US2269750A - Lipstick - Google Patents

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Jan. 13, 1942. D. F. BAIRD 2,269,750

LIPSTICK Filed March 21, 1940 4 TTDRNE Patented Jan. 13, 1942 nouns r. Baird, Portland, om.

Application March 21, 1940, Serial No. 325,093

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in lipsticks, and more particularly to means for illuminating the same and the face-of the user so that the lipstick may be useful in the dark. One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of illumination for the entire face, and more brilliant illumination particularly for the lips of the user.

A further object is the provision'of switchactuating means which will prevent unintentional burning of the illuminating means when the stick is not in use and is carried or moved about in the handbag or carrying case of the user.

A further object is the provision of means for illuminating an area below the base of the lip stick proper and the projection of light around and beyond the lipstick.

A further object is the provision of a lipstick of this character which is of simple, eihcient, durable, inexpensive and lightweight construction.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and finally pointed out in the appended claim.

- In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of the invention illustrating one of its uses Figure 2 is aside elevation of the invention 11- lustrating the means for preventing accidental or unintentional operation of the switching means.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 with parts removed and broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'l'l of Figure 6.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing:

The main body I of the invention is of hollow cylindrical form, and made of any suitable opaque material, closed at one of its ends and internally threaded, as at 2, at its opposite or open end. The source of electricity, such as a dry battery, 3 is disposed within the housing I. A lamp 6 is yieldingly' supported above the battery 3 by a spiral spring 5 whose one end engages the base 3 of the lamp and whose opposite end contacts the negative side I of the battery 3. The contact 8 at the end of the base 8 is normally held apart from the positivecontact 8 ofv the battery by the spring 5.

A closure ill of translucent material is provided for the open end of the housing. The lower' portion of the closure I8 is shouldered, as at H, to provide a reduced portion which is externally threaded,- as at l2, for engagement with the internally threaded portion 2 of the housing I so that, as the closure is advanced on its threads, the lamp 4 will be caused to glow when its contact 8 is moved against the contact 8 of the battery. The bulb portion of the lamp 4 is always in contact with the end wall of the closure l8, as shown, so that the lamp may be forced downwardly or allowed to move upwardly by advancing or retarding the cap on its threads.

To prevent accidental or unintentional closing of the circuit between the battery and the lamp, I form cooperating shouldered portions I3 and I4 on the abutting ends of the housing and closure, respectively. The closure may be freely advanced on its threads toward the housing in the usual manner until the shoulder portions l8 and I4 come into frictional contact with each other, which will resist further rotation of the closure with respect to the housing. Then, further and more forceful turning of the closure is required to disengage the shoulders I3 and H to allow the closure to finally move into circuitclosing position.

The upper end of the closure is provided with a hollow cylindrical projection l5, slotted'as at l6, and slidably embraces the lipstick i1 carried by the base l8 which is slidably mounted within the projection 15. A lug i9 is formed integral with the base I8 and is slidably embraced by the slot l6 for convenience in projecting and retracting the lipstick with respect to the cylindrical projection. In the preferred form of the invention, illustrated in Figure 3, the closure, as well as the extension l5, are made of translucent material, anda cap 20 of opaque material is provided to fit over the projection l5 and to bear against the topwall of the closure in. When the cap is in place the light is allowed to project only out through the side walls of the closure.

Thus, the device is useful as a portable light the closure may be formed with cutout portions 2|, or these portions may be made of clear or transparent material so that the light will be. projected upwardly in cylindrical shape around the lipstick and direct a bright clear light in advance of the lipstick.

In the further modified form illustrated in Figures 6 and 'I the closure 22, its end wall, the cylindrical projection 23 and its inwardly entending ribs 23A for slidably supporting the lipstick, are made entirely of translucent material, but the projection 13 is of greater inside diameter than the outside diameter of the lipstick 24 and its base 25 to provide spaces 28 around the lipstick so that the light fromthe bulb 21 may be projected upwardly around th lipstick, and forwardly in advance thereof. In this form of the invention the projection 28 is slotted, as at 2., to siidably embrace a projection 28 on the base of the lipstickto provide convenient means for projecting and retracting the lipstick.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention I am aware that many housing and adapted upon rotation to energize the lamp, a cylindrical projection formed on minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without cie parting from the spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by letters Patent is:

An illuminated lipstick comprising, a housing, a source 01 electricity and a lamp disposed within the housing, a closure of translucent material rotatably mounted on the end of the I the closure and having inwardly projecting ribs to slidably embrace a lipstick, the lipstick being of lesser diameter than the inside diameter of the cylindrical projection to provide spaces around the lipstick through which the light from the lamp may be projected, and said cylindrical projection being slotted to receive a projection formed on the lipstick for extending and retracting the same with respect to the cylindrical projection.

DONALD F. BAIRD.

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