JP2007076695A - Container fitted to beverage can - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container capable of improving the flexibility of a size of engaging protrusions, fitted surely on a can, and easily attached on and detached from the can. <P>SOLUTION: The container has a pedestal fitted to the can and a lid part fitted to the pedestal, and stores an article between the pedestal part and the lid part. The pedestal part is equipped with a plurality of swinging parts respectively connected through a thin hinge and integrally molded. In addition, under a condition that respective swinging parts are inclined to the can side, the lid part is fitted to the pedestal part from the opposite side of the can to store the hinges. Furthermore, on the inside of the respective swinging parts inclined to the can side, engaging parts to be engaged with the can are formed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a container that is attached to a can such as a beverage, and that relates to a container that stores a beverage promotion product or a free gift.

It has already been known to sell promotional goods or premiums attached to cans such as beverages. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-267384 discloses a can beverage vending machine with a case body having the same diameter as a beverage can body detachably attached so that a beverage with a free gift can be sold by a can beverage vending machine. It is disclosed that it can be sold in a size and shape. The case body is adapted to be fitted to a pedestal that is locked to the beverage can.
JP 2003-267384 A

  In the container disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-267384, in order to lock the pedestal to the can and to fit the case body to the pedestal, it is necessary to provide a protrusion for locking. In particular, in order to lock the pedestal with respect to the can, since the can is difficult to elastically deform, it is necessary to provide a sufficiently large locking protrusion on the pedestal.

  However, when the locking protrusion is too large, it is difficult to remove the mold used for molding the base from the base after the base molding. Therefore, it has been difficult to form a sufficiently large locking protrusion.

  In addition, even if a sufficiently large locking protrusion can be formed, there is a problem that it is difficult to attach to and remove from the can if the fitting is too tight.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a container that improves the degree of freedom of the size of the engaging protrusion, can be securely attached to the can, and can be easily attached to and detached from the can.

  In order to achieve the above object, a container according to the present invention is a container that has a pedestal portion attached to a can and a lid portion attached to the pedestal portion, and stores objects between the pedestal portion and the lid portion. The pedestal part includes a plurality of swing parts integrally molded connected to each other through thin hinges. Then, the lid portion is fitted to the pedestal portion from the opposite side of the can in a state where the swinging portions are inclined to the can side, and the hinge is accommodated. Furthermore, an engaging portion that engages with the can is formed inside each of the swinging portions inclined to the can side.

  Since the engaging portion that engages the can is formed in a plurality of integrally formed oscillating portions connected to the pedestal portion via thin-walled hinges, the oscillating portion is formed in a shape parallel to the pedestal portion. In this case, a sufficiently large engaging portion can be easily molded. Then, if the swinging portion is tilted toward the can, it can be easily engaged with the can. Furthermore, since the lid portion is configured to be fitted to the pedestal portion from the opposite side of the can with the swing portion inclined to the can side, the swing portion is regulated from the outside by the lid portion, The pedestal can be attached to the can easily and reliably.

  In the container, it is preferable that an engaging portion that engages with the lid portion is formed outside each swinging portion that is inclined toward the can. Thereby, the engaging part which engages with the cover part can also be made sufficiently large.

<1. Container configuration>
FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 5 shows the structure of each part of the container which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view (A), a right side view (B), a front view (C), a cross-sectional view taken along line II (D), and a bottom view (E) of the pedestal portion 5 with the swinging portion 10 opened. It is. 2 is a plan view (A), a right side view (B), a front view (C), and a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II (D) in a state where the swinging portion 10 of the same pedestal portion 5 is inclined toward the beverage can 90 side. It is a bottom view (E). FIG. 3 is a plan view (A), a right side view (B), a front view (C), a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III (D), and a bottom view (E) of the lid portion 6. FIG. 4 is a perspective view (A) and a sectional view (B) showing a combined state of the pedestal portion 5 and the lid portion 6. FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the state of attachment to the beverage can 90. This container has a pedestal portion 5 that engages with the can and a lid portion 6 that engages with the pedestal portion, and a space between the pedestal portion 5 and the lid portion 6 is a storage space.

<1-1. Base 5>
The pedestal portion 5 includes a flat plate portion 54, a pair of first side wall portions 51 that rise vertically from both ends of the flat plate portion 54, a pair of second side wall portions 52, and a hinge 15 from each first side wall portion 51. And an oscillating portion 10 to be connected. The pedestal portion 5 including the flat plate portion 54, the first side wall portion 51, the second side wall portion 52, and the swinging portion 10 is integrally molded. In particular, the hinge 15 connecting the first side wall portion 51 and the swinging portion 10 is formed as a foldable thin portion. In order to form a hinge by such a thin part, it is preferable that the base part 5 is made of, for example, polypropylene, and the thickness of the thin part is about 0.3 mm. The thickness of the thin portion is not limited to this, and can be set as appropriate to give the thin portion desired springiness or ease of deformation.

  The swinging portion 10 is formed with a first engaging protrusion 11 that engages with the cap of the beverage can. The first engaging protrusion 11 is formed on the free end side of the swinging portion 10 and has an arc shape in accordance with the outer periphery of the mouthpiece of the beverage can. Further, the rocking portion 10 is formed with a second engagement projection 12 and a thick portion 14 on the surface opposite to the first engagement projection 11. The second engaging protrusion 12 is formed at the center of the swinging portion 10, and a pair of thick portions 14 are formed at positions sandwiching the second engaging protrusion 12. When engaged with a beverage can as will be described later, the first engagement protrusion 11 is bent inside and the second engagement protrusion 12 is bent outside by a hinge 15.

A first guide 41 rises from the upper end of the first side wall 51, and a second guide 42 rises from the upper end of the second side wall 52. The upper end of the first guide 41 is higher than the upper end of the second guide 42.
A first stopper 43 is formed on the surface of the swinging portion 10 on the second engagement protrusion 12 side, and a second stopper 44 is formed on the outer side of the second side wall portion 52.

<1-2. Lid 6>
The lid portion 6 includes a flat plate portion 63 and a side wall portion 61 that extends vertically from the outer periphery of the flat plate portion 63. A third engagement protrusion 62 that engages with the second engagement protrusion 12 of the base portion 5 is formed on the inner surface near the lower end of the side wall portion 61. Further, a recess 64 is formed at the lower end of the side wall 61 of the lid 6.

<1-3. Assembly state>
As shown in FIG. 5, first, the base portion 5 is placed on the upper surface of the beverage can 90. At this time, the swinging of the swinging part 10 is not restricted. Next, the lid 6 is put on the pedestal 5. When the pair of first guides 41 of the pedestal portion 5 is accommodated in the side wall portion 61 of the lid portion 6, the longitudinal direction is substantially positioned, and the pair of second guides 42 of the pedestal portion 5 is accommodated in the side wall portion 61 of the lid portion 6. Then, the short direction is almost positioned.

  When the lid portion 6 is pushed in accordance with the guidance of the first guide 41 and the second guide 42, the third engagement projection 62 of the lid portion 6 gets over the second engagement projection 12 of the pedestal portion 5 and engages with each other. And the lower end of the side wall part 61 of the cover part 6 contacts the 1st stopper 43 of the base part 5, and the recessed part 64 of the cover part 6 contacts the 2nd stopper 44 of the base part 5, and the pushing direction is also positioned. . At this time, the lower end of the side wall 61 of the lid 6 passes outside the hinge 15 and is positioned below the hinge 15, so that the lid 6 accommodates the hinge 15. Accordingly, the swinging portion 10 of the pedestal portion 5 is in a state where the swinging outward is restricted by the lid portion 6. The base portion 5 placed on the upper surface of the beverage can 90 is engaged with the base of the beverage can 90 by the first engagement protrusion 11.

  In addition, since the thick portion 14 is appropriately provided in the swinging portion 10, the swinging outward can be reliably controlled.

  In addition, the container can be easily attached to the beverage can 90 by fitting the lid portion 6 to the base portion 5 and then fitting it to the beverage can 90. This is because the end surface of the first engaging protrusion 11 on the free end side of the swinging portion 10 is a tapered surface, and this can be pressed against the beverage can 90 even when the lid portion 6 is fitted to the base portion 5. This is because the first engaging protrusion 11 can easily be elastically deformed to the extent that it can get over the outer edge of the mouthpiece of the beverage can 90. The elastic deformation of the container can be obtained by deformation of the hinge 15 formed by the thin wall portion, deformation of the lid portion 6 or the like.

<2. Manufacturing method>
The container can be manufactured by ordinary injection molding using a mold having a shape corresponding to the base part 5 and the lid part 6. Here, in particular, the pedestal portion 5 has a state in which the swinging portion 10 is substantially parallel to the flat plate portion 54 as shown in FIG. 1, that is, the protruding direction of the first engaging protrusion 11 and the second engaging protrusion 12 is the flat plate portion. It can be molded in a state of being substantially perpendicular to 54. Thereby, when taking out the base part 5 from a metal mold | die, since the 1st engagement protrusion 11 and the 2nd engagement protrusion 12 do not become an obstruction, the 1st engagement protrusion 11 and the 2nd engagement protrusion 12 are made large enough. Can be

<3. Effects of this embodiment>
The container can provide the beverage promotion or giveaway together with the beverage by accommodating the beverage promotion or giveaway and engaging the beverage can base.

  In this container, the first engaging protrusion 11 that engages with the beverage can 90 is formed in the integrally formed swinging portion 10 that is connected to at least both ends of the base portion 5 via the thin hinges 15. If the moving part 10 is molded in a shape parallel to the pedestal part 5, a sufficiently large engaging part can be easily molded.

  And if the rocking | swiveling part 10 is inclined to the drink can 90 side, the 1st engagement protrusion 11 can be easily engaged with the drink can 90. FIG. Further, since the lid portion 6 is fitted to the base portion 5 from the opposite side of the beverage can 90 in a state where the swinging portion 10 is inclined toward the beverage can 90 side, the lid portion 6 can accommodate the hinge 15. The swing part 10 is regulated from the outside, and the base part 5 can be easily and reliably attached to the can.

  Moreover, since the 2nd engagement protrusion 12 engaged with the cover part 6 is formed in the outer side of the rocking | swiveling part 10 inclined to the drink can 90 side, the 2nd engagement protrusion 12 engaged with the cover part 6 is formed. Can also be made large enough.

  Therefore, the container can be firmly engaged with the beverage can 90, and the possibility that the container is unintentionally detached in a beverage vending machine or the like is low. On the other hand, because of the structure of the lid 6, elastic deformation is easy, so that it can be easily removed if it is intentionally disengaged.

  Furthermore, the degree of freedom of the size of the first engagement protrusion is increased. For this reason, when the size of the cap of the beverage can to be engaged is slightly different for each manufacturer, the size of the first engagement protrusion 11 can be arbitrarily set without redesigning from the outer dimensions of the base portion 5. Can design. Therefore, it is possible to easily design a container that fits into the can.

<4. Modification>
Although the preferred embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the shapes described above. For example, in the illustrated example, the planar shape of the pedestal portion 5 and the lid portion 6 is a barrel shape, but is not limited thereto, and may be a circular shape. Moreover, although the rocking | swiveling part 10 was provided in two places of the both ends of the base part 5, you may provide in three or more places on the outer periphery of the base part 5. FIG.

  Moreover, although demonstrated as a container engaged with the drink can 90 in the said embodiment, not only a drink can but another kind of can may be used.

They are the top view (A) of the state which opened the rocking | swiveling part 10 of the base part 5, a right view (B), a front view (C), a II sectional view (D), and a bottom view (E). A plan view (A), a right side view (B), a front view (C), a cross-sectional view taken along line II-II (D), and a bottom view of the same pedestal portion 5 with the swinging portion 10 tilted toward the beverage can 90 side. (E). It is the top view (A), right side view (B), front view (C), III-III sectional view (D), and bottom view (E) of the cover part 6. FIG. 4 is a perspective view (A) and a sectional view (B) showing a combined state of the pedestal portion 5 and the lid portion 6. It is a figure explaining the attachment state to the drink can.

Explanation of symbols

11 1st engagement protrusion, 12 2nd engagement protrusion, 14 Thick part, 15 Hinge, 41 1st guide, 42 2nd guide, 43 1st stopper, 44 2nd stopper, 5 Base part, 51 1st side wall Part, 52 second side wall part, 54 flat plate part, 6 lid part, 61 side wall part, 63 flat plate part, 64 concave part, 90 beverage can (can)

Claims (2)

A pedestal part to be attached to the can, and a lid part to be attached to the pedestal part, and a container for accommodating an object between the pedestal part and the lid part,
The pedestal portion includes a plurality of integrally formed swinging portions that are connected via thin-walled hinges, respectively.
In the state where each of the swinging portions is inclined to the can side, the lid portion is fitted to the pedestal portion from the opposite side of the can to accommodate the hinge,
A container in which an engaging portion that engages with the can is formed inside each of the swinging portions inclined to the can side. In claim 1,
The container in which the engaging part which engages with the said cover part is formed in the outer side of each said rocking | swiveling part inclined to the said can side.

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