JP2003246378A - Container with magnet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container with a magnet having a housing in which metallic office supplies such as clips can be contained, an opening which allows the housing to open outward and a magnet provided on the opening or in its vicinity, the container capable of having different postures according to use states and attaining appropriate uses in any posture. <P>SOLUTION: The container B with the magnet comprises a first grounded portion B11a in contact with a top plate surface of a desk or the like in a first use posture Bx in which the opening Ba is positioned toward an upper end, and a second grounded portion B11b in contact with the top plate surface in a second use posture By in which it is positioned toward a lower end. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnet-equipped container capable of suitably storing metal office supplies such as a paper clip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a container for storing small metal office supplies such as a paper clip, a container with a magnet is provided which has a magnet at or near an opening opening upwards for putting the paper clip in and out of the container. Known from the past. This type of magnet container is configured so that a metal paper clip or the like that is attracted to the vicinity of the opening by a magnet can be easily taken out from the opening. In addition, in order to prevent accidental popping out of a paper clip or the like, the opening is usually relatively narrow.

[0003]

However, since the user cannot insert his / her finger into the narrow opening, the container is tilted or turned upside down to open the opening when the magnet is not attached to the paper clip. It is difficult to move the paper clip etc. to a position where it can be easily taken out unless it is directed downward. Such a problem is remarkable especially when the inside of the magnet-equipped container is deep. Moreover, since it is normally assumed that the conventional magnet container is used in a posture in which the opening is opened upward, for example, the posture is set such that the opening is opened in the horizontal direction. In that case, there is also a problem that the internal clip or the like pops out from the opening due to the momentum of the operation.

In view of the above problems, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an extremely convenient magnet container which can be suitably used in two different postures.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, the magnet container according to the present invention is provided with a storage portion for storing metal office supplies such as a paper clip, an opening portion for opening the outer storage portion to the outside, an opening portion or the opening portion. A first grounding part having a magnet body which is arranged in the vicinity and which can attract the metal office supplies, and which grounds to a top plate surface of a desk or the like in a first use posture in which the opening is positioned on the upper end side. And the second positioned on the lower end side
It is characterized in that it is provided with a second grounding portion that grounds to the top plate surface in a use posture.

With such a structure, it can be used in a posture in which it is placed on the top plate with either the first grounding portion or the second grounding portion facing down. That is, in the first posture in which the first grounding part is in contact with the top plate surface, this container with magnet can be used in the same manner as the conventional one, while the second grounding part is in contact with the top plate. In the second position, the opening is positioned on the lower end side of the magnet-equipped container, so that the Zem clips and the like that have naturally fallen in the storage unit are attracted to the magnet body and accumulated around the opening, so the Zem clips and the like can be removed. It can be done very easily.

Here, the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion are those which come into surface contact with the top plate surface, those which come into contact with a plurality of linear portions, and those which come into contact with each other at points such as the tips of a plurality of protrusions. , Or a combination thereof.

The magnet-equipped container having such a structure is mainly composed of a hollow box-shaped container body in which a magnet body is arranged, and a cover portion attached to the container body. This can be easily realized by forming the opening surrounded between the container body and the cover while making the part surrounded by the storage part.

In this case, in order to accurately guide the Zem clip or the like, which has fallen inside the storage portion in the second posture, to the opening portion, the inner bottom surface in the storage portion is set to the opening portion in the portion facing the opening portion in the container body. It is preferable to form tapered surfaces that gradually approach each other, and to form a mounting portion of the magnet body at the portion where the tapered surfaces are formed.

In order to prevent the magnet-equipped container from slipping on the top plate and to enhance the shape retention of the magnet-equipped container, the container main body has the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion. It is preferable that the bottom portion is made of a soft material and the main body portion having the tapered surface is made of a hard material.

In order to make it easier to insert a paper clip or the like into the storage portion, it is preferable that the cover portion is attached to the main body portion on the side opposite to the opening portion so as to be rotatable in the forward and reverse directions and the storage portion can be opened and closed. In order to make it easy to open and close such a cover and to open and close the cover with the same feeling of use when inserting a finger from any direction of the opening, the opening edge of the opening in the cover should be It is effective to form a partial arc.

As a preferred mode in which the magnet-equipped container as described above can be used by being attached to another article used on the top plate, at least one of the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion is constituted. An example is one in which a metal piece or a magnet body is arranged at the site. In this case, the magnet body arranged in the portion forming the first grounding portion or the second grounding portion may be the same as the magnet body provided for adsorbing the paper clip or the like in the storage portion, or may be different. It may be one. Then, other articles to which the container with magnet is attached, such as a stationery stand for storing stationery such as a pen, have a magnet or a metal portion that attracts in correspondence with the metal piece or the magnet body provided in the container with magnet. Good things to apply.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

This embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a container B with a magnet for storing a metal clip such as a paper clip, a safety clip, and the like (hereinafter, a paper clip, etc.), which is not shown in the drawing. 2 different for the top plate surface such as
It is configured so that it can take a posture, that is, a first posture Bx (FIG. 1) in which an opening Ba for inserting and removing a paper clip and the like is directed upward and a second posture By (FIG. 2) in which the opening Ba is directed forward. is there. 3, 4, and 5 are a plan view, a front view, and a side view of the magnet-equipped container B in the first posture Bx, respectively. For convenience of description, the first posture Bx
In the following, the opening Ba will be described as the front end side.

To be more specific, this magnet-equipped container B is a hollow box-shaped container body B1.
And a cover portion B forming a storage portion Bb for storing a paper clip and the like together with the container body B1 and the opening portion Ba.
It is mainly composed of 2 and.

The container body B1 further has a first grounding surface B11a, which is a first grounding portion, which is stably mounted on the top plate surface in the first posture Bx, and a stable grounding surface on the top plate surface in the second posture By. A bottom part B11 having a second grounding part B11b which is a second grounding part to be placed, and a container body B1 excluding this bottom part B11.
The main body B12 that constitutes the main part of the above is integrally attached. The bottom portion B11 has a first bottom portion B111 so that the bottom portion B11 has an L shape when viewed from the side and is bent at a substantially right angle on the front end side.
The main material is a plate material made of a soft material in which the second bottom portion B112 is formed. Specifically, for example, a rubber material or the like that is hard to slip on the top plate is formed in a predetermined shape. The outer surfaces of the first bottom portion B111 and the second bottom portion B112 are formed to be substantially flat, and one outer surface of the bent shape is the first ground contact surface B11a, and the other outer surface is the second ground contact surface B11b. In the present embodiment, the first ground contact surface B11a that contacts the top board surface in the first posture Bx is closer to the top board surface than the second ground contact surface B11b that contacts the top board surface in the second posture By. On the other hand, the contact area is set to be wider.

On the other hand, the main body portion B12 has left and right side walls B121 arranged in an upright posture along both end portions of the bottom portion B11.
And the inner bottom wall B arranged between these side walls B121
122 and a rear wall B12 continuously arranged on the side opposite to the second ground plane side of the side wall B121 and the inner bottom portion B122.
3 is formed by integrally molding a hard synthetic resin material. The side wall B121 has a plate shape that is substantially semicircular in a side view. The inner bottom wall B122 has a front end portion placed on the upper surface of the second bottom portion B112, a rear end portion placed on the upper surface of the first bottom portion B111, and a region between the front end portion and the rear end portion is rearward. I'm leaning. That is, the inner bottom surface B122a, which is the upper surface of the bottom wall B122, is a tapered surface B122b in the inclined region. Then, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a mounting portion B122c for mounting the magnet body B14 made of a rectangular permanent magnet is formed at the portion where the tapered surface B122b is provided. In this embodiment, a cutout corresponding to the shape of the magnet body B14 is provided on the lower surface side of the inner bottom wall B122 so that the magnet body B14 is not exposed to the outside.
However, when the magnet body B14 may be exposed, a similar notch is provided on the upper surface side of the inner bottom wall B122, or a hole penetrating the wall thickness of the inner bottom wall B122 is provided. The magnet body B14 may be fitted into them. The rear wall B123 is curved at a rear end portion of the side wall B121 so as to bulge upward and curve in a semicircular shape. The front end surface of the inner bottom wall B122 is set to be substantially continuous with the second ground contact surface B11b.

The cover portion B2 is a molded product made of a hard resin which is a separate member from the main body portion B12, constitutes a storage portion Bb together with the main body portion B12, and is a side surface corresponding to the semicircular curved shape of the side wall B121. It has a visual shape. And
The magnet-equipped container B as a whole has a substantially semicircular side view shape. The front end of the cover B2 is cut out in a substantially semicircular shape in plan view, and the cutout portion and the front end of the inner bottom wall B122 form an opening Ba. On the other hand, the rear end portion of the cover portion B2 is rotatably attached between the rear wall B123 and the side wall B121 by an appropriate hinge structure, and has an opening Ba.
The storage portion Bb can be opened and closed by placing a finger on the opening edge portion B21 on the side of the cover portion Ba forming the above and rotating the entire cover portion B2 around the rear end side as a fulcrum. At this time, in order to make the fingers on the opening edge portion B21 good, the cover portion B2 is formed so that the wall thickness is gradually reduced from the rear toward the opening.

The magnet-equipped container B having the above structure is used in the first posture Bx shown in FIGS. 1 and 6 or the second posture By shown in FIGS. 2 and 7. First, in the first posture Bx, the magnet-equipped container B can be used in the same manner as the conventional product. In particular, since the taper surface B122b and the magnet body B14 are provided at the portion of the inner bottom wall B122 facing the opening Ba, the bottom portion B1 is removed when taking out a paper clip or the like in the inner part of the storage portion Bb.
By tilting the whole body around the front end of 1, the paper clip or the like slides forward and is attracted to the magnet body B14 on the tapered surface B122b. Therefore, it is possible to easily take out the paper clip or the like without turning or shaking the entire container with magnet unlike the conventional product. On the other hand, in the second posture By, the opening Ba is located at the lower end of the magnet-equipped container B, so that the paper clip or the like in the storage portion Bb is naturally attracted to the magnet body B14 on the tapered surface B122b. Therefore, it is extremely easy to take out the paper clip and the like in the second posture By. In addition,
When replenishing the storage part Bb with a paper clip or the like, the storage part Bb may be opened by rotating the cover part B2 as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. Further, since each part is combined with a simple structure, it is possible to easily cope with a color change and the like, and it is possible to provide a variety of lineups of the container B with a magnet, so that the product structure has a high purchasing appeal. It is easy to do.

In particular, the container B with a magnet of this embodiment
Can be used as an accessory to other stationery organizing items used on the desk top. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the magnet-equipped container B in the second posture By is attached to a stationery stand A that can store a stationery such as a pen in an upright state. This stationery stand A is composed of a bottom portion A1 made of a soft resin material and a main body portion A2 made of a hard resin material mainly having a peripheral wall A21 standing upright at the peripheral portion of the bottom portion A1. The standing wall (front wall A22) on one end side of the stationery stand A is set to have a smaller height dimension than the standing wall (rear wall A23) on the other end side, and a side wall connecting the front wall A22 and the rear wall A23. The upper end of A24 is curved in a partial arc shape. Here, the width dimension of the stationery stand A and the width dimension of the magnet-equipped container B, the height dimension of the front wall A22 on one end side of the stationery stand A and the height dimension of the first bottom portion B111 of the magnet-equipped container B in the second posture By are respectively defined. Corresponding. And container B with magnet
Is grounded on the top plate with the second ground surface B11b facing downward,
By attaching the first grounding surface B11a to the front surface of the front wall A22 of the stationery stand A, the stationery stand A and the container B with magnet as a whole have an upper end portion that is curved substantially continuously.
It can be used as a unity.

It is also possible to attach the magnet-equipped container B to the stationery stand A and use it as an integrated stationery organizing article. In this case, although not shown, if a magnet body is provided on one of the front wall A22 of the stationery stand A or the first bottom portion B111 of the magnet-equipped container B that are in contact with each other and a metal piece is provided on the other, they can be carried together. It is convenient and convenient. Further, a double-sided adhesive tape may be provided between the front surface of the front wall A22 of the stationery stand A and the first grounding surface B11b of the magnet-equipped container B to attach the both.

Further, both the first grounding part and the second grounding part need not be grounded to the top plate surface by surface contact. An example of such a thing will be specifically described in the light of the above embodiment, for example, in place of the first ground plane B11a, the first bottom section B11 of the bottom section B11 as the first ground section.
Even if 1 has an arcuate shape in side view and both lower ends of the arched shape that are linear are brought into contact with the top plate surface, a stable mounting state in the first posture can be realized. it can. In this case, when the stationery stand A and this magnet-equipped container are used together while the second grounding surface B11a, which is the second grounding portion, is in contact with the top plate surface, the upper end portion of the arch-shaped first bottom portion B111 becomes Since the lower end portion comes into contact with the front wall A22, a hooking portion that engages with each other at the contact portions, for example, one having a relationship between a hooking claw and a hook hole, or a protrusion and inserting it It is preferable to form a material having a relationship with the concave portion to be formed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but various modifications can be made to the specific configuration of each part such as the specific shape and material of the container body and the cover without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Is.

[0024]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to selectively change the first posture in which the opening is positioned on the upper end side and the second posture in which the opening is positioned on the lower end side. As a configuration, two different ground contact portions that contact the top plate surface or the like are formed in each posture, so that it can be used in any preferable posture depending on the usage mode. In particular, because the magnet body is placed at the peripheral edge of the opening,
Even in the second posture in which the opening is positioned on the lower end side, there is no risk that the paper clip and the like in the storage portion will pop out, and in the first posture, the same usage mode as the conventional product can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first posture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a second posture of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same embodiment in a first posture.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the same.

6 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line I-I in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a second posture of the embodiment corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing one usage mode of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols] B: Container storage with magnet Ba ... opening Bb ... Storage section B1 ... Container body B2 ... Cover B11 ... bottom B11a ... 1st grounding part (1st grounding surface) B11b ... second grounding portion (second grounding surface) B12 ... Main body B13 ... Magnet body B122a ... inner bottom surface B122b ... Tapered surface B122c ... Mounting part

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Matsuzaki Nobuki             6-1, 1-1 Minami Oimazato, Higashinari-ku, Osaka             Kuyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hisashi Kayama             6-1, 1-1 Minami Oimazato, Higashinari-ku, Osaka             Kuyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Saito Miko             6-1, 1-1 Minami Oimazato, Higashinari-ku, Osaka             Kuyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koji Sasahara             6-1, 1-1 Minami Oimazato, Higashinari-ku, Osaka             Kuyo Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An accommodating part capable of accommodating metal office supplies such as a paper clip, and an opening capable of opening the accommodating part to the outside.
A magnet body arranged at or near the opening and capable of adsorbing the metal office supplies. The opening is positioned on the upper end side and is grounded to the top plate surface of a desk or the like in a first use posture. A container with a magnet, comprising: a first grounding part that performs a grounding operation; and a second grounding part that grounds the top plate surface in a second use posture in which the opening is positioned on the lower end side. 2. A hollow box-shaped container main body in which the magnet body is arranged, and a cover portion attached to the container main body, which are main components, and a portion surrounded by the container main body and the cover portion. The container with a magnet according to claim 1, wherein the opening is formed between the container body and the cover while being the storage part. 3. A tapered surface is formed at a portion of the container body facing the opening so as to gradually bring an inner bottom surface of the storage portion closer to the opening, and a mounting portion for a magnet is formed at the tapered surface. The container with a magnet according to claim 2, wherein 4. The container body is composed of a bottom portion made of a soft material having the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion, and a body portion made of a hard material having the tapered surface. The container with a magnet according to claim 3. 5. A magnet according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein the cover is attached to the main body on the side opposite to the opening so as to be rotatable in the forward and reverse directions and the storage can be opened and closed. container. 6. The container with a magnet according to claim 5, wherein an opening edge portion which forms the opening portion in the cover portion is formed in a partial arc shape. 7. A metal piece or a magnet body capable of being attracted to a magnet is arranged at a portion forming at least one of the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion.
The container with a magnet according to 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.