JPH0138062Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a storage container, and particularly to a storage container for kitchen detergents, paste detergents, etc.

Conventional storage containers for solid kitchen detergents, detergent pastes, etc. are generally installed and used with the contents outlet facing vertically, but recently, containers with the contents outlet facing slightly upward from the vertical direction are being used. Products that can be attached and used are starting to appear. Such a storage container has the advantage that the contents can be easily taken out because the opening for taking out the contents is oriented slightly upward. However, if the contents are detergent paste, for example, the detergent may be reduced from the bottom of the container as the container is used, and a large amount of detergent may still remain at the top of the container. In such a case, the user turns the container upside down and reinstalls it to use the detergent with the remaining detergent at the bottom. However, the above-mentioned storage container in which the outlet for taking out the contents is oriented slightly upward has the disadvantage that when the container is turned upside down, the outlet ends up pointing slightly downward, making it difficult to take out the contents. . In addition, when looking at the means for attaching storage containers for kitchen detergents, detergent pastes, etc., it is known that two suction cups are attached to fixed positions on the back of the container body, and the storage container is suctioned and fixed to the wall of the kitchen. It is being However, since kitchen walls are often made of tiles, the two suction cups attached to the fixed position do not necessarily come to the tile surface when installing the storage container, and one suction cup is between the tiles. In such cases, the suction cup cannot be attached to the tile joint, making it impossible to securely attach the storage container.

The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to always position the outlet upward even when the container is installed upside down, and to allow the suction cup to be mounted even on walls where the mounting position of the suction cup is restricted, such as a tile wall. It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage container which can be firmly attached and attached, and is therefore extremely easy to use.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a container body and first and second sloped portions forming an apex angle, and each of the first and second sloped portions has a suction cup attachment length in the longitudinal direction. An angled plate having a hole formed therein; and mounting the angled plate on the back surface of the container body so that it faces generally laterally and the apex angle faces in a direction opposite to the content outlet of the container body. A storage container is provided, characterized in that it has means.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The storage container of the present invention has a container body 2 and an angled plate 4 attached to the back surface of the container body 2. The container main body 2 has a content outlet 6, and a pair of flat mounting surfaces 8, 10 for the angled plate 4, which are laterally spaced apart symmetrically, are formed on the back surface of the container body 2. Mounting grooves 12 and 14 are formed in the mounting surfaces 8 and 10, respectively, and a recess 16 is formed between the mounting surfaces 8 and 10.
The surface portions of the container body 2 corresponding to the mounting surfaces 8, 10 and the recesses 16 are provided with raised portions 18 to enable the formation of the recesses 16 and to prevent the mounting grooves 12, 14 from becoming through holes. First and second support members 20 and 22 each consisting of a pair of fin-like portions are provided on the upper and lower portions of the back surface of the container body 2.

The angled plate 4 has first and second sloped portions 24 and 26 forming an apex angle, and each of the first and second sloped portions 24 and 26 has a longitudinal suction cup mounting elongated hole 28 and 30. is formed. At both ends of the back surface of the angled plate 4, there are mounting surfaces 3 spaced apart from each other by a distance equal to the mounting surfaces 8 and 10 on the back surface of the container main body.
Attachment members 36 and 38 having 2 and 34 are formed, and the attachment surfaces 32 and 34 have attachment protrusions 40 and 42 that can fit into the attachment grooves 12 and 14 of the container body, respectively.
is formed. As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting grooves 12 and 14 and the mounting projections 40 and 42 have circular cross-sections with slightly enlarged bases and tips, so that they can be fitted together in a snap-like manner. ing. These mounting grooves 12, 14 and mounting ridges 40, 42 constitute a mounting means for mounting the angled plate 4 on the back surface of the container body 2, so that the angled plate 4 is oriented in the lateral direction as a whole. The first and second slope portions 24 and 26 are attached such that the apex angles formed by the first and second slope portions face opposite to the content outlet 6 of the container body 2.

Enlarged circular holes 44 and 46 are formed in the centers of the suction cup attachment elongated holes 28 and 30 of the angled plate 4, respectively. A suction cup 48 of the type shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the long suction cup attachment holes 28 and 30, and a small diameter portion 52 forming an annular groove is formed in the attachment base 50 of this suction cup 48. Suction cup mounting slots 28, 30
The diameter of the enlarged circular holes 44, 46 is larger than the diameter of the mounting base 50 of the suction cup 48, and the width of the long holes 28, 30 is smaller than the diameter of the mounting base 50 of the suction cup 48, or larger than the small diameter portion 52. There is. Thereby, the mounting base 50 of the suction cup 48 is inserted into the enlarged inner diameter hole 44 or 46, and the small diameter portion 52 is slid and inserted into the elongated hole 28 or 30 from there. It can be attached to the desired position on the top. At this time, the recess 16 formed on the back surface of the container body 2 serves as an escape for the mounting base 50 of the suction cup 48.

The first and second support members 20 and 22 formed on the upper and lower sides of the back surface of the container body 2 have support surfaces 54 and 56, and these support surfaces 54 and 56 are such that the angled plate 4 is formed on the back surface of the container body 2. The first and second sloped portions 24, 2 of the angled plate 4 when installed
6 and extends substantially at right angles to the farthest ones 26 and 24 of the two.

The container body 2 and the angled plate 4 can be easily made by injection molding synthetic resin.

Next, I will explain how the above storage container is used.
When the storage container is, for example, a container for detergent paste, the container is handled as a set consisting of a container body 2 filled with detergent paste, an angled plate 4, and two suction cups 48. At this time, the angled plate 4 may be attached to the container body 2 in advance by the attachment means 12, 14, 40, 42, or may be attached by the user. In any case, the user attaches the attachment base 5 of the suction cup 48 to the enlarged circular hole 44 or 46 of either one of the suction cup attachment elongated holes 28 and 30 of the angled plate 4 attached to the back surface of the container body 2.
0, slide the small diameter portion 52 along the long hole 28 or 30, and then insert the suction cup 48 into the long hole 28 or 3.
Install it at an appropriate position on 0. After attaching the two suction cups 48 to the elongated holes 28 or 30 in this way, adjust the spacing between the two suction cups 48 appropriately to match the spacing between the tiles on a tile wall in the kitchen, and place the suction cups 48 on the tile joints between the tiles. The two suction cups 48 are firmly attracted to the tile surface, making sure that the suction surfaces of the suction cups 48 are not positioned. This allows the container body 2 to be securely attached to the wall of the kitchen. Also, at this time, the angled plate 4 is placed on the back side of the container body, facing generally laterally, and having first and second sloped portions 24, 26.
It is attached so that the apex angle formed by the container body 2 faces the opposite direction to the content outlet 6 of the container body 2. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, when the suction cup 48 of the angled plate 4 is attached to a vertical tile wall with the sloped part 24 to which the suction cup 48 is attached facing upward, the sloped part 24 becomes almost vertical. Therefore, the outlet 6 of the container body 2 faces slightly upward. Therefore, the user can easily take out the detergent paste in the container body 6 and use it.

As the detergent paste is used in the installed state as shown in FIG. 6, the amount of detergent at the bottom of the container main body 2 decreases and a large amount of detergent still remains at the top. When this happens, remove the suction cups 48 from the vertical tile wall, remove the storage container, remove the two suction cups 48 from the mounting slots 28, and insert them into the other mounting slot 30 in the same manner as described above. Attach it with If the suction cup 48 is then turned upside down and suctioned to the vertical tile wall, a mounting condition similar to that shown in FIG. 6 is again obtained. Therefore, the user can easily take out the remaining detergent and use it since the part where much detergent remains is located at the lower part of the container body 2.

Note that in the above embodiment, the first and second support portions 20 and 22 have their support surfaces 54 and 56 respectively the first and second sloped portions of the angled plate 4 attached to the back surface of the container body 2. 24,2
6, the supporting member 20 or 22 firmly supports the container body 2 when the storage container is attached to a vertical wall using the suction cup 48. Therefore, the mounting state of the storage container can be stabilized.

Further, in the above embodiment, the mounting grooves 12 and 1 formed in the mounting surfaces 8 and 10 are used as mounting means for mounting the angled plate 4 on the back surface of the container body 2.
4 and mounting ridges 40, 42 provided on the mounting surfaces 32, 34 of the mounting members 36, 38, the structure of the mounting means is not limited to this, for example, grooves and ridges may be formed. The members may be reversed, or other suitable structures may be adopted, such as using holes and protrusions instead of grooves and protrusions.

In addition, the recess 16 formed in the container body 2 has a suction cup 4.
8, this recess 16 is omitted if a mounting means is used to attach the angled plate 4 to the back surface of the container body 2 with a sufficient distance. can do.

Therefore, as is clear from the above, according to the storage container of the present invention, the container main body, the angled plate having the first and second slope portions, and the angled plate are attached to the back surface of the container main body as a whole. Since the first and second angled plates are configured to have an attachment means that is attached in such a manner that they face in the lateral direction and the apex angles formed by the first and second sloped portions face in a direction opposite to the content outlet of the container body, the first and second angled plates By attaching a suction cup to either side of the second slope, even if the container body is installed upside down, the container body can always be installed with the outlet facing slightly upward. Regardless of the mounting position, the contents can always be easily taken out and used. In addition, since a longitudinal suction cup attachment elongated hole is formed in each of the first and second slope portions of the angled plate, the spacing between the two suction cups can be easily adjusted by sliding the two suction cups along the elongated hole. Therefore, it is possible to avoid suction of the suction cup at an inappropriate position such as a tile joint of a tile wall in a kitchen, and it is possible to reliably attach the suction cup.
Therefore, it is possible to provide a storage container that is extremely easy to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a plan view of a storage container according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the storage container of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a top view of the storage container of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line and an exploded view of the angled plate and suction cup attached thereto; FIG. 4 is a rear view of the angled plate shown in FIG. 3; and FIG. 5 is a view showing the attachment means. FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of a storage container with an angled plate and a suction cup attached to the container body, and FIG. It is a sectional view showing a state. In the figure, reference numeral 2...container body, 4...angle plate, 6...content outlet, 12, 14...attachment groove (attachment means), 20, 22...first and second
supporting member, 24, 26... first and second slope member, 28, 30... suction cup mounting elongated hole, 40, 42
... protrusion (attachment means), 48 ... suction cup.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] (1) A container body and a first and second sloped portion forming an apex angle, each of which has a longitudinal suction cup mounting elongated hole. and a mounting means for attaching the angled plate to the back surface of the container body so that the angled plate faces generally laterally and the apex faces in a direction opposite to the content outlet of the container body. A storage container characterized by having. (2) The container main body has first and second support members on the upper and lower parts of the back surface thereof, and the support surfaces of the first and second support members are such that the angled plate is located on the back surface of the container main body. 2. The storage container according to claim 1, which extends substantially perpendicular to the remoter one of the first and second sloped portions of the angled plate when attached.