JP2014212877A - Compact container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability when a storage recess is opened.SOLUTION: A compact container 1 includes: a container body 12 in which a storage recess for storing contents is formed; a lid body 13 which is connected to the container body 12 to open/close the storage recess. The container body 12 and the lid body 13 are connected to each other through three or more connection members 21 that are arranged with spaces apart around the container axis O. The connection members 21 are installed in either one of the container body 12 or the lid body 13, and are provided with a support part 22 which has a recessed spherical inner circumference and with a fitting projection 23 which is installed in the other one of the bodies and which is freely rotatably and freely attachably/detachably fitted in the support part 22. Of the three or more connection members 21, the fitting projection 23 in a part of the connection members is rotated in the support part 22 while the fitting projection 23 in the remaining connection members 21 is attached to and detached from the support part 22, resulting in the opening and closing of the storage recess 11.

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, a compact container including a container main body formed with a storage concave portion in which contents are stored, and a lid body that is connected to the container main body and opens and closes the storage concave portion Are known.

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  However, in the conventional compact container, when opening the storage recess of the container main body, it is necessary to pull up a specific limited portion of the outer peripheral edge of the lid body with respect to the container main body. There was room for improvement in improving operability when opening.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a compact container capable of improving the operability when opening the storage recess.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve such an object, the compact container of the present invention includes a container body in which a storage recess for storing contents is formed, and the storage recess connected to the container body. And a lid that opens and closes the container, wherein the container body and the lid are connected to each other via three or more connecting members disposed at intervals around the container axis. Is provided on one of the container main body and the lid, and is provided on the other and a support part having a concave spherical inner peripheral surface, and is rotatable and detachable in the support part. An insertion protrusion inserted into the support member, and the insertion protrusion of a part of the connection members of the three or more connection members rotates within the support portion, and the insertion protrusion of the remaining connection members. Part is said support part By being removable, characterized in that the housing recess is opened and closed.

According to the present invention, when a part of the outer peripheral edge of the lid (hereinafter referred to as the lifting portion) is lifted with respect to the container body, the three or more connecting members are relatively far from the lifting portion. The insertion protrusion in the connecting member located relatively close to the lifting portion is pulled out from the support portion while the insertion protrusion in the connecting member located away from the support portion rotates in the support portion. It will be released.
That is, even if an arbitrary portion of the outer peripheral edge of the lid body that is not limited to a specific portion is pulled up, the storage concave portion of the container body can be opened as described above, and when the storage concave portion is opened. Operability can be improved.

  Here, the support portion is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is disposed on one of the container body and the lid so as to open toward the other, A vertical groove extending from the opening edge of the other side toward the one side may be formed, and the fitting protrusion may be rotated in the support portion while being inserted into and removed from the vertical groove.

  In this case, since the insertion protrusion rotates in the support portion while being inserted into and removed from the vertical groove, the insertion protrusion rotates in the support portion when the lid is positioned at the open position where the storage recess is opened. Since the portion enters the longitudinal groove, the lid can be greatly opened with respect to the container body, and the operability can be improved with certainty.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability when opening the storage recess.

It is a side view of a compact container shown as one embodiment concerning the present invention. In the compact container shown in FIG. 1, it is the top view of the container main body which removed the cover body. The compact container shown in FIG. 1 WHEREIN: It is the arrow broken line sectional view of the part in alignment with the AA of FIG. The compact container shown in FIG. 1 WHEREIN: It is the arrow broken line sectional view of the part in alignment with the BB line of FIG. In the compact container shown in FIG. 4, it is sectional drawing which shows the state which opened the cover body and open | released the accommodation recessed part.

Hereinafter, a compact container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The compact container 1 of the present embodiment includes, for example, a container body 12 in which a storage recess 11 in which contents such as cosmetics are stored, a lid 13 that is connected to the container body 12 and opens and closes the storage recess 11, It has.
Each of the container main body 12 and the lid body 13 has the same shape and the same size as each other, is arranged coaxially with the common axis, and coincides with the directions along the common axis.
Hereinafter, this common axis is referred to as the container axis O, the lid 13 side along the container axis O direction is referred to as the upper side, the container body 12 side is referred to as the lower side, and the direction orthogonal to the container axis O is referred to as the radial direction. A direction that circulates around the container axis O is referred to as a circumferential direction.

The container body 12 is formed in a flat bottomed cylindrical shape having a rectangular shape in plan view.
The side wall 14 of the container body 12 is formed in an annular shape having a rectangular shape in plan view, and an insertion recess into which a finger can be inserted as shown in FIG. 1 at the circumferential central portion of each of the four side portions forming the rectangle. 15 are formed separately. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the insertion recess 15 opens not only in the radial direction but also upward. The lower surface of the outer peripheral edge portion of the lid body 13 is located above the insertion concave portion 15, and the insertion concave portion 15 and the lower surface of the outer peripheral edge portion of the lid body 13 face each other in the container axis O direction. The planar view shape of the insertion recess 15 viewed from the outside in the radial direction is a rectangular shape that is long in the circumferential direction.

A pin body 16a located coaxially with the container axis O projects upward from the center of the bottom wall 16 of the container body 12. The upper end surface of the pin body 16 a is substantially flush with the upper end opening surface of the container body 12.
The storage recess 11 of the container main body 12 has a triangular dish 11a in plan view, and one of the three side portions forming this triangular shape is along one side portion of the side wall portion 14 of the container main body 12. In addition, three of the triangular corner portions are arranged around the container axis O so as to be along the outer peripheral surface of the pin body 16a. In the storage recess 11 of the container main body 12, the applicator 51 is disposed at a position avoiding the portion where the three middle dishes 11a are disposed.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, the lid body 13 is fitted into a main body portion 18 formed in a flat bottomed cylindrical shape having a rectangular shape in plan view, and an upper end opening of the main body portion 18. And a mirror body 20 mounted on the bottom of the main body 18. At the bottom of the main body portion 18, a recess portion that is recessed upward is formed, and the mirror body 20 is disposed in this recess portion.
The container main body 12 and the lid body 13 are connected to each other via three or more connecting members 21 arranged around the container axis O with a space therebetween.
As shown in FIG. 2, the connecting member 21 is disposed separately at each of four corners of the container body 12 and the lid body 13 that have a rectangular shape in plan view.

  And in this embodiment, while connecting member 21 is provided in either one of container main part 12 and lid 13, support part 22 which has a concave spherical inner peripheral surface, while being provided in the other, support And a fitting projection 23 that is rotatably and detachably fitted in the portion 22, and the fitting projection 23 of some of the coupling members 21 among the plurality of coupling members 21 is within the support portion 22. And the housing recess 11 is opened and closed by attaching and detaching the fitting protrusion 23 of the remaining connecting member 21 to and from the support portion 22.

This will be specifically described below.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the fitting protrusion 23 is disposed on the outer peripheral edge of the lid 13 so as to protrude downward. The fitting protrusion 23 includes a rod-like base 25 fitted in a fitting hole formed in the main body portion 18 of the lid body 13 and a spherical tip fitted in the support portion 22 so as to be rotatable and detachable. And a connecting portion 27 that connects the base portion 25 and the distal end portion 26. The outer diameter of the tip portion 26 is larger than the outer diameter of the connecting portion 27.
The support portion 22 is disposed at the upper end opening edge of the container body 12. The support portion 22 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to open upward. In the illustrated example, the support portion 22 protrudes downward from the bottom portion of the main body cylinder portion 28 and has a main body cylinder portion 28 having a bottomed cylindrical shape having a concave curved inner peripheral surface. And a rod-shaped connecting piece 29 fitted in the formed fitting hole. The main body cylinder portion 28 is formed to be elastically deformable.
In the illustrated example, concave portions 12a that are recessed downward are formed in the four corner portions of the upper end opening edge of the container body 12, and support portions 22 are disposed in the concave portions 12a. . The upper end of the support portion 22 is positioned below the upper end opening edge of the container body 12. The recess 12a opens toward the outside in the radial direction.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the support portion 22 is formed with a vertical groove 31 that extends downward from the upper end opening edge and into which the insertion protrusion 23 is inserted and removed while rotating within the support portion 22. A plurality of the vertical grooves 31 are formed at intervals around the axis of the main body cylinder portion 28. As shown in FIG. 2, four vertical grooves 31 are formed around the axis of the main body cylinder portion 28 at an equal interval. Further, each vertical groove 31 is a main body cylinder portion toward each direction in which two side portions adjacent to the support portion 22 out of four side portions of the container body 12 and the lid body 13 having a rectangular shape in plan view are extended. 28 is passed through each.
In the illustrated example, the upper end portion of the main body cylinder portion 28 of the support portion 22 gradually increases in diameter as it goes upward, so that the insertion protrusion 23 is caught in the support portion 22 and smoothly inserted. Yes.

As described above, according to the compact container 1 according to the present embodiment, when a part of the outer peripheral edge portion of the lid body 13 (hereinafter referred to as the lifting portion) is lifted with respect to the container body 12, three Of the connecting members 21 described above, the connecting protrusions 23 of the connecting member 21 positioned relatively far from the lifting portion rotate within the support portion 22 and are positioned relatively close to the lifting portion. The fitting protrusion 23 in 21 is pulled out from the support portion 22, and the storage recess 11 of the container body 12 is opened.
In the illustrated example, a finger is inserted into the insertion recess 15 located in one of the four sides of the container body 12 that has a rectangular shape in plan view, and the lower surface of the outer peripheral edge of the lid 13 is pulled upward. Thus, of the four connecting members 21, the fitting protrusions 23 of the two connecting members 21 positioned adjacent to the one side portion are pulled out from the support portion 22, and the fitting protrusions of the remaining two connecting members 21 are inserted. 23 rotates within the support 22.
As described above, even when an arbitrary portion of the outer peripheral edge of the lid 13 that is not limited to a specific portion is pulled up, the storage recess 11 of the container body 12 can be opened as described above, and the storage recess 11 The operability at the time of opening can be improved.

Furthermore, since the insertion protrusion 23 rotates within the support portion 22 while being inserted into and removed from the vertical groove 31, the support portion 22 is positioned when the lid body 13 is positioned at an open position where the storage recess 11 is opened. The fitting protrusion 23 that rotates inside enters the vertical groove 31, so that the lid 13 can be greatly opened with respect to the container body 12, and the operability can be improved with certainty.
At this time, in the illustrated example, since the concave portion 12a of the container body 12 opens toward the outside in the radial direction, when the lid body 13 is positioned at the above-mentioned open position, the fitting protrusion 23 is Interference with the container body 12 can be suppressed, and the lid 13 can be reliably opened with respect to the container body 12.
Further, since the upper end of the support portion 22 is positioned below the upper end opening edge of the container body 12, the support portion 22 is obstructive when operating after opening the lid 13 and when closing the lid 13. Can be suppressed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the fitting protrusion 23 is disposed on the lid body 13 and the support portion 22 is disposed on the container body 12. However, the fitting protrusion 23 is disposed on the container body 12 and the support portion 22 is disposed on the lid body 13. You may arrange.
Three connecting members 21 may be arranged around the container axis O, or five or more connecting members 21 may be arranged.
Furthermore, the planar view shapes of the container body 12 and the lid body 13 may be changed as appropriate, for example, a circular shape, a triangular shape, or a pentagonal shape or more.
Further, the vertical groove 31 may not be formed in the support portion 22, and the concave portion 12 a may not be formed in the container body 12.

  In addition, it is possible to appropriately replace the constituent elements in the above-described embodiments with well-known constituent elements without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the above-described modified examples may be appropriately combined.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container 11 Storage recessed part 13 Cover body 21 Connecting member 22 Support part 23 Insertion protrusion 31 Vertical groove O Container axis

Claims (2)

A container body formed with a storage recess for storing contents;
A lid connected to the container body for opening and closing the storage recess;
In a compact container comprising:
The container body and the lid are connected to each other via three or more connecting members disposed at intervals around the container axis,
The connecting member is
A support portion provided on any one of the container body and the lid, and having a concave spherical inner peripheral surface;
An insertion protrusion that is provided on the other side and is rotatably and detachably inserted in the support portion,
Of the three or more connecting members, the fitting protrusions in some of the connecting members rotate within the support part, and the fitting protrusions in the remaining connecting members are attached to and detached from the support part. The compact container, wherein the storage recess is opened and closed. The compact container according to claim 1,
The support portion is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and is disposed on one of the container main body and the lid body so as to open toward the other,
The support portion is formed with a longitudinal groove extending from the opening edge of the other side toward the one side,
The compact container is characterized in that the fitting protrusion rotates in the support portion while being inserted into and removed from the vertical groove.

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