Device for packaging a product, in particular a cosmetic product

• US 10,028,568 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parfums Christian Dior (Christian Dior SE)
• Original Assignee: Parfums Christian Dior (Christian Dior SE)
• Inventors: Lefevre, Savine, Gautier, Francois
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiang, Jennifer C
• Application Number:
  US14/653,991
• Publication Number:
  US 20150342321A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,681 Days
• Field of Search: 401 55, 401100
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/02 Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/02 Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement A45D40/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/10 Casings wherein a spring presses the lipstick or like solid into the position for use or into the retracted position
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/12 Casings with provision for preventing undesired movement of the stick A45D40/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/264 movable within the container

Abstract

The device comprises: a casing (10) having an open end (10′); a composition support (12), that is movable in the casing between a retracted position and an extended position; and an actuator (16) that is suitable for being moved so as to cause the support to move. The device further comprises first and second magnetic elements (20, 22) that are secured to the support and to the casing respectively. When the support is in its retracted position, the magnetic elements generate magnetic forces between them, which magnetic forces are suitable for holding said support in its retracted position. When the actuator is moved, it causes the support to move, moving the magnetic elements apart from each other, thereby reducing the magnetic forces in such a manner as to enable the support to move towards its extended position.

Claims

1. A packaging device for packaging a composition, the device comprising:

a casing having an open end;

a composition support that supports the composition, the composition support is movable in the casing between a retracted position and an extended position that provides access to the composition via said open end;

an actuator that is suitable for being moved so as to cause the composition support to move from its retracted position to its extended position;

first and second magnetic elements that are secured to the composition support and to the casing respectively;

wherein the second magnetic element is stationary with respect to the casing when the composition support is moved between the retracted position and the extended position;

wherein, when the composition support is in the retracted position thereof in which said first and second magnetic elements are in a first position one with respect to the other, the first and second magnetic elements generate magnetic forces between them, which magnetic forces are suitable for holding said composition support in said retracted position;

wherein the actuator is connected to the composition support in such a manner that actuating the actuator causes a first movement of the composition support, moving one of the first and second magnetic elements away from the other one of the first and second magnetic elements so that the first and second magnetic elements cease to be in the first position one with respect to the other, thereby reducing said magnetic forces in such a manner as to enable the composition support to move towards its extended position; and

a spring that applies a force to the composition support to cause the composition support to move towards its extended position after the first movement of the composition support.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the spring causes the composition support to move towards its extended position after the first movement without further displacement of the actuator.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the spring is arranged between the composition support and a bottom end wall of the casing, the bottom end wall is remote from the open end of said casing.

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is configured to be returned towards its initial position after actuation.

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein, in the first position of the first and second magnetic elements said first and second magnetic elements face each other in the retracted position of the composition support.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is configured to be moved in translation in a sliding direction of the composition support, so as to cause the composition support to move in translation during said first movement.

7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is configured to be turned, so as to cause the composition support to turn about a sliding axis during said first movement.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein the actuator is connected to the composition support via a movable slider that is guided by a track to move along a stroke that enables the composition support to pass from the retracted position to the extended position.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein the track includes edges, and at least one of the edges of the track co-operates with the slider and presents a flexible strip.

10. A device according to claim 7, wherein the actuator is a portion of the casing.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein the casing includes a base portion in which there is housed the second magnetic element and a rotary portion that forms the actuator.

12. A device according to claim 11, wherein the base portion and the rotary portion are held together by snap-fastening.

13. A device according to claim 11, wherein one of the base portion and the rotary portion presents a spline that co-operates with a return tab that is secured to the other one of the base portion and the rotary portion.

14. A device according to claim 1, wherein the actuator co-operates with a slot formed in a wall of the casing, and the actuator includes at least one drive tab that passes through the slot and co-operates with the composition support.

15. A device according claim 1, wherein one of the first and second magnetic elements is a magnet, the other of said first and second magnetic elements being one of a magnet and a piece made out of a material that is sensitive to the magnetic field generated by the magnet.

16. A device according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprises a cosmetic article having a body that contains a cosmetic composition, and the cosmetic article is received by the composition support in a removable manner.