Patent ID: 8807146

Claim:
A housing base for containing a cosmetic product, comprising: a compartment fitted into a support and comprising a bottom and at least one lateral wall; a lid connected to legs of the base to provide a hinge connection so that the lid rotates to open and close the housing base; a part for containing the cosmetic product and embedded in the compartment, the part comprising a bottom positioned on and parallel to the bottom of the compartment and at least one lateral wall positioned parallel to the lateral wall of the compartment; a first locking means for locking the part embedded in the compartment by preventing relative movements of the part and the compartment along a first axis (Z) perpendicular to the bottoms of the part and compartment, and wherein the first locking means comprises a first hollow element fitted with a second protruding element of a shape complementary to the first element, the first hollow element being fitted into the lateral wall of the compartment and the second protruding element being fitted into the lateral wall of the part, wherein the second protruding element is configured to deform elastically to permit the lateral wall of the part to slide along the lateral wall of the compartment to connect the first hollow element and the second protruding element; and a second locking means for locking the part embedded in the compartment by preventing relative movements of the part and the compartment along a second axis (Y) perpendicular to the lateral wall and preventing a rotation of the part with respect to the compartment around a third axis (X) perpendicular to first and second axes, and wherein the second locking means comprises a third hollow element fitted with a fourth protruding element of a shape complementary to the third element, the third hollow element being fitted into the bottom of the compartment and the fourth protruding element being fitted into the bottom of the part.