JP5785783B2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a compact container for storing cosmetics.

  As this type of compact container, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1 below, a container for storing an inner dish filled with a cosmetic and an applicator (puff or the like) for applying the cosmetic, respectively. A configuration including a main body and an openable / closable lid connected to the container main body via a hinge is known. In the container body described above, an intermediate dish storage part for storing the intermediate dish and an applicator storage part for storing the applicator are arranged side by side in a plan view.

  Further, the above-described middle dish is a replaceable refill-type middle dish, and this middle dish is detachably held in the middle dish container. In addition, an opening having a rectangular shape in a plan view through which a finger or the like can be inserted is formed in the bottom plate of the middle tray housing portion of the container body.

  In the above-described compact container, when the cosmetics in the middle dish are used up, first press the lower surface of the middle dish from the opening of the bottom plate with a finger or the like to protrude the middle dish, and remove the middle dish from the middle dish storage section. Remove. Thereafter, a new intermediate dish filled with the cosmetic is stored in the intermediate dish storage unit. Thereby, a compact container can be repeatedly used even if the cosmetics in a middle plate are used up.

JP 2010-75239 A

  By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional compact container, since opening is formed in the baseplate of a container main body, there exists a problem of bad appearance. Moreover, in order to suppress this problem, there is a demand to make the above-mentioned opening as small as possible. However, if this opening is made small, it becomes difficult to press the lower surface of the middle dish when protruding the middle dish as described above. There arises a problem that the operability at the time of taking out the ink is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a compact container capable of improving the appearance and the operability at the time of changing the pan.

A compact container according to the present invention includes a container main body and an openable / closable lid connected to the container main body via a hinge, and an inner dish filled with cosmetics can be attached to and detached from the container main body. In a compact container in which an intermediate dish storage part for storing and an applicator storage part for storing an applicator for applying the cosmetic are arranged in parallel, between the intermediate dish storage part and the applicator storage part A holding position that engages with the inner plate to hold the inner plate, a release position that releases the holding of the inner plate away from the inner plate toward the applicator storage unit, A slide member is slidable between the slide members, and the slide members extend in a direction perpendicular to the slide perpendicular to the slide direction of the slide member, and both end portions of the slide member are respectively attached to the container body. Engage and release position side of the slide member Engaging member for restricting the slide, the release mechanism to release respectively the engagement with the container body of the end portions of the engaging member is allowed to slide to the release position of the slide member, is provided, The engaging member is interposed between the pair of movable parts arranged in parallel in the direction orthogonal to the slide and the pair of movable parts, and the pair of movable parts is disposed outside the slide orthogonal direction. Urging portions for urging each of the pair of movable portions, and engaging portions for engaging with the engaged portions of the container body are provided at the outer ends of the pair of movable portions in the slide orthogonal direction. The upper surfaces of the pair of movable portions are respectively formed with inclined surfaces that are inclined downward toward the outer side in the direction perpendicular to the slide, and are disposed on the release mechanism and above the engagement member. Press part that can be pressed down A protrusion that presses each of the inclined surfaces of the pair of movable portions in accordance with a pressing operation of the pressing portion; and the protrusion presses the inclined surfaces of the pair of movable portions. Then, the pair of movable parts move toward the inside in the slide orthogonal direction while resisting the urging force of the urging part, so that the engaging parts in the pair of movable parts are The engagement member is disengaged from the engaged portion of the container body, and the engagement of the engagement member with the container body is released .

Due to such a feature, when the compact container is used, the both ends of the engaging member are engaged with the container body in a state where the sliding member is arranged at the holding position, so that the release position side of the sliding member Slide to is regulated. As a result, the slide member is fixed at the holding position, and the inner tray is held in the inner tray storage section.
On the other hand, when exchanging the inner plate, first, the engagement of the both ends of the engagement member with the container body is released by the release mechanism. Thereby, the slide of the slide member to the release position side is allowed. Subsequently, the slide member is slid to the release position side. Thereby, holding | maintenance of the inner tray by a slide member is cancelled | released, and it becomes possible to take out an inner tray from an inner tray accommodating part. Then, after removing the middle plate from the middle plate storage unit, a new middle plate is stored in the middle plate storage unit, and then the slide member is slid to the holding position. Further, both end portions of the engaging member are engaged with the container main body, and the sliding of the slide member toward the release position side is restricted. This completes the replacement of the inner dish.

Further , when the pressing part is pressed down, the protrusions press the inclined surfaces of the pair of movable parts.
At this time, by the pressing force, the pair of movable parts move inward in the slide orthogonal direction while resisting the urging force of the urging part. As a result, the engaging portions respectively provided at the ends of the pair of movable portions are disengaged from the engaged portions of the container body, and the engagement of the engaging member with the container body is released. Subsequently, the holding of the inner tray by the slide member is released by sliding the slide member to the release position side while pushing down the pressing portion.

  According to the compact container which concerns on this invention, since the inside dish can be removed from an inside dish storage part, without forming opening in the baseplate of a container main body, the external appearance property of a compact container can be improved. In addition, the release mechanism can release the engagement of both ends of the engagement member, and the intermediate plate can be taken out of the intermediate plate storage unit simply by sliding the slide member, so that the operability when removing the intermediate plate is improved. be able to.

It is a top view of a compact container in the state where the lid for explaining an embodiment of the invention was opened. It is sectional drawing between AA shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing between BB shown in FIG. It is a top view of the slide member of this Embodiment. It is sectional drawing between CC shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing between DD shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing of a slide member when the pressing part of this Embodiment is pushed down. It is a top view of a compact container when taking out the inner plate of this Embodiment. It is sectional drawing between EE shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a compact container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the compact container 1 according to the present embodiment is a portable lidded container for carrying cosmetics (not shown) such as a foundation and applicators such as puffs. The container main body 2 that respectively stores the middle dish 5 and the applicator P filled with a lid 3, and the lid 3 that can be opened and closed connected to the container main body 2 via a hinge 4 are provided. When the lid 3 is closed, the compact container 1 is formed in a flat shape having a rectangular shape in a plan view that is long in the direction along the axis of the hinge 4, and is disposed on the opposite edge of the hinge 4. The coupling mechanism 9 can hold the lid 3 in a closed state.

  In the present embodiment, the side of the container body 2 on which the lid 3 is attached (the arrow Z1 side shown in FIG. 2) is “upper”, and the opposite side (the arrow Z2 side shown in FIG. 2) is “lower”. " Moreover, the hinge 4 side (arrow Y1 side shown in FIG. 1) of the container body 2 is referred to as “rear”, and the opposite side (arrow Y2 side shown in FIG. 1) is referred to as “front”. Further, one side (the direction of the arrow X1 shown in FIG. 1) of the horizontal direction (the direction along the axis of the hinge 4) orthogonal to the front-rear direction (the Y1-Y2 direction shown in FIG. 1) is defined as “left”. The opposite side (arrow X2 direction shown in FIG. 1) is “right”.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, inside the container main body 2, there are an inner tray storage portion 20 for storing the inner tray 5 in a detachable manner, and an applicator storage portion 21 for storing the applicator P. Each of the inner dish storage part 20 and the applicator storage part 21 is formed side by side in the left-right direction (X1-X2 direction). The middle dish storage portion 20 is disposed in the left region of the container body 2, and the applicator storage portion 21 is disposed in the right region of the container body 2.

  More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the container body 2 includes a flat dish-shaped exterior body 6 having a rectangular shape in plan view, and a rectangular frame-like inner shape fitted inside the exterior body 6. The frame body 7 is provided with a slide member 8 that is arranged so as to span between opposite sides (long sides) of the inner frame body 7 and is slidable in the left-right direction (X1-X2 direction).

  The exterior body 6 has a configuration in which a peripheral wall portion 61 is erected on the outer edge of the bottom plate portion 60 over the entire circumference. The bottom plate portion 60 is a flat plate portion having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the left-right direction. The peripheral wall portion 61 is a wall portion formed in a rectangular ring shape in plan view, and is erected vertically with respect to the bottom plate portion 60. The peripheral wall 61 is provided with a rear-side rear wall 62 provided with a hinge recess 40 that constitutes the hinge 4, and a push piece 90 that is disposed opposite to the rear wall 62 and constitutes the engagement mechanism 9. Is provided with front wall 63 on the front side and side walls 64 and 64 on both the left and right sides.

  On the left side of the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60, elastic pressers 65 and 66 for holding the inner tray 5 by elastically pressing the outer peripheral surface of the inner tray 5 are disposed. The first elastic pressing portion 65 disposed at the center position in the front-rear direction (Y1-Y2 direction) of the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60 and extends along the front-rear direction. And a pair of elastically deformable elastic pieces 65b and 65b projecting from both sides of the standing wall 65a. The pair of elastic pieces 65b and 65b Pressed against the left side. The second elastic pressing portions 66 and 66 respectively disposed on the both sides of the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60 in the front-rear direction are erected on the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60 and are seen in a plan view L along the front-back direction and the left-right direction. A standing wall portion 66a bent in a letter shape and an elastically deformable elastic piece portion 66b projecting from the right side portion of the standing wall portion 66a are provided. Alternatively, the inner tray 5 is elastically held by being pressed against the front side surface.

In addition, wall-like rail portions 67 and 67 that extend along the left-right direction (X1-X2 direction) and guide the sliding direction of the sliding member 8 are provided on the front side portion and the rear side portion of the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60. Each is arranged. The rail parts 67, 67 on both sides are respectively arranged in the center part in the left-right direction of the bottom plate part 60 and extend in parallel to face each other. In addition, convex stopper portions 67a and 67b are projected from both ends of the upper edge of the rail portion 67, respectively. Further, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the engaged portion in which both end portions (engagement portions 112, which will be described later) of the engagement member 11 are engaged with intermediate portions in the sliding direction of the rail portions 67 and 67 on both sides. Joint portions 68 and 68 are provided, respectively. The engaged portion 68 is a recess formed in the lower end portion of the rail portions 67 and 67.
The front rail portion 67 is formed integrally with the front wall portion 63, and the rear rail portion 67 is formed integrally with the rear wall portion 62.

  In addition, a push piece mounting portion 91 to which the push piece 90 is mounted is formed at a central portion in the left-right direction of the front wall portion 63. As shown in FIG. 5, the push piece mounting portion 91 includes an inclined surface 92 inclined downward toward the front side, a main body side claw portion 93 disposed above the inclined surface 92, and an inclined surface. An insertion port 94 formed in the front-rear direction and formed below 92 is provided.

  Here, the push piece 90 will be described. The push piece 90 is an operation piece disposed so as to be capable of reciprocating in the front-rear direction. As a general configuration, the push piece 90 includes a lower wall portion 95 disposed on the bottom plate portion 60 and a front edge of the lower wall portion 95. And a projecting piece 97 projecting from the standing wall 96 toward the rear side. A rear side portion of the lower wall portion 95 is inserted into the insertion port 94. A pressing surface 96 a that is pressed by a finger or the like is formed on the front surface of the standing wall 96. The protruding piece 97 is connected to the standing wall portion 96 via an elastically deformable connecting portion 98, and the tip of the protruding piece 97 is in sliding contact with the inclined surface 92 described above.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the inner frame body 7 has a configuration in which a hanging wall portion 71 is suspended from a lower surface of a top wall portion 70 formed in a substantially rectangular ring shape in plan view. The outer peripheral portion of the ceiling wall portion 70 described above is placed on the upper surface of the exterior body 6 and the above-described hanging wall portion 71 is fitted inside the peripheral wall portion 61 of the exterior body 6. A body 7 is attached to the upper surface of the exterior body 6. Further, a retaining portion 70a is formed on the left inner peripheral edge portion of the top wall portion 70 so as to overlap the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5 at the holding position in plan view and prevent the intermediate tray 5 from being pulled out vertically upward. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, the slide member 8 is a partition that partitions the inside of the container body 2 into an intermediate dish storage part 20 and an applicator storage part 21. It is arrange | positioned between the parts 21. FIG. Further, the slide member 8 is separated from the holding position (the position shown in FIG. 1) that engages with the middle dish 5 to hold the middle dish 5 and toward the applicator storage unit 21 with respect to the middle dish 5. It can be slid between a release position (a position shown in FIG. 8) where the holding of the intermediate tray 5 is released.

  More specifically, the slide member 8 has a U-shaped slide member main body 10 in a plan view and a slide orthogonal direction (Y1-Y2 direction) orthogonal to the slide direction (X1-X2 direction) of the slide member 8. In the state where the slide member 8 is disposed at the holding position, the both ends engage with the container body 2 to engage the engagement member 11 that restricts the slide of the slide member 8 to the release position side (X2 side). A release mechanism 12 that releases the engagement of the both ends of the member 11 with the container body 2 and allows the slide member 8 to slide toward the release position side is provided.

  The slide member main body 10 includes a top wall portion 101 that is opposed to the top of the bottom plate portion 60, side wall portions 102 and 102 that are suspended from both side edges of the top wall portion 101 in the sliding orthogonal direction, and a top wall portion. 101 is provided on the end wall 103 hanging from the side edge of the applicator storage part 21 side (X2 side) and the outer periphery of the intermediate dish 5 disposed on the middle dish storage part 20 side (X1 side) of the top wall part 101. A contact wall 104 that contacts the surface, and an intermediate wall 105 disposed between the parallel end wall 103 and the contact wall 104 are provided.

  The top wall portion 101 is a U-shaped plate portion in plan view, the intermediate portion extends along the slide orthogonal direction (Y1-Y2 direction), and both end portions are accommodated in the middle dish from both ends in the longitudinal direction of the intermediate portion. Each extends toward the portion 20 side (X1 side). The edge on the side of the middle tray storage portion 20 on the middle portion of the top wall 101 and the edge on the inner side in the slide orthogonal direction of both ends of the top wall 101 are respectively disposed above the middle tray 5. And extends along the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5.

  In addition, an opening 101a having a rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the longitudinal direction is formed at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the intermediate portion of the top wall 101. In addition, stepped notches 101b and 101b extending in the sliding direction are formed over the entire length at the side edge portions on both sides of the top wall portion 101 in the direction perpendicular to the slide, and the notches 101b and 101b are respectively formed over the entire length. The inner peripheral part of the top wall part 70 of the inner frame 7 is fitted.

  The side wall portions 102 and 102 are wall portions extending along the sliding direction, and extend along the wall surface of the rail portion 67 and the wall surface of the hanging wall portion 71 of the inner frame body 7. On the outer surfaces (outer surfaces in the direction perpendicular to the slide) of the side wall portions 102 on both sides, a guide portion 106 that can slide on the rail portion 67 is projected. The guide portion 106 is a rectangular portion extending in the sliding direction, is fitted between the upper surface of the rail portion 67 and the lower surface of the hanging wall portion 71 of the inner frame body 7, and is a stopper for the rail portion 67. It arrange | positions between the parts 67a and 67b.

The end wall portion 103 is a wall portion extending along the direction perpendicular to the slide, and extends between the side wall portions 102 on both sides.
The abutting wall portion 104 is a wall portion extending along the direction perpendicular to the slide, and extends in parallel with the end wall portion 103. The abutting wall portion 104 is a holding portion for holding the inner tray 5 and is in pressure contact with the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5 in a state where the slide member 8 is disposed at the holding position.

  The intermediate wall portion 105 is a wall portion extending along the direction perpendicular to the slide, and extends in parallel with the end wall portion 103 and the contact wall portion 104. The intermediate wall portion 105 is disposed on both sides of the opening 101a of the top wall portion 101 in the sliding orthogonal direction. The intermediate wall 105 has a lower height (dimension in the vertical direction) than the end wall 103 and the contact wall 104, and the lower surface of the intermediate wall 105 is substantially flush with the lower surface of the side wall 102. Is formed.

  The engaging member 11 is a member disposed on the bottom plate portion 60 of the exterior body 6 at a position between the end wall portion 103 and the abutting wall portion 104. A pair of movable parts 110 and 110 arranged in parallel with an interval, and an urging part 111 interposed between the pair of movable parts 110 and 110 are provided.

  The movable portion 110 is a prismatic rod portion extending in the direction perpendicular to the slide, and is disposed between the lower surfaces of the intermediate wall portion 105 and the side wall portion 102 and the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60. Engaging portions 112 and 112 that engage with the engaged portions 68 and 68 of the container body 2 are disposed at the ends of the pair of movable portions 110 and 110 on the outer side in the slide orthogonal direction (the opposite side to the biasing portion 111 side). Are provided. The engaging portion 112 is a convex portion protruding outward from the lower portion of the end face of the movable portion 110 in the direction perpendicular to the slide, and is fitted inside the engaged portion 68.

  In addition, inclined surfaces 115 and 115 are formed on the upper surfaces of the pair of movable portions 110 and 110, respectively, which are inclined downward toward the outside in the slide orthogonal direction. More specifically, groove portions 113 extending in the sliding direction are formed on the upper surfaces of the pair of movable portions 110 and 110, respectively. The groove 113 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape in a sectional view gradually reduced in width toward the bottom surface 114 side, and obliquely upward from the side edge on the biasing portion 111 side of the bottom surface 114 toward the biasing portion 111 side. It has the inclined surface 115 extended and the inclined surface 116 extended diagonally upward toward the engaging part 112 side from the side edge by the side of the engaging part 112 of the bottom face 114. As shown in FIG.

  The urging portion 111 is a spring portion that urges the pair of movable portions 110 and 110 toward the outside in the sliding orthogonal direction. More specifically, the urging portion 111 is a plate portion that is bent in a wave shape in a longitudinal sectional view along the slide orthogonal direction, and is elastically deformable in the slide orthogonal direction. One end of the urging portion 111 in the direction perpendicular to the slide is connected to the end surface of the one movable portion 110, and the other end of the urging portion 111 in the direction perpendicular to the slide is connected to the end surface of the other movable portion 110. The urging portion 111 is formed integrally with the pair of movable portions 110 and 110.

  The release mechanism 12 is a mechanism that moves the pair of movable parts 110 and 110 inward in the direction perpendicular to the slide while resisting the urging force (elastic force) of the urging part 111, and a pressing part 120 that can be pushed down. It has. The pressing portion 120 is a member having a rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the direction perpendicular to the slide. The pressing portion 120 is fitted inside the opening 101 a of the top wall portion 101 of the slide member main body 10 and above the biasing portion 111 of the engagement member 11. It is arranged.

  Protruding portions 121 and 121 projecting downward are respectively provided at both ends of the pressing portion 120 in the direction perpendicular to the slide. This protrusion 121 is a pressing portion that presses the inclined surface 115 on the biasing portion 111 side of the movable portion 110 in accordance with the pressing operation of the pressing portion 120, and is disposed on the inclined surface 115. The lower surface of the projecting portion 121 is formed in an arc shape when viewed from the longitudinal section, and is slidable with respect to the inclined surface 115.

  In addition, claw portions 122 and 122 projecting outward from the slide orthogonal direction are provided on the end surfaces of both sides of the pressing portion 120 in the slide orthogonal direction. This claw portion 122 is a locking portion that is locked from below with respect to the slide member body 10 and restricts the pressing portion 120 from coming out, and is disposed on both sides of the intermediate wall portion 105 in a plan view. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lid 3 has a configuration in which a peripheral wall 31 is suspended from the outer edge of the top wall 30 over the entire circumference. The top wall portion 30 is a flat plate portion having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view that is long in the lateral direction, and is disposed above the container body 2. A mirror body 32 is joined to the lower surface of the top wall 30. Further, on the lower surface of the top wall portion 30, a lid side claw portion 99 that is undercut fitted to the main body side claw portion 93 of the push piece 90 is projected. The lid-side claw portion 99 is disposed on the lower surface of the top wall portion 30 on the side opposite to the hinge 4 side and at the center in the left-right direction.

  The peripheral wall portion 31 is a wall portion formed in a rectangular ring shape in plan view, and is formed perpendicular to the top wall portion 30. A hinge shaft wall 41 is suspended from the rear wall portion 33 on the rear side of the peripheral wall portion 31. The hinge shaft wall 41 is arranged inside the hinge recess 40 described above, and the hinge 4 is formed by connecting both ends of the hinge shaft wall 41 and the hinge recess 40 via the shaft portion 42. Yes.

  Next, the operation of the compact container 1 having the above-described configuration will be described.

  When the compact container 1 is not used, the lid 3 is put on the container body 2 and the lid 3 is closed (not shown). At this time, the lid side claw portion 99 of the engagement mechanism 9 is undercut fitted to the main body side claw portion 93, and the closed state of the lid body 3 is maintained. Thereby, careless opening of the lid 3 is prevented.

  When using the compact container 1, the pressing surface 96 a of the push piece 90 is pressed to move the push piece 90 rearward along the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 60. At this time, the connecting portion 98 is elastically deformed, and the protruding piece 97 slides on the inclined surface 92 and is pushed up. Accordingly, the lid-side claw 99 is pushed up by the protruding piece 97 described above, and the lid-side claw 99 is detached from the main body-side claw 93. Thereafter, the lid 3 is opened by rotating the lid 3 around the shaft portion 42 of the hinge 4.

  At this time, the slide member 8 is disposed at the holding position, and the engaging portions 112 and 112 on both sides of the engaging member 11 are fitted into the engaged portions 68 and 68, respectively. Thereby, the slide of the slide member 8 to the release position side is restricted, and the slide member 8 is fixed at the holding position. As a result, the abutting wall portion 104 of the slide member main body 10 is pressed against the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5 from the applicator storage portion 21 side (X2 side). It is sandwiched between a pair of elastic pieces 65b, 65b of one elastic retainer 65 and is sandwiched between elastic pieces 66b, 66b of the second elastic retainers 66, 66 on both sides in the front-rear direction. It is held in the dish storage unit 20. In addition, the holding | maintenance position of the slide member 8 is positioned by the end surface by the side of the intermediate tray accommodating part 20 of the guide parts 106 and 106 being latched by the stopper part 67a by the side of the intermediate dish accommodating part 20 of the rail part 67. Thus, the engaging portions 112 and 112 are securely fitted into the engaged portions 68 and 68.

  Further, when the above-described inner tray 5 is exchanged, the engagement of the both end portions of the engagement member 11 with the container main body 2 is released by the release mechanism 12. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the pressing unit 120 is pressed down by pressing the upper surface of the pressing unit 120. Thereby, the protrusions 121 and 121 press the inclined surfaces 115 and 115 of the pair of movable parts 110 and 110. At this time, the protrusions 121 and 121 press the pair of movable portions 110 and 110 toward the inside in the slide orthogonal direction while sliding on the inclined surfaces 115 and 115, respectively. As a result, the pair of movable portions 110, 110 resist the urging force (elastic force) of the urging portion 111 and move toward the inside in the slide orthogonal direction while elastically deforming the urging portion 111. As a result, the engaging portions 112, 112 provided at both ends of the pair of movable portions 110, 110 are disengaged from the engaged portions 68, 68 of the container body 2, and the engagement member 11 is engaged with the container body 2. The combination is released, and the slide member is allowed to slide toward the release position.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the slide member 8 is slid to the release position side. More specifically, the slide member 8 is slid to the release position side while the pressing portion 120 is pressed down. Accordingly, the engaging portions 112 and 112 are displaced from the positions of the engaged portions 68 and 68 of the container body 2 and are not re-engaged. Then, the slide member 8 is further slid to the release position side. As a result, the contact wall portion 104 of the slide member main body 10 is separated from the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5. As a result, the holding of the inner plate 5 by the slide member 8 is released, and the inner plate 5 can be slid to the applicator storage unit 21 side. When the slide member 8 is slid, the guide portions 106 and 106 on both sides slide on the rail portions 67 and 67, respectively, so that the slide direction of the slide member 8 is guided. In addition, the end face of the sliding operation of the slide member 8 (the release position) is achieved by engaging the end face of the guide part 106, 106 on the applicator storage part 21 side with the stopper part 67 b of the rail part 67 on the applicator storage part 21 side. ) Is positioned.

  Next, the middle tray 5 is taken out from the middle tray storage section 20. More specifically, first, the inner tray 5 is slid to a position that is disengaged from the retaining portion 70a of the inner frame body 7 and the top wall portion 101 of the slide member main body 10 in a plan view. Remove from the body 2. Thereby, the inner tray 5 can be easily taken out without interfering with the inner frame 7 and the slide member main body 10.

  Next, the new intermediate tray 5 is stored in the intermediate tray storage unit 20. Specifically, in the container main body 2, a new middle plate 5 is put in a position between the retaining portion 70 a of the inner frame body 7 and the top wall portion 101 of the slide member main body 10. 5 is slid to the first elastic presser portion 65 side and placed in the inner tray storage portion 20. Thereby, the inner tray 5 can be easily accommodated in the inner tray accommodating portion 20 without interfering with the inner frame body 7 and the slide member main body 10.

  Next, the slide member 8 is slid to the holding position, and both end portions (engagement portions 112, 112) of the engagement member 11 are engaged with the container body 2, respectively. If it demonstrates concretely, the slide member 8 will be slid toward the inner tray storage part 20 side, and will be arrange | positioned in a holding position. As a result, the abutting wall portion 104 of the slide member 8 is pressed against the outer surface of the peripheral wall portion 50 of the inner tray 5 to hold the inner tray 5. At this time, the pair of movable parts 110 and 110 are pushed outward in the direction perpendicular to the slide by the elasticity of the biasing part 111, and the engaging parts 112 and 112 at both ends are fitted into the engaged parts 68 and 68, respectively. As a result, sliding of the slide member 8 toward the release position is restricted, and the slide member 8 is held at the holding position. At this time, the slide member 8 is positioned at the holding position by locking the end surface of the guide plates 106 and 106 on the side of the intermediate tray storage portion 20 to the stopper portion 67a on the side of the intermediate tray storage portion 20 of the rail portion 67. The engaging portions 112 and 112 can be reliably fitted to the engaged portions 68 and 68.

  According to the compact container 1 described above, since the inner tray 5 can be removed from the inner tray storage portion 20 without forming an opening in the bottom plate portion 60 of the container body 2, the appearance of the compact container 1 is improved. Can do. Further, since the release mechanism 12 releases the engagement of both ends of the engagement member 11 and the slide member 8 is simply slid, the intermediate tray 5 can be taken out from the intermediate tray storage portion 20. The operability can be improved.

  In particular, according to the compact container 1 described above, the engaging member 11 includes a pair of movable portions 110 and 110 including the engaging portions 112 and 112 that can be engaged with the engaged portions 68 and 68, and the movable portions 110. , 110 and an urging portion 111 interposed between them, and the release mechanism 12 is provided with projections 121 and 121 for pressing the inclined surfaces 115 and 115 on the upper surface of the movable portions 110 and 110, and can be pushed down. Since the pressing part 120 is provided, the engagement of the engaging member 11 with respect to the container body 2 can be easily released, and the operation of taking out the inner tray 5 can be performed very easily.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of the compact container based on this invention was described, this invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the meaning, it can change suitably.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the inner tray 5 is elastically pressed and held by the elastic pressing portions 65 and 66. However, in the present invention, the inner tray 5 may not be elastically pressed. The intermediate plate 5 may be held by a rigid wall disposed around the intermediate plate 5.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bottom surface of the container body 2 and the top surface of the lid 3 have been described with respect to the flat compact container 1 in plan view. However, the shape of the compact container according to the present invention is changed as appropriate. Is possible. For example, the shape of the compact container in plan view may be a circle, a triangle, a hexagon, or the like. Further, at least one of the bottom surface of the container main body and the top surface of the lid body may bulge into a dome shape.

  In the above-described embodiment, the slide member 8 is formed in a U-shape in plan view. However, the shape of the slide member can be changed as appropriate, and may be, for example, a slide member having a rectangular shape in plan view. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the engagement mechanism 9 using the push piece 90 is provided. However, in the present invention, the engagement mechanism that holds the closed state of the container body 2 and the lid 3 is appropriately changed. Is possible.

In the above-described embodiment, the engagement member 11 and the release mechanism that release the engagement of the engagement member 11 with respect to the container body 2 by moving the pair of movable portions 110 and 110 by depressing the pressing portion 120. 12 is described, but the present invention can be changed to an engagement member or a release mechanism having another configuration.
Note that a refill container provided with various types of inner lids (such as hinge lids) may be employed as the inner tray 5.

  In addition, in the range which does not deviate from the main point of this invention, it is possible to replace suitably the component in above-mentioned embodiment with a well-known component, and you may combine the above-mentioned modification suitably.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container 2 Container main body 3 Cover body 4 Hinge 5 Middle dish 8 Slide member 11 Engagement member 12 Release mechanism 20 Middle dish storage part 21 Applicator storage part 68 Engagement part 110 Movable part 111 Energization part 112 Engagement part 115 Inclined surface 120 Pressing part 121 Protruding part

Claims (1)

A container body, and an openable / closable lid connected to the container body via a hinge,
A compact in which an inner tray storage section for detachably storing an inner tray filled with cosmetics and an applicator storage section for storing an applicator for applying the cosmetics are arranged in parallel in the container body. In the container,
A holding position for engaging and holding the middle dish between the middle dish storage part and the applicator storage part is spaced apart from the inner dish toward the applicator storage part. And a release member that is slidable between the release position for releasing the holding of the inner plate,
The slide member includes
An engaging member that extends in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the sliding member, and that engages both ends of the container main body at the holding position and restricts the sliding of the sliding member toward the release position. ,
A release mechanism for releasing the engagement of the both ends of the engagement member with the container main body and allowing the slide member to slide toward the release position;
Is provided ,
The engaging member is interposed between the pair of movable parts arranged in parallel in the direction orthogonal to the slide and the pair of movable parts, and the pair of movable parts is disposed outside the slide orthogonal direction. And an urging section that urges each toward the
Engaging portions that engage with the engaged portions of the container main body are respectively provided at outer ends of the pair of movable portions in the slide orthogonal direction,
On the upper surfaces of the pair of movable parts, inclined surfaces that are inclined downward toward the outside in the slide orthogonal direction are formed, respectively.
The release mechanism is provided with a pressing portion that is disposed above the engaging member and that can be pressed down with respect to the engaging member, and the pressing portion includes the pair of movable portions according to the pressing operation of the pressing portion. Protrusions that press each of the inclined surfaces are provided,
When the projections press the inclined surfaces of the pair of movable parts, the pair of movable parts move inward in the slide orthogonal direction while resisting the urging force of the urging part. Thereby, each engaging part in a pair of said movable part remove | deviates from the to-be-engaged part of the said container main body, and the engagement with respect to the said container main body of the said engagement member is cancelled | released, The compact container characterized by the above-mentioned .

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