US1643944A - Vanity box - Google Patents

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Oct. 4 1927.

C. P. COOK VANITY BOX Filed Jan. 15. 1927 INVENTOR 44M 77/1/111/1/1/1/1/10 vl/ll/ Patented Oct. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE P. COOK, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SCOVILL MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION O]? CON- N ECTICUT.

VANITY BOX.

Application filed January 13, 1927. Serial No. 160,845.

This invention relates to certain improvements in vanity boxes and particularly to a vanity box construction by which a compact may be readily removed from the box.

In certain types of vanity boxes, that is,

. the small boxes now commonly used for carrying cosmetics, the cosmetic is carried in the form of a compact. of powder or rouge, which are moulded or compacted onto a base. these bases being inserted in the box. In certain types of boxes, for neatness of appearance, the compacts are inserted in a fitment suitably secured in the body of the box, the compact being held in the fitment by snapping it under lugs or projections carried by the fitment. In many cases, it is desirable to remove these compacts from the box and, where they are held by projections, difliculty has been experienced in freeing the compact plate or tray from the holding projections. Various ejecting devices have been proposed for doing this, which are arranged to underlie the compact and are provided withv a removable part, upon the movement of which the compact is ejected from the box. These ejecting devices are objectionable, in that they add to the expense of making the box and the manually operable parts are unsightly and detract from the neat appearance of the box.

It is the especial object of the present invention to produce a box construction in which a compact is securely held in the box, but which may be removed from the box by the insertion of a pin or other suitable tool through the box body when it is desired to remove the compact.

A further object of the invention is to produce such a box of attractive appearance and one in which the opening through which the tool is inserted is rendered inconspicuous.

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view. the invention con- Y sists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In these drawings,-

Figure 1 is a bottom view of the box embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a-face view of a box opened with the compact removed;

These compacts are Figure 3 is a sectional view, partly broken away, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showmg the compact in position, and Flgure 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showmg the removal of the compact.

Referring now to these drawings, the box chosen to illustrate the invention is square 1n shape, having a body 1 and a cover 2 pivotally associated therewith on a. hinge 3 of any conventlonal type. While the box has been shown as square, it will be understood that the lnvention is applicable for use in boxes of any desired shape. Mountedin the body of the box is a fitment 4 having a side flange 5 in close frictional engagement with the wall of the body. This fitment is exteriorly substantially the shape of the body and 1s provided with a central opening 5 formed by turning in the inner edge of the fitment to form vertical side walls 7 and a bottom ring or annulus 8. This forms in effect a well, which in the particular construction shown is circular.

The inner walls of the well, above the annulus 8, are provided with holding proectlons 9, which are readily formed by bending in the metal of the fitment, as shown in Fig. {3, four such projections being shown, see Fig. 2. The powder compact, indicated at 10, 1s earned on a base 11 which may be formed withside walls 12 which extend upwardl from the base. This compact is held in posltlon 1n the body by the pressure of the reslllent projections bearing on the walls of the plate, which, as shown, extend in under the projections, and the compact is thus firmly secured.

In accordance with the invention, the box -is so constructed that the compact plate may be readily removed from engagement with the projections so that a new compact may he lnserted in the box, and these means are such as to add no further parts, due to construction. As shown, the bottom of the box is provided with one or more small apertures 13 through which a pointed tool, as a pin 14, may be inserted. By pressing this tool against the plate, the compact may be readily forced past the projections and thus become freed from the fitment. This construction adds no parts to the, construction of the box and affords a very simple and eiii-v cient way of removing the frictionally held compact. For neatness of appearance, the

body of the box around the holes or apertures will be formed with surface ornamentation, indicated at 15 in Fig. 1, so that the holes will be rendered less clearly visible, though this ornamentation is not essential and can, if desired, be omitted, the holes themselves being made so small as to be not undesirably conspicuous.

It will be understood, of course, that the shape of the box and the shape of the fitment may be widely varied and the invention is not to be restricted to the form of box and fitment shown.

What I claim is:

1. In a vanity case, the combination of a body and a cover therefor, a compact holding fitment in the body, holding projections on the fitment below which the edge of the compact engages, when in place in the fitment, and an aperture in the bottom of the box below the com act through which a tool may be inserted rom without the box to force thecompact past the projections.

2. In a vanity case, the combination of a body and a cover therefor, a compact holding fitment in the body, holding projections on the fitment below which the edge of the compact engages, when in place in the fitment, an aperture in the bottom of the box below the compact through which a tool may be inserted from without the box to force the compact past the projections, and surface ornamentation about the aperture to render it less conspicuous.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CLARENCE P. COOK.

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