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US 11,766,108 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for dispensing cosmetics
AssigneePowder Presto, Inc.
InventorsDanata Hammonds, Charles Spyksma
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Abstract
A cosmetic container that converts unusable broken pressed powder into loose powder. The cosmetic container pulverizes broken pressed powder into loose powder via a “screw press” mechanism. In one specific implementation, the pulverized loose powder is held in a sealable sifter enclosure; the enclosure can be locked to prevent leakage during travel. In some variants, the portable cosmetic container may further include storage space for an applicator brush, make-up pad, or other assorted cosmetics.
Claims17
A cosmetic dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a pulverizing component comprising a first threaded mating mechanism, a first cavity, a second cavity, and a perforated screen between the first cavity and the second cavity, where the first threaded mating mechanism has an inner diameter that is greater than an outer diameter of the perforated screen;
- a press component comprising a press face and a second threaded mating mechanism, where the first threaded mating mechanism is complementarily threaded to the second threaded mating mechanism and where the press component is configured to screw into the first cavity to pulverize a friable cosmetic solid in the first cavity through the perforated screen, into a pulverized friable cosmetic solid in the second cavity;
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- a sealable sifter component configured to control access to the pulverized friable cosmetic solid.
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A cosmetic dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a pulverizing component comprising a perforated screen;
- a press component comprising a convex press face configured to screw into the pulverizing component and compress broken cosmetic solids through the perforated screen into an enclosure component as a loose powder;
- where the enclosure component is configured to control access to the loose powder;
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- a locking component configured to lock the enclosure component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.