[0001] The present invention relates to a container device for cosmetics of the type as
recited in the preamble of the first claim.
[0002] Container devices for cosmetics are currently known of, such as devices containing
capsules and the like.
[0003] Said capsules are disc-shaped elements made from compacted powder elements included
in a metallic support.
[0004] Said container devices thus comprise a containing portion suitable to contain said
capsule and a cover portion, opposite the containing portion and suitable to close
on the containing portion, covering it completely. The two portions are made of polymeric
material such as PVC or similar and are connected to each other by a metal hinge.
[0005] The prior art mentioned above has several significant drawbacks.
[0006] In fact, said container devices of the prior art are fragile. In particular they
are not sufficiently resistant to being dropped and comprise a hinge which breaks
easily. Moreover, said container devices usually contain therein a mirror, preferably
glass, which is also subject to breaking when dropped.
[0007] In addition said devices are expensive.
[0008] In this situation the technical purpose of the present invention is to devise a container
device for cosmetics able to substantially overcome the drawbacks mentioned above.
[0009] Within the sphere of said technical purpose one important aim of the invention is
to provide a container device for cosmetics which is resistant.
[0010] Another important purpose of the invention is to design a container device for cosmetics
which helps to protect fragile items inside it, such as mirrors and the like.
[0011] A further purpose of the invention is to obtain a container device for cosmetics
which is simple and cheap.
[0012] The technical purpose and specified aims are achieved by a container device for cosmetics
as claimed in the appended Claim 1.
[0013] Preferred embodiments are described in the dependent claims.
[0014] The characteristics and advantages of the invention are clearly evident from the
following detailed description of a preferred embodiment/s thereof, with reference
to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows a side view in sagittal cross-section of the container device according to
the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a side view in sagittal cross-section of the container device according to
the invention in a second configuration;
Fig. 3 shows a portion of the container device according to the invention.
Fig. 4 is a view from above of the container device according to the invention;
Fig. 5 is a side view in sagittal cross-section of the container device according to the
invention in a second variant, with a magnification to scale of a portion of rim;
and
Fig. 6 shows a three-dimensional view of the example in Fig. 5.
[0015] With reference to said drawings, reference numeral
1 globally denotes the container device according to the invention.
[0016] It is suitable to contain cosmetics
2 and in particular solid cosmetics made from powdered or similar materials compacted
into capsules, poured or otherwise. In particular disc-shaped, square or rectangular,
or other shaped capsules, the overall shape of the device 1 is preferably also cylindrical.
[0017] The container 1 comprises, briefly, a containing portion
3 including a cavity
3a suitable to contain a capsule or similar 2, a cover portion 4 suitable to cover the
containing portion 3, and a hinge
5 which connects the cover portion 4 to the containment portion 3.
[0018] Advantageously, the containing portion 3, the cover portion 4 and the hinge 5 are
made of silicone and are in one piece. As known, silicone or polysiloxane comprises
a family of inorganic polymers based on a silicon-oxygen chain and functional organic
groups bound to the silicon atoms.
[0019] More in detail the containing portion 3 is preferably cylindrical in shape and contains
said cavity 3a, also preferably cylindrical and counter-shaped to the capsule 2. The
cavity 3a further defines a base
3c, where the capsule rests. At the perimeter of the base a perimetrical recess
3b is also provided on the base of the cavity 3a. The perimetrical recess 3b extends
preferably for the entire perimeter, preferably circular, of the base 3c.
[0020] The perimetrical recess 3b, in a preferred solution, shown in Fig. 5 where the cross-section
of said recess 3b is shown, is appropriately repeated all along the perimeter of the
base. Said recess 3b comprises a diametrical portion substantially extending along
the plane defined by the base, and an axial portion, extending in a direction at an
angle with respect to the plane of the base 3c.
[0021] Said perimetrical recess 3b is suitable to house connecting means
6 for the capsule 2. Said connecting means 6 preferably consist of a rigid element,
preferably of a rigid sheet, preferably in high-resistance polymer material such as
loaded PA or the like, suitable to fit into the perimetrical recess 3b, preferably
in the totality thereof, so as to stick to the base 3c and preferably cover the totality
of said base 3c. Said sheet or disk is thus suitable to support a layer of glue and
is thus appropriately glued to the capsule 2. In the case of Fig. 5 the connecting
means also comprise a rim
6a at an angle, preferably perpendicular, appropriately counter-shaped to the recess
3b described. Alternatively, the connecting means are magnetic and the disc is therefore
magnetic and supports a capsule with a metal rim. The disk constituting the connecting
means 6 is also substantially rigid, oppositely consists of a permanent magnet or
an element including magnetic portions composed of permanent magnets and the like.
Said magnetic element thus confers a greater rigidity to the containing portion 3.
[0022] The capsule 2 comprises a rigid base
2a preferably metallic and/or ferromagnetic or even possibly permanent magnets or similar.
Or it is made of non-ferromagnetic rigid material and connected to the connecting
means 6 using glue.
[0023] The cover portion 4 is also preferably cylindrical, with the same base area as the
containing portion 3. It comprises a recess
4a, i.e. a recess or similar and a second perimetrical recess
4b having preferably all the characteristics of the perimetrical recess 3b and thus
also the rim at an angle (Fig. 5).
[0024] The second perimetrical recess 4b is thus placed on the base
4c of the recess 4a and preferably extends for the entirety of the perimeter and is
preferably circular. It is suitable to house, and preferably houses, a mirror
7, preferably also disc-shaped and rigid and suitable to fit into the entirety of the
perimetrical recess 4b. The mirror 7 also thus extends preferably for the entirety
of the base 4c of the recess 4a, possibly even of the angled rim, and stiffens the
cover portion.
[0025] Before the mirror 7, second connecting means
9 may be provided for, preferably entirely similar to the first connecting means and
thus consisting of a rigid sheet comprising a second angled rim
9a that fits, since appropriately counter-shaped thereto, into the recess 4a and into
the perimetrical recess 4b possibly equipped with an angled axial portion (Fig. 5).
A mirror 7 or similar is glued to said second connecting means 9.
[0026] The hinge 5 consists of a thin connecting portion of the containing portion 3 and
the cover portion 4. The flexibility and elastic properties or silicone resilience,
in fact allow the hinge 5 to be made in one piece with the portions 3 and 4. The term
hinge is understood generically as any element which permits mutual rotation between
the two portions.
[0027] The thinned portion preferably comprises a further central thinning and two prominences,
so as to define preferred bending lines, as shown in Fig. 1.
[0028] The container device 1 further comprises closing means
8 suitable to constrain the cover portion 4 to the containing portion 3 away from the
hinge 5 and preferably on the opposite side of the hinge 5, so as to close the portion
4 on the containing portion 3.
[0029] Said closing means 8 are preferably of the magnetic type. In particular a magnet
is placed on said containing portion 3 and a magnet is placed on said cover portion
4. Alternatively, a single permanent magnet and ferromagnetic elements.
[0030] The magnet 8 or ferromagnetic element is preferably placed inside a seat
8a, inside the container device 1 and counter-shaped to the magnetic or ferromagnetic
element. The seat 8a comprises a slit
8b bordering with the seat 8a and with the outside and suitable to permit the insertion
of the magnet in the seat 8a. Moreover, the magnet 8 or ferromagnetic element preferably
has a shape that is tapered towards one end and is suitable to be inserted through
the slit 8b in the direction of the tapered end.
[0031] Alternatively, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the closing means 8 are of the snap-fit
type.
[0032] They are preferably prominences and seats in the containing portion 3 and cover portion
4. Preferably they are three joints arranged symmetrically.
[0033] The magnets 8 and 6 and the mirror 7 may also be glued.
[0034] The use of a container device 1 as described above in a structural sense is analogous
to the use of classic container devices in rigid polymer.
[0035] The invention achieves important advantages.
[0036] In particular, the container device 1 can resist shocks and falls, being very flexible
and resilient.
[0037] Furthermore, the very flexibility and resilience of the container device 1 allows
the protection of the internal elements, such as the mirror 7 and the capsule 2.
[0038] In addition, the flexibility and resilience is not at the expense of the strength
and rigidity of the container, since the connecting means 6 and the mirror 7 lend
rigidity to the assembly.
[0039] Said device is also simple and cheap, given that it permits moulding in one piece.
All the details may be replaced with equivalent elements and the materials, shapes
and dimensions may be any within the scope of protection defined by the independent
claims.
1. A container device (1) for cosmetics (2) comprising a containing portion (3) including
a cavity (3a) suitable to contain a capsule constituting said cosmetic material (2),
a cover portion (4) suitable to cover said containing portion (3), a hinge (5) connecting
said cover portion (4) to said containing portion (3), characterised in that said containing portion (3), said cover portion (4) and said hinge (5) are made of
silicone and are made as a single piece, said hinge (5) consists of a thin connecting
portion of said containing portion (3) and said cover portion (4).
2. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, wherein said containing
portion (3) includes a perimetrical recess (3b) provided in the base (3c) of said
cavity (3a) and suitable to house connecting means (6) for said capsule.
3. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, wherein said cavity (3a)
houses said connecting means (6) consisting of a rigid element.
4. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, wherein said perimetrical
recess (3b) is arranged along the entire perimeter of said base (3c) and wherein said
rigid element covers the whole of said base (3c).
5. The container device (1) as claimed in the claim 3 or 4, wherein said perimetrical
recess (3b) comprises a diametrical portion extending substantially along the plane
defined by said base (3c), and an axial portion, extending in a direction at an angle
with respect to the plane of said base (3c).
6. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, wherein said rigid element
is substantially counter-shaped to said perimetrical recess (3b).
7. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein
said cover portion (4) comprises a recess (4a) and includes a second perimetrical
recess (4b) provided in the base of said recess (4a) and suitable to house a mirror
(7).
8. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, comprising second connecting
means (9) consisting of a rigid element inserted in said perimetrical recess (4b).
9. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, comprising
closing means (8) suitable to connect said cover portion (4) to said containing portion
(3) at a distance from said hinge (5), and wherein said closing means (8) are of a
magnetic type.
10. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein
said closing means (8) comprise a magnet arranged on said containing portion (3) and
a magnet arranged on said cover portion (4).
11. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, wherein
said closing means (8) comprise a magnet and wherein said magnet is arranged within
a seat (8a), inside said container device (1), and wherein said seat (8a) comprises
a slit (8b) bordering on said seat (8a) and with the outside and suitable to permit
the insertion of said magnet in said seat (8a).
12. The container device (1) as claimed in the preceding claim, wherein said magnet has
a shape that is tapered towards one end and is suitable to be inserted through said
slit in the direction of said tapered end.
13. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, comprising
closing means (8) suitable to connect said cover portion (4) to said containing portion
(3) and wherein said closing means (8), are of the snap-fit type.
14. The container device (1) as claimed in one or more of the preceding claims, being
substantially cylindrical in shape.