Patent ID: 9119455
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. In a folding component cosmetic compact, the combination comprising a) base, insert and cap components, b) there being a first hinge connecting the insert component to the base component and a second hinge connecting the insert component to the cap component, c) said hinges being foldable living hinges, d) said components having a substantially horizontally linearly extended position in which the living hinges are substantially horizontally aligned, e) said components having a collapsed position in which one living hinge is concealed by primary peripheral portions defined by the cap and base components so that said primary peripheral portions block all exposure of the one living hinge to the exterior of the compact, and the other living hinge is concealed by secondary peripheral portions defined by the cap and insert components so that said secondary peripheral portions block all exposure of the other living hinge to the exterior of the compact, said primary and secondary peripheral portions bounding all of said living hinges in said collapsed position, f) the entireties of said base, cap components, and living hinges have a one-piece construction, g) one living hinge projecting relatively sidewardly but entirely inside the periphery of the base component, and the other living hinge projecting relatively downwardly entirely outside the periphery of the insert component, said other living hinge in said compact fully collapsed position retainer concealed between wall positions defined by the base and cap components, and said one living hinge in said compact fully collapsed position being retained between wall positions defined by the insert and cap components, h) the living hinges being everywhere entirely outside the entirety of a re-entrant interior space defined by the insert, i) the base component having a re-entrant recess into which the insert component projects in said collapsed position, the cap component then overlying the base component, insert component, and the living hinges, j) and including a concealed clasp acting to releasably hold such components in closed together condition k) wherein said peripheral portions on the base, insert and cap components project and between which the living hinges become encompassed, as the components guidedly collapse together.