JP2019195532A - Tableware carrying case - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a tableware carrying case that excels in portability of tableware.SOLUTION: A tableware carrying case 1 includes a case body 2 whose top part is open and a lid body 3 which opens/closes the top opening part 2a of the case body 2 and, by storing tableware C1, C2 in a storage space K formed between the case body 2 and the lid body 3, the tableware C1, C2 can be carried. The case body 2 has a storage part 4 in which a group of first tableware C1 is stored inside. The lid body 3 has a fitting part 5 in which a group of second tableware C2 is fitted to the inner face. By the lid body 3 closing the top opening part 2a of the case body 2, the first tableware C1 and the second tableware C2 are stored in the storage space K in a state oppositely facing to each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a food container carrying case.

  Traditionally, there is a food case carrying case that can be carried (carried) with a lunch box, soup jar, etc. with food items such as chopsticks, spoons, knives, and forks (also called cutlery) stored inside ( For example, see the following Patent Document 1).

  Such an edible utensil carrying case includes a case body having an upper opening and a lid that opens and closes the upper opening of the case body, and the edible is provided in a storage space formed between the case body and the lid. Is configured to store.

Japanese Patent No. 4820385

  By the way, in some cases for carrying utensils, a plurality of utensils can be stored together, in addition to storing utensils such as chopsticks and spoons alone.

  However, for example, when a plurality of eating utensils are stored side by side in the width direction of the case main body, the case main body becomes wide, and thus portability may be impaired. In addition, when storing multiple edible utensils together, the edible utensils move inside or collide with each other, which may cause an unpleasant sound such as “kacha, chucha” when being carried. there were.

  This invention is proposed in view of such a conventional situation, and it aims at providing the food container carrying case excellent in the portability of food utensils.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following means.
[1] A case main body having an upper opening and a lid for opening and closing the upper opening of the case main body, and storing the eating utensil in a storage space formed between the case main body and the lid. By the food product carrying case which makes the food product portable,
The case body has a storage portion in which the first eating utensil is stored,
The lid body has an attachment portion to which the second eating utensil is attached on the inner surface,
The lid body closes the upper opening of the case body, so that the first eating tool and the second eating tool are stored in the storage space in a state of facing each other. Instrument carrying case.
[2] The attachment portion includes a holding member that holds the second eating tool,
The food container carrying case according to [1], wherein the holding member is detachably attached to the inner surface of the lid.
[3] The holding member is made of an elastic member,
The holding member for holding the second food utensil is in contact with the first food utensil when the first food utensil and the second food utensil face each other. The food container carrying case according to the above [2].
[4] The holding member has a pair of holding pieces for detachably holding the second eating tool,
The said 2nd edible utensil is hold | maintained between said pair of holding pieces, The edible utensil carrying case as described in said [2] or [3] characterized by the above-mentioned.
[5] The above [1] to [4], wherein a part of the second eating utensil is located inside the storage portion in a state where the lid closes the upper opening of the case body. ] The eating case carrying case as described in any one of.
[6] The lid body is located at a midway portion in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface, and protrudes inward from both sides in the width direction of the inner surface, and the inner surface and the pair of rib portions. And a pair of slit portions formed between
The holding member has a pair of engagement pieces engaged with the pair of slit portions on both sides in the width direction,
By engaging the pair of engagement pieces with the pair of slit portions while sliding the holding member along the inner surface of the lid body from one end side to the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the lid body The carrying device carrying case according to any one of [2] to [5], wherein the holding member is attached to an inner surface of the lid.
[7] The holding member includes a pair of stopper portions that come into contact with one end side of the pair of rib portions at a position where the pair of engagement pieces are engaged with the pair of slit portions. The food container carrying case according to [6] above.
[8] As described in any one of [2] to [7], the holding member is attached to a position biased to the other end side from the center in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface. Case for carrying utensils.
[9] The inner surface of the lid body and the storage portion have a shape in which the width gradually decreases from one end side in the longitudinal direction toward the other end side,
The holding member according to any one of [2] to [8], wherein the holding member has a shape in which a width gradually decreases from one end side to the other end side in the longitudinal direction. For case.
[10] The storage portion has a distal end side recess in which the distal end side of the first eating utensil is accommodated at one end side in the longitudinal direction, and a proximal end side of the first eating utensil is accommodated in the other end side in the longitudinal direction. A proximal end side recess
The said 2nd eating utensil is attached to the said attaching part in the state which orient | assigned the front end side to the one end side of the said longitudinal direction, Said [1]-[9] characterized by the above-mentioned. Case for carrying utensils.
[11] The eating utensil carrying case according to [10], wherein the base end side recess is provided with a restricting portion that regulates a position of the base end side of the first eating utensil. .

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a food utensil carrying case excellent in portability of a food utensil.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the food container carrying case which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the edible utensil carrying case shown in FIG. 1 from the upper side. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the food container carrying case shown in FIG. 1 from the downward side. It is sectional drawing along the longitudinal direction of the eating utensil carrying case shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing along the transversal direction of the edible utensil carrying case shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
As one embodiment of the present invention, for example, a food product carrying case 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the food utensil carrying case 1. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the food container carrying case 1 as seen from above. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the food container carrying case 1 as seen from below. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the longitudinal direction of the food container carrying case 1. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the edible utensil carrying case 1 along the short direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the food product carrying case 1 of the present embodiment includes a case main body 2 that is open at the top and a lid 3 that opens and closes the upper opening 2 a of the case main body 2. I have. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the eating utensil carrying case 1 is formed between the case body 2 and the lid body 3 in a state where the lid body 3 closes the upper opening 2 a of the case body 2. By storing the first eating utensil C1 and the second eating utensil C2 in the storage space K, these eating utensils C1 and C2 can be carried (carried).

  Specifically, in the edible utensil carrying case 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the case body 2 is a spoon in which a spoon (hereinafter referred to as a spoon C <b> 1) is accommodated as the first edible utensil C <b> 1. A storage unit (storage unit) 4 is provided. On the other hand, the lid 3 has a chopstick attachment part (attachment part) 5 to which chopsticks (hereinafter referred to as chopsticks C2) are attached to the inner surface as the second eating tool C2. The chopstick mounting part 5 has a holding member 6 that holds the chopsticks C2.

  The case body 2 is made of a thermoplastic resin such as acrylonitrile / butadiene / styrene (ABS). The case body 2 includes a bottom wall 2b formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view with a size corresponding to the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2, a peripheral wall 2c formed rising from the periphery of the bottom wall 2b, and a peripheral wall It has the upper opening part 2a opened at the upper part of 2c, and is formed in the elongate box shape as a whole.

  On the other hand, the lid 3 is made of the same thermoplastic resin as the case body 2, for example, acrylonitrile, butadiene, styrene (ABS). The lid body 3 has a size corresponding to the upper opening 2a of the container body 2 and is formed in a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a peripheral wall portion 3b formed by falling from the periphery of the top wall portion 3a. And is formed in a long lid shape as a whole.

  For the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2, a resin having higher heat resistance than the case body 2 and the lid body 3 such as polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) is used.

  The lid 3 is attached so as to be rotatable in the opening / closing direction via a hinge portion 7 provided on one side surface along the longitudinal direction of the case body 2. The hinge portion 7 is located at a substantially central portion between the one peripheral wall portion 2 c along the longitudinal direction of the case body 2 and the one peripheral wall portion 3 b along the longitudinal direction of the lid body 3. And the lid 3 are rotatably supported.

  When the lid 3 closes the upper opening 2a of the case body 2, the peripheral wall portions 2c and 3b are brought into contact with each other so that the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2 are stored inside the case 1 The storage space K to be formed is formed.

  The edible utensil case 1 includes a lid lock mechanism 8 that fixes the lid 3 to the case body 2 when the lid 3 closes the upper opening 2 a of the case body 2. The lid lock mechanism 8 is provided along the side surfaces of the case body 2 and the lid body 3 on the opposite side to the hinge portion 7.

  Specifically, the lid lock mechanism 8 is provided on any one of the peripheral wall 2c of the case body 2 and the peripheral wall 3b of the lid 3 (in this embodiment, the peripheral wall 2c of the case main body 2). It has the latching recessed part 8a provided, and the latching convex part 8b provided in either one surrounding wall part (this embodiment peripheral wall part 3b of the cover body 3).

  In the lid lock mechanism 8, when the lid 3 closes the upper opening 2 a of the case main body 2, the latch convex portion 8 b is latched to the latch concave portion 8 a, thereby the lid body with respect to the case main body 2. 3 can be fixed. On the other hand, in the lid lock mechanism 8, the lid 3 can be opened and closed with respect to the case body 2 by releasing the latching state of the latching protrusion 8 b with respect to the latching recess 8 a.

  The lid locking mechanism 8 of the present embodiment has a configuration in which the locking concave portion 8a is provided on the peripheral wall portion 2c side of the case body 2 and the locking convex portion 8b is provided on the peripheral wall portion 3b side of the lid body 3. However, the opposite configuration, that is, a configuration in which the locking projection 8b is provided on the peripheral wall 2c side of the case body 2 and the locking recess 8a is provided on the peripheral wall 3b side of the lid 3 is provided. Is also possible.

  The spoon housing part 4 (case body 2) has a shape in which the width gradually decreases from one end side in the longitudinal direction toward the other end side. Correspondingly, the lid 3 also has a shape in which the width of the inner surface gradually decreases from one end side in the longitudinal direction toward the other end side.

  The spoon storage portion 4 has a distal end side recess 4a in which the distal end side of the spoon C1 is stored at one end side in the longitudinal direction, and a proximal end side recess portion 4b in which the proximal end side of the spoon C1 is stored at the other end side in the longitudinal direction. is doing. Further, the case body 2 has a bulging portion 2d bulged downward on one end side in the longitudinal direction by forming the distal end side concave portion 4a deeper than the proximal end side concave portion 4b.

  A contact portion 9 that is in contact with the proximal end side of the spoon C1 is provided in the proximal end side recessed portion 4b. Moreover, the base part side recessed part 4b is provided with the control part 10 which controls the position of the base end side of the spoon C1. The restricting portion 10 is constituted by a convex portion protruding upward from the inner surface of the bottom wall portion 2b so as to surround the periphery of the base end portion of the spoon C1 accommodated in the spoon accommodating portion 4. In the case 1 of the eating utensil carrying case, it is possible to restrict the movement of the spoon C1 accommodated in the spoon accommodating portion 4 in the front-rear direction (longitudinal direction) by the restricting portion 10 and to suppress the occurrence of rattling.

  In addition, in this embodiment, not only the structure provided with the control part 10 which controls the position of the base end side of the spoon C1 mentioned above but the control part (not shown) which controls the position of the front end side of the spoon C1. It is good also as a structure which provided in the front end side recessed part 4a. In this case, it is possible to control the movement of the tip of the spoon C in the vertical direction (height direction) by the restricting portion protruding from the peripheral wall 2c of the tip side recess 4a, and to suppress the occurrence of rattling. is there.

  The holding member 6 is made of an elastic member such as rubber or elastomer having heat resistance such as silicone rubber. The holding member 6 is detachably attached to the inner surface of the lid 3.

  Specifically, the lid body 3 is located at a midway portion in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface, and protrudes inward from both sides in the width direction of the inner surface, and a pair of rib portions 11a and 11b, and the inner surface and the pair of rib portions. It has a pair of slit part 12a, 12b formed between 11a, 11b.

  On the other hand, the holding member 6 has a shape in which the width gradually decreases from one end side to the other end side along the longitudinal direction of the lid body 3. The holding member 6 has a pair of engagement pieces 13a and 13b that are engaged with the pair of slit portions 12a and 12b on both sides in the width direction. Further, the holding member 6 has a pair of stoppers that come into contact with one end side of the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b at a position where the pair of engagement pieces 13a and 13b are engaged with the pair of slit portions 12a and 12b. It has parts 14a and 14b.

  In the edible utensil carrying case 1 of the present embodiment, while the holding member 6 is slid from one end side in the longitudinal direction of the lid body 3 toward the other end side along the inner surface of the lid body 3, The pair of engagement pieces 13a and 13b are engaged with the pair of slit portions 12a and 12b until the position where 14b comes into contact with one end side of the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b (hereinafter referred to as an attachment position). Thereby, the holding member 6 can be attached to the inner surface of the lid 3.

  On the other hand, in the case 1 of the eating utensil carrying case 1, the removal operation opposite to the above-described attachment operation, that is, the holding member 6 is slid from the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the lid 3 toward one end side. Thereby, it is possible to release the engagement state between the pair of engagement pieces 13 a and 13 b and the pair of slit portions 12 a and 12 b and to remove the holding member 6 from the inner surface of the lid 3. Moreover, since the holding member 6 and the main body case 2 and the lid 3 can be cleaned separately, it is possible to keep the space between the lid 3 and the holding member 6 in a sanitary manner.

  In addition, in the edible utensil carrying case 1, it is good also as a structure which provided a pair of stopper part 15a, 15b in the other end side of a pair of slit part 12a, 12b instead of a pair of stopper part 14a, 14b mentioned above. Also in this case, the pair of engagement pieces 13a and 13b are moved to the pair of slit portions 12a and the positions where the other end sides of the pair of engagement pieces 13a and 13b are in contact with the pair of stopper portions 15a and 15b (attachment positions). 12b can be engaged.

  The holding member 6 has a pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b that detachably hold the chopsticks C2. The pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b has an inner surface shape along the outer shape of the chopstick C2 so as to sandwich the chopstick C2 from both sides in the width direction, and are provided to protrude inward from each other.

  Further, the holding member 6 is attached to an attachment position that is shifted (shifted) to the other end side from the center in the longitudinal direction on the inner surface of the lid 3. As a result, the chopsticks C2 is held while the vicinity of the center of gravity of the chopsticks C2 is held by the pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b (holding members 6) with the tip side of the chopsticks C2 facing the one end side in the longitudinal direction of the lid 3. It can be attached to the chopstick attachment 5 in a stable state. Note that an embossed portion 3c is provided on the inner surface of the lid 3 along the shape of the chopsticks C2 in order to display the direction in which the chopsticks C2 is attached.

  Further, one or a plurality of (two in the present embodiment) hole portions 17 penetrating in the thickness direction are provided in a substantially central portion of the holding member 6. In the present embodiment, although not shown, a fitting convex portion that is fitted into the hole 17 at the mounting position described above may be provided on the inner surface of the lid 3. Thereby, it is possible to confirm that the holding member 6 is appropriately fixed at the mounting position by a click feeling when the fitting convex portion is fitted into the hole portion 17.

  Moreover, the holding member 6 has a pair of level | step-difference part 18a, 18b contact | abutted with the front-end | tip of a pair of rib part 11a, 11b. The pair of stepped portions 18 a and 18 b have a shape in which the width gradually decreases from one end side along the longitudinal direction of the lid body 3 toward the other end side. Furthermore, the width between the pair of stepped portions 18a and 18b is slightly larger than the width between the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b.

  Therefore, the pair of stepped portions 18a and 18b that are in contact with the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b at the mounting position are sandwiched between the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b while being slightly elastically deformed. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the holding member 6 from shifting from the attachment position to the removal side, and to fix the holding member 6 to the attachment position in a stable state.

  In addition, instead of making the width between the pair of stepped portions 18a and 18b slightly larger than the width between the pair of rib portions 11a and 11b, a pair of engagement with the width between the pair of slit portions 12a and 12b. The same effect can be obtained by slightly increasing the width between the pieces 13a and 13b.

  In the edible utensil carrying case 1 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the above-described lid 3 closes the upper opening 2a of the case body 2 so that the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2 face each other. It is stored in the storage space K.

  In the edible utensil carrying case 1 of this embodiment, the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2 are made compact inside the edible utensil carrying case 1 by overlapping the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2 in the vertical direction (height direction). It can be stored.

  Further, in the case 1 for carrying the eating utensil according to the present embodiment, a part of the chopsticks C2 is located inside the spoon storage part 4 in a state where the lid 3 closes the upper opening 2a of the case body 2. Thereby, even when the spoon C1 and the chopsticks C2 are superposed in the vertical direction (height direction), it is possible to keep the height dimension of the portable case 1 for eating utensils low.

  Moreover, since the other end side of this food container carrying case 1 can be easily inserted into a pocket of a pouch for storing a lunch box, a soup jar, etc., excellent portability can be obtained.

  In the edible utensil carrying case 1 of the present embodiment, in a state where the spoon C1 and the chopstick C2 face each other, the pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b (holding member 6) holding the chopstick C2 is the base end of the spoon C1. It is in contact with the side.

  In this case, while the pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b (holding member 6) is slightly elastically deformed, the base of the spoon C1 is interposed between the pair of holding pieces 16a and 16b (holding member 6) and the contact portion 9. The end side can be pressed down. Further, the chopsticks C2 can be pressed by the pair of elastically deformed holding pieces 16a and 16b (holding member 6).

  Thereby, in the edible utensil carrying case 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress backlash between the spoon C1 accommodated in the spoon accommodating portion 4 and the chopstick C2 attached to the chopstick attachment portion 5. Therefore, it is possible to obtain excellent portability while preventing unpleasant sounds such as “kacha, katcha” from being generated when the edible utensil carrying case 1 is carried.

In addition, this invention is not necessarily limited to the thing of the said embodiment, A various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.
For example, in the case of the edible utensil carrying case 1, a spoon is accommodated as the first edible utensil C <b> 1 and chopsticks are accommodated as the second edible utensil C <b> 2. It is also possible to store a fork or the like instead of. Further, as the second eating tool C2, it is possible to store a knife, a fork, a spoon or the like instead of chopsticks.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Food utensil carrying case 2 ... Case main body 2a ... Upper opening part 2d ... Swelling part 3 ... Cover body 4 ... Spoon storage part (storage part) 4a ... Tip side recessed part 4b ... Base end side recessed part 5 ... Chopstick attachment part (Attachment part) 6 ... Holding member 7 ... Hinge part 8 ... Lid lock mechanism 9 ... Contact part 10 ... Restriction part 11a, 11b ... Rib part 12a, 12b ... Slit part 13a, 13b ... Engagement piece 14a, 14b ... Stopper Part 15a, 15b ... Stopper part 16a, 16b ... Holding piece 17 ... Hole 18a, 18b ... Step part K ... Storage space C1 ... Spoon (first cooking utensil) C2 ... Chopsticks (second cooking utensil)

Claims (11)

A case main body having an upper opening; and a lid for opening and closing the upper opening of the case main body, and storing the eating utensil in a storage space formed between the case main body and the lid, A carrying case for eating utensils that makes the eating utensils portable,
The case body has a storage portion in which the first eating utensil is stored,
The lid body has an attachment portion to which the second eating utensil is attached on the inner surface,
The lid body closes the upper opening of the case body, so that the first eating tool and the second eating tool are stored in the storage space in a state of facing each other. Instrument carrying case. The attachment portion has a holding member that holds the second eating tool,
The food container carrying case according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is detachably attached to the inner surface of the lid. The holding member is made of an elastic member,
The holding member for holding the second food utensil is in contact with the first food utensil when the first food utensil and the second food utensil face each other. The food container carrying case according to claim 2. The holding member has a pair of holding pieces for detachably holding the second eating utensil,
The said second eating utensil is hold | maintained between the said pair of holding pieces, The eating utensil carrying case of Claim 2 or 3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   5. The device according to claim 1, wherein a part of the second eating utensil is located inside the storage portion in a state where the lid closes the upper opening of the case main body. Carrying utensil carrying case as described in 2. The lid is located in a midway portion in the longitudinal direction of the inner surface, and protrudes inward from both sides of the inner surface in the width direction, and between the inner surface and the pair of rib portions. A pair of slit portions formed in the
The holding member has a pair of engagement pieces engaged with the pair of slit portions on both sides in the width direction,
By engaging the pair of engagement pieces with the pair of slit portions while sliding the holding member along the inner surface of the lid body from one end side to the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the lid body The said holding member is attached with respect to the inner surface of the said cover body, The food container carrying case as described in any one of Claims 2-5 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The said holding member has a pair of stopper part contact | abutted with the one end side of the said pair of rib part in the position where the said pair of engagement piece was engaged with the said pair of slit part. Item 7. A food case carrying case according to Item 6.   The said holding member is attached to the position biased to the other end side rather than the center of the longitudinal direction of the said inner surface, The eating case carrying case as described in any one of Claims 2-7 characterized by the above-mentioned. The inner surface of the lid and the storage portion have a shape in which the width gradually decreases from one end side in the longitudinal direction toward the other end side,
The said holding member has a shape where a width | variety becomes narrow gradually toward the other end side from the one end side of the said longitudinal direction, The edible utensil carrying case as described in any one of Claims 2-8 characterized by the above-mentioned. The storage portion has a distal end side recess in which the distal end side of the first eating utensil is accommodated on one end side in the longitudinal direction, and a proximal end in which the proximal end side of the first eating utensil is accommodated on the other end side in the longitudinal direction. Side recesses,
The said 2nd eating utensil is attached to the said attaching part in the state which orient | assigned the front end side to the one end side of the said longitudinal direction, The eating utensil carrying device as described in any one of Claims 1-9 characterized by the above-mentioned. For case.   The food container carrying case according to claim 10, wherein a restriction portion for restricting a position of the proximal end side of the first eating utensil is provided in the proximal end concave portion.

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