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US 5,211,302 AGranted
Cosmetic organizer
OwnerPaolo Tiramaniinventor
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Abstract
A cosmetic organizer has a lower tray and an upper cover. The upper cover has an upper rim hinged to the lower tray. The upper rim has an erect annular wall. A relatively flexible upper shell overlays and is mounted flush on the erect annular wall. Thus, the shell has a soft feel but maintains an erect shape.
Claims14
A cosmetic organizer comprising:
- a lower tray;
- and
- an upper cover including:
- (a) an upper rim hinged to said lower tray and having an erect annular wall, said erect wall having a domed shaped, and
- (b) a relatively flexible upper shell overlaying and mounted flush on said erect annular wall to follow its domed shape, said erect wall having at its top an inwardly converging slope for supporting and directing said upper shell away from said erect wall at said inwardly converging slope, said erect wall being relatively rigid in comparison to said upper shell and being sized and sloped to keep the upper shell flexible on top and rigid on its side and to prevent collapsing or inverting of the upper shell, whereby said shell has a soft feel but maintains an erect shape.
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A cosmetic organizer comprising:
- a lower rim having an annular lower channel and a dependent annular wall, said dependent annular wall being curved and converging;
- a relatively flexible lower shell overlaying and mounted flush on said dependent annular wall and having a lower flange fitting into said lower channel;
- an upper rim hinged to said lower rim and having a notch, an annular upper channel, and an erect annular wall, said erect annular wall being curved and converging and having a circumferentially spaced plurality of apertures;
- a relatively flexible upper shell overlaying and mounted flush on said erect annular wall and having an upper flange fitting into said upper channel, so that said upper shell has a soft feel but maintains an erect shape, said upper and lower shells each having a plurality of longitudinal stiffening ribs, said upper and said lower rims extending beyond said upper and lower shells;
- a perforated, flexible partition mounted across part of said upper rim to form a pocket region with said upper shell, said partition having about the same thickness as said upper shell and having a circumferentially spaced plurality of mounting holes;
- a circumferentially spaced plurality of hooks for holding said partition by its mounting holes, said hooks each being separately cantilevered over a corresponding one of said apertures in said erect annular wall, said hook when viewed in the plane of said partition being insufficiently sized to screen said aperture, so that said hook can be molded by a two part pass-through;
- a latch button spanning said notch in said upper rim and having an inward ridge for engaging and holding closed said lower rim;
- a plurality of axially spaced, C-shaped sleeves projecting from said lower rim;
- a pivot structure including:
- (a) a plurality of spacers projecting from said upper rim, said spacers being sized to interdigitate with said sleeves, and (b) a plurality of coaxial shafts spanning said spacers and pivotally mounted inside said sleeves;
- a guide wall mounted on said lower rim and sized to fit inside said upper rim, said guide wall having a breach;
- and
- a sheet sized to fit within said guide wall and having an apertured tab sized to fit through said breach, so that said organizer can be hung from said tab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.