Cosmetics Box Having Damping Effect When Being Opened
OwnerAn-Kung Kuoinventor
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Abstract
A cosmetics box includes a housing, a receiving tray secured in the housing, a lid pivotally mounted on the housing to cover the receiving tray, and two pivot mechanisms mounted between the lid and the receiving tray so that the lid is pivotally connected with the receiving tray. Thus, when the lid is pivoted relative to the housing, the rotation of the lid is damped and braked by the pivot mechanisms to largely reduce the rotation speed of the lid relative to the housing, thereby preventing the lid from violently hitting the housing and the receiving tray due to an excessive force and a higher rotation speed, and thereby protecting the articles contained in the receiving tray.
Claims6
A cosmetics box, comprising:
- a housing;
- a receiving tray secured in the housing;
- a lid pivotally mounted on the housing to cover the receiving tray;
- and
- two pivot mechanisms mounted between the lid and the receiving tray so that the lid is pivotally connected with the receiving tray;
- wherein each of the pivot mechanisms includes:
- a main body;
- an operation member rotatably mounted in the main body;
- a damping member movably mounted in the main body and pressing the operation member to damp rotation of the operation member;
- a stop member mounted on the main body;
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- an elastic member mounted in the main body and biased between the stop member and the damping member to press the damping member toward the operation member;
- the main body of each of the pivot mechanisms has a first end formed with a polygonal limit hole and a second end formed with a passage having a size smaller than that of the limit hole;
- the operation member of each of the pivot mechanisms has a first end formed with a rotation disk rotatably mounted in the limit hole of the main body and a second end formed with a polygonal driven post extending through and protruding outward from the passage of the main body;
- the rotation disk of the operation member of each of the pivot mechanisms has a side formed with two opposite first abutting blocks and two opposite first locking grooves disposed between the two first abutting blocks;
- the rotation disk of the operation member of each of the pivot mechanisms has two opposite first oblique guide faces each extending from a respective one of the two first abutting blocks to a respective one of the first locking grooves;
- the damping member of each of the pivot mechanisms has a side formed with two opposite second abutting blocks and two opposite second locking grooves disposed between the two second abutting blocks;
- the damping member of each of the pivot mechanisms has two opposite second oblique guide faces each extending from a respective one of the two second abutting blocks to a respective one of the second locking grooves;
- each of the two second abutting blocks of the damping member is detachably locked in a respective one of the first locking grooves of the operation member at a normal state and is movable to press a respective one of the two first abutting blocks of the operation member;
- each of the two first abutting blocks of the operation member is detachably locked in a respective one of the two second locking grooves of the damping member at a normal state;
- the stop member of each of the pivot mechanisms is inserted into the limit hole of the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.