JP2005334548A - Compact container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily attach and detach the cosmetic housing inner tray of a compact container. <P>SOLUTION: In a compact container for which an inner tray 6 for housing a cosmetic is fitted into a housing recessed part 7, both left and right parts of one part of a housing recessed part peripheral wall are formed into engaging plates 8 which are connected at an upper part and suspended and can be elastically swung in both inner and outer directions, and recessed and projected engaging means 11 are provided on the inner surface of the engaging plate and the outer surface of the inner tray 6. Also, a part of the bottom wall of the housing recessed part is turned to an elastic swing plate 13 which can be elastically swung in a vertical direction, and the free end of the swing plate is brought into close contact with or abutted to the lower end part of both engaging plates 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cosmetic compact container.

  As a compact container, a container in which an inner frame is fitted in a dish-shaped container body and an inner dish filled with cosmetics is fitted in the inner frame is widely known. Considering its economic efficiency, these compact containers only replace the inner dish filled with cosmetics when the stored cosmetics run out, or are filled with cosmetics of different colors, types, etc. as the stored cosmetics diversify The middle dish is changed during use.

The applicant previously filed a patent application for a compact container in which the inner dish can be easily removed (Patent Document 1). In this way, the elastic swing formed on the bottom wall of the concave part for accommodating the inner dish in the container body When the plate is pushed up, the elastic engagement plate that engages with the concave and convex portions of the inner plate storage recess partly opens at both sides faster than the middle part of the engagement plate cross-section, so that the middle of the engagement plate Therefore, in order to swing the entire engaging plate to the outside of the intermediate dish storage recess, the elastic swing plate must be lifted once and then not lifted again in order to swing the entire engaging plate. In some cases, it was not possible to move in the middle.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-372105

  In the present invention, the engagement plate easily swings outward by pushing up the elastic rocking plate, and therefore the continuously rising elastic rocking plate pushes up a part of the inner plate so that the intermediate plate can be easily removed. It is provided so that it can be performed.

In a compact container in which the inner tray 6 is fitted into the storage recess 7 of the container body 1 as a first means,
The left and right parts of the peripheral wall of the storage recess are formed as a pair of left and right engagement plates 8 that are connected at the top and can be elastically swayed in both the inside and outside directions. The outer surface of the dish is engaged with the engaging means 11, and a part of the bottom wall of the storage recess is formed on the elastic rocking plate 13 in the vertical direction, and the free ends of the rocking plates are connected to the two engaging plates. Both engagement plates 8 are moved to the outside by pushing the elastic rocking plate 13 from the lower side of the container main body, and both engaging means 11 are detached and the elastic rocking plate 13 is moved to the middle plate. 6 was formed so that it could be pushed up.

  As a second means, the first means is provided and a gap is provided between the engagement plates, and all or a part of the gap is closed with an elastic thin plate 23.

  As a third means, the housing recess 7 is formed by the bottomed frame 5 having the first or second means and fitted into the storage chamber of the container body, and the peripheral wall of the storage recess is a frame of the bottomed frame. The bottom wall of the storage recess is formed by the bottom wall portion of the bottomed frame, and a window hole for lifting the swing plate is opened in the bottom wall portion of the container body below the elastic swing plate 13.

  As a fourth means, there is provided a frame 18 having the first or second means and the housing recess 7 fitted on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the container main body and the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the container main body standing up from the outer periphery of the bottom wall. The inner wall of the peripheral wall was formed, and the peripheral wall of the housing recess was formed of the peripheral wall of the frame.

  According to the first aspect, the engagement plates 8 are formed as a pair of left and right so that each of the engagement plates can be pushed up by the free end of the elastic rocking plate. Therefore, a part of the inner tray is pushed up following the outward extrusion of the engaging plate, and thus the inner tray 6 can be easily and quickly removed from the storage recess.

  According to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, both the engagement plates 8 are reinforced by the elastic thin plate 23, and each engagement plate is elastically oscillated over a long period by pushing up the free end of the elastic oscillating plate. However, the engagement plate can be prevented from being damaged.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first and second claims, the structure can be simplified because the entire housing recess 7 and the bottomed frame 5 can be formed. A plurality of storage recesses 7 can be formed inside.

  According to the fourth aspect, in addition to the effects of the first and second claims, it is easy to form the peripheral wall of the storage recess 7 and a plurality of storage recesses can be formed in the container body.

  The drawings will be described below. First, a first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described.

  First, a conventional well-known structure will be briefly described. Reference numeral 1 denotes a container body of a compact container. The main body and a lid body 2 that opens and closes the upper surface of the main body are pivotally attached to each rear part and engaged with each front part. Yes. The container body has a recess 3 as shown in FIG. 1, and a bottomed frame 5 having an intermediate portion in the left-right direction partitioned by a partition wall 4 is fitted into the recess, while the left frame portion in the illustrated example. The inside is a storage recess 7 for fitting a tray 6 for storing cosmetics.

  An intermediate tray removing device is provided in the storage recess. In the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of left and right parts of the frame peripheral wall forming the peripheral wall of the housing recess are connected to the upper part and are suspended so as to be elastically swingable in both the inner and outer directions. A concave and convex engaging means 11 is formed by a concave portion 9 and a convex portion 10 formed on the engaging plate 8 and formed on the inner surfaces of these engaging plates and the outer surface of the inner tray 6. A part of the bottomed frame bottom wall 12 is formed on the elastic rocking plate 13 in the vertical direction, and the free end of the elastic rocking plate is brought into contact with the lower inner edges of the engaging plates 8 as shown in FIG. The container means bottom wall 14 below the elastic rocking plate 13 is opened 15 and brought into contact with or close to each other, and the engagement means is formed by pushing up the elastic rocking plate 13 through the opening as shown in FIG. 11 was removed, and it was continuously pushed up so that a part of the outer periphery of the inner tray 6 was pushed up by the elastic rocking plate as shown in FIG.

  The elastic rocking plate portion above the opening 15 is preferably recessed so that the recessed portion is normally loosely inserted into the opening.

  In the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 3, a considerable gap is provided between the engagement plates 8 and the plate 16 is suspended from the middle portion of the upper edge of the gap. However, the plate may be omitted, and the gap is also narrow. I can do it.

  Further, the convex portion 10 for the engaging means described above is provided on the gap side between the respective engaging plates 8, and a protruding ridge 17 is provided vertically on the side of the convex portion opposite to the engaging plate side portion. ing. As shown in FIG. 2, these raised ridges are provided such that when the free end of the elastic oscillating plate 13 is pushed up, the free plate is in contact with the inner surface of the raised ridge so that the engaging plate 8 oscillates outward. It is.

  6, 7 and 8 show a second embodiment. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

  In this embodiment, the bottomed frame 5 in the first embodiment is replaced with a bottomless frame 18, so that the elastic rocking plate 13 is formed by a part of the bottom wall 14 of the container body. As shown in the figure, the elastic rocking plate 13 is provided with an elastic plate 20 as a separate member having a thin elastic deformation portion 19 at the base portion, and a window in which the elastic plate base end portion is formed in the bottom wall of the housing recess. The hole 21 may be fixed to the inner surface of the side portion, or may be formed as it is on the bottom wall of the housing recess. It is desirable to provide a ridge 22 on the upper surface of the free end.

  In the case of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a gap is provided between the pair of left and right engaging plates 8 and the upper half of the gap is closed by the elastic thin plate 23. The elastic thin plate is used to reinforce both engaging plates 8 and may block the entire gap.

It is a container main body top view of this invention container. 1 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part of the container. 2 is a front view of the main part. Fig. 1 shows the push-up operation of the pan. Fig. 1a shows a state where the pan is fitted into the storage recess, Fig. 2B shows a state where the pan is engaged, and Fig. 1C shows a state where the pan is pushed up. It is explanatory drawing which shows. It is a perspective view of a container main part. It is an expanded sectional view of the container important section shown in a 2nd embodiment. 5 is an enlarged front view of the main part. It is an expanded sectional view of the container principal part shown in a different position from FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 5 Bottomed frame 6 Middle dish 7 Storage recessed part 8 Engagement plate 10 Convex part
11 Engaging means 13 Elastic rocking plate
17 Raised ridge 18 Frame
21 Window hole

Claims (4)

In a compact container in which the inner tray 6 is fitted into the storage recess 7 of the container body 1,
The left and right parts of the peripheral wall of the storage recess are formed as a pair of left and right engagement plates 8 that are connected at the top and can be elastically swayed in both the inside and outside directions. The outer surface of the dish is engaged with the engaging means 11, and a part of the bottom wall of the storage recess is formed on the elastic rocking plate 13 in the vertical direction, and the free ends of the rocking plates are connected to the two engaging plates. Both engagement plates 8 are moved to the outside by pushing the elastic rocking plate 13 from the lower side of the container main body, and both engaging means 11 are detached and the elastic rocking plate 13 is moved to the middle plate. A compact container characterized in that 6 can be pushed up. 2. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein a gap is provided between the engaging plates, and all or a part of the gap is closed with an elastic thin plate. The storage recess 7 is formed by a bottomed frame 5 fitted into the storage chamber of the container body, the storage recess peripheral wall is the frame portion of the bottomed frame, and the storage recess bottom wall is the bottom wall portion of the bottomed frame. The compact container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that each is formed and a window hole for pushing up the swing plate is opened in the bottom wall portion of the container main body below the elastic swing plate (13). The storage recess 7 is formed by the upper surface of the bottom wall of the container body and the inner surface of the peripheral wall 18 of the frame 18 fitted to the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the container body that stands up from the outer periphery of the bottom wall. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the compact container is formed.