US1796963A - Vanity case - Google Patents

Description

Patented Mar. 17, 1931 unirse STATES PAr'l-:Nirl' ePrice ISAAC4 ROSENHAFT AND fermer."Y HERSKOWITZ', .or NEW YORK, N. Y.

VANITY CASE A-ppnafion'iea ocfqber 2, leas. serial.' No, 309,752.

Our? inve'n'tion'- relates to`S vanity caseslav- Ainga perfume" chamber andf compartments forh'oldingV 'other `lcosmetics"more or' les's dry, sucha's lip s'tic'ks and'ey'eLbrovif-pencils: 'lli's ilvntin iisl a'Il` i111p'Veliiel'it4 O'Ve'f Olval'hlty case l as* disclosed in` Patent #l/1,490,484, April 15, 1924. n

Anobjectv Vof-fourv invention` is to provide a simple an'dcompact" vanity4 case which lends 1,0 itself to ease and cheapness in manufacture. The case has an inner perfume chamber, or tank, one of whose Walls can be flexed inward for ejecting the perfume as desired by the user. The perfume chamber is contained in 115 a larger chamber, which latter chamber is adapted to hold the other cosmetics. The

case is also provided with a hinged lid containing a mirror and provided with space for holding a powder puff and compact.

We attain these and other objects as will be noted by a further study of the description and drawing, in which Fig. l is a front elevation of the vanity case, F ig. 2 is a top plan View, Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional plan taken at the same location as 4, but of a modified form 39 of our device, Fig. 6 is a partial sectional plan showing another modified form, and Fig. 7 is an elevation, looking toward the left in Fig. 1

of one of the removable cosmetic holders.

Main chamber 8 contains the perfume chamber 9 within it. A lug 10 is formed on the top wall of main chamber 8. A tapped hole is provided through lug 10, the top wall of the main chamber 8 and the top wall of perfume chamber 9. Into this hole is screwed the screw portion 11 of tube 12. Tube 12 with its screw portion 11 is fastened to the under side of perfume cap 12. A port 14 leads from tube 12 up through screw portion 11 and to the top of perfume cap 13. Fastened to the fr0-nt or outer wall of perfume chamber 9, is a button 15 which projects forward through a suitable hole provided in the front or outside wall of main chamber 8. The front wall of perfume chamber 9 is flexible, so that when button 15 is pressed inward, perfume is forced up'throu'ghltube12'and port`14, due' tolthereduction in volume-of the perfume chamber'. In order to prevent evaporation whenlnotin use, a knurledjstopper dise 16 is: provided. DS- is' rotatably mounted; O pin 17. Anf opening' 181 (Figa 2l and 3)i is profvided in said disc at af radial distance away from; pin' 17 equal to the radial distance Vof port 14,` When di`sc16 isturned so that opening 18'co'mesover thetopo'f'port 14, perfume-may b'edischarge'd from-perfume chamber' 9. lVhen discfl' is tur-nedl so that opening-m movedawa'y fromA theto'pof port-'14', a's showndot't'ed 'diagonally aboveand to th'eileft? in` Fig.-2, the top of porti 1'4 is Sippe'diy 'lhesp'ace not occupied in' m'a-in chamber 8 by perfume chamber 9 is utilized toliold cosmeticsii Thecosmetic', usually inv the form ofla tubeorfstick', such as shown? at 20or`21 (F ig. 115) f-,jisforc'ed atitfs upper end into-sleeves 19 of? the' removableI cosmetic holders 22. Suitable-holes are providedfinl the top Wall of-'ma'inlchafn'iber'S for the insertion ofsleeves 19;

' Lid`23fismountediby means ofhinges 24 o'nitlieoutside' of main chamber 8. It con t-ai'ns a mirror V25, heldi against-fiber cushion 26 by means of'f-'raine27l Between-mirror 25 andftl'ie'tre'ar wall of mainchamber 8 is asp'ace for holding a] powder' puff andl compact, the latter not be'i'n'gshown.A

-Tlielmodified formshovvnv in Fig. 5,'is constructed witlrfront wallv 28, of main' chamber8`a`iieXible.-f Projectinginwardfroinwall 28'i's aistudf29, which, when-wallf28 is-presse'd', forces inward the contacting wall of perfume chamber 9a, ejecting' the perfume through tube '12b Only` three side wallsarev shown for perfume'V` chamber 9a; the fourth wall being the back wa'll of main chamber 8a; y i

Inthe'modilied form shown in Fig' 6, front wall 30,'of-main chamber 8b is' iiexible; In this'c'alse perfume chamber' 9b has a portionof front wall 30 serving 'as its front wall. Flexingfront wa-1130 ejects' "the perfume fromp'erfume: chamber 9b through tube 12 not shown) ,ina-fsimilar manner to the other forms, 'It is to'be observed" that perfume cha-mber'` 9b isfmade' wider than in the other two forms to enable front Wall 30 to be more readily flexed.

Broadly speaking button 15 can be said to form a portion of the front Wall of main chamber 8, said portion being loose or movable. It is also to be noted that the portions of Walls 28 and 30 opposite the perfume chamber are also movable.

lVe claim:

l. A vanity case comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber located in said main chamber, said main chamber being Wider than the perfume chamber and having its outside Wall in the direction of its Width provided with a movable portion opposite said perfume chamber for reducing the volume of the perfume chamber and thereby ej ecting its perfume.

2. A vanitycase comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber located in said main chamber, said perfume chamber having a flexible Wall for the ejection of the perfume, said main chamber being Wider than the perfume chamber in a direction substantially parallel to said flexible Wall, the outside Wall of said main chamber running in said direction having a loose portion opposite said flexible Wall and fastened to it, said loose portion being movable independently of the rest of said outside Wall, enabling pressure on said loose portion to reduce the volume of thel perfume chamber and thereby eject its perfume.

3. A vanity case comprising a main chamber and a perfume chamber located in said main chamber, said perfume chamber having a flexible Wall for the ejection of the perfume, said main chamber being Wider than the perfume chamber in a direction substantially parallel to said flexible Wall, whereby space for holding cosmetics is left outside of the perfume chamber in the main chamber, said Wall being accessible for flexing from the outside of the main chamber.

4. A vanity case comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber, located in an intermediate position in said main chamber, operable from the outside of said main chamber for the ejection of the perfume, said perfume chamber being small enough to leave a space on either side of it in said main chamber sufficiently large to receive a cosmetic.

5. A vanity case comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber, located in said main chamber, operable from the outside of said main chamber for the ejection of the perfume, said perfume chamber being small enough to leave a space outside of it in said main chamber sufficiently large to receive a cosmetic, one of the Walls enclosing said space being provided With an opening, and a sleeve open at both ends mounted upon said Wall at the opening for supporting a cosmetic holder.

6. A vanity case comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber located in said main chamber operable from the outside of said main chamber for the ejection of the perfume, said perfume chamber being small enough to leave a space in said main chamber sufficiently large to receive a cosmetic, one of the Walls of the main chamber at said space being adapted to admit and to hold a cosmetic.

7. A vanity case comprising a main chamber, a perfume chamber located in said main chamber, said perfume chamber having a flexible Wall for the ejection of the perfume, said main chamber being Wider than the perfume chamber in a direction substantially parallel to said flexible Wall, the outside Wall of said main chamber, running in said direction, having an opening therein opposite said flexible Wall, and a button fastened to said flexible Wall at its inner end and extending loosely through said opening With its outer end substantially flush With the outside of said Wall of the main chamber. ISAAC ROSENHAFT. ISRAEL HERSKOWITZ.

iii)

Images