GB2359804A

GB2359804A - Cosmetic container having a cover assembly provided with a magnifying effect

Info

Publication number: GB2359804A
Application number: GB0004991A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Yi-Hung Lin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-03-01
Filing date: 2000-03-01
Publication date: 2001-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 2020-03-01
Also published as: GB0004991D0; GB2359804B

Description

1 1 2359804 TITLE: COSMETIC CONTAINER HAVING A COVER ASSEMBLY PROVIDED

WITH A MAGNIFYING EFFECT The invention relates to a cosmetic container, more particularly to a cosmetic container having a cover assembly provided with a magnifying effect.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, a conventional cosmetic container 1 is shown to include a container body 101 having a chamber unit 103 that is adapted to receive cosmetic substances 104 therein and that is formed with an externally threaded portion 105, and a cover assembly 102 that has an internally threaded portion 106 mounted detachably on the threaded portion 105 of the container body 101 so as to close the chamber unit 103.

Some disadvantages that result from the use of the aforesaid conventional cosmetic container 1 reside in that the cover assembly 102 is monotonous in appearance and cannot enhance aesthetic appeal of the cosmetic substances contained in the container body 101.

Therefore, the main object of this invention is to provide a cosmetic container having a cover assembly provided with a magnifying effect so as to solve the aforesaid disadvantages that are generally associated with the conventional cosmetic container.

Accordingly, the cosmetic container of the present invention includes a container body and a cover assembly. The container body has a chamber unit that 2 is adapted to receive cosmetic substances therein. The cover assembly is mounted removably on the container body so as to close the chamber unit. The cover assembly has a cover body unit and a magnifying glass unit that is attached to the cover body unit and that is adapted to form enlarged images of the cosmetic substances thereon.

The cover assembly provides enhanced aesthetic appeal of the cosmetic substances received in the chamber unit.

Other features and advantages of this invention will become more apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of this invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an exploded view of a conventional cosmetic container; Figure 2 is a sectional view of the conventional cosmetic container; Figure 3 is an exploded view of the first preferred of a cosmetic container according to the present invention; Figure 4A is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment; Figure 4B is a schematic sectional view illustrating a connection between a container body and a cover assembly of the first preferred embodiment; 3 Figure 5 is an exploded view of the second preferred of a cosmetic container according to the present invention; Figure 6 is a sectional view of the second preferred embodiment; Figure 7 is a sectional view of the third preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention; and Figure 8 is a sectional view of the fourth preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention.

Referring to Figures 3, 4A, and 4B, a first preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container 10 according to the present invention is shown to include a container body 11 and a cover assembly 12.

As illustrated, the container body 11 has a chamber unit 111 that is formed therein and that is adapted to receive cosmetic substances therein, and an externally threaded portion 112.

The cover assembly 12 is mounted removably on the container body 11 so as to close the chamber unit 111. The cover assembly 12 has a cover body unit 121 and a magnifying glass unit 122 that is attached to the cover body unit 121 and that is adapted to form enlarged images of the cosmetic substances thereon.

The chamber unit 111 includes a chamber 113. The cover body unit 121 includes an annular cover body 123 4 that defines a circular hole 126 therein and that has an open top section 124 with an annular engagement recess 125. The magnifying glass unit 122 includes a circular magnifying glass 127 formed at a central portion thereof and an annular insert section 128 at a peripheral portion thereof. The insert section 128 is press-fitted into the circular hole 126 of the cover body 123 in such a manner that a radially and outwardly extending protrusion 129 of the magnifying glass 127 engages the engagement recess 125 in the cover body 123. When the cover assembly 12 is mounted on the container body 11, the magnifying glass unit 122 of the cover assembly 12 will form enlarged images of the cosmetic substances in the container body 11 so as to enhance consumer appeal.

Referring to Figures 5 and 6, a second preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container 10 of the present invention is shown to be similar to the first preferred embodiment in structure, except that the cover assembly 12' has a cover body unit 12 1' and a magnifying glass unit 1221 integrally formed with the cover body unit 1211.

Figure 7 shows a third preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container 30 of the present invention which is generally similar to the previous embodiments in structure except that the container body 31 and the cover assembly 32 are rectangular in cross section.

Referring to Figure 8, in a fourth preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container 40 of the present invention, the container body 41 has two opposite side surfaces 413, 414. The chamber unit includes two chambers 411, 412 that are formed respectively in the side surfaces 413,414 of the container body 41. The cover body unit includes two annular cover bodies 42, 43 that are attached respectively and threadedly to the side surfaces 413, 414 of the container body 41. The magnifying glass unit includes two magnifying glasses 422,432 that are secured integrally and respectively within the cover bodies 42,43. The chamber unit is preferably provided with a radially and outwardly extending projection 416 which has a mounting hole 415 formed therethrough for mounting purposes.

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Claims

CLAIMS:

1. A cosmetic container characterized by:

a container body having a chamber unit that is formed therein and that is adapted to receive cosmetic substances therein; and a cover assembly mounted removably on the container body so as to close the chamber unit, the cover assembly having a cover body unit and a magnifying glass unit that is attached to the cover body unit and that is adapted to form enlarged images of the cosmetic substances thereon.

2. The cosmetic container substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to and as illustrated in Figure 8 of the accompanying drawings.

2. The cosmetic container as defined in Claim 1, characterized in that the chamber unit includes a chamber, the cover body unit including an annular cover body that defines a circular hole therein, the magnifying glass unit including a circular magnifying glass that is press-fitted within the cover body.

3. The cosmetic container as defined in Claim 2, characterized in that the cover body is formed with an annular engagement recess, the magnifying glass being formed integrally with a radially and outwardly extending protrusion that engages the engagement recess.

4. The cosmetic container as defined in Claim 1, characterized in that the chamber unit includes a chamber, the cover body unit including an annular cover body that defines a circular hole therein, the 7 magnifying glass unit including a circular magnifying glass that is formed integrally within the cover body. 5. The cosmetic container as defined in Claim 1, characterized in that the container body has two opposite side surfaces, the chamber unit including two chambers that are formed respectively in the side surfaces of the container body, the cover body unit including two annular cover bodies that are attached respectively to the side surfaces of the container body, the magnifying glass unit including two magnifying glasses that are secured respectively within the cover bodies.

6. The cosmetic container substantially as described hereinbefore with reference to and as illustrated in Figures 3 to Figures 8 of the accompanying drawings.

8 Amendments to the claims have been riled as follows:

1 A cosmetic container comprising:

a base having two opposing side surfaces, each of which is formed integrally with an annular wall that defines an opening therein, the base further including an integral projection that is formed with a mounting hole therethrough; and two covers sleeved respectively and removably on the annular walls so as to close the openings, thereby defining two chambers, each of which is defined within a respective one of the annular walls and between the base and a respective one of the covers, the chambers being adapted to receive cosmetic substances therein, each of the covers being formed with an integral circular magnifying glass that is aligned with a respective one of the openings and that is adapted to form enlarged images of the cosmetic substances thereon, the projection of the base being exposed to the outside of the covers.