US 12,064,020 B2
Refillable cosmetic container
Roger Hwang, Maple (CA); Stephen M Fisher, II, Sherman, CT (US); and William Lloyd Alusitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US)
Assigned to CRYSTAL INTERNATIONAL (GROUP), Scarborough (CA)
Filed by Crystal International (Group) Inc.
Filed on May 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/884,040.
Prior Publication US 2021/0368960 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A45D 34/00 (2006.01); A45D 33/00 (2006.01); A45D 40/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 33/003 (2013.01) [A45D 34/00 (2013.01); A45D 40/00 (2013.01); A45D 2200/051 (2013.01); A45D 2200/25 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refillable cosmetic container comprising:
a removable inner container configured to house a cosmetic product;
an outer container configured to receive the removable inner container;
a lid removably engaged with the outer container;
a seal to prevent the cosmetic product contained in the removable inner container from drying out;
wherein the outer container includes a sidewall and a bottom wall extending inward from the sidewall, the outer container having a first opening at an upper end of the sidewall larger than a second opening in the bottom wall of the outer container;
wherein the removable inner container is received within the sidewall of the outer container;
wherein the removable inner container has a solid bottom wall which extends into the second opening in the bottom wall of the outer container;
wherein the outer container has an annular recess disposed in and circumscribed by an outer portion of the bottom wall of the outer container, the annular recess circumscribing both an inner portion of the bottom wall and the second opening of the outer container,
wherein the outer container has an upper edge around the first opening and the sidewall extends between the upper edge of the first opening to the bottom wall of the outer container;
wherein the sidewall of the outer container includes a lower portion and an upper portion,
wherein the lid comprises a top wall and a sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall,
wherein the upper portion of the sidewall of the outer container extends at least 50% of a length of the sidewall of the outer container and wherein the sidewall of the lid covers the upper portion of the sidewall of the outer container; and
wherein the sidewall of the lid has a length about equal to the length of the upper portion of the sidewall of the outer container.