JP4263457B2 - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention can meet the demand that the decorative part does not peel off or fall off even partially from the container body or lid, and the purchaser chooses the appearance according to preference. It is related with the cosmetics container which can raise the freedom degree which can do.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, a cosmetic container includes a container main body that stores cosmetics and a lid that opens and closes the container main body. And in order to improve the designability with respect to these container main bodies and lids which make the appearance of cosmetic containers, they have been decorated by various methods. For example, by performing surface treatment by sputtering or the like, transferring characters or patterns using a transfer sheet, or overlaying a transparent or translucent layer on a pattern, etc. The lid was decorated.
[0003]
The applicant of the present application has applied for Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-249000 as a related prior application.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the case of conventional cosmetic containers, for the purpose of providing a cosmetic container as a product with high-quality and high quality, the decorated part may be partially peeled off or dropped off from the container body or lid. In any of the above decoration methods, the decoration parts must be integrally formed inseparable from each other so that the decoration part is inseparable from the container body and the lid. There was a request.
[0005]
On the other hand, such a request means that the appearance of the cosmetic container is limited to the design selected by the producer, and allows the purchaser to freely select the cosmetic appearance of the cosmetic container according to their preference. It was preventing that. For this reason, the purchaser could not find a cosmetic container of a favorite design, and this was considered to be one of the reasons for buying back.
[0006]
The present invention was devised in view of the above-described conventional problems, and can meet the demand that the decorative portion does not peel off or fall off even partially from the container body or the lid. Another object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container capable of increasing the degree of freedom with which a purchaser can select the appearance according to his / her preference.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A cosmetic container according to the present invention is a cosmetic container having a container main body and a lid that opens and closes the container, and is superposed on at least one of the lid and the container main body so as to be exchangeable. An elastically deformable replacement cover to be mounted, and a slide provided between the lid body or the container body and the replacement cover, and slidably engages the replacement cover with the lid body or the container body. An engaging portion, a locking projection provided on the lid or the container body, a locking piece provided on the replacement cover and detachably locked to the locking projection, and the lid or provided in the container body, the replacement cover, its by elastic deformation to disengage the locking pieces from the locking projection, and, in order to remove by sliding via the slide engaging section, the Characterized in that a recess for permitting an elastic deformation of the changeover cover. As a result, it is possible to meet the demand that the decorative part does not peel off or fall off even partially from the container body or lid, and the purchaser can choose the appearance according to his / her preference. It is possible to increase the degree of freedom that can be achieved.
[0008]
In addition, a holding portion that holds the replacement cover on the lid or the container body is provided between the lid or the container body and the replacement cover. As a result, the slidable replacement cover that is locked to the lid or the container main body can be fixedly and securely held on the lid.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment has a dish-shaped synthetic resin container body 3 in which a housing recess 2 is formed, and a hinge at the rear end in the longitudinal direction of the container body 3. 4, the container body 3 is opened and closed by being pivoted in the vertical direction, and is engaged with the front end of the container body 3 through a hook 5 so that the container body 3 is closed. The plate-shaped synthetic resin lid 6 and at least one of the lid 6 and the container body 3, in the illustrated example, are detachably overlapped and mounted on the lid 6, and the lid is replaceable It is mainly composed of a plate-like synthetic resin replacement cover 7 that covers the body 6 and is elastically deformable.
[0010]
The material of the replacement cover 7 is not limited to a synthetic resin, and may be a metal. The replacement cover 7 may be provided so as to cover the container main body 3, or may be provided on both the lid 6 and the container main body 3. In the illustrated example, the container body 3, the lid body 6, and the replacement cover 7 have a planar outer contour formed in a rectangular shape, but may have a polygonal shape or a circular shape. A mirror 8 is attached to the back surface of the lid 6.
[0011]
The hook 5 is suspended from a hook protrusion 10 projecting in a recess 9 formed at the front end of the container body 3 and is suspended from the front end of the lid body 6 so as to be detachably engaged with the hook protrusion 10. And a hook piece 11. Further, the hinge 4 is sandwiched between a pair of hinge pieces 12 projecting from the rear end of the container body 3, and a hinge block 13 suspended from the rear end of the lid 6 is sandwiched between the hinge block 13 and the hinge piece 12. A hinge pin 14 is inserted in the left-right width direction of the container body 3.
[0012]
The replacement cover 7 is provided with various decorations so that the purchaser can freely select the design appearance of the cosmetic container 1, in this embodiment the lid 6, according to preference. Has been prepared. The decorative portion applied to the replacement cover 7 is inseparably inseparable from the replacement cover 7 by a generally known method so that the decorative portion is not partially peeled off or dropped off. It is formed integrally.
[0013]
More specifically, the replacement cover 7 is suspended from its peripheral edge toward the lid 6 except for the rear end, and a hanging portion 15 is formed. Of the hanging parts 15, a pair of hanging parts 15 in the left-right width direction of the replacement cover 7 are projected to the inside along the front-rear direction of the replacement cover 7 and have a considerable length. Is formed. Two holding projections 17 are formed on the hanging portion 15 at the front end of the replacement cover 7 so as to protrude inwardly at an appropriate interval in the width direction of the replacement cover 7.
[0014]
The replacement cover 7 is formed with a locking piece 18 protruding rearward from the rear end thereof. An upward convex portion 19 is formed at the tip of the locking piece 18. The replacement cover 7 can be sufficiently elastically deformed around the rear end provided with the locking piece 18 toward the lid 6 by the front end and the left and right hanging parts 15.
[0015]
On the other hand, on the lid 6 formed in a plate shape with a considerable thickness, the hanging portion 15 of the replacement cover 7 is placed so as to protrude outward in the horizontal direction from the lower end of the outer peripheral wall 6a except for the rear end. The collar 20 to be placed is formed. In addition, a bulging portion 21 that protrudes upward from the upper surface 6 b of the lid body 6 is formed at the rear end of the lid body 6 between the left and right flange portions 20 in the width direction of the lid body 6. Is configured such that the rear end of the replacement cover 7 is brought into contact therewith. Similarly, the hanging portion 15 at the front end of the replacement cover 7 is brought into contact with the outer peripheral wall 6a at the front end of the lid 6.
[0016]
Among the outer peripheral walls 6a, the pair of outer peripheral walls 6a in the left-right width direction of the lid body 6 are recessed inward from the front end of the lid body 6 by a considerable length and inward, and slide ribs 16 are formed. A slide groove 22 to be inserted and removed is formed, and the replacement cover 7 is attached to the cover body 6 between the cover body 6 and the replacement cover 7 by the slide groove 22 and the slide rib 16. A slide engagement portion that is slidably engaged is provided. The slide rib 16 is inserted into the slide groove 22 from the front end of the lid body 6 and is slid in the front-rear direction of the lid body 6. The slide rib 16 and the slide groove 22 are engaged with each other in a relationship between a cornered corner and an entry corner so that they cannot be removed from each other in the vertical direction and can slide in the front-rear direction.
[0017]
In addition, the outer peripheral wall 6a at the front end of the lid 6 is formed with a holding groove 23 that is recessed inward at a position corresponding to the holding protrusion 17 of the replacement cover 7 and into which the holding protrusion 17 is inserted and removed. By the holding grooves 23 and the holding protrusions 17, a holding portion for holding the replacement cover 7 on the lid body 6 is provided between the lid body 6 and the replacement cover 7. Even in the holding projections 17 and the holding grooves 23, they are engaged with each other in the relationship between the angled corners and the corners so that they cannot be removed from each other in the vertical direction and can be engaged and disengaged in the front-rear direction. The holding protrusion 17 is detachably engaged with the holding groove 23 when the hanging portion 15 at the front end of the replacement cover 7 is brought into contact with the outer peripheral wall 6a at the front end of the lid 6.
[0018]
Further, the lid 6 is formed with a recess 24 on the bulging portion 21 side of the upper surface 6b facing the replacement cover 7 and extends from the lower end to the bulging portion 21 at the center in the width direction of the hinge block 13. A vertical groove 25 communicating with the recess 24 is formed in series, leaving the back surface portion 13 a of the hinge block 13. Further, locking projections 26 are provided at the upper ends of the vertical grooves 25 opened toward the recess 24 so as to protrude downward from the top surface of the bulging portion 21, and the locking projections 26 and the locking pieces 18 are provided. Thus, a locking portion for locking the sliding replacement cover 7 to the lid body 6 is provided between the lid body 6 and the replacement cover 7.
[0019]
The projections 19 of the locking projections 26 and the locking pieces 18 are squared out so that they cannot be detached from each other in the front-rear direction, which is the sliding direction of the replacement cover 7, and are freely detachable in the vertical direction. Engage with a corner-to-corner relationship. Then, the engaging piece 18 is engaged with the protrusion 19 that has entered the bottom of the engaging protrusion 26 in response to the rear end of the replacement cover 7 coming into contact with the bulging portion 21 at the rear end of the lid 6. Stopped. Further, the hollow portion 24 forms a space S between the replacement cover 7 and the lid body 6 so that the replacement cover 7 is detached from the locking projection 26 and is elastically deformed by pressing down the replacement cover 7. Is to be tolerated.
[0020]
The operation of the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The replacement cover 7 attached to the lid 6 by the purchaser who has purchased the cosmetic container 1 is replaced with a new replacement cover 7 of another design. When exchanging, first, the rear end portion of the replacement cover 7 located on the recess 24 is pushed down to be elastically deformed. By elastically deforming the replacement cover 7 in this manner, the locking piece 18 is pushed down below the locking projection 26 as shown in FIG. 4, thereby releasing the locking by the locking portion.
[0021]
In this state, the replacement cover 7 is pulled forward. When the replacement cover 7 is pulled, the slide rib 16 moves along the slide groove 22, and as a result, the locking piece 18 is extracted from the bulging portion 21 as shown in FIG. 17 is also detached from the holding groove 23, whereby the replacement cover 7 can be removed from the lid body 6.
[0022]
Next, when a new replacement cover 7 is attached to the lid body 6, the slide rib 16 is inserted into the slide groove 22 from the front end of the lid body 6, and the replacement cover 7 is slid rearward. When the rear end of the replacement cover 7 reaches the bulging portion 21, the locking piece 18 is locked under the locking projection 26 while being elastically deformed. The holding projection 17 is engaged with the groove 23, and the rear end 15 of the replacement cover 7 and the hanging portion 15 of the replacement cover 7 are placed on the flange 20 of the lid body 6 together with this. The front end of the drooping portion 15 is brought into contact with the bulging portion 21 of the lid body 6 and the front end of the outer peripheral wall 6a, so that the replacement cover 7 can be mounted on the lid body 6 in an overlapping manner.
[0023]
As described above, in the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment, the cover 6 is covered with the cover 6 so as to be exchangeably overlapped and mounted, and the cover 6 can be elastically deformed. A sliding engagement portion comprising a sliding rib 16 and a sliding groove 22 provided between the replacement cover 7 and slidably engaged with the replacement cover 7 on the cover body 6; The locking projection 26 provided between the cover 7, the locking piece 18 provided on the replacement cover 7, which is detachably locked to the locking projection 26, and the lid 6 are provided for replacement. In order to remove the locking piece 18 from the locking projection 26 by the elastic deformation of the cover 7 and slide it through the slide engaging portion, the recessed portion that allows the elastic deformation of the replacement cover 7 24 so that the replacement cover 7 can be replaced. The appearance of the cosmetic container 1 is not limited to the design selected by the producer. As the cosmetic container 1, the purchaser can select the appearance with a high degree of freedom according to their preference. It can be motivated.
[0024]
As the replacement cover 7, similarly to the conventional lid body, the decorative portion may be integrally formed so as to be inseparably separated from each other, and thus the decorative portion may be partially separated from the replacement cover 7. The cosmetic container 1 as a product can be provided with a high quality full of luxury that is comparable to the conventional one without peeling off or dropping off.
[0025]
In addition, the replacement cover 7 can be easily attached / detached only by the slide operation of the slide engagement portion composed of the slide rib 16 and the slide groove 22. In addition, since the holding portion including the holding projection 17 and the holding groove 23 for holding the replacement cover 7 on the lid body 6 is provided between the lid body 6 and the replacement cover 7, a slidable replacement cover is provided. 7 can be fixedly and securely held on the lid 6. Furthermore, the sliding operation of the lid body 6 and the replacement cover 7 can be guided by the sliding groove 22 and the sliding rib 16, and stable operability can be ensured.
[0026]
Further, since the replacement cover 7 is formed so as to be elastically deformable and the recess portion 24 allowing the elastic deformation is provided in the lid body 6, the engaging / disengaging operation of the locking piece 18 with respect to the locking protrusion 26 is facilitated. be able to. Further, since the locking projection 26 and the locking piece 18 are engaged in the sliding direction so as not to be removable in the relationship between the protruding corner and the entering corner, the replacement cover 7 is firmly fixed to the lid body 6 from this configuration. It is possible to prevent the replacement cover 7 from easily falling off when an impact due to dropping or the like is applied to the cosmetic container 1.
[0027]
By the way, when the planar outlines of the container body 3, the lid body 6, and the replacement cover 7 are polygonal or circular, for example, a slide groove is formed on the upper surface 6b of the lid body 6 and the replacement cover is formed. What is necessary is just to comprise a slide engagement part, for example by making it hang down from 7, forming a slide protrusion.
[0028]
In the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which the replacement cover 7 that covers the cover 6 so as to be replaceable is detachably provided. However, in the case where the replacement cover 7 is provided on the container body 3. A slide engaging portion, a locking portion, and a holding portion may be provided between the container main body 3 and the replacement cover 7, and the recess 24 may be provided in the container main body 3.
[0029]
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the cosmetic container 1 provided with the hinge 4 and the hook 5 has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the container body 3 is covered with a screw structure or a diameter fitting structure. Of course, the present invention may be applied to various types of containers in which the body 6 is attached and detached.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
In short, in the cosmetic container according to the present invention, it is possible to meet the request that the decorative part does not peel or fall off even partially from the container body or the lid, and It is possible to increase the degree of freedom that the purchaser can select the appearance according to his / her preference.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a partially broken exploded perspective view of a lid of the cosmetic container of FIG.
3 is a partial front cross-sectional view of the cosmetic container of FIG. 1;
4 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view of a main part showing a state in which a replacement cover of the cosmetic container of FIG. 1 is elastically deformed and detached from a locking part.
5 is an enlarged cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a process of sliding and removing a replacement cover of the cosmetic container of FIG. 1. FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cosmetic container 3 Container main body 6 Lid body 7 Replacement cover 16 Slide rib 17 Holding protrusion 18 Locking piece 19 Protruding part 22 Sliding groove 23 Holding groove 24 Depression part 26 Locking protrusion

Claims (2)

In a cosmetic container having a container body and a lid for opening and closing the container body,
An elastically deformable replacement cover that is attached to at least one of the lid body and the container body so as to cover and replace the cover body, and the lid body or the container body and the replacement cover. A sliding engagement portion that is slidably engaged with the lid or the container body, and a locking protrusion provided on the lid or the container body, and the replacement cover. A locking piece that is detachably locked to the locking projection, and is provided on the lid body or the container body, and the replacement cover is fixed to the locking piece by elastic deformation thereof. A cosmetic container comprising a recess for allowing elastic deformation of the replacement cover to be detached from the protrusion and to be removed by sliding through the slide engaging portion . The holding part which hold | maintains this replacement cover to the said cover body or container main body is provided between the said cover body or said container main body, and the said replacement cover. Cosmetic container.

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