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A sealable container for a volatile composition for use in a compact case, having a container having an upper rim and outer thread segments, a seal cover having an annular wall having inner thread segments, and an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and a cover plate of the

A sealable container for a volatile composition for use in a compact case, having a container having an upper rim and outer thread segments, a seal cover having an annular wall having inner thread segments, and an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and a cover plate of the seal cover. The annular seal has an upper seal member having an upper surface, and a lower seal member that registers with the upper seal member and engages the upper rim of the container when the seal covers the container. The upper seal member includes a means for preventing the rotative force applied to the upper surface of the upper seal member when rotating the seal cover to the second rotated position, to be downward onto the lower seal member, to prevent tearing, bunching and deforming of the lower seal member.

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1. A compact device having a sealable container for a volatile composition, and including: i) a lower base having an annular frame and an annular track concentric with and surrounding the annular frame;ii) a container that is securable within the annular frame of the lower base, the container includ

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A compact device having a sealable container for a volatile composition, and including: i) a lower base having an annular frame and an annular track concentric with and surrounding the annular frame;ii) a container that is securable within the annular frame of the lower base, the container including an annular outer wall, and a floor that define a container space for a volatile composition, and the outer wall having an upper rim, an outer surface and including a series of outwardly-extending thread segments and an annular rib extending from the outer surface of the outer wall;iii) a hinged ring comprising an annular wall having a lower rim, and a hinge support extending from a portion of said annular wall, and the hinged ring is configured to rotate the lower rim of the annular wall within the annular track of the lower base;iv) a seal cover including a cover plate and an annular wall having an inner surface and including a series of inwardly-extending thread segments, and a hinge member extending from a portion of said annular wall to hingedly engage the hinge support of the hinged ring to pivot the seal cover between an uncovered position and a covering position, and wherein at the covering position the seal cover is a first rotated position relative to the container, and the seal cover and the hinged ring can be rotated relative to the container, between the first rotated position at which the thread segments of the seal cover are not engaged with the thread segments of the container, and a second rotated position at which the thread segments of the seal cover are engaged with the thread segments of the container to threaded draw the cover plate axially toward the upper rim of the container to a sealing position; andv) an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and the cover plate of the seal cover, for forming a sealable container for the volatile composition when the seal cover is threadedly drawn over the container to the sealing position, the annular seal including an upper seal member having an upper surface and a lower surface having an outer periphery, and a lower seal member that registers within the outer periphery of the lower surface of the upper seal member, and configured to engage the upper rim of the container in the covering position of the seal cover, the upper seal member including a means for preventing rotative force applied to the upper surface of the upper seal member when rotating the seal cover to the second rotated position, to be exerted to the lower seal member. 2. The compact device according to claim 1 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is provided by the upper surface of the upper seal member having high rotative slippage, and/or low rotative friction, between the seal cover and the upper seal member, which prevents the rotating seal cover from rotating the upper seal member, and thereby eliminating any circumferential shear force upon the lower seal member. 3. The compact device according to claim 2 wherein the upper seal member includes an annular flat groove along the outer periphery, and the lower seal member is an annular flattened ring made of a silicon material and configured to reside within the flat groove of the circular disk. 4. The compact device according to claim 3 wherein the upper seal member is made of a thermoplastic material having an upper surface that has a low coefficient of friction. 5. The compact device according to claim 1 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is provided by the upper seal member including a plurality of projections that engage and bayonet into a plurality of slots formed into an annular flange of the upper rim of the container, to prevent the rotating seal cover from rotating the upper seal member, and thereby eliminating any circumferential shear force upon the lower seal member. 6. The compact device according to claim 1 wherein the lower base includes an annular inner tray disposed outerward radially of the hinged ring, the inner tray having a slot within which the hinge support of the hinged ring can rotate relative to the container between the first rotated position and the second rotated position. 7. The compact device according to claim 1 further including an upper outer cover that is hinged to the lower base, to cover the sealable container. 8. The compact device according to claim 1 wherein the lower base, the container, the hinged ring, the seal cover, and the annular seal each have a rotative centerline that align with a common centerline. 9. The compact device according to claim 1 wherein the series of outwardly-extending thread segments are a separated by a corresponding series of gaps, wherein the series of inwardly-extending thread segments of the seal cover are angularly aligned with series of gaps when the seal cover is in the covering position, and the seal cover and the hinged ring are in the first rotated position relative to the container, and are angularly aligned with the series of outwardly-extending thread segments when the seal cover and the hinged ring are in the second rotated position relative to the container. 10. A sealable container for a volatile composition, including: i) a container including an annular outer wall, and a floor that define a container space for a volatile composition, and the outer wall having an upper rim and an outer surface, and the outer wall including a series of outwardly-extending thread segments on the outer surface;ii) a hinged ring comprising an annular wall having a lower rim, and a hinge support extending from a portion of said annular wall, and the hinged ring is configured to rotate relative to the container;iii) a seal cover including a cover plate and an annular wall having an inner surface, the annular wall including a series of inwardly-extending thread segments on the inner surface, and a hinge member extending from a portion of said annular wall to hingedly engage the hinge support of the hinged ring to pivot the seal cover between an uncovered position and a covering position, and wherein at the covering position the seal cover is a first rotated position relative to the container, and the seal cover and the hinged ring can be rotated relative to the container, between the first rotated position at which the thread segments of the seal cover are not engaged with the thread segments of the container, and a second rotated position at which the thread segments of the seal cover are engaged with the thread segments of the container to threaded draw the cover plate axially toward the upper rim of the container to a sealing position; andiv) an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and the cover plate of the seal cover, for forming a sealable container for the volatile composition when the seal cover is threadedly drawn over the container to the sealing position, the annular seal including: a) an upper seal member having an upper surface and a lower surface having an outer periphery, andb) a lower seal member that registers within the outer periphery of the lower surface of the upper seal member, wherein the lower seal member is made of a pliable material selected from the group consisting of a silicon material, a urethane material, and a rubber or nitrile rubber material, which can elastically conform to a seal surface of the upper rim of the container and the upper seal member, wherein the annular seal includes a means for preventing a rotative force that is applied to the upper surface of the upper seal member when rotating the seal cover to the second rotated position, from being exerted as a circumferential shear force onto the lower seal member, andwherein the means for preventing rotative force is selected from the group consisting of:(1) the upper surface of the upper seal member having high rotative slippage, and/or low rotative friction, and(2) a slippage sheet disposed between the upper surface of the upper seal member and the seal cover, the slippage sheet comprising a slippage material or surface coating having high rotative slippage and low rotative friction. 11. The compact device according to claim 10 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is the upper surface of the upper seal member having high rotative slippage, and/or low rotative friction. 12. The compact device according to claim 11 wherein the upper seal member is made of a thermoplastic material having an upper surface that has a low coefficient of friction. 13. The compact device according to claim 11 wherein the upper seal member includes an annular flat groove along the outer periphery, and the lower seal member is an annular flattened ring made of a silicon material and configured to reside within the flat groove of the circular disk. 14. The compact device according to claim 13 wherein the upper seal member is made of a thermoplastic material having an upper surface that has a low coefficient of friction. 15. The compact device according to claim 10 wherein the series of outwardly-extending thread segments of the container are a separated by a corresponding series of gaps, and wherein the series of inwardly-extending thread segments of the seal cover are angularly aligned with the series of gaps when the seal cover is in the covering position and the seal cover and the hinged ring are in the first rotated position relative to the container, and wherein the series of inwardly-extending thread segments of the seal cover are angularly aligned with the series of outwardly-extending thread segments of the container when the seal cover and the hinged ring are in the second rotated position relative to the container. 16. The compact device according to claim 10 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is the slippage sheet disposed between the upper surface of the upper seal member and the seal cover. 17. A sealable container for a volatile composition, including: i) a container including an annular outer wall, and a floor that define a container space for a volatile composition, and the outer wall having an upper rim, an outer surface and including a series of outwardly-extending thread segments;ii) a seal cover including a cover plate and an annular wall having an inner surface and including a series of inwardly-extending thread segments, the seal cover having a first rotated position relative to the container at which the thread segments of the seal cover are not engaged with the thread segments of the container, and a second rotated position at which the thread segments of the seal cover are engaged with the thread segments of the container to threaded draw the cover plate axially toward the upper rim of the container to a sealing position; andiii) an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and the cover plate of the seal cover, for forming a sealable container for the volatile composition when the seal cover is threadedly drawn over the container to the sealing position, the annular seal including: a), an upper seal member having an upper surface and a lower surface having an outer periphery, andb) a lower seal member that registers within the outer periphery of the lower surface of the upper seal member, wherein the lower seal member is made of a pliable material selected from the group consisting of a silicon material, a urethane material, and a rubber or nitrile rubber material, which can elastically conform to a seal surface of the upper rim of the container and the upper seal member, wherein the annular seal includes a means for preventing a rotative force that is applied to the upper surface of the upper seal member when rotating the seal cover to the second rotated position, from being exerted as a circumferential shear force onto the lower seal member, andwherein the means for preventing rotative force is selected from the group consisting of:(1) the upper surface of the upper seal member having high rotative slippage, and/or low rotative friction, and(2) a slippage sheet disposed between the upper surface of the upper seal member and the seal cover, the slippage sheet comprising a slippage material or surface coating having high rotative slippage and low rotative friction. 18. The compact device according to claim 17 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is the upper surface of the upper seal member having high rotative slippage, and/or low rotative friction. 19. The compact device according to claim 18 wherein the upper seal member includes an annular flat groove along the outer periphery, and the lower seal member is an annular flattened ring made of a silicon material and configured to reside within the flat groove of the circular disk. 20. The compact device according to claim 17 wherein the means for preventing rotative force is the slippage sheet disposed between the upper surface of the upper seal member and the seal cover.