Abstract: A cosmetic container including interleaved substantially vertical walls upwardly and downwardly extending respectively from a base component and from a product reservoir, with a further downwardly extending tongue projection from an underside of its cover, and in which cooperating detents on the tongue projection and on the reservoir pivot the cover open and closed, to form an internal hinge which is unobservable to a consumer, thereby providing a more aesthetically pleasing appearance to the container in both its opened and closed positions.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a sifter dispensing cap base for attachment to a package containing material to be dispensed, including: a vertical cylindrical shell portion; a web portion covering an upper end of the vertical cylindrical shell portion; the web portion including a flap, opening of the flap permitting access to the material; and the flap including a living hinge disposed along one edge thereof.

Abstract: A cosmetic container including interleaved substantially vertical walls upwardly and downwardly extending respectively from a base component and from a product reservoir, with a further downwardly extending tongue projection from an underside of its cover, and in which cooperating detents on the tongue projection and on the reservoir pivot the cover open and closed, to form an internal hinge which is unobservable to a consumer, thereby providing a more aesthetically pleasing appearance to the container in both its opened and closed positions.

Abstract: A dispensing jar including an inner component forming a pair of chambers in which ingredients can be stored, and an actuating cover having a recessed well for receiving the ingredients dispensed into the well through a pair of orifices by imparted rotation of the cover, and with the cover having a pair of offset paddles downwardly extending into the chambers such that rotation of the actuating cover dispenses the ingredients from each chamber simultaneously up through the orifices into the well for admixture.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a sifter dispensing cap base for attachment to a package containing material to be dispensed, including: a vertical cylindrical shell portion; a web portion covering an upper end of the vertical cylindrical shell portion; the web portion including a flap, opening of the flap permitting access to the material; and the flap including a living hinge disposed along one edge thereof.

Abstract: A lipstick package in which a normally closed, openly accessible compartment is included at least at one of a bottom of a lipstick cartridge and at an underside of its cover for the storage of a secondary lipstick-related product beyond the lipstick pomade which is propelled above its defining rim for use, or retracted below it for closure.

Abstract: A cosmetic container is provided for a liquid product such as nail polish or lip gloss, said container comprising a container reservoir and a neck portion defining an opening and forming a cylindrical passage to the reservoir. The neck portion includes an upper surface comprising a raised lip immediately adjacent to the opening and terminating in a transition extending down and out towards the outer surface. The neck portion further includes an outer surface upon which are disposed outer threads. Closure of the container and access to the liquid product stored therein is accomplished by use of a hollow cap comprising a top having a roof and a downwardly extending wall having internal threads disposed thereon to engage the outer threads on the neck portion, and a brush extending from said roof, said brush comprising an elongated stem extending downwardly from said roof and terminating in bristles mounted thereto at the end of said stem.

Abstract: A device for applying glitter particles and the like to a surface, has a container for storing said particles, said container having a discharge opening and a manually operable closure for closing the said discharge opening. The device has sifter means spanning the opening of the container, for effecting a sifter discharge of the container contents, and has a coaxially disposed handle means on the container, enabling the same to be readily shaken and manipulated for effecting said sifted discharge. The handle means comprises a vial having a top end and a bottom end, said vial being adapted to hold adhesive liquid and having a removable applicator device for applying said adhesive liquid to the surface which is to be coated.

Abstract: A sifter cap for continuous thread containers of the type adapted to dispense a granular product. There is provided a screw cap adapted for securement to the container, and a sifter member disposed atop the screw cap and adapted for rotation with respect thereto. The screw cap has an annular, upwardly-facing bearing shoulder, and the sifter member has at least three downwardly-faced bearing nibs which slidably engage the bearing shoulder of the screw cap at relatively small areas of contact. The arrangement is such that the the sliding engagement between the screw cap and sifter member is characterized by reduced friction. In addition, in the event that granular product from the container strays onto the bearing shoulder of the screw cap, little resistance against rotation is encountered. As a consequence, there is thus enabled relatively smooth turning of the sifter member on the screw cap.

Abstract: A cosmetic container comprises an insert which is preassembled to a brush by means of an undercut ring located beneath a brush flange and cooperating with an undercut recess in the throat of the insert. The insert walls are held by friction in the container and anchored externally to the container by a ring which extends peripherally from the threaded container wall. An undercut in the insert external flange engages the ring to complete the anchor. The insert is molded from polymer that repels the cosmetic product owing to molecular polarity. The insert functions as a sealing mechanism and a means to keep product from reaching the top of the container or on the container threads. The insert walls may also be shaped as a liquid inhibitor to retard flow from the container if the bottle is tipped over inadvertently.

Abstract: A cosmetic jar and storage device comprises a substantially cylindrical body having a first recess for holding cosmetic and a second recess for holding an applicator. The recesses are separated by a transverse member into individual compartments. A pin-hinged base maintains the applicator in the lower compartment. The base may be swung completely open to facilitate viewing with an internally mounted mirror. The base and in alternate embodiments the cap are hinged on one side of the device while a recessed portion on the other side facilitates opening of the force fit base and cap.

Abstract: A ball-applicator device for applying a cosmetic substance to the skin of a user, has a squeeze container in the form of an upright bottle which is molded of resilient plastic substance. The bottle or container has a relatively broad bottom surface by means of which it can be placed upright on a supporting surface, and has a tubular side wall construction which is adapted to be gripped by and held in the hand for manipulation and squeezing. The side wall construction can have generally the configuration of a pistol grip of mostly cylindrical cross section, being circular at its top. An externally threaded applicator head is disposed on the circular top of the side wall construction of the bottle. The applicator head has a reduced-diameter rim portion constituting an inwardly facing socket, in which a ball applicator member is held captive and exposed to the exterior for engagement with the skin of the user for the purpose of transferring cosmetic substance thereto from the bottle.

Abstract: A cosmetic container consisting of a jar having an annular mouth portion and a sealing edge which extends along the mouth portion and is coextensive therewith, and having a screw thread extending along the mouth portion exteriorly of the sealing edge. The jar has a screw cap adapted to be threaded on the screw thread of the mouth portion, and the screw cap has sealing means which are engageable with the sealing edge of the jar for sealing the contents of the latter. The screw cap has a transparent window portion that enables the contents of the jar to be viewed from the exterior. The container is also provided with opaque means that conceals the screw thread and prevents its being viewed from the exterior of the jar.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing disposable, single-use lipstick samplers by means of a dipping process. In a preferred form, a reservoir containing molten lipstick wax material is provided, and a spindle which is disposed above the reservoir is advanceable toward and retractable away from the reservoir. A plastic cup-shaped form having an apertured tip is applied to the spindle, which is thereafter advanced so as to submerge the tip of the form into the molten liquid wax material. The spindle and coated form are then removed from the reservoir, and a vacuum is applied through the spindle to the aperture of the tip of the form, so as to draw lipstick wax material therefrom and into the interior of the spindle. The form is allowed to cool so as to solidify the wax, and thereafter is fitted with a cover, removed, and suitably packaged.

Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser containing an elevator cup carrying a solid cosmetic product, a sleeve in which the cup is axially advanceable and retractable, and an operating shell turnably mounted on the sleeve. The sleeve has either two or else three equispaced longitudinal slots and the elevator cup has two or else three equispaced lugs passing through and projecting from the slots of the sleeve. The operating shell has two or else three internal spiral tracks respectively engaged by the lugs of the cup to propel the latter in response to relative turning between the shell and sleeve. The arrangement is such that the cup is advanced and retracted by balanced forces applied at uniformly spaced circumferential locations about the cup. The cup has resilient fingers that are forced inward by the sleeve, forming a collet which firmly holds the lipstick pomade. The sleeve has a lateral spur track which holds the cup captive in the sleeve.

Abstract: A container and dispensing device for mascara and the like, has a small bottle with an externally threaded neck of reduced diameter, into which a molded plastic one-piece separator member is pressed. The device has an applicator screw cap which screws onto the bottle neck, and which has an applicator rod depending from an intermediate transverse sealing wall. The applicator rod projects from the bottom of the screw cap, being surrounded by the walls of the separator member, and carries a brush for disposition in the bottle. Above the bottom end of the separator member is a doctor blade, which normally surrounds the juncture of the brush and applicator rod. The doctor blade has an annular sealing bead which seals against the bottom surface of the applicator rod, and the latter is commensurate in diameter with that of the brush. The separator member also seals against the sealing wall of the screw cap, whereby the separator member is sealed and maintains the applicator rod in a clean condition.

Abstract: A display-type applicator-containing compact for cosmetics and the like, comprises a shallow jar having a wide neck portion with external screw threads, and a ring-shaped screw cap member that is mounted on and cooperable with the neck portion. The neck portion has an annular sealing lip, and a plastic lens member is disposed in the screw cap member to provide an underside sealing area that engages the sealing lip. A swivel-mounted tray adapted to hold cosmetic material is pivotally mounted in the jar in spaced relation to the jar bottom, providing sufficient space under the tray to store a puff or similar applicator. The underside of the tray is a mirror, for use when the tray is swung up out of the jar, and when the applicator is being used.