US 12,220,040 B2
Cosmetic dispenser
James Christopher Wightman, Island Heights, NJ (US); and Gary E. Myer, Hillsborough, NJ (US)
Assigned to AMPAC Limited, Taicang (CN)
Appl. No. 18/030,119
Filed by World Wide Packaging, LLC, Florham Park, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/053477
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 4, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/076348, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,508, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363513 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A45D 40/06 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 40/06 (2013.01) [B65D 65/466 (2013.01); A45D 2040/0025 (2013.01); B65D 2565/385 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cosmetic dispenser, comprising:
a base comprising a cavity and an interior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises a spiral recess;
a pedestal assembly received within the cavity of the base, the pedestal assembly comprising a pedestal comprising a base plate at a first distal end of the pedestal and a cup member at a second distal end opposite the first distal end, wherein the pedestal is positioned along a center axis between the base plate and the cup member, and wherein the cup member is configured to receive a cosmetic that extends above the cup member; and
a sleeve movably received within the cavity, the sleeve comprising sliding members coupled to the spiral recess, wherein the sliding members are configured to slide along the spiral recess to raise and lower the sleeve, wherein the sleeve is configured to completely surround the cosmetic in a raised first position, and is configured to at least partially expose the cosmetic in a lowered second position,
wherein the sleeve is transparent.