Vanity case

April 2, 1940.

2,196,017

Μ. ΚΑΝΕ

VANITY CASH

Filed Dec. 6, 1938

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Patented Apr. 2, 1940

2,196,017

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,196,017

VANITY CASE

Martine Kane, New York, N. Y., assignor to Helena Rubinstein, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York

Application December 6, 1938, Serial No. 244,142

Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in vanity cases of the type embodying a plurality of compartments, which are hinged together to form a compact unit when closed, and which swing to 5 open position to make the contents of each compartment readily accessible.

The object of my invention is to provide a vanity case comprising three compartments hinged together in such a manner that they are 10 superposed in closed position to form a casing and in open position permit of bringing the bottom surfaces of the two outer compartments into a common plane, whereupon the third intermediate compartment is held in a position at right 15 angles to said common plane, said third compartment being provided with a reflecting cover opening into a position at right angles to said common plane and to its own closed position.

I accomplish this object by means of a vanity 20 case, one embodiment of which is described in the specification, set forth in the appended claim, and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved ₂₅ vanity case, showing the compartments thereof in open positions;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one of the compartments and its hinge connection with the other compartments;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the vanity case in closed position.

Referring to the drawing, the vanity case comprises three compartments 10, I I and 12, 10 and 12 being the outside compartments and 11 the 35 intermediate dr inner compartment, A vanity comprising compartments II and 12 is well known, the novelty of the present invention residing in the construction of compartment 10 and its combination with the other compartments II ₄₀ and 12.

Compartments 11 and 12 each comprise a square shaped frame having upstanding side walls 13 and closed face 14. The open faces of the two compartments 11 and 12 face each other 45 and along the free edges forming one set of sides the latter are hinged together by means of a hinge connection IS. The interior of the compartments II and 12 may be arranged to accommodate powder, rouge and a double sided 50 mirror cover 16 hinged to the compartment I I on an axis at right angles to the hinge connection 15, the purpose of the construction being that when the two compartments are brought together they will form a more or less completely 55 closed unit.

(Cl. 220—20) . .

The third compartment 10 comprises an outside frame having upright sides 17 and outside wall 18, which corresponds to the face walls 14 of the other two compartments, and which carries a clasp 19 at its outer side wall to engage over 5 the outer sides of the other compartments to hold the three compartments together in the closed position of the vanity. The compartment IB is hinged to the. compartment. 11 by means.of a hinge connection 20 arranged between the edge of 10 the wall 11 and an off-set portion of the corresponding wall 13 at the corner thereof with the face ί 4. This arrangement of the three compartments enables the same to swing one over the other in superimposed positions to bring them to 15 closed position, as illustratively exemplified in Fig. 3.

When the vanity is opened and the bottom faces 14 and 18 are placed on a horizontal support, the compartment 11 is held in vertical po- ₂₀sition and the outer mirror face of cover 16 presents itself to the user in a convenient vertical position. When the cover 16 is opened it swings on its hinge about a vertical axis into a position at right angles to its closed position, whereby ₂₅the inner mirror or face of cover 16 presents itself to the user in a convenient manner.