JP2007289290A - Compact container - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact container for which a press operation part can be maintained to be beautiful structurally and press operability can be improved. <P>SOLUTION: The compact container comprises: a container main body 2 which has a side wall part 2b expressing successive side face appearance on the side edge of a bottom wall part 2a, and is opened and closed by a freely turnably connected lid body; a slit 4 which is formed along the length direction of the side wall part at the bottom wall part and freely elastically deforms the side wall part so as to be able to operate for pressing to the inner part of the container main body; a slide piece 5 which is provided in the container main body, concealed by the side wall part and slid and moved so as to be elastically restored by the elastic deformation of the side wall part; and a hook which is provided between the slide piece and the lid body, and freely engageably and disengageably engages the slide piece with the lid body according to the slide movement of the slide piece. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container capable of maintaining a pressing operation portion beautiful in structure and capable of improving the pressing operability.

Patent Document 1 is known as a compact container in which an engagement state between a container main body and a lid that closes the container main body is released by a push piece provided on a side portion of the container main body. In this Patent Document 1, an elastic member provided in the container body is elastically deformed by pressing a push piece provided on a side portion of the container body that is pivotally connected to the rear part. A makeup that moves the engaging convex portion of the elastic member that is detachably engaged with the engaging protrusion of the lid at the front portion of the container main body, so that the engaging convex portion is detached from the engaging protrusion. In order to give the elastic member the ability to elastically deform toward the rear of the container body, the elastic member is connected backward with respect to the push piece, and the engaging protrusion of the elastic member is directed toward the front of the container body. In addition, the engagement protrusion of the lid is formed to protrude toward the rear of the container body in order to engage the engagement protrusion.
JP 2005-130889 A

  By the way, in the background art, since the push piece to be pressed is exposed from the side portion of the container body, the design of the compact container is restricted, and the push piece and the side portion of the container body that exposes the push piece are restricted. There is a problem that dirt easily adheres to the gaps, and the dirt appears on the appearance of the compact container, and the beauty is easily impaired. Moreover, although the container main body side part has a considerable length dimension, a press operation part is limited only to a push piece part among this container main body side part. Since the push piece is incorporated as a separate part in the container body, if the push piece is excessively enlarged, there is a concern about operational stability. For this reason, the size of the push piece is set to be relatively small, and it is difficult to operate with such a small push piece, and there is a problem that the compact container may have to be held again.

  The present invention was devised in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a compact container capable of maintaining a pressing operation portion beautiful in structure and capable of improving the pressing operability. For the purpose.

  The compact container according to the present invention has a side wall part representing a series of side appearances at the side edge of the bottom wall part, and a container body that is opened and closed by a pivotally connected lid, and the bottom wall part includes the above-mentioned A slit that is formed along the length direction of the side wall portion and that is elastically deformable so that the side wall portion can be pressed into the container main body, and is provided in the container main body, concealed by the side wall portion, and the side wall A slide piece that is slidably moved to be elastically restored by elastically deforming the portion, and is provided between the slide piece and the lid, and the slide piece and the lid according to the slide movement of the slide piece And a hook for releasably engaging with each other.

  The container body has a pair of side wall portions, and a pair of the slits are formed corresponding to the side wall portions.

  The container body is provided with a front wall portion in which a hole portion through which the slide piece is formed is formed, and the lid body has a surface that covers the front wall portion and represents a series of front appearances. A hanging front wall portion is provided, and the hook is composed of an exposed portion of the slide piece exposed from the hole portion and a locking portion formed on the back surface of the hanging front wall portion. .

  The slide piece is provided with a sealing portion for sealing the slit with respect to the inside of the container main body.

  A biasing member that biases the lid body in the opening direction is provided between the container body and the lid body.

  The side wall is provided with a mark indicating a pressing operation position.

  In the compact container according to the present invention, the pressing operation portion can be maintained beautiful in structure and the pressing operability can be improved.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a compact container according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the compact container 1 according to the present embodiment basically has a side wall portion 2b representing a series of side surface appearances on a side edge of the bottom wall portion 2a, and is connected rotatably. The container body 2 that is opened and closed by the lid 3 and the bottom wall portion 2a are formed along the length direction of the side wall portion 2b, and can be elastically deformed so that the side wall portion 2b can be pressed into the container body 2 inward. A slide piece 5 which is provided in the container body 2 and is concealed by the side wall 2b and is slidably moved to be elastically restored by elastically deforming the side wall 2b, the slide piece 5 and the lid 3 and a hook 6 that detachably engages the slide piece 5 and the lid 3 in accordance with the sliding movement of the slide piece 5. The container body 2 has a pair of side wall portions 2b, and a pair of slits 4 are formed corresponding to the respective side wall portions 2b.

  The container body 2 has a front wall portion 2c, left and right side wall portions 2b, and a rear wall portion 2d formed at the front edge, the left and right side edges, and the rear edge of the bottom wall portion 2a, respectively, and the planar outer contour is formed in a rectangular shape. The The pair of left and right side wall portions 2b represent the appearance of the side surface of the compact container 1 along the wall surface, and the front wall portion 2c also represents the appearance of the front surface of the compact container 1 along the wall surface. Inside the container main body 2, a recess 9 is formed that is surrounded by the left and right side wall portions 2 b and the like, and stores an inner tray 8 that is filled with cosmetics and has two storage portions 7 in the front-rear direction for storing cosmetics. Is done. Each of the front wall 2c and the rear wall 2d facing the recess 9 is engagably engaged with an engagement projection 10 formed in a pair of front and rear portions on the middle plate 8, so that the middle plate 8 is recessed. An engaging recess 11 is formed to be held in the place 9.

  The lid body 3 is formed with a planar outer contour coinciding with the planar outer contour of the container main body 2, and the end plate 12 is attached to the lid body 3. A hinge block 13 is formed at the rear end of the lid 3 so as to hang down from this, and the container body 2 is formed with a pair of hinge pieces 14 protruding rearward from the left and right ends of the rear wall 2d, A hinge block 13 is inserted between the hinge pieces 14, and a pair of hinge pins 16 are inserted into the pin holes 15 formed in the hinge pieces 14 from the hinge pieces 14 to the hinge block 13. The lid 3 that opens and closes is pivotally connected. A hook piece 17 is formed at the center of the front end of the lid 3 so as to hang from the center.

  In the bottom wall portion 2a of the container body 2, slits 4 are formed in the front-rear direction along the length direction of the side wall portions 2b adjacent to the pair of left and right side wall portions 2b. Each of the side wall portions 2b is formed so as to be elastically deformable inward of the container body 2 by a pressing operation. In the illustrated example, these slits 4 are formed with a length that is about half the length of the rear wall 2d to the side wall 2b, but the length can be set as appropriate. The sidewall portion 2b may be formed over the entire length. Further, the arrangement position of the slit 4 is not limited to the illustrated example adjacent to the rear wall portion 2d, and may be disposed adjacent to the front wall portion 2c or in the center of the side wall portion 2b.

  The intermediate dish 8 is composed of a dish body 8a provided with the engagement protrusion 10 and a flange part 8b. The dish body 8a is formed so that the left-right dimension is shorter than the left-right dimension of the recess 9 and the front-rear dimension is equal to that of the recess 9 in order to secure a space Z that allows elastic deformation of the side wall 2b. It is formed by a rectangular planar outline that substantially matches the longitudinal dimension. In the center of the front end of the dish main body 8a, a recess 8c is formed by being recessed rearward, whereby a gap S is formed between the middle dish 8 and the front wall 2c. The eaves part 8b is formed to project outward from the upper end of the outer peripheral edge of the dish body 8a, reaches the front wall part 2c, the side wall part 2b, etc. of the container body 2 and is superimposed on them, so that the gap S And is configured to close the space Z. A notch 18 for inserting the hook portion 17 of the lid 3 into the gap S is formed at the front end of the flange portion 8b.

  The bottom wall 2a of the container main body 2 covered with the inner tray 8 accommodated in the recess 9 is recessed and formed in the center in the left-right direction of the container main body 2 from the front wall 2c toward the rear. A substantially T-shaped groove portion 19 is formed which includes a vertical groove 19 a and a horizontal groove 19 b formed from the rear end of the vertical groove 19 a to the pair of left and right slits 4. A thin plate-like slide piece 5 is provided in the groove 19.

  The slide piece 5 is disposed in the vertical groove 19a, is guided by the vertical groove 19a and is slidable in the front-rear direction, and is formed so as to be elastically deformable in the left-right direction from the rear end of the slide piece 5a. An elastic piece 5b that is elastically deformed in the horizontal groove 19b, and formed at both ends of the elastic piece 5b, arranged in the horizontal groove 19b, guided in the horizontal groove 19b, and slidable in the left-right direction. A pair of guide pieces 5c, and a pressing protrusion 5d formed so as to protrude on the back surface of the side wall portion 2b are formed integrally with each of the guide pieces 5c, and are attached to the groove portion 19 so that the 8 and the side wall portion 2b are arranged concealed.

  The elastic piece 5b of the slide piece 5 is formed in a convex arc shape toward the rear, and when the guide piece 5c slides in the container body 2 in the lateral groove 19b that restricts the moving direction of the guide piece 5c in the left-right direction. When the slide groove 5a is elastically deformed backward by the longitudinal groove 19a that restricts the moving direction of the slide piece 5a in the front-rear direction, the slide piece 5a is slid back to the container body 2 and the elastic piece 5b is elastically restored. At the same time, the guide piece 5c is slid to the side of the side wall 2b, and at the same time, the slide piece 5a is slid to the front of the container body 2.

  Accordingly, when the side wall 2b is pressed inwardly into the container body 2 to be elastically deformed, the guide piece 5c slides inward of the container body 2 via the pressing protrusion 5d, and the slide piece 5a moves rearward of the container body 2. When the slide operation is released and the pressing operation of the side wall portion 2b is released, the elastic piece 5b is elastically restored, the slide piece 5a slides toward the front of the container body 2, and the guide piece 5c slides toward the side wall portion 2b. 5d is stopped facing the back surface of the side wall 2b.

  On the front end side of the slide piece 5 a of the slide piece 5, a leg portion 20 is formed by being positioned upward in the gap S between the front wall portion 2 c and the inner tray 8. Is projected forward of the container body 2 to form the engaging portion 20a. Using the gap S, the engaging portion 20a is moved in the front-rear direction according to the sliding movement of the slide piece 5a. In addition, a protrusion 17a is formed at the lower end of the hook piece 17 of the lid 3 so as to protrude rearward of the container body 2 and engage with the engaging portion 20a of the slide piece 5 in a detachable manner. The hooks 6 for maintaining the closed state of the lid 3 are configured by the protrusions 17a and the engaging portions 20a.

  Further, a torsion spring 21 is provided as a biasing member between the rear wall 2 d of the container body 2 and the hinge block 13 of the lid 3. A recess 22 is formed in the rear wall 2d, and a hole 23 is formed in one end of the hinge block 13, and the torsion spring 21 is mounted in the hole 23, and the one end is locked in the hole 23. At the same time, the other end is inserted into the container body 2 through the recess 22 and is locked to the rear wall 2d of the container body 2. The torsion spring 21 is torsionally deformed when the lid 3 is closed, accumulates an elastic repulsive force, and urges the lid 3 against the container body 2 in the opening direction by the elastic repulsive force.

  The operation of the compact container 1 according to this embodiment will be described. At the time of assembly, the slide piece 5 is disposed in the groove portion 19 of the container body 2. The slide piece 5 disposed in the groove portion 19 is concealed by the side wall portion 2b, and the pressing protrusion 5d is brought into contact with the back surface of the side wall portion 2b. Next, while the torsion spring 21 is disposed between the hinge block 13 and the rear wall portion 2d of the container body 2, the hinge block 13 is connected between the hinge pieces 14 by the hinge pins 16 so that the lid 3 is attached to the container body 2. Attach to the slewing lever. Thereafter, the inner tray 8 is mounted in the recess 9. When the middle pan 8 is attached, the engaging portion 20a of the slide piece 5 is positioned in the gap S, and the gap S, the space Z between the side wall 2b and the middle tray 8, and the slit 4 are formed by the middle tray 8. Concealed.

  In using the compact container 1, when the opened lid 3 is closed, the hook piece 17 of the lid 3 enters the gap S through the notch 18 formed in the flange 8 b of the inner tray 8. enter in. The protrusion 17a of the hook piece 17 that has entered the gap S abuts on the engaging portion 20a and presses it toward the rear of the container body 2. When the engaging portion 20a is pressed, the slide piece 5a of the slide piece 5 slides backward against the elastic force of the elastic piece 5b, so that the protrusion 17a enters below the engaging portion 20a. And the closed state of the container body 2 by the lid 3 is maintained.

  On the other hand, when the lid 3 is opened, the side wall 2b of the container body 2 is pressed with a finger or the like. When the side wall 2b is pressed inwardly into the container body 2, the guide piece 5c slides inwardly from the left and right sides via the pressing protrusion 5d, and the elastic piece 5b is elastically moved backward in the container body 2. As a result, the slide piece 5a is slid to the rear of the container body 2. By the sliding movement of the slide piece 5a, the engaging portion 20a of the slide piece 5 is detached from the protrusion 17a of the hook piece 17. When the engaging portion 20a is detached from the protrusion 17a, the lid 3 is lifted upward by the torsion spring 21 so as to be separated from the container body 2.

  Once the lid 3 is lifted by the action of the torsion spring 21, even if the slide piece 5 is elastically restored, the engaging portion 20a is not re-engaged with the hook piece 17, and the lid 3 is smoothly opened. can do. After the lid 3 is lifted by the torsion spring 21, if the finger is released from the side wall 2b, the slide piece 5a and the guide piece 5c are moved toward the front of the container body 2 and the side of the side wall 2b by the elastic return action of the elastic piece 5b, respectively. The sliding movement causes the pressing protrusion 5d of the guide piece 5c to stop facing the back surface of the side wall portion 2b, and waits for the opening operation of the lid 3 again.

  By the way, in the compact container 1 according to the present embodiment, the slide piece 5 to be pressed is concealed by the side wall portion 2b representing the side appearance of the compact container 1, so The design is not restricted by the push piece exposed on the side of the main body, the degree of freedom in external design can be improved, and the press operation part can be prevented from being contaminated due to the appearance being exposed. The beauty of the part can be maintained appropriately in structure. In addition, it is possible to widely secure the pressing operation portion on the side wall portion 2b, and it is possible to open the lid body 3 by pressing operation in a wide range, and the operability can be improved. Further, since the pair of slits 4 is formed corresponding to the pair of left and right side wall portions 2b of the container body 2, the slide piece 5 is slid and moved with a lighter operating force than when the slit 4 is provided only on one side wall portion 2b. Can be made.

  In addition, since the torsion spring 21 that biases the lid 3 in the opening direction is provided between the container body 2 and the lid 3, the side wall 2 b is pressed to temporarily engage the engagement portion 20 a and the hook piece 17. If the engagement is released, even if the finger is released from the side wall 2b, they are not engaged again, and the lid 3 can be smoothly opened.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the slit 4 is formed in each of the pair of side wall portions 2b has been described as an example. However, the slit 4 may be formed only in one of the side wall portions 2b. Of course.

  7 to 13 show another embodiment of the compact container 1 according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, unlike the above-described embodiment, the front wall 2c of the container body 2 is formed with a hole 24 that penetrates the front end of the slide piece 5a of the slide piece 5, and the lid 3 At the front end, a drooping front wall 3a is formed which covers the entire front wall 2c from the front and has a surface representing a series of front appearances of the compact container 1 instead of the front wall 2c. Then, the exposed part 25 of the slide piece 5a exposed from the hole 24 of the front wall 2c is detachably engaged with the hanging front wall 3a on the back surface facing the front wall 2c of the container body 2. A concave groove-shaped engaging portion 26 is formed, and the hook 6 is configured by the engaging portion 26 and the exposed portion 25.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the U-shaped guide piece 5c slides in the forward folded portion 28 and the backward folded portion 29 that are folded back inward from the base portion 27 extending in the front-rear direction of the container body 2. The front groove 19c and the rear groove 19d are individually guided, and the front groove 19c and the rear groove 19d are formed in the lateral groove 19b via a connecting groove 19e that allows the base 27 to slide inward of the container body 2. Connected. Further, the pressing protrusion 5d is not provided. Further, since the hook 6 is composed of the exposed portion 25 and the engaging portion 26 of the slide piece 5a, the leg portion 20 and the engaging portion 20a, the hook piece 17 and the projection 17a, and also the notch of the flange portion 8b. The part 18 is also not provided.

  In particular, the slit 4 is formed with a length substantially covering the entire length of the side wall 2b, and a recess 30 is formed along the length direction of the slit 4 on the inner wall surface facing the recess 9 of the side wall 2b. The base 27 of the guide piece 5 c of the slide piece 5 is formed with a width dimension that reaches the inside of the recess 30 across the slit 4. The base portion 27 of the guide piece 5 c functions as a sealing portion that seals the slit 4 with respect to the inside of the container body 2. In addition, in this embodiment, the storage part 7 of the inner tray 8 is made into one, and the clearance gap S between the inner tray 8 and the front wall part 2c is also unnecessary.

  Even in this embodiment, the compact container 1 can be assembled by incorporating the slide piece 5 in the container body 2, connecting the lid 3 to the container body 2, and mounting the inner tray 8 in the recess 9. it can. The closing operation and the opening operation of the lid body 3 can also be performed in the same manner as in the above embodiment. When the lid body 3 is opened, if the side wall portion 2b of the container body 2 is pressed with a finger or the like, Through the base 27 of the inserted guide piece 5c, the guide piece 5c slides inward from the left and right sides of the container body 2 while maintaining the state in which the slit 4 is sealed. By sliding to the rear of the container body 2, the exposed portion 25 of the slide piece 5 can be immersed in the container body 2 through the hole 24, and the exposed portion 25 can be detached from the locking portion 26 to open the lid 3. It becomes.

  Particularly in the present embodiment, a hole 24 is formed in the front wall 2c of the container body 2 in place of the notch 18 of the flange 8b of the above-described embodiment, and a slide piece is formed through the hole 24. Since the exposed portion 25 of 5a and the engaging portion 26 of the lid 3 are detachably engaged with each other, there is no need to set a gap S, and the capacity of the inner tray 8 can be increased and stored. It is possible to increase the filling amount of the cosmetic filled in the portion 7, and to separate the storage portion 7 and the hole 24 of the inner tray 8 by a considerable distance via the upper end edge of the front wall portion 2c. Therefore, it is possible to prevent cosmetics and the like from entering the container body 2 through the hole 24 and sticking. Moreover, since the slit 4 is sealed with respect to the inside of the container main body 2 at the base portion 27 of the guide piece 5 c, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the container main body 2 from the slit 4. Moreover, the structure of the hook 6 can be simplified compared with the said embodiment.

  FIG. 14 shows a modification of the above embodiment. In this modification, a convex portion 31 is formed on the side wall portion 2b so as to slightly protrude toward the container body 2 side. The convex portion 31 functions as a mark indicating the operation position. Such a convex part 31 may be constituted by a nameplate or the like. The compact container 1 according to the present embodiment has a flat appearance throughout and has a unique and excellent design. For this reason, there is a concern that the opening / closing operation part of the lid 3 is difficult to understand. However, the convex portion 31 allows the user to appropriately recognize that the opening / closing operation portion of the lid 3 is on the side wall portion 2b of the container body 2. Even in such a modification, it is a matter of course that the same operational effects as those of the above-described embodiment are exhibited.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows suitable one Embodiment of the compact container concerning this invention. It is a sectional side view of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view from the front upper direction of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view from the front lower direction of the compact container of FIG. It is a top view of the state which removed the inner plate of the compact container of FIG. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the torsion spring attachment part periphery of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the compact container concerning this invention. It is a sectional side view of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view from the front upper direction of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view from the front lower part of the compact container of FIG. It is a top view of the state which removed the inner plate of the compact container of FIG. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the side wall part periphery of the compact container of FIG. It is a principal part expanded sectional view which shows the pressing operation state of the side wall part of the compact container of FIG. It is a perspective view from the front upper part which shows the modification of the compact container concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container 2 Container body 2a Bottom wall part 2b Side wall part 2c Front wall part 3 Cover body 3a Hanging front wall part 4 Slit 5 Slide piece 6 Hook 21 Torsion spring 24 Hole part 25 Exposed part 26 Locking part 27 Base part of guide piece 31 Convex

Claims (6)

  A container body having a side wall portion representing a series of side appearances on a side edge of the bottom wall portion, opened and closed by a pivotally connected lid, and the bottom wall portion along the length direction of the side wall portion A slit that is elastically deformable so that the side wall can be pressed into the container body, and is concealed by the side wall and elastically deformed by the side wall. A slide piece that is slidably moved so as to be elastically returnable, and is provided between the slide piece and the lid body. The slide piece and the lid body are detachably engaged according to the slide movement of the slide piece. A compact container comprising a hook for carrying out the operation.   The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the container body has a pair of side wall portions, and the slits are formed in pairs corresponding to the side wall portions.   The container body is provided with a front wall portion in which a hole portion through which the slide piece is formed is formed, and the lid body has a surface that covers the front wall portion and represents a series of front appearances. A hanging front wall portion is provided, and the hook is composed of an exposed portion of the slide piece exposed from the hole portion and a locking portion formed on the back surface of the hanging front wall portion. The compact container according to claim 1 or 2.   The said slide piece is provided with the sealing part for sealing the said slit with respect to the said container main body inner side, The compact container in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The compact container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a biasing member that biases the lid body in an opening direction is provided between the container body and the lid body.   The compact container according to claim 1, wherein a mark indicating a pressing operation position is provided on the side wall portion.

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