CN216762541U

CN216762541U - Storage box

Info

Publication number: CN216762541U
Application number: CN202120759034.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘四梅; 郭杰; 贡红来
Original assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
Current assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
Priority date: 2021-04-14
Filing date: 2021-04-14
Publication date: 2022-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-14
Also published as: WO2022219518A1

Abstract

A storage box, characterized in that, the storage box includes: a body (100) having a body opening (190); a cover (200) at least partially fitted over the body (100) and covering the body opening (190); a fixing member (300) fixing the body (100) and the cover (200) together. The fixing member (300) includes: a first part (310) fixed to the body (100), a second part (320) fixed to the cover (200), and a removable part (330) connecting the first part and the second part and arranged between the first part and the second part, wherein the cover (200) is rotatable relative to the body (100) when the removable part (330) is removed from the fixed part (300).

Description

Storage box

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a storage box of which a main body and a cover are fixed together by a fixing member including a removable portion, and the main body and the cover are rotatable relative to each other when the removable portion is removed.

Background

In daily life, storage cases are commonly used to contain a wide variety of food items or articles, such as candy, medicine, jewelry, and the like. One of the storage boxes commonly available in the market has a single cavity and an upper cover rotatably connected to the single cavity. For example, the packaging of candies as is common in supermarkets, which is often in the form of cans, where a single candy requires a separate package, or where multiple candies are intermixed. When a user desires to carry classified articles with him, it is necessary to prepare a separate storage box for each article.

Another common storage box includes a box body having a plurality of compartments and a box cover covering the box body to accommodate different kinds of articles. Often the lid fits tightly over the body for sealing purposes, and when the user desires to access one of the items, the lid must be opened by force, thereby causing the items in the compartment to spill. The storage box body of the two storage boxes is generally large in size, inconvenient to carry and low in utilization rate. In addition, the storage box is generally disposable, and the use process of the storage box is not attractive to users, so that the storage box is usually discarded after being used, and serious waste is caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a storage box which overcomes the defects. The storage box according to the utility model is characterized in that it comprises: a body having a body opening; a cover at least partially disposed over the body and covering the body opening; a fixing member fixing the body and the cover together; wherein the fixing member includes: a first portion secured to the body, a second portion secured to the cover, and a removable portion connecting the first portion and the second portion and disposed between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the cover is rotatable relative to the body when the removable portion is removed from the securing member. The storage box according to the present invention can be recycled and is suitable for storing various types of articles. Compared with the traditional storage box, the storage box is more economical and environment-friendly, and brings more pleasure to users in the use process.

Preferably, the removable portion is a tear strip or a tear line.

Preferably, the fixing member extends around the entire circumference of the body and the cover.

Preferably, the body and/or the cover have a cylindrical shape.

Preferably, the main body comprises a plurality of cavities which are opened at the opening of the main body, the storage box further comprises a blocking piece which is arranged at the opening of the main body, and the blocking piece is provided with a blocking part which blocks at least one cavity and windows which respectively correspond to other cavities. Thereby dividing the body into a plurality of reusable compartments for storing different items.

Preferably, the lid has lid side walls and a top provided with a top opening corresponding to at least one of the chambers. Thus, upon rotation of the cover relative to the body, the top opening can selectively stay in position at the curtain portion to enclose the storage box or in one of the windows so that the top opening communicates with the corresponding window and the corresponding chamber to store or remove items.

Preferably, the body comprises a hollow cylinder and a bottom part fixed to the hollow cylinder. The body of the storage box can thus be manufactured in a simple manner.

Preferably, the bottom member has a bottom side wall surrounding the hollow cylinder.

Preferably, an edge of the lid side wall abuts an edge of the base side wall, wherein the first portion is fixed to the base side wall and the second portion is fixed to the lid side wall. The abutment is an axial abutment between the cover and the body along the mounting axis, whereby the body and the cover are in relative abutment during relative rotation.

Preferably, the main body is provided with a first stop on its outer surface, and the cover side wall is provided with a second stop on its inner surface cooperating with the first stop to prevent the cover from being detached from the main body along the mounting axis. Whereby the body and the cover are stopped in the disengaging direction during the relative rotation by the first stopping member and the second stopping portion. In combination with the axial abutment between the cover and the main body, the main body and the cover are locked along two directions of the installation axis in the relative rotation process, and basically, no relative movement along the installation axis exists between the main body and the cover, so that the stability of the overall structure of the storage box is ensured.

Preferably, the first stop and/or the second stop extend along at least a portion of the entire circumference.

Preferably, the first stop and/or the second stop extend along the entire circumference.

Drawings

The present invention will be better understood and its advantages will be more clearly apparent to those skilled in the art from the following drawings. The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of a storage box according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another exemplary perspective view of the embodiment of the storage box shown in FIG. 1 with a removable portion of the securing component removed;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of the storage box shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the embodiment of the storage box shown in FIG. 1, showing the body, cover, and their cooperating stops of the storage box.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features and advantages of the present invention will be further understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings and the corresponding written description. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, as presented in connection with the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the directions or positional relationships indicated by "top", "bottom", "upper", "lower", and the like are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, or the directions or positional relationships which are usually placed when the products of the present invention are used, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the equipment or elements referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus, cannot be construed as limiting the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a schematic perspective view of one embodiment of a storage box 10 according to the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the storage box 10 includes a main body 100 and a cover 200. The cover 200 is at least partially fitted over the main body 100. The body 100 and/or the lid 200 of the storage box 10 may be, for example, paper, plastic, or made of other suitable materials. The storage box can be used for storing, for example, candies, medicines, jewelry and the like.

In particular, as shown in the exploded view of fig. 3, the body 100 and the cap 200 may have the form of an elongated cylinder, and the cylinder wall of the cap 200 may cover a majority, e.g., more than half, of the cylinder wall of the body 100. As also shown in fig. 3, the magazine 10 has a mounting axis X along which the various portions of the magazine can be mounted together.

The body 100 may have a cylindrical shape, and/or the cover 200 may have a cylindrical shape. The main body 100 may have a main body opening 190, and the stored objects may enter the receiving space of the main body 100 through the main body opening 190. A cover 200 covers the body opening 190.

As shown in fig. 3, the body includes a plurality of chambers that open at a body opening 190. There are shown 4

chambers

181, 182, 183 and 184, which are formed by dividing the receiving space of the main body 100 using partitions 186. Thus, the storage box 10 can accommodate different stored articles in different chambers of the main body 100, facilitating sorting and access of the stored articles, and accommodating multiple stored articles in the same storage box also facilitates simultaneous carrying of multiple articles without separately preparing a container for each article. Although 4 chambers are shown in fig. 3, it is understood that the number of chambers may be set as desired.

The storage box 10 may further include a flap 400 installed at the body opening 190. The flap 400 has substantially the same shape as the body opening 190 of the body 100 to be able to be fixed to the body 100 at the body opening 190. For example, in the example of fig. 3, the flap 400 and the body opening 190 both have a generally circular shape. The flap 140 may be fixed to the body 100 by means of adhesion. The flap 400 may be made of the same material as the body 100,

the baffle 400 may have a shielding portion 410 for shielding at least one chamber. In the example shown in fig. 3, the shield 410 shields the chamber 184. The barrier 400 also has windows 420 corresponding to the chambers other than the shielded chamber, respectively, so that the stored materials can be introduced into the corresponding chambers through the windows. Referring specifically to the example shown in fig. 3, the curtain 410 corresponds in position to the chamber 184, while the 3 windows 420 correspond to the

chambers

181, 182 and 183, respectively. Thus, items desired to be stored in the three

chamber chambers

181, 182 and 183, respectively, may be placed into the chambers through the corresponding windows.

The cover 200 of the storage box according to the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 3. The cover 200 may have a cover sidewall 210 and a top 220, and the cover sidewall 21 may extend from the top 220 toward the body 100. Preferably, the top 220 is substantially parallel to the barrier 400 and close to each other for smoother storage and removal of items. The top 220 of the lid 200 is provided with a top opening 221 corresponding to at least one of the chambers. Thus, when the cover 200 is rotated with respect to the main body 100, the top opening 221 can selectively stay at the position of the blocking portion 410 to close the storage box 10, or stay at the position in one of the windows 420 so that the top opening 221 and the corresponding window 420 and the corresponding chamber communicate to store or take out the article.

The storage box 10 according to the present invention further includes a fixing member 300. The fixing member 300 fixes the main body 100 and the cover 200 together. As shown particularly in fig. 1 to 3, the fixing member 300 may be, for example, integrally formed in a band shape extending around the body 100 and the cover 200. The fixing member 300 may extend around the entire circumference of the main body 100 and the cover 200, so that the main body 100 and the cover 200 can be stably fixed together (cannot rotate relative to each other) when the storage box 10 is not in use, and thus, the articles pre-loaded in the storage box are not easily dropped out. The securing member 300 may be paper, plastic, or made of other suitable materials.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the fixing member 300 may include a first portion 310 fixed to the body 100 and a second portion 320 fixed to the cover 200. The first portion 310 of the fixing member 300 may be fixed to the body 100 by means of, for example, adhesion, and the second portion 320 may be fixed to the cover 200 by means of, for example, adhesion.

The fixing member 300 further includes a removable portion 330, the removable portion 330 being disposed between the first portion 310 and the second portion 320 and connecting the first portion 310 and the second portion 320. By "removable portion" is meant herein that the portion can be separated from other portions to which it is attached and secured. In the present invention, when the removable part 330 is removed from the fixing member 300, the removable part 330 is detached from the first and

second parts

310 and 320 connected thereto, and the first part 310 can remain on the main body 100 and the second part 320 can remain on the cover 200, at which time the cover 200 can be rotated with respect to the main body 100.

That is, when not in use, the first portion 310 of the fixing member 300 is fixed with the main body 100 and the second portion 320 is fixed with the cover 200, at which time the removable portion 330 connected and disposed between the first portion 310 and the second portion 320 has not been removed, so that the fixing member 300 fixes the main body 100 and the cover 200 together such that the main body 100 and the cover 200 cannot rotate relative to each other.

When the user desires to use the storage box 10, he or she removes the removable portion 330 from the first and

second portions

310 and 320, and releases the relative fixation between the main body 100 and the cover 200, thereby relatively rotating the main body 100 and the cover 200. At this time, the user can align the top opening 221 of the cover 200 with one of the windows 420 of the flap 400 to place and remove the item, or with the blocking portion 410 to close the storage box 10 to prevent the item from falling out.

In the embodiment shown in the figures, the removable portion 330 is a tear strip. In another embodiment, not shown, the removable portion 330 may be a tear line. Therefore, when in use, the user can put the storage box 10 in the use state only by tearing.

The storage box 10 according to the present invention can be recycled and is suitable for storing a variety of different types of articles. Compared with the traditional storage box, the storage box is more economical and environment-friendly, and brings more pleasure to users in the use process.

In order to allow the main body 100 and the cover 200 to be rotated without being separated from each other during use of the storage box 10, a mutually engaging stop structure is provided on the outer surface of the main body 100 and the inner surface of the cover sidewall 210. Referring specifically to fig. 4, fig. 4 shows the cooperating stop structures in an enlarged view in the circled portion on the left side thereof for clarity.

The main body 100 is provided with a first stopper portion 115 on an outer surface thereof. The first stopper part 115 protrudes from the outer surface of the body 100, i.e., has a certain thickness.

Accordingly, the cover sidewall 210 is provided on its inner surface with a second stop 215, which second stop 215 cooperates with the first stop 115 to prevent the cover 22 from disengaging from the main body 100 along the mounting axis X (fig. 3 and 4). The second stopping portion 215 protrudes from the inner surface of the cover sidewall 210, i.e., has a certain thickness, to be blocked from the first stopping portion.

In one embodiment, the first stop member 115 and/or the second stop 215 portion extend along at least a portion of the entire circumference to facilitate installation and possible later removal of the body and cover. For example, the first stopping member 115 may be a strip extending along the circumference of the body 100, two ends of which do not contact, but a gap (not shown) is left between the two ends; and the second stopper portion 215 may be a stopper. Describing the orientation shown in fig. 4, when the main body 100 and the cover 200 are mounted together along the mounting axis X, the second blocking portion 215 in the form of a blocking piece may be positioned below the first blocking part 115 through the above-mentioned gap, and then the second blocking portion 215 is snapped below the first blocking part 115 by the relative rotation between the main body 100 and the cover 200. Thereby, the cover 200 and the main body 100 can relatively rotate without being separated from each other during the use of the storage box.

In another embodiment, the first stop 115 and/or the second stop 215 may also extend along the entire circumference.

The body 100 is further described below with reference to fig. 3 and 4. In the present invention, the body 100 may include a hollow cylinder 110 and a bottom member 120 fixed to the hollow cylinder 110. A body opening 190 is provided at one end of the hollow cylinder 110, and the bottom member 120 is fixed to the other end of the hollow cylinder 110 opposite to the body opening 190, for example, by bonding to the hollow cylinder 110. The aforementioned chamber is defined by the hollow cylinder 110 and the bottom part 120.

As shown in fig. 3, the bottom member 120 has a bottom sidewall 121 surrounding the hollow cylinder 110. The inner surface of the bottom sidewall 121 may be secured to the hollow cylinder 110, for example, by bonding.

As shown in fig. 4, edge 2101 of lid sidewall 210 abuts edge 1211 of bottom sidewall 121. This abutment is an axial abutment between the cap 200 and the main body 100 along the mounting axis X, whereby the main body 100 and the cap 200 are stopped in the disengaging direction (by the first stopping member 115 and the second stopping portion 215 as described above) during the relative rotation, and are abutted in the direction opposite to the disengaging direction. That is, the main body 100 and the cover 200 are locked in both directions along the mounting axis X during the relative rotation, and there is substantially no relative movement therebetween along the mounting axis X, ensuring stability of the overall structure of the magazine.

In this case, the first portion 310 is fixed to the bottom sidewall 121 and the second portion 320 is fixed to the cover sidewall 210 (fig. 4).

While the best modes for carrying out the utility model have been described in detail, those familiar with the art to which this invention relates will recognize various alternative designs and embodiments for practicing the utility model within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A storage box, comprising:

a body (100) having a body opening (190);

a cover (200) at least partially fitted over the body (100) and covering the body opening (190);

a fixing member (300) fixing the main body (100) and the cover (200) together;

wherein the fixing member (300) includes:

a first portion (310) fixed to the body (100),

a second part (320) fixed to the lid (200), and

a removable portion (330) connecting and disposed between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the cover (200) is rotatable relative to the body (100) when the removable portion (330) is removed from the fixed member (300).

2. A storage box according to claim 1, wherein the removable portion (330) is a tear strip or a tear line.

3. A storage box according to claim 1, wherein the securing member (300) extends around the entire circumference of the body and the lid.

4. A storage box as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the body and/or the lid have a cylindrical shape.

5. A magazine as defined in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein said body comprises a plurality of chambers (181, 182, 183, 184) open at said body opening (190), and wherein said magazine further comprises a flap (400) mounted at said body opening, said flap having a shutter portion (410) for shielding at least one of said chambers and windows (420) corresponding to the other chambers, respectively.

6. A storage box according to claim 5, characterized in that the lid (200) has lid side walls (210) and a top (220), the top (220) being provided with a top opening (221) corresponding to at least one of the chambers.

7. A magazine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the body (100) comprises a hollow cylinder (110) and a bottom part (120) fixed to the hollow cylinder.

8. A magazine according to claim 7, wherein the bottom part (120) has a bottom side wall (121) surrounding the hollow cylinder (110).

9. A magazine as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that an edge of said cover side wall (210) abuts an edge of said bottom side wall (121), wherein said first portion (310) is fixed to said bottom side wall (121) and said second portion (320) is fixed to said cover side wall (210).

10. A storage box according to claim 8, characterized in that said main body (100) is provided with a first stop (115) on its outer surface, said cover side wall (210) being provided with a second stop (215) on its inner surface cooperating with said first stop (115) to prevent the cover from coming off said main body along the mounting axis (X).

11. A storage box according to claim 10, characterized in that the first stop (115) and/or the second stop (215) extend along at least a part of the entire circumference.

12. A storage box according to claim 10, characterized in that the first stop (115) and/or the second stop (215) extend along the entire circumference.