Protective mat and tray for cosmetics

Abstract

The invention claimed herein and depicted in FIGS. 1 through 4 presents a Protective Mat and Tray for Cosmetics. Tray shell 2 consists of a molded platform featuring a plurality of side compartments 8 disposed along its sides and a plurality of rear compartments 10 disposed along its rear edge. The flat central portion of tray shell 2 forms tray 6, which accommodates disposable protective mat 4 that can be dispensed from mat refill 14. Elevated edge of said tray's front edge forms lip 12. Protective mat 4 consists of a flat sheet of flexible, absorbent material such as paper, which can be textured, imprinted and produced in single sheets or as length of multiple sheets separated via perforations (FIG. 1 ). Mat 4 may also be produced with a secondary layer of moisture impervious material.

1 . A storage device for facilitating the use of cosmetics consisting of:
 a) a tray, formed from a rigid material, featuring a flat central section surrounded by elevated side walls and posterior wall;   b) open compartments formed from recessed center portions of the aforementioned elevated side and rear walls;   c) an elevated lip forming an anterior wall of the aforementioned tray's central section.   
   
   
       2 . A storage device of  claim 1  which includes:
 a) an mat formed of an absorbent material featuring sufficient dimensions to fit onto the flat central section of the aforementioned tray and a surface which can be imprinted with graphic elements;   b) the aforementioned mat, configured as a single disposable sheet, or as a plurality of sheets that can be supplied folded or on a roll whereby individual sheets can be separated via perforations for use within the tray.   c) a flat ledge formed by the top edge of the side or rear tray walls, or the anterior wall of the rear compartment, which is of sufficient planar dimension to allow affixing or imprinting of graphic elements.   d) the aforementioned mat, which can be produced with a single layer of absorbent material or with a secondary layer of moisture impervious material.