US1686200A - Toilet kit or container - Google Patents

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W. H. CANNARD ET AL ,Y

TOILET KIT OR CONTAINER oct. 2, 192s.

Filed June 12. 192e 2 Sheets-Sheet l :immo/o /4//7//0/11 H. Cannard,

Oufn 2, 1928-.

- 1,686,200 W. H. CANNARD ET AL' TOILET KIT OR CONTAINER Filed June 12. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented @et 2, 192.,

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WEL E. GANNARID .AND ALEXANDER WITBRO, F GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

TOHET KIT 0B CONTANER.

`applicnon filed June 1a,

This invention rimarily relates to toilet kits or containers or toilet materials and an accessorial element including, in this instance, a pack of interfol'ded sheets of paper or the t3 like.

rfhe primary object of our inventive-concept is to aggroup, in a suitable container-- such as the compact now much in vogue and. other types of containerscertain materials, 1@ such as powder, and an applying element, such as paper or the like, whereby the user may have at hand not only face powder (for example) but also an element (such as a sheet of paper) for applying the powder. 1t 515 is a wellknown fact that powder-puffs and the like, -now extensively used, are more or less unsanitary. 1t is, of course, practically out of the question to provide a puH for each application; but our inventive-concept pro- Vides for just that sort of thing.

The invention comprises any appropriate type of compact or receptacle in which provision is made for a toilet element-which may either be face powder, talc, rouge, or the like-and, in convenient and aggrouped relation thereto, the aforementioned 4applying element, this being preferably one of a series of paper sheets which may be interfolded to facilitate dispensing thereof when the user desires to apply the powder, for instance, to the face. To that end, the structure comprises a container of any required type and form, and which includes a box-component and a closure-component there being associated with one or the other of these components a powder-compartment and, also, a paper-compartment. In a more specific embodiment, the structure contemplates a box-component to which is hinged a closure or cover-component; the box-component being provided with a paper-compart-ment and means for facilitating the dispensing o-f the contents thereof the closure-.component including a compartment for powder of any appropriate kind, rouge, or other types of toilet articles. Associated with these instrumentalities is, preferably, a mirror adapted to be used durf ing the application of thevtoilet article by the vpaper-element.

Where we have herein used the term powder or equivalent terms, it is to be under-l stood that such terms comprehend face, toilet ,and other kinds of powder, rouge, etc., in 24 loose or solid form. 55 In order that the invention .may be more 1926.` Serial No. 115,514.

readily comprehended, we have herein revealed the same in three embodiments; butit is to be understood that these are merely illastrative, that other embodiments and utiliza tions are possible, and that the particular em bodiments ydisclosed are susceptible of a wide range of variation and modiication without departing from the spirit of Lthe invention or sacrificing any of its underlying principles or salient features.

ln these drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a compact or toilet kit with our inventive-concept incorporated therein;

F'gure 2 is a view in transverse, vertical section, on the line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a. fragmentary view, in section, of retaining means for the closure of the boxcomponent and of the paper-compartment;

Figure 4 is a view in elevation of another embodiment, being in this instance a box for containing toilet powder, and provided with an integral paper-compartment;

Figure 5 isa view in horizontal section, on the line 5-5, Fig. 4;

Figure 6 is a View in elevation of a third embodiment, being also a box for toilet pcwder but with the paper-compartment associ ated therewith as an attachment; and

Figure 7 is a view in horizontal section, on the line 7-7, Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, the referencecharacter 1 designates a receptacle or boxcomponent shown, in this instance, as rectangular in form and constructed of any suitable material, such as metal. rlfhis receptacle 1ncludes a bottom-portion 2, a front-portion 3, a back-portion 4 and side-portions 5. These portions may be made by any well known stamping method. A

- Associated with the box-component is a closure or cover-component 6 comprising, in this instance, a top-portion 7, a front-portion 8, a back-portion..9, and side-portiohs 10. The closure-component 6 is, preferably and as shown, connected to the back-portion 4 of of the box-compartment 2 provide a compartment 16 in which, in this instance, is disposed .a pack of sheets of paper or the like, adapted to be dispensed for applying the 5 material of the compact 14 and to facilitate which the mirror 15 is used. The paper, in this instance, is preferably interfolded to facilitate its withdrawal, sheet by sheet, from the compartment 16. It is to be understood that instead of paper, other suitable applying material may be used, such as fabric.

Overlying the paper-pack 17 is a closurecomponent 18 constituting, inthis instance, a covering for the paper-compartment 16. This componentcomprises a top-portion 19, )a front-portion or wall 20, aback-portion or Wall 21, and side-portions or walls 22', and which several portions or walls are made by Hanging the top-portion 19 of the component.

To facilitate the positioning of the compo!4 nent with respect to its compartment, the cover 18 is secured to the hinges 11, as shown. Thus, these hinges are common to both clo- 25 sures 7 and 18. The ianges or walls of the component engage the respective walls or portions of the box-compartment, as shown.

The closure 18 is provided with a longitudinal slot or aperture 23 through which a sheet 24 of the paper-pack 17 normally .eX-

tends to facilitate withdrawal of the sheets successively from time to time. The closure is more or less skeletonized by being formed with cut-outs 25, 25.n

In order to retain the closure 18 in normal, closed position, the front wall3 of the boX- compartment is formed with an indentation 26 adapted to register with a depression 28 in the front wall 20 of the closure 18. To hold the closure 7 in closed position with relation to the box-component, it is providedwith a pendent lug 27 provided with an indentation 28 adapted to coact with the indentation in the wall 3. Thus, the front walls of the closures 8 and 18 and the front wall of the boxcomponent have associated retaining means for holding both closures in their lowered position.

The structure thus provided constitutes a compact'or receptacle of convenient dimensions, with various instrumentalities aggrouped for convenience. To dispense the paper-pack 17 in the `paper-compartment `16, the closure 18 is raised to the position, say, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, after which it is re-positioned with one of the sheets 24 projecting through the aperture 23, By reason of the interfolding of the series of sheets, the pulling of one through the aperture 23 draws the neXt succeeding sheet therethrough and in position for use. p

Referring, now, to the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4, it will be found to include a box-component 29 in which is formed a powder-compartment 30, the discharge of contents from which is controlled by a closure-component 31, of usual type, movably mounted on the box-component. integral, in lthis instance, with the box-component is a paper-compartment 32 provided with a central, vertical opening or aperture 33 through which a sheet 34 from a pack 35 of interfolded sheets` is withdrawn. It willv be understood that, in this instance, the pas per sheets are inserted into the compartment 32 through an opening 36 at the top of the compartment 32. lt will also be noted that, in this embodiment, as Well as in the one illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, there is a container for a toiletarticle and an accessoria] element, including a box-component comprising a powder-compartment, -and a closurescomponent movably mounted on the box-component.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6, the paper-compartment is shown as non-int-egral with the container. In this instance, a box-component 37 includes a powdercompartment 38, the discharge of which is controlled by a closur-e 39 movably mounted on the box-component. To provide for holding a pack of paper or the like an encompassing element 40 is disposed on the boxcomponent and, this being spaced from the latter at the front, provides a paper-com* partment 41, the contents of which are dispensed through an aperture 42, in the same manner as described in respect to the embodiments of Figs. 4 an'd 5. To retain the encompassing element 40 in position on the box-component, it is provided at its upper portion with an extension 43 formed with an aperture 44 adapted to encircle the neck 45 of the closure 39. At the bottom, the encompassing element 40 is provided with a holding piece 46 contacting with-the bottom of t-he box-compartment and bent upward at the back opposite the 'aperture 42 to provide an upstanding extension 47.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that, in these several embodiments, we have provided, in a conveniently combined form, and as a part of or in association with, a compartment for holding toilet articles such as powder and the like, a paper-compartment adapted to hold a pack of interfolded sheets that can readily be dispensed from the compartment and used in conjunction with the powder, etc., of the other compartment.

What we claim is:

1. A containerv for powder and an accessorial element, including a box-component, a closure-component therefor, a powder-compartment within the container, for mounting a body of powder and an elongated papercompartment for housing a package of separable sheets, said compartment being combinatively associated with the container and relatively remote from the powder-compart-v ment and having an aperture for withdrawalv Formed Leeaeoo of the contents of the compartment; whereby a sheet of paper may be removed at -will from the container and access to the powder also facilitated.

2. A container for a toilet article and an accessorial element, including a box-component, a closure-component therefor, a toilet article compartment within the container and protected by the closure-component, a papercompartment combinatively associated with the container and one wall of which constitutes a wall of the box-component, and means for guiding withdrawal of paper from the compartment.

8. A container for a toilet article and an accessorial element, including a box-component, a closure-component therefor, a toilet article compartment within the container and protected by the closure-component, and

a paper-compartment combinatively associated with the container and one wall of which constitutes a wall of the box-component, another wall of the compartment being apertured to facilitate withdrawal of paper therefrom.

4. A container for powder and the like, including an accessorial powder applying-element, comprising a box-component, a closure-component therefor movably connected to the box-component, a pow'der-compartment within ,the container for mounting a body of powder separately from the applying element, and a paper-compartment for housing a package of separable paper sheets, said compartment being combinatively associated with the container and provided with a paper-discharging opening, the closurecomponent being separable from the papercompartment for introduction thereto of its contents.

, 5. A container for toilet powder and an `accessorial applying-element, including a box-component, a closure therefor hingedly connected thereto, a powder-compartment in the closure-component, a paper-compartment in the box-component for housing separable paper sheets, a closure for that compartment hingedly connected to the' box-component and apertured longitudinally to dispense, successively, sheets of said paper from the compartment for use in conjunction with powder from the powder-compartment the two closures being independently movable, and a mirror in the closure-component and juxtaposed to the powder-compartment and overlying the closure for the paper-compartment when the container is closed.

6. A container for toilet powder and an accessorial applying-element, including a box-component, a glosure therefor hingedly connected thereto, a powder-compartment in the closure-component, a paper-compartment in the box-component, a closure for that compartment hingedly connected to the box-component and apertured longitudinally to dispense paper from the compartment for use pense paper from the compartment for use in conjunction with powderfrom the powdercompartment, said closure being hanged at its edges to guide it into the box-component,

the two closures being independently mov-l able whereby the container may be opened without disturbing the paper-compartment while its closure may be raised after the closure of the box-component has been elevated a mirror in the closure-component and juxtaposed to the powder-compartment and overlying the closure for the paper-compartment when the container is closed, and ooacting means between the box-component and the closures for that component and the papercompartment for retaining the closures'in a closed position.

8. A container for powder and an accessorial element, including a box-component,

a closure-component therefor, a powder-compartment within the container, a paper-compartment associated with the container, a package of interfolded paper sheets ywithin the paper-compartment and underlying the powder-compartment when the closure-component is in closed position, the latter operating protectively to hold the sheets within the compartment, and a body of powder in the powder-compartment and separated from the paper by the closure for the paper-compartment.

9. A container for toilet powder and an alc-v cessorial applying element, including a boxcomponent, a closure therefor hingedly connected thereto, a, cover-component, a papercompartment in one of said components, a closure for that compartment hingedly oonnected to its respective `component and apertured to dispense paper from the compartment for use in conjunction with powder dispensed from the powder-compartment,

and a mirror in one of said components inl juxtaposition to the powder-compartment and associated with one of said closures when the container is closed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

WILLIAM H. CANNARD. ALEXANDER W. WITBRO.

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