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US 10,881,184 B1Granted
Container for a stick product
AssigneeELC Management LLC
InventorJian Yan
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Abstract
A disposable cartridge assembly for stick products, intended to be used in conjunction with a rotating base member that unlocks the cartridge and raises and lowers the stick product in the assembly. The rotating base member is intended to remain connected to the cartridge assembly for the life of the stick product, but may be detached and reused with multiple cartridges, which can be sold for the purpose. This design creates various options for manufacture and assembly of the various components at one or more locations.
Claims14
A container for a stick product that comprises:
- a disposable cartridge (100) that comprises:
- a cylindrical inner body (1) that has:
- an opened top (1a),
- an opened bottom (1b),
- a side wall (1c) having an exterior,
- two longitudinal tracks (1d, 1d′) that pass through the side wall, and
- vertical grooves (1h) located on the exterior of the side wall, near the bottom of the inner body;
- a cylindrical cam sleeve (3) that has:
- an opened top (3a),
- an opened bottom (3b), and
- a side wall (3c) that has two spiral tracks (3d, 3d′) located on an interior surface of the side wall,
- wherein, the cam sleeve is mounted to an outside of the inner body (1) in a concentric fashion;
- and
- a holder cup (2) that is able to receive and retain a stick product, the holder cup being located in the inner body, and having:
- a pair of lugs (2c, 2c′) located on an outer surface of the holder cup, such that the lugs extend through the longitudinal tracks (1d, 1d′) of the inner body and into the spiral tracks (3d, 3d′) of the cam sleeve (3);
- and
- a reusable rotating base member (4) that is designed to fit onto the bottom of the disposable cartridge (100) in a removable fashion, and comprises:
- an inner ring (4a),
- an outer ring (4b) that is concentric with the inner ring, and
- vertical grooves (4h) located on an inner surface of the outer ring (4a), wherein:
- when the bottom (1b) of the inner body (1) is fitted into the outer ring of the rotating base member, then the vertical grooves (4h) of the rotating base member (4) engage the vertical grooves (1h) of the inner body (1), such that rotation of the base member (4) with respect to the cam sleeve (3) will raise and lower the holder cup (2) relative to the inner body (1);
- and
- the rotating base member (4) may be detached from the disposable cartridge (100) by sliding the rotating base member off of the disposable cartridge.
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