JPH07291385A - Packaging case - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the prime cost of a packaging case by making a position regulating unit for an article compact. CONSTITUTION:A shaft H2 of a headphone H is locked to a position regulating unit 13, and a square hole 37 of the position regulating unit 13 is fitted to a columnar part 32 of a protrusion 27 of a lower case 11. Thereby, the position regulation in the lateral direction of the headphone H is effected. The position regulating unit 13 is pressed downward by a pressing part 49 of an upper case 12, whereby the position of the headphone H in its vertical direction is regulated. Since, in this packaging case 1, only the shaft H2 of the headphone H is locked to the position regulating unit 13, the position regulating unit 13 can be made very compact, whereby the prime cost can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a packaging case suitable for application to electric products such as headphones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when an electric product such as headphones is displayed in a store, it is usual to display the headphones and accessories such as an instruction manual in a packaging case. This packing case is also used for storage and transportation, and is made of thick paper or transparent solid resin.

[0003]

Some conventional packing cases are composed of a lower case for accommodating articles and an upper case to be put on the lower case. Especially, this type is often used for resin-made packaging cases. In such a packaging case, in order to prevent rattling of the article, it is possible to form a recess corresponding to the shape of the article in, for example, Styrofoam, and put the article in the recess to store it in the lower case. It was being appreciated. However, this requires foamed polystyrene and the like, which causes a problem that the packaging case becomes expensive.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and proposes a packaging case in which the internal articles can be easily and reliably regulated in position.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, in a packing case for storing or transporting an article, a lower case for accommodating the article and an arrangement on the lower case are provided. The upper case and the position restricting means which are locked to a part of the article and are attached to the lower case for restricting the position of the article are provided.

[0006]

As shown in FIG. 1, the position restricting portion 13 is locked to the shaft H2 of the headphones H, and the square hole 37 of the position restricting portion 13 is formed in the lower case 11.
The protrusion 27 is inserted into the columnar portion 32. As a result, the lateral position of the headphones H is regulated. The position restricting portion 13 is pressed downward by the pressing portion 49 of the upper case 12, whereby the vertical position of the headphones H is restricted. In this packaging case 1, the shaft H2 of the headphones H is only locked to the position restricting portion 13, so that the position restricting portion 13 can be made extremely compact, which enables cost reduction.

[0007]

Next, an embodiment of the packaging case according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of a packaging case 1 according to the invention. The packing case 1 is used, for example, for display, storage, or transportation of the headphones H, and the headphones H and their cords H5 and connection plugs H.
6, lower case 1 for storing instruction manual T, mobile bag F, etc.
1, an upper case 12 arranged on the lower case 11 to prevent the articles stored inside from falling off, and a position restricting portion 13 for disposing the headphones H at a predetermined position on the lower case 11. The headphone H includes a cord H5, a connection plug H6, an instruction manual T, a portable bag F, and the like, and a shielding portion 14 for concealing the stored contents from the outside. Lower case 1
1, the upper case 12 and the position restricting portion 13 are made of, for example, transparent acrylic having a thickness of about 0.5 mm, and the shielding portion 14 is made of solid paper. As a result, the headphones H can be seen from the outside, but the others are shielded by the shield 1.
It is invisible at 4.

In the lower case 11, side portions 22 are provided upright around a flat bottom portion 21, and short abutting portions 23 are provided on the front and left and right upper ends of the side portion 22 so as to project outward. At the rear end of the side portion 22, a long grip portion 24 is provided so as to project outward. A locking hole 25 is provided in the center of the grip portion 24. A mating portion 26 is provided downward from the tips of the abutting portion 23 and the grip portion 24. The lower end of the mating portion 26 is formed by bending outward for reinforcement.

As shown in FIG. 2, a protrusion 27 for locking the position restricting portion 13 is provided substantially at the center of the bottom portion 21 of the lower case 11. Further, as will be described later, on the front side of the bottom portion 21, as will be described later, the concave portion 28 and the insertion holes 29, 2 shown by hatched portions used for preventing the lid 12 of the upper case 12 from being opened accidentally.
9 is provided. Further, on the left and right between the protrusion 27 and the recess 28, the protrusions 3 for preventing lateral displacement of the headphones H are provided.
Four 0s are provided. In the grip portion 24 of the bottom portion 21,
Recesses 31 are provided on both sides of the locking hole 25 described above.

By the way, the headphones H housed in the packaging case 1 of this embodiment are designed to be compactly folded during storage. When the headphones H are used, speaker units H1 that are placed on both ears are arranged opposite to each other as shown in FIG. An axis H2 is provided at the upper end of the speaker portion H1 and is attached to the pivotal support portion H4 of the headband H3 rotatably around the axis and bendable inside the headband H3. Headband H3
Is U-shaped and has appropriate elasticity. A cord H5 is provided at the lower end of the speaker portion H1, and the tip portions thereof are integrated into one to provide a connection plug H6 (FIG. 1).
When the headphones H are stored, the speaker unit H1 is first shown in FIG.
The state shown in FIG. 4 is bent toward the inside of the headband H3 to obtain the state shown in FIG. Next, the speaker unit H1 is connected to the axis H2
When rotated by 90 ° around the axis of the speaker unit, the speaker unit H1 is housed inside the headband H3 as shown in FIG.
Very compact overall.

Now, the protrusion 27 of the bottom portion 21 is formed in two steps as shown in FIG. 6, and the square columnar portion 3 is formed at the center.
2 are provided, and shoulders 33 having a low height are provided on both sides thereof. The height h2 from the bottom portion 21 to the shoulder portion 33 is set to be substantially equal to the thickness of the pad portion H7 of the headphones H. On the other hand, the position restricting section 13 includes a headphone locking section 34 for locking the headphones H and an attachment locking section 35 for locking the position restricting section 13 on the protrusion 27 of the lower case 11.
And a tongue piece 36 for preventing the position restricting portion 13 from expanding and losing its shape. As shown in FIG. 6, the attachment locking portion 35 is provided with a square hole 37. By fitting the square hole 37 into the columnar portion 32 of the protrusion 27, the position restricting portion 13 is arranged without being displaced to a predetermined position. To be done.

The height h1 of the entire position restricting portion 13 is set to about the thickness of the headphones H. As shown in FIG. 7B, a groove 38 for locking the shaft H2 of the headphones H is provided at the front end of the headphone locking portion 34 of the position restricting portion 13. As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the headphones H
The pivot H4 of the
2 is locked in the groove 38, and the mounting locking portion 35 and the tongue piece 3 are provided between the speaker portion H1 and the pad portion H7 of the headphones H.
Headphones H
Is locked to the position restricting portion 13. Since the position regulating portion 13 is locked to the protrusion 27 of the bottom portion 21, the headphones H are arranged at a predetermined position on the bottom portion 21.

Since the height h1 of the position regulating portion 13 and the thickness of the pivot portion H4 are substantially equal to each other and the height h2 between the bottom portion 21 and the shoulder portion 33 is substantially equal to the thickness of the pad portion H7, the position regulating portion 13 is The pad portion H7 is supported between the attachment locking portion 35 and the bottom portion 21 by being fitted into the protrusion 27, and the pivotal support portion H4 is sandwiched and positioned in the gap of the position regulating portion 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, the concave portion 28 of the bottom portion 21 is
The front side is wide and the width gradually narrows toward the rear side,
The ends of the speaker portion H1 of the headphones H are arranged on both sides thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the recess 28 is formed to have an appropriate depth from the outer surface of the bottom portion 21 to the inside. Also,
As shown in FIG. 8, two protrusions 39 are provided on the left and right sides at the front end of the recess 28, and a cord groove 40 for preventing the cord H5 from being bent or entangled is provided at the center thereof.

Next, the upper case 12 will be described. Figure 9
Shows a top view of the upper case 12. The contour of the peripheral edge of the upper case 12 is substantially the same as that of the lower case 11, and a dome-shaped cover portion 41 for enclosing the article in the lower case 11 is provided. At the peripheral edge of the cover portion 41, the lower case 11
A pad portion 42 and a grip portion 43 that come into contact with the pad portion 23 and the grip portion 24 are provided. The grip portion 43 is provided with a locking hole 44 that is aligned with the locking hole 25 of the lower case 11. In addition, the tips of the abutting portion 42 and the grip portion 43 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an outer mating portion 45 that abuts on the mating portion 26 of the lower case 11 is provided, and the lower end portion thereof is formed by bending outward for reinforcement. On the rear end side of the cover portion 41,
A flat slope portion 46 is provided in order to make it easy to see the company name and PR matters written on the shielding portion 14. Shield 14
An inner slope portion 47 is also provided at the rear end portion so as to match the slope portion 46. The grip 43 is provided with a downward protrusion 48 that can be inserted into the recess 31 of the grip 24 of the lower case 11.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the upper case 12 is provided with a holding portion 49 for holding the position regulating portion 13 substantially at the center of the cover portion 41, and the upper case 12 and the lower case are provided at the front end of the cover portion 41. Locking part 50 for locking 11 and
Is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the holding portion 49 projects inside the cover portion 41 by an appropriate depth. Then, when the upper case 12 is closed, the pressing portion 49 comes into contact with the upper surface of the headphone locking portion 34 of the position regulating portion 13, so that the position regulating portion 13 is prevented from floating upward. As a result, the headphones H are stably held at a predetermined position.

The lock portion 50 has a connecting portion 5 as shown in FIG.
1 is connected to the upper case 12. The connecting portion 51 is provided with two perforations 52 to facilitate bending of the lock portion 50 to the lower side of the lower case 11. At the center of the lock portion 50, there is provided a convex portion 53 that can be inserted into the concave portion 28 of the lower case 11 with substantially no space.
Around the circumference of 3, there is provided a contact portion 54 that contacts the bottom portion 21 of the lower case 11. Further, a locking piece 55 for inserting into the insertion hole 29 of the bottom portion 21 of the lower case 11 is provided at the front end of the lock portion 50, and this is arranged on both sides of the convex portion 53. A hook 56 is provided on the rear side of the locking piece 55 to prevent the locking piece 55 from coming off.

Now, the headphones H are packed in the above-mentioned packing case 1.
1 and 7, the position restricting portion 13 is attached to the headphones H, and the square hole 37 of the position restricting portion 13 is fitted into the columnar portion 32 of the lower case 11. As a result, the headphones H are arranged at a predetermined position on the lower case 11. Next, an instruction manual T, a carrying bag F used when carrying the headphones H, and the like are put in the shielding portion 14, and the cord H5 and the jack H6 are placed thereon, and the entire shielding portion 14 of the lower case 11 is placed. Store on the rear side. Next, the upper case 12 is put on the lower case 11. In this case, the contact portions 23 and 42 and the grip portions 24 and 43 of the cases 11 and 12 are combined and pressed from both sides. Then,
The outer mating portion 45 of the upper case 12 is fitted to the outer side of the mating portion 26 of the lower case 11. In addition, in the concave portion 31 of the grip portion 24 of the lower case 11, the downward protrusion 4 of the upper case 12 is provided.
8 is inserted. As a result, the upper case 12 is completely covered by the lower case 11 and is prevented from lateral displacement. In addition, as described above, the position restricting portion 13 is held by the pressing portion 49 of the upper case 12.
And the shielding portion 14 is also pressed by the upper case 12 so that there is no backlash.

After that, the upper case 12 is moved to the lower case 11 in the following manner so that the upper case 12 is not accidentally opened.
Lock to. That is, as shown in FIG.
The lock portion 50 is bent downward from the perforation 52 of the connecting portion 51 at the front end of No. 2, and the convex portion 53 of the lock portion 50 is inserted into the concave portion 28 of the lower case 11. Next, as shown in FIG. 10, the locking piece 55 of the lock portion 50 is inserted into the bottom portion 21 from the insertion hole 29 of the lower case 11. At this time, the work is easy if the hook portion 56 is inserted first. In this way, the lateral position regulation of the lock portion 50 is performed by fitting the convex portion 53 of the lock portion 50 and the concave portion 28 of the lower case 11, and the vertical position regulation of the lock portion 50 is performed by the lock. The locking piece 55 of the portion 50 is inserted into the insertion hole 29 of the lower case 11 and locked. Therefore, the lock portion 50 is securely locked, and
Since the locking piece 55 does not laterally shift to the front, rear, right and left, there is no possibility of being cut from the corner of the insertion hole 29 and being damaged. When carrying the packaging case 1 in which the headphones H and its accessories are stored, as shown in FIG. 1, the grips 24 and 43 can be grasped and carried easily. Further, when the packaging case 1 is displayed in a store, the packaging cases 1 are easily suspended by fitting the locking holes 25, 44 of the grips 24, 43 into a protrusion provided on a wall or the like. be able to.

In the above-described embodiment, as a method of locking the position restricting portion 13 used for disposing the headphones H at the predetermined position of the lower case 11, as shown in FIG. 1, a holding portion 49 provided on the upper case 12. Although the upper surface of the headphone locking portion 34 of the position restricting portion 13 is pressed by, the opening 57 is formed in the upper end portion of the holding portion 49, and the appearance is deteriorated. Therefore, it is necessary to cover the opening 57 with, for example, a seal (not shown) in which PR matters are described. However, this increases the number of parts and requires time and effort to put a seal. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, a protruding piece 58 is provided on the tongue piece 36 of the position restricting portion 13, and the tip of the protruding piece 58 is protruded to the outside from the locking hole 59 provided on the lower case 11 to prevent the tongue piece 36 from rising. Position control unit 1
3 can be locked. This way the upper case 12
It becomes unnecessary to provide the holding portion 49 of the.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 12, the tip end of the tongue piece 36 and the projection piece 58 are brought out from the lateral hole 60 of the lower case 11 to the outside, and then the projection piece 58 is inserted from the locking hole 59 to the inside. The position regulation unit 13 can also be locked. The locking hole 59 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 can also be formed by extending the insertion hole 29 into which the locking piece 55 of the lock portion 50 of the upper case 12 is inserted, as shown in FIG.
Further, as another locking method of the position regulating portion 13, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a certain length from the tip of the tongue piece 36 is brought out through the lateral hole 60 of the lower case 11, and the lock portion 5
It is also possible to sandwich it between the pressing plate 61 provided at the tip of 0 and the lower case 11. In this case, the locking piece 55 of the lock portion 50 may be lengthened according to the pressing plate 61.

11 to 14, the method of locking the position restricting portion 13 by locking the tongue piece 36 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. 15, the position restricting portion 35 is locked by locking the attachment locking portion 35. You can also lock 13. In the figure, the columnar portion 3 of the lower case 11 is shown.
A ridge portion 62 having a diameter larger than that of the square hole 37 of the attachment locking portion 35 is provided at 2 at an appropriate distance from the root portion. Then, the square hole 37 is applied to the ridge portion 62 to attach the attachment locking portion 35.
When is pressed downward, the columnar portion 32 is elastically deformed and the attachment locking portion 35 is arranged below the protruding portion 62. As a result, the position regulation unit 13 is locked. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 16, the locking groove 63 is provided at the base of the columnar portion 32, and the square hole 37 of the mounting locking portion 35 is fitted into the locking groove 63 to lock the position regulating portion 13. . When the position restricting portion 13 is locked by using the holding portion 49 of the upper case 12, the tongue piece 36 may be pushed out from the elongated hole 64 of the attachment locking portion 35 as shown in FIG. For example, the tongue piece 36 can be prevented from rising and the headphones H can be stably held at a predetermined position. In addition, these embodiments described above may be combined.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a packing case for storing or transporting an article, a lower case for accommodating the article, an upper case arranged on the lower case, and a position regulation of the article. In order to perform the above, a position regulating means that is attached to a part of the article and is attached to the lower case is provided.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since only a part of the article is locked by the position regulating means, it is possible to make the position regulating means compact, which makes it possible to reduce the styrofoam. This has the effect of enabling a significant cost reduction compared to the case of using.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a packaging case 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a lower case 11.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a usage state of headphones H.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a storage procedure (1/2) of a speaker unit H1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a storage procedure (2/2) of the speaker unit H1.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing how the headphones H are attached to the position restricting unit 13.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

9 is a top view of the upper case 12. FIG.

10 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a first example of a method for locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a second example of a method of locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a third example of a method for locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a fourth example of a method for locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a fifth example of a method for locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a sixth example of a method for locking the position restricting portion 13.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a method of preventing the tongue piece of the position restricting portion from rising.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Packing Case 11 Lower Case 12 Upper Case 13 Position Control Part 27 Projection Part 32 Columnar Part 35 Mounting Locking Part 36 Tongue Piece 37 Square Hole 49 Pressing Part 58 Projecting Piece 59 Locking Hole 60 Side Hole 61 Holding Plate 62 Projecting Strip 63 locking groove

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A packing case for storing or transporting an article, comprising: a lower case for accommodating the article; an upper case arranged on the lower case; and a case for controlling the position of the article. A packaging case, characterized in that the packaging case is provided with a position restricting means which is partially locked and attached to the lower case. 2. The packing case according to claim 1, wherein a locking means for locking the position regulating means is provided on the upper case. 3. The packing case according to claim 1, wherein lock means for locking the position regulating means is provided on the lower case.