Cosmetic container for braking and centering coaxial, tubular members

A cosmetic container having a stick lift mechanism and comprising internal and external rotatable concentric sleeves which guide an internal stick-carrier holder in axial translation, said external sleeve having an annular skirt with an inwardly facing cylindrical wall, said internal sleeve having a base adjacent its lower end with an outwardly facing cylindrical wall and an annular shoulder, flexible brake shoe portions extending downwardly from said annular shoulder and being regularly distributed about the periphery of said outwardly facing wall and being defined by a plurality of thin diverging tongues configured to frictionally contact said inwardly facing wall of said external sleeve, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs which project downwardly from said annular shoulder, each of said ribs being positioned between adjacent shoe portions.

A cosmetic container having a stick lift mechanism and comprising internal and external rotatable concentric sleeves which guide an internal stick-carrier holder in axial translation, said external sleeve having an annular skirt with an inwardly facing cylindrical wall, said internal sleeve having a base adjacent its lower end with an outwardly facing cylindrical wall and an annular shoulder, flexible brake shoe portions extending downwardly from said annular shoulder and being regularly distributed about the periphery of said outwardly facing wall and being defined by a plurality of thin diverging tongues configured to frictionally contact said inwardly facing wall of said external sleeve, and a longitudinal slot, and said internal stick carrier holder includes a radial projection received within said longitudinal slot, said annular shoulder being positioned on said base, beneath said longitudinal slot.