Cosmetic container

Abstract

A cosmetic container that is suitable for being made compact and that does not leak when inverted, even when low-viscosity cosmetics are contained therein, and which allows the cosmetics to be reliably oozed when used. The cosmetic container includes a container body for containing a liquid cosmetic, the container body having an upwardly open opening therein, an outer lid for sealing the opening in the container body and a plate-shaped pad that vertically partitions the interior of the container body. The pad is made of felt. The maximum amount of the cosmetic in the container body is such that, when the container body is upright so that the opening in the container body faces vertically upward, the liquid level of the cosmetic is below the bottom surface of the pad.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cosmetic container, comprising:
 a container body for containing a liquid cosmetic, the container body having an upwardly open opening therein;   an outer lid for sealing the opening in the container body; and   a plate-shaped pad that vertically partitions an interior of the container body,   wherein the pad is made of felt.   
     
     
         2 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a maximum amount of the cosmetic in the container body is an amount such that a surface of the liquid cosmetic contained in the container body is below a bottom surface of the pad in a state in which the container body is upright, so that the opening in the container body is directed vertically upward.   
     
     
         3 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein a mark indicating a position of the surface of the liquid cosmetic corresponding to the maximum amount of the cosmetic is provided to the container body.   
     
     
         4 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 further comprising a pad moving mechanism that moves the pad returnably downward when the upper surface of the pad is pressed downward.   
     
     
         5 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 4 ,
 wherein the pad moving mechanism includes a movable frame configured to be slidable with respect to an inner surface of the container body and a fixed frame disposed above the movable frame,   the movable frame includes a spring that is compressed between a bottom surface of the container body and a lower surface of a frame portion that holds a periphery of the pad, and   the lower surface of the fixed frame contacts an upper surface of the movable frame when the spring is in the restored state to stop the movable frame at a predetermined vertical position.   
     
     
         6 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the spring is a leaf spring.   
     
     
         7 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the spring is a coil spring having a spiral axis extending in a vertical direction.   
     
     
         8 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the pad is made of plastic fibers thermally welded to each other along an outer periphery of the pad.   
     
     
         9 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 further comprising a frame body mounted on the container body and having an annular portion of double-ring construction, the two rings facing each other in a vertical direction,   wherein the pad is disposed between the two rings of the annular portion, and   a cut-out for inserting the pad between the rings is formed in at least one of the rings of the double-ring structure.   
     
     
         10 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 further comprising a frame attached to the container body and having an annular frame formed thereon, and   the periphery of the pad is welded to the frame.   
     
     
         11 . The cosmetic container according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the pad has a thickness of at least 1 mm but not more than 3 mm, and a porosity of at least 70% but not more than 90% as determined by a WET (v/v) method, and   the viscosity of the cosmetic stored in the container body is at least 1 cs but not more than 1000 cs.