
• FIG. 1C is a section of the device of FIG. 1A by a vertical and longitudinal plane passing through the axis R of rotation of the cover,
• FIG. 2A illustrates the conditioning device of FIG. 1A with the cover in the open position
• FIG. 2B is an exploded view of the main components of the device of FIG. 2A,
• FIG. 2C is a cross-section of the device of FIG. 2A by a vertical and longitudinal plane passing through the rotation axis R of the hood,
• FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the base of the conditioning device of FIG. 2B
• FIG. 3B is a detailed view of the male hooking means of FIG. 3A.
• FIG. 4A is a view from the rear of the intermediate piece of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 4C is a view from below of the intermediate piece of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 4D is a perspective view from below of the intermediate piece of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 4E is a detailed view of the outgrowth of material projecting from the intermediate piece of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 5A is a side view of the cover of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 5B is a first perspective view of the cover of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 5C is a second perspective view of the cover of the packaging device according to the first embodiment
• FIG. 6A is a section through a vertical and transverse plane of the packaging device with the cover in the closed position by a vertical and transverse median plane passing through the locking means
• FIG. 6B is a detailed view of FIG. 6A
• FIG. 7A is a section of the packaging device with the hood in the open position by a vertical and transverse median plane passing through the locking means
• FIG. 7B is a detailed view of FIG. 7A
• FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views which represent a packaging device according to a second embodiment and which illustrate the device with the cover in the closed position and in the open position respectively,
• FIG. 10 is an exploded view of the main components of the packaging device according to this second embodiment.
• Figures 1 1 and 12 are respectively a front view and a sectional view along the vertical plane AA which, shown in Figure 1 1, passes through the locking means of the packaging device, with the cover in the closed position ,
• Figures 13 and 14 are respectively a side view and a sectional view along the vertical plane BB which, shown in Figure 13, passes through the axis R of rotation of the device cover according to Figures 8 to 10, with the hood in the closed position,
• FIGS 15 and 16 are respectively a front view and a sectional view along the vertical plane A-A, which, shown in Figure 14, passes through the locking means of the packaging device, with the cover in the open position,
• FIGS. 17 and 18 are respectively a side view and a sectional view along the vertical plane BB which, represented in FIG. 17, passes through the axis R of rotation of the cover of the device according to FIGS. 8 to 10, with the hood in the open position
• FIGS. 19 and 20 are respectively a perspective view and a view from above which show in detail the intermediate part of the device according to the second embodiment
• FIGS. 21 and 22 are views in section along the planes A-A and B-B in FIG. 20, which represent the intermediate part of the device according to the second embodiment,
• FIGS. 23 and 24 are respectively a side view of the hood of the device according to the second embodiment and a sectional view along the plane CC shown in FIG. 23 which illustrates in detail the first and second lugs intended to cooperate with the protrusion of the intermediate piece to lock the hood in the closed position and opening.
• the longitudinal and transverse orientations are determined in a fixed manner relative to the base of the device so that the open or closed position of the device does not affect said orientations.
• inside or “outside” and “internal” or “external” are used in relation to the device in general, and all particularly with respect to the intermediate piece and the base of the device in particular to designate an element located either inside or outside the intermediate piece or the base.
• the invention may also be used for any other type of cosmetic product that can be packaged in solid or pasty form, that is to say which does not spread outdoors, including blush, eye shadow, foundation, perfume or deodorant or antiperspirant products.
• FIGS. 1A to 7B A first embodiment of a packaging device 10 according to the invention which is more particularly illustrated in FIGS. 1A to 7B will be described below.
• the packaging device 10 is intended to be used for packaging a cosmetic product P, in particular a solid or pasty cosmetic product.
• the cosmetic product packaging device 10 comprises a base 20, an intermediate piece 30 intended to carry the cosmetic product P and a cap 40.
• the intermediate piece 30 is mounted integral with the base 20 by means of fixing means.
• the attachment between the intermediate part 30 and the base 20 is obtained by cooperation of shapes for example by elastic interlocking (or “clipping").
• the attachment between the intermediate part 30 and the base 20 is made by screwing or gluing or any other equivalent attachment means.
• the fastening means are able to bind axially at least, in the vertical direction, the intermediate piece 30 and the base 20.
• the packaging device 10 may comprise locking means in rotation of the intermediate part 30 relative to the base 20, separate from the fixing means.
• the intermediate part 30 is mounted in the base 20, the intermediate part 30 being partly received inside the base 20.
• the cover 40 is rotatably mounted relative to the intermediate part 30, integral with the base 20, by means of hinge means.
• the cover 40 is hingedly mounted on the intermediate part 30 so that the cover 40 occupies two positions, a first position, said closure of the device as shown in Figures 1A to 1C, wherein the base 20 and the hood 40 define a substantially closed space between them and a second position, said opening of the device as illustrated in Figures 2A to 2C, wherein the cap 40 is retracted inside the base 20.
• the device 10 is of substantially spherical shape.
• the device according to the invention can take a substantially cylindrical shape with rounded surfaces, an egg shape, ovals or the like.
• the base 20, illustrated in Figure 3A is made of plastic selected in particular in the group consisting of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polypropylene (PP) or styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN).
• ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• PP polypropylene
• SAN styrene-acrylonitrile
• the base is made by molding.
• the base 20 has substantially the shape of a hollow half-sphere and has an outer face 21 and an inner face 22.
• the inner face 22 is smooth.
• the outer face 21 may be smooth or may include reliefs.
• the outer face 21 may also be decorated, that is to say it may include personalization elements of the device 10.
• the base 20 has a first upper end 23 of the base 20 which is delimited circumferentially by an edge 123. This upper end 23 of the base 20 is open vertically upwards to receive the intermediate piece 30.
• this groove 24 designed to receive the intermediate piece 30. We find this groove 24 forming a shoulder over substantially the entire circumference of the base 20.
• the width of the groove 24, along the vertical axis V, is adapted to correspond to the width of a rim 31 of the intermediate part 30.
• the base 20 also has a second lower end 25 of the base 20 for gripping the device 10 according to the invention during the application of makeup, the lower end 25 of the base 20 further comprising a structure 26 which, forming a bottom, is designed to allow the stable positioning of the device 10 on a complementary surface, for example a flat surface, including a makeup artist, a table, a counter.
• a complementary surface for example a flat surface, including a makeup artist, a table, a counter.
• the base 20 comprises at least two hooking means 27, here male, intended to cooperate with at least two hooking means 38, here female, provided on the intermediate piece 30, so that the intermediate piece 30 is integral with the base 20 in the closing and opening positions of the device 10.
• the hooking means 27 and 38 are an example of fastening means for fixing together the intermediate piece 30 and the base 20, reversibly or not.
• each of the two hooking means 27 on the base 20 comprises, on the one hand, a centralizer 28 and, on the other hand, housings 29, lateral with respect to the centralizer 28.
• the two hooking means 27 are positioned substantially at the groove 24.
• the two male hooking means 27 are located at the inner face 22 of the upper end 23 of the base 20.
• the centralizer 28 is intended to be housed in a recess 38-3 cut in the material of a head 38-1 of the hooked means 38 female of the workpiece intermediate 30 so as to ensure the positioning of the intermediate part 30 on the base 20.
• the centralizer 28 can take any shape complementary to the shape of the recess 38-3.
• the technical form of the centering device 28 is adapted so that it can be inserted or housed in the corresponding shape of the recess 38-3.
• the technical form of the centering device 28, and consequently of the recess 38-3 is not of revolution so as to avoid any rotation of the intermediate part 30 with respect to the base 20.
• the centralizer 28 can assume a polygonal shape, in particular a substantially square, rectangular, triangular shape.
• a polygonal shape in particular a substantially square, rectangular, triangular shape.
• the lateral housings 29 have a shape complementary to that of the tongues 38-2 of each of the hooking means 38 of the females of the intermediate piece 30 so that the housings 29 and the tongues 38-2 cooperate together to maintain the intermediate piece 30 in position in the base 20.
• the non-revolution form of the centralizer 28 and the presence of the lateral housings 29 at the level of the base 20 allow - when they cooperate respectively with the recess 38-3 and the tongues 38-2 of the intermediate part 30 - to avoid any rotation of the intermediate piece 30 with respect to the base 20.
• the device 10 advantageously comprises rotation locking means which are furthermore formed by the centralizer 28.
• each of the two hooking means 27 located on the base 20 is a female hooking means intended to cooperate with one of the two male hooking means provided on the intermediate piece 30, so that the intermediate piece 30 is secured to the base 20 in the closing and opening positions of the device 10.
• the two hooking means 27 are arranged longitudinally on the left and on the right with respect to the base 20 of the device 10.
• the two hooking means 27 are positioned opposite one another longitudinally, diametrically opposed.
• the intermediate part 30 is made of plastic material chosen in particular from the group comprising acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polypropylene (PP) or styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN).
• ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• PP polypropylene
• SAN styrene-acrylonitrile
• the intermediate piece 30 is made by molding.
• the intermediate piece 30 comprises at least one rim 31 which has an outer face 32 and an inner face 33.
• the intermediate part 30 has the overall shape of a wheel.
• the intermediate piece 30 has radially inside retaining means which are intended to be engaged with the cosmetic product P, embedded in a block of solid or pasty cosmetic product P.
• the intermediate piece 30 has a plurality of spokes 34 which extend from a hub 35 to end at the inner face 33 of the rim 31.
• the spokes 34 extend from the hub 35 at equal angles to connect to the inner face 33 of the rim 31, otherwise the spokes 34 are distributed circumferentially in a regular manner.
• the spokes 34 and the hub 35 constitute the retaining means intended to be embedded, after casting, in a block of cosmetic product P to form a unitary subassembly.
• the width of the spokes 34 and the diameter of the hub 35 are chosen so as to create a suitable zone 36 on which the cosmetic product P is cast.
• This zone 36 on which the cosmetic product P is cast is circular when the device 10 is substantially spherical.
• This zone 36 thus comprises a lower face 36-1 and an upper face 36-2.
• the cosmetic product P is advantageously poured upside down on the zone 36 of the intermediate piece 30, that is to say that it is cast from the lower face 36-1 to the upper face 36-2 of zone 36, according to a hot pouring technique.
• gaps 37 between the spokes 34 determines at least one opening allowing the passage of the cosmetic product P through the intermediate part 30, the spokes 34 of which then allow to retain the cosmetic product P integral with the intermediate part 30.
• the zone 36 delimited by the rim 31 is recessed relative to the height of the rim 31. Area 36 is halfway up the rim 31.
• the hub 35 is raised along the vertical axis V, that is to say that in side view as shown in Figure 4A, it exceeds beyond an upper end of the rim 31 so as to stabilize the cast cosmetic product P.
• the rim 31 and the means 35 are therefore not coplanar and the spokes 34 connecting them have an inclination in the vertical direction.
• the cosmetic product P can be poured via the upper face 36-2 of the zone 36 of the intermediate piece 30.
• the zone 36 delimited by the rim 31 can be full. , that is to say do not have spokes 34.
• small notches are then present around the inner face 33 of the rim 31.
• the intermediate piece 30 further comprises at least two hooking means 38 located on the outer face 32 of the rim 31.
• the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate piece 30 are designed so as to position and hold the intermediate piece 30 in position in the base 20 on the one hand, and to ensure the tilting of the cap 40 around the axis of rotation (R) on the other hand, thus allowing the passage from the open position to the closed position of the device 10, and vice versa.
• Each of the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate piece 30 is a hooked female means.
• each of the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate part 30 may be a hooked male means.
• each of the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate piece 30 includes a head 38-1 and two tongues 38-2 located on either side of the head 38. -1, and a recess 38-3 cut into the material of the head 38-1.
• the recess 38-3 is configured to accommodate one of the two hooks 27 male of the base 20, and more particularly the centralizer 28 of the hooking means 27 male.
• the head 38-1 of the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate piece 30 has a rounded shape.
• the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate part 30 has a shape of omega ( ⁇ ).
• the head 38-1 of the two hooking means 38 provided on the intermediate piece 30 has a thickness, measured along the longitudinal axis L, sufficient to allow the passage of the cover 40.
• the thickness of the cover 40 allows the latter to swing in a rotational movement about an axis (R) of rotation defined by at least two hooking means 38 located at the intermediate part 30 and forming means of rotation. articulation of the hood 40.
• the rotational tilting is done via the head 38-1 hooking means 38 so that the cover 40 can be housed in the base 20 of the device 10.
• the intermediate part 30 further comprises locking means for retaining the cover 40 in the open position - reciprocally in the closed position.
• the locking means are provided in the form of at least one protrusion 39 of material projecting from the intermediate piece 30.
• the intermediate piece 30 has a protrusion 39 of material which has generally the shape of a hook as shown in Figure 4E.
• the two hooking means 38 are arranged longitudinally, respectively on the left and on the right with respect to the intermediate piece 30 of the device 10, as are the means hooked 27 relative to the base 20.
• the two hooking means 38 are thus positioned opposite each other longitudinally, diametrically opposed.
• the protrusion 39 of material protrudes from the outer face 32 of the rim 31, and more particularly the protrusion 39 of material is situated transversely to the rear of the outer face 32 of the rim 31.
• the tongues 38-2 and the corresponding lateral housings 29 are invisible to the eye of the user at the time of use of the cosmetic product P, because they are hidden in the base 20 of the device 10.
• the device 10 comprises a cap 40 which is rotatably mounted on the intermediate piece 30.
• the cover 40 is hingedly mounted so as to occupy two positions, a first position, referred to as a closure device 10, in which the base 20 and the cover 40 define a substantially closed space between them and a second position, said opening of the device 10, in which the cover 40 is retracted, by a rotational movement about an axis (R) of rotation, inside the base 20.
• the cover 40 is configured to be locked in the open position and vice versa in the closed position of the packaging device 10.
• the cover 40 has substantially the shape of a hollow half-sphere and has an outer face 41 and an inner face 42.
• the inner face 42 of the cover 40 is smooth.
• the inner face 42 is devoid of relief so as not to damage the surface of the cast cosmetic product and housed inside in the closed position of the device 10.
• the inner face 42 of the cover 40 has a notch 47 for receiving the end of the cover 40 the protruding projection 39 of the projecting material of the intermediate part 30, so as to retain the cover 40 in the open position.
• the notch 47 is located on the inside face 42, transversely at the front of the cover 40 in the closed position of the device 10.
• the outer face 41 may be smooth or may include reliefs.
• the outer face 41 may also be decorated, that is to say it may include personalization elements of the device.
• the cover 40 has a first end, said upper end 43 of the cover 40. This upper end 43 of the hood
• the cover 40 has a second end, said lower end 44 of the cover 40.
• This lower end 44 of the cover 40 is open so as to cover and protect the cosmetic product P in the closed position of the device 10.
• the notch 47 is positioned in the vicinity of an edge 144 of the lower end 44 of the cover 40.
• the gripping means 45 is advantageously used to move the cover 40 from its open position to its closed position, and vice versa.
• the handle means 45 forming a handle here takes the form of a hook, substantially shaped "L".
• the means 45 for gripping is able to bear, here on the base 20.
• the gripping means 45 is intended to serve as a stop for blocking the stroke of the cover 40 in the closed position as in the open position, by contact with the edge 123 of the base 20.
• the cover 40 is configured to switch in a rotational movement about an axis (R) of rotation defined by at least two hooking means 38 forming the articulation means located on the intermediate part 30.
• the rotational tilting of the cover 40 is via the head 38-1 hooking means 38 so that the cover 40 can be housed in the base 20 of the device 10, that is to say to inside the base 20.
• the cover 40 has two connecting zones 46.
• the two connection zones 46 situated on the cover 40 each have a shape complementary to that of the head 38-1 of the hooked means 38 located at the level of the intermediate piece 30, so as to ensure the articulation of the cover 40 on the intermediate part 30 and to allow the cover to tilt from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa.
• the particular form of the hooking means 38 that is to say the omega ( ⁇ ) shape, participates in facilitating the assembly of the cover 40 on the hooking means 38 of the intermediate piece 30.
• the shape of omega ( ⁇ ) thus reduces the risk of rupture of the end of the connection zones 46 located on the hood 40 during insertion of the hooking means 38 in the connection zones 46, while allowing the articulation of the cover 40 on the intermediate part 30, thanks to the rounded shape of the head 38-1 which comes to marry the complementary shape of said connecting zones 46 of the cover 40.
• connection zones 46 are arranged longitudinally on the left and on the right with respect to the cover 40 of the device 10, as are the means for hanging 27 males. relative to the base 20 and the hook means 38 females relative to the intermediate part 30.
• the two connecting zones 46 are positioned opposite one another longitudinally, diametrically opposed.
• the gripping means 45 is arranged perpendicular to one or the other of the two connection zones 46 on the cover 40, here in the middle between the two connection zones 46.
• notch 47 and the protrusion 39 of material are located opposite each other, along the transverse axis (T), in the closed position of the device 10, otherwise known as notch 47 and the protrusion 39 of material are diametrically opposed in the closed position of the device 10.
• the protrusion 39 of material is in abutment with the cover 40.
• the cover 40 is thus locked in the closed position thanks to the protrusion 39 of material which cooperates with the cover 40 to retain it in the closed position.
• the notch 47 is located transversely to the front of the device 10, on the inner face 42 of the cover 40, in the vicinity of the edge 144.
• the transition from the closed position to the open position is by a limited force exerted on the cover 40, so as to unlock the cover 40 from its initial position.
• the user unblocks the cover 40 through the gripping means 45 located transversely at the front in the closed position of the device 10.
• the protrusion 39 of material projecting from the intermediate piece 30 is in continuous abutment with the face 42 inside the hood 40.
• the protrusion 39 of material cooperates with the inside face 42 of the cover 40.
• the protrusion 39 of material is constituted by a lug made integrally from the intermediate part 30.
• a constraint is exerted permanently on the lug comprising the protrusion 39 of material, said constraint ceasing to be exerted when one or the other of said closing or opening positions is reached by the cover 40.
• the protrusion 39 of material is then received in the notch 47 made recessed in the inner face 42 and ceases to be constrained.
• the cover 40 is then locked in the open position by the protrusion 39 of material since the maneuver in the opposite direction, to tilt the cover 40 from the open position to the closed position, can only be carried out applying on cover 40 a force sufficient to bring out the protrusion 39 of material out of the notch 47 by putting it again under stress against the inner face 42 of the cover 40.
• the user must then apply sufficient force on the hood 40 so that the protrusion 39 of material crosses again the edge 144 of the cover 40 and that, in contact with the inner face 42, said protrusion 39 of material carried by the leg is under stress.
• the gripping means 45 determines the stopping of the stroke of the hood 40 coming to rest at the rear of the device on the edge 123 of the base 20.
• the protrusion 39 of material which is no longer in abutment with the inner face 42 of the cover 40, is then located inside the notch 47 which allows the cover 40 to be locked in the open position.
• the user To effect the passage from the open position to the closed position, the user must apply a force preferably through the gripping means 45 to unlock the cover 40, that is to say to cause the exit of the outgrowth 39 of material out of the notch 47.
• the protrusion 39 of material is then again in continuous abutment with the inner face 42 of the cover 40, until the gripping means 45 bears against the front of the device on the edge 123 of the base 20.
• the protrusion 39 of material returns to its starting position, that is to say that it is in abutment with the cover 40, as illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B, positioned under the edge 144 of the hood 40.
• the cover 40 is therefore likely to occupy at least one intermediate position between said closed and open positions.
• the intermediate position is a stable position, the cover 40 being held in position by friction due to the force applied by the protrusion 39 against the inner face 42 of the cover 40.
• a second embodiment according to the invention will be described below of a device 10 for packaging a cosmetic product P, in particular for a solid or pasty cosmetic product.
• the cosmetic product packaging device P mainly comprises a base 20, an intermediate part 30 and a cover 40, illustrated in exploded detail in FIG.
• the intermediate piece 30 is intended to form a support for the cosmetic product P, for example a block with which the intermediate piece 30 forms after casting of the product a unit subset.
• the intermediate piece 30 is mounted integral with the base 20.
• the fastening means intervening between the intermediate piece 30 and the base 20 are made in the form of an elastic interlocking or "clipping".
• the base 20 has an edge 123 provided with at least one annular bead 127 which projects outwardly from the outer face 21. As illustrated in particular in Figure 10, the bead 127 is here circumferentially continuous, alternatively discontinuous.
• the edge 123 further comprises a shoulder 124 formed in the outer face 21.
• the bead 127 constitutes a male type hooking means which is intended to cooperate with a complementary female type hooking means, here a groove 138.
• the intermediate part 30 thus comprises at least one groove 138 forming a hooking means of the female type.
• the hooking means could be inverted so that the base 20 comprises the male-type hanging means, such as a bead, and the hook-type means such as a groove is provided on the intermediate part 30.
• the intermediate piece 30 has a different design from that of the first embodiment.
• the intermediate part 30 comprises two concentric rims, respectively an outer rim 131 and an inner rim 231.
• the outer rim 131 has an outer face 132 and an inner face 133, respectively, while the inner rim 231 has an outer face 232 and an inner face 233.
• the groove 138 is formed in the inner face 133 of the outer rim 131.
• the fixing of the intermediate piece 30 on the base 20 made here by elastic interlocking is a reversible operation, allowing subsequent disassembly.
• Such disassembly may, for example, make it possible to change the intermediate piece 30 carrying the cosmetic product P, in particular for the purpose of reloading the device 10 when the cosmetic product P has been totally used.
• the intermediate piece 30 and the base 20 are not locked in rotation here with respect to each other.
• the locking in rotation of the intermediate part 30 relative to the base 20 may result from the choice of fastening means or be obtained by different means.
• the outer rim 131 is arranged outside the base 20, is positioned at the edge 123 of the base 20, while the inner rim 231 extends radially inside the base 20.
• the outer rim 131 advantageously forms a belt that surrounds the upper end 23 of the base 20.
• the cover 40 is hingedly mounted on the intermediate part 30, said cover 40 is rotatably mounted about the axis R of rotation which extends in the longitudinal direction of the trihedron (L, V, T).
• the outer rim 131 and the inner rim 231 of the intermediate part 30 are connected to each other at least by means hinge.
• the articulation means are formed by two journals 238 which determine said axis R of rotation of the cover 40.
• the cover 40 has two connecting zones 46 which are intended to be mounted on the journals 238 to ensure rotational mounting of the cover 40 along the axis R.
• the outer rim 131 of the intermediate part 30 comprises two flanges 135 arranged at the level of the journals 238 and each intended to mask aesthetically, after mounting of the cover 40 on the intermediate part 30, one of said connection zones 46.
• an opening 140 configured to allow the passage of the cap 40, including its retraction inside the base 20 during an opening maneuver, from the closed position to the open position of the device 10.
• the outer rim 131 and the inner rim 231 of the intermediate piece 30 are not coplanar, the inner rim 231 being offset vertically upwardly relative to the outer rim 131.
• the cover 40 is capable of occupying at least two positions:
• FIGS. 11 and 13 a first position, called closure of the device 10, in which the base 20 and the cover 40 define a space substantially closed to each other and which is particularly illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 13, and
• the cover 40 is configured to be locked in the open position, reciprocally in the closed position, by means of locking means.
• the groove means carried by the intermediate part 30 are intended to cooperate with said cover 40 to selectively ensure the locking position.
• the locking means comprise at least one protrusion 39 of material projecting from the intermediate piece 30.
• said at least one projection 39 protrudes from the inner face 133 of the outer rim 131 of the intermediate piece 30.
• said at least one protrusion 39 of material here is not in contact with the inner face 42 of the cover 40 during opening or closing maneuvers so that the cover 40 is free between said closing and opening positions.
• the articulation means of the cover 40 are configured to enable control of the tilting and so that the movement is carried out gradually.
• the articulation means of the cap 40 furthermore formed by each connecting zone 46 engaged on a pin 238 are for example configured to obtain a friction so as to avoid any sudden tilting of the cap 40.
• the device 10 comprises guide means 146 for guiding the cover 40 during its displacement between said closing and opening positions, and vice versa.
• the guide means 146 are arranged at the level of the articulation means of the cap 40 on the intermediate piece 30.
• the guide means 146 are arranged inside the flanges 135 that includes the outer rim 131 of the intermediate part 30.
• the guide means 146 are configured to cooperate with the connection zones 46 that the cover 40 comprises.
• the guide means 146 have a generally circular shape and are received inside means 246 complementary formed in said connection areas 46 and which are more particularly visible in Figure 23.
• the complementary means 246 internally delimit a track with which cooperate said guide means 146 of circular shape.
• the protrusion 39 of material is generally circumferentially quasi-continuous, in fact the protrusion 39 is only interrupted at the means of articulation of the cover 40 with the intermediate part 30.
• Said at least one protrusion 39 of material protruding from the inner face 133 of the outer rim 131 cooperates with the cover 40 to block said cover 40, respectively in the closed position and in the open position.
• said at least one protrusion 39 of material will come into engagement with complementary means integral with the hood 40.
• said complementary means of the protrusion 39 are also formed by a protrusion of material.
• the cover 40 comprises at least one second lug 247 with which said at least one protrusion 39 of material of the intermediate part 30 is intended to cooperate to block said cover 40 in the closed position.
• the protrusion 39 of material projecting from the intermediate part 30 cooperates with complementary means, such as notches, formed recessed in the outer surface 41 of the cover 40.
• the cover 40 comprises a means 45 for gripping to allow the handling of the cap 40 so as to move it from its open position to its closed position, and vice versa.
• said gripping means 45 constitute a stop to block the stroke of the cover 40 in the closed position and in the open position as illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 13 and 9 and 17.
• the gripping means 45 is configured to provide such a stop abutment function and then cooperates with an edge 145 of the outer rim 131 of the intermediate piece 30 (and not with the edge 123 of the base 20 as in the first embodiment realization).
• the intermediate piece 30 is fitted by fitting on the base 20 so that the outer rim 131 covers the edge 123 of the base 20.
• the first lug 147 and the second lug 247 of the hood 40 are arranged vertically on either side of said gripping means 45 forming a handle for maneuvering the hood 40.
• the first lug 147 and the second lug 247 of the hood 40 are more particularly visible in Figures 23 and 24.
• the cover 40 is operated via the means 45 for gripping from the closed position to the open position of the cover 40.
• the user must apply a force to cross, at the second lug 247 of the cover 40, the protrusion 39 of material of the intermediate part 30 which previously ensured the locking of the cap 40 in the closed position.
• the cover 40 is then tilted backwards, rotated by the user around the journals 238 until reaching the open position when the first lug 147 passes the protrusion 39 in order to lock the cover 40 in position d 'opening.
• the user In order for the cover 40 to leave the open position, the user must apply a suitable force so that the first lug 147 crosses again the protrusion 39 in the opposite direction, the cover 40 can then be maneuvered freely to the closing position.
• the intermediate piece 30 comprises retaining means 134 which, intended to be in engagement with the cosmetic product P, extend radially inside the intermediate piece 30 delimiting between them at least one opening 137 to allow casting of said cosmetic product P.
• the retaining means are constituted by arms 134, for example here four in number, which extend radially inwards, from the inner face 233 of the inner rim 231.
• each arm 134 Opposite the end connected to the inner rim 231, the other end of each arm 134 is free so that the arms 134 delimit between them and centrally different interstices together forming said at least one opening 137 intended to allow the pouring of the cosmetic product P.
• the opening 137 extends here in the center of the intermediate part 30 and between each of the arms 134, said opening 137 of passage here generally having the shape of a "cross As shown in plan view in FIG.
• the arms 134 are provided with at least one rib 234, preferably two ribs 234 which extend vertically from a lower face 236 of each arm 134.
• the arms 134 extend in a generally "S" shaped curvilinear profile.
• the intermediate piece 30 comprises at least one protrusion 39 which is integral with the inner rim 231. Said at least protrusion 39 then extends projecting from the outer face 232 of the inner rim 231.
• said at least one protrusion 39 is not circumferentially quasi-continuous over the entire periphery of the inner rim 231 but is in the form of a stud, advantageously located at the free end of a leg such as in the first embodiment.
• the protrusion 39 may or may not be in permanent contact, that is to say under stress, with the inner face 42 of the cover 40 when said cover 40 is maneuvered between the closed and open positions.
• the cover 40 has a complementary portion of said at least one protrusion 39 to form the cap locking means 40 in the closed position and in the open position.
• the cover 40 then comprises at least one notch formed in the inner face 42 and into which the protrusion 39 engages to ensure the locking in position of the cover 40.
• the cover 40 may for example comprise two notches made in the inner face 42, said notches being diametrically opposed, here in the transverse direction, respectively being associated with the locking of the cover 40 in one of said closing and opening positions.
• the complementary part of the locking means cooperating with the protuberance 39 according to such a variant is then advantageously not visible in the closed position of the cover 40 as are by comparison in the second embodiment the lugs 147 and 247 present on the outer face 41, in the vicinity of the means 45 for gripping.

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