JPS6213525Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a compact container that is easy to open and close and has a good appearance.

In general, compact containers for cosmetics, puffs, etc. consist of a container body and a lid that is connected to one edge of the container body with a hinge and that opens and closes the container body. Various structures have been conventionally proposed for the structure of the so-called mouthpiece for temporarily fixing the lid to the container body.

One of the known structures is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A slide hole 3 is bored in the edge of the container body 1 opposite to the hinge 2, a slide member 4 having an inclined surface 4a is fitted into the slide hole 3, and the slide member 4 is inserted into the hinge 2 with a fingertip or the like. By pushing the engaging piece 6 to the side, the tip of the engaging piece 6 of the lid body 5 is pushed upward by the inclined surface 4a of the slide member 4, whereby the hook 6a of the engaging piece 6 and the hook 1a on the side of the container body 1 are pushed up. The structure is such that the engagement with the holder is released.

However, although such a conventional compact container has the advantage that the engagement between both hooks 1a and 6a can be easily released by simply pushing the slide member 4, it also has the following disadvantages. That is,
To release the engagement between both hooks 1a and 6a, the engagement piece 6 with one of the hooks 6a is pushed up directly on the inclined surface 4a of the slide member 4, so when the slide member 4 is pushed, both hooks 1a and 6a are released. Hook 1
The engagement between a and 6a deepens with respect to each other, resulting in accelerated wear of both hooks. Also,
If the compact container is large enough, there is no problem with making the slide member 4 large, but the smaller the compact container, the smaller the part to push due to the balance of the appearance, which makes it difficult to push with your fingertips and takes time to open the lid. There were other drawbacks.

In view of the above circumstances, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a compact container whose lid can be easily opened even though it is small in size. This compact container is equipped with a hook mechanism for the container body which, when actuated, causes the hook of the container body to slide in the left-right direction with respect to the hook of the lid, thereby disengaging the lid from the hook.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

3 to 5 a and b show an embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention, and reference numeral 11 in the figures indicates the container body. The rear edge of a lid part 12 is attached to the rear edge of the container body 11 via a hinge shaft 13 so as to be openable and closable. Further, as shown in FIG. 4a, the container body 11 has an inner frame 14 that is detachably attached to the upper surface and provided with recesses 14a and 14b for storing cosmetics, and a shell section 15 to which the inner frame 14 is attached. It is made up of. A push button portion 16a of the actuating member 16 protrudes from one corner of the middle frame 14 through the middle frame 14. Further, a hook hole 14c is bored in the front upper surface of the middle frame 14, into which a locking protrusion 12b having a hook claw 12a protruding from the front lower part of the lid part 12 shown in FIG. 4b is inserted. .

On the inside of the front part of the shell part 15, a partition part 17 which is long in the left-right direction is provided, as shown in FIG. 5a. On the left side of the partition 17, an actuation member 16 as shown in FIG. 5B is arranged with the push button part 16a facing upward and the actuation slope 16b inclined from the upper right to the lower left facing the right side. In addition, the operating member 16
A hook member 18 is arranged on the right side. On the left side of this hook member 18 is the operating inclined surface 16.
A hook sloping surface 18a is provided which comes into contact with b, a hook pawl 18b is attached to the upper front surface, and a protrusion 18c protruding rightward is provided at the right end. This protrusion 18c has a coil spring 1
9 is attached to bias the hook member 18 to the left within the compartment 17. The hook mechanism A of the container body 11 is operated by the operating member 16 and the hook member 18.
is configured. In addition, the reference numeral 18d in the figure indicates that when the hook member 18 moves in the left-right direction within the compartment, it comes into contact with the compartment inner base 17a shown in FIG.
It is an arc-shaped spring that prevents it from swinging back and forth.

Next, the operation of the compact container configured as described above will be explained.

When the lid part 12 is closed, the hook member 1
The hook claw 18b of No. 8 is the hook claw 12a of the lid part 12.
is engaged with. Further, since the hook member 18 is biased to the left by the coil spring 19, the operating inclined surface 16b of the operating member 16 is pushed by the hook inclined surface 18a, and the operating member 16 is pushed upward. The push button portion 16a protrudes and is held down by the lower surface of the middle frame 14 so as not to pop out.

To open the lid 12, press the push button 16a. The hook member 18 is pushed by the operating inclined surface 16b of the operating member 16 and moves to the right against the coil spring 19, and the hook claw 18b that is engaged with the hook claw 12a of the lid portion 12 is released. The push button part 16a is formed like a part of the corner of the lid part 12, so even if the compact container becomes smaller, there is no need to balance it and make it smaller, and it maintains a size that is easy to press with a fingertip. I can do it.

Further, FIG. 6 shows another example of the hook member 18 of the hook mechanism A, in which an inclined surface lifts upward the lower end of the locking protrusion 12b of the lid portion 12 that is released from the hook claw 18b. 20 to make it easier to open the lid part 12.

As described above, the compact container according to the present invention has the push button part at the corner part of the lid part as if it were a part of the lid part, so even if the compact container becomes small, the push button part of the operating member can be pressed. Even if the container is not made so small that it becomes difficult, there is no problem in appearance and a small compact container that can be easily operated with the fingertips can be obtained. In other words, if you hold the compact container in your left hand, for example,
You can easily operate the push button with your left thumb. It also has advantages such as no wear on the hook.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 show conventional examples; FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is a partially sectional perspective view, and FIGS. 3 to 5 a and b show an example of a compact container. FIG. 3 is a diagram of a compact container;
Figure 4a is a view of the container body with the lid removed, Figure 4b
is a diagram of the locking protrusion to which the hook claw of the lid is attached;
FIG. 5a is a view of the shell with the inner frame removed, FIG. 5b is a view of the hook mechanism housed in the compartment, and FIG. 6 is a view showing another example of the hook member. 11... Container body, 12... Lid, 12a...
Lid hook claw, 12b...locking protrusion, 13...hinge shaft, 14...middle frame, 14a, 14b...cosmetic storage recess, 14c...hook hole, 15...shell part, 16...operation Member, 16a...Push button part, 16
b... Operating slope, 17... Division, 17a...
Division inner side stand, 18... Hook member, 18a...
Hook slope, 18b... Hook claw, 18c...
Protrusion, 18d... arcuate spring, 19... coil spring, 20... inclined surface, A... hook mechanism of container body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a compact container in which the container body and the lid are connected by a hinge so as to be freely openable and closable, and the lid is closed by engaging the hook of the container body and the hook of the lid, a push button provided at the top corner of the compact container A compact device comprising a container body hook mechanism in which the hook of the container body is slid from side to side with respect to the hook of the lid portion by activating the actuating member, and the hook of the container body is disengaged from the hook of the lid portion. container.