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US 6,945,403 B2Granted
Loose powder compact with movable screen
AssigneeLombardi Design and Manufacturing
InventorCarl Lombardi
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Abstract
A compact for loose powder is provided with a recess in which a screen is movable along the extent of the recess, and is urged to provide the larger space in which the powder is retained. The user pushes the screen, with a brush or puff, to engage the loose powder and to cause the brush or puff to carry the powder for application to a person's skin. The container for the loose powder can be provided as an insert to a screw-type or clamshell-type compact, and/or can be refillable.
Claims18
A container for loose cosmetic powder, comprising:
- a container having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall defining a first recess and a periphery thereof;
- a securing ring having a rim coextensive with the periphery and defining an opening and also having a depending ring wall disposed within the first recess and defining a second recess;
- a flexible screen mounted on a flange and disposed in the second recess, accessible through the opening, moveable with the flange to traverse the ring wall within the second recess, and retained in the second recess by the rim;
- and elastic means for biasing the screen into normally abutting relationship with the rim and for permitting the screen and flange to traverse the side wall towards the bottom wall, the elastic biasing means spanning between the bottom wall and the rim, the flange being disposed between the rim and the elastic biasing means.
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