Container and dispenser for barrettes and accessories

Abstract

A storage container and dispenser provides specialized compartments for barrettes, hairbands, hairbeads, and other hair cosmetology accessories. An upper compartment provides a hairband bar and contains a port which passes downwardly into a hairbeads receptacle. The hairbeads receptacle has a pocketed sidewall door which swings outwardly and enables withdrawal of the hairbeads without spilling them from the container. Other drawers and compartments for various accessories are provided.

What is claimed is new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims: 
     
         1 . A storage device comprising:
 a rectangular container including
 a rectangular outer-sidewall, 
 a rectangular base coupled to the rectangular outer-sidewall, 
 an upwardly-opening compartment opposite the rectangular base, 
 a beads-compartment beneath the upwardly-opening compartment, 
 a rectangular-opening perforating the rectangular outer-sidewall and opening into the beads-compartment, 
 an openable port between and selectively connecting the beads-compartment and the upwardly-opening compartment, 
 at least one drawer; 
   a domed lid hingedly attached to the rectangular container and able to selectively open and close the upwardly-opening compartment; and   a hinged door mounted in and able to selectively open and close the rectangular-opening.   
     
     
         2 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the rectangular container further comprises at least one latch configured to fasten the domed lid shut to the upwardly-opening compartment. 
     
     
         3 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the openable port comprises
 a circular aperture, and   a gasket fully filling the circular aperture, the gasket having at least one slit permitting passage of beads through the gasket into the beads-compartment.   
     
     
         4 . The storage device of  claim 3 , wherein the upwardly-opening compartment comprises a floor opposing the domed lid, and the circular aperture perforates the floor. 
     
     
         5 . The storage device of  claim 3 , wherein the gasket comprises a material selected from the group consisting of rubber, silicone, and polymer. 
     
     
         6 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the openable port comprises
 a circular aperture, and   a trapdoor configured to selectively shut the circular aperture.   
     
     
         7 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the openable port comprises
 a circular aperture, and   a circular plug able to removably couple to and fill the circular aperture.   
     
     
         8 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the hinged door comprises
 a rectangular-panel able to interface with and fill the corresponding rectangular-opening in the rectangular outer-sidewall, the rectangular-panel having a top-edge disposed distally to the rectangular base;   a first-lateral-panel and a second-lateral panel paralleling the first-lateral-panel across the rectangular-panel, each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel having three edges, each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel comprising
 a first-edge coupled to the rectangular-panel, 
 a second-edge, and 
 a convexly-curved-edge, 
   such that the convexly-curved edge follows the path of the top-edge as the hinged door is opened and closed, and each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel provide lateral barriers to prevent beads from falling out of the hinged door when the hinged door is opened and the beads-compartment is filled with beads.   
     
     
         9 . The storage device of  claim 8 , wherein the hinged door further comprises
 at least one stop disposed on any of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel, the at least one stop being coupled to the second-edge, the at least one stop projecting outwardly from the hinged door such that it impinges upon an inside of the rectangular-sidewall when the hinged door is opened to an extremity and prevents the hinged door from being opened beyond the extremity.   
     
     
         10 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one drawer comprises a hair bow drawer containing at least one hair bow bar. 
     
     
         11 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the upwardly-opening compartment contains at least one cylindrical headband-holder, the at least one cylindrical headband-holder comprises an airspace circumscribing the cylindrical headband-holder enabling sufficient relief for headbands to be wrapped about the cylindrical headband-holder within the upwardly-opening compartment when the domed lid is closed. 
     
     
         12 . The storage device of  claim 11 , wherein the cylindrical headband-holder is mounted to the rectangular outer-sidewall at either end of the cylindrical headband-holder. 
     
     
         13 . The storage device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one drawer comprises
 a first-drawer proximal to the base;   a second-drawer disposed above the first-drawer;   a third-drawer disposed above the second-drawer;   such that the second-drawer and the third-drawer are each narrower than the first-drawer, and the beads-compartment is disposed between the rectangular outer-sidewall and the combination of the second-drawer and the first-drawer.   
     
     
         14 . A storage device comprising:
 a rectangular container including
 a rectangular outer-sidewall, 
 a rectangular base coupled to the rectangular outer-sidewall, 
 an upwardly-opening compartment opposite the rectangular base, 
 a beads-compartment beneath the upwardly-opening compartment, 
 a rectangular-opening perforating the rectangular outer-sidewall and opening into the beads-compartment, 
 an openable port between and selectively connecting the beads-compartment and the upwardly-opening compartment, 
 at least one drawer; 
   a domed lid hingedly attached to the rectangular container and able to selectively open and close the upwardly-opening compartment; and   a hinged door mounted in and able to selectively open and close the rectangular-opening;   wherein the rectangular container further comprises at least one latch configured to fasten the domed lid shut to the upwardly-opening compartment;   wherein the openable port comprises a circular aperture;   wherein the upwardly-opening compartment comprises a floor opposing the domed lid, and the circular aperture perforates the floor;   wherein the hinged door comprises
 a rectangular-panel able to interface with and fill the corresponding rectangular-opening in the rectangular outer-sidewall, the rectangular-panel having a top-edge disposed distally to the rectangular base, 
 a first-lateral-panel and a second-lateral panel paralleling the first-lateral-panel across the rectangular-panel, each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel having three edges, each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel comprising
 a first-edge coupled to the rectangular-panel, 
 a second-edge, and 
 a convexly-curved-edge, and 
 
 at least one stop disposed on any of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel, the at least one stop being coupled to the second-edge, the at least one stop projecting outwardly from the hinged door such that it impinges upon an inside of the rectangular-sidewall when the hinged door is opened to an extremity and prevents the hinged door from being opened beyond the extremity, 
 such that the convexly-curved edge follows the path of the top-edge as the hinged door is opened and closed, and each of the first-lateral-panel and the second-lateral-panel provide lateral barriers to prevent beads from falling out of the hinged door when the hinged door is opened and the beads-compartment is filled with beads; 
   wherein the upwardly-opening compartment contains at least one cylindrical headband-holder, the at least one cylindrical headband-holder comprises an airspace circumscribing the cylindrical headband-holder enabling sufficient relief for headbands to be wrapped about the cylindrical headband-holder within the upwardly-opening compartment when the domed lid is closed;   wherein the cylindrical headband-holder is mounted to the rectangular outer-sidewall at either end of the cylindrical headband-holder; and   wherein the at least one drawer comprises
 a first-drawer proximal to the base, the first-drawer containing at least one hair bow bar, 
 a second-drawer disposed above the first-drawer, 
 a third-drawer disposed above the second-drawer, 
 such that the second-drawer and the third-drawer are each narrower than the first-drawer, and the beads-compartment is disposed between the rectangular outer-sidewall and the combination of the second-drawer and the first-drawer.