US 2015/0144581 A1Published application

Beauty product displays

AssigneeOne Source Industries, LLC

InventorsRichard Allen Ports, Rodney Bennett Miller, Jason Rockford Wheaton

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Abstract

Devices and methods for displaying beauty and other visual products are disclosed. A display system can comprise a frame and a sample portion. Traits such as color and texture of a beauty product can be displayed on the sample portion, and the frame portion can interface with product shelving to align samples with relevant products in the display. The sample portion can be releasably attached to the frame to be removed by a user and be placed above a body part of the user to which a beauty product may be applied, or a body part can be placed in proximity to the sample portion even while it is attached to the frame. The user can advantageously view the beauty product as applied to the body part without applying the beauty product. The system is useful for fingernail polish display, for example.

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Dependent claims

A beauty product sample display system comprising:

a frame configured for attachment to an elongate row of product shelving organizing beauty products in elongate columns that are perpendicular with respect to the elongate row, the elongate row of product shelving configured to be positioned near a consumer space such that multiple elongate columns of beauty products are visible to consumers, each elongate column containing beauty products having the same color or other visual property, the beauty products arranged one behind another in the elongate column;
the frame further configured to releasably accept multiple swatch pieces and associate each swatch piece with a corresponding elongate column of beauty products by positioning one swatch piece adjacent to—and aligning that swatch piece with—each elongate column of beauty products;
multiple swatch pieces, each comprising:
a sample portion that can be configured to contain or display beauty product samples and expose the beauty products' colors or other visual properties for close inspection by a consumer, each sample portion configured to protrude outward, away from the product shelving and into the consumer space to allow consumers to interact with the sample portion and closely evaluate the color or other visual property;
a label portion that can be configured to contain or display a label identifying the name or source of the beauty product sample;
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at least one slot engagement protrusion;
the frame further comprising one or more frame slots for accepting the slot engagement protrusions of each of the multiple swatch pieces, the one or more frame slots positioned to allow the multiple swatch pieces to slide into alignment with the corresponding elongate column of beauty products.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Application: 14/555,185Filed 26 Nov 2014
Priority: 27 Nov 2013
Published: 28 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A45D 44/005
Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms: for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
A47F 1/12
Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles , e.g. by means of gravity or springs: dispensing from the side of an approximately…
A47F 5/0025
Display racks with shelves or receptables: having separate display containers or trays on shelves or on racks
A47F 5/005
Show shelves: partitions therefore

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Application61/909,997Us provisional application · filed 27 Nov 2013
Application62/025,443Us provisional application · filed 16 Jul 2014
US 9,380,853 B2Related patent
US 2015/0144581 A1This patent

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