Nail polish bottle retainer
AssigneeJoseph Jay by said Joan P. LaBelle and George Ketz, Jr. Kopstein
InventorsJoan P. LaBelle, George Ketz, Jr.
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Abstract
A support means for retaining and adjustably positioning a cosmetic bottle eceptacle in a predetermined disposition along and about an arc extending from a generally upright disposition to a tilted disposition generally 45.degree. from said upright disposition. The support means includes an elongated flexible continuous body with a base pad portion, bottle base engaging support leg extending from one end of the base pad, and a bottle retaining portion extending from the opposed end of the base pad. The bottle retaining portion has an arcuate configuration, and is provided with a slotted zone through which the neck portion of a bottle is received, with lateral edge strips along the slotted zone being arranged to abut against the shoulder of a bottle being retained therewithin.
Claims3
Support means for retaining and adjustably positioning and securing cosmetic bottle receptacles in predetermined disposition about an arc extending from a generally upright disposition to a tilted disposition generally 65.degree. from said upright disposition, said support means comprising:
- a. an elongated continuous flexible support body having a base pad portion, a bottle engaging support leg in a plane disposed at an acute angle from the plane of said base pad portion and extending from one end of said base pad portion, and a bottle retaining portion extending from the opposed end of said base pad portion;
- b. said bottle engaging support leg portion terminating along a terminal edge disposed in elevated disposition relative to the plane of said base pad portion;
- c. said bottle retaining portion having a generally arcuate configuration with the center of arc being generally coincidental with said terminal edge and with said bottle retaining portion being elevated above said terminal edge and having a surface in opposed disposition to said terminal edge, and slot means being formed within said bottle retaining portion between lateral edge strip zones, said slot being arranged to receive and retain only the neck portion of a cosmetic bottle therewithin, and with the base of said lateral edge strips being arranged to abut against the shoulder of a bottle being retained therewithin;
- d. the arrangement being such that upon inserting a bottle within said support means and upon said terminal edge, said bottle retaining portion flexes resiliently away from said terminal edge so as to grip the bottle between said terminal edge and the inner surface of said arcuate bottle retaining portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.