Cosmetic receptacle system for producing cosmetic receptacles while using identical parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021106117-A1
Application number	US-201816956042-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 19, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Apr 15, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cosmetic receptacle system consisting of a receptacle (2), which is self-supporting or consists of flexible film over a majority of its volume and one end of which constitutes a withdrawal opening in the form of a tapered neck (4), and a cap (4a), whereas the system also has several concealing sleeves (5) with different outer cross-sectional shapes and several adapter rings (8), each adapter ring (8) having a socket for the neck (4) of the receptacle (2), enclosing the latter in the circumference direction, and constituting at least one stop, which prevents the receptacle (2) from being pulled outward through the adapter ring (8), and each adapter ring (8), at its end oriented toward the bottom (7) of the receptacle (2), having an adapter section (11) whose outer cross-section essentially corresponds to the outer cross-section that a concealing sleeve (5) that corresponds to this adapter ring (8) has at its free end oriented toward the neck (4) of the receptacle (2).

First claim

1 . A cosmetic receptacle system comprising:
a receptacle, which is self-supporting or consists of flexible film over a majority of a volume of the receptacle and one end of the receptacle constitutes a withdrawal opening in a form of a tapered neck; a cap; a plurality of concealing sleeves with different outer cross-sectional shapes; and a plurality of adapter rings, each adapter ring having a socket for the neck of the receptacle, enclosing the neck of the receptacle in a circumference direction, and constituting at least one stop, which prevents the receptacle from being pulled outward through the adapter ring, and each adapter ring, at an end oriented toward a bottom of the receptacle, having an adapter section with an outer cross-section that essentially corresponds to an outer cross-section that a concealing sleeve that corresponds to this adapter ring has at a free end oriented toward the neck of the receptacle.

2 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of concealing sleeves consist of metal.

3 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the concealing sleeves belonging to the system has a closed bottom.

4 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 3 , wherein the bottom of the receptacle and the bottom of the at least one concealing sleeve are spaced apart from each other.

5 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the concealing sleeves belonging to the system does not have a closed bottom, but rather a passage having an inner opening that is adapted to the receptacle and which is closed by the receptacle or by the bottom of the receptacle.

6 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter section of an adapter ring is stepped at its edge, which rims the free end of the adapter section that is oriented toward the neck of the receptacle, and forms an annular projection that engages internally behind a wall of a corresponding concealing sleeve and in so doing, centers a correspondingly embodied outer circumference surface of the adapter ring and a correspondingly embodied outer circumference surface of the concealing sleeve relative to each other so that the outer circumference surface of the adapter ring and the outer circumference surface of the concealing sleeve transition smoothly into each other.

7 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 6 , wherein in a place where the annular projection engages behind the concealing sleeve, the annular projection is supported from inside by a supporting section of the neck in such a way that the annular projection is clamped in a frictional, nonpositive way between an inner surface of the concealing sleeve and a supporting section of the neck.

8 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 6 , wherein predominantly or at least in a place where the adapter ring forms the adapter section, a wall thickness of the adapter ring is greater than a wall thickness of the concealing sleeve.

9 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of concealing sleeves is embodied so that when the receptacle is inserted all the way into the at least one concealing sleeve between the at least one concealing sleeve and the neck of the receptacle, an annular open space is produced between the at least one concealing sleeve and the neck of the receptacle, which accommodates the entire adapter ring.

10 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter rings can be detent-locked to the neck of the receptacle or receptacles belonging to the system.

11 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the neck of the receptacle and a passage of a respective one of the plurality of adapter rings are matched to each other so that the neck of the receptacle protrudes outward through the passage of the respective adapter ring and forms a freely extending neck section there from which a cap can be removed and re-affixed to the freely extending neck section in a reclosable fashion.

12 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 11 , wherein relative to the neck section, which is embraced by the passage, the freely extending neck section is tapered in such a way that the freely extending neck section—despite a detent bead, an arrangement of detent protrusions, or a thread flank that protrudes outward from the freely extending neck section—can be slid through the passage.

13 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the neck has a sealing section, which protrudes in a radial direction relative to a neck section and which in a fully assembled state, is encompassed circumferentially by a passage of the adapter ring, an outer diameter of the sealing section being greater than an inner dimeter of the passage so that in an assembled state, the sealing section is wedged into the passage in an elastically sealing fashion.

14 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 1 , wherein the adapter ring fully embraces a neck section and thus the entire neck of the receptacle, so that the neck section and the adapter ring both end in the same horizontal plane at the height of the withdrawal opening.

15 . The cosmetic receptacle system according to claim 14 , wherein in the region in which the adapter ring embraces the neck section, the adapter ring has a threaded section or at least one detent engagement section for affixing a cover in the form of a cap.

Assignees

• Geka Gmbh

Inventors

• Brilland Arnaud
• Cusseau Sacha
• Weigel Friedrich

Classifications

• B65D88/28

  Construction or shape of discharge section · CPC title

• A45D2034/007

  with special decorative arrangements or form · CPC title

• A45D40/265

  connected to the cap of the container · CPC title

• A45D40/18 Primary

  Casings combined with other objects (A45D40/24, A45D42/02 take precedence) · CPC title

• A45D2040/0012

  with special decorative arrangements or form · CPC title