Appeal No. 98-2120
Application No. 08/607,915
cylinder or barrel, the ears 9,10 project through the slot 4
in such a manner that the holding member 14 snaps into the
notches, thus locking the holder and lipstick in a desired
position. If the ends of the projecting ears are squeezed
together by the fingers of a user, the holding member is
released from the notch in which it was engaged and the
lipstick and holder may be repositioned by sliding the ears
along the slot so that an end of the lipstick may be extended
from and retracted into the cylinder or barrel as desired.
Upon the removal of the fingers of a user, the holding member
snaps into an adjacent notch and the holder and lipstick are
once again locked in position.
The embodiment of Figs. 6 and 7 shows a similar
arrangement except that the holder is in the form of a cupped
container that has a projecting detent spring 51 which
cooperates with squared recesses 48 that are spaced along one
side of an open slot in the wall of the cylinder or barrel.
The projecting detent spring snaps into the squared recesses
(in a manner similar to the holding member 14 snapping into
the detent notches 13 in the embodiment of Figs. 1-3), thus
locking the cupped container together with the lipstick in a
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