JPH068809Y2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] << Industrial Application Field >> The present invention relates to a compact container, and more specifically, a lid body is openably and closably coupled to a rear end edge of the container body. A notch recess is formed in the front edge portion and a first engaging projection is provided in the inner portion of this recess, and a pawl piece is hung vertically on the front end edge portion of the lid body, and a second engaging member is formed on the inner surface of the pawl piece. The present invention relates to a compact container which is provided with an engagement protrusion, and the first engagement protrusion and the second engagement protrusion are engaged 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 easily release the lock between the lid and the container body, a pushable slidable or rotatable push is made in the recess at the front edge of the container body. It has been known that when a piece is provided and the push piece is pressed inward, a part of this pressing force is converted into an upward opening force of the lid.

However, in this known compact container, since the push piece is provided at the front end edge of the container body, the operation procedure for unlocking the lid body with respect to the container body to open the lid body is, for example, the thumb of the left hand. After pressing the push piece to release the lock, open the lid to a sufficient angle with the right thumb, or place the container body on the palm of the left hand and press the push piece with the right thumb to lock. After unraveling, it was common to hang the thumb on the front end of the lid to open the lid.

In the above-mentioned conventional compact container, it is necessary to use two fingers to open the lid or to change the way of holding the same finger.

For this reason, a push piece is provided at the front end of the lid, and the push piece is pushed inward by, for example, the thumb of the right hand to unlock the lid and the container body and lift the thumb upward. There is provided a compact container capable of opening the lid body 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 portion of the push piece is provided on or above the central partition line between the lid and the container body, Since it is located on the same vertical plane as the front edge of the container body, for example, when the container body is placed on the palm of the left hand to open the lid, the push piece is pressed with the lower end of the fingertip of the thumb of the right hand. There is a problem that when the push piece is pressed with the belly of the thumb, the lower end of the fingertip of the thumb hits the front end edge of the container body, and it is difficult to open the lid without holding the thumb.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The purpose is that when the container body is placed on the palm of the left hand, the wide part of the belly of the thumb of the right hand can be pressed against the push piece, and the push piece is pressed by the wide part to cover the lid body and the container body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a compact container excellent in operability in which the lock can be released and the lid can be opened to a desired angle by lifting the thumb as it is.

<< Means for Solving the Problems >> In order to achieve the above object, in the compact container according to the present invention, the notch recess formed in the front end edge of the container body is formed by notching to the bottom surface side, The upper end of the push piece is slidably inserted in the front end of the body in the front-rear direction, and the push piece passes from the front of the claw vertically mounted on the lid to the front of the notch and the bottom of the notch. And further, at least one of the lower end of the push piece and the inner surface of the lower end of the cutout recess is formed as an inclined surface, and when the push piece is pushed inward, the push piece moves horizontally and The inclined surface allows the push piece to be pushed upward.

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

In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a container body, and a recess 2 for accommodating cosmetics is formed on the upper surface of the container body.
The central portion of the front end edge of the container body 1 has upper, front and lower front end portions cut out, and a cutout recess 3 is formed therein. The rear surface of the notch recess 3 has a vertical wall 4 at its upper portion and an inclined surface 5 at its lower portion descending forward. A first engaging protrusion 6 is integrally formed on the vertical wall 4. A concave notch 7 is provided at the center of the rear end of the container body 1, and a hinge projecting piece 9 of a lid 8 is inserted therein, and the hinge projecting piece 9 is pivotally attached to the container body 1 by a pin 10. .

The lid 8 has a mirror adhered to the inner surface thereof, and a claw piece 11 is vertically provided from the front inside portion of the lid body 8, and the second engaging projection 12 is integrally formed on the inner surface of the claw piece 11. Has been formed. When the lid 8 is closed, the claw piece 11 enters the notch recess 3 at the front end of the container body 1, and the first engaging projection 6 and the second engaging projection 6
The engaging projection 12 is locked and the lid 8 is locked.

A through hole 13 is formed in the center of the upper end of the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8, and a deep locking hole 14 that is enlarged through a step is formed inside the through hole 13. An upper horizontal arm portion 16 of a push piece 15 curved in an arc shape is slidably fitted in the through hole 13 and the locking hole 14 in the front-rear direction, and the tip end of the horizontal arm portion 16 has a cross section of an arrowhead shape. A protrusion 17 is provided, and after the protrusion 17 once enters the locking hole 14 through the through hole 13, the push piece 15 is locked irremovably from the lid 8. The tip of the arrow-shaped protrusion 17 and the inner back surface of the locking hole 14 are relatively far apart from each other,
This allows the push piece 15 to slide inward. The push piece 15 is made of a relatively hard resin, and when the push piece 15 is pressed from the front surface, the push piece 15 is guided by the through hole 13 to move horizontally.

The push piece 15 passes from the front of the claw piece 11 to the front of the cutout recess 3 and extends to the bottom side of the cutout recess 3 as shown in the perspective view seen from the bottom side of FIG. Four
As shown in the figure, at the locking position of the lid body 8, the lid 8 is in contact with the lower end of the inclined surface 5 below the inner surface of the recess 3.

The push piece 15 is curved with the same curvature as the curved surface at the front end of the lid 8 and the container body 1, and both end portions of the push piece at the locking position of the lid are the surfaces of the lid 8 and the container body 1. It is designed to be connected without any steps.

In order to open the lid body from the locked position of the lid body 8, for example, the abdomen of the thumb S of the right hand is applied to the lower front portion of the push piece 15 as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. When pushed inward, as the push piece 15 slides inward, the lower end thereof rises along the inclined surface of the cutout recess 3, whereby the lid 8 integrally connected to the push piece 15 also rises. The second engaging projection 12 formed on the claw piece 11 of the lid 8 is disengaged from the first engaging projection 6 formed on the container body 1, and the locking of the lid is released. After that, the thumb is lifted while pressing the thumb against the push piece 15, so that the lid body 8 is opened to a desired angle. Then, when the lid body 8 is closed, the first engagement projection 6 and the second engagement projection 12 are locked and the lid body is locked.

7 to 9 show a compact container according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the push piece 1 is used.
The front pressing portion 5a is formed as a vertical surface, and the lower end portion thereof is bent inward at a right angle to form a small operating portion 18a.
And an inclined surface 19 that rises inward is formed on the lower surface of the operating portion. On the other hand, the lower surface front end portion 2 of the cutout recess 3 of the container body 1 facing the inclined surface 19
0 is formed as a corner. The rest of the configuration is similar to that of the first embodiment, so the explanation is omitted.

In the compact container of the second embodiment, when the push piece 15a is pushed inward from the locking position of the lid body 8 shown in FIG. 8, the lower end of the push piece 15a operates as the push piece moves inward. Slope 1 of part 18
The second engaging projection 6 formed on the container body 1 is pushed upward by pressing the lower surface front end corner portion 20 of the cutout recess 3 of the container body 1 upward.
The second engagement projection 12 formed on the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8 is released, and the locking of the lid body is released as shown in FIG. After that, the lid 8 is opened to a desired angle by lifting the thumb pressed against the push piece 15a, as in the case of the first embodiment.

Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the inclined surface is formed on either one of the push piece 15 and the notch recess 3, but the inclined surface may be formed on both of them.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the compact container has a two-stage structure of the container body 1 and the lid body 8. However, as shown in FIG. 10, the container body 1a contains the puff 25, and the container body 1a and the lid body are covered. Even if the inner plate 27 for accommodating the cosmetic material 26 is arranged between the body 8 and the compact container and the compact container has a three-stage structure, the same operation and effect as in the case of the above embodiment can be obtained.

<Effect> As described above, in the compact container of the present invention, the notch recess formed in the front end edge of the container body is cut out to the bottom side of the container body, and the push piece has its upper end portion at the front end of the lid body. Since it is slidably inserted in the front-rear direction at the part, and extends from the front of the claw piece of the lid body to the bottom side of the notch recess through the front of the notch recess, when pressing the push piece. , Widely apply the abdomen of the thumb to the front end of the push piece (the center of the curve) and press the fingertips inward to slide the push piece inward and unlock the lid to open it. Since the contact area between the push piece and the thumb is large, it is possible to obtain a compact container having excellent push operability of the push piece.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 6 show a compact container according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lid body in an open state,
FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional perspective view of the push piece separated from the lid, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the compact container in the locked state as seen from the bottom side by reversing, and FIG. 4 is the locking of the lid. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing a state, Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a locking portion when the lid is in a locked state, and Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view showing an unlocking operation of pressing the push piece from the state of Fig. 5, Figure 7 ~
FIG. 9 shows a compact container according to a second embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the push piece separated from the lid, and FIG. 8 is a locking portion when the lid is locked. FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view showing a state in which the push piece is pushed in from the state of FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a case where the present invention is applied to a three-stage compact container. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container body, 3 ... Notch recess 5,19 ... Inclined surface, 6 ... 1st engaging protrusion 8 ... Lid, 11 ... Claw piece 12 ... 2nd engaging protrusion 15 , 15a …… Push piece

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A lid 8 is openably and closably coupled to a rear end edge of a container body 1, a notch recess 3 is formed in a front end edge of the container body, and a first recess is formed in a rear portion of the recess. An engaging projection 6 is provided, a claw piece 11 is vertically provided on a front end edge portion of the lid body, and a second engaging projection 12 is provided on an inner surface of the claw piece to close the lid body with respect to the container body. In a compact container in which the first engaging protrusion and the second engaging protrusion are locked when the above, the notch recess 3 is formed by notching to the bottom surface side of the container body 1. The upper ends of the push pieces 15 and 15a are slidably fitted in the front end of the lid body in the front-rear direction, and the push piece passes from the front of the claw piece to the front of the notch recess to form the notch recess. The push piece is extended to the bottom surface side, and at least one of the lower end portion of the push piece and the inner surface of the cutout recess is formed as an inclined surface 5, Vanity case the push-piece when pushed in Spies inwardly characterized by comprising as pushed up by the inclined surface as well as horizontal movement.