JP2000062749A - Storage case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage case which stably stores a bottle, etc., as an article to be stored, and which can also be used for other purposes. SOLUTION: This storage case 10 comprises a case main body 11 which is provided with a peripheral wall 16 around the outer periphery of a bottom wall 15 and whose top part is made as an open part 17, and a cover body 12 jointly formed with the case main body 11 and closes the open part 17. The inner face side of the top wall 30 of the cover body 12 is formed with ribs 35-37, 40. These ribs regulate the position of an article W for storage fitting with the article W for storage when the cover body 12 is in a close position. Also the outer face of the bottom wall 15 is provided with a positioning rib 18, and the positioning rib 18 is formed able to be received in the groove 40A of the rib 40. In this way, positioning in stacking a plurality of storage cases 10 is achieved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a storage case,
In particular, the present invention relates to a storage case that can be used as a storage object such as a bottle at the distribution stage and can be separately used at the consumer stage.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a resin storage case has been used when a storage object such as a bottle is placed in a distribution process. This kind of storage case is provided in an upper open type having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall continuously provided on the outer periphery of the bottom wall, and the upper region of the bottom wall is partitioned in a grid-like direction when viewed from above. The wall is formed into a plurality of compartments that can store one bottle at a time.

[0003]

However, since the storage case is not provided with a lid, no protection is provided against a fallen object. For this reason, there is an inconvenience that the falling object breaks the bottle. Moreover, in the transportation stage, the bottle sways up and down due to the vertical vibration, which causes a noise. Further, although the storage case stores the bottles in a state that the bottles are partitioned one by one by the partition wall, since the partition wall has not yet regulated the roll of the bottle, the roll also causes noise.

Further, in the structure in which the partition wall is provided in the upper region of the bottom wall, the storage case is not suitable for use for purposes other than the storage of the bottle, and therefore, the consumer uses this storage case at a retail store. There is nothing better than returning to. Therefore, there is a demand for a storage case which can realize a separate storage purpose and generate a new utility value without requiring such a return.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage case that can be stored in a stable state and can be used for different purposes, particularly when a bottle or the like is set as a storage object. To do.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an upper open type case main body having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall continuous with a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and an opening portion of the case main body. And a cover for closing the container, and a position restricting portion for storing an object to be stored at a predetermined position in the case body is provided on the inner surface side of the cover. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent a storage object such as a bottle from being cracked by a fallen object or the like, and it is possible to keep the storage object stationary at a predetermined position.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION It is preferable that the position restricting portion in the present invention is constituted by a rib which is formed on the inner surface side of the lid and which engages or substantially contacts the object to be stored. According to this, the position restricting portion can be formed with an extremely simple configuration. Moreover, the rib also plays a role of reinforcing the lid, and contributes to maintaining strength against external force.

Further, the bottom wall is formed with a positioning rib on the outer surface, and the positioning rib engages or substantially contacts the upper surface of the lid when a plurality of storage cases are stacked. Configurations can also be employed. When such a configuration is adopted, it is possible to prevent mutual displacement of the stacked storage cases, and the positioning ribs act as reinforcement of the bottom wall. At this time, among the ribs that form the position restricting portion, it is preferable to provide a rib that forms a groove on the upper surface side and receive the positioning rib in the groove of this rib.

Further, it is preferable that the lid is continuously provided on the upper portion of the peripheral wall via a thin portion. If the lid body is integrated with the case body, as long as the object to be stored is arranged at a predetermined position, the position restricting portion always keeps the position to regulate the object to be stored simply by setting the lid to the closed position. As a result, it becomes possible to prevent the occurrence of regulation failure.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of the storage case according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the storage case with the cover body opened. In these figures, the storage case 10 is formed as an integrally molded product using a resin material such as polypropylene. The storage case 10 is composed of a case body 11, a lid 12 that is connected to the case body 11, and a handle 13 that is detachably attached to the case body 11.

The case body 11 is provided with a bottom wall 15 having a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view and four peripheral walls 16 connected to the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 15, and the upper end of the peripheral wall 16 serves as an open portion 17. Has been formed. In the bottom wall 15 and the peripheral wall 16, a large number of square holes 15A and 16A are formed at equal intervals on each wall surface, respectively, whereby the weight of the case body 11 as a whole is reduced and the object to be stored is The object W is visible from the outside. Here, while the inner surface of the bottom wall 15 is formed as a substantially flat surface, a positioning rib 18 having a reinforcing action is provided on the outer surface at the position to the right of the central portion in FIG. 1 along the direction orthogonal to the paper surface in the figure. Has been formed. Further, the peripheral wall 16 is provided in a slightly inclined shape so that the upper end is located outside the lower end.

In the continuous portion of the bottom wall 15 and the peripheral wall 16, small piece-like projecting pieces 20, 21, 22 for partitioning the storage area of the storage object W are formed at upper and lower three locations in FIG. ing. The area on the right side of the projecting piece 20 is the first storage area S1, the area between the projecting pieces 21 and 22 is the second storage area S2, and the area on the left side of the projecting piece 22 is the third storage area S2. It is a storage area S3. At this time, the storage object W is, in this embodiment, a bin W1 and two boxes in which ten bottles W1 are stored as one unit, as indicated by a chain double-dashed line in FIGS. 1 and 2. The container W2 is targeted. The box containers W2 are arranged in the first and second storage areas S1 and S2, respectively, and the five bottles W1 are arranged side by side in the third storage area S3.

In the vicinity of the four corners of the bottom wall 15 on the lower surface side, leg seats 24 each having a partially thickened bottom wall 15 are formed, and when the storage case 10 is grounded, the leg seats 24 The positioning rib 18 is prevented from being damaged.

Of the four pieces of the peripheral wall 16, two upper portions of the peripheral wall 16 located in the upper and lower sides in FIG. 2 are provided with daruma holes 25, and the two ends of the U-shaped handle 13 are formed in these daruma holes 25. The handle 13 is attached by engaging. In addition, in the upper part of the peripheral wall 16 located on the left side in FIG.
A tongue-shaped lid closing plate 27, which is bendable with respect to the peripheral wall 16, is continuously provided, and the lid closing plate 27 has slit holes 27A formed at two positions.

The lid 12 is connected to the upper end of the peripheral wall 16 located on the right side in FIG. 2 via a thin portion 29, and is provided at a free end which is rotatable on the opposite side with the position of the thin portion 29 as a pivot. Has been. The lid body 12 is composed of a top wall 30 having a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and four pieces of a lid peripheral wall 31 that are connected to the peripheral edge of the top wall 30, and the top wall 30 has corners of equal size and equal intervals. A hole 33 is formed. On the free end side of the lid peripheral wall 31, as shown in FIG. 3, two projecting pieces 32 to be inserted into the slit holes 27A of the lid closing plate 27 are formed. Further, three ribs 35, 36, 37 forming a position regulating portion are provided at positions near the free ends on the inner surface of the top wall 30.
Is provided. Of these ribs 35 to 37, the rib 36 located at the center has a rib height slightly lower than that of the ribs 35 and 37 located on the left and right sides of the rib 36 to 37. It is set to abut. Further, the left and right ribs 35, 37 are slightly curved so that both ends thereof approach each other, and are provided at symmetrical positions with the rib 36 as the center. The separation width between the left and right ribs 35 and 37 is determined by the lid 3 of the bottle W1.
9 is set so as to be sandwiched from the left and right, and the rib 3
The curved regions of 5, 37 prevent the bottle W1 from swinging in the vertical direction in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the top wall 30, a rib 40 having a groove 40A capable of receiving the positioning rib 18 is formed just above the positioning rib 18. The ribs 40 are the ribs 35 to 3 described above.
7, which constitutes a position restricting portion, and includes first and second regions S
It is located between the upper ends of the box containers W2 housed in S1 and S2 and regulates the position of the box containers W2. As shown in FIG. 1, the positioning ribs 18 are received in the grooves 40A of the ribs 40, and when a plurality of storage cases 10 are stacked, the positional displacement between the storage cases 10 located above and below is prevented. It is like this. Further, recessed portions 42 corresponding to the outer shape of the leg seat 24 formed on the bottom wall 15 are formed at positions near the four corners of the top wall 30. These recesses 42 are formed when a plurality of storage cases 10 are stacked.
The leg seat 24 located above is received to reliably prevent displacement.

In the above construction, the box containers W2 containing the bins W1 are stored in the first and second storage areas S1 and S2, respectively, and the five bottles W1 are stored side by side in the third storage area S3. It In this state, the lid 12 is set to the closed position, and the projecting piece 32 is placed in the slit hole 27 of the lid closing plate 27.
It suffices to push into A to fix the closed posture. At this time, the upper surface of the box container W2 is in a position substantially in contact with the inner surface of the top wall 30 of the lid body 12, and the rib 40 is located between the upper ends of the two box containers W2. Movement in the direction will be restricted. On the other hand, the lid 39 of the five bottles W1 is sandwiched between the ribs 35 and 37 on the left and right sides, and the rib 36 comes into contact with the upper surface of the lid 39 to restrict the movement of the bottle W1.

In such a state, the object W to be stored can be kept in a substantially immovable posture in the storage case 10 only by placing the lid 12 in the closed position, and therefore noise in the transportation process also occurs. It can be reduced as much as possible. Further, when the storage cases 10 are stacked, the positioning ribs 18 are engaged with the grooves 40A of the ribs 40 and the leg seats 24 are received in the recessed portions 42, so that the storage cases 10 are displaced from each other. Will be prevented.

Further, since the bottom wall 15 of the storage case 10 is formed by a substantially flat surface, it is possible to store other storage target objects even after fulfilling the usage mission as a package in the distribution process. It can be used as an intended multipurpose case.

Further, a lid closing plate 27 is provided on the case body 11 side, and the lid body 12 is inserted into the slit hole 27A of the lid closing plate 27.
Since the configuration in which the side projection 32 is inserted to maintain the closed posture is adopted, even if a load is applied from above to the top wall 30 and the lower portion of the lid peripheral wall 31 is deformed in the opening direction, the slit It is possible to reliably prevent the lid closing plate 27 from being inadvertently removed by the action of the protrusion 32 more strongly entering the hole 27A.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the same reference numerals will be used for the substantially same parts as those in the first embodiment, and the description will be omitted or simplified.

In the second embodiment, a third storage area S3 is provided in the central portion of the case body 11, and first and second storage areas S1 and S2 are provided in both side areas sandwiching the third storage area S3. . In this configuration, two rows of ribs 40, which serve as position restricting portions and have substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the ribs 40 shown in the first embodiment, are provided at two central portions of the top wall 30 of the lid 12. These ribs 40 are provided so that the lid 39 of the bottle W1 stored in the third storage area S3 can be sandwiched. Further, ribs 50, which serve as position restricting portions, are formed at portions that are in parallel with the ribs 40 and are in contact with the upper surface of the box container W2 when the lid body 12 is closed.

On the outer surface side of the bottom wall 15 of the case body 11, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 4, two rows of positioning ribs 18 which also have a reinforcing effect are formed, and these positioning ribs 18 are formed. It is possible to engage with the groove of the rib 40. Further, on the inner surface side of the bottom wall 15 adjacent to the positioning ribs 18, there are formed protrusions 51 for forming the storage areas S1 to S3. Here, the protrusion 51
The projecting height is set to such a small level that the inner surface of the bottom wall 15 can be used as a substantially flat surface.

In addition, in the second embodiment, the handle 13 is of the center connection type and one is adopted, and the lid closing plate 27 is provided on the free end side of the lid body 12 while the slit hole is formed. The protrusion 32 that can be inserted into the 27A is the case body 1
One is provided on one side. The other structure is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment as described above, substantially the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the reinforcement balance in the bottom wall 15 and the lid 12 is more than that of the first embodiment. It is possible to add the effect of keeping good.

The ribs 18 and the like in the present invention are
The shape is not limited to one having a shape that extends in a substantially linear direction, and may be formed by a protrusion. Also, the storage areas S1 to S
The number of 3 may be appropriately increased or decreased. Further, as the storage object W, in addition to the case where the bottle W1 and the box container W2 are mixed, it is also possible to target either the bottle W1 or the box container W2.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the case body is provided with the lid and the position regulating portion of the object to be stored is provided on the inner surface side of the lid, it is possible to prevent the object to be accommodated such as a bottle from being cracked by a fallen object and the like. It is possible to keep the object stationary at a predetermined position. Moreover, since the storage case does not have a partition wall as in the conventional case, it can be used for other purposes other than the storage of bottles and the like.

Further, since the position restricting portion is constituted by the ridge or the protrusion, the position restricting portion can be formed by an extremely simple structure, and the storage case which is excellent in strength by acting as a reinforcement. Can be provided.

Further, while the positioning rib is provided on the outer surface of the bottom wall, and the rib having the groove capable of receiving the positioning rib is formed on the lid body, mutual positional deviation is prevented when a plurality of storage cases are stacked. In addition to the above, the positioning ribs can also reinforce the bottom wall.

Further, since the lid body is continuously provided to the case body through the thin portion, as long as the object to be stored is arranged at the predetermined position, when the lid body is set to the closed position, the position of Since the regulation part is always positioned so as to regulate the object to be stored, it is possible to prevent the regulation failure from occurring.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a storage case showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the storage case with the lid opened.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a structure for holding the closed posture of the storage case and the lid.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2 showing a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 storage cases 11 Case body 12 Lid 15 bottom wall 16 perimeter wall 17 Open section 29 Thin part 30 top wall 35 ribs (position regulation part) 36 ribs (position control part) 37 ribs (position control part) 40 ribs (position control part) 40A groove 50 ribs (position control part) W storage target W1 bottle (object to be stored) W2 box container (storage target)

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An upper open type case main body having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall continuous with the outer periphery of the bottom wall, and a lid for closing the open portion of the case main body. A storage case, characterized in that a position restriction portion for storing the storage target object is provided at a predetermined position in the case body. 2. The storage case according to claim 1, wherein the position restricting portion is formed by a rib formed on an inner surface side of the lid body and engaging with or substantially contacting the storage object. 3. The bottom wall is provided with a positioning rib on an outer surface thereof, and the positioning rib is configured to engage or substantially contact the upper surface side of the lid body when a plurality of storage cases are stacked. The storage case according to claim 1 or 2, which is characterized in that. 4. The storage case according to claim 3, wherein the position restricting portion includes a rib that forms a groove on the upper surface side of the lid, and the positioning rib is received in the groove of the rib. 5. The lid body is continuously provided on an upper portion of the peripheral wall via a thin portion.
Storage case described in 3 or 4.