JP2001122324A - Container holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container holder which can easily and reliably hold a container and also can be easily and reliably attached to a desired position such as a handrail in a passage. SOLUTION: The container holder A comprises a container holding part A1 for holding a container and an attaching means A2 for attaching the holding part A1 to a predetermined position. The part A1 includes a receive 1 for receiving a bottom face of the container and right and left arms 2 elastically expanding and contracting laterally which stand from right and left ends of the receive 1 respectively, wherein an upper end of the arm 2 is designed to lock with an upper end surface B2 of the container. The container B held by the container holding part A1 of the holder A is thus held in the right and left arms 2 of the holder A from right and left directions. Accordingly, such an accident that the container B held in the part A1 of the holder A accidentally comes out upwardly does not occur, so that the container B can be kept in a stable state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container holder which can easily and surely hold a container containing a disinfecting solution, soap, shampoo, rinse and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a large number of container holders have been provided for mounting containers containing disinfectants, soaps, shampoos, rinses and the like on a crosspiece or the like. An example of such a container holder includes a dish-shaped receiving portion for receiving a bottom portion of a container and an attaching means such as a suction cup integrally provided on the rear side of the receiving portion. Can be.

However, since the above-mentioned container holder merely touches the bottom of the container to the receiving portion and receives the container, if the container is inadvertently brought into contact with the container, the container may be placed in the container holder. There was a problem that it dropped from the receiving part carelessly.

Therefore, it is conceivable to provide fixing means for fixing the container to the receiving portion of the container holder, but it is possible to fix the container to the receiving portion of the container holder by the fixing means. It is troublesome to separately perform the operation for performing the operation, and there has been a demand for a container holder that can be attached to a crosspiece or the like in a state where the container is easily and securely held without performing the complicated operation.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a container can be easily and reliably held, and can be easily and reliably attached to a desired position such as a handrail, a crosspiece, or a wall surface of a passage. Provide a container holder.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container holder, comprising: a container holder for holding a container; and mounting means for mounting the holder at a predetermined position. The left and right ends of the receiving portion for receiving the bottom surface of the container are provided with right and left arms that elastically expand and contract in the left-right direction, and the upper ends of the left and right arms are attached to the upper end surface of the container. It is configured to be locked.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container holder according to the first aspect, wherein the left and right arms standing upward from each of the left and right ends of the bottom receiving portion of the container include: It is characterized by comprising front and rear arm pieces along respective left and right front and rear surfaces of the container and a container pressing piece portion provided between upper ends of the front and rear arm pieces and elastically contacting the left and right upper surfaces of the container.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the container holder according to the first or second aspect, the metal wire is formed by bending a metal wire into a horizontally long rectangular shape having a front-rear width larger than the front-rear width of the container. The left and right portions in the length direction of the frame body are bent upward to form the left and right arm portions, and the lengthwise direction of the frame body is formed between the left and right arm portions at both ends of the center of the frame body. And a pair of left and right metal wires fixed to each other to form a receiving portion for receiving the bottom surface of the container.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container holder according to any one of the first to third aspects, the rear half of the metal wire fixed to both sides of the center of the frame body is directed upward. The mounting means is formed by bending the upper end of the bent portion downward while bending the mounting portion downward.

[0010]

The operation of the container holder according to the present invention will be described. First, the left and right arm portions of the container holder are elastically deformed outward by hand, so as to expand from the lower end to the upper end. In this state, the lower end of the container is interposed between the opposed upper ends of the left and right arms, and then the left and right arms are released. Of each of them are in contact.

Next, when the container is pushed downward, the upper ends of the left and right arms of the container holder are displaced relatively upward while sliding the left and right side surfaces of the container.

When the bottom portion of the container comes into contact with and is received by the receiving portion of the container holder, at the same time, the left and right arms of the container holder are inwardly moved by the elastic restoring force, ie, It is automatically displaced in the direction approaching each other, and each of the opposing upper ends of the left and right arms is locked to each of the left and right upper ends of the container, and the container is formed of the left and right arms of the container holder. It is held by the opposing upper end portion so that it cannot be pulled out upward.

As described above, according to the container holder,
The container holder can be stably and reliably held by only a simple operation of pushing the container between the left and right arms of the container holder.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One example of a container holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
The container holder A has a receiving portion 1 for receiving the bottom surface of the container B.
And left and right arms 2, 2 having a fixed height, which are erected upward from both sides of the receiving portion 1 and can be elastically expanded and contracted in and out, and at the upper ends of these left and right arms 2, 2 A container holding portion A1 comprising container holding pieces 3, 3 provided integrally with each other and elastically locked on both sides of an upper end surface B2 of the container B;
And mounting means A2 integrally provided at the rear end of the container bottom receiving portion 1.

More specifically, the receiving portion 1 of the container holding portion A1 of the container holder A is made of metal wires arranged side by side at a certain interval slightly larger than the front and rear width of the container B in the front and rear direction. The left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14, which are also made of a metal wire, are fixed by welding between both side ends of the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12. It is formed to stop.

The container holder A1 of the container holder A
The left and right arm portions 2, 2 in the above, the front and rear horizontal rod portion 11,
The metal wires forming the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 are formed by bending both sides of the metal wires forming the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 upward. Are formed along with the front arm pieces 21 and 21, and the rear side metal wires form rear arm pieces 22 and 22 along the rear surface of the container. Note that the left and right arms 2, 2 may be vertically erected upward from both side ends of the receiving portion 1, but in FIGS. 1 and 2, from the lower end to the upper end. The upper and lower arms 2 and 2 are formed so as to be widened by being inclined obliquely outward, respectively, and the interval between the upper ends of the left and right arms 2 and 2 is formed smaller than the width of the upper end of the container B. Further, between the upper ends of the front and rear arm pieces 21 and 22 of the left and right arm sections 2 and 2, container holding pieces 3 and 3 made of a metal wire are provided integrally.

The container holding portion A1 is formed by bending and forming a metal wire into a horizontally long rectangular frame having a width between the front and rear metal wire portions slightly larger than the front and rear width of the container B. The left and right arms 2, 2 are formed by bending the left and right portions in the length direction of the frame upward,
The left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14 formed of a pair of left and right metal wires are provided on both lower side edges of the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 which form the center of the frame between the lower ends of the left and right arms 2 and 2. Are disposed in a state of being erected, and the intersections with the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 are welded and fixed, whereby the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 and the left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14 receive the bottom surface of the container B. A part 1 is formed. The left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14 have a length in the left and right direction shorter than the width of the container B.

On the other hand, the mounting means A2 is also formed of a metal wire. Specifically, a metal wire is bent into a plane U-shape, and its free ends are the left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14, and the left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14 are connected to the bottom of the container holder A1 as described above. The metal wires parallel to each other are fixed to both side ends of the front and rear horizontal rods 11 and 12 and extend rearward from the rear ends of the left and right horizontal rods 13 and 14. Are bent upwards along the center of the rear surface to form front vertical holding rods 4, 4, and furthermore, a U-shaped base end portion connected to the vertical holding rods 4, 4 Are formed in the rear vertical holding rod portions 5 and 5 which are inclined downward from the upper side by bending back toward the lower side. The space between these front and rear vertical holding rod portions 4 and 5 faces downward. The opening 6 is formed in the opening 6.

Next, how to use the container holder A will be described. First, the container B held by the container holder A will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the container B has a width in the left-right direction slightly wider than the distance between the opposed container holding pieces 3, 3 in the left and right arms 2, 2 of the container holder A and a height in the vertical direction. The front and rear arm portions 2 and 2 of the container holder A have a substantially square shape in front which substantially matches the vertical height of the left and right arm portions 2 and 2 of the container holder A. Arm pieces 21, 22
It is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape slightly thinner than the distance between them.

In order to hold the container B on the container holder A, first, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the container holding pieces in the left and right arms 2, 2 of the container holder A are used. The left and right arms 2 and 2 are elastically deformed outward by manually pressing the outer sides 3 and 3, that is, in a direction away from each other, and the left and right arms 2 and 2 are placed in the container. B is kept slightly wider than the left and right widths at the lower end and expanded from the lower end toward the upper end.

Subsequently, the lower end of the container B is inserted from above and interposed between the container holding pieces 3, 3 of the left and right arms 2, 2, which have been expanded as described above, and then the left and right arms The person holding the parts 2 and 2 elastically deformed outward is released from the left and right arm parts 2 and 2.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the left and right arms 2, 2 of the container holder A are displaced inward, that is, in directions approaching each other by their elastic restoring force.
The container holding pieces 3, 3 are left and right side surfaces B1,
It comes into contact with B1.

Thereafter, when the container B is pushed downward, the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A hold the container pressing pieces 3 and 3 on the left and right side surfaces B1 and B2 of the container B.
Displaces relatively upward while sliding on B1.

When the container B is further pushed downward, and the bottom surface of the container B comes into contact with the receiving portion 1 of the container holder A and is received, at the same time, The container holding pieces 3 and 3 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A reach the upper end surface B2 of the container B, and the left and right arms 2 and 2 automatically move inward by their elastic restoring force. Is displaced.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), each of the container holding pieces 3, 3 of the left and right arms 2, 2 of the container holder A is engaged with each of the left and right upper end surfaces B2 of the container B. And the front and rear arm pieces 21 and 22 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A
The left and right portions of the container B are aligned with the front and rear surfaces of the left and right arms 2 and 2, respectively.
It will be in the state inserted in each of the space parts formed in 22.

Accordingly, the container B is stably held in the front-rear direction and the upper direction by the front and rear arm pieces 21 and 22 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A and the container pressing piece 3. The container B is held in a stable state by the container holder A, so that there is no unexpected situation in which the container B accidentally comes out in the front-rear direction and upward.

As shown in FIG. 2, the container holder A, which stably and surely holds the container B, separates the front and rear vertical holding rods 4, 5 of the mounting means 5 from each other by hand. After the insertion port 6 is expanded by elastically deforming in the direction in which the mounting means 5 is inserted, the mounting means 5 is fitted to a desired position such as a handrail of a passage or a bar C from above through the insertion port 6, and A handrail of a passage, a crosspiece C, and the like are sandwiched from the front and rear vertical holding rod portions 4 and 5 facing each other and stably mounted.

In order to replace the container B when the stored contents such as the disinfecting solution and the soap stored in the container B held in the container holder A are replaced, the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A must be manually replaced. In a state in which the left and right arms are expanded from the lower end toward the upper end by pressing in a direction away from each other, that is, the distance between the container pressing pieces 3 and 3 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 is The container B is expanded so as to be wider than the right and left widths of the container B, and the container holding pieces 3 and 3 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 of the container holder A lock the left and right upper end surfaces B2 of the container B. To release.

Then, the container B is lifted upward while holding the left and right arms 2 and 2 in the expanded state, and the container B is detached from the container holder A1 of the container holder A. In the same manner as described above, a new container B is held in the container holder A1 of the container holder A and used continuously.

In the above description, the case where the metal wire is formed by bending the metal wire into an inverted U-shaped side surface has been described as the mounting means A2. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
May be provided integrally with a clip body and a suction cup.

In the above description, the case where the container holding piece 3 made of a single metal wire is integrally provided between the upper ends of the front and rear arm pieces 21 and 22 of the left and right arms 2 and 2 has been described. As shown in the above, the container holding piece 3 may be cut at the center thereof, that is, each of the upper ends of the front and rear arm pieces 21 and 22 is horizontally bent in a direction approaching each other to hold the container. The one having the piece 3 may be formed.

[0032]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a container holder comprising a container holding portion for holding a container and mounting means for mounting the holding portion at a predetermined position, wherein the container holding portion is provided with the container. Left and right arms that elastically expand and contract in the left and right directions are provided upright at left and right ends of a receiving portion that receives the bottom surface of the container, and the upper ends of the left and right arms are engaged with the upper end surface of the container. Therefore, the container held by the container holder of the container holder is held by the left and right arms of the container holder from the left and right directions. There is no unexpected situation in which the container held by the container holding unit accidentally comes out upward, and the container can be always kept in a stable state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the container holder according to the first aspect, wherein the left and right arm portions standing upward from the respective left and right ends of the bottom receiving portion of the container are provided. It consists of front and rear arm pieces along each of the left and right front and rear surfaces of the container, and container holding pieces provided between the upper ends of these front and rear arm pieces and elastically contacting the left and right upper surfaces of the container. The held container is held by the front and rear arm pieces of the left and right arms of the container holder from the front and rear direction and held by the container holding piece from above, so that the container is securely and stably held by the container holder. An unexpected situation such as being held and accidentally dropping from the container holder does not occur.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the container holder of the first or second aspect, the metal wire is formed by bending a metal wire into a horizontally long rectangular shape having a front-to-rear width larger than the front-rear width of the container. The left and right portions in the length direction of the frame body are bent upward to form the left and right arm portions, and the lengthwise direction of the frame body is formed between the left and right arm portions at both ends of the center of the frame body. The left and right arms and the receiving part have a simple structure because the receiving part that receives the bottom surface of the container is formed by fixing a pair of left and right metal wires so that they cross each other. Thus, the weight of the container holder can be reduced, and the production thereof can be easily performed, so that the productivity can be improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container holder according to any one of the first to third aspects, the rear half of the metal wire fixed to both sides of the center of the frame is positioned upward. The attachment means is formed by bending the upper end of the bent portion downward while bending the metal wire so that the metal wire is fixed to the center both sides of the frame body. , The number of components can be reduced and the weight of the container holder can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a container holder of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a use state of the container holder of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a procedure for holding a container by the container holder of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another example of the container holder of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving part 11 Front horizontal rod part 12 Rear horizontal rod part 13 Left horizontal rod part 14 Right horizontal rod part 2 Left and right arm parts 21 Front arm piece 22 Rear arm piece 3 Container holding piece part 4 Front vertical holding rod part 5 Rear vertical holding rod 6 Insertion port A Container holder A1 Container holding part A2 Mounting means B Container

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A container holder comprising a container holding portion for holding a container and an attaching means for attaching the holding portion to a predetermined location, wherein the container holding portion has a receiving portion for receiving a bottom surface of the container. Left and right arms that elastically expand and contract in the left and right directions are erected at each of the left and right ends, and the upper ends of the left and right arms are configured to be locked to the upper end surface of the container. Container holder. 2. The left and right arm portions, which stand upward from each of the left and right ends of the bottom receiving portion of the container, include front and rear arm pieces along the left, right, front and rear surfaces of the container, and these front and rear arm pieces. 2. The container holder according to claim 1, further comprising a container presser piece provided between upper ends of the container and elastically contacting the left and right upper surfaces of the container. 3. A left and right arm portion is formed by bending a left and right portion in a longitudinal direction of a frame body formed by bending a metal wire into a horizontally long rectangular shape having a front and rear width larger than a front and rear width of a container. And a pair of left and right metal wires that are fixed to a pair of left and right metal wires so as to intersect in the longitudinal direction of the frame at both ends at the center between the left and right arms, thereby receiving the bottom surface of the container. The container holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a stopper is formed. 4. A mounting means is formed by bending the rear half of the metal wire fixed to both sides of the center of the frame upward, and bending the upper end of the bent downward. The container holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the container holder is provided.