JP3229591B2 - Connecting container - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connection container which can be detachably connected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional connection container has a fitting hole formed on an upper surface of an upper wall and a fitting projection formed on a lower surface of a bottom wall. In a conventional connection container, this fitting hole is detachably fitted to a fitting projection of another connection container, and is connected to another connection container.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional connecting container, the fitting hole or the fitting projection is not covered at all and is in a bare state, so that the fitting cannot be prevented. Therefore, the transparent cylinder 41 of the game device 40 as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-285639 (see FIG. 8)
When the conventional connecting containers are accommodated in series as a prize, the fitting protrusion of another connecting container fits into the fitting hole of one connecting container and is connected, and it is difficult to take out the individual containers. There was a point.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and when housed in a housing portion of a game device, can be prevented from being connected to each other, and can be taken out of the housing portion of the game device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an unconventional connecting container that can be easily connected when it is connected.

[0005]

The connecting container according to the first aspect of the present invention has the following means to achieve the above object. (A) It is composed of a storage container for storing the stored items and a connecting member. (B) The storage container has an upper wall, a peripheral wall, and a bottom wall, and a fitting hole or a fitting hole is formed on an upper surface of the upper wall, and a fitting protrusion or a fitting hole is formed on a lower surface of the bottom wall. . (C) The connecting member includes a substrate and a pair of connecting pins protruding from both sides of the upper surface of the substrate. (2) A connection recess into which a pair of connection pins of the connection member is removably inserted is formed on the bottom wall or the upper wall of the storage container on both sides of the fitting protrusion or the fitting hole. (E) At least one connection hole into which one connection pin of the connection member is removably inserted is formed in the vicinity of the lower surface or the upper surface peripheral edge of the bottom wall or the upper wall of the storage container.

[0006] The connecting container according to the second aspect of the present invention has the following means to achieve the above object. (A) It is composed of a storage container for storing the stored items and a connecting member. (B) The storage container includes a bottom wall on which the storage object is placed, and a cover body detachably attached to the bottom wall so as to cover the storage item. (C) The bottom wall is formed in a disc shape, and a fitting projection or a fitting hole is formed on the lower surface. (D) The cover body is integrally formed of a transparent material, and has a cylindrical peripheral wall and an upper wall curved upward, and a fitting hole or a fitting projection is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall. thing. (E) The connecting member includes a substrate and a pair of connecting pins protruding from both sides of the upper surface of the substrate. (F) On both sides of the fitting projection or the fitting hole on the bottom wall, a connecting recess into which a pair of connecting pins of the connecting member is removably inserted is formed. (G) At least one connection hole into which one connection pin of the connection member is removably inserted is formed in the vicinity of the lower surface peripheral edge of the bottom wall.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a connecting container having the following means in addition to the above means. (A) The connection hole is formed in a projection protruding from the lower surface of the bottom wall. (B) A lower side wall of the bottom wall is formed with a side wall higher than the protrusion. (C) A recess is formed in the vicinity of the protrusion on the side wall so that when one connecting pin of the connecting member is inserted into the connecting hole, the other connecting pin can be positioned outside so as to be positioned outside.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a connection container according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the connection container viewed from another direction in FIG. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG. 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views showing the connected state of the connection container. 6 to 8 are explanatory diagrams illustrating a use state of the connection container.

The connection container 1 includes a storage container 2 for storing a storage item 39 and a connection member 3. The connecting member 3 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin and includes a thin plate-shaped substrate 5 and a pair of connecting pins 6 and 7 protruding from both sides of the upper surface of the substrate 5.

The storage container 2 includes a bottom wall 10 on which a storage item 39 such as a toy or an accessory is placed, and a cover 1 detachably attached to the bottom wall 10 so as to cover the storage item 39.
It consists of 1. The bottom wall 10 is formed in a disk shape by a synthetic resin, and a fitting protrusion 13 is formed substantially at the center of the lower surface 12. The fitting protrusion 13 is formed in a hollow shape, and can be bent inward against the elasticity of the synthetic resin material.

On both sides of the fitting projection 13 of the bottom wall 10, there are formed substantially C-shaped connecting concave portions 15, 16 into which a pair of connecting pins 6, 7 of the connecting member 3 are detachably inserted. In the vicinity of the periphery of the lower surface 12 of the bottom wall 10, four connection holes 19 into which one connection pin 6 of the connection member 3 is detachably inserted are formed at substantially equal intervals. The connection hole 19 is formed in a protrusion 20 protruding from the lower surface 12 of the bottom wall 10. One side of the projection 20 has a substantially triangular reinforcing rib 2.
1 is provided.

On the periphery of the lower surface 12 of the bottom wall 10, the protrusion 2
Side walls 23 higher than 0 are formed. A substantially triangular reinforcing rib 25 is provided inside the side wall 23.
In the vicinity of the protrusion 20 on the side wall 23, a substantially U-shaped connection member is inserted so that when the connection pin 6 of the connection member 3 is inserted into the connection hole 19, the other connection pin 7 can be positioned outside. A recess 26 is formed. In addition, an engagement protrusion 27 is formed on an upper portion of the outer peripheral surface of the side wall 23 so as to protrude therefrom.
At the lower edge of the outer peripheral surface of the side wall 23, a locking edge 29 having a locking projection 28 is formed.

The cover body 11 is integrally formed of a transparent material and comprises a cylindrical peripheral wall 31 and a hemispherical upper wall 32 curved upward.
3 are formed, and a fitting hole 35 is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall 32. An engagement recess 36 is formed in the lower portion of the inner peripheral surface.

The connecting container 1 has the above-described structure. When the storage 39 such as toys and accessories is put in the cover 11 and the bottom wall 10 is fitted into the opening 33 of the cover 11, the connection of the side wall 23 is established. The locking projection 28 of the retaining edge 29 is locked to the lower end 37 of the cover body 11, and the engagement projection 27 of the side wall 23 is
1 is engaged with the engaging recess 36, and the bottom wall 10 is
Is attached. Note that a gap 38 is formed between the lower end 37 of the cover body 11 and the locking edge 29 of the bottom wall 10 by the locking projection 28, and a fingernail is inserted into the gap 38 to allow the bottom wall 1 to be inserted.
0 can be easily removed from the cover body 11.

[0015] As shown in FIG.
By fitting the fitting hole 35 of another connection container 1 into the 0 fitting projection 13, it is possible to connect the other connection container 1 in series. The connection container 1 is configured such that one connection pin 6 of the connection member 3 is inserted into the connection hole 19 of the bottom wall 10 and the other connection pin 7 of the connection member 3 is inserted into the connection hole 19 of another connection container 1. And another connection container 1 can be connected in parallel. Since four connection holes 19 are formed at substantially equal intervals, four connection containers 1 can be connected radially around one connection container 1.

When the connecting container 1 is placed on a mounting surface such as a desk,
The lower end of the side wall 23 comes into contact with the mounting surface and can be erected. Even when the plurality of connection containers 1 are connected in parallel by the connection members 3, the connection members 3 are inserted into the concave portions 26 of the side walls 23, so that the plurality of connection containers 1 are placed on the connection members 3. It can be stably standing without any.

The connection container 1 includes a game device 40 shown in FIG.
When housed in the cylindrical body 41 having the permeability of, the fitting protrusions 13 of the upper connection container 1 are fitted and connected to the fitting holes 35 of the lower connection container 1, Cannot be taken out individually. In such a case, when the pair of connecting pins 6, 7 of the connecting member 3 are inserted into the connecting recesses 15, 16 formed on both sides of the fitting protrusion 13, the board 5 covers the fitting protrusion 13. Cannot be fitted into the fitting hole 35 of the lower connection container 1 and is not connected. As described above, when the connection protrusions 13 are covered by the connection members 3, the connection containers 1 are separated from each other without being connected to each other even when housed in the cylinder 41 of the game apparatus 40. The device 43 can reliably take out the connection containers 1 one by one from the lower opening 45 of the cylindrical body 41.

In the above-described embodiment, the fitting projection 13 is formed on the bottom wall 10 and the fitting hole 35 is formed on the upper wall 32. A fitting projection may be formed on the wall 32. Also, a connection hole 19 is formed in the bottom wall 10.
Are formed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is sufficient that at least one or more connection holes 19 are provided.

[0019]

As described above, in the connecting container according to the first and second aspects, the fitting hole or the fitting hole is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall, and the fitting protrusion or the fitting hole is formed on the lower surface of the bottom wall. Therefore, another connection container can be connected in series.
Further, by inserting one connecting pin of the connecting member into a connecting hole of one connecting container and inserting the other connecting pin of the connecting member into a connecting hole of another connecting container, the connecting containers can be connected in parallel. it can. When a pair of connecting pins of the connecting member is inserted into the connecting concave portions formed on both sides of the fitting protrusion or the fitting hole of the storage container, the fitting protrusion or the fitting hole is covered by the connecting member and connected in series. become unable. As described above, since the connection containers can be connected in series and cannot be connected, there is an effect that the prize can be stored as a prize in a game device that stores prizes in series.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, since the concave portion for inserting the connecting member is formed in the side wall, even if the connecting member is connected in parallel, the container is placed on the connecting member. There is no effect, and there is an effect that it can be stably stood.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a connection container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the connection container viewed from another direction in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a connection state of the connection container.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a connection state of the connection container.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the connection container.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the connection container.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the connection container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Connection container 2 Storage container 3 Connection member 5 Substrate 6 Connection pin 7 Connection pin 10 Bottom wall 11 Cover body 12 Lower surface 13 Fitting protrusion 15 Connection recess 16 Connection recess 19 Connection hole 20 Projection 21 Rib 23 Side wall 25 Rib 26 Recess 27 Mating protrusion 28 Locking protrusion 29 Locking edge 31 Peripheral wall 32 Upper wall 33 Opening 35 Fitting hole 36 Engaging recess 37 Lower end 39 Stored items

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References Japanese Utility Model Sho 58-116536 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Sho 53-95363 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Hei 5-90488 (JP, U) (58) Survey Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65D 21/02 B65D 21/02 301 B65D 21/024

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A connecting container having the following requirements. (A) It is composed of a storage container for storing the stored items and a connecting member. (B) The storage container has an upper wall, a peripheral wall, and a bottom wall, and a fitting hole or a fitting hole is formed on an upper surface of the upper wall, and a fitting protrusion or a fitting hole is formed on a lower surface of the bottom wall. . (C) The connecting member includes a substrate and a pair of connecting pins protruding from both sides of the upper surface of the substrate. (2) A connection recess into which a pair of connection pins of the connection member is removably inserted is formed on the bottom wall or the upper wall of the storage container on both sides of the fitting protrusion or the fitting hole. (E) At least one connection hole into which one connection pin of the connection member is removably inserted is formed in the vicinity of the lower surface or the upper surface peripheral edge of the bottom wall or the upper wall of the storage container. 2. A connecting container having the following requirements. (A) It is composed of a storage container for storing the stored items and a connecting member. (B) The storage container includes a bottom wall on which the storage object is placed, and a cover body detachably attached to the bottom wall so as to cover the storage item. (C) The bottom wall is formed in a disc shape, and a fitting projection or a fitting hole is formed on the lower surface. (D) The cover body is integrally formed of a transparent material, and has a cylindrical peripheral wall and an upper wall curved upward, and a fitting hole or a fitting projection is formed on the upper surface of the upper wall. thing. (E) The connecting member includes a substrate and a pair of connecting pins protruding from both sides of the upper surface of the substrate. (F) On both sides of the fitting projection or the fitting hole on the bottom wall, a connecting recess into which a pair of connecting pins of the connecting member is removably inserted is formed. (G) At least one connection hole into which one connection pin of the connection member is removably inserted is formed in the vicinity of the lower surface peripheral edge of the bottom wall. 3. The connection container according to claim 2, wherein the connection container has the following requirements. (A) The connection hole is formed in a projection protruding from the lower surface of the bottom wall. (B) A lower side wall of the bottom wall is formed with a side wall higher than the protrusion. (C) A recess is formed in the vicinity of the protrusion on the side wall so that when one connecting pin of the connecting member is inserted into the connecting hole, the other connecting pin can be positioned outside so as to be positioned outside.