Case with a disengageable hinge and an automatically mating lip

A case, for cosmetics, comprising:

• a base (2), provided with a transverse wall (3) and a first wall (4) of roughly cylindrical shape with respect to a principal axis (5), defining, with the wall (3), a compartment (6), notably for make-up;
• a lid (7) provided with a transverse wall (8) and a first wall (9) of roughly cylindrical shape with respect to the axis (5);
• means forming a hinge (10, 11) around a second axis (12), orthogonal to the axis (5) at the periphery of the first walls (4, 9), and comprising
• a first part (10), associated with the base (2),
• a second part (11), associated with the lid (7),
• the lid (7) and base (2), being able to be situated, with respect to each other, between two extreme positions:
• a latched closure position and a complete opening position;
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass from one to another of these positions, this passage entailing at least a tilting of the lid (7) with respect to the base (2) about the axis (12);
• complementary latching members (13, 14), respectively for the base (2) and for the lid (7), which, when said latching members (13, 14) are in mutual engagement, enable the lid (7) to be in the latched closure position and which, when said latching members (13, 14) are mutually disengaged, enable the lid to be brought to and be situated in the complete opening position,
• one (9) of the first walls (4, 9) of the base and of the lid surrounding the other first wall (9, 4) in the latched closure position;
• the base (2) and lid (7) having complementary sealing members, able, when the lid (7) is in the latched closure position, to be applied against each other in order to seal the compartment (6);
• characterized in that the lid (7) and base (2) can be situated with respect to each other in an intermediate engagement position in which the complementary latching members (13, 14) are mutually disengaged and the first part of the hinge (10) cooperates with the second part (11) of the hinge, allowing pivoting about the axis (12);
• the base (2) and lid (7) have members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in translation along the principal axis (5) of the case and members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in rotation on this axis, on the faces of their first walls (4, 9) turned towards each other;
• the sealing members comprising at least one automatically mating lip (21), on the lid (7), able to be applied sealing to a part of the base (2), forming a complementary sealing member;
• the automatically mating lip (21) being:
• in the latched closure position, applied sealingly to the said part of the base (2),
• disengaged from this part, in the position of engagement and complete opening of the lid (7) and base (2),
• the first and second hinge parts (10, 11) are such that, essentially by rotation from the engagement position on the axis (5) by the means (17, 18, 19) of mutual guidance in rotation, the first part (10) is disengaged from the second part (11):
• the first and second hinge parts (10, 11):
• being disengaged from each other in the latched closure position,
• cooperating in the complete opening position,
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass between one and the other of the complete opening and intermediate engagement positions, by pivoting of the second part (11) with respect to the first part (10) about the axis (12);
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass from one to the other of the latched closure and intermediate engagement positions, by rotating the lid (7) with respect to the base (2) about the axis (7) using the members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in rotation, and by moving the lid (7) in translation with respect to the base (2) on the axis (5) using the members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in translation.

A case, for cosmetics, comprising:

• a base (2) provided with a transverse wall (3) and a first wall (4) of roughly cylindrical shape with respect to a principal axis (5), defining, with the wall (3), a compartment (6), notably for make-up;
• a lid (7) provided with a transverse wall (8) and a first wall (9) of roughly cylindrical shape with respect to the axis (5);
• means forming a hinge (10, 11) around a second axis (12) orthogonal to the axis (5) at the periphery of the first walls (4, 9) and comprising
• a first part (10), associated with the base (2),
• a second part (11), associated with the lid (7),
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to be situated, with respect to each other, between two extreme positions:
• a latched closure position and a complete opening position;
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass from one to another of these positions, this passage entailing at least a tilting of the lid (7) with respect to the base (2) about the axis (12);
• complementary latching members (13, 14), respectively for the base (2) and for the lid (7), which, when said latching members (13, 14) are in mutual engagement, enable the lid (7) to be in the latched closure position and which, when said latching members (13, 14) are mutually disengaged, enable the lid to be brought to and be situated in the complete opening position;
• one of the first walls (4, 9) of the base surrounding the other first wall (9, 4) in the latched closure position;
• the base (2) and lid (7) having complementary sealing members, able, when the lid (7) is in the latched closure position, to be applied against each other in order to seal the compartment (6);
• characterized in that
• one (11) of the hinge parts comprises at least one pivoting stud (15), directed along the second axis (12) and in a first direction (S) of rotation with respect to the axis (5), and the other hinge part (10) has at least one recess (16), turned towards the stud (15) and able to receive said stud (15);
• the base (2) and lid (7) have members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in translation on the principal axis (5) of the case and members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in rotation about this axis (5), on the faces of their cylindrical walls (4, 9) turned towards each other;
• the lid (7) and base (2) can be situated, with respect to each other, in an intermediate engagement position, in which the complementary latching members (13, 14) are mutually disengaged, and the pivoting stud (15) is engaged in the recess (16), allowing pivoting about the axis (12);
• the stud (15) being:
• in the complete opening position, engaged in the recess (16), allowing pivoting about the axis (12),
• in the latched closure position, disengaged from the recess (16),
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass from one to the other of the complete opening and intermediate engagement positions, by pivoting of the stud (15) in the recess (16) about the second axis (12);
• the sealing members comprising at least one automatically mating lip (21), on the lid (7), able to be applied sealingly to a part of the base (2), forming a complementary sealing member;
• the automatically mating lip (21) being:
• in the latched closure position, applied sealingly to the said part of the base (2),
• disengaged from this part, in the position of engagement and complete opening of the lid (7) and base (2),
• the lid (7) and base (2) being able to pass between one and the other of the latched closure and intermediate engagement positions, by rotating the lid (7) with respect to the base (2) about the axis (7) using the members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in rotation, and by moving the lid (7) in translation with respect to the base (2) on the axis (5) using the members (17, 18, 19) for mutual guidance in translation.