US1743872A - Powder puff - Google Patents

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Jan. 14, 1930. H. O..WElT-L|CH ETAL 1,743,872

POWDER PUFF Filed May 7, 1928 INVENTORS BY v ATTORNEY v Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC HARRY O. WEITLIOH, OF NEW ROCHELLE, AND JAMES '1. WALKER, OF PELHAM, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 W. S. '1. SANI-PRODUCTS CORP OF BROOKLYN, NEVT 'YORK,

A CORPORATION NEW YORK POWDER PUFF Application filed May 7, 1928. Serial No. 275,743.

Our invention relates to powder puffs and has for its main object to provide a powder pufi of sanitary and convenient construction. A further object is to provide a powder puff of pleasing and artistic appearance, compact in size and inexpensive to manufacture.

These and other objects and advantages,

will be clearly understood from the follow ing description and from the accompanying drawing of a preferred embodiment, but it will be noted that Various modifications might-be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a top view of the powder pufi with the holder shown open,

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of same with the holder shown closed, and I Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2.

The powder pufi consists of a plurality of circular leaves 1 placed one on top of another and of a cardboard disc 2 of the same size as the leaves. The leaves and the cardboard disc are held together by means of a ribbon 3 which passes under the cardboard disc and which has its ends 4 and 5 extended inwardly for a short distance over the edge of the uppermost leaf. The ends are stitchedso that the stitches pass through the leaves, the cardboard disc and the ribbon, the stitches are drawn as tight as possible so as to draw the leaves together at the ribbon ends, as shown at 6 in Fig. 3. This causes the centers of the leaves to putt up.

A holder, consisting of two circular covers 7 and 8 and a connecting web 9, is used for covering the powder puff. The cover 8 is provided with two oppositely disposed notches 10 and 11 of the same width as the ribbon 3. As the holder is made of flexible material it will be readily seen that, when the outer end of the cover 8 is passed between the ribbon and thecardboard disc until the ribbon engages in the notches, the powder pufl? will be efiectively locked to the holder.

The holder -may be made of any suitable material and ornamented in any desired manner. The leaves may likewise be made of any suitable material. However, we prefer to use soft tissue paper. WVhile, in this case, a ribbon has been employed for holding the leaves together and for attaching theder puff, not only forapplying powder, butfor removing cold cream, lipstick and other cosmetics-as well.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and wish to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a powder pufi, a plurality of leaves interposed one upon another, a stilfening member placed under said leaves, said leaves and stifi ening member secured together at opposite points on their margins by a securing member which passes under and across said stiffening member, and said securing member so tightlystitched as to pull the leaves at their centers.

2. In a powder puff, a plurality of leaves interposed one upon another, a stiifening member placed under said leaves, said leaves and stiffening member secured together at points on their margins by a securing member which passes under and across said stiffening member, the securing member sutficiently loose under the stiffening member to enable the user to insert his fingers thereunder, the leaves being removable one at a time.

3. In a powder pufi, a plurality of leaves interposed one upon another, a stiffening member placed under said leaves, said leaves and stiffening member secured together at points on thelr margins by a securing member which passes under and across the stiffening member, and a cover for said powder puff having means for looking it in engagement with said securing member.

HARRY O. l/VEITLICH. JAMES T. WALKER.

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