US1744142A

US1744142A - Vanity box

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Publication number: US1744142A
Application number: US311277A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip A Reutter
Original assignee: Scovill Inc
Current assignee: Scovill Inc
Priority date: 1928-10-09
Filing date: 1928-10-09
Publication date: 1930-01-21
Anticipated expiration: 1947-01-21

Description

Jan. 21, 1930., P. A. REUTTER VANITY BOX Filed 001;. 9, 1328 Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQE' PHILIP A. REUTTER, OF W'A'IEBBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR '10 SCOVILL MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF WATER-BURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECT- ICUT VANITY BOX Application filed October a, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in vanity boxes or cases, and particularly to an improved means for holding a cosmetic compact or other toilet article in the case.

These small boxes or cases which have now become known in the art as vanity cases, are usually made of light metal and are arranged to carry cosmetic, such as rouge or powder compacts, and a mirror. In certain of these vanity cases, it is desirable that the powder compact be securely held in the case, so that it will not become accidentally displaced during use, and it is further desirable that the compact be so held that it can be readily removed from the case, so that a fresh or new compact can be inserted therein.

It is the special object of the present invention to provide an improved compact holding means for locking the compact in place,

but which may be readily manipulated by a 4 suitable tool, such as a pin, to free the compact, so that it can be removed from the case for renewal.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a compact holding device which shall be simply formed, and, therefore, cheap and economical to manufacture, and which can be. easily and quickly positioned in the case so as to effect ready assembly.

A further object of the invention is to utilize the compact holding device as part of a hinged member for pivotally uniting the body of the case with a cover.

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations whichwill be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

Referring now to said drawings:

Fig. 1 is an edge view of a closed vanity box or case with which the invention may be used.

Fig. 2 is a face View of the case shown in Fig. 1, the parts being shown open.

Fig. 3 is a central sectional View, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fi 4 is a detail sectional View, taken on line Z Q: of 1; and.

Serial No. 311,277.

Fig. 5 is a plan view ofone part of the compact holder.

Referring now to these drawings- The invention is designed for and is capable of use with vanity boxes or casesof widely varying forms. The box or case selected to illustrate the invention, however, is a thin edgedbox of light metal, including a body 1 to which is pivotally attached a cover 2 by a hinge 3 hereinafter referred to. In the particular case illustrated, the body 1 is of shallow dish-shape, and is capacitated to hold a cosmetic shown in the form of a powdercalre 1, molded into a tray 5 having a narrow peripheral flange 6. The cover 2, in the case illustrated, is also of shallow dish-shape, being of slightly less diameter than the body 1, and this cover is also capacitated to hold a toilet article, shown as a mirror 7.

In accordance with the invention, a compact holding device of simple form is shown for removably holding the compact in place;

furthermore, dimensioned, when sprung into place, to occupy the entire circumference of the bead; the ends of these wires abutting,as indicatedat 12, in Fig. 2. Each of these wires and at opposite ends thereof, is provided with a projection arranged to extend in over the compact, such projections being marked 18, 14. Such projections are easily produced by stamping or swaging the metal of the wire. By inserting a pin or like tool behind the wire, one of these wires, as 9, may be readily removed from the box, so as to release the compact, and as readily replaced after a new compact has been put in position in the case.

WVhile the hinged construction for pivotally uniting the body and cover of the box may be {if any desired. form, in aeeerdanee with .tioned in one of the members,

the present invention, one of the compact holding wires is utilized for this purpose, the wire 8, in the particular instance illustrated, being so used. Cooperating with this wire to. form the hinge, is a hinged knuckle 15 formed by turning over a projection formed on the cover of the box, the clear end of the wire 8 being passed through the knuckle so formed and hinging the cover and the body together. This hinged knuckle is dimensioned so as to form, in effect, a continuation of the bead, thus producing a neat appearing box, the knuckle seating in a recess, indicated at 16, in Fig. 2.

The mirror 7 may be held in position in the cover in any suitable manner, as by means of a bezel 17 sprung into place in the cover 2.

The cover and the back may be held together by means of a spring latch, indicated I at 18, conveniently located in the cover of the box, the locking member of this latch en gaging under the flange 11 of the body at a point opposite the hinge. If desired, or necessar the wire 9 may be cut away, as indicated at 19, in Fig. 4, to permit this engage ment of the spring catch and the flange.

It will be observed that with the construction shown and described, a very simple and at the same time effective construction has been provided for holding a compact in place, and one which is cheap to make and easy to assemble. Vhile the compact holding projections are shown as formed at the ends of the wire, it will be understood that they can be formed at other points thereof. It will also be understood that spring metal other than round wire may be employed, it desired, and that the compacting holding devices may be used in a large variety of vanity cases or boxes. The invention is, therefore, not to be limited to the case or to the exact construction of the holding devices shown and described.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a vanity case, the combination of metal body and cover members, one of these parts having a hinged knuckle formed by turning over the metal of the part, and the other having an edge opening into which the knuckle fits, and compact holding means including two similar wires each of which has a lateral projection arranged to overlie a compact in one of the members, and the other of which forms the pintle, one of the members having a flange under which the wires are held, the wires extending completely around the member and the ends of the wires abutting.

2. In a vanity case, the combination of body and cover members, a compact, posiand a eompactholding device including two similar strips of spring metal each of which has a lateral holding projection, the strips being held in the case by the spring of the metal and with their ends in abutting relation.

3. In a vanity case, the combination of body and cover members, a compact positioned in one of the members, and a compact holding device including a pair of similar spring wires each oi which is formed with a compact holding projection, the ends of said wires abutting when in position in the case, and one of the wires forming a pintle for hingedly connecting the body and the cover.

1-. In a vanity case, the combination of body and cover members, a compact positioned in one of the members, and a compact holding device including two similar spring wires each of which has its end swaged. to form a lateral holding projection, the wires being held in the case by the spring of the metal and with their ends abutting.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

PHILIP A. REUTTER.