Cosmetic articles basket with adjustably configurable handle and mirror
OwnerZlatko Zadroinventor
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Abstract
A personal care accessory for carrying cosmetic articles and viewing one's image during their use includes a shallow open top basket which has releasably attached to opposite sides thereof an inverted U-shaped bail-type handle. The vertical segments of the handle are elastically deformable apart to disengage and reattach the handle to the basket. The handle has a straight upper central portion over which is fitted a tubular end portion of a mirror assembly support bracket, the other end of the bracket supporting an inverted U-shaped yoke which holds a mirror. The mirror is rotatable about a yoke pivot axis to a desired inclination angle, and the yoke assembly is orbitable around the handle to position the mirror at a selected polar angle.
Claims23
A personal care accessory comprising an article container with adjustably configurable handle and mirror, for carrying cosmetic articles and viewing a person's face during their use, said accessary comprising:
- a. an open cylindrically-shaped container,
- b. an inverted U-shaped bail type handle protruding upwardly from said container,
- c. a mirror assembly including at least a first mirror, and
- d. reconfigurable attachment means supporting said mirror assembly from said handle, said attachment means enabling said mirror assembly to be orbited between lower, pendent positions beneath an upper part of said handle, which lower positions facilitate grasping said handle for carrying said container, and upper positions above said handle, which are useful for viewing a person's face in said mirror.
A personal care accessory consisting of a cosmetic articles basket with adjustably configurable handle and mirror, said accessory comprising:
- a. an open cylindrically-shaped basket which includes a plurality of frame rings including a base perimeter ring, at least one intermediate perimeter ring spaced above and parallel to said base ring, and an upper ring spaced above and parallel to said base perimeter ring, said frame rings being fastened together by a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart struts disposed perpendicularly to respective planes of said frame rings, a horizontally disposed base panel disposed parallel to and covering said base ring, and a vertically disposed side wall circumferentially overlying at least one of said frame rings,
- b. an inverted U-shaped, bail type handle which has a pair of generally vertically disposed, laterally spaced apart lower segments, each of which has a arcuately inwardly and upwardly curved segment which joins outer ends of a straight, horizontally disposed upper center segment, said lower handle segments terminating in a pair of opposed inwardly protruding tangs, which are attached to said upper frame ring of said basket,
- c. a mirror assembly which includes a mirror frame, and at least a first mirror held with said frame, and
- d. a reconfigurable mirror support assembly which includes,
- (I) an inverted U-shaped yoke provided with a pair of laterally opposed pivot eyes which pivotably receive a pair of laterally opposed pivot pins that protrude radially outwardly from opposite sides of said mirror frame, whereby said mirror frame may be tilted about an axis through said pivot eyes to a selected inclination angle, and
- (II) a yoke support bracket which has at a first end thereof a tubular portion which frictionally receives said upper straight segment of said handle, and a second end thereof attached to said yoke, whereby said bracket and cradle may be orbited around said upper straight segment of said handle to a selected polar angle relative thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.