JP2008265845A - Cap to be mounted on beverage can - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cap securing attachment to a can by improving freedom in a size of an engaging part and forming the engaging part extending approximately along the entire circumference of a mouthpiece of the can while reserving a storage space for a support material or a free gift. <P>SOLUTION: The cap includes a pair of integrally molded swinging parts connected via thin-walled hinges. In the pair of swinging parts, a pair of engaging parts are formed, each engaging with an approximately half circumference of the mouthpiece of the can, and a fixing part fixing the swinging parts to each other is formed while the pair of engaging parts are combined in a circular shape. Further, an article can be stored between the hinge and the engaging parts combined in the circular shape. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cap that can be attached to a can such as a beverage, and can be used to store a beverage promotion or a gift.

It has already been known to sell promotional goods or premiums attached to cans such as beverages. For example, JP 2007-76695 A related to the application of the present applicant is a container having a pedestal part attached to a can and a lid part attached to the pedestal part, and the lid part is fitted into the pedestal part. The thing which the engaging part of the said base part engages with a can is disclosed.
JP 2007-76695 A

  The above Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2007-76695 is extremely excellent in that the degree of freedom of the size of the engaging portion is improved and it can be securely attached to the can. If an engagement portion is to be created, there is a problem that a design trouble occurs such as a space for storing promotional items or prizes becomes narrow.

  The present invention maintains the advantages of the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-76695 in which the degree of freedom of the size of the engaging portion is improved and secures a storage space for promotional items or giveaways, while almost all of the caps of the can. An object of the present invention is to provide a cap that can be securely attached to a can by forming an engagement portion that extends around the circumference.

  In order to achieve the above object, the cap of the present invention comprises a pair of integrally formed swinging parts connected via a thin hinge. The pair of oscillating portions are formed with a pair of engaging portions that are respectively engaged with substantially half-circular portions of the can base, and the oscillating portions are combined in a circular shape. A fixing part capable of fixing the moving parts is formed. Further, the article can be accommodated at a position between the hinge and the engaging portion combined in a circle.

  Since the engaging portions that engage with the can are formed in a pair of integrally formed swinging portions that are connected via thin-walled hinges, it is sufficient if the swinging portions are molded into a shape that is opened at 180 °. The engaging portion having a size can be easily molded. And if a rocking | swiveling part is closed to the can side and it is set as the state where a pair of engaging part was combined circularly, it can be made to engage with a can easily. Furthermore, since the promotional items or prizes are accommodated at positions between the hinges and the engagement portions combined in a circle, a sufficient accommodation space can be ensured.

  In the cap, the swinging portion includes a frame portion between a joint portion of the pair of engaging portions combined in a circle and the hinge, and a promotional item or a prize is provided between the pair of frame portions. It is desirable to sandwich a container for housing the container. Thereby, it can accommodate in the position which is easy to see sales promotion goods thru | or giveaways.

<1. Configuration of cap>
1 to 3 show a configuration of a cap according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state (A) where the swinging portion 10 is opened and a state (B) where the swinging portion 10 is closed on the beverage can side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view (A) showing the swinging portion 10 and a perspective view (B) showing a container attached to the swinging portion 10. FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining an attachment state to the beverage can 90.

  The cap includes a pair of swinging portions 10 integrally formed connected through a thin hinge 15.

<1-1. Oscillating unit 10>
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B and FIG. 2A, the swinging portion 10 includes a frame portion 12 and a flat plate portion 13, respectively. On one surface of the flat plate portion 13, an engaging projection 11 is formed that engages with a substantially semicircular portion of the base of the beverage can 90. The frame portion 12 rises perpendicularly from the other surface of the flat plate portion 13, and the pair of frame portions 12 are connected via a hinge 15 on the side farthest from the flat plate portion 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the flat plate portion 13 is formed with a fixed convex portion 16 and a fixed concave portion 17 that can fix the swinging portion 10 to each other with a pair of engaging projections 11 combined in a circle. Has been. The fixed convex portion 16 is formed so as to protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the flat plate portion 13. The fixed recess 17 is formed by projecting a U-shaped part on the outer peripheral surface of the flat plate part 13.

  The pair of swinging portions 10 including the engaging protrusions 11, the fixed convex portions 16, and the fixed concave portions 17 are integrally formed. In particular, the hinge 15 connecting the pair of swinging portions 10 is formed as a thin portion that can be bent. In order to form a hinge with such a thin part, it is preferable that the material of the rocking part 10 is, 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.

  When the oscillating portion 10 is oscillated through the hinge 15 in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 1A to be in the state of FIG. 1B, the engagement protrusions 11 are combined in a circular shape. The hinge 15 is positioned directly above the 13 joint surfaces 14. In this state, the fixed convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17 can be engaged with each other. In this embodiment, the engagement protrusions 11 are combined to form two circles, and one cap engages with the caps of two beverage cans (see FIGS. 2A and 3).

<1-2. Container>
As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the container for storing the promotional items or giveaways has a blister 20 in which a housing recess is formed in accordance with the outer shape of the promotional items or giveaways, and an opening of the blister 20 that stores the promotional items or giveaways. It consists of the thin plate 21 to cover.
As shown in FIG. 3, by sandwiching the blister 20 and the thin plate 21 between the pair of frame portions 12, it is possible to hold promotional items or giveaways in the cap of this embodiment. The blister 20 is desirably transparent in order to ensure the visibility of sales promotion items or prizes. Further, the thin plate 21 may be a transparent plate, or may be a cardboard on which handling instructions are described.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the container. A set of two blisters 22 each having an accommodation recess as shown in this figure may be sandwiched between the frame portions 12 instead of the container of FIG. When using the blister 20 and the thin plate 21 container of FIG. 2 (B), it is suitable for holding a promotional item or a prize vertically as shown in FIG. 3, whereas according to the blister 22 of FIG. It is suitable for holding promotional items or prizes in landscape orientation.

<1-3. Assembly method>
In order to fit this cap into the beverage can 90, first, the blister 20 or the like containing a promotional item or a prize is sandwiched between the pair of frame portions 12, and the swinging portion 10 is closed. Then, the fixed convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17 are engaged with each other with the pair of engaging protrusions 11 combined in a circular shape. Next, by pushing the engaging protrusions 11 combined in a circular shape from above the beverage can 90, the engaging protrusions 11 engage with the base of the beverage can 90, and the state shown in FIG.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, when the engagement protrusion is engaged with the mouthpiece of the beverage can 90, the elastic deformation of the flat plate portion 13 is limited, so that the engagement between the fixed convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17 is difficult to disengage. . Therefore, when removing the can from the state of FIG. 3, the beverage can 90 is removed from the engagement protrusions 11 combined in a circular shape, instead of first disengaging the fixed convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17.
If it is assumed that the engagement between the fixed protrusion 16 and the fixed recess 17 can be easily released before the beverage can 90 is removed from the engagement protrusion 11 in the state shown in FIG. The engagement between the convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17 is disengaged, and the two beverage cans 90 may fall off at a time, which is not preferable. Therefore, it is preferable to design the strength and dimensions of the fixed convex portion 16 and the fixed concave portion 17 so as to be engaged and disengaged with the elastic deformation of the flat plate portion 13.

<2. Manufacturing method>
The cap can be manufactured by ordinary injection molding using a mold having the shape shown in FIG. In particular, as shown in FIG. 1A, if the frame portion 12 of the swinging portion 10 is opened at 180 °, that is, if the protruding direction of the pair of engaging projections 11 is the same direction, It can be easily molded with a two-part mold from the vertical direction shown in FIG. That is, according to this, since the engaging protrusion 11 does not become an obstacle when the cap is taken out from the mold, the engaging protrusion 11 can be made sufficiently large. Since the fixed recess 17 is U-shaped, the fixed recess 17 does not become an obstacle when taking out from the mold.

<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 engaging protrusion 11 that engages with the beverage can 90 is formed in the integrally formed swinging portion 10 that is connected via the thin hinge 15, so that the swinging portion 10 is opened at 180 °. If it is molded into a shape, a sufficiently large engaging portion can be easily molded.

  Furthermore, the freedom degree of the magnitude | size of the engagement protrusion 11 increases. For this reason, when the size of the cap of the beverage can to be engaged is slightly different for each beverage manufacturer, the size of the engagement protrusion 11 can be arbitrarily set without redesigning from the outer dimensions of the swinging portion 10. Can design. Therefore, it is possible to easily design a container that fits into the can.

  Further, since the promotional items or prizes are accommodated at the position between the hinge 15 and the engaging portion 11 combined in a circle, a sufficient accommodation space can be secured.

  Further, by sandwiching the container 20 for storing the promotional items or prizes between the pair of frame parts 12, the promotional items or the prizes can be accommodated at a position where they can be easily seen.

<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, since two circular portions are formed by the engaging protrusions 11, one cap can be attached to the two beverage cans 90, but not limited to this, only one circular portion is formed by the engaging protrusions 11. One cap may be attached to one beverage can 90. Further, three or more beverage cans 90 may be attached.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, it was set as the shape which the frame part 12 stands | starts up from the flat plate part 13, and it was set as the structure which pinches | interposes a container to the frame part 12, but it is not restricted to this, You may integrally mold including a container part. For example, you may integrally mold the container part of the shape like the blister 22 of 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.

It is sectional drawing which shows the state (A) which opened the rocking | swiveling part 10 of the cap which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the state (B) closed to the drink can side. FIG. 4 is a perspective view (A) showing the swinging portion 10 and a perspective view (B) showing a container attached to the swinging portion 10. It is a perspective view explaining the attachment state to the drink can. It is a perspective view which shows another aspect of the container attached to the said rocking | swiveling part.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Engagement protrusion (engagement part), 12 Frame part, 13 Flat plate part, 14 Joint surface, 15 Hinge, 16 Fixed convex part (fixed part), 17 Fixed recessed part (fixed part), 20, 22 Blister (container), 21 Thin plate, 90 Beverage can (can)

Claims (2)

A pair of integrally formed swinging parts connected via a thin hinge,
The pair of oscillating portions are formed with a pair of engaging portions respectively engaged with substantially half-circumferential portions of the cap of the can, and the oscillating portions are combined with the pair of engaging portions in a circular shape. A fixing part that can fix each other is formed,
A cap configured to be able to receive an article at a position between the hinge and the engagement portion combined in a circle. In claim 1,
The swinging portion includes a frame portion between a joint portion of the pair of engaging portions combined in a circle and the hinge, and a container for storing the article is sandwiched between the pair of frame portions. A cap.

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