Cosmetic container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9439496-B2
Application number	US-201414539257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2014
Priority date	Nov 26, 2013
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

First openings and second openings are operated based on the rotation of a turning plate, thereby opening and closing the flow path for the cosmetic material. A dial portion, which serves as the operating portion of the turning plate, is provided in such a manner as to be exposed from the bottomed portion or the lateral surface in the vicinity of the bottomed portion of the container main body, and the dial portion is disposed apart from the applying portion, and when the dial portion is provided in such a manner as to be exposed from the bottomed portion, the dial portion is hidden on the bottomed portion of the container main body, so that it is unlikely that the hands of a user are soiled during the rotational operation of the dial portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cosmetic container comprising:
a container main body configured to store a cosmetic material and including a first opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material;
an applying portion covering the first opening and configured to apply the cosmetic material from the container main body; and
a rotation portion provided in an unmovable manner in an axial direction and in a rotatable manner in a circumferential direction with respect to the container main body,

wherein the rotation portion further includes:
a turning plate arranged to block the first opening from a bottomed surface side and including a second opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material, the second opening having substantially the same shape as the first opening;
an operating portion configured to perform a rotational operation of the turning plate; and
a shaft body configured to couple the turning plate with the operating portion, and
wherein the operating portion is exposed from a bottomed portion of the container main body or a lateral surface in a vicinity of the bottomed portion of the container main body to an outside, and portions of the rotation portion, except the operating portion, are stored in the container main body, and
wherein the shaft body and the turning plate are rotated by operating the operating portion, and the first opening and the second opening are communicated with each other, thereby opening a flow path for the cosmetic material.

2. The cosmetic container according to claim 1 , wherein
the container main body further includes:
a third opening configured to connect to the first opening above the first opening; and
an inclined surface configured to guide and return the cosmetic material disposed on a side of the third opening to the first opening when the container returns to a normal posture during application or after the application.

3. The cosmetic container according to claim 2 , further comprising an intermediate frame configured to be arranged between the container main body and the applying portion and configured to be covered by the applying portion, wherein
the intermediate frame further includes:
an outflow path for the cosmetic material, configured to penetrate through an approximately center of the intermediate frame in an axial direction and configured to communicate with the first opening; and
a concave portion configured to be depressed on an inner side or a through hole configured not to be communicated with the outflow path.

4. The cosmetic container according to claim 3 , wherein
the cosmetic material is a powdered cosmetic material,
the concave portion or the through hole extends in an up-and-down direction, and
a powder pool, which allows the powdered cosmetic material to make an entry through an opening of an upper portion of the concave portion or the through hole, is constituted.

5. The cosmetic container according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate frame configured to be arranged between the container main body and the applying portion and configured to be covered by the applying portion, wherein
the intermediate frame further includes:
an outflow path for the cosmetic material, configured to penetrate through an approximately center of the intermediate frame in an axial direction and configured to communicate with the first opening; and
a concave portion configured to be depressed on an inner side or a through hole configured not to be communicated with the outflow path.

6. The cosmetic container according to claim 5 , wherein
the cosmetic material is a powdered cosmetic material,
the concave portion or the through hole extends in an up-and-down direction, and
a powder pool, which allows the powdered cosmetic material to make an entry through an opening of an upper portion of the concave portion or the through hole, is constituted.

7. A cosmetic container comprising:
a container main body configured to store a cosmetic material and include a first opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material;
an applying portion configured to be provided in such a manner as to cover the first opening and configured to apply the cosmetic material from the container main body; and
a rotation portion configured to be provided in an unmovable manner in an axial direction and in a rotatable manner in a circumferential direction with respect to the container main body,

wherein the rotation portion further includes:
a turning plate configured to be arranged in such a manner as to block the first opening from a bottomed surface side and configured to include a second opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material;
an operating portion configured to perform a rotational operation of the turning plate; and
a shaft body configured to couple the turning plate with the operating portion, and
wherein the operating portion is exposed from a bottomed portion of the container main body or a lateral surface in a vicinity of the bottomed portion of the container main body to an outside, and portions of the rotation portion, except the operating portion, are stored in the container main body,
wherein the shaft body and the turning plate are rotated by operating the operating portion, and the first opening and the second opening are communicated with each other, thereby opening a flow path for the cosmetic material, and
wherein the container main body further includes:
a third opening configured to connect to the first opening above the first opening; and
an inclined surface configured to guide and return the cosmetic material disposed on a side of the third opening to the first opening when the container returns to a normal posture during application or after the application.

8. The cosmetic container according to claim 7 , further comprising an intermediate frame configured to be arranged between the container main body and the applying portion and configured to be covered by the applying portion, wherein
the intermediate frame further includes:
an outflow path for the cosmetic material, configured to penetrate through an approximately center of the intermediate frame in an axial direction and configured to communicate with the first opening; and
a concave portion configured to be depressed on an inner side or a through hole configured not to be communicated with the outflow path.

9. The cosmetic container according to claim 8 , wherein
the cosmetic material is a powdered cosmetic material,
the concave portion or the through hole extends in an up-and-down direction, and

a powder pool, which allows the powdered cosmetic material to make an entry through an opening of an upper portion of the concave portion or the through hole, is constituted.

10. A cosmetic container comprising:
a container main body configured to store a cosmetic material and include a first opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material;
an applying portion configured to be provided in such a manner as to cover the first opening and configured to apply the cosmetic material from the container main body; and
a rotation portion configured to be provided in an unmovable manner in an axial direction and in a rotatable manner in a circumferential direction with respect to the container main body,

wherein the rotation portion further includes:
a turning plate configured to be arranged in such a manner as to block the first opening from a bottomed surface side and configured to include a second opening that enables a passage of the cosmetic material;
an operating portion configured to perform a rotational operation of the turning plate; and
a shaft body configured to couple the turning plate with t

Assignees

• Tokiwa Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Takumi

Classifications

• A45D33/34

  Powder-puffs, e.g. with installed container · CPC title

• A45D33/06 Primary

  with diaphragm bases · CPC title

• A45D33/08

  operated by rotary vanes · CPC title

• A45D33/02 Primary

  with dispensing means, e.g. sprinkling means · CPC title

• A45D33/025

  for compacts, vanity boxes or cases (A45D33/04 - A45D33/16 take precedence) · CPC title