Tinting bowl

Abstract

There is disclosed a tinting bowl device ( 10 ) which includes a base bowl ( 12 ), preferably of paper or cardboard, and a plurality of liners ( 20 ) of waterproof material, nested within the interior of base bowl. The base bowl has a lip ( 16 ) which extends around the interior to form a rim ( 18 ). Each liner has a lip ( 22 ) extending over the lip of the base bowl, the liner lips being arranged on top of one another. Each liner is attached to the remainder of the device at a line of weakness to enable the liner can be torn off. The device can be used to hold chemicals for colouring hair. In use, the chemicals are placed on the uppermost liner and are prevented by the liner and lip from seeping or migrating to the next liner. After each use, the uppermost liner can be torn off and discarded, which exposes the next liner for use, so that the device is re-usable multiple times.

1 . A tinting bowl device including:
 a receptacle in the form of a base bowl, defining a bowl interior and having a rim extending around the interior; and   a plurality of receptacles each in the form of a liner, shaped complementarily with respect to, and nested within, said interior,   wherein each receptacle that has a receptacle immediately below it is detachably fixed to that receptacle.   
   
   
       2 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 1  wherein each liner is detachably joined to the receptacle below it at or adjacent the rim. 
   
   
       3 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 2  including an elongate anchor element extending around, and joined to, the base bowl adjacent the rim, each of the liners being detachably joined to the anchor element. 
   
   
       4 . A tinting bowl device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein each of the liners is detachably joined to a remainder of the device at a line of weakness. 
   
   
       5 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 5  wherein the line of weakness is preferably constituted by a series of perforations in the material forming the liners. 
   
   
       6 . A tinting bowl device according to any of the preceding claims wherein the base bowl includes a bowl lip extending radially outwards relative to the interior, the lip defining said rim. 
   
   
       7 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 6  wherein each liner includes a liner lip which is disposed over the bowl lip. 
   
   
       8 . A tinting bowl device according to any one of the preceding claims including a handle. 
   
   
       9 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 8  wherein the handle is substantially flat. 
   
   
       10 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 8  or  claim 9  wherein the handle is integrally joined to, and protrudes from, the base bowl. 
   
   
       11 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 10  wherein the base bowl and handle are formed as a single integral unit. 
   
   
       12 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 11  wherein each liner includes a tab that extends radially outwards relative to the interior, so as to be disposed over the handle. 
   
   
       13 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 12  including a plurality of said liners wherein said tabs extend one over another. 
   
   
       14 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 13  wherein each tab that has another tab extending over it is longer than that tab so as to protrude beyond the end of that tab. 
   
   
       15 . A tinting bowl device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the base bowl is of a biodegradable material. 
   
   
       16 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 15  wherein the biodegradable material is at least one of cardboard and stiff paper. 
   
   
       17 . A tinting bowl device according to  claim 16  wherein the bowl interior is covered with a wax coating. 
   
   
       18 . A method of handling hair treatment substances using a tinting bowl device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, the method including the steps of:
 18.1 placing, and optionally mixing, at least one said substance in an uppermost one of said liners;   18.2 applying at least a part of the at least one substance in the uppermost liner to a person's hair;   18.3 removing the uppermost liner together with any of the at least one substance remaining therein, from a remainder of the tinting bowl device whereby the liner immediately below that uppermost liner becomes the uppermost liner; and   18.4 repeating steps 18.1 to 18.3.   
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 18  including:
 19.1 repeating steps 18.1 to 18.3 according to step 18.4 until all of the liners have been removed from a remainder of the tinting bowl device;   19.2 placing, and optionally mixing, at least one said substance in the base bowl; and   19.3 applying at least a part of the at least one substance in the base bowl to a person's hair.