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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph W Blake, III, New Canaan, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
132318 ; 132317 ; 132319 ; 132320 ; 401 59 ;
Abstract
A lipstick tube for one-hand operation in which a sanitary case is opened at its top end, a lipstick extended for use and then retracted, and the case closed. The tube operating components include a support frame for receiving and guiding a lipstick carrier and lipstick, closure cap for opening and closing the open top of the assembled lipstick tube, a drive mechanism for engaging and axially moving the lipstick carrier and for opening and closing the closure cap, an upper and lower exterior case members.