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1 This invention relates to
containers, especially bottles and the
like suitable for holding perfume,
facial lotions, cosmetic lotions, or
other similar fluids. The invention is
more particularly directed to a novel
combination of a bottle of globular or
generally spherical shape, and a stopper
therefore which also serves as the base
on which the bottle rests.
Eleretofore, mottles for
dispensing perfume often comprise a
bottle and a stopper therefore the
stopper fitting a neck at the top of the
bottle. Such bottles, although they can
have a decorative appearance,
necessarily and unescapably have the
appearance of bottles. Thus, these
bottles must rely on their ornateness of
design to decorate a surface on which
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1 they rest. For example, a cosmetic
bottle for a ladies' dressing table is
often given a fancy stopper or an
elaborate bottle design in an attempt to
lend attractiveness to the dressing
table's appearance.
It is an object of this
invention to provide a container
suitable for use as a perfume bottle and
which provides a novel and surprising
decorative appearance without detracting
from its basic function of containing
perfume or other liquid, and while
permitting simple dispensing of the
perfume or liquid.
It is another object of this
invention to provide a bottle which is
elegantly simple in its structure and
appearance.
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1 Accordingly, many desirable
embodiments of this invention are
constituted by the combination of a
spheroid container and a mating
stopper/base. The spheroid container
which can be a sphere, an ovoid or egg
shaped container, an elongated
ellipsoidal container, or a "squashed"
spheroidal container, preferably formed
Jo of blown glass, has a spheroid outer
wall and a furrowed inner wall of
similar shape. The container has a
round opening at one side, that side
forming the bottom of the container in
its normal or resting orientation. The
mating stopper has a stem fitting the
opening and a flat surface forming the
base on which the container assembly
rests after the stopper is placed in the
opening. In several preferred
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l embodiments, the stopper/base includes a
disc member unnatural formed with the
stem, with the stem extending axially
from the disc member.
When the bottle of this
invention is used as a container for
perfume, a cosmetic liquid, or another
similar fluid, the invention can
comprise, in combination, the container
lo formed as a spheroid of transparent
material, the stopper/base member, and a
fill of the perfume or other fluid,
preferably a generally transparent
fluid. If the stem and the opening in
the container have mating ground-glass
surfaces, a good, reliable seal will be
formed, and the perfume can be reliably
stored without leakage in the container
in its normal, stopper-downward resting
I orientation. In that orientation, the
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1 bottle, filled with perfume or similar
liquid, gives a unique, attractive
appearance, and adds beauty to the
ladies' dressing table or other place
where it might be situated.
When it is desired to use the
perfume or other fluid stored in the
bottle, the bottle can be simply lifted
and inverted r and the stopper remove
Then, the stopper, which will be wet
from having been immersed in the fluid,
can be used to dab the perfume or other
fluid directly onto the face or neck, or
onto the finger to apply the perfume or
other fluid. Thereafter, the stopper
can be returned to the bottle and the
bottle inverted and replaced on the
dressing table. The weight of the
bottle is sufficient to ensure that
there is a good seal, and that there its
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l no leakage past the ground-glass
surfaces of the stopper and opening.
of course, the invention is
not limited to spheroidal bottles and
containers. It is within the scope of
this invention for the container to be
of any arbitrary shape, so long as the
stopper serves as a base or pedestal
thrower and the container normally
lo reposes with the stopper downwards.
also, the container need not strictly be
transparent.
The above and many other
objects, features, and advantages of
this invention will be more fully
understood from the ensuing description,
which should be considered in connection
with the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a sectional
elevation Al view of a perfume bottle
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l according to a preferred embodiment of
this invention;
Figure 2 is an exploded view
showing the bottle (inverted) and the
stopper therefore
Figure 3 is a bottom plan view
of this embodiment; and
Figure 4 is a top plan view
thereof.
With reference to the
drawings, including all of Figures 1-4
a perfume bottle assembly according to
this invention includes a bottle 10 of
generally spherical shape having a
spherical outer surface 12 and a
generally spherical inner surface 14,
the latter defining an inner spherical
chamber 16, here shown about
three-quarters filled with a liquid,
such as perfume 18. A round opening 20
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l is disposed at the bottom of the bottle
10, if the latter is considered in its
normal, resting orientation as shown in
Figure 1. As shown in the exploded view
in Figure 2, this opening 20 has a
conical surface. Preferably, the bottle
10 is blown glass, and the conical
surface of the opening 20 is ground so
that it forms a good seal with a stopper
22 now to be described.
The stopper 22, as shown in
Figure 1, forms a base for the perfume
bottle assembly, on which the spheroid
bottle 10 rests. This stopper 22 is
preferably formed of glass, of the same
type as used in the perfume bottle 10.
The stopper 22 has a frustroconical stem
24 having a ground-glass surface, as
shown in Figure 2, and which mates with
the corresponding surface of the opening
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1 20. The stopper also has of a glass
; disc 26 formed unnatural with the stem
24, and oriented such that the stem 24
extends axially from one side of the
disc 26. A flat surface of the disc 26
opposite the stem 24 forms the base on
which the assembly rests. The spheroid
bottle 10 thus has this position as its
unique, stable position.
us shown in Figures 1 and 2, a
section of the perfume bottle 10
surrounding the opening 20 is formed as
a flat or planar surface 28. However,
this surface 28 is an optional feature.
Normally, the bottle 10,
filled with the perfume or other fluid
18, rests in the stopper-downward
position as shown in Figure 1. To apply
the perfume, the bottle is picked up and
inverted to the orientation shown in
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1 Figure 2. Thereafter, the stopper 22 is
twisted slightly and is removed from the
opening 20. Then, the perfume or other
fluid can be applied directly from the
end of the stem 24 of the stopper 22,
and the stopper 22 replaced in the
opening 20~
The sealing of the bottle is
obtained with ~lass~to-glass mating of
bottle with stoppers which can be
interchangeable with one another. For
opening and closing the bottle, all that
is needed is a slight twist of the
stopper without pressing or knocking.
Although a specific embodiment
is offered as an example, it will be
understood that the bottle assembly of
this invention can be any container
which is transparent and generally
spherical, possibly of an ovoid or
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1 flattened shape, or even of an onion
shape, and which opens from the bottom.
- That is, with this invention, the
closure forms the base of the round
bottle If the bottle is used as a
perfume bottle, the closure can be a
groundless stopper; to apply the
perfume, a user would merely pick up the
bottle all invert it (so that the
stopper is up) and remove the stopper.
The stopper will then have a drop or two
of the perfume on it, and the user can
touch this and then apply the perfume
with her (or his) finger to the body
where desired.
The design of this invention
eliminates the need to shake the bottle
to wet the stopper. Also, since the
bottle rests on the closure, it is
impossible to leave the closure slightly
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1 ajar, as the bottle weight itself closes
it. Thus, any problem about evaporation
of the perfume or other fluid is
minimized, Moreover, the ground glass
seal is kept wet because it is at the
bottom, and there is a better seal than
would otherwise be provided.
though the invention has
been described hereinabove with
reference to a single preferred
embodiment, it should be apparent to
those of ordinary swill in the art that
many modifications and variations
thereof could manifest themselves
without departure from the scope and
spirit of this invention as defined in
the appended claims.
