Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
  • A45D33/006—Vanity boxes or cases, compacts, i.e. containing a powder receptacle and a puff or applicator
  • A45D33/008—Vanity boxes or cases, compacts, i.e. containing a powder receptacle and a puff or applicator comprising a mirror
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D33/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling powdery toiletry or cosmetic substances
  • A45D33/20—Containers with movably mounted drawers

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for packaging a cosmetic article, comprising:
• a base defining internally a compartment for receiving a cosmetic article
• an insert having an active face intended to be used to perform a cosmetic treatment and a face opposite to the active face, the insert being disposed between the base and the opening in the closed configuration.
• the term "cosmetic article” is intended to mean a cosmetic product intended to be applied to a human being, such as, for example, a solid such as a powder, a liquid or a cream.
• cosmetic article is also understood to mean a tool used for applying a cosmetic product to a body surface, the tool being for example a brush or a brush.
• a “cosmetic article” can also be a cosmetic treatment tool such as a nail file.
• a "cosmetic product” is more generally a product as defined in Council Directive 93/35 / EEC of 14 June 1993.
• a packaging device is adapted to contain and move a cosmetic article for storage, marketing, and use.
• EP 1 510 148 is known, for example, housings comprising a base containing a cosmetic product, on which is articulated an opening provided with a mirror. In the closed configuration of the opening, the mirror is oriented towards the cosmetic product contained in the base and is in contact therewith.
• document FR 2 937 017 describes a housing comprising a mirror and a cosmetic product compartment provided in a drawer retracted into a sleeve when the housing is closed. In the closed storage configuration of the housing, this sleeve is thus interposed between the mirror and the cosmetic product contained in the drawer, which avoids dirtying the mirror.
• a housing is however complex to design and assemble.
• No. 7,828,000 discloses a cosmetic product case in which the mirror is provided on an outer face of the case. Such a solution is not satisfactory because the mirror is directly exposed to external conditions and may especially be contaminated by the fingers of the user or by contact with objects present for example in the handbag of the user .
• WO 2008/028854 discloses a cosmetic product housing comprising a body, in which are housed, in the closed position of the housing, a drawer comprising a cosmetic product compartment and a cover, slidably mounted on the drawer.
• the lid is provided with a mirror on its upper face oriented away from the drawer.
• the lid is slidably mounted relative to the drawer to expose the cosmetic product compartment when the drawer and cover slide out of the body in the open position of the drawer.
• Such a housing is not entirely satisfactory because its use is complex.
• An object of the invention is to obtain a cosmetic product housing containing an insert, easy to use, inexpensive to manufacture, and wherein the insert is protected against damage.
• the subject of the invention is a device for packaging a cosmetic article, characterized in that it comprises a mechanism for reversing the insert relative to the opening, suitable for moving the insert during displacement of the opening relative to the base to move the insert from a storage position that the insert occupies in the closed configuration to a position of use that the insert occupies in the open configuration, the face active being oriented towards the opening in the storage position and being oriented opposite the opening in the open configuration.
• the casing according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following characteristic (s) taken in isolation or according to any combination (s) technically possible (s):
• the insert comprises a mirror, the active face being a reflecting face of the mirror;
• the insert In the extended use position, the insert extends in a plane inclined relative to the base;
• the insert comprises a front end slidably mounted on the base, a rear end of the insert being pivotally mounted relative to the opening, the overturning mechanism advantageously comprising a first guide rail carried by the base and a first guided member carried by the insert in the vicinity of the front end of the insert, the first guided member being received in the first guide rail;
• the overturning mechanism comprises a stop at least partial immobilization of the displacement of the front end of the insert relative to the base during movement of the opening between its closed configuration and its open configuration;
• the opening is movable relative to the base beyond the open configuration of use to a totally open configuration, the front end of the insert being able to cross the stop immobilizer during the displacement from the opening to the fully open configuration;
• the front end of the insert is able to abut against the immobilizing stop during the passage of the opening of the fully open configuration to the open configuration of use;
• the overturning mechanism advantageously comprising a second guide rail carried by the opening and a second guided member carried by the insert in the vicinity of its rear end, the second guided member being received in the second guide rail;
• the rear end of the insert is slidable on the opening to move away from the base during the passage of the opening of the fully open configuration to the open configuration of use, the front end of the insert remaining locked on the immobilization stop;
• the overturning mechanism comprises a ramp defining a cam surface adapted to push the rear end of the insert during the passage of the opening of the fully open configuration to the open configuration of use.
• the opening is pivotally mounted relative to the base between the closed configuration and the open configuration of use.
• the insert has a face opposite to the active face, the opposite face being placed opposite the receiving compartment in the storage position.
• the invention also relates to a method of using a cosmetic article, comprising the following steps:
• the method according to the invention may comprise one or more of the following characteristic (s) taken in isolation or according to any combination (s) technically possible (s):
• the operating step comprises the passage of the opening in a completely open configuration located beyond the open configuration of use, then the return of the opening in the direction of the closed configuration to the open configuration of use.
• FIG. 1 is a view, taken in section along a median plane, of a first packaging device according to the invention, in a closed configuration
• FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, in a totally open configuration
• Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1, in an open configuration of use;
• Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1, in a partially closed configuration.
• a first device 10 according to the invention is shown in Figures 1 to 4. This device 10 is intended to contain at least one cosmetic article.
• a cosmetic article received in the device 10 is for example a cosmetic product intended to be applied to a body surface, such as a powder, a viscous liquid or a cream.
• a cosmetic article contained in the housing may also be a tool for applying a cosmetic product to the body surface, such as an applicator consisting of a brush or a brush for example.
• the device 10 comprises a base 12, an opening 14 movably mounted relative to the base 12, and an insert 16 interposed between the base 12 and the opening 14.
• the device 10 delimits, in the interior volume 17 located between the opening 14 and the base 12, at least one interior compartment 18 for receiving a cosmetic article.
• the device 10 further comprises a mechanism 20 for articulating the opening 14 with respect to the base 12 and a mechanism 22 for reversing the insert 16 relative to the opening 14.
• the base 12 comprises a bottom wall 24 intended to be placed on a support, and a peripheral wall 26 projecting upwards with respect to the bottom wall 24.
• the peripheral wall 26 and the bottom wall 24 define the interior volume 17 downwards.
• the compartment 18 is formed in the base 12, between the walls 24, 26.
• the peripheral wall 26 has two lateral regions 28, one of which is visible in FIG. 2.
• the lateral regions 28 extend on either side of a median horizontal axis A-A 'of the base 12.
• the opening 14 comprises an upper panel 30 and a side wall 32 projecting towards the base 12 from the upper panel 30.
• the side wall 32 has a lower free edge 34 intended to bear against an upper free edge 36 of the peripheral wall 26, when the opening 14 covers the base 12.
• the hinge mechanism 20 has a horizontal axis
• the axis 40 disposed advantageously perpendicular to the axis A-A '.
• the axis 40 is inserted through a rear edge 42 of the base 12 and through a rear edge 44 of the opening 14.
• the opening 14 is rotatable about the axis 40 relative to the base 12 between a closed configuration, shown in Figure 1, a fully open configuration, shown in Figure 2, and an open configuration of use , intermediate between the closed configuration and the fully open configuration.
• the open configuration of use is visible in FIG.
• the opening 14 closes up the base 12. It has a central axis B-B 'substantially parallel to the axis A-A'.
• the inner compartment 18 is then closed and is inaccessible from outside the device 10.
• the inner volume 17 contains the insert 16.
• the upper free edge 34 is applied against the lower free edge 36.
• the opening 14 has been pivoted by a maximum angle, for example greater than 90 °, and in particular greater than 100 ° about the axis 40. It has been tilted backwards relative to the base 12 to release the space above the base 12. The access to the compartment 18 is then disengaged upwards.
• a maximum angle for example greater than 90 °, and in particular greater than 100 ° about the axis 40. It has been tilted backwards relative to the base 12 to release the space above the base 12. The access to the compartment 18 is then disengaged upwards.
• the opening 14 has been partially shifted back to its closed configuration to have an opening angle less than the opening angle in the fully open configuration. Access to compartment 18 remains clear.
• the opening angle is for example substantially close to 90 ° and in particular between 80 ° and 120 ° in particular between 90 ° and 100 °.
• the insert 16 is formed by a mirror 50. It comprises an active face 52 and an opposite face 54.
• the active face 52 is a reflecting face.
• Opposite face 54 is an opaque face.
• the insert 16 has a length, taken along the axis A-A 'in the closed configuration, less than the length of the opening 14 and that of the base 12.
• the insert 16 is completely contained in the interior volume 17. For this purpose, it has a thickness less than the height of the opening 14, taken perpendicularly to the axis A-A 'and lower than the height of the base 12.
• the insert 16 is adapted to be pivoted with respect to the opening 14 by means of the turning mechanism 22, between a storage position, shown in FIG. 1, in which its active face 52 is placed facing the upper panel 30 and an active use position, in which its active face 52 is placed opposite the upper panel 32.
• the opposite face 54 is placed facing the compartment 18 delimited by the base 12, opposite the panel 30. Conversely, in the active position, the opposite face 54 extends substantially facing the panel 30, and partially facing the compartment 18.
• the turning mechanism 22 comprises a first guide rail 60 carried by the base 12, an immobilization stop 62 disposed in the first guide rail 60 and a second guide rail 64 carried. by the opening 14.
• the turning mechanism 22 also advantageously comprises a ramp 66 for moving the insert 16 carried by the opening 14. It comprises a front guided member 68 and a rear guided member 70, the guided members 68, 70 being supported by the insert 16.
• the first rail 60 extends parallel to the axis A-A '.
• the mechanism 22 comprises two rails 60 parallel, disposed on either side of the insert 18 in the side regions 28 opposite.
• the rails 60 extend substantially parallel to the upper free edge 36.
• the immobilization stop 62 is disposed in the rail 60. It projects laterally towards the central axis AA 'from the lateral region 28. It is for example formed by a grain of rice.
• each first guide rail 60 advantageously comprises a stop 62.
• each stop 62 is adapted to cooperate with the guided member 68 carried by the insert 16 to allow the passage of the front guided member 68 to the rear of the stop 62 in the rail 60 during the passage of the opening 14 from its closed configuration to its fully open configuration.
• Each stop 62 is able to partially block the forward movement of the guided member before 68 during the passage of the opening 14 from the fully open configuration to the open configuration of use.
• the second guide rail 64 is carried by the side wall 32 of the opening 14. It comprises a longitudinal rear portion 72 extending substantially parallel to the free edge 34 and the axis A-A 'in the closed configuration.
• the second rail 64 has a front section 74 curved towards the free edge 34.
• the length of the curved section 74 is advantageously less than that of the longitudinal section 72.
• the overturning mechanism 22 comprises two parallel rails 64 situated opposite one another, on either side of a central axis B-B 'of the opening 14.
• the displacement ramp 66 extends parallel to the second rail 64. It projects laterally towards the central axis B-B 'of the opening 14 from the side wall 32.
• the ramp 66 defines a cam surface 76 directed towards the base 12 in the closed configuration.
• the cam surface 76 is intended to cooperate with the rear edge of the insert 16 to allow its lifting relative to the base 12.
• each first rail 60 slidably receives a guided member before 68.
• Each guided member 68 protrudes laterally away from the central axis A-A 'relative to the insert 16. It is for example formed by a pin received in the rail 60.
• the guided members 68 are arranged at near the front edge of the insert 16.
• each second rail 64 slidably receives a rear guided member 70.
• the rear guided member 70 projects laterally away from the axis AA 'relative to the insert 16. is disposed near the rear edge of the insert 18.
• the interior volume 17 comprises at least one receiving compartment 18.
• the cosmetic article is formed by a block of cosmetic product in solid form, in particular in the form of a powder or soluble delitable received in
• a receiving compartment 18 contains a cosmetic product application tool or a cosmetic treatment tool.
• the panel 30 and the side wall 32 close up the interior volume 17 preventing access to the cosmetic article received in the compartment 18.
• the insert 16 extends through the internal volume 17 between the base 12 and the opening 14. It extends substantially parallel to the panel 30 and to the bottom wall 24.
• the insert 16 occupies its storage position.
• the active face 52 of the insert 16 is thus disposed facing the panel 30, opposite the base 12. It is therefore not in contact or facing the base 12, which limits soiling possible or shocks on the active side 52.
• each front guided member 68 is disposed in a first guide rail 60, in the vicinity of the front end of the rail 60, in front of the projection 62.
• Each rear guided member 70 is disposed in a second guide rail 64 carried by the opening 14, in the rear section 72, in the vicinity of the rear end of the rail 64.
• the insert 16 pivots with respect to the opening 14 around the rear guided members 70 by at least 90 °, which distances the active face 52 from the upper panel 30.
• the insert 16 is thus turned over with respect to the opening 14.
• the front guided members 68 pass the stop 62 to reach the rear portion of the rail 60 located between the rear end of the rail 60 and the stop 62.
• the stop 62 has been crossed by the guided members before 68, the user rebases the opening 14 forward in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction.
• the forward pivoting of the opening 14 causes the rear guided member 70 to slide upwards in the second guide rail 64 to reach the curved section 74. This causes the uprising to rise. the insert 16 relative to the base 12 by cam effect between the cam surface 76 of the ramp 66 and the rear edge of the insert 18.
• the opposite face 54 of the insert 16 is located facing the panel 30 and partially facing the base 12.
• the active face 52 is oriented away from the panel 30 and the base 12 to be accessible to a user of the device.
• the insert 16 then occupies an extended position relative to the base 12, in which it projects upwardly from the base 12 while being inclined with respect to an average plane of the base 12.
• the angle inclination of the insert is greater than 30 ° and is in particular of the order of 45 °.
• the tilting of the opening 14 causes the sliding of the rear guided members 70 towards the rear end of the second guide rail 64 parallel to the ramp 66.
• the rear end of the insert 16 slides camming on the surface 76 causing the lowering of the insert 16 and its reversal relative to the opening 14.
• the device 10 according to the invention therefore ensures that the risk of degradation of the active face 52 of the insert 16, either by soiling or by impact, is minimized, even when the device 10 includes a cosmetic accessory, such as a cosmetic product or a cosmetic product application member.
• the insert 16 is a mirror which has a reflective active face 52, this face is not disposed facing the product, and remains placed opposite the opening, when the opening occupies its closed configuration.
• the packaging device 10 thus makes it possible to load, move, and store the cosmetic accessory that it contains, as well as the insert, while maintaining an optimum quality of preservation.
• the base 12 and / or the opening 14 comprise a deployable drawer (not shown).
• the deployable drawer is advantageously able to open when the opening 14 occupies a configuration distinct from its closed configuration.
• the insert 16 defines a compartment for receiving a second cosmetic accessory, for example a second cosmetic product opening into the active face 52.
• the active face 52 still remaining disposed opposite the base 12, the risk of deterioration by contact between the cosmetic product contained in the base 12 and the cosmetic product contained in the insert 16 is minimal.
• active face denotes a face of the insert having a function that is useful for carrying out a cosmetic treatment, such as the application of a cosmetic product.
• the active face 52 is a reflecting face of a mirror, or a face having a receiving compartment of a cosmetic article.
• the opposite face 54 is advantageously inactive, that is to say unfit to be used to perform a cosmetic treatment.

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