Device for packaging a cosmetic product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9375072-B2
Application number	US-201113992423-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2011
Priority date	Dec 9, 2010
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A device for packaging a cosmetic product, comprising a container having an opening defined by a neck of the container, a cap for closing the container, a closing-off element for the opening, connected to the cap, a spring member located between the cap and the closing-off element, a seal able to engage with the closing-off element and the neck of the container, and a mechanism for locking the cap on the container in a locked position.
The locking mechanism comprises a retaining means and a means for actuating the retaining means in order to inactivate the retaining means so as to enable the cap to be moved from its locked position into an unlocked position in which the cap can be separated freely from the container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for packaging a cosmetic product, comprising:
a container having an opening defined by a neck of the container;
a cap for closing the container;
a closing-off element for the opening, the closing-off element connected to the cap;
a spring member located between the cap and the closing-off element;
a seal configured to engage with the closing-off element and the neck of the container; and
a locking mechanism for locking the cap on the container in a locked position, the locking mechanism fixed to the container;
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a retaining means and an actuating means for actuating the retaining means to inactivate the retaining means so as to enable the cap to be moved from the locked position to an unlocked position in which the cap can be separated freely from the container.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cap is moved from the locked position to the unlocked position by moving solely in translation with respect to the container.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the closing-off element is fixed with respect to the container during movement of the cap from the locked position to the unlocked position.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the seal is in contact with the closing-off element and the neck of the container in the unlocked position of the cap.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein contact between the seal and the neck of the container and/or between the seal and the closing-off element is radial with respect to a movement axis of the cap from the locked position to the unlocked position.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the seal is fixed relative to the closing-off element.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the closing-off element comprises an applicator which extends from the cap into the container, and the seal comprises an applicator wiper mounted in a fixed manner on the neck of the container.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an insert is fixed in the cap and the closing-off element is mounted in a sliding manner in the insert.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the insert comprises a catching means that engages with the retaining means of the locking mechanism.

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the insert comprises a travel-limiting means for limiting the movement path of the cap with respect to the closing-off element as the cap passes from the locked position to the unlocked position.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the travel-limiting means is formed by the catching means of the insert that engages with a stop of the closing-off member.

12. The device according to claim 10 , wherein the travel-limiting means comprises a window in the insert that engages with a protrusion on the closing-off element.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a hoop fixed around the neck of the container and an elastic ring positioned between the hoop and the neck of the container.

14. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the retaining means and the actuating means are supported by the elastic ring, and wherein the retaining means and the actuating means project from an outside of the hoop.

15. The device according to claim 13 , wherein the neck of the container comprises a narrowed portion to enable a deformation of the ring.

Assignees

• Drugeon Lionel
• Delage Jean-François
• Lebrand Jean-Marc
• Oreal

Inventors

• Drugeon Lionel
• Delage Jean-François
• Lebrand Jean-Marc

Classifications

• A45D2200/051

  Airtight containers · CPC title

• A45D40/26 Primary

  Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball · CPC title

• A45D40/0068 Primary

  Jars · CPC title

• A45D40/265

  connected to the cap of the container · CPC title