US1567735A

US1567735A - Toilet case

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Publication number: US1567735A
Application number: US712257A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hirshbein Helen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-05-10
Filing date: 1924-05-10
Publication date: 1925-12-29
Anticipated expiration: 1942-12-29

Description

Dec. 29 1925. 1,567,735

H. HIRS'HBEIN TOILET CASE Filed May 10, 1924 wg y Patented Dec.v 29, 1925.

UNlTE!) sT rEs HELEN HIRSHBEIN. OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

TOILET CASE.

Application filed May 10, 1924. Serial No. 712,257.

To all whom it may 007106771.

Be it known that I, HELEN HIRSHBEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toilet Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to the construction of toilet cases such as are sup plied. with cosmetics and a small mirror and intended to be carried in a purse or handbag or other place of easy accessibility and convenient use.

The invention includes a compartment for loose or compact powder which is supplied with a closure member adapted to be easily opened for access to the compartment. the closure member being preferably of the iris diaphragm type. The invention also includes a hinged holder for rouge or the like which can be swung outwardly from an edge of the container lid for use and can be folded inwardly against the inner surface of the cover member when not in use. The lid or cover member for the container proper is preferably of the hinged type and is supplied with a mirror, the space between the mirror and the closure member for the powder serving to receive and hold a powder pufi.

In the drawings, in which a preferred embodiment of the invention has been selected for illustration,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a toilet case embodying the invention and with the cover member and rouge-contain.- ing receptacle arranged in opening position, the cover member for the powder compartment being closed.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the rouge container folded into its closed position and the closure member for the powder compartment in its open posi tion.

Figure 3 is a view in plan with the parts in position similar to those shown in Figure 2 except that the closure member of the powder compartment is in a partially open position.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line H of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description of the invention, a toilet or vanity case is shown having a main body portion 10 in the form of a shallow recept-acle provided with a cover member 11. hinged at 12 to the upper edge of the bod portion. The body portion 10 is designed to provide a compartment or container for powder 13 which preferably is provided in loose or pulverulent condition but which may be in the form of a cake or compact if desired.

In order to close the compartment containing the powder 13 when the powder is not being put to use a cover or closure member 14 is provided for the powder compartment, the closure member being preferably in the form of an iris diaphragm operable to increase or decrease the size of the ccntral opening 15 through a small knob menr ber 16 operable in an arcuate slot 1" i adjacent to the hinge 12 of the device. The

leaves of the diaphragm 14: are hinged be"

tween plates

17 and 18 which are in turn held between the upper edge of an annularangle or L-shaped member 19 and a similar but more shallow angle member 20 whose upper edge is fiuslrwith the upper edge of the main shell or body member 10. In order to provide clearance for the operation of the knob member 16 in actuating the diaphragm leaves, the upper angle member 20 is broken away as at 21 at both ends of the arcuate slot 17. It will be seen that the movement of the knob 16 in the slot correspondingly increases or decreases the size of the opening 15 in the iris diaphragm and that when the diaphragm leaves are moved to the closed position indicated in. Figure 1 of the drawing that the poWder-containi11g compartment is closed. On the other hand the movement of the leaves to their expanded or open position indicated in Figure 2 of the drawing, opens the powder compartment and provides access to the mass of material therein.

In the cover member 11 there is mounted a mirror 22 Which may be held in position by means of a frame member 23 as indicated. At the right-hand side of the member 11 as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing there is mounted in hinged relation to the edge of the cover member a relatively small rouge-holding container 24: which is shown in open position in Figure l and in closed position in Figure 2. The container 24; when swung to its closed position is latched or fastened to a cross bar 25 of the mirror-holding frame piece 23 through the engagement of a button 26 on the cross bar 25 with an opening 27 formed in a lug or handle member 28 extending from an edge of the container 24-. By this construction the container is securely held in its folded position and remains in this position until deliberately moved to its open position by the user. In order to accommodate the rouge container 24 when the lid member 11 of the case 10 is folded into its closed position the righthand side of the container body as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing is provided with a cut-out portion 29 which receives the hinged side of the rouge container 24 when the main lid ll is closed down toward the body portion 10 as will be seen.

A toilet case constructed in accordance with the device shown and dscribed provides an effective article for-the purpose in that powder or other material contained in the body portion 10 is held in its position when the case is folded so that the powder cannot escape into other portions of the space to lodge on the mirror surface and interfere with the free use of the mirror, as well as to come into objectionable contact with other portions of the device and thereby interfere with the neat and cleanly appearance of the article.

That I claim is 1. In a toilet case, a body portion providing a powder compartment and having a hinged lid, a mirror mounted in the lid, a rouge holder hinged to a lateral edge of the lid, the edge of the body having a cutout portion to receive the rouge holder, a closure member of the iris diaphragm type for the powder compartment, and an operating member for the closure member movable in an arcuate path adjacent the hinged portion of the body portion.

2. In a toilet case, the body portion providing a powder compartment and having a hinged lid, a closure member of the iris diaphragm type for the powder compartment and means for operating said closure member.

3. In a toilet case, a body portion providing a powder compartment and having a hinged lid, a closure member of the iris diaphragm type for the powder compartment, means for operating said closure member and a rouge holder hinged to the edge of the lid.

4:. In a toilet case, a body portion providing a powder compartment and having a hinged lid, a closure member for the powder compartment consisting of a plurality of relatively movable blades and means for simultaneously moving said blades to control access to the powder compartment.

5. In a toilet case, a body portion providing a powder compartment and having a hinged lid, a rouge holder hinged to a lateral edge of the lid, a closure member for the powder compartment consisting of a plurality of relatively movable blades and means for simultaneously moving said blades to control access to the powder compartment.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HELEN HIRSHBEIN.