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US 8,387,627 B2Granted
Compact powder case
AssigneeElcos America, Inc.
InventorO Sin Yeom
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Abstract
A compact powder case includes a top case, a bottom case coupled to the top case to open and close the compact powder case, a mid case housed in the bottom case, a lifter disk coupled to the bottom case by a spring supporting the lifter disk elastically, a container to contain a content, the container detachably attached to the lifter disk, and a grinding member rotatably positioned on the top of the mid case, the grinding member including a grinding cap and a grinding insert coupled to the grinding cap, the grinding insert having an aperture to discharge ground content upwardly and a blade disposed at a lower portion of the aperture to grind the content when the grinding insert rotates, wherein the grinding insert rotates along with the grinding cap and against the container when a user rotates the grinding cap.
Claims11
A compact powder case comprising:
- a top case;
- a bottom case coupled to the top case to open and close the compact powder case;
- a mid case housed in the bottom case;
- a lifter disk coupled to the bottom case by a spring supporting the lifter disk elastically;
- a container to contain a content, the container positioned on the lifter disk;
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- a grinding member rotatably positioned on a top of the mid case, the grinding member comprising a grinding cap and a grinding insert coupled to the grinding cap, the grinding insert having an aperture to discharge ground content upwardly and a blade disposed at a lower portion of the aperture to grind the content when the grinding insert rotates, wherein the grinding insert rotates along with the grinding cap and against the container when a user rotates the grinding cap;
- wherein the mid case has a fringe to be positioned at a top of the bottom case when the mid case is housed in the bottom case;
- the lifter disk further includes a couple of protrusions and a guide groove formed between the couple of protrusions;
- the mid case further has an assembly guide groove in which the couple of protrusions of the lifter disk are inserted and a notch extended downwardly from the fringe;
- and
- the bottom case includes a lifter disk assembly guide to be inserted into the guide groove of the lifter disk and an assembly groove to receive the notch of the mid case.
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A compact powder case comprising:
- a top case;
- a bottom case coupled to the top case to open and close the compact powder case, the bottom case including a lifter disk assembly guide and an assembly groove;
- a lifter disk coupled to the bottom case by a spring supporting the lifter disk elastically,
- the lifter disk including a couple of protrusions and a guide groove formed between the couple of protrusions, the lifter disk assembly guide of the bottom case inserted into the guide groove of the lifter disk;
- a mid case having a fringe to be positioned at a top of the bottom case when the mid case is housed in the bottom case, an assembly guide groove in which the couple of protrusions of the lifter disk are inserted and a notch positioned in the assembly groove of the bottom case, the notch extended downwardly from the fringe;
- a container to contain a content, the container detachably attached to the lifter disk;
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- a grinding member rotatably positioned on a top of the mid case, the grinding member comprising:
- a grinding cap including a grinding insert rotation prevention protrusion;
- and
- a grinding insert including a rotation prevention groove to receive the grinding insert rotation prevention protrusion of the grinding cap to rotate along with the grinding cap when the grinding cap rotates, the grinding insert having an aperture to discharge ground content upwardly and a blade disposed at a lower portion of the aperture to grind the content by a rotation when the grinding insert rotates.
8 more elements
A compact powder case comprising:
- a top case formed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS);
- a mirror attached on the inner side of the top case;
- a bottom case coupled to the top case to open and close the compact powder case, the bottom case including a lifter disk assembly guide and an assembly groove;
- a lifter disk coupled to the bottom case by a spring supporting the lifter disk elastically, the lifter disk including a couple of protrusions and a guide groove formed between the couple of protrusions, the lifter disk assembly guide of the bottom case inserted into the guide groove of the lifter disk, the lifter disk formed of polypropylene (PP);
- a mid case having a fringe to be positioned at a top of the bottom case when the mid case is housed in the bottom case, an assembly guide groove in which the couple of protrusions of the lifter disk are inserted and a notch positioned in the assembly groove of the bottom case, the notch extended downwardly from the fringe;
- a container to contain a content, the container detachably attached to the lifter disk;
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- a grinding member rotatably positioned on a top of the mid case, the grinding member comprising:
- a grinding cap formed of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), the grinding cap including a grinding insert rotation prevention protrusion;
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- a grinding insert formed of polypropylene (PP), the grinding insert including a rotation prevention groove to receive the grinding insert rotation prevention protrusion of the grinding cap to rotate along with the grinding cap when the grinding cap rotates, the grinding insert having an aperture to discharge ground content upwardly and a blade disposed at a lower portion of the aperture to grind the content by a rotation when the grinding insert rotates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.