Cosmetic powder box with a magnetic positioning structure

Abstract

A cosmetic powder box includes an outer box having a longitudinal hole. A first magnetically attractive member is embedded in each end of the outer box. The inner box includes a top side having grooves for receiving cosmetic items. The inner box is slideable relative to the outer box along the longitudinal axis between a retracted position received in the outer box and an extended position partially exposed on a left or right side of the outer box. A second magnetically attractive member is embedded in each end of a bottom side of the inner box and is aligned with and in magnetic attraction with one of the first magnetically attractive members when the inner box is in the retracted position. One of the second magnetically attractive members is aligned with and in magnetic attraction with the other first magnetic member when the inner box is in the extended position.

1 . A cosmetic powder box comprising:
 an outer box including two ends spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis, with the outer box being tubular and having rectangular cross sections, the outer box including a longitudinal hole having two openings in the two ends of the outer box, and a first magnetically attractive member embedded in a perimeter wall defining each of the two openings;   an inner box received in the outer box, with the inner box including a top side having a plurality of grooves adapted for receiving cosmetic items, the inner box slideable relative to the outer box along the longitudinal axis between a retracted position received in the outer box and an extended position partially exposed on a left side or a right side of the outer box, the inner box further including a bottom side opposite to the top side,   wherein the bottom side has a width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and each of the two ends of the inner box extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis to embed a second magnetically attractive member in a middle along the width of each of two ends of the bottom side of the inner box,   each second magnetically attractive member aligned with and in magnetic attraction with one of the first magnetically attractive members when the inner box is in the retracted position, and one of the second magnetically attractive members aligned with and in magnetic attraction with another of the first magnetic members when the inner box is in the extended position.   
     
     
         2 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the outer box including a top cover having two longitudinal sides and two sidewalls integrally extending downwards from the two longitudinal sides, respectively, and the outer box further including a bottom board fixed to a lower end of each of the two sidewalls of the top cover. 
     
     
         3 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the outer box including a top cover having two longitudinal sides, two sidewalls integrally extending downwards from the two longitudinal sides, respectively, and a bottom wall integrally formed with a lower end of each of the two sidewalls. 
     
     
         4 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with each of the two ends of the bottom side of the inner box including an embedding groove, and each second magnetically attractive member embedded in one of the embedding grooves. 
     
     
         5 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the outer box including a bottom wall having two ends, with an embedding groove defined in each of the two ends of the bottom wall of the outer box, and each first magnetically attractive member embedded in one of the embedding grooves. 
     
     
         6 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the perimeter wall of the outer box including an inner perimeter wall face having two inner vertical surfaces and top and bottom inner surfaces perpendicular to the two inner vertical surfaces, the inner box including two inner vertical faces perpendicular to the top and bottom sides of the inner box, one of the two inner vertical surfaces and the top and bottom inner surfaces of the outer box including one of a sliding groove and a protrusion, one of the two inner vertical faces and the top and bottom sides of the inner box including another of the sliding groove and the protrusion, the protrusion slideably received in the sliding groove, and the sliding groove and the protrusion configured to permit the inner box to slide relative to the outer box between the retracted position and the extended position while preventing the inner box from disengaging from the outer box. 
     
     
         7 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of grooves in the top side of the inner box includes three grooves arranged in a row. 
     
     
         8 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the plurality of grooves in the top side of the inner box including ten grooves arranged in three rows and four columns, and two grooves in each of the first and fourth rows merged into a larger groove larger than remaining grooves. 
     
     
         9 . The cosmetic powder box as claimed in  claim 1 , with the plurality of grooves in the top side of the inner box arranged in two columns, a first one of the two columns including five rows, first and second rows of the five rows including two grooves, each of remaining three rows of the five rows including only one groove, and a second one of the two columns including three rows each having only one groove, providing ten grooves in total.