JP2010006013A - Paperweight - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paperweight in which the structure of a paperweight body is simplified and a card-like object is easily replaced. <P>SOLUTION: The paperweight 1 includes: a paperweight body 2 made of transparent glass; a bottom plate 3 which has an opening 3a formed for arranging a card-like object S and which is bonded to the bottom face of the paperweight body 2; and a cover to be fitted into the opening 3a. With the card-like object S inserted from the opening 3a formed on the bottom plate 3 into this opening 3a, and with the cover fitted into the opening 3a, therefore, the card-like object S is visibly recognizable from the paperweight body 2 side of the paperweight 1. When the card-like object S is taken out, the cover is removed from inside the opening 3a, so that the card-like object S is taken out from the opening 3a so released. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a paperweight used as a weight for holding paper or books.

  Paperweights are used as a weight for holding paper and books, but decorative ones have also been developed. For example, the paperweight described in Patent Document 1 includes a transparent main body made of glass or synthetic resin, and a pressing plate that is detachably provided on the lower surface of the main body, and a card is interposed between the main body and the pressing plate. An accommodation part capable of accommodating a shaped object is formed. The pressing plate is made of wood, synthetic resin material, etc., and integrally includes a bottom plate and a side wall surrounding the bottom plate, and an opening on the upper surface is detachably fitted to the lower surface of the main body. In addition, an engagement protrusion that engages and disengages with the engagement groove of the main body is formed around the inner surface of the side wall of the pressing plate.

  In this paperweight, in order to store card-like items such as tickets and telephone cards, after placing the received card-like item on the bottom plate of the holding plate, the holding plate is fitted to the lower surface of the main body and the holding plate is engaged. The protrusion is engaged with the engaging groove of the main body, and the pressing plate is attached to the main body. Thereby, the card-like thing accommodated in the accommodating part can be seen from upper direction through a transparent main-body part.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a glass lens having a ring edge piece for hooking attached to the bottom surface of the lens body so as to project downwardly in a divergent shape, and a soft lens that fits the ring edge piece of this glass lens. A paperweight consisting of a synthetic resin tray is disclosed. In this paperweight, a picture, a picture, or a character or the like is inserted into the gap at the top of the tray, and is inserted into the lower bottom of the glass lens to be fitted to a ring edge piece.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-18898 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-68894

  In the paperweights described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, in order to fit and fix the press plate and the saucer, an engaging groove is formed in a transparent main body made of glass or synthetic resin, or on the bottom surface of the glass lens main body. A ring edge piece for hooking is formed. However, when such a complicated coupling structure is adopted, there is a problem that the strength of the paperweight main body is lowered to make it easy to break or the manufacturing cost increases.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a paperweight that simplifies the structure of the paperweight body and allows the card-like objects to be easily exchanged.

  The paperweight of the present invention is a paperweight main body formed of transparent glass or synthetic resin, an opening in which a card-like object is placed, a bottom plate bonded to the lower surface of the paperweight main body, and fitted into the opening. And a lid-like body. According to the present invention, after putting a card-like object into the opening from the opening formed in the bottom plate, the card-like object can be visually recognized from the paperweight body side by fitting the lid-like body into the opening. Paperweight is obtained. On the other hand, when taking out a card-like thing, it can take out from the open opening part by removing a lid-like body from the inside of an opening part.

  The paperweight of the present invention preferably has a notch at the boundary between the lid and the opening. As a result, it is possible to insert a tip portion such as a finger or a bowl-like object into the cutout portion and hook the tip portion on the inner side of the lid-like body so that the lid-like body can be taken out from the opening.

  In the paperweight of the present invention, it is desirable that the bottom surface of the bottom plate and the bottom surface of the lid-like body are flush with each other when the lid-like body is fitted in the opening. As a result, when the paperweight is in use, the bottom of the paperweight becomes a flat surface, making it easy to use as a weight to hold paper and books, etc., and its own weight is evenly applied to the lid and bottom plate, and the lid opens. Since it is pressed down into the part, it is possible to prevent the lid-like body from falling out of the opening.

  Further, the paperweight of the present invention is a sheet that is affixed to both the bottom plate and the lid-like body, and a sheet in which a cut is formed leaving a part along the boundary between the opening and the lid-like body. It is desirable to have it. Accordingly, the seat serves as a hinge, and the lid-like body can be easily opened and closed, and the lid-like body can be prevented from falling off from the opening.

(1) Paperweight body made of transparent glass or synthetic resin, an opening in which a card-like object is placed, a bottom plate bonded to the lower surface of the paperweight body, and a lid shape fitted into the opening By having a body, the paperweight main body can be simplified and the paperweight can be easily exchanged so that the paperweight can be easily exchanged.

(2) By providing a notch at the boundary between the lid and the opening, the lid can be easily taken out from the opening, so that the card-like object can be replaced more easily. .

(3) In the state where the lid-like body is fitted in the opening, the bottom surface of the paperweight becomes a flat surface when the paperweight is used because the bottom surface of the bottom plate and the bottom surface of the lid-like body are the same surface. It is easy to use as a weight for holding paper and books, etc., and its own weight is evenly applied to the lid and bottom plate, and the lid is pressed into the opening, so that the lid can be removed from the opening. Can be prevented.

(4) A sheet that is affixed to both the bottom plate and the lid-like body, and has a sheet that has a notch formed along the boundary between the opening and the lid-like body. Plays the role of a hinge and can easily open and close the lid-like body and prevent the lid-like body from falling off from the opening.

  1 is a perspective view of a paperweight according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. Sectional view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in a state where each part is disassembled, FIG. 6 is a plan view of the bottom plate, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the cushioning sheet, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the paperweight 1 in the embodiment of the present invention is formed on the paperweight main body 2 formed of transparent glass, the bottom plate 3 bonded to the lower surface of the paperweight main body 2, and the bottom plate 3. A lid-like body 4 fitted in the opened opening 3a, a buffer sheet 5 attached to the bottom plate 3 and the lower surface of the lid-like body 4, and sheets such as photographs and illustrations arranged in the opening 3a It is comprised from the thing S.

  The paperweight main body 2 is formed in a columnar shape, and chamfering is performed on the circumferential portions of the upper surface and the lower surface, but no other complicated shapes are processed other than this. However, on the lower surface of the paperweight main body 2, characters and patterns for decorating the periphery of the sheet-like material S arranged in the opening 3a are blasting, laser processing, electric discharge processing, cutting processing, grinding processing, etc. It is given by. Further, the lower surface of the paperweight main body 2 can be decorated by printing.

  The bottom plate 3 is formed of a synthetic resin such as an acrylic resin. The bottom plate 3 is bonded to the lower surface of the paperweight body 2 using an adhesive means such as an adhesive or a double-sided adhesive tape. In the center of the bottom plate 3, a rectangular opening 3a penetrating the bottom plate 3 is formed as shown in FIG. The lid-like body 4 is formed of a synthetic resin such as a urethane resin in accordance with the shape of the opening 3 a of the bottom plate 3. When the lid 4 is pushed into the opening 3a, the lid 4 comes into contact with the inner surface 3b of the opening 3a and stays in the opening 3a by the frictional force thereof.

  The buffer sheet 5 is formed of suede, cloth, paper, or the like, and a double-sided adhesive tape (not shown) for attaching to the bottom plate 3 and the lid-like body 4 is attached to the upper surface thereof. The buffer sheet 5 may be affixed using other adhesive means such as an adhesive. The buffer sheet 5 is formed according to the shape of the bottom surface of the bottom plate 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the buffer sheet 5 is formed with a cut 5 a leaving a part along the boundary between the opening 3 a and the lid 4. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the lid 4 is affixed to the inner portion surrounded by the upper cut 5 a of the buffer sheet 5. Further, the outer portion of the cut 5 a is attached to the bottom plate 3.

  Further, the lid 4 and the buffer sheet 5 are formed with a notch 6 at the boundary between the lid 4 and the opening 3a. The notch 6 is for inserting a tip such as a finger or a bowl-like object, hooking the tip on the inside of the lid 4 and taking out the lid 4 from the opening 3a. The notch 6 can be provided on the bottom plate 3 side instead of the lid-like body 4 side, and can also be provided on both the lid-like body 4 and the bottom plate 3.

  In the paperweight 1 having the above-described configuration, a distal end portion such as a finger or a bowl-like object is inserted into the notch portion 6, the distal end portion is hooked inside the lid-like body 4, and the lid-like body 4 is pulled out from the opening 3 a. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 4, the lid-like body 4 opens with a portion of the buffer sheet 5 not having the cut 5a as a fulcrum, and the opening 3a is opened. Here, the sheet S is put into the opening 3a with the upper side as the surface, and the lid 4 is pushed back into the opening 3a. Thereby, the lid-like body 4 is fitted into the opening 3a, and the paperweight 1 in which the sheet-like material S is visible from the paperweight body 2 side as shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.

  On the other hand, when exchanging the sheet-like material S, similarly, the lid-like body 4 is pulled out from the opening 3a to open the opening 3a, and the sheet-like material S is taken out from the opening 3a and easily exchanged. Is possible. In particular, in the paperweight 1, since the buffer sheet 5 is attached to both the bottom plate 3 and the lid-like body 4, it functions as a hinge so that the lid-like body 4 can be easily opened and closed and opened. It is possible to prevent the lid 4 from dropping off from the portion 3a.

  Further, in the paperweight 1 in the present embodiment, the bottom surface of the bottom plate 3 and the bottom surface of the lid-like body 4 are flush with each other when the lid-like body 4 is fitted in the opening 3a. Therefore, the lower surface of the buffer sheet 5 attached to the lower surfaces of both the bottom plate 3 and the lid 4 is also flat. Thereby, since the bottom surface of the paperweight 1 becomes a flat surface in the usage state of the paperweight 1, it is easy to use as a weight for holding paper or books, and the weight is uniformly applied to the lid 4 and the bottom plate 3, and the lid Since the body 4 is pressed into the opening 3a, the lid 4 is prevented from falling out of the opening 3a.

  The paperweight main body 2 may be formed of a transparent synthetic resin instead of the transparent glass. In addition to the above cylindrical shape, the shape may be various shapes such as a prismatic shape and a polygonal prism shape.

  Further, the opening 3a of the bottom plate 3 can also have any shape other than the rectangular shape. FIG. 10 shows an example of the bottom plate 7 in which a circular opening 7a is formed. In this case, it replaces with the above-mentioned lid-like body 4, and it is set as the disc-like lid-like body 8 (refer FIG. 12) formed according to the shape of the circular opening part 7a of the baseplate 7. FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the buffer sheet 9 is formed with an arc-shaped cut 9 a leaving a part along the boundary between the opening 7 a and the lid 8.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 12, the lid-like body 8 is affixed to the inner portion surrounded by the upper notch 9 a of the buffer sheet 9. Further, the outer portion of the cut 9 a is affixed to the bottom plate 7. Further, the lid 8 is provided with a cut 8a at a position where both ends 9b of the cut 9a of the buffer sheet 9 are connected. When the lid 8 is opened and closed, the position of the cut 8a serves as a fulcrum.

  Moreover, in the paperweight 1 in this embodiment, although the thickness of the baseplate 3 and the lid-like body 4 is about 3 mm, these thicknesses are desirably in the range of 2 mm to 5 mm. If it is less than 2 mm, the frictional force when the lid 4 is fitted in the opening 3 a becomes insufficient, and the lid 4 is easily opened when the paperweight 1 is used. On the other hand, if it exceeds 5 mm, the frictional force becomes excessively large, and the lid 4 is easily caught inside the opening 3 a when the cushion sheet 5 serves as a hinge to open and close the lid 4.

  The paperweight of the present invention is useful as a weight for holding paper and books. In particular, the paperweight of the present invention is suitable as a paperweight that can be decorated by accommodating sheet-like objects such as photographs and illustrations therein.

It is a perspective view of the paperweight in embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of the state which opened the lid-like body. It is AA sectional drawing of the state decomposed | disassembled into each part. It is a top view of a baseplate. It is a top view of a buffer sheet. It is a perspective view which shows the state which affixed the lid-like body on the buffer sheet. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. It is a top view which shows another example of a baseplate. It is a top view which shows another example of a buffer sheet. It is a perspective view which shows the state of another example which affixed the lid-like body on the buffer sheet.

Explanation of symbols

S sheet-like material 1 paperweight 2 paperweight body 3,7 bottom plate 3a, 7a opening 4,8 lid-like body 5,9 buffer sheet 5a, 8a, 9a notch 6 notch

Claims (4)

Paperweight body made of transparent glass or synthetic resin,
An opening in which a card-like object is placed is formed, and a bottom plate bonded to the lower surface of the paperweight body,
A paperweight having a lid-like body fitted in the opening.   The paperweight according to claim 1, further comprising a notch at a boundary between the lid and the opening.   The paperweight according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bottom surface of the bottom plate and the bottom surface of the lid-like body are flush with each other when the lid-like body is fitted in the opening.   4. The sheet according to claim 3, wherein the sheet is affixed to both the bottom plate and the lid-like body, and a cut is formed leaving a part along the boundary between the opening and the lid-like body. Paperweight.

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