Cap, and cosmetic container, particularly for cosmetic stick and including said cap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9877566-B2
Application number	US-201415104322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2014
Priority date	Dec 20, 2013
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a cap for cosmetic container, particularly for a cosmetic stick. Said cap ( 10, 20 ) is capable of receiving the cosmetic and is driven by a mechanism, referred to as an actuating mechanism ( 30 ), for actuating said container. The cap ( 10, 20 ) comprises two parts: a first part, referred to as a bottom cap ( 20 ), configured such as to engage with the actuating mechanism; and a second part, referred to as a top cap ( 10 ) capable of receiving the cosmetic. The bottom cap ( 20 ) and top cap ( 10 ) are separable from one another, the securing and/or separation of said two parts ( 10, 20 ) being achieved by resiliently deforming one portion of one of said two parts ( 10, 20 ) by means of the other of said two parts ( 10, 20 ). The invention also relates to a cosmetic container, particularly for a cosmetic stick and including the above-mentioned cap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Cup for a cosmetic product container, in particular for a stick of cosmetic product, said cup configured to receive the product, and of being driven by a mechanism, referred to as a mechanism for actuating said container, said cup being characterised in that it comprises two parts:
a first part, referred to as the lower cup, which is designed to interact with the actuating mechanism; and
a second part, referred to as the upper cup, which is configured to receive the product; the upper cup having a circular cross-section; it being possible to remove the lower cup and the upper cup from one another, said two parts being rigidly connected and/or disengaged by fitting said parts together by elastic deformation in a direction tangential to the circular cross-section of the upper cup.

2. Cup according to claim 1 , wherein said two parts are rigidly connected and/or disengaged by elastic deformation of the lower cup by the upper cup.

3. Cup according to claim 1 , wherein the upper cup and the lower cup are hollow, are open at their ends or are blind, each define an inner wall and an outer wall, and extend in a main direction of longitudinal extension, referred to as the main axis.

4. Cup according to claim 3 , wherein the upper cup comprises a male retaining means, which projects from the outer wall of the upper cup, in a direction transverse to the main axis, and which is configured to interact with a female retaining means which is part of the lower cup.

5. Cup according to claim 4 , wherein the female retaining means is a jaw configured to retain the male retaining means, said jaw configured to open and/or close in a direction orthogonal to the main axis and to said transverse direction.

6. Cup according to claim 4 , wherein the male retaining means is a pin.

7. Cup according to claim 6 , wherein the jaw is located at the bottom of a slot in the lower cup.

8. Cup according to claim 7 , wherein the slot comprises a funnel-shaped opening at a first axial end of the lower cup, the slot extending along the main axis, towards the axial end of the lower cup opposite said first axial end.

9. Cup according to claim 7 , wherein the lower cup has a bead of material in the vicinity of the bottom of the slot, the bead of material projecting from the outer wall of the lower cup, in a direction substantially orthogonal to the main axis, the bead of material configured to interact with the actuating mechanism.

10. Cup according to claim 7 , wherein the upper cup comprises a male guide means, which is separate from the means for retaining the upper cup and projects from the outer wall of the upper cup, in a direction substantially orthogonal to the main axis, the guide means being intended to abut the inside of the slot in the lower cup, in particular when the lower cup and upper cup are rigidly interconnected and/or when the cup is moved.

11. Cup according to claim 6 , wherein the pin and the jaw interact by means of a snap-in action.

12. Cup according to claim 4 , comprising two male retaining means and two female retaining means, which are located opposite one another on either side of a plane including the main axis.

13. Cup according to claim 3 , wherein the lower cup comprises a male retaining means, which projects from the outer wall of the lower cup, in a direction transverse to the main axis, and which is capable of interacting configured to interact with a female retaining means which is part of the upper cup.

14. Cup according to claim 1 , wherein the upper cup comprises a shoulder such that a cross section of an upper part of the upper cup has an internal diameter that is greater than the internal diameter of a cross section of a lower part of said upper cup.

15. Container for a cosmetic product, in particular for a stick of cosmetic product, comprising a cup according to claim 1 .

16. Container according to claim 15 , further comprising a body and an actuating mechanism designed to drive the cup in a rotational and/or translational movement relative to the body.

Assignees

• Albea Services

Inventors

• Liard Jérôme

Classifications

• A45D40/02

  Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement (A45D40/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A45D2040/0062

  Stick holding cups with retaining means, e.g. clamping means · CPC title

• A45D40/16 Primary

  Refill sticks; Moulding devices for producing sticks · CPC title

• A45D40/06 Primary

  Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a screwing movement · CPC title