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Granted Patent B2
US 10,925,383 · App. 15/681,103 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Clipping cosmetic tube holder

Inventor: Hanna Skye Murakami (Palatine, IL)
A45F5/02A45D40/00A45F5/021F16B2/22A45D2040/0012F16B2/245
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,925,383
App. No.
15/681,103
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clipping cosmetic tube holder includes a clip element that includes a clip spine, and a clip toe that protrudes from an end of the clip spine. The clipping cosmetic tube holder further includes a clip connector element that includes a back portion, a pair of arced ribs, and a bridge that connects the back portion to the clip element. A longitudinal axis of the back portion is offset the clip spine, forming a slot between the clip spine and the back portion that is configured to secure a portion of a garment within the slot and along the clip spine. The pair of arced ribs are connected to the back portion and are bilaterally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the back portion, configured to secure a cosmetic tube to the back portion by wrapping around a longitudinal section of a cylindrical surface of the cosmetic tube.

Claims (20)

1. A clipping cosmetic tube holder, comprising:

a clip element having a clip spine that includes a first end and a second end, wherein the clip element further includes a clip toe that protrudes from the second end in a direction normal to a longitudinal axis of the clip spine;

a clip connector element that includes a back portion, a pair of arced ribs, and a bridge that connects the back portion to the clip element at the first end of the clip spine, wherein a longitudinal axis of the back portion is offset from and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the clip spine forming a slot between the clip spine and the back portion, wherein the slot is configured to secure a portion of a garment within the slot and along the clip spine between the bridge and the clip toe while the garment is being worn by a user of the clipping cosmetic tube holder, wherein the pair of arced ribs are connected to the back portion and are bilaterally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the back portion, wherein the pair of arced ribs are configured to secure a first cosmetic tube to the back portion by wrapping around a longitudinal section of a cylindrical surface of the first cosmetic tube, wherein the pair of arced ribs each have an arc length less than half of a first circumference of the first cosmetic tube, wherein a frictional force induced by the clipping element against the garment, and wherein the clipping cosmetic tube holder is configured to secure to the garment in an orientation with a gravitational force being induced in a direction that is normal to the longitudinal axis of the back portion and the longitudinal axis of the clip spine by utilizing the frictional force, wherein an inner surface of the pair of arced ribs has a first coefficient of friction, and wherein an outer surface of the pair of arced ribs has a second coefficient of friction that is less than the first coefficient of friction, and wherein the back portion of the clip connector element has a third coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction and the second coefficient of friction; and

a detachable lining that includes an adhesive backing, wherein the detachable lining is attached to the back portion of the clip connector element via the adhesive backing in a first configuration, wherein the detachable lining is separated from the clipping cosmetic tube holder in a second configuration, wherein the back portion of the clip connector element has the third coefficient of friction when the detachable lining is in the first configuration, wherein the back portion of the clip connector element has a fourth coefficient of friction when the detachable lining is in the second configuration, and wherein the fourth coefficient of friction is less than the third coefficient of friction.

2. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein a length of the back portion is less than a length of the first cosmetic tube.

3. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 2 , wherein the pair of arced ribs connect to the back portion along an entire length of the back portion.

4. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 2 , wherein a length of the clip spine between the bridge and the clip toe is greater than the length of the back portion.

5. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the bridge connects from the first end of the clip spine to a first end of the back portion in the direction, parallel to the clip toe.

6. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the clipping cosmetic tube holder is further configured to hold a second cosmetic tube having a same transverse cross section as the first cosmetic tube, and wherein a first tube length of the first cosmetic tube is not equal to a second tube length of the second cosmetic tube.

7. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the clip element and the clip connector element are molded as a single piece of plastic material.

8. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 7 , wherein the plastic material includes at least one of: polyethylene or polyurethane.

9. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the arc length of each of the pair of arced ribs is greater than one quarter of the first circumference of the first cosmetic tube.

10. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the pair of arced ribs are extendable to secure a second cosmetic tube having a second circumference that is greater than the first circumference.

11. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein a width of the slot between the clip spine and the back portion is configured to accommodate a thickness of the garment.

12. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the garment is a at least one shoelace of a shoe being worn by the user of the clipping cosmetic tube holder.

13. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the garment includes a shirt being worn by the user of the clipping cosmetic tube holder, and wherein the portion of the garment is a collar of the shirt.

14. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the garment includes a strap being worn by the user of the clipping cosmetic tube holder, and wherein a width of the slot between the clip spine and the back portion is configured to accommodate a thickness of the strap, and wherein the strap is one of: a tank top strap or a bra strap.

15. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 14 , wherein a length of the clip spine between the bridge and the clip toe is configured to accommodate a width of the strap.

16. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein clipping element is configured to undergo an elastic deformation induced by an insertion of the garment into the slot, and wherein the frictional force induced by the clipping element against the garment is a function of the elastic deformation.

17. The clipping cosmetic tube holder of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the pair of arced ribs of the clipping cosmetic tube holder includes at least one rectangular surface that can lie flush to a flat surface, and wherein an image corresponding to a logo is printed on the at least one rectangular surface.

Continuity (1)
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