Back to results
US 4,905,128 AGranted
Lipstick application assisting device
OwnerRichard Cairesinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A lipstick application assisting device comprises a housing, a receptacle formed in the housing so as to accommodate a lipstick, a mirror provided on the housing, and an illuminating element including a switch, a power supply activated and deactivated by the switch, and an electric light source supplied from the power supply during its activation and arranged so that its light is directed toward user's lips so as to illuminate the user's lips and to obtain in the mirror an illuminated image of the user's lips.
Claims13
A lipstick application assisting device, comprising a housing having an outer front surface;
- a receptacle formed in said housing so as to accommodate a lipstick;
- a mirror provided on said housing and occupying a greater portion of said outer front surface of said housing;
- and an illuminating element including a switch, a power supply activated and deactivated by said switch, and an electric light source supplied from said power supply during its activation and located on a small corner portion of said outer front surface of said housing, said electric light source being inclined relative to said mirror at an angle less than 90.degree. such that its light is directed toward a user'3 s lips so as to illuminate the user's lips and to obtain in said mirror an illuminated image of the user's lips and at the same time does not impinge the user's eyes, said mirror having a substantially rectangular shape with one corner removed, said electric light source being located on said small corner portion of said outer front surface of said housing and in a region vacated by said one corner of said mirror.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.