US 7,478,641 B2 · Device for the combined presentation of two items

Abstract

A device for the combined presentation of first and second items includes first and second elements, each detachably securable to the first item and the second item. The first and second elements are adapted to resiliently engage the first and second items. A connecting member interconnecting the first element and the second element is resiliently foldable between a relaxed configuration in which the first and second elements are coplanar, and a folded configuration in which the first and second elements are coaxially aligned.

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Dependent claims

A device for the combined presentation of first and second items, the device comprising:

a first element detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the first element including a pair of arms having free ends defining a first opening therebetween, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of a central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
a second element detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the second element including a pair of arms having free ends defining a second opening therebetween, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of a central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
and
a connecting member having a first end connected to the first element opposite the first opening and having a second end connected to the second element opposite the second opening, the connecting member being resiliently foldable between a relaxed configuration in which the first element and the second element are substantially coplanar and the first opening faces away from the second opening, and a folded configuration in which the first element is coaxially aligned with the second element.

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A device for the combined presentation of first and second items, the device comprising:

a first element detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the first element having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first element including a pair of arms having free ends, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of a central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
a second element detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the second element having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second element including a pair of arms having free ends, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of the central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
and
a connecting member interconnecting the first element and the second element, the connecting member lying along the central axis, being foldable in a first direction so that the first surface of the first element confronts the first surface of the second element, and being foldable in a second direction so that the second surface of the first element confronts the second surface of the second element, the folding of the connecting member not substantially deforming the first element and the second element.

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An assembly for attaching two discrete bodies, comprising:

a first item in the form of a first receptacle containing a first product;
a second item;
and
a device including a first element, a second element, and a connecting member, the first element being detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the first element including a pair of arms having free ends defining a first opening therebetween, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of a central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
the second element being detachably securable to the first item and the second item, the second element including a pair of arms having free ends defining a second opening therebetween, the pair of arms being disposed on opposite sides of a central axis and being resiliently displaceable relative to one another so as to securely engage the first item and the second item;
and the connecting member having a first end connected to the first element opposite the first opening and having a second end connected to the second element opposite the second opening, the connecting member being resiliently foldable between a relaxed configuration in which the first element and the second element are substantially coplanar and the first opening faces away from the second opening, and a folded configuration in which the first element is coaxially aligned with the second element,
wherein the first element and the second element can simultaneously attach either to the first item, to the second item or to the first item and the second item, such that the first item and the second item may be stacked one on top of the other or adjacent to one another without substantially deforming the first element and the second element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description3,234 words

Summary2,335 words

#The present invention concerns an accessory for the combined presentation of at least two items, in particular two items for cosmetic use. The items may be two separate distinct products, or the two items may include a product and an accessory which is adapted for application of the product.

#This provides advantages especially in the field of make-up due to the increasing sophistication of the make-up art, which often involves the use of two complementary products to be applied separately.

#This is the case, for example, with lipsticks, wherein a first product may provide the color and a second so-called “finishing” product provides, if necessary, the gloss or hold-fast properties for the first product. An example of other make-up products that may require separate applications of elements is cosmetics for the eyes and the nails, where one of the products may be a make-up foundation and the other product may be the so-called make-up proper.

Brief description of the drawings4 figures

#The present invention includes, apart from the above arrangements, a number of other arrangements that will be explained below in relation to non-limiting examples described by reference to the annexed figures, in which:

#FIG. 1 shows an exploded view of an assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

#FIG. 2 shows a view in the assembled state of the assembly shown in FIG. 1;

Detailed description790 words

#Assembly 1, which is now going to be described by reference to FIGS. 1-3, includes a first cosmetic item 2 in the form of a cylindrical case 3 having a longitudinal axis X and containing a solid piece of lipstick.

#Assembly 1 also includes a second item 12 in the form of a cylindrical case 13 having a longitudinal axis Y. The external diameter of the cylindrical case 13 may be more or less identical with that of cylindrical case 3. Cylindrical case 13 may define a reservoir containing a liquid composition intended to be applied to the lips following application of the product contained in the first cosmetic item, in such a way as to modify the lipstick, i.e., gloss. To this end, an applicator 14 is integral with a cap that seals off the reservoir.

#The assembly also includes a device 20 allowing the two items 2 and 12 to be presented in a combined manner. The device 20 may be obtained by molding polyethylene. It may include identical loop sections 21 and 22.

Facts

Application

10/690,773Filed 22 Oct 2003

Published

US 2005/0087207 A128 Apr 2005

Granted

20 Jan 2009

Term ended

2 Feb 2024

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 103 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification4 codes

A45D 40/24
Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks:…
A45F 5/00
Holders or carriers for hand articles
A45D
Hairdressing or shaving equipment
A45F
Travelling or camp equipment: sacks or packs carried on the body

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