DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] Referring now to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a dual ended lipstick holder 10 with two lipsticks 20 and 20A secured within it at its two opposite ends. Generally, both of the lipsticks are press-fit into the lipstick holder. The lipstick holder 10 is preferably made of durable plastic, transparent or non-transparent, though it may be also made of other durable materials such as wood, metal, crystal and etc. The lipsticks 20 and 20A each may further include a decorator band 30 on their surfaces at the position where the lipstick meets or touches the lipstick holder 10. The lipstick 20 (FIG. 2) generally comprises a base 32, a lipstick protection sleeve 34 and a lip waxing stick 36 secured inside the lipstick protection sleeve 34. In accordance with the invention, lipsticks 20 and 20A preferably hold different colors of waxing sticks 36.

[0021] FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the structure of the lipstick holder 10, which is exemplified as a horizontally lied down “H” shape. The lipstick holder 10 comprises two bores 40A and 40B at the two opposite ends, formed by a tube casing 50 preferably divided by a separation wall 60. The tube casing 50 is open at two ends for receiving lipsticks 20 and 20A into the bores 40A and 40B respectively. The tube casing 50 of the lipstick holder 10 preferably has a continuously smooth exterior. The tube casing 50 also preferably has a straight rod-like exterior shape, though it may has slightly curved rod-shaped in an alternative embodiment.

[0022] The tube casing 50 of the lipstick holder 10 may have various embodiments for its cross-section. Some embodiments of the cross-section are exemplified in FIGS. 3-6.

[0023] FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of the tube casing 50 of a lipstick holder 10 with both square exterior and interior cross-sections. FIG. 4 shows a cylindrical tube casing 50 with both circular exterior and interior cross-sections. FIG. 5 shows a tube casing 50 with both hexagonal exterior and interior cross-sections. FIG. 6 shows a tube casing 50 with square exterior and circular interior cross-sections. Generally, the casing exterior of a tube casing 50 follows the same shape and contour of the base 32 of a lipstick 20, such that when a lipstick holder fits inside the lipstick holder 10, the whole piece consisting the lipsticks 20 and 20A and the lipstick holder 10 shows a smooth and consistent exterior surface.

[0024] The separation wall 60 of a lipstick cover 10 as shown in FIG. 2 may not necessarily be a flat wall. FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of the separation wall 60 which is of vault shape (longitudinal cross-section view). When the tube casing 50 is made of transparent materials and the separation wall 60 becomes visible through the tube casing, it is then desirable to have a separation wall with a pleasing shape and thus the lipstick holder becomes attractive to buyers or users.

[0025] FIG. 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment of a cylindrical lipstick holder 10 with a bore 40A for receiving a lipstick 20 at one end and, a bore 40B for receiving another kind of cosmetic product, e.g. a mascara brush 70 at the other end. The bores 40A and 40B are separated by a separation wall 60. It is noted that the two bores 40A and 40B may have different shapes. The shapes of bores 40A-B depend on the shapes of the cosmetic products they received. It is also noted that some cosmetic products, e.g. mascara brushes or liquid eyeliners, generally require better and securer seal than press-fit. In such situation, the inner side of the tube casing 50 of the lipstick holder at the end of bore 40B may have threaded grooves such that the cosmetic products may tightly screw-fit into the bore 40B inside the casing tube 50.

[0026] FIG. 9 shows an alternative embodiment of the mascara brush in FIG. 8. This is to demonstrate that a cosmetic product, here in particular, a mascara brush 70 does not have to have a circular exterior cross-section shape in order to screw-fit into the bore 40B of the lipstick holder 10 in FIG. 8. In this exemplified sample, the mascara brush has a square exterior cross-section.

[0027] FIG. 10 shows an alternative embodiment of a rod-shaped dual ended lipstick holder 10 with a slightly curved shape.

[0028] Thus there has been provided a lipstick holder designed to simultaneously retain multiple cosmetic products. The lipstick holder is designed and constructed in a way such that when it holds dual rod-like cosmetic products, it appears as one single-piece rod-shaped cosmetic product. Such lipstick holder will allow a user of cosmetics to conveniently carry and use multiple cosmetic products. Such lipstick holder when provided with cosmetic products will allow a merchant to sell multiple cosmetic products at a same time. It is understood that the present invention is not limited to the exact construction illustrated and described herein, and variations and modifications may be readily occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.