JPH069523B2 - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cosmetic container in which a plurality of containers are vertically stacked and connected to each other to accommodate different cosmetics.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, cosmetics such as lipsticks, eye shadows, foundations, etc. are used by being filled in individual containers.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Since the cosmetic containers as described above are individually filled with various cosmetics, if they are arranged in a line, the number is large and bulky, which is inconvenient for carrying and the like. There is a problem that operations such as changing the cosmetic container and opening and closing the lid are complicated and difficult to use. For this reason,
As a cosmetics container that can accommodate and use a plurality of cosmetics at the same time, a container in which a plurality of storage recesses are arranged in a plane in a large container, and a plurality of cosmetics are filled in the recesses, A combination of a plurality of containers laminated as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 52-50958 has been developed and used in part. However, of the above, the former container is wide in a plane, so when carrying it in a handbag or the like, the container must be stored in an upright state, and if the cosmetic is powder or liquid. However, there is a problem that the cosmetics overflow from the recess. In addition, there is also a problem that a large installation place is required when exhibiting at a store or the like. The latter container is as shown in FIG. 9 and is problematic in terms of usability. That is, the container is
On the surface of the substantially parabolic plate-shaped plate, a container-shaped accommodation convex portion 22 'for accommodating the cosmetic material 21' and an accommodating convex portion 22 'of the same size as the accommodation convex portion 22' are fitted. Recess 23 having a possible shape
And are formed. A stacking recess 24 (which is hidden and invisible) is formed on the back surface of the accommodation projection 22 ′, and a stacking projection 25 is projected on the back surface of the recess 23.
The stacking recess 24 and the stacking projection 25 are formed symmetrically so that they can be fitted together, and the stacking projection 25 can also fit together with the recess 23. As shown in FIG. 10, such a cosmetic container 26 includes two cosmetic containers 2
One of the six 26 'is turned upside down (the accommodation protrusion 22' is in a downward direction), and the accommodation protrusion 22 and the recess 23
Are fitted into the concave portion 23 and the accommodating convex portion 22 'of the cosmetic container 26 facing up to form one set, and any plural sets thereof are combined by fitting the concave portion 24 for laminating and the convex portion 25 for laminating. Used. At the time of makeup, the plurality of sets of the cosmetic containers 26 are released from the fitting state so that the inside of the cosmetic containers 26 are turned upside down. Fit the part 25 (the recess 23 of the uppermost cosmetic container 26 is in an open state)
It is used by connecting as shown in FIG. However, this cosmetic container 26 has a problem that it is not convenient to use, because it is necessary to reassemble the cosmetic container 26 into the connected state during makeup and the laminated state during storage as shown in FIG. Further, since one of the pair of cosmetics containers 26 is accommodated in a downward state, the cosmetics container 26 that faces downwards is stored.
Also has a problem in that it cannot be filled with cosmetics such as powder.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can be filled with a plurality of cosmetics, is easy to use, can accommodate any cosmetics, and requires a large installation space when exhibited at a store or the like. The purpose is to provide a cosmetic container that does not.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the cosmetic container of the present invention,
At least one box-shaped middle container having a housing formed therein and having holes penetrating from the top surface to the bottom surface on both end sides is stacked in a laminated state with the hole portions aligned, ,
An upper container having an upper surface closed and a mounting portion provided on a ceiling surface portion corresponding to the hole portion is provided, and a lower portion has a lower surface closed and a mounting portion is provided on a bottom surface portion corresponding to the hole portion. The lower container is provided, and a string-shaped spring body is inserted into the hole to fix the upper end of the spring body to the mounting portion of the upper container, and the lower end of the spring body is extended in a stretched state. By connecting the plurality of containers by fixing to the mounting portion of the lower container, at a position corresponding to the spring body on the boundary line of the back surface of the vertically adjacent container, vertically symmetrical about the boundary line. A semi-circular cutout groove into which the spring body can be inserted is formed in the lower edge of the upper container and the upper edge of the lower container so that the lower one of the two vertically adjacent containers is On the upper surface of the container on the side, while providing a recess or protrusion,
The lower surface of the upper container is provided with a protrusion or a recess that can be removably fitted in the recess or the protrusion, and the rear side surface of the protrusion and the upper surface of the lower container provided with this protrusion or the lower surface of the upper container. The concave corner portion formed by and can be engaged with the lower end edge of the back side of the upper container in which the recess is formed or the upper end edge of the back side of the lower container, and the hole is The structure is such that it is positioned in the recess and the projection and communicates with the cutout groove through the recess and the projection.

That is, in this cosmetic container, a plurality of containers are connected in a laminated state by a string-shaped spring body, and the recesses and protrusions of the vertically adjacent containers are released from each other, and the upper container is rotated, The accommodation section is opened by engaging a concave corner formed by the side surface of the protrusion of one container and the surface provided with the protrusion with the edge of the other container which is in contact with the one container. be able to. Also, with the recesses and protrusions of the vertically adjacent containers disengaged, the spring bodies are positioned in their respective groove holes, the upper container is rotated, and the rear surface of the lower container and the rear surface of the lower container are separated. The accommodating portion can be opened by facing each other. Therefore, by fitting the recess and the protrusion of the arbitrary container and the container on the upper side, or by releasing the fitting of the recess and the protrusion and rotating the container on the upper side, it can be stored in a stacked state or stored in the storage unit. It is possible to put the cosmetics in the opened state and use the cosmetics filled therein.
In addition, the operation is to release the fitting of the recess and the protrusion by pulling up the cosmetic dish on the upper side of the container to be used,
In that state, you can open it by rotating the upper container to the back side of the lower container, and rotate it while pulling the upper container to align it with the upper surface of the lower container and fit the recesses and protrusions. It is simple and easy to use because it only makes a laminated closed state by combining them. Furthermore, in the stacked state, the lower surface of the upper container acts as a lid for the lower container, so that it will not overflow even if it is filled with powder cosmetics or the like. Further, this cosmetic container can have a small contact surface area with the mounting place when it is placed, and can be displayed even in a narrow place when it is displayed at a store or the like.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples.

〔Example〕

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. That is, the cosmetic container 1 is made of plastic and is composed of a lower container 2, two middle containers 3, an upper container 4 and a lid 5. The lower container 2 is formed such that the lower side (the left side in the drawing) faces the curved surface side of the semi-cylindrical body downward (to the left in the drawing), and the slightly front surface 6 of the central portion thereof.
A cutout recess 7 is provided at a position closer to the side. Reference numeral 8 is an engaging projection provided in the cutout recess 7. The upper side of the lower container 2 is as shown in FIG. 3 (a),
A semi-cylindrical housing recess 9 is formed at the center, and recesses 10a and 10b are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The side wall 11a on the back surface 11 side of the recesses 10a and 10b
At the upper end of the notch groove 12a,
2b is provided, and recess-shaped mounting portions (not visible in the figure) are provided at the bottoms of the recesses 1a and 10b. The inner container 3 is made of a transparent material having a rectangular prism shape as a whole,
The upper side is formed in the same shape as the upper side of the lower container 2, and the lower side is formed as shown in FIG. 3 (b). That is, a storage recess 13 having the same shape as the storage recess 9 of the lower container 2 is formed in the central portion, and plate-like projections 15a that can be fitted into the recesses 10a, 10b of the lower container 2 from the bottom surfaces 14a, 14b on both ends thereof. 15b is projected. 16a, 16b
Is the back surface 11 from the center of the protrusions 15a and 15b, respectively.
The upper portions (lower side in the figure) of the groove portions 16a, 16b on the side of the protrusions 15a, 15b are recessed portions 10a, 10b of the middle container 3 (see FIG. 3 (a)). A hole portion that communicates and penetrates from the top surface to the bottom surface of the middle container 3 is formed,
The back surface 11 is formed into substantially semicircular cutout grooves 17a and 17b having the same shape as the cutout grooves 12a and 12b. The upper container 4 is
The lower side is formed in the same shape as the lower side of the middle container 3, and the upper side is formed with the curved side of the semi-cylindrical body facing upward. A notch recess 18 is provided at a position on the surface 6 side of the central portion on the curved surface side, and a mounting portion similar to the mounting portion of the lower container 2 is provided on a portion corresponding to the hole portion of the inner container 3 on the inner ceiling surface. Is provided. In such a container, first, by fitting the protrusions 15a and 15b of the middle container 3 into the recesses 10a and 10b of the lower container 2, the lower container 2 and the middle container 3 can be connected. The housing recess 9 and the housing recess 13 of the inner container 3 form a closed cylindrical housing (not visible in the figure). Then, the protrusions 15a and 15b of the other middle container 3 are fitted and connected to the recesses 10a and 10b of the middle container 3, and the accommodation recess 9 of the middle container 3 and the accommodation recess 13 of the other middle container 3 are connected. And form another closed cylindrical housing portion. Furthermore, in the recesses 10a and 10b of the middle container 3 in which the housing recess 9 on the upper surface is opened,
The upper container 4 is connected by fitting the projecting portions 15a and 15b of the upper container 4 to each other, and the accommodating recess 9 of the middle container 3 and the accommodating recess 13 of the upper container 4 form another closed cylindrical container. Form. Then, as described above, the protrusion 1
5a, 15b and the recesses 10a, 10b are fitted to each other to connect the lower container 2, the middle container 3 and the upper container 4 with recesses 10a, 10b and groove holes 16a, 16b, respectively, and a string-shaped spring body ( (See FIG. 4) 19 is inserted, the lower end of the spring body 19 is fixed to the mounting portion of the inner bottom surface of the lower container 2, and the upper end of the spring body 19 is extended to the inner side of the upper container 4. The above-mentioned connected state is maintained by fixing to the mounting portion of the ceiling portion. In the above-mentioned cylindrical storage part,
Cosmetics such as lipsticks, pencils, eye shadows, and cheeks are stored. The lid body 5 is attached so as to be rotatable around a shaft body 20 fixed to both sides of the cutout recessed portion 18. 21
Is an engaging claw capable of engaging with the engaging protrusion 8 of the lower container 2, and by engaging with the engaging protrusion 8, each container surface 6 of the connecting body is covered and the closed state is maintained. . Reference numeral 22 is a mirror provided on the back surface of the lid.

In this structure, when not in use, it is stored in the state of FIG. At the time of use, the cosmetic container 1 is disengaged from the state shown in FIG. 1 by the engagement projection 8 of the lower container 2 and the engagement claw 21 of the lid 5 to bring the state as shown in FIG. Next, the cosmetic container 1 is placed with the lower container 2 on the lower side and the upper container 4 on the upper side, and the used cosmetic is stored in the cylindrical storage portion formed by the upper container 4 and the middle container 3. In such a case, the upper container 4 is lifted upward by holding the both sides of the middle container 3 with one hand and holding the both sides of the upper container 4 by the other hand so as to stretch the spring body 19. Then, this upper container 4 is rotated 90 degrees toward the back surface 11 side together with the lid 5, and the corners formed by the bottom surfaces 14a and 14b of the upper container 4 and the side surfaces on the back surface 11 side of the protrusions 15a and 15b are centered. It is applied to the upper end of the side wall 11a of the container 3 to obtain the state shown in FIG. In this state, the spring body 19 is arranged in the cutout grooves 12a, 12b of the middle container 3 and the cutout grooves 17a, 17 of the upper container 4.
It is located inside b and, due to its elasticity, acts so as to contract. The contracting action of the spring body 19 strongly presses the corner portion and the upper end of the side wall 11a to maintain the above state. Therefore, makeup can be applied using the cosmetic material (not shown) contained in the inner container 3. Next, when using the cosmetics stored in the cylindrical storage portion formed by the lower side of the upper side inner container 3 and the upper side of the lower side inner container 3, from the state of FIG. , The upper container 4 is lifted upward and rotated 90 degrees upward,
The protrusions 15a, 1 of the upper container 4 in the recesses 10a, 10b of the
5b is fitted and brought into the state shown in FIG. 2 (however, the direction remains the vertical direction). Then, with one hand, lower middle container 3
Holding both sides of the middle container 3 with the other hand, and holding the both sides of the upper middle container 3 with the other hand, and by the same operation as described above, the cylindrical container formed by the upper and lower middle containers 3 as shown in FIG. To open state. Then, makeup can be applied using the cosmetics stored in the storage section. Also, when using the cosmetics contained in the cylindrical container formed by the lower side of the lower middle container 3 and the lower container 2, the makeup is performed in the state shown in FIG. 7 by the same operation. be able to. Further, the cosmetic container 1 is changed from the state shown in FIG.
Is rotated 90 degrees toward the back surface 11 side to maintain the open state of the housing portions 9 and 13 with the back surface 11 of the upper middle container 3 and the back surface 11 of the upper container 4 facing each other as shown in FIG. be able to. That is, the cutout groove 12 of the middle container 3
a and 12b and the notch grooves 17a and 17b of the upper container 4 are each formed in a substantially semicircular shape elongated in the vertical direction, and the spring body 19 is located at the bottom thereof. Therefore, the spring body 1
Due to the contraction elasticity of 9, the back surface 11 of the middle container 3 and the back surface 11 of the upper container 4 are brought into pressure contact with each other, and the above state is maintained. Similarly, the central housing portion and the lower housing portion can be maintained in the open state. After use, the lid 5 is rotated to the surface 6 side of the cosmetic container 1 in the state shown in FIG. 2 so that the engaging claws 21 of the lid are engaged with the engaging protrusions 8 of the lower container 2 to make up the makeup. The material container 1 is stored in the closed state as shown in FIG.

When the cosmetic material to be stored in the storage portion of the cosmetic container 1 is powder or fluid, a lid is fitted to the edge portion of the lower portion of the storage portion, or An edge portion which contacts the upper side portion is formed in a secret mechanism.

As described above, in this cosmetics container 1, a plurality of small containers are connected by the coil spring 19 in a laminated state, and the recess 10a of the lower container of the vertically adjacent containers is
It is formed so that the fitting portions 10a and 15b of the container on the upper side and the container 15 and 13 can be opened by changing the engagement angle of the two containers. For this reason, open any of the accommodating portions 9 and 13,
The cosmetics stored in the opened storage parts 9 and 13 can be used. In addition, the operation of the cosmetic container 1 is performed by the accommodating portions 9 and 1 in which the cosmetics to be used are accommodated.
The upper container forming 3 is lifted upward, and in that state, it is rotated 90 degrees or 180 degrees to the back surface side to engage with the lower container, which is easy and convenient to use. Furthermore, since the housing portion can be formed in a sealed state, it does not overflow even when filled with powder cosmetics or the like. The cosmetic container 1 can also be used as a sample container for trial, other than the above-mentioned use as a normal cosmetic container.

It should be noted that in the above-mentioned embodiment, each container is composed of the lower side of the upper container and the upper side of the lower container, but the present invention is not limited to this, and one container is contained in each container. Each part may be formed, and the bottom part of the container on the upper side may serve as a lid.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the cosmetic container of the present invention is configured as described above, it can be filled with a plurality of cosmetics, is easy to use, can be filled with powdery or liquid cosmetics, and when displayed at a store, etc., Does not require a large installation space.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in a closed state, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of the lid body opened, FIG. 3 (a) is a perspective view of an upper side portion of a container constituting the cosmetic container, and FIG. 3 (b) is a perspective view of a lower side portion thereof. FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the upper container is rotated by 90 degrees to open the upper storage section, and FIG. 6 is an upper container rotated by 90 degrees and the middle storage section is opened. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lower middle container is rotated 90 degrees to open the lower container portion, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view in which the upper container is rotated 180 degrees to show the upper housing portion. FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11 and FIG. 11 are perspective views of a conventional example in the opened state. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cosmetic container, 2 ... Lower container, 3 ... Medium container 4 ... Upper container, 9,13 ... Storage part, 10a, 10b ... Recessed part, 12
a, 12b, 17a, 17b ... Notched groove, 15a, 15b
... protrusion, 19 ... spring body

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At least one accommodating portion 9 and 13 is formed inside, and holes are formed on both end sides from the top surface to the bottom surface.
An upper container in which a plurality of box-shaped middle containers 3 are stacked in a state in which the holes are aligned, and the upper surface is closed on the upper side thereof and a mounting portion is provided at a ceiling surface portion corresponding to the holes. 4, a lower container 2 having a lower surface closed and a mounting portion provided on a bottom surface corresponding to the hole is provided on the lower side, and a string-shaped spring body 19 is inserted into the hole. The upper end of the spring body 19 is fixed to the mounting portion of the upper container 4, and the lower end of the spring body 19 is fixed to the mounting portion of the lower container 2 in a stretched state. And a substantially semicircular shape in which the spring body 19 can be inserted vertically symmetrically about the boundary line at a position corresponding to the spring body 19 on the boundary line of the back surface of the vertically adjacent container. The cutout grooves 12a, 12b (17a, 17b) are formed on the lower edge of the upper container and Drilled on the upper edge of the container side, the upper surface of the lower side of the container of the two containers adjacent to the top and bottom,
The recesses 10a, 10b or the protrusions are provided, and the recesses 10a, 10b or the protrusions 15a, 15b or the recesses which can be detachably fitted to the recesses 10a, 10b or the protrusions are provided on the lower surface of the upper container. The concave corner formed by the upper surface of the lower container provided with or the lower surface of the upper container is the lower edge of the back surface of the upper container where the recess is formed or the back surface of the lower container. The hole is positioned in the recess and the projection, and communicated with the cutout grooves 12a, 12b (17a, 17b) through the recess and the projection. Cosmetic container.