FR2896387A1 - Make-up kit comprises stack of boxes, each of which contains product, e.g. nail varnish or foundation, and applicator for it, boxes snap-fitting together or being connected by magnetic plates on them - Google Patents

Abstract

The make-up kit (1) comprises a stack of boxes (2 - 6), each of which contains a product, e.g. nail varnish or foundation, and an applicator for it. The boxes snap-fit together or are connected by magnetic plates on them and can be removed individually for use or storage.

Description

The present invention relates to a makeup kit.

  The makeup kit described comprises a set of independent components comprising for each solid products and dispensing capsules and application of liquid products.

  Each of the capsules comprises a reservoir, an applicator and a cap constituting a device for applying liquid products, including lipstick, nail polish, foundation and creams, to the skin.

  The make-up kit for the cosmetics sector would also make it possible to design kit systems for household cleaning products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals or paints. The object of the invention is to propose a kit that makes it possible to quickly and easily group together several components in a minimum closed volume, and to distribute the products contained inside the kit quickly and easily on the skin during use.

  The goal is to design inexpensive kits to achieve containing different or similar components in the same device.

  In the field of makeup, perfumery and cosmetics, it is common to sell to the public cases, compacts or capsules of lipstick or foundation. These products are generally packaged in pouches, flasks, cases or separate pots do not allow to register, once grouped in a device of unique shape and minimum size.

  These distribution means have a relatively high manufacturing cost given their use. Similarly, it is not possible to build, as and when shopping, a complete kit incorporating independent components that once assembled create a small container of homogeneous shape, each of the components having a shape complementary to the others . Thus, the container will occupy very little space in the bag of customers.

  The object of the invention is to facilitate the provision of kits of very different shapes and sizes enabling the simultaneous use of several independent components. To this end, the subject of the invention is a makeup kit comprising at least two casing parts that are movable relative to one another, said casing parts being able to be joined in a storage position, to form together a container defining at least two closed volumes in which are housed a plurality of applicator and makeup components, characterized in that at least one of the applicator components of the kit is detachable and independent of said envelope parts, and at least one of said casing parts comprises a housing of a shape adapted to receive one of said independent applicator components, said casings independent from each other and detachable being intended to be closed to constitute the container to the container; interior of which is contained all of said independent makeup components, said independent component being able to be extracted and separated. said envelope parts and said container, in a position of use, wherein said envelope portions are open and / or deployed.

  Advantageously, said envelope parts are independent and separable from each other, in a position of use or storage and contain at least one capsule dispensing and application of liquid products. At least one of the casing parts of the container is provided with a means of temporary fixing to at least one of the other casing parts, for example magnetic parts arranged respectively vis-à-vis over at least one of its outer faces, in storage position.

  The envelope parts contain different makeup components (dispensing capsule containing liquid product, mirror, pencil, small scissors, sponge, powder, ...). The form described by each of the envelope parts makes it possible to constitute a modular makeup kit of homogeneous shape inscribed in a closed volume.

  The makeup kit and all of its envelope parts can be mounted on the wall or on the door of a cabinet. For this purpose, the container thus formed by the meeting of different modules is temporarily suspended on the wall by means of a support acting as a metallic or plastic wall piece which will be screwed to the wall or on any other support (door,. ..). The user can thus position the kit near the shower or the sink and have various cosmetic products, including liquid products contained in the dispensing capsules and application, housed inside each envelope portion .

  Similarly, depending on its needs, the client can at any time build kits of greater or lesser size. Indeed, according to the number of envelope parts stacked and temporarily fixed to each other, it is possible to use a kit whose capacitance of products and independent components vary significantly. The user adds or removes one or more envelope parts, thereby changing the number of independent components housed within the aforementioned kit.

  According to other features, not shown, the casing parts comprise a screw cap, the temporary fixing system being placed on the upper face of said lid. In this variant, the customer opens one of the envelope parts of the modular kit by unscrewing the lid and separating it from the container. This is done without dismantling the entire modular kit. Thus, the cover is temporarily secured under the underside of the container of another casing portion, the container of said casing portion being temporarily attached to the top face of the cover of another casing portion. The modular kit is then split into two separate parts after separating, by unscrewing the lid and the container of one of the envelope parts.

  In another variant not shown, the casing parts comprise a pivot cover rotatable in a horizontal plane of said cover around the vertical axis of the pivot. Advantageously, the envelope parts joined to form the modular kit, can be opened independently of each other.

  For this purpose, it is sufficient to exert the opening of the housings of the casing parts by horizontal displacement of their respective covers around the vertical axis of the pivot at an angle of at least 90. The different casing parts open and present their housing while the casing parts located above and / or below at least one of said casing parts are stacked.

  A modular kit is thus obtained comprising two parts distributed in a position in which said shell portions are not plumb with each other and are off-axis. At any time, at least one of the aforementioned envelope parts can be closed by moving: in the opposite direction of the cover of said envelope portion about the vertical axis of the pivot, so that the two off-axis parts of the The kit returns to a position in which all of the envelope portions are stacked one above the other. The modular kit forming a container is removable and at least one of its detachable envelope parts.

  In another embodiment not shown, the shell portions each comprise a sliding cover. In this variant, the shell portions have an upper face corresponding to the outer face of the lid provided with a temporary fastening system, of the magnet or equivalent type, in order to position at least two of the parts of the envelope to the plumb one from the other. Advantageously, the upper face of at least one of the envelope parts is temporarily contiguous to the underside of another envelope portion.

  When the kit is made, the envelope parts are superimposed on each other. The opening of their housing is effected by sliding their cover so that the kit can open partially or completely. In an open position, the housing of at least one of the envelope parts is uncovered.

  Thus one or more housings can open and the envelope parts slide under each other. The modular kit stretches and expands horizontally in a staircase pattern. The horizontal extension of the casing parts as well as the diagonal extension of the modular kit make it possible to have the independent components at the same time, the casing parts then being open and temporarily fixed one under the other according to a staircase diagram. . At any time, the envelope parts can close to reposition themselves vertically one under the other and to the plumb.

  In another embodiment, not shown, the capsules are contained within the housings of the envelope portions. In this variant, the envelope parts do not group by stacking but by juxtaposition to form a modular kit of defined shape. Advantageously, when the kit is cylindrical in shape, the key envelope parts define, for each of them, a quarter of the volume of the cylinder in such a way as to create, once they are grouped together, a closed cylindrical volume. The four vertical modules admit for each two adjacent side walls substantially at right angles and a third wall describing a curved shape corresponding to a quarter circle. Capsules contained in the shell portions are removed from the container by opening the lid of each envelope portion.

  In another particular embodiment, not illustrated, the kit is in a cubic form. the envelope parts, four in number, define a vertical rectangular parallelepipedal module corresponding to a quarter of the volume of the cubic form of the modular kit, the temporary fastening systems being distributed laterally on at least one of the faces of the envelope parts . According to other features of the invention not shown, the shell parts are vertically embedded in one another. In this other variant, the profile of the base of the container of each envelope portion is adapted to fit within the profile defined by the lid of another part of the envelope, said container constituting a piece of type female while the lid corresponds to a male piece. In this case, the casing parts are embedded temporarily and independently of the magnet-type attachment system or equivalent. This variant is different from the aforementioned embodiments since the fastening system encapsulation replaces the temporary fastening system.

  The invention will be better understood, and other objects, details, features and advantages thereof will become more apparent in the following detailed explanatory description of several particular embodiments currently preferred, given for illustrative and non-limiting purposes only. nonlimiting, with reference to the attached schematic drawings in which:

  Figure 1 is a side view of the kit formed in the storage position;

  Figure 1A is a longitudinal sectional view of the kit when the envelope portions are joined together; Figure 1B is a cross-sectional view of the kit when the shell portions are joined together; Figure 1C is a top view of the kit formed;

  Figure 1D is a top sectional view of the kit with the top removed; Figure 1E: is a perspective view of the kit when the envelope parts are joined together; Figure 1F is an exploded perspective view of the kit of Figure 1E when the envelope portions are deployed;

  Figure 1G is a sectional view of all of the housing portions of the kit as they are deployed;

  Fig. 1H is a sectional view of all of the housing parts of the kit as they are deployed and their cover open;

  Figure 11 is a perspective view of all of the housing parts of the kit as they are deployed and their cover open;

  Figure 2 is a side view of a variant of an envelope portion of the kit;

  Figure 2A is a sectional view from above of the variant of Figure 2, the top having been torn off;

  Figure 2B is a side sectional view of the variant of the envelope portion when the capsules are housed within the container;

  Figure 2C is a side sectional view of the variant of the envelope portion when the lid is open;

  Figure 2D is a top view of the variant of the envelope portion;

  Figure 3 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1E but showing: a smaller kit made from four envelope parts;

  Figure 4 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1E but showing a smaller kit made from three parts of the envelope;

  finally, Figure 5 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1E but showing a smaller kit made from two parts of the envelope.

  In Figure 1, there is shown a modular makeup kit 1 for containing a plurality of shell portions 2 to 6 each having a particular function. The modular kit 1 consists of 6 parts of envelope stacked on each other and temporarily fixed to each other. Each envelope portion comprises on at least one of its outer faces a temporary fastening element, magnet or equivalent type respectively arranged vis-à-vis on at least one of the sides of said envelope parts. The casing portions 2 and 6 define a smaller volume than those forming the casing portions 3 to 5. The capacity of the casing portions varies depending on the number and volumetric specificity of the independent components contained in the casing portions. housing 9.

  In Figure 1A, it is noted that the shell portions 2 to 6 are fixed one above the other. Each module 2 to 6 constitutes an envelope portion and can attach to any other module and be separated at any time. The casing portions 2 and 6 each have a housing 9 extending within the volume of said casing portions. The housing 9 opens on its upper face which constitutes the lid 7. The other shell parts 3 to 5 also comprise a housing 7 which extends over the entire height of said envelope parts,

  The components 11 to 15 conform to the shape of the housings 9 parts of envelope 2 and 6 which fit into each other, or the shaped bottom 16 of flexible material, arranged at the bottom of the housing 9 parts d 3 to 5. In the storage position, the casing parts 2 to 6 form a modular kit 1 defining a vertical container each of said casing parts constituting a closed volume inside which are housed multiple components of independent makeup 11 to 15.

  The envelope portion 2 corresponds to a powder compact and has a lid 7 fixed by one of its sides to the container 8 defining together the aforementioned housing. The casing portion 2 is intended to receive in its housing 9 at the same time a mirror 11, a compact piece of powder 13 and an applicator 12 of planar shape absorbent cottony material or equivalent. The mirror 11 fixed under the cover 7 occupies the upper part of the housing 9, while the compact piece of powder 13 and the applicator 12 are located in its lower part. In a variant not shown, the envelope portion 2 comprises two housings 9 distributed horizontally and arranged one above the other. In this case, the mirror 11 and the compact part 13 may be contained in a first high housing, while the applicator 12 will be positioned in a second low housing. In this variant, the two housings are separated by means of an intermediate cover.

  In FIG. 1B, there is shown a modular kit 1 and the shell parts 2 to 6 which are provided with a detachable fastening means 10, for example magnetized parts, intended to come against conjugated magnetic parts on the face outer cover 7 and / or on the underside of the containers 8 of said shell portions. Of course, the detachable magnetic fastening means could be replaced by any other suitable fastening means. The lid 7 is provided on one of its sides with a small hinge 17 adapted to allow the opening of the housing 9 by rotation of said cover. A small protrusion or a micro-cavity 18 located under the edge of the lid allows a good grip. Thus, the user can open the modular kit 1 and the shell portions 2 to 6 to extract the independent makeup components 11 to 15.

  In addition, such a device facilitates the transport and storage of the independent makeup components 11 to 15, because many of these components can be sold inside the device which also serves as a protective packaging. The overall size of the makeup components is also optimized in this type of device. Thus, the manufacturer, by grouping similar devices save storage space, the constituent elements of the container being nestable. The seller will be able to provide large shelves to store the devices in height, by stacking. Once presented, the containers can be purchased without being assembled and build as and when the purchases made by the user.

  In Figure 1C, the modular kit 1 is in plan in a square shape. The lid 7 comprises in its central part a temporary fastening element 10 of magnet type or equivalent.

  As best seen in FIG. 1D, the independent components 14 corresponding to liquid product application capsules are housed horizontally inside the housing 9 of the shell parts 3 to 5. The capsules rest on a flexible support 16 acting as a wedging element of said capsules. In FIG. 1E, the modular make-up kit 1 has a parallelepipedal shape, comprising six envelope portions 2 to 6, with a rectangular or square section. In particular, the casing portion 2 corresponding to a powder compact and the casing portion 6 intended to contain flat applicator components 15 of the sponge or equivalent type for diffusing, in particular, products for removing makeup, are of rectangular or square section, substantially flat. Likewise, the shell portions 3 to 5 for receiving liquid product application capsules 14 are flat.

  In FIG. 1F, it can be seen that the modular kit 1 and the casing parts 2 to 6 are detached from each other. Each envelope portion 2 to 6 comprises on at least one of its sides a temporary fastening element 10 of magnet type or equivalent. This element 10 fixed on the outer face of the cover 7 makes it possible to fix the different parts of the envelope 2 to 6 one below the other, the modular kit 1 being thus composed as and when the addition of other parts of the 'envelope.

  In Figure 1G, it is noted that the shell portions 2 to 6 are disengaged. Each module corresponding to an envelope portion can attach to any other module of the kit or be detached. The envelope portions 2 to 6 are brought together in a minimum space. The vertical container 1 has small dimensions and at least two parts of the envelope. The number of liquid product application capsules 14 varies.

  Figure 1H shows in section the modular kit 1 when the shell parts 2 to 6 are open. The hinged cover 17 allows the opening of the housing 9 of each envelope portion 2 to 6. The capsules 14 housed inside the envelope parts 3 to 5 are extracted from their housing 9 independently of the other capsules contained therein. inside the other envelope parts. Likewise, each envelope portion 2 to 6 is extracted and opened independently of the other envelope parts of the modular kit.

  Figure 11 illustrates in perspective the different parts of the envelope 2 to 6 separated and open. The temporary fastening system 10 promotes differentiated and fast uses of the envelope parts.

  FIG. 2 shows one of the faces of another embodiment of the envelope portions 3 to 5. In this variant, the envelope portion is in plan in a square shape. However, it can and according to another variant not shown to be circular. A temporary fastening system 10 of magnet or equivalent type is fixed on at least one of the outer faces of said envelope portion.

  Figure 2A, still shows us the embodiment of the envelope portion shown in Figure 2 and containing liquid product application capsules 14. In this variant, the capsules 14 are housed vertically inside the housing 9. This arrangement, which is different from the previous ones, requires a greater height of the envelope portion. The capsules 14 rest on a flexible support 16 of foam or equivalent type capable of stabilizing said capsules. Each envelope portion can thus contain four capsules 14, one of which includes, where appropriate, small accessories (pencil, tweezers, ...).

  Figure 2B shows the envelope portion of Figure 2A seen from the side. Note that the envelope portion described is in a substantially square planar shape. Thus, all of said envelope portion describes a closed volume of substantially cubic shape.

  In FIG. 2C, the dimensions of the envelope portion are larger than in FIGS. 1 to 1 I. Indeed, the number of capsules 14 is larger. Where appropriate and in a variant not shown, the envelope portion may contain 6 capsules.

  Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 illustrate different examples of modular kits of substantially different sizes obtained by stacking different shell portions 2 to 6.

  Figure 3 shows a modular kit formed from four shell portions of different thickness. the envelope parts 2 to 4 and 6 are thus combined.

  FIG. 4 shows another variant of a modular kit comprising three parts of casing 2, 3 and 6.

  Finally, FIG. 5 illustrates a modular kit comprising the shell portions 2 and 6. In this variant, the kit does not include any liquid product application capsule 14. Thus, the variation in the number of stacked envelope parts reveals different capacity of the entire modular kit. Although the invention has been described in connection with several particular embodiments, it is obvious that it is not limited thereto and that it comprises all the technical equivalents of the means described and their combinations if they is within the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

claims   Makeup kit (1) comprising at least two casing parts (2-6) movable relative to each other, said casing parts being able to be joined in a storage position, to constitute together a container defining at least two closed volumes in which are housed a plurality of applicator and makeup components, characterized in that at least one of the applicator components (11-15) of the kit (1) is detachable and independent of said parts envelope (2-6), and in that at least one of said shell portions (2-6) has a housing (9) shaped to receive one of said independent applicator components (11-15), said mutually independent and detachable shell portions (2-6) being intended to be closed to form the container within which all of said independent makeup components (11-15) are contained, said independent component being able to be being extracted and spaced apart from the above-mentioned envelope parts and container, in a position of use, wherein said envelope parts are opened and / or deployed. 2 - makeup kit according to claim 1, characterized in that said shell portions are detachable and independent of each other, in the positions of use and storage. 3 - makeup kit according to one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that it comprises at least two parts of the envelope (2-6) adapted to temporarily attach to each other and to constitute by stacking a volume closed, in storage position. 4 - Makeup kit according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each part of the casing has on at least one of its sides a fixing means (10) for its temporary attachment to at least one of the other parts d envelope (2-6), for example by embedding or from magnetic parts respectively arranged vis-a-vis on said envelope parts, in the storage position. 5 - makeup kit according to claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least one of said shell portions (2-6) has a housing (9) adapted to receive an independent applicator component (11-15) to be enclosed in the container in storage position. 6 - makeup kit according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each envelope portion (2-6) comprises a lid (7) on hinge (17), a container (8) defining a housing ( 9), and a small protrusion or micro-cavity (18) being intended to allow a good grip of the lid (7) by its edge, during the opening of the envelope portion (2-6). 7- makeup kit according to claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it may comprise at least one application capsule (14) of liquid products disposed horizontally or vertically inside the housing (9) and adapted to s insert into one of the envelope parts (3-5) in the storage position. 8- makeup kit according to claim 7, characterized in that the housing (9) of the shell portions (3-5) for receiving at least one application capsule (14) comprises a flexible support (16) located at the bottom of the container (8), said support being able to stabilize said capsule inside said envelope part. Makeup kit according to Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the envelope part (2) acts as a powder compact and has in its housing (9) a mirror (11) fixed on the inside of the cover ( 7), a compact piece of powder (13) located at the bottom of the container (8) and an applicator (12) of flat shape of cottony material or equivalent placed above the compact makeup piece. Makeup kit according to claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the shell part (6) has in its housing (9) at least one flat applicator (15) of the absorbent type or equivalent containing, if appropriate, the liquid product.20