JP6125926B2 - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cosmetic container suitable for containing cosmetics such as foundations and eye shadows.

  Cosmetic containers typified by compacts are known in which an inner dish filled with cosmetics is placed in a compartment recess formed in the container body, and the recess is covered with a lid that can be opened and closed. Yes. In such a cosmetic container, after the cosmetic has been used up, the container is removed and replaced with a new one filled with cosmetics, so that the container can be reused to effectively use resources. ing.

  By the way, in this kind of cosmetic container, when the cosmetic container is accidentally dropped, the cosmetic may be cracked or damaged by an impact force. In order to solve such a problem, a product has been proposed in which a flexible cushioning material is interposed in a recess for accommodating the middle dish of the container body to protect the cosmetic in the middle dish from external impacts. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-178898 A

  However, even in the cosmetic container as described above, the effect of absorbing external impact force is not sufficient, and further improvement is required.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container that can absorb and relieve an impact force applied from the outside due to dropping or the like to suppress cracking or breakage of the cosmetic.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and the cosmetic container of the present invention is configured such that the inner plate is placed in a partition recess formed by the inner plate filled with the cosmetic and the bottom and side walls. A container main body to be accommodated, a lid that covers the partition recess of the container main body, a tubular member that surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the side wall of the inner dish over the entire circumference and elastically contacts the side wall portion of the container main body; With
The tubular member is configured such that the openings at both ends thereof are sealed and connected by connecting members fitted into the openings from the inside, and the inside air acts as an air cushion. and said that you are.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of the present invention, it is preferable that the tubular member has a covering member that covers a connecting portion connected by the connecting member.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of this invention, it is preferable to arrange | position a buffer member between the bottom part of the said container main body, and the bottom wall of the said inside dish.

  In the cosmetic container of the present invention, it is preferable that the buffer member is a flexible tubular member.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the cosmetic container which can absorb and relieve the impact force given from the outside by dropping etc. and can suppress the crack and damage of cosmetics.

(A) is sectional drawing of the front-back direction seen from the side surface side of the cosmetics container which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (b) is the plane of the container main body which comprises the cosmetics container shown to (a). FIG. (A) is sectional drawing of the tubular member which comprises the cosmetics container shown to Fig.1 (a), (b) is a fragmentary sectional view which shows the tubular member of another form. It is a figure which shows a mode that the inner tray which comprises the cosmetics container of Fig.1 (a) was removed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The code | symbol 1 shown to Fig.1 (a) is a container main body in the cosmetics container of this embodiment. A lid body 3 is rotatably supported on the container body 1 via a hinge 3h. Further, the container main body 1 accommodates an inner dish 5, and an annular inner frame 7 for holding the inner dish 5 is rotatably supported on the container main body 1 via a hinge 7 h coaxial with the lid 3. Has been.

  The container body 1 has a partition recess M formed by a bottom portion 1a and a side wall portion 1b rising from the bottom portion 1a, and the middle dish 5 is accommodated in the partition recess M. The inner surface of the side wall 1b is formed with a recess 1c for restricting the vertical movement of the tubular member 9. An outer wall 1d that rises from the bottom 1a outside the side wall 1b is provided on the front side of the container body 1, and an engaging portion 1e is formed on the outer surface of the outer wall 1d.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 (b), the tongue piece 11 for pushing up and removing the inner tray 5 accommodated in the division recess M from the lower side is formed in the bottom part 1a of the container main body 1. As shown in FIG. . The tongue piece 11 is swingably connected to the bottom portion 1a via a connecting piece 12 in an opening 1g formed in the bottom portion 1a. In the present embodiment, the connecting piece 12 is connected at one point. However, the connecting piece 12 is not limited to this, and a plurality of connecting pieces such as connecting at three points may be provided. In addition, as a configuration for removing the inner tray 5, an opening is simply formed in the bottom 1 a of the container body 1 instead of the tongue piece 11, and the bottom wall 5 a of the inner tray 5 is pushed up with a bar or the like passing through the opening. It is good also as a structure.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the lid 3 is supported by the container body 1 so as to be rotatable via a hinge 3h. The lid 3 can hold the lid 3 in a closed state by engaging the engaging portion 3 a provided on the front side with the engaging portion 1 e of the container body 1. Moreover, the cover body 3 can be opened by releasing the engagement of the engaging portion 3a. As shown to Fig.1 (a), the cover body 3 covers the division recess M of the container main body 1 in the closed state. In this example, a mirror 4 is attached to the inner surface of the lid 3.

  The intermediate dish 5 is composed of a bottom wall 5a and a side wall 5b rising from the edge of the bottom wall 5a, and an upper open-type recess filled with the cosmetic C is formed inside thereof. Further, in this example, a concave portion 5 c is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the side wall 5 b of the inner tray 5.

  The middle frame 7 abuts against the upper end of the side wall 5b of the middle dish 5 via the annular cushioning member 8, thereby holding the middle dish 5 in the partitioning recess M, thereby causing the middle dish 5 to be mistaken. And the tubular member 9 is prevented from coming off. Here, the buffer member 8 can be a member made of a soft material such as sponge, elastomer, rubber or the like. An engagement portion 7 a is provided on the front side of the middle frame 7. The engaging portion 7a can be held in a closed state by engaging with the middle frame engaging portion 1f provided on the inner surface of the outer wall portion 1d of the container body 1. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, it becomes possible to take out the inner tray 5 and the tubular member 9 by releasing the engagement of the engaging portion 7a and opening the middle frame 7.

  The tube-shaped member 9 is circular and flexible, and can be made of, for example, a soft material such as rubber, elastomer, vinyl chloride, or silicon. The tubular member 9 is arrange | positioned so that the outer peripheral surface of the side wall 5b of the inner tray 5 may be surrounded over the perimeter. That is, the tubular member 9 is elastically brought into contact with and sandwiched between the side wall 5b of the inner tray 5 and the side wall 1b of the container body 1. Thereby, the inner tray 5 is supported by the side wall part 1b of the container main body 1 via the tubular member 9 over the perimeter of the horizontal direction including the front-back direction and the left-right direction. In addition, the tubular member 9 is restricted in movement in the vertical direction by the concave portions 1c and 5c formed in the side wall portion 1b of the container body 1 and the side wall 5b of the inner tray 5, respectively. It has become.

  FIG. 2A shows the tube-shaped member 9 of the present embodiment, and the tube-shaped member 9 is formed in an annular shape by connecting openings at both ends using a connecting member 10. In this example, the connecting member 10 is fitted from the inside of the openings at both ends of the tubular member 9, and the outer peripheral surface of the connecting member 10 is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the tubular member 9. Thus, the air inside the tubular member 9 acts as an air cushion and absorbs the impact force by sealingly connecting the openings at both ends so that the air inside the tubular member 9 does not leak to the outside. Can be further enhanced. In this example, the connecting member 10 has a circular tube shape having a rib-like convex portion near the center of the outer peripheral surface, and the air inside the tubular member 9 can move within the hollow portion of the connecting member 10. It has become. In addition, the connecting member 10 in this example is fitted from the inside of the openings at both ends of the tubular member 9, but is fitted at the outside of the openings at both ends of the tubular member 9. May be.

  Further, from the viewpoint of more reliably sealing the connecting portion 9a between the openings at both ends of the tubular member 9, the connecting portion 9a is covered with a covering member F such as a shrink film as shown in FIG. preferable. Note that the connecting member 10 ′ shown in FIG. 2B has a circular tube shape and the entire outer peripheral surface is covered with the tubular member 9, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a rib is formed on the outer surface as described above. It is good also as the connection member 10 which has a shape-shaped convex part.

  Here, the connection of the opening portions at both ends of the tubular member 9 is not limited to the above-described method, and various methods are possible. For example, bonding with an adhesive or winding an adhesive tape from the outside may be connected. Is possible.

  In the present embodiment, a buffer member 13 is disposed between the bottom portion 1 a of the container body 1 and the bottom wall 5 a of the inner tray 5 in order to buffer the force in the vertical direction. That is, in the present embodiment, the upper plate 5 is supported on the middle frame 7 through the buffer member 8 on the upper side and is supported on the bottom 1 a of the container body 1 through the buffer member 13.

  In the cosmetic container according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, when an impact force is applied to the container body 1 due to a drop of the container or the like, the impact force is absorbed to affect the inner dish 5. And the cracking and breakage of the cosmetic C can be suppressed. More specifically, the tubular member 9 disposed so as to surround the outer peripheral surface of the side wall 5b of the inner tray 5 over the entire circumference absorbs and relaxes the impact force applied to the container main body 1, and the inner tray 5 The force applied to can be reduced.

  Moreover, in the cosmetic container of the present embodiment, the effect of absorbing the impact force applied to the inner plate 5 is obtained by holding the inner plate 5 in the vertical direction via the buffer member 8 and the buffer member 13. It can be further increased.

  Further, in the cosmetic container of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the tongue piece 11 of the container body 1 is pushed up from the lower side with a finger or the like with the lid 3 and the inner frame 7 open. Thus, the inner tray 5 can be removed. In addition, the tube-shaped member 9 is good also as a structure hold | maintained at the division recess M of the container main body 1, as shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure to replace | exchange.

  The buffer member 13 disposed between the bottom 1a of the container body 1 and the bottom wall 5a of the inner tray 5 can also be an adhesive layer made of a hot-melt adhesive. The bottom part 1a of the container main body 1 and the bottom wall 5a of the inner tray 5 are bonded so as to be peelable. The buffer member 13 may be a foam double-sided tape having a predetermined thickness capable of absorbing shock. The buffer member 13 can also be a flexible tube-like member such as the tube-like member 9 described above, and in this case, a higher shock absorbing effect is obtained as compared to a flat buffer member. be able to. Also in this case, it is preferable that the inside of the tubular member is sealed so as not to leak, and according to this, the impact absorbing effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the cosmetic container in which one division recess M for accommodating the inner tray 5 with which the container main body 1 was filled with cosmetics was demonstrated was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this. However, it is also possible to provide a cosmetic container having a plurality of compartment recesses and capable of storing cosmetic tools and the like. Moreover, it is also possible to make it the structure which hold | maintains an inner tray by providing the nail | claw part etc. which engage with the side wall upper end of the inner tray 5 in the container main body, without providing the inner frame 7. FIG. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which accommodates cosmetics, such as a puff, between the inner tray 5 filled with cosmetics, and the cover body 3. FIG.

  Thus, according to the present invention, it has become possible to provide a cosmetic container capable of absorbing and mitigating impact force applied from the outside due to dropping or the like and suppressing cracking or breakage of the cosmetic.

1: Container body 1a: Bottom portion 1b: Side wall portion 1c: Recessed portion 1d: Outer wall portion 1e: Engagement portion 1f: Middle frame engagement portion 3: Lid 3a: Engagement portion 4: Mirror 5: Middle dish 5a: Bottom Wall 5b: Side wall 5c: Recess 7: Middle frame 7a: Engaging portion 7h: Hinge 8: Buffer member 9: Tubular member 9a: Connecting portion 10: Connecting member 11: Tongue piece 12: Connecting piece 13: Buffer member C: Cosmetics F: Covering member M: Compartment recess

Claims (4)

A medium dish filled with cosmetics;
A container body that houses the inner dish in a compartment recess formed by a bottom and a side wall;
A lid covering the compartment recess of the container body;
A tube-shaped member that surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the side wall of the inner plate over the entire circumference and elastically contacts the side wall portion of the container body,
The tubular member is configured such that the openings at both ends thereof are sealed and connected by connecting members fitted into the openings from the inside, and the inside air acts as an air cushion. cosmetic container it is.   The cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein the tubular member has a covering member that covers a connecting portion connected by the connecting member.   The cosmetic container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a buffer member is disposed between a bottom portion of the container body and a bottom wall of the inner dish.   The cosmetic container according to claim 3, wherein the buffer member is a flexible tubular member.

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