Patent ID: 8991407
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A cosmetic compact comprising, in combination: a) a support receptacle containing a chamber, b) a cosmetic device at least partly concealed in a stored position in the chamber, c) a pusher to controllably displace the cosmetic device horizontally and linearly from the stored position, so that at least a portion of the cosmetic device protrudes from the chamber and is presented for use, d) a handle carried by and movable relative to the support receptacle to controllably displace the pusher, in an endwise generally linear direction, e) and wherein the pusher includes a bendable connector everywhere linearly elongated, in said linear direction, there being a guide projection integral with the support receptacle and over which the connector extends and over which the connector increasingly bodily bends during endwise displacement of the cosmetic device toward the stored position, f) wherein the handle has a first pivoted position collapsed relative to the support receptacle and a second displaced or extended position in which the handle projects away from the support receptacle and the pusher has been controllably bodily displaced endwise by the handle pivoting to displace the cosmetic device, and wherein the handle is pivotally carried by the support receptacle at a first pivot locus, and the pusher's elongated bendable connector is connected to the handle at a second and swingable locus spaced from said first pivot locus, to endwise displace said connector and the cosmetic device in opposite and endwise directions as said second locus is bodily swung in an opposite direction about said first locus in response to the handle pivoting, a major extent of the connector being bent sidewardly away from said first pivot locus and relative to said guide projection in response to pivoting of the handle toward the support receptacle, the entirety of said connector at all positions of said bodily displacement thereof, consisting of a first unidirectional segment extending and movable lengthwise linearly in a first direction, and of a second unidirectional segment extending and movable lengthwise linearly in a second direction, wherein said first and second directions meet at a single bend of said connector formed on said guide projection, as the connector travels over said guide projection, the pusher at all times remaining positively connected to the handle at said second locus, g) the entirety of said connector at all positions of said bodily displacement thereof consisting of a first and straight unidirectional segment extending and movable lengthwise linearly in the first direction which is the direction of said linear movement of the slider, and of a second unidirectional segment extending and movable lengthwise linearly in the second direction, wherein said first and second directions meet at a connector single bend formed sideward of and on said guide projection, as the connector travels over said guide projection, said second unidirectional segment formed between said bend and said second locus whereby the length of said second segment is redirected as the handle is moved toward a closed position.