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| Claims 1. A container for a plurality of personal care product dispensers. a. The dispensers in claim 1 may be extended and retracted from the container by use of the buttons on the side of the container. b. The dispensers in claim 1 may contain different personal care products for use on people. c. The personal care products within the dispensers in claim 1 may be solid or liquid. 2. The buttons in claim 1 may be slid towards the top of the container to extend the personal care product out of the top of the container to allow the personal care product to be applied. 3. The buttons in claim 2 may also be pushed down the container back down to their original position, to retract the personal care dispenser, and allow other personal care dispensers to be extended. 4. The personal care products that may be used in the dispensers in claim 1 may include, but is not limited to, eye-liner, lip-liner, lip- gloss, mascara, nail-polish, perfume, eyeshadow, lip-stick. 5. As an option the container may have an additional personal care product at the bottom, which may be, but is not limited to, lipstick or mascara. Advantages • This invention provides easy access to multiple personal care products in a single tool . • Products are less likely to be damaged when carried in a container with other products. • Products are easier to locate. |
• This invention is for use in dispensing
personal care products of various kinds directly to the face or body.
• The invention can be used to dispense one or more different forms of personal care
products .
• These dispensers may be in the form of eyeliner, lip-liner, lip-gloss, mascara, nail- polish, perfume, eye-shadow, lip-stick, or any other form.
• The central column is a tube.
• The top end is tapered to a hole at the end for the dispenser to protrude from the top to allow application of the personal care
product.
• The bottom end has a plurality of buttons
protruding from the central tube.
• There is a plurality of slits in the central tube corresponding to the buttons mentioned above .
• These slits allow the buttons to be depressed axially towards the top of the tube, causing the corresponding selected dispenser to protrude from the top of the tube.
• The buttons may be moved axially back down to the original position retracting the relevant dispenser, protecting the dispenser and allowing alternative dispensers to be
protracted.
• There may be a demountable cap mounted on the top end of the tube that is remountable on the bottom end.
• As an option there may be one of the
following additional dispensers at the
bottom.
1. lip-stick dispenser, which may be protracted by twisting the central tube.
2. mascara dispenser, where the mascara
brush is fixed to the bottom of the tube and the cover may be removed by twisting the case. Description of drawings
• Fig 1 shows simple eyeliner colours extending from the main tube.
• Fig 2 shows the eyeliner colour with a
casing, which may be wood or plastic, or any other suitable material.
• Fig 3 shows more details for the notes below
1. Mascara application brush.
2. Stem for mascara brush.
3. Screw top for lid.
4. Eyeliner pencils, still in case. There may or may not be a wooden outer casing, depending upon the design.
5. Eyeliner pencil extended from case. The eyeliner can be extended further as it is used up and the end sharpened. Initially it need only be extended a small amount until the tip is just protruding from the end of the pen casing.
6. Mascara covering and container.
7. Eyeliner pencil casing. Button to extend eyeliner, at top of range.
8. Button to extend eyeliner, pushed down to extend eyeliner pencil (5) . This may be pushed down any length up to the full limit to extend the eyeliner pencils (4) and (5) .
9. Transparent end casing, with dome shaped top with hole at the end to allow eyeliner pencils (4) and (5) to be extended. • This product uses technology that is already available, applied in a new combination.
• This product can be manufactured using
existing techniques and machinery.