Packaging, typically a case, with closure by magnets

Abstract

A case, includes a lid fitted with a first hinge portion, a concave bottom possibly including an inner frame intended to receive a trough containing the cosmetic product, the bottom or inner frame being fitted with a second hinge portion, the first and second hinge portions engaging to form a hinge, elements for closing the lid relative to the bottom or inner frame wherein: a) the closure elements include two magnets such that the lid is attracted towards the bottom inner frame for an opening angle α below a maximum angle of opening αL, b) the engagement is such that the maximum angle of opening αL is between 20° and 90°, c) the magnets are fully or partially concealed.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to the field of cosmetic product packaging, typically cases of facial care powders. THE PRIOR ART [0002] Generally speaking, cases typically include: [0003] a concave lid fitted with an inner mirror, [0004] a concave bottom, typically fitted with an inner frame or intermediate support for at least one trough intended to receive said cosmetic product, [0005] a hinge, constituting the connecting component between said lid and said bottom, allowing said lid to articulate and said case to open, [0006] a clasp or any means of fastening and unfastening said lid relative to said bottom, in such a way as to open and close said case, a clasp being typically of the push-button type. This clasp, located on the opposite side from the hinge of the case, is usually formed by the engagement of a clasp component of the lid with a clasp component of the bottom or of the inner frame integral with the bottom, so as to guarantee that the case will rem...

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Benefits of technology

[0031] As will be shown hereinafter, these means are both straightforward to implement, and therefore relatively cost-effective, and efficient.

Problems solved by technology

All these mechanical means involve both a high manufacturing cost, given the precision of the parts forming these means and the necessary absence of play, and a modification of the appearance of the cases, and particularly of their front part, which is the most visible.

On the other hand, as shown by the previously cited prior art, the diversity of means already used in the prior art is very great, each of these relatively specific means involving particular and therefore costly modifications to each case.

Lastly, one other problem is to offer cases which can be distinguished from prior art cases by the “way they handle” or “the way they feel”, in other words by the tactile perception of the manual effort involved in opening the case.

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