Patent ID: 6119891
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A45C,A45D

Abstract:
A housing particularly for a cosmetic product such as makeup, comprising:a recessed bottom (3) provided with:a transverse wall (5) anda first wall (6) having a generally cylindrical shape with respect to a main axis (7) of the housing and defining, with the transverse wall (5), a receptacle (8) for makeup;a recessed cover (4) provided with:a transverse wall (13) anda first wall (14) having a generally cylindrical shape;hinge means (20) about a second axis (21) perpendicular to the main axis (7), connected to the bottom (3) and to the cover (4) at their periphery;said cover (4) being able to occupy two extreme positions,a locked closed position in which the bottom (3) and the cover (4) are rigidly connected to one another facing one another, anda fully open position in which the cover (4) allows for a clear access to the receptacle of the bottom (3);complementary means (25, 26) for locking the bottom (3) and the cover (4), respectively, provided on their respective first cylindrical walls (6, 14), which, when they are mutually engaged, make it possible for the cover (4) to be in the locked closed position and which, when they are mutually released, make it possible for the cover (4) to attain and occupy the fully open position;the housing comprising means of assembly (31, 32) connected near the hinge means (20),the means of assembly (31, 32) comprising a male part (31) and a female part (32) extending in the general direction of the second axis (21),one of the parts (31, 32) being connected to the bottom (3) and the other detachably to the cover (4),the female part (32) comprising at least one axial end opening (33),said opening (33) allowing for the engagement and disengagement of the male part (31) in and from the female part (32), respectively,the female part (32) having a general shape extending along an arc of a circle centred on the main axis,the male and female parts (31, 32) being able to occupy two extreme positions with respect to one another, i.e.:an engaged position in which they are connected, the relative pivoting of the cover (4) with respect to the bottom (3) about the second axis (21) being possible,a disengaged position in which they are separated, the pivoting of the cover (4) about the second axis (21) not being possible;the passage from the positions to the other being achieved through a relative pivoting of the cover (4) with respect to the bottom (3) about the main axis (7).