JP2004243031A - Herb product kit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a herb product kit (having herb product related materials and including an article form of selling the kit and the herb product related material as a set) compactly storing and preserving a large amount of the herb related materials and capable of being moved to an arbitrary location in need without deteriorating the quality of the herb product. <P>SOLUTION: A first rack which has an opened front side and a plurality of stages of shelves for mounting a plurality of types of herb product preservation vessels in its inside, and a second rack which has substantially the same shape as the first rack and has parts of the plurality of stages of shelves set for the shelves for mounting tools used for using the herb product are openably/closably provided. This kit is so constituted that the opened front face sides face to each other and the insides can be closed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container for herbal products such as herbal teas, essential oils, vegetable oils, or herbal basic cosmetics, and more particularly to a plurality of containers storing herbal products for each type (hereinafter referred to as "herbal product storage containers"). ) And a kit for herbal products in which instruments used at the time of using the herbal products (hereinafter, referred to as “herbal product tools”) can be stored compactly inside.
[0002]
The present invention is not limited to the kit itself for storing and storing herbal product-related products such as the herbal product storage container and the herbal product tool described above. And herbal product-related products include product forms sold as a set. Further, in the present invention, as the above-mentioned herbal product storage container, for example, a container such as a container storing fruit flavors to be added to herbal products such as herbal tea as needed (hereinafter, referred to as “fruit flavor storage container”) may be used. Including.
[Prior art]
[0003]
Herbal products as described above, especially herbal teas, which are representative of them, have a unique color, taste and fragrance, and there are many dozens or more of them. For some reason, the number of people who drink and drink such herbal teas in specialty shops, coffee shops, or ordinary households has recently increased.
[0004]
Furthermore, as described above, herbal teas have different medicinal properties in addition to color, taste, and aroma, and therefore different types of herbal teas are blended with each other in appropriate amounts, and if necessary, fruit flavors are added to this. Many drinkers enjoy the taste. Above all, the combination of herbal teas is almost infinite, and new effects can be discovered by blending, so many people take this as a hobby. Such herbal teas have been drunk not only at stores specializing in herbal teas and coffee shops, but also recently at ordinary homes. For similar reasons, many people also use herbal products such as essential oils, vegetable oils, or herbal basic cosmetics.
[0005]
However, such herbal teas and other herbal products have reduced quality such as color, taste, and aroma depending on storage conditions, and thus special consideration is required for storage and storage. Particularly, in a place exposed to direct sunlight or a place of high temperature and high humidity, the quality is remarkably deteriorated, and therefore, it is usually stored in a moisture-proof paper, a plastic box or bag, or a closed container such as a glass bottle. And the herbal products stored in such a closed container, for example, the above-mentioned herbal tea is stored and stored in a glass cupboard or a cabinet with an open front side in a herbal tea specialty store or a coffee shop, or a general household. Generally.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a conventional herbal product storage device such as a glass cupboard or a cabinet with an open front side, the herb product in the container is discolored by light because external light passes through the glass door or directly hits the herbal product storage container. There was a disadvantage. In addition, the herb product storage container should be kept while maintaining the quality because it is easily affected by the surrounding temperature and humidity, and there is a concern that the herbal product inside the vessel may dry abnormally or get wet and mold. It was unsuitable for storing and keeping for a long time (at least within the expiration date or expiration date).
[0007]
Furthermore, since the conventional herbal product storage device as described above is fixed to a certain place and used, it cannot be freely moved to a desired location, and in addition, a very large amount of herbal product storage containers are required. There was a problem that storage and storage required a considerably large installation space.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and aims to compactly store and store a large amount of herbal product-related products without deteriorating the quality of herbal products. Provide herbal product kits (including herbal product-related products inside the kit, including the product form in which the kit and herbal product-related products are sold as a set) that can be moved to any location as needed. It is in.
[Means for Solving the Problems]
[0009]
An object of the present invention is to provide a first rack having a plurality of shelves in which a front side is opened and in which a plurality of kinds of herbal product storage containers are placed, and which has substantially the same shape as the first rack. A part of the plurality of shelves is provided so as to be openable and closable with a second rack set on a shelf on which utensils used for using the herbal product are placed, and the open front sides face each other. This is achieved by providing a kit for herbal products, characterized in that the inside is closed.
[0010]
Further, the above object of the present invention is more effectively achieved by providing a herbal product kit, wherein casters are provided at lower end portions of the first and second racks. .
[0011]
In addition, the above object of the present invention can be more effectively achieved by providing a herb product kit, wherein a shelf on which the herb product tool is placed is provided so as to be able to be pulled out to the front near side. Is done.
[0012]
In addition, the above object of the present invention provides a herbal product kit, wherein a stay for preventing the storage container from tipping over and falling is provided in front of a shelf on which the herbal product storage container is placed. To achieve more effectively.
[0013]
Still further, the above object of the present invention is more effectively achieved by providing a herbal product kit, wherein the herbal product storage container is made of a glass bottle, and the stay is made of a round bar.
[0014]
Hereinafter, the content of the present invention will be described in detail, taking as an example the case where the herbal product is herbal tea, which is the most preferred embodiment of the present invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to this embodiment as described later.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a herbal tea kit (hereinafter, referred to as “kit”) according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is opened at a substantially right angle and viewed obliquely from the front and front. FIG. It is.
[0016]
The kit 1 has a plurality of stages in which a glass herb tea bottle B, which is a storage container for herbal tea, is placed inside a box body whose periphery is closed by wood (cedar board) and which has an opening 11 on the front side. A plurality of first racks 10 each having five (in this embodiment, five) shelves 12 are provided inside a box body having a closed periphery and an opening 21 on the front side, similarly to the first rack 10. A second rack 20 provided with a plurality of shelves 22 on which a book herbal tea bottle B is placed is connected to a second rack 20 via a hinge 30 provided between the two in a direction indicated by an arrow X in FIGS. They are arranged so as to be openable and closable, and are configured such that the inside is closed when the opening 11 and the opening 22 face each other.
[0017]
FIGS. 3A and 3B show a state in which the two parts are closed in this manner. FIG. 3A is a left side view, FIG. 3B is a front view, and FIG. 3C is a right side view. As shown in the figure, casters C that can rotate in arbitrary directions are attached to the lower ends of the first rack 10 and the second rack 20 so that the first rack 10 and the second rack 20 can be manually connected. It can be opened and closed easily. Lock members 40a and 40b are provided on the outer sides of the first rack 10 and the second rack 20, and when the racks are closed, they are locked as shown in FIG. It is designed to be fixed. The material of the first rack 10 and the second rack 20 is desirably wood from the viewpoint of preservation conditions of herbal tea and commercial value as a storage tool, but a plastic plate or a metal plate is also applicable. It is possible to do.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 1, stays 13 and 23 made of round bars for preventing the herb bottle B from falling over and falling are rotatably supported in front of the shelves 12 and 22, that is, in front of the shelves. It is stretched. With this configuration, the herb bottle B can be easily attached to and detached from the shelves 12 and 22 without being damaged. The stays 13 and 23 can be made of fixed square bars or the like.
[0019]
In the kit 1, the lowermost shelf 22z of the plurality of second racks is set as a dedicated shelf for mounting a set of blending tools 25 to be described later, and the upper surface of the shelf 22z has a blending tool mounting table 24 As shown by a dotted line and an arrow Y in FIG.
[0020]
The set of blending tools 25 in this embodiment includes two herbal tea cups 25a, two hourglasses 25b, two wood scoops 25c, and one herbal tea scale 25d. A manual is attached. Note that the set of blending tools 25 is not limited to these tools, but may additionally include tools necessary for drinking herbal tea, such as spoons and tea cups.
[0021]
As shown in a plan view in FIG. 4, the drawer-type blending tool mounting table 24 on which the blending tool 25 is mounted has a herbal tea cup mounting section 24a, an hourglass mounting section 24b, and a woodscoop mounting section from the right side. 24c, a herb tea scale placement section 24d is engraved on the top surface of the table with a shape conforming to the contour shape of the utensil and a placement depth.
[0022]
FIG. 5 shows that a set of the blending tools 25 is placed on the blending tool mounting table 24 provided on the lowermost shelf 22z of the second rack 20, and a plurality of the blending tools 25 (10 FIG. 3 is a partial front view showing a state in which a herbal tea bottle B of (book) is placed. In the present embodiment, the herbal tea storage containers, herbal tea bottles B, are arranged side by side on the shelf 22. Instead of this herbal tea storage container, fruit flavor storage containers are arranged side by side. Is also good.
[0023]
As described above, the present kit 1 is configured such that the first rack 10 and the second rack 20 containing a set of herbal tea supplies can be easily aligned and closed, and the inside can be kept in a sealed state. The quality of herbal tea and fruit flavors can be maintained in good condition. In addition, since the whole is made compact by closing together, it does not take up installation space, and it can be freely moved to a desired place, which is very convenient.
[0024]
As described above, the content of the present invention has been described by taking as an example the case where the kit for herbal products is a kit for herbal tea.However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to herbal products, and is extracted from herbal raw materials, for example. As described above, essential oils and vegetable oils to be commercialized or herbal products such as herbal basic cosmetics may be used.
[0025]
Further, in the above embodiment, casters were provided at the lower end of each rack so that the racks could be moved. However, when a small set of herbal product-related articles stored in the rack was small, the casters could be deleted. is there.
[0026]
Further, it is desirable that the herb product tool mounting table is of a drawer type, but this may be fixed to the upper surface of the shelf, or a mounting rack dedicated to the herb product tool may be provided.
[0027]
In the present invention, the number of shelves to be installed and the number of stays attached to the shelves can be arbitrarily designed according to the amount of herbal product-related supplies to be stored and stored. The herb product storage container is not limited to a glass bottle, but can be applied to a plastic or metal bottle.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a large amount of herbal product-related products can be compactly stored and stored without deteriorating the quality of herbal products, and can be stored in any place as necessary. This has a practically remarkable effect of being able to move.
[0029]
The present invention is not limited to the kit itself for storing and storing herbal product-related products, but includes herbal product-related products inside the kit, and the kit and herbal product-related products are sold as a set. It is as described above that it includes the product form to be performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a herbal tea kit according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from the front.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.
3 is an elevation view of the herbal tea kit shown in FIG. 1, wherein (A) is a left side view, (B) is a front view, and (C) is a left side view.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a herbal tea kit mounting table.
FIG. 5 is a partial front view showing a mounted state of a herbal tea kit and a herbal tea container.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Herbal Tea Kit 10 First Rack 11 Opening 12 Shelf 13 Stay 20 Second Rack 21 Opening 22 Shelf 23 Stay 24 Herbal Tea Kit Placement Table 25 Blending Tool 30 Hinge 40 Locking Member C Caster

Claims (5)

A first rack having a front side opened and a plurality of shelves on which a plurality of kinds of herbal product storage containers are placed, and a first rack having substantially the same shape as the first rack, and having a plurality of shelves; A part of the herb product is provided so as to be openable and closable with a second rack set on a shelf on which tools used for using the herb product are placed, so that the open front sides face each other and the inside is closed. A kit for herbal products, characterized in that it is constituted. The herb product kit according to claim 1, wherein casters are provided at lower ends of the first and second racks. The herb product kit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shelf on which the herbal product tool is placed is provided so as to be able to be pulled out toward the front side. The herb product kit according to claim 1, wherein a stay for preventing the storage container from overturning or falling is provided in front of a shelf on which the herbal product storage container is placed. 5. The herbal product kit according to claim 4, wherein the herbal product storage container comprises a glass bottle, and the stay comprises a round bar.

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