DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND DISPENSING A STICK OF PRODUCT ESPECIALLY A COSMETIC PRODUCT

• US 20110123249A1
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Published: 05/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Delbove, William, Drugeon, Lionel
• Granted Patent: US 8,267,606 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/59
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/023 with self-contained covering means

Abstract

A device for packaging and dispensing a product includes a dispensing assembly provided with a holding cup for the product, a sheath in which the cup is mounted, a jacket around the sheath and including an outlet orifice, and an outer sleeve around the jacket. Guide devices are provided to bring about, during a rotation of the outer sleeve relative to said jacket, a joint axial movement of said sheath and of the holding cup relative to the jacket, followed by an axial movement of said cup relative to the guide sheath and to the jacket towards a use position of the product. A protective case in which the dispensing assembly is mounted, forms an outer cover for the assembly and includes an actuating member that is able to rotate the outer sleeve.

Claims

1. A device for packaging and dispensing a product, particularly a cosmetic product, comprising:

a dispensing assembly having a holding cup that forms a seat for the product;

a sheath in which the holding cup is mounted, the sheath including a groove;

a jacket provided around the sheath and including a product outlet orifice;

an outer sleeve provided around the jacket configured to be rotated relative to said jacket, the jacket including a guide means that engages with the groove in the sheath to bring about, when the outer sleeve is rotated about an axis that cuts the outlet orifice, a joint axial movement of said sheath and holding cup relative to the jacket between a storage position and a partly extended position; and

a protective case in which the dispensing assembly is mounted and which forms the outer cover of said assembly, the protective case having an actuating member configured to rotate the outer sleeve,

wherein the sheath and the jacket further include grooves that are configured to engage with a guide means on the holding cup to bring about, when the outer sleeve is rotated, an axial movement of said cup relative to the sheath and to the jacket between the partly extended position and a use position of the product.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing assembly is removably mounted in the protective case.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the actuating member forms a base for mounting at least part of the outer sleeve.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the actuating member has rotary drive means able to engage with complementary drive means belonging to the outer sleeve.

5. The device according to claim 4, in which the drive means of the actuating member are able to engage with the complementary drive means belonging to the outer sleeve by complementarity of shape.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the protective case has a cap in which the dispensing assembly is housed.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the protective case has a lid for the outlet orifice of the jacket that is movable between an orifice-closed position and an open position.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the lid, the actuating member, and the cap define a closed chamber in which the dispensing assembly is completely housed.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the cap has a bevelled upper surface defining on the protective case an outlet orifice for the product.

10. The device according to claim 6, further comprising a product stick mounted in the holding cup, the stick having a bevelled upper surface parallel to a bevelled upper surface of the cap when said stick is in a use position.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the product stick and the cap are unable to rotate relative to each other.

12. The device according to claim 1, wherein the jacket has a flexible tongue supporting the guide means.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein the jacket has a snap-fastening means to retain the outer sleeve axially on the sheath.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the holding cup has a flexible tongue supporting the guide means.

15. The device according to claim 12, wherein the guide means has a stud.