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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J. Sheffler, Morganville, NJ (US);
Charles Chang, Wayne, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 3/324 ; A45D 3/322 ; B65D 4/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 3/324 ; A45D 3/322 ; B65D 4/314 ;
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.