Multi-stable magnetic article
US6831541B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S206/818
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A multi-stable magnetic article has plates which are generally juxtaposed and independently transformable in respective parallel planes between a stable closed orientation and a plurality of stable open orientations. The article is useful as a small cosmetic case containing a plurality of cosmetics on a single plate, all cosmetics being covered in the stable closed orientation and a selected one or more cosmetics being exposed in each of the stable open orientations.
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