DEVICE FOR PACKAGING A PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A COSMESTIC PRODUCT

• US 20150342321A1
• Filed: 12/16/2013
• Published: 12/03/2015
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,028,568 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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, in particular a cosmetic composition, the device comprising:

a casing having an open end;

a composition support that 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 support to move from its retracted position to its extended position;

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

wherein, when the support is in the retracted position thereof in which said magnetic elements are in a first relative position, the elements generate magnetic forces between them, which magnetic forces are suitable for holding said support in said retracted position, the actuator is connected to the support in such a manner that actuating the actuator causes a first movement of the support, moving the magnetic elements away from said first relative position, thereby reducing said magnetic forces in such a manner as to enable the support to move towards its extended position, and in that the device further comprises thrust means that are suitable for causing the support to move towards its extended position after the first movement of the support.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the support is configured to move towards the extended position thereof without causing the actuator to move beyond said first movement.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the thrust means comprise a spring.

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

5. A device according to claim 1, wherein including return means for returning the actuator towards its initial position after actuation.

6. A device according to claim 1, wherein, in the first relative position of the first and second magnetic elements said first and second magnetic elements face each other angularly in the refracted position of the support.

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

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

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

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

11. A device according to claim 8, wherein the actuator is a portion of the casing.

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

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

14. A device according to claim 12, wherein one of the parts formed by the base portion and by the rotary portion presents a spline that co-operates with a return tab that is secured to the other one of said parts.

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

16. A device according to claim 1, wherein one of the two magnetic elements is a magnet, the other of said 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.

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