Liquid cosmetic container

• US 9,173,471 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2011
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tokiwa Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Tokiwa Company Limited
• Inventors: Inoue, Takashi, Tanaka, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Walczak, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLIVER, BRADLEY S
• Application Number:
  US13/206,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20120063835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: 401/118, 401/119, 401121-130
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/054 Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/042 using a brush or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/046 comprising a wiper

Abstract

The invention protects an application body as well as reducing a remaining amount of a liquid cosmetic. A bag-like container accommodates liquid cosmetic therein and provides an opening neck portion to communicate the inner side and the outer side thereof, a pipe portion in the opening neck portion extends to the bag portion bottom side. The pipe portion peripheral surface has an opening for the liquid cosmetic going into an internal portion. An application body in a lid portion goes into the pipe portion by installing the lid portion to the opening neck portion to reach the opening position. If a user pushes and squeezes the bag portion, the liquid cosmetic goes into the pipe portion through the opening, the application body dips into the liquid cosmetic to run short of the liquid cosmetic and to protect the application body by the pipe.

Claims

1. A liquid cosmetic container comprising:

a bag-like container being provided with a bag portion formed by aligning at least two films to join ends of the films to each other to form a joint portion, and having an opening neck portion communicating an inner side and an outer side of said bag portion as well as accommodating a liquid cosmetic within the bag portion;

a lid portion being detachably installed to said opening neck portion to form a lid of said opening neck portion,

the opening neck portion being provided with an attaching portion which is attached to the joint portion, and an installation portion for detachably connecting with the lid portion; and

an application body being provided in said lid portion and goes into said bag portion through said opening neck portion at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion,

a pipe portion being continuously provided in said opening neck portion so as to extend in such a manner as to head for a bottom portion side within said bag portion, being formed as a tubular shape capable of accommodating said application body and protecting said application body from being deformed, and being provided in its peripheral surface with at least one opening enabling said liquid cosmetic to go into an internal portion, and

wherein said application body goes into said pipe portion so as to reach a position at which said opening of said pipe portion is provided, at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion; and

wherein a gap or clearance is provided along the entire length of such a part of the pipe portion as is located within the bag portion at the time when the lid s portion is installed to the opening neck portion between an inner peripheral surface of the pipe portion and an outer surface of the application body.

2. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said opening of said pipe portion is at least one slit extending in an axial direction of said pipe portion.

3. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said slit is exposed at a whole length of said application body.

4. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said opening of said pipe portion is open to a position which is opposed to the joint portion joining said film ends to each other.

5. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said opening of said pipe portion is open to a position which is opposed to the joint portion joining said film ends to each other.

6. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 3, wherein said opening of said pipe portion is open to a position which is opposed to the joint portion joining said film ends to each other.

7. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 4, wherein the joint portion joining said film ends to each other protrudes toward said opening in a portion which is opposed to said opening of said pipe portion.

8. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the joint portion joining said film ends to each other protrudes toward said opening in a portion which is opposed to said opening of said pipe portion.

9. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the joint portion joining said film ends to each other protrudes toward said opening in a portion which is opposed to said opening of said pipe portion.

10. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pipe portion is formed integrally with the attaching portion and the installation portion.

11. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pipe portion has an opening at a leading end thereof enabling said liquid cosmetic to go into the internal portion.

12. The liquid cosmetic container as claimed in claim 1, wherein a suspending hole is provided in one side of an upper portion in the joint portion of the bag-like container.

13. A liquid cosmetic container comprising:

a bag-like container being provided with a bag portion formed by aligning at least two films to join ends of the films to each other to form a joint portion, and having an opening neck portion communicating an inner side and an outer side of said bag portion as well as accommodating a liquid cosmetic within the bag portion;

a lid portion being detachably installed to said opening neck portion to form a lid of said opening neck portion;

the opening neck portion being provided with an attaching portion which is attached to the joint portion, and an installation portion for detachably connecting with the lid portion;

an application body being provided in said lid portion and goes into said bag portion through said opening neck portion at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion; and

a pipe portion being continuously provided in said opening neck portion so as to extend in such a manner as to head for a bottom portion side within said bag portion, being formed as a tubular shape capable of accommodating said application body, and being provided in its peripheral surface with at least one opening enabling said liquid cosmetic to go into an internal portion;

wherein said application body goes into said pipe portion so as to reach a position at which said opening of said pipe portion is provided, at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion,

wherein said opening of said pipe portion is open to a position which is opposed to the joint portion joining said film ends to each other, and

wherein the joint portion joining said film ends to each other protrudes toward said opening in a portion which is opposed to said opening of said pipe portion.

14. A liquid cosmetic container comprising:

a bag-like container being provided with a bag portion formed by aligning at least two films to join ends of the films to each other to form a joint portion, and having an opening neck portion communicating an inner side and an outer side of said bag portion as well as accommodating a liquid cosmetic within the bag portion;

a lid portion being detachably installed to said opening neck portion to form a lid of said opening neck portion;

the opening neck portion being provided with an attaching portion which is attached to the joint portion, and an installation portion for detachably connecting with the lid portion;

an application body being provided in said lid portion and goes into said bag portion through said opening neck portion at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion; and

a pipe portion being continuously provided in said opening neck portion so as to extend in such a manner as to head for a bottom portion side within said bag portion, being formed as a tubular shape capable of accommodating said application body, and being provided in its peripheral surface with at least one opening enabling said liquid cosmetic to go into an internal portion;

wherein said application body goes into said pipe portion so as to reach a position at which said opening of said pipe portion is provided, at a time when said lid portion is installed to said opening neck portion,

wherein said opening of said pipe portion is at least one slit extending in an axial direction of said pipe portion,

wherein said opening of said pipe portion is open to a position which is opposed to the joint portion joining said film ends to each other, and

wherein the joint portion joining said film ends to each other protrudes toward said opening in a portion which is opposed to said opening of said pipe portion.