JPH077841Y2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial field of application" The present invention relates to a compact container for storing cosmetics and the like, and in particular, a fingertip is provided with a knob member provided on each of the front wall portion of the container body and the free end of the lid body. The present invention relates to a compact container in which a hook for temporarily fixing the container body and the lid body to each other is disengaged by pinching the container body and the like.

"Conventional technology" Generally, compact containers for cosmetics and puffs are
It is composed of a container body and a lid body hinged to the rear wall of the container body via a hinge. As a structure of a so-called mouthpiece part, which temporarily fixes the lid body to the container body when the lid body is closed. Conventionally, various types have been proposed.

One of them is a structure in which the hook members are disengaged by pinching the knob members provided on the front wall portion of the container main body and the free end of the lid body with a fingertip or the like (for example, actual opening). (See Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 63-10350).

This is because, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the lid 2 is hinged to the rear wall of the container body 1, and both are formed when the lid 2 is closed with respect to the container body 1. In the compact container in which the hooks 3 and 4 are engaged with each other and the lid 2 is temporarily fixed to the container body 1,
While forming a U-shaped recess 1a on the front wall of the lid 2 and a mounting recess 2b having a bottom at the center of the free end of the lid 2 and an opening 2a penetrating the front and back in a part of the bottom The mounting recess 2b is provided with a gripping member (operating member) 5 which can be moved up and down. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the grip 2 and the lower part 2c of the recess 2b of the lid 2 are gripped. The hooks 3 and 4 formed on the container body 1 and the lid body 2 are released from the engagement by pinching the member 5 with a fingertip or the like and pinching them.

In the illustrated example, when the lid body 2 is closed, a part of the front wall portion 1b of the container body 1 protrudes from the opening 2a formed in the bottom portion of the mounting recess 2b of the lid body 2 to remove the knob member 5. The lid 2 is formed so as to be pushed up, so that when the knob member 5 and the free end lower portion 2c of the lid 2 are pinched, only the lid 2 can be pushed up. Then, after the hooks 3 and 4 of the container body 1 and the lid 2 are disengaged, the knob member 5 comes into contact with the bottom of the mounting recess 2b, and the knob member 5 and the lower free end 2c of the lid body 2c. It is designed so that the lid body 2 can be freely opened to a desired angle while pinching and.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in such a conventional compact container, the opening for allowing the upper surface of the container body 1 to project to the bottom of the mounting recess 2b formed at the free end of the lid 2 on the back side. 2a is formed and has a structure that abuts against the knob member 5 housed in the mounting recess 2b, so that the knob member 5 and the mounting recess 2b serving as the housing portion thereof are provided.
There is no choice but to increase the size of the
The compact container provided with has a defect that the container main body becomes large due to an increase in the size of the mounting recess 2b of the lid body 2 serving as a storage portion of the knob member 5, and the storage of cosmetics. There was a drawback that the space became small.

This invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to easily unlock the temporary fixing between the container body and the lid by the operation of pinching the knob member with a fingertip or the like.
Moreover, it is to provide a compact container that does not increase the size of the picking member.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a container main body,
A lid body hinged to the rear wall of the container body is formed, and a recess is formed in the front wall of the container body, the recess being open to the front and upper surfaces, and a hook protruding from the back of the recess. Then, in a compact container provided with a locking piece protruding from the lower surface of the lid body and protruding from the lower surface of the lid body, the hook engaging with the hook is provided on the front surface and the upper and lower surfaces of the lid body. A notched portion that opens and a grip portion that protrudes downward from the notched portion are provided, and guide grooves that open to the back surface of the lid are provided on both side surfaces of the notched portion, and the guide groove is inserted into the notched portion. And a knob member having an abutting arm portion that abuts on the upper surface of the container body so as to be vertically movable.

"Function" When the lid member is closed and the gripping member and the gripping portion are pressed by the fingertips, the contact arm of the gripping member on the lid side presses the upper surface of the container body, and the gripping operation is performed. At the same time, the locking piece is pushed up, the engagement of both hooks is released, and the lid can be opened.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. In these drawings, reference numeral 10 is a container body,
Reference numeral 11 is a lid body hinged to the rear wall of the container body 10 so as to be openable and closable, and reference numeral 12 is a knob member provided at the free end of the lid body 11 so as to be vertically movable. , Constitutes the main member of this compact container.

The container body 10 is formed in a rectangular saucer shape, and a storage portion 10a for storing cosmetics is provided inside the container body 10.
The rear wall portion 10b is formed with a U-shaped cutout portion 10c, and the front wall portion 10d is formed with a recessed portion 10e opening to the front surface and the upper and lower surfaces. A hook 10f is projected on the upper surface.

Each of the lids is a convex portion protruding from the inner surface of the base end (rear end) thereof.
11a is inserted into the cutout portion 10c of the container body 10 and is hinge-coupled to the container body 10 by connecting it to the rear wall portion 10b of the container body 10 by a hinge pin 15, and a mirror 16 is provided on the inner surface of the lid body 11. It is attached. And the free end 11b of the lid 11
A notch 11c is formed on the front surface and the upper and lower surfaces of the lid 11 at the same time, and the grip 1 that protrudes downward from the notch 11c.
7 is formed to project. A locking piece having a hook 11d that engages with the hook 10f at the lower part of the inner surface of the cutout portion 11c.
11e is vertically provided, and guide grooves 11f that open to the back surface of the lid 11 are provided on both side surfaces of the cutout portion 11c so that the gripping member 12 can be guided vertically. Grip 17
Is formed by forming a recess 17a having the same width dimension as the notch 11c and opening on the front surface and the upper surface, and the upper surface 17b has both the notches 11c in a state where the gripping member 12 is housed in the recess 17a. The lid 11 on the side is integrally bonded to the back surface of the lid body 11 by means of ultrasonic bonding or the like, and the front surface is flush with the front wall portion of the container body 10.

On the other hand, the gripping member 12 includes a pressing portion 12a that is flush with the front surface and the upper surface of the free end of the lid body 11, and a pair of abutting members that extend left and right from both side surfaces of the pressing portion 12a and are inserted into the guide groove 11f. Arm 12b
And the tip of the contact arm portion 12b is bent downward so that the lower surface thereof contacts the upper surface of the container body 10.

Next, a usage method and an operation of the compact container configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

To put this compact container in the assembled state, the gripping member 12
With the pressing portion 12a set in the notch portion 11c of the lid 11 and the contact arm portion 12b inserted in the guide groove 11g, the upper surface of the grip portion 17 is adhered to both sides of the notch portion 11c, and Container body 1
The lid 11 may be hinged to the rear wall portion 10b of 0.

In this assembly, the container body 10 and the lid body 11 are hinge-coupled to each other, and the lid body 1 is left with the knob member 12 placed in the recess 17a of the grip portion 17.
It can be done by simply attaching it to the free end of 1, and a large amount of each member can be molded with a synthetic resin, so that the cost can be reduced.

In order to open the compact container thus assembled, the whole compact container may be held in the palm of the hand, and the lower ends of the gripping member 12 and the grip portion 17 may be pushed in by the thumb and forefinger etc. (stroke c ), By this operation, both abutting arm portions 12a of the knob member 12 press the upper surface of the container body 10 to push the container body 10 downward, and the locking piece of the lid body 11
Since 11e is pushed up, the hooks 10f and 11d are disengaged and the lid 11 can be opened. For grasping to close the lid 11, if the hook 11d of the lid 11 is brought into contact with the hook 10f of the container body 10 and pushed in, both hooks 10f and 11d are engaged with each other,
The lid 11 is closed.

In the embodiment, the picking member 12 is the notch 11 at the free end of the lid.
Since the abutment arm portion 17a that is vertically movably attached to the c and is inserted into the guide groove 11f of the cutout portion 11c is configured to press the upper surface of the container body 10, the knob member 12 attached to the lid body 11 is Without increasing the size, the recess 10e of the container body 10 in which the gripping member 12 is stored when the lid 11 is closed can be made smaller, and the storage portion 10a of the container body 10 can be relatively widened, In addition, the size of the compact container itself can be reduced. Further, the gripping member 12 includes a recess 10e and a notch 1 formed in the container body 10 and the lid 11, respectively.
Since it is configured to cover the 1c, it also has the effect of making the appearance of the front wall of the container flush.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the lid body 11 has a notch portion 11c and a locking piece 11e, and is integrally provided on the inner surface of the lid body 30. And a frame body 31 that is formed. Then, the front wall portion of the frame body 31 is formed with a cutout portion 31a opening to the upper surface and the front surface, and the cutout portion 3
While a hole 31c for inserting the locking piece 11e is provided on the inner surface of 1a,
Below the cutout portion 31a, a grip portion 32 that is integral with the frame body 31 is formed to project. Further, through holes 31b that vertically penetrate the frame 31 are provided on both sides of the cutout portion 31a, and the bent tip 12b of the contact arm portion 12a of the gripping member 12 that moves up and down in the cutout portion 31a is provided in the through hole 31b. Is to be inserted from above. In addition,
The function and effect of this embodiment are the same as those of the previous embodiment.

"Effect of the Invention" As described above, in the compact container of the present invention, the free end of the lid body is provided with the notch opening to the front surface and the upper and lower surfaces thereof and the grip portion projecting downward from the notch. A guide member is provided on both sides of the cutout portion, the guide groove opening to the back surface of the lid body, and the knob member having the contact arm portion which is inserted into the guide groove and abuts on the upper surface of the container body is vertically movable. Since it is provided, the following excellent effects are exhibited.

(1) The contact arm of the lid side gripping member presses the upper surface of the container body by pressing the gripping member and the gripping piece with the fingertip while the lid is closed, and the locking piece of the lid body By pushing up, the engagement between the hook of the container body and the hook of the lid can be easily released.

(2) The gripping member is held in the cutout portion of the lid body by the grip portion that is integral with the lid body, and the contact arm portion of the gripping member is guided to the guide grooves provided on both side surfaces of the cutout portion during the pressing operation. Therefore, there is no problem that the gripping member rattles or gets caught when the knob is operated, and the operation is very smooth.

(3) Since the gripping member has a structure in which the contact arm portion is pressed against the upper surface of the container body through the guide grooves provided on both side surfaces of the cutout portion of the lid body, the accommodating portion of the container body is recessed in the front wall portion. It can be expanded to the maximum extent.

(4) As described above, since the hook is disengaged by pinching the gripping member and the gripping portion with a fingertip, the hook cannot be disengaged by simply pressing only the gripping member. Therefore, the problem that the compact container is inadvertently opened in the handbag or the like does not occur.

(5) The shape of the gripping member reduces the external shape of the mouthpiece exposed from the compact container, and the gripping member and the gripping part respectively form a part of the front wall of the compact container in a flush manner. The appearance design of can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a compact container, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which a lid is closed, and FIG. 3 is a lid. The front view showing the state in which the body is opened, FIGS. 4 and 5 are shown for explaining the operation, respectively, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view, and FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a compact container showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of the structure of a conventional compact container. FIG. 7 is a sectional view, FIG. 8 is a perspective view, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are sectional views showing the operation. It is a figure. 10 …… Container body, 10c …… Notch, 10d …… Front wall, 10e
...... Concave, 10f ...... Hook, 11 ...... Lid, 11b ...... Free end, 11c ...... Notch, 11d ...... Hook, 11e ...... Locking piece, 1
1f …… Guide groove, 12 …… Picking member, 12a …… Abutting arm, 1
7 ... Grip part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A container main body (10) comprising: a container main body (10); and a lid (11) hinged to a rear wall of the container main body (10). A recess (10e) is formed on the upper surface, and a hook (10f) is provided on the inner surface of the recess (10e). The free end of the lid (11) protrudes from the lower surface of the hook (10f) and the hook is formed on the inner surface. A compact container provided with a locking piece (11e) provided with a hook (11d) engaging with (10f), wherein a free end of the lid (11) has a notch opening on its front surface and upper and lower surfaces. A portion (11c) and a grip portion (17) projecting downward from the cutout portion are provided respectively, and guide grooves (11f) opening to the back surface of the lid (11) are provided on both side surfaces of the cutout portion (11c). And a notch (11c) having a contact arm (12a) that is inserted into the guide groove (11f) and contacts the upper surface of the container body (10). Wood (12)
A compact container in which is provided so as to be movable up and down.