JPH053138Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <<Field of industrial application>> The present invention relates to a compact container, and more specifically, the present invention relates to a compact container. A notched recess is formed in the front edge, and a first engaging protrusion is provided on the inner surface of the recess, a claw piece is provided vertically on the front edge of the lid, and a second engagement protrusion is provided on the inner surface of the claw piece. The present invention relates to a compact container that is provided with an engaging protrusion so that the first engaging protrusion and the second engaging protrusion engage with each other when the lid is closed with respect to the container body.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, in this type of compact container, in order to facilitate the release of the lock between the lid and the container main body, a push piece is slidably or rotatably placed in a recess formed in the front edge of the container main body. It has been known that the push piece is movably provided, and when the push piece is pressed inward, a portion of this pushing force is converted into an upward opening force for the lid.

However, in this known compact container, the push piece is provided at the front edge of the container body, so the operation procedure for releasing the lid from the container body and opening the lid is, for example, with the thumb of the left hand. After pressing the push piece to release the lock, open the lid to a sufficient angle with the thumb of the right hand, or place the container body on the palm of the left hand and press the push piece with the thumb of the right hand to release the lock. Later, it became common to open the lid by placing the thumb on the front end of the lid.

As described above, the conventional compact containers described above require two actions, such as using the fingers of both hands to open the lid, or changing the way the container is held even with the same fingers.

For this purpose, a push piece is provided at the front end of the lid, and if the push piece is pressed inward with, for example, the thumb of the right hand to release the lock between the lid and the container body, and then lifted upward with the thumb, the lid will close. A compact container is provided that can be opened to a desired position.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the conventional compact container in which the push piece is provided on the lid side, the pressing part of the push piece is narrow and is located on or above the center partition line between the lid and the container body. Furthermore, since this pressing part is located on the same vertical plane as the front edge of the container body, for example, when opening the lid body with the container body placed on the palm of the left hand, it is necessary to press the lower end of the fingertip of the right thumb. You need to press the pushpiece, and when you press the pushpiece with the pad of your thumb,
There was a problem in that the lower end of the tip of the thumb touched the front edge of the container body, making it difficult to open the lid unless the thumb was held in a different position.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to push the push piece with the wide part of the pad of the right thumb when the container body is placed on the palm of the left hand. To provide a compact container with excellent operability, which can release the lock between a lid and a container body and can open the lid to a desired angle by pulling the thumb upward.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, in the compact container according to the present invention, the upper end of the push piece is connected to the front end of the lid, and the push piece is suspended on the lid. , the central part of the push piece is formed to be flexible or bendable, and a V-groove for a hinge is formed in the upper end of the push piece to increase the amount of deformation when the push piece is expanded by the deformation; At the closed position, with the central part of the push piece protruding forward, its lower end is brought into contact with the upper surface of the notch in the container body, and when the push piece is pushed backward from the closed position, It is characterized in that when the central portion of the push piece bends or bends backward through the V-groove, its lower end acts as a vertical force that separates the container body from the lid.

<<Example>> A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a container body, and a recess 2 for storing cosmetics is formed on the upper surface of the container body. The center part of the front edge of the container body 1 is cut out at the upper, front and lower front ends, and a cutout recess 3 is formed therein. The rear surface of this cutout recess 3 has a vertical wall 4 at its upper part and a stepped shelf 5 at its lower front end. A first engaging protrusion 6 is integrally formed on this vertical wall 4. A concave notch 7 is provided at the center of the rear end of the container body 1, into which a hinge protrusion 9 of the lid 8 is inserted, and the hinge protrusion 9 is pivotally connected to the container body 1 by a pin 10. ing.

The lid body 8 has a mirror glued to its inner surface, and the lid body 8
A claw piece 11 is provided vertically from the front inner side, and a second engaging protrusion 12 is integrally formed on the inner surface of this claw piece 11. When the lid is closed, this claw piece 11 enters into the notch recess 3 at the front end of the container body 1, and connects the first engaging protrusion 6 and the second engaging protrusion 12.
is engaged so that the lid body 8 is locked.

A horizontal through hole 13 is bored in the center of the upper end of the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8, and a locking hole 14 enlarged through a step is formed deep inside the through hole 13.
The through hole 13 and the locking hole 14 are provided with an upper end portion 16 of a push piece 15 having an arrow-shaped cross section.
is press-fitted, and after press-fitting, the push piece 15 is locked to the stepped portion and cannot be pulled out, and thus the push piece 15 is suspended from the lid body 8 by its upper end. Further, as shown in the embodiment, a hinge V groove 17 is formed in the upper end 16 of the push piece 15, and this V groove 17 is expanded by the flexible deformation of the central part of the push piece 15 to reduce the amount of deformation. When the push piece 15 is pushed backward from the closed position of the lid body 8 as shown in FIG. It's getting old.

The push piece 15 is made of a flexible synthetic resin, curves forward in an arc shape, passes from the front of the claw piece 11 to the front of the cutout recess 3, and extends toward the bottom of the cutout recess 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the lower end thereof is in contact with the upper surface of the shelf 5 with three notched recesses in the locking position of the lid 8.

The push piece 15 is formed thinner at the center than at the other ends, and is curved with the same curvature as the curved surface at the front end of the lid body 8 and the container body 1, so that both sides of the push piece are formed at the locking position of the lid body. The end portion is connected to the front end surface of the lid body 8 and the container body 1 without any difference in level.

To release the lid 8 from its locked position, for example, place the abdomen of your right thumb on the front center of the push piece 15, and push the thumb in a substantially horizontal direction as shown by the arrow in FIG. The push piece 15 is deformed by concave in its center, and a vertical force acts on both ends of the push piece 15 in a direction that separates the container body 1 and the lid 8, thereby causing the push piece 15 and the lid integrally connected to each other. The body 8 rises from the container body 1, and the second engagement protrusion 12 formed on the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8 moves to the first engagement protrusion 6 formed on the container body 1.
The lid will be unlocked. after that,
By pulling upwardly the thumb placed on the push piece 15, the lid body 8 is opened to a desired angle. When the force applied to the push piece 15 is removed, the push piece 15 elastically returns to its original arcuate state, and when the lid 8 is then closed, the first engagement protrusion 6 and the second engagement protrusion 12 are engaged. The lid body is then locked, and the lower end of the push piece 15 comes into contact with the upper surface of the stepped shelf 5 of the container body 1.

6 and 7 show a compact container according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the push piece 15a has a dogleg shape in cross section. A piece having a hinge characteristic is used, and a notched groove 18 is formed in the center inner side of the push piece 15a to facilitate bending in the front-rear direction.

Other configurations are substantially the same as in the first embodiment, and in the case of this second embodiment, when the center part of the push piece 15a is pressed inward as shown in FIG. is bent inward, and both ends act as a vertical force that separates the container body 1 and the lid 8, thereby releasing the lid 8 from the container body 1.

In the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, the compact container has a two-tier structure consisting of the container body and the lid, but the container body accommodates the puff, and the inner tray that stores the cosmetic between the container body and the lid. and 3 compact containers.
The push piece may have a stepped configuration, with the upper end of the push piece suspended from the lid and the lower end thereof abutting against the upper surface of the front end of the container body.

<<Effects>> As described above, in the compact container of the present invention, the upper ends of the push pieces 15, 15a are connected to the front end of the lid 8, the push pieces 15, 15a are suspended from the lid, and the central part of the push pieces 15, 15a is suspended from the lid. is formed to be flexibly deformable or bendable and deformable, and when the lid is in the closed position, the central part of the push piece protrudes forward, and its lower end is attached to the upper surface of the notch recess 3 of the container body 1. Because they are in contact with each other, when pressing the push piece, for example, first place the abdomen of your thumb on the center of the front end of the push piece, and then press the thumb inward to unlock the lid. The lid can be opened at the desired angle by simply lifting the thumb placed on the push piece upwards, increasing the contact area between the fingertip and the push piece, creating a compact container with excellent operability for opening the lid. It can be done.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 5 show a compact container according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the lid in an open state, and FIG. 2 is a partial cross-section of the push piece separated from the lid. A perspective view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the lid in a locked state, FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the locking part when the lid is in the locked state, and FIG. 5 is a push piece pressed from the state in FIG. 4. 6 and 7 show a compact container according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the locking part when the lid is in the locked state. , FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the push piece pushed in from the state shown in FIG. 6. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Container body, 3... Notch recess, 5... Stepped shelf, 6... First engaging protrusion, 8... Lid body, 11
...Claw piece, 12...Second engagement protrusion, 15, 15
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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model claims] A lid body 8 is openably and closably connected to the rear edge of the container body 1, and a cutout recess 3 is formed in the front edge of the container body, and a first engagement protrusion 6 is formed on the inner surface of the recess. A claw piece 11 is provided vertically on the front edge of the lid body, and a second engaging protrusion 12 is provided on the inner surface of the claw piece, so that when the lid body is closed with respect to the container body, the first engaging protrusion 12 is provided. In the compact container in which the engaging protrusion and the second engaging protrusion are engaged with each other, the upper ends of the push pieces 15, 15a are connected to the front end of the lid, and the push piece is attached to the lid. The central part of the push piece is formed to be flexible or bendable, and a hinge V-groove 17 is formed in the upper end of the push piece, which is expanded by the deformation and increases the amount of deformation. , in the closed position of the lid body, the central part of the push piece protrudes forward and its lower end contacts the upper surface of the notch recess of the container body, and the push piece is moved backward from the closed position. When pressed, when the central portion of the push piece bends or bends backward through the V-groove, the lower end acts as a vertical force that separates the container body from the lid body. Features a compact container.