US3499540A - Cosmetics organizer - Google Patents

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March 10, 1970 L, A. Hu covs I 3,499,540

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3,499,540 COSMETICS ORGANIZER Lois A. Huncovsky, 4897 Hidalgo, San Diego, Calif. 92117 Filed Nov. 23, 1966, Ser. No. 596,587 Int. Cl. A47f 7/00, 3/14 US. Cl. 211-60 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A storage box or cabinet for storage of cosmetics such as lipsticks, nail polish, and the like providing special compartments for organizing the cosmetics in, and maintaining them in, good and usable order.

SUMMARY This invention relates generally to storage of cosmetics and the like, and more particularly, to a new and improved organizer for various items of cosmetics to be adaptable to cooperate with a dressing table drawer, medicine cabinet, or the like.

Many women use and maintain a wide variety of cosmetics of different types, including lipsticks, nail polishes, creams of various types, and the like; as well as brushes, tweezers and similar articles used in connection with such cosmeticitems. At the present time there is no satisfactory and economical storage arrangement in the home for organizing and storing the wide variety of such items-and to avoid frequent spilling and breaking of such items by reason of their being dropped from, or pushed off, shelves, dressers, and the like.

I have devised a unique, novel, and useful storage container and organizer for such items adaptable to accommodate the items most frequently used and most diflicult to store conveniently. My device has been designed and developed for maximum use and utility with complete attention devoted to minimum space requirement and maximum capacity and convenience. My device consists of a single unit comprising in the most preferred embodiment a number of vertical storage positions cooperating with a number of horizontal storage units and a convenient miscellaneous storage tray. In alternative forms, the item may be used under a variety of conditions and comprises suitable modified storage arrangements, such that it may cooperate properly with commonly existing household furniture items.

It is an object of this invention to provide a storage and organization device for cosmetics and accessories adapted to fit into a dresser drawer.

A further object of this invention is to provide a storage arrangement for cosmetic items which at the same time organizes them into a proper order for use.

A further object of this invention is to provide a storage arrangement for cosmetic items which cooperates with household furniture.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in the art upon reading the following specification in conjunction with the attached drawings in which:

DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 is a perspective of a preferred embodiment of this invention;

FIGURE 2 is a section thru 22 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a section thru 3-3 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective of an alternate embodiment of this invention; and

FIGURE 5 is a section thru 5-5 of FIGURE 4.

m i 3,499,540 Ice Patented Mar. 10, 1970 DETAILED DESCRIPTION It will be observed that the preferred embodiment of this invention as particularly indicated in FIGURES 1, 2, and 3 consists of a single base portion comprising a flat base 10 which is generally L-shaped extending beneath a part of the over-all item indicated generally by the reference numeral 130 which portion has a number of individual box-like units as hereinafter described and which are clear, particularly in FIGURE 1. Such individual box-like units are formed by spaces between the parts 30, 31 thru 31D and 32 thru 32D, and incased between the end 20, the intermediate divider 21, and portions of sides 22 and 24.

A portion indicated generally by the numeral is a more or less rectangular tray open at its top and formed by a portion of side 24, a portion of end 23, a portion of intermediate divider 21, and a portion of base 10, bounded on its remaining sides by an edge which becomes a part of trough 11.

It will be seen that portions 11, 12, and 13 are troughlike elements all joined together, as indicated particularly well in the sectional view FIGURE 2. These trough-like portions are open tops and preferably formed integrally with the base 10 and the sides '22, 23, 24, 20 and 21.

As previously mentioned, sides 20 and 21 form a rectangular compartment extending above a portion of the base 10 and extending between portions of sides 22 and 24, as will be clear on the drawings.

Within this rectangular portion there are a number of vertical open top box-like units formed by the central divider 30, with the side dividers 31 thru 31D and 32 thru 32D, together withportions of sides 22 and 24, and end 20, and intermediate divider 21.

Preferably the unit 30 with dividers 31 thru 31D and 32 thru 32D may be removable so that it can he slipped in and out of the general portion 130, in order to facilitate cleaning when desired and also for aid in the manufacture of the item. Each of the square partitioned areas is in the appropriate size to hold the normal lipsticks, nail polishes, etc. which most women have on hand in some quantity, and which are less adapted to vertical storage and for use in a vertical position.

The troughs 11, 12, and 13 are of sufiicient size to accommodate tubes of cream and the like, which might best be kept horizontally or which, because of length, would preferably be horizontally disposed. Also such items as may be of excessive length for vertical storage within a dresser drawer or the like, can be stored in such troughs.

The tray 110 accommodates suitable nail files, tweezers, brushes, clippers, and similar items which are used in conjunction with the items stored in the various storage compartments. Thus the unit becomes of increasing utility as the various areas cooperate one with the other, since many of the items such as nail polish and the like, may be used while they remain within their organized storage position.

An alternative form of this invention is shown in FIGURES 4 and 5. It will be observed that in this case the cosmetic organizer is adapted to stand upright in the position indicated in FIGURE 4. It is composed of a basic boX comprising a back 50, bottom 51, sides 56 and 57, front lip 52, and top 53. It will be particularly observed that the top 53 has two grooves 54 and 55, to accommodate small brushes and the like, which can be easily laid in the grooves and thus not roll off and yet be in position where they can be most conveniently picked up to cooperate with the use of the other items, and without the necessity of having them in some inaccessible area.

This particular embodiment has a number of troughs comprising preferably two trough units 60 and 70, each having troughs 61 thru 66,.and 71 thru 76, as shown.

Each of these troughs is in the proper shape to accommodate the normal lipstick, nail polish, and the like, which most women will use. Also a substantial tray area is provided beneath the trough unit 60 and the lip 52 prevents the small items from rolling or falling forward out of this area. It will be observed that this particular embodiment does not provide the upright storage of the other embodiments for numerous nail polishes, and the like, in an upright position and cooperating with the other devices, but is a convenient alternative embodiment utilizing many of the features of the previously described device, and particularly, convenient to those who must fit such items into a medicine chest or a like area.

While the embodiments of this invention particularly shown and described are fully capable of achieving the objects and advantages desired, modifications may be devised by those skilled inthe art, without departing from the inventive concept disclosed herein. It is not my intention to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, which are for the purposes of illustration only.

I claim:

1. A cosmetics organizer comprising an elongated tray having a partition intermediate its ends, said partition, the end it is closest adjacent to, and the sides between said partition and said end all being substantially higher than the balance of said tray; the balance of said tray having formed therein and extending directionally from said partition to the end farthest from said partition a series of rounded troughs, each of said troughs being of the same height at their upper edges as the height of the lower portion of said tray; a portion of said part of the tray adjacent said troughs comprising a substantially fiat, shallow tray; and a divider removably inserted in the more elevated tray portion, said divider comprising a relatively rigid member the same height as said partition and running the length of the compartment form between said partition, the end to which it is most closely adjacent and its sides, said divider further having additional members extending directionally from each side of the elongated piece to the said partition and the said end to which it is most closely adjacent, whereby the said troughs are suitable for storing cosmetic implements such as brushes and the like, said tray is suitable for storing items such as scissors, tweezers, and the like, and said more elevated portion of said tray with said divider is suitable to store and contain a plurality of bottles of cosmetics products.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 870,789 11/1907 Lyon 211-126 1,274,382 8/1918 Burgoyne 206--72 3,008,785 11/1961 Gehrs 312209 3,285,409 11/1966 Loran 206-72 XR 948,434 2/1910 Scott 22022 2,558,124 6/1951 Burden 22022 X CHANCELLOR E. HARRIS, Primary Examiner W. D. LOULAN, Assistant Examiner US. 01. X.R. 211-126; 220-22

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