Refillable makeup palette with sliding drawer mechanism

Abstract

A palette, such as for providing one or more choices of a makeup includes a base enclosing a drawer. The drawer includes a pan within a pan compartment. The base has a drawer compartment from which the drawer can slide in and out. The pan is retained in the pan compartment by application of a force that presses on the bottom of the pan, and the top of the pan presses against a frame or lid. The pan is removable from the pan compartment when the drawer is slid out from the base to expose an opening in the pan compartment through which the pan is removed. When the drawer includes a fixed frame on top, the pan can slide out from the front or side of the drawer, and when the drawer includes a lid on top, the pan can be removed from the top of the drawer.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A palette, comprising:
 a base enclosing a drawer;   the drawer includes a pan within a pan compartment, and the pan holds a composition, and the drawer can slide in and out from the base;   the pan is retained in the pan compartment by application of a force that presses on a bottom of the pan, and a top of the pan presses against a frame or lid connected on top of the drawer; and   the pan is removable from the pan compartment when the drawer is slid out from the base to expose an opening in the pan compartment through which the pan is removed from the drawer.   
     
     
         2 . The palette of  claim 1 , comprising a single pan compartment. 
     
     
         3 . The palette of  claim 2 , comprising a single pan in the pan compartment. 
     
     
         4 . The palette of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer is configured to slide out from the side of the base. 
     
     
         5 . The palette of  claim 1 , comprising a fixed frame connected to a top of the drawer, the fixed frame extends over a top wall of the pan. 
     
     
         6 . The palette of  claim 1 , comprising a pan compartment lid connected to one side of a top of the drawer, the pan compartment lid extends over a top wall of the pan. 
     
     
         7 . The palette of  claim 6 , wherein the pan compartment lid is connected to the top of the drawer with a living hinge. 
     
     
         8 . The palette of  claim 6 , wherein the pan compartment lid includes a clasp to secure the pan compartment lid to the drawer. 
     
     
         9 . The palette of  claim 1 , comprising a floor piece on a bottom side of the pan compartment, wherein the floor piece is a flat material. 
     
     
         10 . The palette of  claim 9 , wherein the floor piece includes a spring tab that applies an upward force on the pan. 
     
     
         11 . The palette of  claim 9 , wherein the spring tab is formed attached to the floor piece, the spring tab is connected on one side to the floor piece and free on three sides. 
     
     
         12 . The palette of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer is configured to slide out from the front of the base. 
     
     
         13 . The palette of  claim 1 , wherein the drawer includes a tray at a front of the drawer. 
     
     
         14 . The palette of  claim 1 , wherein the composition includes pressed powder. 
     
     
         15 . A method of retaining a pan in a pan compartment within a palette, comprising:
 applying an upward biasing force on the pan that presses a top of the pan against a frame or lid.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising containing the pan within a pan compartment of a drawer, and configuring the pan to be removable from the palette. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising configuring the drawer to be removable from the palette.