US 5,515,991 AGranted

Cosmetic container

AssigneeHeitland und Petre International GmbH

InventorVolker Heitland

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Abstract

A cosmetics container, preferably made of either glass or of a plastic appearing similar to glass, includes a receiving segment with a planar bottom and which is sealable by an air-hermetic main cover. The container is designed in such a way that sealing is ensured and an intermediate container cover can be easily removed. For that purpose, at least one inwardly projecting step running parallel to the bottom is present at the receiving segment's inside surface and supports the intermediate cover, the outside surface of the intermediate cover being spaced from the vertical inside surface of the receiving segment so that when the intermediate cover rests on the step, a gap remains between the outside surface of the intermediate cover and the receiving segment inside surface. A hollow stub is joined to the lower side of the intermediate cover and has outside dimensions approximately matching the inside dimensions of the receiving segment including the gap. The inside of the hollow stub is accessible through an upward-pointing aperture passing through the intermediate cover.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A cosmetics container comprising:

a hollow receiving segment including a planar container bottom closing a lower end of said receiving segment;
at least one step prejecting inwardly from an interior surface of said receiving segment, said step projects parallel to said container bottom;
an intermediate cover supported on said at least one step, said intermediate cover and said at least one step providing a first sealing surface;
a first gap between a radially outermost periphery of said intermediate cover and said interior surface of said receiving segment;
a hollow stub extending from said intermediate cover toward said container bottom, said hollow stub includes an inside volume;
an aperture through said intermediate cover opening into said hollow stub;
a second gap between a radially outermost periphery of said hollow stub and said interior surface of said receiving segment;
a main cover including a solid stub extending from said main cover toward said intermediate cover, said main cover and said intermediate cover providing a second sealing surface, said main cover and said receiving segment providing a third sealing surface, said main cover having a radially outermost periphery congruent to a radially outermost periphery of said receiving segment;
and,
a third gap between a radially outermost periphery of said solid stub and said interior surface of said receiving segment.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/346,228Filed 22 Nov 1994 · continuation
Priority: DE 42 33 296.272 Oct 1992
Granted: 14 May 1996
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B65D 51/18
Closures not otherwise provided for: arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures
A45D 34/00
Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances
A45D 40/00
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials