COSMETIC CONTAINER IN WHICH APPLICATION MEANS HAVING AIR STORAGE SPACE IS EMBEDDED

Abstract

This application relates to a cosmetic container. In one aspect, the cosmetic container includes a container including a containing portion for containing contents of cosmetic products, and a lid functioning not only as a lid for the containing portion but also as a house for an application member, which includes an application member accommodating portion where an application member is accommodated, and a blocked bottom plate. A plurality of protrusions protruding upwards are provided at the application member accommodating portion of the lid. The application member is placed to be in contact with an upper surface of the protrusions in the application member accommodating portion. A first air storage portion is formed between the application member and a bottom surface of the lid.

Claims

1. A cosmetic container comprising a container including: a containing portion configured to contain contents of cosmetic products; and a lid configured to function both as a lid for the containing portion and as a house for an application member, which includes an application member accommodating portion where an application member is accommodated, and a blocked bottom plate, wherein a plurality of protrusions protruding upwards are provided at the application member accommodating portion of the lid, wherein the application member is placed to be in contact with an upper surface of the protrusions in the application member accommodating portion, and wherein a first air storage portion is formed between the application member and a bottom surface of the lid.

2. The cosmetic container of claim 1, wherein an upper portion of the protrusions has an open vertical hole, by which portions of the application member placed at the upper surface of the protrusions in contact with the vertical hole are in contact with air to facilitate drying of the application member.

3. The cosmetic container of claim 2, wherein the a transverse through hole intersecting with the vertical hole is formed at the protrusions.

4. The cosmetic container of claim 1, wherein the protrusions are formed at an upper surface of the bottom plate of the lid.

5. The cosmetic container of claim 2, wherein in the application member accommodating portion of the lid, an intermediate member having a plate shape is horizontally arranged at a position upward apart from the bottom plate of the lid, wherein the protrusions are provided at an upper surface of the plate-shaped intermediate member, and wherein the vertical hole of the protrusions passes through the plate-shaped intermediate member and communicate with a second air storage portion formed between the plate-shaped intermediate member and the bottom plate of the lid.

6. The cosmetic container of claim 5, wherein supporting pillars to support the plate-shaped intermediate member are provided between the plate-shaped intermediate member and the upper surface of the bottom plate of the application member accommodating portion of the lid.

7. The cosmetic container of claim 5, wherein a through space portion is provided at various parts of the plate-shaped intermediate member.

8. The cosmetic container of claim 7, wherein supporting pillars to support the plate-shaped intermediate member are provided between the plate-shaped intermediate member and the upper surface of the bottom plate of the application member accommodating portion of the lid.

9. The cosmetic container of claim 1, further comprising an external container including a container mounting portion on which the container is mounted and a lid to cover the lid including the application member accommodating portion when the container is mounted on the container mounting portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0040] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a conventional cosmetic container having a container and an external container.

[0041] FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating a structure of a cosmetic container according to the first aspect of the present disclosure.

[0042] FIGS. 4 to 6 are diagrams illustrating a structure of a cosmetic container according to the second aspect of the present disclosure.

[0043] FIGS. 7 to 11 are diagrams illustrating a structure of a cosmetic container according to the third aspect of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT

[0044] Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are now described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0045] First, in the embodiments below, the puff P is described as an application member for applying contents of cosmetic products such as a cushion, foundation, makeup base, etc. contained in a cosmetic container to the skin; however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. That is, the representative application member of the present disclosure is a puff P but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the application member may also include other thin plate-shaped member, for example, a sponge, etc.

[0046] Meanwhile, although the following embodiments and the drawings mainly describe the container 10 having the containing portion 15 and the lid 12, the container 10 and the external container 20 are coupled with each other to form a cosmetic container as a whole.

[0047] The container 10 does not necessarily need to be coupled with the external container 20 of the embodiment, and may be combined with other cosmetic containers of different structures as a container.

[0048] The reference numerals 1000a and the like in the embodiments below denote cosmetic containers as a whole into which the container 10 and the external container 20 are combined.

[0049] The structure of a cosmetic container 1000a according to the first aspect of the present disclosure is described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

[0050] As shown in the drawings, the container 10 of the cosmetic container 1000a may include a containing portion 15 in which contents of cosmetic products is contained, and a lid 12, which is a lid of the containing portion 15.

[0051] The lid 12 may include an application member accommodating portion 18 in which an application member is accommodated, and a blocked bottom plate 401, and accordingly, the containing portion 15 and the lid 12 may be blocked by the bottom plate 401.

[0052] According to the present disclosure, a plurality of protrusions 80 protruding upward may be provided at the application member accommodating portion 18 in the lid 12 of the container 10.

[0053] In the case of this embodiment, the protrusions 80 may be provided at the upper surface of the bottom plate 401 of the lid 12 and the bottom surface 124 of the lid 12.

[0054] Accordingly, when the puff P is placed on the upper surface of the protrusions 80, an air storage portion 600a for storing air may be formed between the bottom surface of the puff P and the bottom surface 124 (see FIG. 3).

[0055] Accordingly, the bottom surface of the puff P may be in contact with the air of the air storage portion 600a and the drying may be facilitated.

[0056] In particular, according to the present disclosure, an open vertical hole 87 may be provided at an upper portion of the protrusion 80.

[0057] Then, a portion of the puff P placed on the upper surface of the protrusion 80 in contact with the vertical hole 87 may also be in contact with the air, thereby facilitating the drying.

[0058] Further, a transverse through hole 84 intersecting with the vertical hole 84 may be formed at the protrusions 80.

[0059] In this case, the air passing through the transverse through hole 84 may flow through the vertical hole 87 to the portion of the puff P in contact with the protrusion 80, and drying of the portion of the puff P in contact with the vertical hole 87 may be facilitated.

[0060] FIGS. 4 to 6 illustrate structures of cosmetic containers 1000b1, 1000b2, and 1000b3 according to the second aspect of the present disclosure.

[0061] In comparison with the cosmetic container 1000a according to the first aspect of the present disclosure, as for the cosmetic containers according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, at the application member accommodating portion 18 of the lid 12, a plate-shaped intermediate member 800a may be provided at a position upward apart from the bottom plate 401 of the lid 12, and the plurality of protrusions 80 may be provided at the upper surface of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a.

[0062] In addition, the vertical hole 87 of the protrusion 80 may penetrate the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a. Accordingly, in the drawings, a through hole 879 penetrating the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a is described at the lower portion of the vertical hole 87.

[0063] According to the second aspect of the present disclosure, a second air storage portion 600b may be formed between the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a and the bottom plate 401 of the lid 12, and the vertical hole 87 of the protrusion 80 may communicate with the second air storage portion 600b.

[0064] The protrusion 80 may have only the vertical hole 87, or may have the transverse through hole 84 along with the vertical hole 87 as shown in the drawings.

[0065] According to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the second air storage portion 600b may store the air, and the stored air of the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the vertical hole 87 to the portions of the puff P placed on the upper surface of the protrusion 80 in contact with the vertical hole 87, thereby drying such portions.

[0066] In this case, due to the second air storage portion 600b, more air may be provided compared to the case according to the first aspect, and accordingly, the drying may be performed more efficiently.

[0067] Meanwhile, when the protrusion 80 has the transverse through hole 84, the air of the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the transverse through hole 84 to the first air storage portion 600a to enrich the air of the first air storage portion 600a and facilitate the drying of the bottom surface of the puff P in contact with the portion.

[0068] Further, as in the case according to the first aspect, the air passing through the transverse through hole 84 may flow through the vertical hole 87 to the portion of the puff P in contact with the protrusion 80, and the portion of the puff P in contact with the vertical hole 87 may also be in contact with the air, which leads to facilitated drying of the portion.

[0069] According to the second aspect of the present disclosure, between the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a and the bottom plate 401 of the application member accommodating portion 18 of the lid 12, supporting pillars 849 and 849′ to support the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a may be provided.

[0070] In the case of the cosmetic container 1000b2 of FIG. 5, the supporting pillars 849 may extend downward from some of the protrusions 80.

[0071] In the case of the cosmetic container 1000b3 of FIG. 6, independent supporting pillars 849′ may be provided irrelevant to the protrusions 80.

[0072] The supporting pillars 849 and 849′ may be arranged to prevent the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a from being bent downward, and in addition to this, the lid 12 may be lifted together with the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a at which the protrusions 80 are provided by the supporting pillars 849 and 849′. That is, the supporting pillars 849 and 849′ may be provided to make sure that the lifting is made stably in response to the pulling force applied in the vertical direction with respect to the protrusions 80.

[0073] Meanwhile, according to the present disclosure, the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a at which the protrusions 80 are provided may be arranged separately from the lid 12, and may be assembled with the application member accommodating portion 18 of the lid 12.

[0074] The protrusions 80 may also be separately manufactured and assembled with the plate-shaped intermediate member 800a.

[0075] FIGS. 7 to 11 illustrate structures of cosmetic containers 1000c1, 1000c2, and 1000c3 according to the third aspect of the present disclosure.

[0076] In comparison with the cosmetic containers according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, as for the cosmetic containers according to the third aspect, a through space portion 844 may be formed at various parts of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b.

[0077] That is, the through space portion 844 may be formed at various parts of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b arranged at a positon upward apart from the bottom plate 401 of the lid 12.

[0078] FIGS. 7 and 8 show an example of such structure. The plate-shaped intermediate member 800b may include a plurality of strip members 83 and 85 intersecting each other, and through spaces between the strip members 83 and 85 may form the through space portion 844. The through space portion 844 may include a lateral wall 125 of the puff accommodating portion 18 of the lid 12 and spaces formed between the strip members 83 and 85.

[0079] FIG. 9 shows that the container 10 is mounted on the external container 20 to form the cosmetic container 1000c1 as a whole, which has already been described above with reference to FIG. 1.

[0080] According to the third aspect of the present disclosure, when the puff P is placed on the upper surface of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b, as shown in the drawings, the first air storage portion 600a may be formed between the puff P and the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b, and the second air storage portion 600b may be formed between the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b and the bottom plate 401.

[0081] In this case, the air of the second air storage portion 600b, along with the air of the first air storage portion 600a, may pass through the through space portion 844 of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b to be in contact with the bottom surface of the puff P, and accordingly, drying of the bottom surface of the puff P in contact with the air may be further facilitated.

[0082] That is, compared to the case according to the second aspect, due to the through space portion 844 of the plate-shaped intermediate portion 800b, the air of the second air storage portion 600b may be in contact with a greater area of the bottom surface of the puff P.

[0083] The vertical hole 87 of the protrusion 80 may penetrate the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b and communicate with the second air storage portion 600b so that portions of the puff P in contact with the protrusions 80 may also be dried.

[0084] As in the cosmetic containers according to the first and second aspects of the present disclosure, the protrusions 80 may have a transverse through hole intersecting with the vertical hole 87.

[0085] Then, as in the case according to the first aspect, the air passing through the transverse through hole 84 may flow through the vertical hole 87 to the portion of the puff P in contact with the protrusion 80, and the portion of the puff P in contact with the vertical hole 87 may also be in contact with the air, which leads to facilitated drying of the portion.

[0086] In addition, as in the case according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, the air of the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the transverse through hole 84 to the first air storage portion 600a to enrich the air of the first air storage portion 600a and facilitate the drying of the bottom surface of the puff P in contact with the portion.

[0087] According to the third aspect of the present disclosure, between the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b and the bottom plate 401 of the application member accommodating portion 18 of the lid 12, supporting pillars 849 and 849′ to support the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b may be provided.

[0088] In the case of the cosmetic container 1000c2 of FIG. 10, the supporting pillars 849 may extend downward from some of the protrusions 80.

[0089] In the case of the cosmetic container 1000c3 of FIG. 11, independent supporting pillars 849′ may be provided irrelevant to the protrusions 80.

[0090] These cases are the same as the case described above according to the second aspect of the present disclosure, and thus, detailed descriptions thereon are omitted.

[0091] According to the first aspect of the present disclosure, by forming the first air storage portion 600a between the bottom surface 124 of the lid 12 and the puff, the bottom surface of the puff P may be in contact with the air and drying of the puff may be facilitated.

[0092] In a case where the vertical hole 87 is formed at the protrusion 80, a portion of the puff P in contact with the protrusion 80 may also be in contact with the air through the vertical hole 87 and the drying of the puff may be facilitated.

[0093] Furthermore, when the transverse through hole 84 intersecting with the vertical hole 87 is formed at the protrusion 80, the air passing through the transverse through hole 84 may flow through the vertical hole 87 to the portion where the puff P is in contact with the protrusion 80, and drying of the portion of the puff P in contact with the vertical hole 87 may be facilitated.

[0094] According to the second aspect of the present disclosure, in addition to the effect according to the first aspect, the air stored in the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the vertical hole 87 communicating with the second air storage portion 600b to the portion of the puff P placed on the upper surface of the protrusion 80 in contact with the vertical hole 87, and drying of the portion may be even more facilitated.

[0095] In addition, when the protrusion 80 has the transverse through hole 84, the air of the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the transverse through hole 84 to the first air storage portion 600a to enrich the air of the first air storage portion 600a and facilitate the drying of the bottom surface of the puff P in contact with the portion.

[0096] According to the third aspect of the present disclosure, in addition to the effects according to the first and second aspects, air from the second air storage portion 600b may flow through the through space portion 844 of the plate-shaped intermediate member 800b, and then through the first air storage portion 600a to be in contact with the bottom surface of the puff P placed on the upper surface of the protrusions 80, and the drying of the puff P may be further facilitated.

[0097] That is, compared to the case according to the second aspect, due to the through space portion 844 of the plate-shaped intermediate portion 800b, the air of the second air storage portion 600b may be in contact with a greater area of the bottom surface of the puff P and accordingly, the drying may be further facilitated.