Cosmetic case with push button defined and surrounded by an elastically deformable annular groove
US5682910A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/18
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A case body has a surrounding peripheral wall including a thicker front wall portion which has a hole defined centrally therein which opens forwardly and upwardly. A first hook projects from a vertical rear inner wall of the hole, and a second hook projects from a front end lower surface of a lid in positionally corresponding relation to the first hook. The first and second hooks are engageable with each other in a region that is covered with a cover which is snugly fitted in a recess defined in a front surface of the thicker front wall portion in communication with the hole. The cover is made of a thermoplastic elastomer and has a push button formed as a central thinner region. A hook disengaging pin projects inwardly from an inner surface of the push button into the hole. The push button is defined and surrounded by an annular groove extending circularly around the push button.
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