Patent 7455467 was granted and assigned to Tokiwa (train) on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
To make a container shape slim and compact and prevent breakage of a stick-shaped cosmetic material, a stick-shaped cosmetic material (M) having a cross sectional shape with long and short diameters is used, four support pieces (7b) supporting a rear end portion of the cosmetic material (M) support inclined surfaces (Ma) between the long and short diameters, a forward and backward moving hole (4a), in which the cosmetic material (M) and the support pieces (7b) move, is formed in a cross sectional shape with long and short diameters, and has flat short diameter side inner surfaces (4aa), the short diameter side inner surfaces (4aa) come close to short-diameter side outer surfaces (Mb) of the cosmetic material (M), and inner surfaces (4ab) at the support piece (7b) side come close to outer surfaces (7bb) at an outer side in the short diameter direction of the support pieces (7b).