JPH0681602B2 - Storage container with lid and lid fastening device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a storage container with a lid such as a travel bag, a suitcase, and an attache case, and a lid fastening device.

“Prior Art” Conventionally, as a storage container with a lid such as a travel bag, a suitcase, and an attache case, a structure shown in FIG. 7 is known.

A storage container 1 with a lid shown in FIG. 7 includes a container main body 3 having a storage space 2 and a lid 4 which is hinged to one edge 3a of the container main body 3 so as to be vertically rotatable to open and close the storage space 2. The lid 4 is composed of a pair of clasp devices 5, 5 for engaging the free end 4a of the lid 4 with the other edge portion 3b of the container body 3.

This clasp device 5 includes a locking piece 6 provided on a free end 4a of a lid 4, and a main body section 7 provided on the other end 3b of the container body 3 for detachably engaging the locking piece. The main body 7 is attached to approximately the center of the other end 3b of the container main body 3 and is arranged on both sides of the handle 8.

In the clasp device 5 as described above, the operation piece 9 provided on the main body portion 7 is used to attach and detach the locking piece 6 on the lid 4 side.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the storage container 1 with a lid, since the clasp devices 5 are provided on both sides of the handle 8 of the container body 3, a travel bag or the like is not provided. When the lid 4 is opened in a lying state, the clasp devices 5 and 5 are once released with both hands and then the handle 8 is used to open the lid 4, or both hands are provided at both corners 4b of the lid 4. Covers 4 and 4b, such as open, lid 4
The opening operation of was troublesome, and there was room for improvement in terms of usability such as operability.

Also, in such a storage container 1, the external appearance design is an important element, but in the conventional clasp device 5, the mounting position thereof is limited, so that a novel external appearance design cannot be achieved. , Improvement from this point was also requested.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a storage container with a lid and a lid catching device that are excellent in usability and excellent in design.

"Means for Solving the Problem" A storage container with a lid according to the present invention includes a container body, a lid body hinged to one edge of the container body, and the container body on the free end side facing the hinge joint portion. A handle provided at the center of the side surface and a pair of clasp devices for mutually locking the free ends of the container body and the lid are provided, and are located on both sides of the handle of the container body and the lid. While forming the corner portion from a curved surface having the same radius of curvature, the clasp device, on the container body side or the lid side provided with either one of the locking piece, and the container body side or the lid side. And a main body portion that is detachably engaged with the locking piece, and the main body portion is formed from the curved surface of the container main body or the lid body on both sides of the handle. It is buried along the corner.

Further, in the lid clasping device according to the present invention, the container body and the lid body are hinge-coupled to each other, and a handle is provided at a central portion of a side surface of the container body on the free end side facing the hinge coupling portion, and both sides of the handle A container clasp device for mutually engaging the free ends of the container body and the lid body in which the corner portions of the container body and the lid body are formed from curved surfaces, the clasp device comprising: Embedded along the corners on both sides of the handle, respectively, and a locking piece provided on either the container body side or the lid side and the container body side or the lid body opposite to each other A main body for releasably engaging the locking piece, the main body including a mounting portion for the locking piece and an operation piece for engaging and disengaging the locking piece and the mounting portion. With the configuration having, the mounting portion and the operation piece constituting the main body, Each of the container body or the lid body is formed to be curved so as to be substantially flush with a corner portion formed of the curved surface, and the operation piece has a body piece whose one end is axially supported by the mounting portion. A slide piece that is mounted on the curved outer surface side of the main body piece and is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the main body piece, and the slide piece is located outside the corner portion of the container main body or the lid. It is desirable that the engagement between the locking piece and the mounting portion is released when the operation piece is rotated from the position where the operation piece is slid so as to project to.

[Operation] In the storage container with the lid according to the present invention, when the lid is opened, the releasing operation of the clasp device and the opening operation of the lid are continuously performed with both hands attached to both corners of the storage container. be able to.

Further, by providing the clasp device at the corner portion of the storage container, the exterior design of the storage container becomes novel.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention. In these figures, reference numeral 10 is an attache case.

As shown in FIG. 1, an attache case (storage container with lid) 10 has a case body (container body) having a storage space 11.
12, a lid (lid body) 13 hinged to a rear wall portion (one edge portion) 12a of the case main body 12 so as to be vertically rotatable, and a free end 13a of the lid 13 is attached to the front wall of the case main body 12. It is provided with a pair of clasp devices 14, 14 that are locked to the portion (other edge portion) 12b.

The clasp device 14 is composed of a plate-shaped locking piece 15 fixed to the free end 13a of the lid 13, and a main body portion 17 attached to a corner portion 16 of the front wall portion 12b of the case main body 12. ing.
The locking piece 15 is provided with a locking hole 15a penetrating in the plate thickness direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body portion 17 is entirely curved and formed in a substantially L-shape along the corner portion 16, and as shown in FIG. 3, the cutout portion of the corner portion 16 is formed. An attachment portion 19 fixed from the inside along 18 (see FIG. 5), a frame member 20 attached to the attachment portion 19 from above the cutout portion 18, and an attachment having a rotating shaft 21a at the upper end. The operation piece 21 is supported by the portion 19 and is housed inside the attachment portion 19 so as to be retractable in the vertical direction.

An insertion hole 22a is formed in the side surface of the upper portion 19a of the attachment portion 19 so that the locking piece 15 can be inserted when the lid 13 is closed. On the side surface of the upper portion 20a of the frame member 20, an insertion hole 22 similar to the insertion hole 22a is provided.
b is formed, and the rotation shaft 21a of the operation piece 21 is formed on the inner surface thereof.
A projection 20c for supporting the is provided. The operation piece 21 is attached to the main body piece 23 having the rotating shaft 21a so as to be substantially flush with the curved outer surface side of the main body piece 23, and can be slightly slid along the longitudinal direction of the main body piece 23. It is composed of a slide piece 24. On the inner surface of the upper portion 23a of the body piece 23, the lid 13
Hole 15a of the locking piece 15 that is inserted into the insertion hole 22 when closing the
A projection 25 that engages from above is vertically provided, and one end 26a of a leaf spring 26 is connected to the inner surface of the bent portion 23b of the main body piece 23.
The other end 26b of 26 is connected to a fixed shaft 27 on the inner surface of the bent portion 20b of the frame member 20, as shown in FIG. On the inner surface of the bent portion 24a of the slide piece 24, a projection 2 that slidably fits into a hole 28a that extends vertically in the bent portion 23b of the body piece 23 and is bored.
9a is projected, and a projection 29b slidably fitted in a hole 28b formed in the lower portion 23c of the body piece 23 is projected on the inner surface of the lower portion 24b of the slide piece 24, and the upper end of the slide piece 24 is provided. A stepped pressing portion 29c for sliding itself is provided on the main body piece 2
3 is formed so as to project from the curved outer surface side.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 4 (a), showing the side surface of the projection 25 of the operation piece 21 (the side farther than the locking piece 15).
Is formed with a tapered surface 25a. This tapered surface 25a is
When the projection 25 of the operation piece 21 is engaged with the hole 15a of the locking piece 15,
Apply a deep engagement force (tightening force of the lid 13) to the locking piece 15,
When releasing the engagement of 15, reverse force is applied.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 is a handle and reference numeral 31 is a dial type key device.

Next, the operation of the clasp device 14 and the attache case 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (b).

In the state shown in FIG. 4 (a), the lid 13 is closed and the locking piece 15 on the lid 13 side is engaged with the body portion 17 on the case body 12 side (see FIG. 6). That is, the locking piece 15 is inserted into the insertion hole 22a of the mounting portion 19, the operation piece 21 is housed in the mounting portion 19, and the projection 25 thereof engages with the hole 15a of the locking piece 15 to lock the locking piece 1.
Removal of 5 is blocked. The leaf spring 26 is bent downward to urge the operating piece 21 downward, preventing the operating piece 21 from unintentionally rotating.

To open the lid 13 from this state, the grip portion 24c of the operation piece 21
The engaging piece 15 is disengaged by pivoting upward, but first, both corners 16, 1 of the attache case 10 are released.
Put both hands on 6 and operate the operation piece 21 as shown in Fig. 4 (b).
By sliding the pressing pieces 29c of the slide piece 24 left and right with the thumb or the like, the grip portion 24c is slightly pulled out to the outside of the case body 12. Then, as shown in FIG. 4C, the gripping portion 24c of the slide pieces 24, 24 has an index finger,
When the middle finger or the like is hooked and rotated upwards against the biasing force of the leaf spring 26 by the principle of snap action, the projection 25 separates from the hole 15a of the locking piece 15 and the engagement of the locking piece 15 is released. It
When the operation piece 26 is rotated, the taper surface 25a provided on the side surface of the projection 25 presses the locking piece 15 in the direction in which the lid 13 opens, so that the subsequent opening operation of the lid 13 becomes easy. Further, the operation piece 21 is rotated and is held in the maximum rotation state by the biasing force of the leaf spring 26.

Then, the lid 13 is opened by holding both hands as they are at the corners of the free end 13a of the lid 13 and rotating and lifting them.

When the lid 13 is closed, the reverse procedure may be performed.

According to this embodiment, the following excellent operational effects are exhibited.

By providing the clasp device 14 (main body portion 17) on both corner portions 16 of the case main body 12, when opening the lid 13, the operation piece 21 is rotated with both hands attached to the both corner portions 16 with a shoulder width dimension. Then, the engagement of the locking piece 15 is released, and after that, both corners of the free end 13a of the lid 13 can be rotated with both hands as it is, so the release operation is shifted to the opening operation of the lid 13. Is very smooth, its operability is extremely ergonomically matched, and its usability is very good.

By providing the clasp device 14 at the corner portion 16 of the case main body 12, the appearance design of the attache case 10 can be made novel, and the fashionability can be improved.
Since the main body portion 17 constituting the is formed curved along the corner portion 16, the corner portion 16 forms a smooth surface and is excellent in appearance design. Furthermore, the main body 17 (slide piece
It is also possible to use the upper surface 24) as a decorative piece, and if the main body part 17 and the case main body 13 have a different color, the decorative effect is further enhanced.

Since the projection 25 of the operation piece 21 is provided with the tapered surface 25a, the lid 1
When the locking piece 15 on the 3 side is engaged with the main body portion 17 on the case main body 12 side, a tightening action is exerted on the lid 13, and the sealing effect of the attache case 10 can be improved. Moreover, since the operation piece 21 does not easily rotate upward due to the downward biasing force of the leaf spring 26, there is no fear that the lid 13 will be opened accidentally.

Without turning the operation piece 21 by one touch,
Since the holding portion 24c of the operation piece 21 is pulled out to the outside and then the two-touch method is used, the holding piece 24c has a safe and excellent operability design, and the operation piece 21 is provided along the corner portion 16. The operation piece 21 can be upsized and contributes to the improvement of operability.

In the embodiment, the main body 17 of the clasp device 14 is provided on the container body 12 side and the locking piece 15 is provided on the lid 13 side, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, for example, the main body 17 may be provided on the lid 13 side and the locking piece 15 may be provided on the container main body 12 side, and in any case, either the container main body 12 side or the lid 13 side may be provided. To the body part 17 of the clasp device 14
It is obvious that the locking pieces 17 are provided in opposition to each other to achieve the same effect.

Further, in this embodiment, as the storage container with the lid, the attache case 10 is mentioned, but the storage container is not limited to this, for example, a travel bag, a suitcase, a shoulder bag, and a relatively large-sized compact container for cosmetics. It can also be applied to portable containers such as pencils and pencils, and various box-shaped storage containers.

Further, as the material of the case body 12 and the lid 13, metal, plastic, wood, leather or the like is used, but an aluminum alloy having light weight, high strength and high formability is also suitable. Similarly, as a material of each component of the clasp device 14, a metal such as an aluminum alloy or a plastic is optionally used.

"Effects of the Invention" As described in detail above, according to the storage container with the lid of the present invention, the container body, the lid body hinged to the container body, the container body and the free end of the lid body. And a pair of clasp devices for mutually locking the clasp device, wherein the clasp device is provided on either the container body side or the lid side, and the container body side or the lid side. And a main body portion that is detachably engaged with the locking piece, and the main body portion is provided along a corner portion of the container main body or the lid body. Usually, in order to open the storage container with the lid, after the releasing operation of the clasp device, the opening operation is performed by holding the corner portions on both sides of the lid body by hand. When performing such an operation, for example, when the clasp device is located at a position other than the corner portion like a conventional storage container with a lid, it is necessary to change the holding device one by one to shift from the releasing operation of the clasp device to the opening operation of the lid body. However, it was hard to say that it is easy to use. On the other hand, in the storage container with the lid having the above-mentioned configuration, the main body of the clasp device is
Since it was embedded along the corners located on both sides of the handle, it is possible to smoothly perform the releasing operation of the clasp device and the opening operation of the lid with both hands attached to the corners of the container body, for example. The operability and usability are excellent, and the appearance design of the storage container can be made novel, and the fashionability is improved.

Further, according to the lid catching device of the present invention, since the mounting portion and the operation piece constituting the main body portion are curved so as to be substantially flush with the corner portion of the container main body, the corner portion thereof Can be made a smooth surface, and the appearance design of the storage container can be made excellent. Further, when the operation piece is rotated, when the slide piece is projected to the outside of the corner portion of the container body or the lid, and the protruding operation piece is grasped and rotated, the locking piece and the mounting portion are Engagement was released. As described above, since the protruding operation piece is grasped and rotated, the operation piece can be easily grasped and the operation can be surely performed.
Moreover, since the turning operation of the operation piece is not a one-touch operation but a two-touch operation method, a safe and excellent operability can be achieved. Further, if the operation piece is attached to the lid body, it is possible to perform the opening operation of the lid body while holding the operation piece after the releasing operation of the clasp device is performed by the rotation operation of the operation piece. Therefore, it is possible to improve the usability of the storage container with the lid provided with the clasp device. Further, as long as the container has the corner portion, it has an excellent effect that it can be widely applied to various containers.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view with an attache case opened,
2 is an overall perspective view of the body of the clasp device, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the body, and FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c) are shown for explaining the operation of the clasp device. FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the clasp device, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the attache case is closed, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the attache case showing a conventional example of the present invention. 10 …… Attache case (storage container with lid), 12 …… Lid (lid body), 13 …… Case body (container body), 14 …… Clasp device, 15 …… Locking piece, 16 …… Corner part, 17 …… Main body, 19 …… Mounting part, 21 …… Operation piece, 23 …… Main body piece, 24 …… Slide piece.

Front page continued (72) Inventor Hiroshi Kinoshita 4-3-18 Nihombashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-60-246709 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A container body, a lid body hinged to one edge of the container body, and a handle provided at the center of the side surface of the container body on the free end side facing the hinge joint portion.
A curved surface having the same radius of curvature at corners located on both sides of the handle of the container body and the lid body, and a pair of clasp devices for mutually locking the free ends of the container body and the lid body. The clasping device is formed from a locking piece provided on either one of the container body side or the lid side, and the locking piece provided opposite to the container body side or the lid side. And a main body that removably engages, and the main body is of the container main body or the lid,
A storage container with a lid, wherein the storage container with a lid is embedded along the corners of the curved surface located on both sides of the handle. 2. A container body and a lid body are hinge-coupled to each other, and a handle is provided at a central portion of a side surface of the container body on a free end side facing the hinge joint portion, and the container body and the lid on both sides of the handle. A clasp device for a lid for mutually engaging the free ends of the container body and the lid body, wherein the corner portions of the body are formed of curved surfaces, the clasp devices comprising corner portions on both sides of the handle. Along with the locking piece provided on either the container body side or the lid body side, and the locking piece detachable by being opposed to the container body side or the lid body side. And a main body portion that engages with each other, the main body portion having an attachment portion of the locking piece and an operation piece that engages and disengages the locking piece and the attachment portion. The mounting portion and the operation piece constituting the The body is curved so as to be substantially flush with the corner portion of the curved surface of the body, and the operation piece includes a main body piece whose one end is pivotally supported by the mounting portion, and a main body piece having a curved outer surface side. A slide piece that is mounted and is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the body piece,
And, when the operation piece is rotated from the position where the slide piece is slid so as to project to the outside of the corner portion of the container body or the lid, the engagement between the locking piece and the mounting portion is A lid fastening device, which is configured to be released.