System for Storing and Dispensing Soluble Makeup

Abstract

A system for storing and dispensing soluble makeup is an apparatus with detachable segments. In one embodiment a first segment houses a container of fluid as well as an integral application wand, and a second segment is a vessel that holds an anhydrous cosmetic pigment tablet. The fluid in the first segment is added to the vessel of the second segment, where it dissolves the pigment tablet to form a mixture of desired viscosity. Once mixed, the hydrated pigment can be applied with the wand. Both the fluid and the pigment tablet are replenishable.

Claims

1. An apparatus for mixing and dispensing a viscous cosmetic comprising: a container configured to contain fluid, further comprising a valve, fixedly engaged with a cosmetic applicator; and a vessel removably engaged with said container; wherein an anhydrous cosmetic pigment tablet placed in said vessel may be mixed with said fluid, which is dispensed into said vessel from said container through said valve, to make a viscous cosmetic to be applied with said cosmetic applicator.

2. An apparatus for mixing and dispensing a viscous cosmetic comprising: at least a first segment comprising a housing and a container with a nozzle configured to contain and dispense fluid, removably engaged with said housing; and at least a second segment having an open top, an open bottom and a passage therethrough, removably engaged with said at least first segment; and removably engaged with at least a third segment; further comprising a cosmetic applicator and a seal configured to removably engage with said nozzle; and said at least third segment is a vessel; wherein an anhydrous cosmetic pigment tablet placed in said third segment may be mixed with said fluid when said first segment is removed from said second segment and said fluid is poured from said container, through said nozzle and through said second segment, and into said third segment, where it is mixed with said anhydrous cosmetic pigment tablet, forming a cosmetic to be applied with said cosmetic applicator.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said second segment further comprises a structure between said open top and said open bottom, said structure configured to support said seal.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] FIG. 1 is a front view of an example embodiment.

[0009] FIG. 2 is a front, exploded view of an example embodiment.

[0010] FIG. 3 is a section view of an example embodiment.

[0011] FIG. 4 is a front, disassembled view of an example embodiment, shown in use.

[0012] FIG. 5 is a front view of a second iteration of the embodiment, shown assembled.

[0013] FIG. 6 is a front, exploded view of the second iteration.

[0014] FIG. 7 is a section view of the second iteration.

[0015] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the second iteration, shown in use.

DESCRIPTION

[0016] FIGS. 1-4 show an example embodiment 100 of three segments. A first segment 112 has a valve 110 in a cap 112 which connects to the second segment 114 by press-fit or other connecting means. The second segment 114 is a fluid reservoir that serves as an applicator handle. A third, base segment 116 is a vessel that holds an anhydrous pigment tablet. In use, the first and second segments remain assembled as the user unscrews the second from the third segment; inverts it over the third segment; and opens the valve 112 to release the fluid into the vessel of the third segment 116, where it mixes with the pigment tablet 118, dissolving it to form a viscous cosmetic. The valve 112 is then closed and the applicator wand 115 is replaced in the base segment 116, where it may be agitated to further mix the cosmetic before application. Once the cosmetic is depleted, both the fluid and the pigment tablet may each be replaced.

[0017] FIGS. 5-8 illustrate a second iteration 200 of a cylindrical unit that includes three segments. A first segment 212 houses a dropper bottle 213 configured to contain and dispense a solution. The dropper bottle 212 has a cap with a nozzle 211. A second segment 214 serves as an applicator-wand handle that further joins the first and third segments, and the third (bottom) segment 216 is a container that holds the anhydrous cosmetic pigment tablet 218 which may be combined with the solution. The dispensing end of the dropper bottle is blocked by a seal 219 in the lower part of the second segment 214. This seal closes off the dropper bottle to keep the solution from leaking while the apparatus is closed.

[0018] Referring to FIG. 8, the second segment 214 has a structure 220 that supports the seal 219 that meets the nozzle 211 to seal the dropper bottle 213 shut when the first segment 212 is joined with the second segment 214. A passage 222 extends through the second segment 214.

[0019] To use this iteration, one first pops off the first segment 212 from the second to reveal the dropper bottle 213 and nozzle 211 housed inside the first segment. One skilled in the art understands that this segment may be coupled with the others by use of a combination o-ring-and-groove, or any type of snap fit or threaded fit. The dropper bottle's nozzle 211 is aimed at the inside of the exposed second segment 214 and third segment 216, where the solution is allowed to pour or drip through the second segment 214 past the applicator wand 217, (also referred to as a cosmetic applicator), and into the third segment 216, where it dissolves the cosmetic tablet to form a viscous cosmetic. One may then reconnect the first segment 212 and the second segment 214 and proceed to apply the cosmetic with the applicator wand 217. As in the first iteration, both the mixing solution and the pigment tablet may be replaced once depleted. One skilled in the art understands that the solution bottle may be refilled or replaced.