Coating implements with material supply – Diverse coating tools – Separable for independent use
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-03
2001-03-13
Walczak, David J. (Department: 3751)
Coating implements with material supply
Diverse coating tools
Separable for independent use
C401S017000, C401S126000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06200045
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to the field of packaging, specifically to the field of packaging cosmetic products, and more specifically to the field of packaging cosmetic products that allows the consumer to purchase matching or complimentary but separate cosmetics or cosmetic-related products together as one product.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Cosmetics and cosmetic-related products come in a variety of packages and packaging materials. For example, lipstick may be packaged in tubes as a paste or bottles as a liquid, finger nail polish may be packaged in single color containers or multi-color containers. The packaging itself may be glass, plastic, metal or other materials, and the shapes of the packages are as varied as the cosmetics themselves.
For the most part, individual types of cosmetics are sold to the consumer in individual packages. A tube of lipstick, a bottle of finger nail polish, a canister of facial powder, an eyebrow pencil, a bottle of rouge, for example. There are examples of multi-component packaging for cosmetics. However, typically the multi-packs are the same type of cosmetic. Complimentary shades of eyebrow pencil, complimentary shades of eye shadow, and complimentary shades of rouge, for example. Also common are combination packages of a cosmetic product and an accessory. Facial powder combined with a powder puff and a mirror, lipstick combined with an applicator brush, and eye shadow combined with an applicator pad, for example.
To the best of applicants' knowledge, there is not a combination package of the typed disclosed herein that allows for the mixing and matching of two separate cosmetics or cosmetic-related products to form one packaging unit. Finger nail polish and lipstick, lipstick and eye liner, or eye shadow and lipstick, for example. Such a combination cosmetic package would be advantageous both to the cosmetics manufacturer, allowing the sale of two complimentary products in one package, and to the cosmetics user, allowing the purchase and compact transport of two complimentary cosmetic products. It is to this combination cosmetic package that the present specification is directed.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The combined cosmetics package comprises two major components that fit together to form one packaging unit. The first component, a base, is comprised of a bottle, or receptacle, with a cap. The second component, a top, is comprised of a two-part case. One end of the second component fits within a cavity in the cap of the first component. The cavity in the cap of the first component is structured to receive and hold the second component in a releasable manner so as to form the combined cosmetics package.
A first embodiment of the device contemplates the first component being a receptacle for fingernail polish and the second component being a lipstick case. In this first embodiment, the base of the first component is structured to be a bottle capable of containing a liquid, that being the finger nail polish, and the second component is structured to be a typical lipstick case. The cap of the first component can screw onto the base of the first component, forming a closable bottle for containing the finger nail polish. The top end of the cap of the first component comprises the cavity, which is structured to receive the second component, that being the lipstick case.
A second embodiment of the device contemplates the first component being a receptacle for eye shadow and the second component being a case capable of containing eye liner pencils or the like. In this second embodiment, the base of the first component is structured to be a bottle capable of containing a powder, that being the eye shadow, and the second component is structured to be a hollow case capable of containing eye liner pencils. The cap of the first component can screw onto the base of the first component, forming a closable bottle for containing the eye shadow. The top end of the cap of the first component comprises the cavity, which is structured to receive the second component, that being the eye liner pencil case.
A third embodiment of the device contemplates the first component being a receptacle for foundation and the second component being a case capable of containing rouge or the like. In this third embodiment, the base of the first component is structured to be a bottle capable of containing a liquid or paste, that being the foundation, and the second component is structured to be a hollow container capable of being filled with rouge. The cap of the first component can screw onto the base of the first component, forming a closable bottle for containing the foundation. The top end of the cap of the first component comprises the cavity, which is structured to receive the second component, that being the rouge container.
The device further can comprise a releasable locking means for holding the first component and the second component together in a secure, yet releasable, manner. For example, the cavity of the cap of the first component can comprise a raised ring about its internal perimeter and the second component can comprise a shallow indented or recessed ring about its external perimeter. The raised ring and the recessed ring cooperate with each other as a locking mechanism, with the raised ring fitting within the recessed ring when the second component is placed within the cavity of the cap of the first component.
Many other embodiments are contemplated and will become evident to those of ordinary skill in the art. Using the general structure disclosed herein, it will become apparent that many different cosmetics or cosmetic-related products can be contained in sets of two by the present invention.
An object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package capable of containing two cosmetic or cosmetic-related products in which each cosmetic or cosmetic-related product is contained in a separate part of the combined package, allowing the consumer to mix and match cosmetic products.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package capable of containing two cosmetic or cosmetic-related products in which each cosmetic or cosmetic-related product is contained in a separate part of the combined package, allowing the cosmetic manufacturer to provide two different and/or complimentary products to the consumer.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package that can be easily configured to contain two or more of many different types of cosmetics or cosmetic-related products.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package that comprises separable components that can be used independent of one another.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package that comprises separable components that fit securely together so as to make a unitary package.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a combined cosmetics package that is simple to use, economic to manufacture, and appealing to the consumer.
These objects, and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention, will become apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art when the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments is read in conjunction with the attached figures, in which like reference numerals represent like components throughout the several views.
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Hahn Stephanie L.
Rosenbaum Joshua M.
Stephanie Lee LLC
Technoprop Colton LLC
Walczak David J.
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