Portable cosmetics carrying case assembly

Abstract

A portable cosmetics carrying case assembly includes a container includes a body for receiving contents through an opening formed in the body. A lid is mounted to the body for rotation between a closed position to enclose the opening and an opened position to open the opening. The lid is set to an obtuse angle relative to the opening, when the lid is in the opened position. A first abutment is carried by the container, a second abutment is carried by the lid, and the first abutment engages the second abutment when the lid is in the opened position, setting the lid to the obtuse angle and disabling the lid from moving beyond the opened position.

Having fully described the invention in such clear and concise terms as to enable those skilled in the art to understand and practice the same, the invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable cosmetics carrying case assembly, comprising:
 a container, the container includes a body for receiving contents through an opening formed in the body;   a lid mounted to the body for rotation with hinge assemblies between a closed position to enclose the opening and an opened position to open the opening;   the lid is set to an obtuse angle relative to the opening, when the lid is in the opened position;   each of the hinge assemblies comprises:
 an eye end, carried by one of the container and the lid, mounted rotatably to a knuckle, carried by the other one of the container and the lid; 
   a first abutment carried by the eye end;   a second abutment carried by the knuckle; and   the first abutment engages the second abutment when the lid is in the opened position, setting the lid to the obtuse angle and disabling the lid from moving beyond the opened position.   
     
     
         2 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the eye end is integral with the one of the container and the lid;   the knuckle is integral with the other one of the container and the lid;   the first abutment is integral with the eye end; and   the second abutment is integral with the knuckle.   
     
     
         3 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a latch assembly carried by the container and the lid;   the latch assembly is adjustable between a latched position and an unlatched position, when the lid is in the closed position;   the lid is disabled from moving from the closed position to the opened position, when the latch assembly is in the latched position; and   the lid is enabled for moving from the closed position to the opened position, when the latch assembly is in the unlatched position.   
     
     
         4 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein the latch assembly comprises:
 first and second axially spaced members carried by one of the container and the lid;   a gap between the first member and the second member;   a third member carried by the other one of the container and the lid;   a slide mounted reciprocally to the first member for movement between a first position and a second position relative to the gap and the second member;   the third member is in the gap, when the lid is in the closed position;   the slide is concurrently engaged to the first member, the third member, and the second member disabling the lid from moving from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the first position;   the slide is concurrently disengaged from the third member and the second member enabling movement of the lid from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the second position.   
     
     
         5 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the lid carries a vanity mirror;   the vanity mirror is enclosed between the container and the lid, when the lid is in the closed position; and   the vanity mirror is exposed and set to the obtuse angle, when the lid is in the opened position.   
     
     
         6 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a first handle part carried by the container;   a second handle part carried by the lid; and   the first handle part and the second handle close together to form a handle, when the lid is in the closed position.   
     
     
         7 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  6 , wherein:
 the first handle part is first C-shaped member that projects radially outward from first ends rigidly affixed to the container;   the second handle part is second C-shaped member that projects radially outward from second ends rigidly affixed to the container;   the handle formed by the first and second handle parts when the lid is in the closed is C-shaped.   
     
     
         8 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 6 , wherein the latch assembly is between the first ends and the second ends of the first and second C-shaped members, respectively, when the lid is in the closed position. 
     
     
         9 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 5 , wherein the obtuse angle is from 115 degrees to 125 degrees. 
     
     
         10 . A portable cosmetics carrying case assembly, comprising:
 a container, the container includes a body for receiving contents through an opening formed in the body;   a lid mounted to the body for rotation with hinge assemblies between a closed position to enclose the opening and an opened position to open the opening;   the lid is set to an obtuse angle relative to the opening, when the lid is in the opened position;   each of the hinge assemblies comprises:
 an eye end, carried by one of the container and the lid, mounted rotatably to a knuckle, carried by the other one of the container and the lid; 
   a first abutment carried by the eye end;   a second abutment carried by the knuckle;   the first abutment engages the second abutment when the lid is in the opened position, setting the lid to the obtuse angle and disabling the lid from moving beyond the opened position;   a first C-shaped member projects radially outward from first ends rigidly affixed to the container;   a second C-shaped member projects radially outward from second ends rigidly affixed to the container;   first and second axially spaced members carried by the container between the first ends of the first C-shaped member, and a gap between the first member and the second member;   a third member carried by the lid between the second ends of the second C-shaped member;   a slide mounted reciprocally to the first member for movement between a first position and a second position relative to the gap and the second member;   the third member is in the gap, when the lid is in the closed position;   the slide is concurrently engaged to the first member, the third member, and the second member disabling the lid from moving from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the first position;   the slide is concurrently disengaged from the third member and the second member enabling movement of the lid from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the second position; and   the first C-shaped member and the second C-shaped member close together to form a C-shaped handle, when the lid is in the closed position.   
     
     
         11 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 10 , wherein:
 the eye end is integral with the one of the container and the lid;   the knuckle is integral with the other one of the container and the lid;   the first abutment is integral with the eye end; and   the second abutment is integral with the knuckle.   
     
     
         12 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 11 , wherein:
 the lid carries a vanity mirror;   the vanity mirror is enclosed between the container and the lid, when the lid is in the closed position; and   the vanity mirror is exposed and set to the obtuse angle, when the lid is in the opened position.   
     
     
         13 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 12 , wherein the obtuse angle is from 115 degrees to 125 degrees. 
     
     
         14 . A portable cosmetics carrying case assembly, comprising:
 a container, the container includes a body for receiving contents through an opening formed in the body;   a lid mounted to the body for rotation between a closed position to enclose the opening and an opened position to open the opening;   the lid is set to an obtuse angle relative to the opening, when the lid is in the opened position;   a first abutment carried by the container;   a second abutment carried by the lid;   the first abutment engages the second abutment when the lid is in the opened position, setting the lid to the obtuse angle and disabling the lid from moving beyond the opened position;   a first C-shaped member projects radially outward from first ends rigidly affixed to the container;   a second C-shaped member projects radially outward from second ends rigidly affixed to the container;   first and second axially spaced members carried by the container between the first ends of the first C-shaped member, and a gap between the first member and the second member;   a third member carried by the lid between the second ends of the second C-shaped member;   a slide mounted reciprocally to the first member for movement between a first position and a second position relative to the gap and the second member;   the third member is in the gap, when the lid is in the closed position;   the slide is concurrently engaged to the first member, the third member, and the second member disabling the lid from moving from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the first position;   the slide is concurrently disengaged from the third member and the second member enabling movement of the lid from the closed position to the opened position, when the lid is in the closed position and the slide is in the second position; and   the first C-shaped member and the second C-shaped member close together to form a C-shaped handle, when the lid is in the closed position.   
     
     
         15 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 14 , wherein:
 the lid carries a vanity mirror;   the vanity mirror is enclosed between the container and the lid, when the lid is in the closed position; and   the vanity mirror is exposed and set to the obtuse angle, when the lid is in the opened position.   
     
     
         16 . The portable cosmetics carrying case assembly according to  claim 15 , wherein the obtuse angle is from 115 degrees to 125 degrees.