Patent ID: 7229038

Claim:
A device for shaping a pastel stick and storing pastel powder from the pastel stick, said device comprising: a powder receptacle defining an opening and an interior volume accessible through said opening; a screen removably carried by said powder receptacle in said opening, said screen defining a surface for shaping a pastel stick, whereby pastel powder generated by shaping the pastel stick is received in said powder receptacle through said screen; and a lid for securing said screen and for selectively sealing said interior volume, said lid including: a lid ring configured to be received over said powder receptacle opening and said screen such that said screen is securely mounted on said powder receptacle, said lid ring defining an opening to cooperate with said powder receptacle opening for receiving a pastel stick to be shaped; and a seal member configured to be removably received between said screen and said lid ring when said screen is mounted on said powder receptacle and between said powder receptacle and said lid ring when said screen is removed, said seal member being further configured to cover said lid ring opening such that powder received within said powder receptacle is retained when said lid ring and said seal member are mounted on said powder receptacle.