Patent · US Expired

Structure of a lipstick case

US6394270B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 2000
Grant dateMay 28, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 4, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45D40/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lipstick case includes a tubular housing, a connecting sleeve fitted within the tubular housing and having an upper end extending out of the tubular housing, a cap engageable with an upper end of the connecting sleeve, a core movably mounted within the connecting sleeve and having a chamber for receiving a lipstick, the core having a downwardly extending member, a supporting bracket disposed within the tubular housing and provided with two vertical members, a hand wheel rotatably arranged between the two vertical members and formed with two gears at two sides thereof, and a toothed rack fixedly mounted on an inner side of the downwardly extending member of the core and meshed with one of the gears of the hand wheel.

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