Patent ID: 6345628
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A45C,A45D

Abstract:
Compact to be filled with cosmetics comprising a lid, generally fitted with a mirror, a hollow base selectively including an intermediate grid attached to said base, a recipient for receiving said cosmetics, a hinge and a clasp, upper sealing means attached to said lid and lower sealing means selectively attached to said base, said grid, or said recipient, said sealing means cooperating when said compact is closed, and further wherein:a) each of the upper and lower sealing means comprise a vertical skirt of upper and lower skirt sections, b) said cooperation is a tangential connection of said upper and lower skirts, with an angle &agr; between 45Â° and 90Â°, such that said skirts are placed under a deflection stress when said compact is closed, c) at least one of said upper or lower skirts is a flexible skirt and has an elasticity or reversible deformability under stress, such that said tangential connection induces said deformation of at least said flexible skirt by reaction along a direction typically perpendicular to the angle &agr;, d) masking means, typically rigid and attached to said compact, border, and possibly surrounding, at least one of said skirts, and typically said flexible skirt, selectively over all or part of its height, at a distance from said skirt enabling all or part of said reversible deformation of said flexible skirt, so as to obtain a tight compact with sealing means, which firstly are selectively completely or partially masked and secondly enable great freedom in terms of relative axial positioning and, as a result, standard precision for the parts forming said compact.