# US 9,775,423 B2 · Cosmetic container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,775,423 B2 - Document ID: US9775423B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/069,433 - Filed: 2016-03-14 - Published: 2016-07-07 - Granted: 2017-10-03 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-02 - Assignees: Zen Design Solutions Limited - Applicants: Zen Design Solutions Limited - Inventors: Leo Clifford Pires; Roger Hwang; Rahul Bose - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9775423B2 ## CPC - A45D 40/12: Casings with provision for preventing undesired movement of the stick (A45D40/10 takes precedence) - A45D 40/00: Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks (features common to containers for handling powdery or liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D33/00-A45D37/00; cosmetic or like preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; sample tables or the like G09F5/00) - A45D 40/0068: {Jars} - A45D 40/22: Casings characterised by a hinged cover - B29C 39/10: incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. casting around inserts or for coating articles {(coating a surface by casting in general B05D1/30, B29C39/126 takes precedence)} - B29C 39/24: Feeding the material into the mould - B29C 39/36: Removing moulded articles - B29C 39/38: Heating or cooling - A45D 2040/0018: {with indirect access, e.g. requiring an initial action for separating the cap from the stick holder} - B29K 2055/02: ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers - B29K 2105/0058: {Liquid or visquous} - B29L 2031/712: {Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages (closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418)} - B29L 2031/718: {Cosmetic equipment, e.g. hair dressing, shaving equipment (brushes B29L2031/42, combs B29L2021/005)} - A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B29K: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR {MOULDS, } REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract A container for packaging and dispensing of a solid cosmetic or care product. The container comprises a hollow base and a cap for holding the solid product. The cap is rotatably mounted on the hollow base of the container to present the solid product to a surface of application including skin, face, lip, eyelashes, hair, nail etc. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A container for packaging and dispensing of a solid cosmetic or care product, the container comprising: a hollow base; a cap mounted on the hollow base, the cap is rotatably mounted inside the hollow base; wherein the cap comprises a support member which secures a solid product to the cap, the support member comprises a support surface with a plurality of apertures; wherein when the cap is rotated in a first direction to bring the container to a closed position, the solid product is enclosed within the hollow base; and wherein when the cap is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction to bring the container to an open position, the solid product faces away from the hollow base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The container according to claim 1, wherein the hollow base further comprises a side wall and an open top end; and wherein the cap comprises a closed end, an open end and a rim at the open end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The container according to claim 2, wherein the cap is pivotally mounted on the side wall near the top end of the hollow base such that the cap can rotate inside the hollow base. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The container according to claim 3, wherein the cap is provided with a diametrically opposed pair of rotation means on an outer surface of the rim of the cap and wherein the diametrically opposed pair of rotation means is configured to be disposed within a corresponding pair of holes present in the side wall of the hollow base near the top end of the hollow base to allow the cap to rotate within the hollow base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The container according to claim 4, wherein the diametrically opposed pair of rotation means is selected from one of a pair of lugs, pins and protrusions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The container according to claim 2, wherein the cap includes a lip protruding outwardly from the rim. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The container according to claim 3, wherein the cap includes at least one guiding means to guide rotation of the cap within the hollow base and wherein the at least one guiding means is present on an outer surface of the rim of the cap, wherein the at least one guiding means is configured to travel in a corresponding groove provided on an inner surface of the side wall near the top end of the hollow base. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The container according to claim 7, wherein the at least one guiding means is selected from one of a lug, a pin and a protrusion; and wherein the groove is semi-circular in shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The container according to claim 8, wherein the at least one guiding means travel in the corresponding semicircular groove to allow the cap to rotate through 180 degree in one direction to open the container and through 180 degree in opposite direction to close the container. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The container according to claim 2, wherein the cap is provided with at least one locking means which prevents accidental movement of the cap from the closed position to the open position or vice versa. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The container according to claim 10, wherein the locking means includes at least one groove or a protrusion on an outer surface of the rim of the cap which engages with a corresponding protrusion or a groove provided on an inner surface of the side wall near the top end of the hollow base. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The container according to claim 1, wherein the support surface is a flat surface or a raised surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The container according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of apertures can be of any shape selected from circle, oval, square, rectangle and polygonal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The container according to claim 1, wherein the support member comprising the support surface further comprises an outer skirt and an inner skirt, and wherein the outer skirt comprises a projection on its outer surface which engages with a corresponding annular groove present on an inner surface of the cap. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The container according to claim 14, wherein the support surface further comprises a central portion, and a plurality of mutually spaced elongated ribs radiating outwardly from the central portion to an inner surface of the inner skirt such that the plurality of apertures are formed between the mutually spaced elongated ribs. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The container according to claim 15, wherein the central portion is integrally connected to a gripping post. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A method for attaching a product to the support member of claim 1, wherein the method comprises of following steps: a) placing the support member on an open end of a desired shaped mold; b) filling the desired shaped mold by pouring a hot liquid product through the plurality of apertures in the support surface of the support member; c) cooling the desired shaped mold by passing it through a cooling chamber so that the liquid product solidifies into a solid product and gets attached to the support surface of the support member; and d) pulling out the support member carrying the solid product from the desired shaped mold. ### Claim 18 A container for packaging and dispensing of a solid cosmetic or care product, the container comprising: a hollow base having a longitudinal axis; the hollow base comprises at least one side wall, an open top end and a bottom end; a cap mounted on the hollow base, the cap is rotatably mounted inside the hollow base about an axis making a non-zero angle to the longitudinal axis of the hollow base; wherein the cap comprises a support member which secures a solid product to the cap; wherein when the cap is rotated in a first direction to bring the container to a closed position, the solid product is enclosed within the hollow base; wherein when the cap is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction to bring the container to an open position, the solid product faces away from the hollow base; wherein the cap includes at least one guiding means to guide the rotation of the cap within the hollow base; wherein the at least one guiding means is present on an outer surface of the cap; and wherein the at least one guiding means is configured to travel in a corresponding semi-circular groove provided on an inner surface of a side wall of the hollow base, near a top end of the hollow base. ### Claim 19 A container for packaging and dispensing of a solid cosmetic or care product, the container comprising: a hollow base having a longitudinal axis; a cap mounted on the hollow base, the cap is rotatably mounted inside the hollow base about an axis making a non-zero angle to the longitudinal axis of the hollow base; wherein the cap comprises a support member which secures a solid product to the cap; wherein when the cap is rotated in a first direction to bring the container to a closed position, the solid product is enclosed within the hollow base; and wherein when the cap is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction to bring the container to an open position, the solid product faces away from the hollow base.