JP2001180642A - Packaging container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging container wherein a container body and a lid can be simply resealed and contents can be securely prevented from dropping. SOLUTION: The container body 2 having a recess 6 for housing a platelike fragrant device 30 and the lid 5 having a protrusion 8 are coupled via a hinge 4. The recess 6 and the protrusion 8 are equipped with second locks 12, 13, respectively, wherein the recess 6 of the container body 2 and the protrusion 8 of the lid 5 are fitted with each other, and the respective second locks 12, 13 are locked with each other for closely sealing the container.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packaging container for accommodating articles such as fragrances.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional packaging container is composed of a container body having a concave portion into which an article is to be stored, and a substantially flat surface-shaped lid connected to the container body via a hinge. An uneven fitting portion is provided around the flat surface portion other than the concave portion around the container body and around the corresponding lid body.

When the lid is moved in the closing direction to fit the container body via the hinge portion, the fitting portions are fitted to each other, whereby a closed state is achieved. Further, in this closed state, when the lid is moved in the opening direction for pulling away from the container body, the fitting between the fitting portions is released, and the concave portion of the container body is opened.

[0004]

However, in the conventional packaging container, when the container body and the lid are resealed (resealed), the strength of each of the concave and convex fitting portions between the container body and the lid is reduced. Because of its weakness, the hermetically sealed state between the recess of the container body and the lid could not be maintained. Further, since the concave portion of the container body is in a sealed state by simply abutting the flat surface portions around the container body and the lid, the position between the container body and the lid is easily shifted, and further, the container body There is a problem in that a gap is generated between the container body and the lid due to distortion of the lid or the like, and the contents fall out of the gap.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a packaging container which can easily reseal the container body and the lid, and can surely prevent the contents from falling off. With the goal.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a container body having a concave portion for accommodating an article and a lid having a convex portion are fitted with the concave portion of the container body and the convex portion of the lid. The invention according to claim 2 is a packaging container in which the contents are plate-shaped articles, and the invention according to claim 3 is a packaging container in which a concave portion and a convex portion are provided with locking portions, respectively.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a packaging container 1 is formed integrally with a container body 2 through a transparent resin container body 2 and a hinge portion 4 having a perforation 3. And a cover 5.

[0008] The container body 2 has a concave portion 6 for accommodating the contents,
And a butting portion 7 provided around the concave portion 6. The lid 5 has a convex portion 8 protruding in the same direction as the concave direction of the concave portion 6 of the container body 2, and an abutting portion 9 provided around the convex portion 8.

By moving the container body 2 and the lid 5 in the closing direction closer to each other around the hinge 4, the concave 6 and the convex 8 are fitted together, and the butting portions 7, When the container body 9 and the lid 5 are moved in the opening direction in which the container body 2 and the lid 5 are separated from each other around the hinge part 4, the concave part 6 and the convex part 8 are closed.
And the butting portions 7, 9 of each other are released.
An opening state shown in FIG.

The concave portion 6 and the convex portion 8 fitted to the concave portion 6 are set substantially in accordance with the shape and size of the container. The size is set. As shown in FIG. 3, the fragrance 30 is stored in a bag 31, and an opening 31a in the middle of the bag 31 can be easily opened.

The butting portion 7 of the container body 2 and the butting portion 9 of the lid 5 are provided with first locking portions 10 and 11 which lock each other at the same position in a closed state. One or both of the first locking portions 10 and 11 are elastically deformed when they come into contact with each other, permitting entry, and are elastically deformed and locked when entry is completed. That is, the first locking portion 10 on the container body 2 side is formed to project in a substantially cylindrical shape protruding in a direction opposite to the direction of depression of the concave portion 6 of the container body 2, and the first locking portion 11 on the lid body 5 side. Is formed in a substantially quadrangular cylindrical hollow shape protruding in a direction opposite to the convex portion 8 of the lid 5.

The side wall forming the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the side wall forming the convex portion 8 of the lid body 5 have second locking portions (locking portions) which lock each other at four locations at the same position in a closed state. Stop) 1
2 and 13 are provided respectively. Each second locking part 1
One or both of the members 2 and 13 are elastically deformed when they come into contact with each other to allow entry, and are elastically restored and locked when entry is completed. That is, the second locking portion 12 on the container main body 2 side is formed in a groove shape depressed from the other side surface of the concave portion 6 of the container main body 2, and the second locking portion 13 of the lid 5 is The convex portion 8 is formed in a convex shape protruding from the other side surface.

In the vicinity of the perforation 3 of the container body 2, a pair of left and right legs 14, 14 is provided so as to protrude in the same direction as the direction in which the recess 6 is depressed. The inner surfaces of the pair of legs 14 are open to the recess 6. Auxiliary fitting portions 15 and 16 are provided at the same position in the hermetically sealed state near the perforation 3 between the container body 2 and the lid 5, that is, between the pair of legs 14 and 14. Is provided. The center between the pair of first locking portions 10 of the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 is an arc portion 17 protruding in an arc shape.

As shown in FIG. 3, a concave portion 18 is provided on the rear surface of the lid 5 by a convex portion 8, and the concave portion 18 is used as a place where the fragrance 30 is used. The butt portion 11 of the lid 5 is provided with a knob portion 19 that projects outward from the butt portion 7 of the container body 2 in a state where the butt portion 7 is butt against the butt portion 7.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the mount 20 has a card shape, and a pair of round holes 21 into which a pair of first locking portions 10, 10 of the container body 2 are inserted on both lower sides. 21 is provided, and a round hole 22 for hanging from a hook (not shown) is provided at the upper part.

Next, the operation of the packaging container 1 will be described. First, a case where the fragrance device 30 is stored in the packaging container 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, in the opened packaging container 1, a plurality of fragrances 30 contained in the bag 31 are accommodated in the recessed portion 6 of the container main body 2 in a stacked state. The round hole 21 of the mount 20 is inserted into the locking portion 10.

When the lid 5 is moved in the closing direction in which the lid 5 abuts on the container body 2 via the hinge 4 having the perforation 3, the auxiliary fittings 15 and 16 start fitting together. With this fitting, the positioning of the container main body 2 and the lid 5 is performed. Next, the fitting of the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the convex portion 8 of the lid 5 is started. This fitting operation proceeds, and the first locking portions 10 and 11 and the second locking portions 12 and 13 abut against each other a little before the butting portions 7 and 9 come into close contact with each other. The concave portion 6 and the convex portion 8 are completely fitted by moving the lid 5 further in the closing direction against the pressure, and the butted portions 7 and 9 come into close contact with each other.
Each first locking portion 10, 11 and each second locking portion 1
2 and 13 are locked.

As shown in FIG. 1, the packaging container 1 is sealed, and the mount 20 is mounted by being partially clamped between the container body 2 and the lid 5. The packaging container 1 is suspended by inserting a suspension hook (not shown) into the round hole 22 of the mount 20. This state is
For example, this is convenient for hanging sales at the time of store sales. Further, since the perforations 3 are formed in the hinge portion 4 and the folds are flat, the styling property is good, and as shown in FIG. 1, the packaging container 1 can be self-supported by the pair of legs 14, 14. Therefore, the packaging container 1 can be placed without taking up a space by making the packaging container 1 stand alone, which is convenient, for example, at the time of use by a user or for placing and displaying at a store.

When the mount 20 is unnecessary, the mount 2
If the above-described sealing operation is performed without inserting 0 into the first locking portion 10 of the container body 2, the packaging container 1 can be sealed without mounting the mount 20. Also in this case, the packaging container 1 can be placed without taking up space by making the packaging container 1 stand alone with the pair of legs 14.

In the operation of the packaging container 1 from the opened state to the closed state, after the auxiliary fitting by the auxiliary fitting portions 15 and 16, the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the convex portion 8 of the lid 5 are fitted. Since the joining is performed, the fitting can be performed accurately and easily. In the closed state, the packaging container 1 is provided with the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the cover 5.
Since the container body 2 and the lid 5 are forcibly aligned with each other, the occurrence of distortion is suppressed as much as possible,
Furthermore, even if the container main body 2 and the lid 5 are distorted, no gap is generated between the container main body 2 and the lid 5, and the bag 31 containing the fragrance 30 as a container falls off. Can be prevented. In addition, even in the case where the stored object is a plate-shaped article (fragrance 30) as in the present embodiment, it can be reliably prevented from falling off. In addition, since the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 is configured to be fitted to the convex portion 8 of the lid 5, the sealed state can be reliably maintained even when the opening and closing operations are repeated.

Since the second locking portions 12 and 13 are provided in the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the convex portion 8 of the lid 5 respectively,
The fitting between the container body 2 and the lid 5 is performed by the second locking portions 12 and 1.
3 to make it stronger,
0 can be more reliably prevented from falling off. Further, the container body 2
The fitting of the lid 5 with the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 and the second locking portions 12 and 13 of the convex portion 8 of the lid 5 as well as the butting portion 7 of the container body 2 and the lid 5 Each first part of the butting part 9
Since the locking portions 10 and 11 are used, the hermetically sealed state between the container body 2 and the lid 5 is more reliably held, and the accident that the packaging container 1 is opened during transportation or dropping can be prevented. In addition, the mount 20 is mounted using the first locking portions 10 and 11.

Next, a case where the fragrance 30 is taken out of the packaging container 1 will be described. In the hermetically sealed packaging container 1 of FIG. 1, when the container main body 2 and the lid 5 are moved in the opening direction of separating the hinge portion 4 about the perforation 3, each of the container main body 2 and the lid 5 The locking state between the first locking portions 10 and 11 and between the second locking portions 12 and 13 is released, the container body 2 and the lid 5 are separated, and the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 is opened. You. That is, the state shown in FIG. 2 is reached, and the bag 31 containing the fragrance 30 in the concave portion 6 of the container body 2 can be easily taken out.

The bag 3 containing the taken out fragrance 30
1, as shown in FIG. 3, affixed to the concave portion 18 on the back surface of the lid 5 with a double-sided tape 32, opened the opening 31 a of the bag 31 containing the fragrance 30, and partially By exposing it, it can be installed in the packaging container 1 itself. For example, when the packaging container 1 is set up by a pair of legs 14 and 14 on its own, and the packaging container 1 falls down with the back surface of the lid 5 as the lower surface, the inside of the concave portion 18 is aligned with the butting portion 9 and the installation surface such as a floor. , The contents of the fragrance 30 are not scattered,
Since the fragrance device 30 does not directly contact the installation surface such as the floor, the contents of the fragrance device 30 do not adhere to the installation surface such as the floor and stain the installation surface.

Further, when opening the sealed packaging container 1 in which the mount 20 is not mounted, the knob portion 1 of the lid 5 is opened.
Since the projecting portion 9 projects from the butting portion 7 of the container body 2, the initial separating operation of the container body 2 and the lid 5 can be easily performed.

According to the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the bag is a bag 31 containing a plurality of plate-like fragrances 30, but the shape, type, and number of the bag are not limited. Also,
The contents do not have to be plate-like, need not be the fragrance 30, and may not be plural pieces. Furthermore, although the packaging container 1 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin member so that the inside of the concave portion 6 can be recognized from the outside, the container may not be transparent.

[0026]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the concave portion of the container main body and the convex portion of the lid are fitted, the container main body and the lid are forcibly aligned. Therefore, occurrence of distortion or the like is suppressed as much as possible, and even if distortion or the like occurs in the container main body or the lid, no gap is generated between the container main body and the lid, and it is possible to prevent the contents from dropping. In addition, since the concave portion of the container body is fitted to the convex portion of the lid, the sealed state can be reliably maintained even when the opening and closing operations are repeated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since there is no gap between the container main body and the lid, when the object is a plate-shaped article, it can be reliably prevented from falling off.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the engagement between the container main body and the lid body is further strengthened by the locking portion, so that it is possible to more reliably prevent the contents from falling off.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a sealed state of a packaging container on which a mount according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the packaging container in an open state with a lid opened according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing a state in which a fragrance is stuck in a concave portion on the back surface of the lid of the packaging container according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packaging container 2 Container main body 5 Lid 6 Depressed part 8 Convex part 12, 13 2nd locking part (locking part) 30 Fragrance | fragrance (containment)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body having a concave portion into which an article is accommodated,
A packaging container, comprising a lid having a convex portion, wherein the concave portion of the container body is fitted with the convex portion of the lid. 2. The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein the contents are plate-shaped articles. 3. The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein a locking portion is provided on each of the concave portion and the convex portion.