Abstract: A packaged deodorant stick product comprising a deodorant stick composition mounted on an axially immobile retaining member, the retaining member being reversibly connected to a holder enabling the deodorant stick product to be held in the human hand, wherein the retaining member comprises arcuate bridge structures separated by holes, the bridge structures arcing into the deodorant stick composition and being embedded therein.

Abstract: An insulated food and/or beverage container system includes an outer insulated container with a cylindrical body portion and a removable outer container lid that is configured to sealingly engage with the cylindrical body portion so as to minimize thermal transfer with an outside environment; and an inner container configured to fit within the outer insulated container, the inner container defining an interior cavity for holding food and/or a beverage, and the inner container including one or more first elements that are configured to matingly engage with one or more second elements on the cylindrical body portion of the outer insulated container so that the inner container is able to fully and securely nest inside the outer insulated container without any spinning or significant rattling. The outer insulated container and the inner container collectively provide enhanced insulating characteristics.

Abstract: A locking cap system for a marker pen that can be manufactured onto or retrofit onto a standard, commercially available marker pen. It uses a removeable lock ring (or the equivalent formed onto the nose cone of the marker) and a locking cap. The lock ring is slid over, and partially down the marker barrel until its circular inner face frictionally engages the exterior perimeter of the marker barrel. The exterior surface of the lock ring is conformed for locking mechanical engagement with the locking cap. This may be with engaging threads and a freewheeling inner cap liner that is depressed for locked engagement with an outer cap, or it may with via a set of outwardly expandable tabs on the lock ring that are conformed for engagement in a set of mating slots in the cap. There are two embodiments.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating separation of 3D-printed objects from build platforms. The principle of separation in the present invention involves a build platform configured to be removable or flexible or partially deformable, such that at least a portion of the build platform may be bent or tilted to separate the build platform from the 3D-printed object once the 3D-printing is completed. In some embodiments, a base assembly is adapted to magnetically move a build plate along a surface of the base assembly such that the build plate automatically self-aligns along a boundary of the base assembly and magnetically couples to the base assembly. In some embodiments, a build platform includes a flexible layer with a printable surface and a rigid layer coupled to the flexible layer so that applying a force on the flexible layer deforms a localized portion of the printable surface without deforming the rigid layer.

Abstract: A device for applying a cosmetic product includes a cup comprising at least one lug; a guide comprising a slot passed through by an associated lug of the cup, the slot comprising an upper edge; a sheath comprising internally a helical groove for receiving the lug of the cup; and the lug (32) having an upper flattened area. The upper edge of the slot is inclined with respect to a radial plane.

Abstract: A disposable personal care apparatus includes a main body and a handle. The main body has a first body end and a second body end. The main body includes soap. The handle is configured to be grasped for moving the main body. The handle is integrally formed with the main body. The handle has a first handle end and a second handle end. The second handle end of the handle is closer to the first body end of the main body than the second body end of the main body. The main body is configured to support the handle in an upright position over the main body when the second body end of the main body is positioned on a surface. A longitudinal axis extends a length of the disposable personal care apparatus from the first handle end to the second body end.

Abstract: A refill is removably mountable on a base of a receptacle of a cosmetic product extend along a main longitudinal axis X. The refill includes a lower sleeve removably attached to the base of the receptacle, a stick of cosmetic product immobile with respect to the lower sleeve, an upper sleeve and at least one intermediate sleeve connecting the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve. The upper sleeve, the at least one intermediate sleeve and the lower sleeve can include first and/or second displacer so that they are rotatably and axially displaceable relative to each other. The first and/or the second displacer for displacing the at least one intermediate sleeve can extend over the entire height of an external and/or internal surface of the at least one intermediate sleeve.

Abstract: A lipstick container includes a rotational shell; an illumination assembly including a disc; battery powered LEDs; a transparent recessed member in the shell; and a mirror in the transparent recessed member; a casing including spaced second ridges on a rim and secured to the first ridges, and a well; a lipstick tube in the casing and including a rotational member, two internal opposite curved protrusions, two gaps between the protrusions, and two raised blocks on the protrusions respectively; a joining device including projections in the well and a rear first shoulder; a locking device including a seat, two opposite protuberances on an axial member with the raised blocks fastened between the protuberances and the seat, and a shaped member; and a base including a second shoulder secured to the first shoulder, and an internally shaped projecting member secured to the shaped member.

Abstract: A device for application of substance to a human body surface comprising an applicator portion, the applicator portion having a topically applied substance support surface, and the topically applied substance support surface having an outer portion and a gripping portion. A personal hygiene or other topically applied substance is secured to the topically applied substance support surface on the applicator portion of said base. The applicator portion defines a top surface and at least one extension, the extension being configured to allow the substantially unobstructed flow of molten personal hygiene or topically applied substance radially outwardly toward the outer portion of the topically applied substance support surface. The extension defines at least a portion of the topically applied substance support surface. A protective member, defines a closed compartment protecting and housing the personal hygiene or topically applied substance.

Abstract: disclosed is a stick container having a sealing structure for preventing a residue, which includes: a main body formed thereon with an elevation protrusion; a sealing tube coupled into the main body and formed with first and second sealing parts; a guide tube rotatably coupled into the main body and formed with an inlet part; a first holder coupled into the guide tube; a second holder coupled into the first holder and formed with an elevation thread; and a main body cover opening and closing the guide tube and formed with a sealing cap, wherein the first sealing part comes into close contact with the main body to seal a space between the main body and the sealing tube, and the second sealing part simultaneously comes into close contact with the guide tube to seal a space between the sealing tube and the guide tube.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating separation of 3D-printed objects from build platforms. The principle of separation in the present invention involves a build platform configured to be removable or flexible or partially deformable, such that at least a portion of the build platform may be bent or tilted to separate the build platform from the 3D-printed object once the 3D-printing is completed. In some embodiments, a base assembly is adapted to magnetically move a build plate along a surface of the base assembly such that the build plate automatically self-aligns along a boundary of the base assembly and magnetically couples to the base assembly. In some embodiments, a build platform includes a flexible layer with a printable surface and a rigid layer coupled to the flexible layer so that applying a force on the flexible layer deforms a localized portion of the printable surface without deforming the rigid layer.

Abstract: A packaged deodorant stick product comprising a deodorant stick composition mounted on an axially immobile retaining member, the retaining member being reversibly connected to a holder enabling the deodorant stick product to be held in the human hand, wherein the retaining member comprises arcuate bridge structures separated by holes, the bridge structures arcing into the deodorant stick composition and being embedded therein.

Abstract: A container includes a cover assembly, a base assembly, magnets and a ferromagnetic element. The cover assembly includes an edge extending around an open end. The base assembly includes an open end inserted in the cover assembly via the open end of the cover assembly when the edge of the cover assembly covers the open end of the base assembly. The magnets are connected to the cover assembly or the base assemblies while the ferromagnetic element is connected to the base assembly or the cover assembly. The magnets are operable to magnetically attract the ferromagnetic element to keep the cover assembly covering the open end of the base assembly.

Abstract: A refill intended to be removably mounted on an actuation base and configured to receive a cosmetic product includes at least one means for blocking in rotation designed to link in rotation the refill and the base and at least one recognition element, called first recognition element, arranged so as to form a predefined identification pattern configured to engage with a means for identifying the actuation base so as to enable the mounting of the refill on the actuation base and to allow an input and/or an output of the cosmetic product.

Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic product comprises a mechanism for receiving a stick of cosmetic product, a base cover forming a first housing for receiving a first portion of the mechanism, a first seal between an element of the base cover and an element of the mechanism, and a cap fixed on the base cover in order to define a second housing receiving a second portion of the mechanism. A second seal is provided between the cap and said element of the base cover and/or said element of the mechanism. The first and second housings are connected in a sealed manner by the element of the base cover and/or the element of the mechanism.

Abstract: A cartridge for a cosmetic product includes a first longitudinal end for allowing access to the cosmetic product and a second longitudinal end. The cartridge further includes: an outer tube; a control sleeve; a receptacle for cosmetic product; and a bottom element, integral in rotation with the control sleeve. The cartridge is configured so as to be detachably coupled to a base such that a relative rotation of the base in relation to the cartridge causes a movement of the receptacle for cosmetic product. The bottom element contributes to closing off access to the cartridge via the second longitudinal end of the cartridge.

Abstract: A cosmetic stick case contains a magnetic member. The cosmetic stick case includes a cosmetic stick body, a cosmetic stick inserted into the cosmetic stick body, and a push button for drawing out the cosmetic stick to an outside by a pressing operation. The cosmetic stick body contains a first magnetic force member and the push button contains a second magnetic force member. Attractive force between the first magnetic force member and the second magnetic force member keeps the push button in a fixed state without being shaken while the push button is inserted into the cosmetic stick body.

Abstract: Provided is a sealed packaging for cosmetics, defining a longitudinal axis and a normal plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and including a first containing body, a second containing body and a central body, including a base and an applicator.

Abstract: A cosmetic container with a self-aligning magnetic closure. The cosmetic container can include a cap with a first magnetic portion and an applicator including a plug, and a receptacle for receiving product therein, the receptacle having a second magnetic portion configured to engage with the first magnetic portion, and an access aperture configured to receive the applicator. In some implementations, one of the cap or the receptacle includes at least one cam feature and the other of the cap or the receptacle includes at least one recess configured to receive the at least one cam feature.

Abstract: A container main body and a cap are stably and detachably engaged while improving a productivity. A leading end portion of a tubular container main body is provided with one or more projection portion on an outer peripheral surface, a hole communicating inner and outer sides of a tube in a rear side in an axial direction of the projection portion, and an expanded portion expanded such that an outer diameter within the tube is equal to or more than an outer diameter of the projection portion and running to a rear side in a rear side in an axial direction of the hole, respectively. An inner peripheral surface of a cap is provided with an annular projection detachably engaging with disengaging from the projection portion in an axial direction. The projection portion securely climbs over the annular projection for its flexibility in a diametrical direction of the hole.

Abstract: A lipstick tube including a hollow cylindrical base, a lipstick holder disposed in the base, a cap longer than the distance between the top of the protruding element and the top of a lipstick in the lipstick holder covering the lipstick holder, and a protruding element affixed to the lipstick holder and moving together with the lipstick holder relative to the base, the protruding element protruding radially from the holder for engaging the cap in a closed orientation.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards the design of a marking device for writing or drawing on a given surface. The marking device can be made of any material that leaves a residue or makes legible marks on a surface brought into contact with the device. The marking device of the present disclosure can be used to make precise lines or shapes on any material, including rough surfaces, such as, wood, concrete, drywall, tiles, etc. The marking device can consistently produce thin lines without needing any sharpening. The marking device can be attached to a support frame, which can serves as a handle for grasping and using the marking device. The support frame can further provide a housing to shield the marking device from damage when not in use. In one exemplary embodiment, the marking device is shaped as a razorblade and is configured to fit into any standard utility knife. In such an embodiment, the utility knife serves as the support frame for the marking device.

Abstract: A marking implement comprises a main body (2) for housing a marking element (3) that is movable by sliding therein; the main body (2) comprises a broad grip portion (4) and an elongated neck (5) axially contiguous to the grip portion (4); a mechanism for sliding (7) said marking element (3), a protective cap (6) housing the neck (5) completely therein and the broad grip portion (4) at least partially. The sliding mechanism (7) comprises a movement slider (8) that is slidable axially and in a controlled manner along the main housing body (2) so as to guide the advancement and retraction of the marking element (3).

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser including: an applicator device; a case comprising a housing for receiving at least a portion of the applicator device; a mobile member being movable mounted inside the housing between a retracted position and a use position; an actuating member for urging the mobile member towards the use position, wherein the housing comprises an abutment surface for engaging with the mobile member in order to define the use position of said mobile member.

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: A pencil comprising a lead, a protective cap and a device for shaping the lead in the protective cap. The shaping device is displaceable axially with respect to the lead when the protective cap is fitted.

Abstract: An applicator unit for a cosmetic unit comprises a substantially cylindrical applicator support body with an applicator longitudinal axis and an applicator arranged on an applicator head of the applicator support body to apply a cosmetic product, the applicator unit being configured in one piece.

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: A lipstick case includes a case holder, a lid, and first and second positioning members. The case holder includes an upper end face and a surrounding wall with non-circular cross sections. The lid is removably covered on the upper end face of the case holder. The first positioning member is mounted on the upper end face of the case holder and includes several lower magnets. Each lower magnet has an upper end which is one of north and south seeking poles. The second positioning member is engaged on a lower end face of the lid and includes several upper magnets. Each upper magnet has a lower end which is the other of the north and south seeking poles. The lower end face of the lid over the case holder is able to attract and engage with the upper end face of the case holder by the upper and lower magnets.

Abstract: A dispenser (20) has a barrel (24; 198), a piston (28) upwardly movable within the barrel from a first position to a second position, and a body (22) of personal care composition at least partially within the barrel between the piston and the barrel top end (44). An actuator is coupled to the piston to shift the piston upward (toward the top end). The actuator comprises a screw member having a threaded first portion (36) engaged to the piston for relative rotation about a first axis (500). The screw has a second portion (50). A cap (60) has a first condition mounted at the barrel top end. The cap has a socket (82) in an outer surface. The cap is removable from the first condition and installable into a second condition. In the cap second condition, the socket receives the screw member second portion to emit a user-induced rotation of the cap about the first axis to, in turn, rotate the first portion.

Abstract: A draw-out solid marker includes a cylindrical shell, a rotary member thread-fastened to the rear end of the shell; a movable member thread-fastened to the rotary member in the shell to move forward/backward from the shell by rotating the rotary member; a cylindrical solid core connected to the front of the movable member to move forward/backward with the movable member and having an elliptical, rectangular, or triangular cross-sectional shape; and a cap coupled to the front end of the shell in order to apply various patterns in accordance with the position of the front end.

Abstract: A lip balm applicator product comprises upper and lower portions that are connectable together to define the applicator product being of a substantially spherical shape. A support platform is located in the lower portion and accommodates a quantity of lip balm having an arcuate surface. A lip balm comprises a composition of waxes and oils in solid form and formed to have an arcuate surface. The composition is formed to have the arcuate surface using a hot pour process. A method of manufacturing a lip balm comprises providing a receptacle having a concave arcuate surface. A lip balm material in a heated, liquefied phase is poured into the receptacle. Once poured, the heated, liquefied phase is allowed to solidify such that a surface of the solidified lip balm material has an arcuate configuration that corresponds to the concave arcuate surface of the receptacle.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for adorning various writing instruments. A casing removably receives the writing instrument such that at least the writing tip extends outwardly from a grip portion of the casing. A cap is provided for removably engaging the grip portion to fully enclose the writing instrument. An opening from which the writing tip is disposed is sized to accommodate various writing instruments. A biasing member within the barrel of the casing is provided to accommodate writing instruments of various lengths. An intercap seal within the cap of the casing enables an original cap to the writing instrument to not be used for protecting the writing tip and preventing the writing instrument from drying out.

Abstract: The present invention provides a single-use applicator for spreadable, usually waxy, paste, or crème-type cosmetics compositions. The applicator includes two parts, a generally cylindrical first part having a coating of cosmetic composition at one end, and a generally cylindrical second part which functions as a cover for the cosmetic composition. The cosmetic coated end of the first part slides into an open end of the second part, such that the second part covers and protects the coating. For use, the second part cover can be readily removed and the cosmetic composition applied to the user's lips or other desired location.

Abstract: A container for holding cosmetics which has a colored insert configured to indicate the color of a cosmetic product contained in the container. A method of replacing a lipstick cartridge comprising replacing a lipstick cartridge with a replacement lipstick cartridge and inserting a replacement colored insert in the cap of the lipstick container.

Abstract: A container for holding cosmetics which has a colored insert configured to indicate the color of a cosmetic product contained in the container. A method of replacing a lipstick cartridge comprising replacing a lipstick cartridge with a replacement lipstick cartridge and inserting a replacement colored insert in the cap of the lipstick container.

Abstract: A container for holding cosmetics which has a colored insert configured to indicate the color of a cosmetic product contained in the container. A method of replacing a lipstick cartridge comprising replacing a lipstick cartridge with a replacement lipstick cartridge and inserting a replacement colored insert in the cap of the lipstick container.

Abstract: A mechanical pencil has a hollow longitudinal main body and a slider slidably mounted in a front end of the main body. The slider has a through-hole through which a lead is fed and a front end face formed into a spherical surface centering around the through-hole for contacting a writing surface during a writing operation of the mechanical pencil.

Abstract: A face painting device (10) comprising a housing (20) having a plurality of adjacent channels (90) is disclosed. Each channel is open at opposite ends of the housing and each channel contains a plurality of blocks (40) each supporting a solid coloured face paint (50). One of the paints in each channel is exposed at one end of the housing, and each of the blocks supporting an exposed paint can be removed and inserted into a channel at the other end of the housing thereby exposing the paint of a successive block.

Abstract: A container for a solid, liquid, paste or powder cosmetic product, comprising a product applicator element having a transverse face and a tubular storage element elongate in a longitudinal direction and having a bottom and an annular end, the applicator element being mounted in the tubular storage element, is characterized in that the applicator element is a friction fit in the tubular storage element and bears against a mobile part slidably mounted in the tubular element and connected thereto by an elastically compressible device with two axial retraction configurations relative to an axial depression configuration, the two axial retraction configurations respectively defining a first configuration of the applicator element in which its transverse face is flush with the annular end of the tubular element and a second configuration in which its transverse face projects relative to that annular end of the tubular element to a given distance that is significantly greater than the axial depression travel of the

Abstract: A tubular cosmetic container has a cap (10) fit outside a container body (1), a cap body (11), an inner cap (12) fit inside the cap (10), and a to-be-covered portion. The inner cap (12) is formed with a first protrusion (12b) located at a halfway covering posture during the course of covering the container body (1) from the halfway covering posture through an immediately preceding covering posture to a fully covering posture and applying a first slide resistance by being pressed into sliding contact with the container body (1), and a second protrusion (12c) located at the immediately preceding covering posture of covering the container body (1) and applying a second slide resistance larger than the first slide resistance by being pressed into sliding contact with the upper end of the container body.

Abstract: A container with a roto-translatory motion of a stick holder (1) provided with a pair of opposed sticks (3, 3?) in comparison with the support surface plane (4) and upper (5) and lower (5?) pins, that axially slide inside an intermediate body (7), provided with vertical grooves (11, 11?) inside its central wall (10) and slits (8, 8?) and (9, 9?) on its upper (7?) and lower (7?) portions rotating in the inside of a pair of outer bodies (13, 13?). The pins (5, 5?) slide inside annular grooves (14, 14?), helicoidal groove (16, 16?) and (17, 17?) made in the inner wall of these outer bodies (13, 13?), such that the pair of sticks (3, 3?) can be controlled to come out from both ends, upper (7?) and lower (7?) portions of the intermediate body, when the ends are apart from the respective caps/bases (22, 22?) of covering.

Abstract: A mark-erasable pen cap comprises a cap body having a containing groove. The cap body is made of an elastic erasing material and defines a first end and an opposing second end. The first end has an opening. The containing groove comprises a bottom portion, an opening portion, and a wall portion. The bottom portion neighboring to the first end has a first diameter; the opening portion located at the second end has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and the wall portion connecting the bottom portion and the opening portion has an inner diameter substantially tapered from the opening portion to the bottom portion.

Abstract: A method for filling a personal care product applicator comprises flowing an amount of said personal care product into a one piece body of the applicator through a first end thereof. The flowing leaves the product in a first location within the body atop a transverse web. A closure is secured to the body at the first end. The web is displaced to shift the product from the first location.

Abstract: An applicator device for applying a material in the form of a lead, in particular for applying a cosmetic material, comprising a holding part, in the interior of which the lead material (KM) to be applied is accommodated and which has an exit opening for the lead material (KM), a rotary part into which the holding part is preferably telescopically fitted and which is axially fixedly but rotatably connected to the holding part at a coupling portion thereof by way of a counterpart coupling portion provided at the rotary part, a rotary mechanism for axial displacement of the lead material (KM).

Abstract: A cosmetic container includes a cap comprising a hinged top cover and a rear opening; a frame comprising a top hole, a slit besides the hole, and a hollow cylinder; a light assembly comprising a lamp disposed in the hole, a battery, and a spring biased switch; and a shell and pomade assembly comprising a shell, a carrier fixedly secured to the shell, a sleeve rotatably secured to the carrier, a pomade secured to the carrier and disposed in the sleeve, and a hollow neck releasably secured to the shell and the cylinder. Prior to projecting the pomade opening the cover will expand the spring to close the switch and electrically connect the switch, the lamp, and the battery together to cause the lamp to emit light.

Abstract: A highly air-tight propelling container is provided, in which it is easy to recognize how much the content is extruded, and rotation of the rotator is prevented to avoid that the component are damaged by a wrong operation.

Abstract: A lipstick mechanism including an internal bed that springs up when opened and retracts when closed, containing a lipstick composition on individual applicators that are disposable after use. Lipstick is for aesthetic purposes and this improved invention is better because it prevents the spread of germs.