JP2582971Y2 - Compact container - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compact container filled with cosmetics and the like, and more particularly to a compact container which suppresses design restrictions and is excellent in handling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a so-called compact container in which cosmetics or the like are filled in a thin container is provided with a pin extending in the left-right direction outside a rear wall portion of a saucer-shaped container body having a recess opening upward. And a lid that covers the recess from above is hinged to the pin in a vertically rotatable manner, and is locked to the front wall of the container body.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional compact container, a pin for turning the lid is attached to the outside of the rear wall of the container main body, so that the lid is closed. In the state, the hinge portion is visible from the outside, and the design of a compact container in which aesthetic appearance is important is a constraint. After the lid was opened, the lid was opened unnecessarily, which was inconvenient to handle.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a compact container which can suppress design restrictions and is excellent in handling.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A compact container according to the present invention is provided with a container body having a storage space formed on an upper surface and a hinged rear wall of the container body so that the storage space can be opened and closed. A lid, and a middle frame disposed in the storage space, wherein the container main body opens upward in the vicinity of the rear wall, and has a left-right direction along the rear wall. A substantially V-shaped leg formed with a holding wall portion having a groove formed therein and projecting downward from an inner surface of a rear end portion of the lid body, and having a front end portion folded upward rearward. A portion is formed, and a shaft portion rotatably fitted in the groove is formed at the tip of the leg portion, and a piece portion that can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction is formed at a rear end portion of the middle frame. A ridge is formed on the lower surface of the rear part of the piece, and the ridge is rotated by the opening and closing of the lid. It is characterized by being arranged to resiliently abuts from above to the axis portion.

[0006]

In the present invention, the shaft of the leg formed on the lid is rotatably fitted in the groove of the holding wall formed on the container body, and the tip of the leg has the tip. Since it is formed in a substantially V-shape folded upward on the rear side, the rear wall of the container body faces the inside of the V-shape of the leg with the opening and closing of the lid around the shaft. To rotate.

Further, by disposing a middle frame in the storage space of the container main body, the one-sided ridge provided at the rear end of the middle frame on the fitted shaft portion is elastically arranged from above. When the shaft rotates with the opening and closing of the lid, frictional resistance occurs between the shaft and the ridge, and the rotation of the shaft is restricted, so that the lid is unnecessary. And there is no gap between the lid and the container body even when the lid is closed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a compact container, and 2 denotes a mirror. As shown in FIG. 1, the compact container 1 has a saucer-shaped container body 3 having an accommodation space 3a, and a vertically rotatable butterfly installed on a rear wall 3b of the container body 3 so that the accommodation space 3a can be seen from above. The main components are a lid 4 that opens and closes so as to cover it, and a middle frame 6 that is disposed in the storage space 3a and has the inside as a storage portion 5.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a recess 7 is formed in the front wall 3c of the container body 3 so as to open upward and forward, and is cut into a substantially rectangular shape in plan view. An engagement ridge 7b is formed on the back wall 7a of the recess 7 so as to protrude forward and extend in the left-right direction. On the other hand, at the corner formed by the rear wall portion 3b and the bottom wall portion 3d, a holding wall having an opening upward and a groove 8a having a substantially U-shaped cross section in the left-right direction along the rear wall portion 3b is formed. Parts 8, 8 are formed.

At the front end of the lid 4, the container body 3
Piece 9 that can be accommodated in recess 7 provided in front wall 3c
The hanging piece 9 has an engaging ridge 9a projecting rearward, extending in the left-right direction, and engaging with the engaging ridge 7a formed in the concave portion 7 in an undercut engagement. .

The rear end 4a of the lid 4 is formed with two substantially V-shaped legs 10 projecting downward from the inner surface 4b and having its front end folded upward rearward. The end of the leg 10 is attached to the side wall 3 of the container body 3.
e, bosses 1 each having a circular cross section extending in the left-right direction on the side facing the 3e and on the sides facing the legs 10 and 10 respectively.
0b (shaft) is formed. And this boss 10
a, 10a are rotatably fitted in the grooves 8a, and the legs 10, 10 are accommodated in the container body 3 with the lid 4 closed.

The inner frame 6 is a saucer-shaped member having a front wall 6a formed with a flange 6b extending forward and a rear wall 6c formed with a flange 6d extending rearward. The bottom wall is formed with a fitting portion which is fitted and fixed to the container body 3 (not shown). As shown in FIG. 2, the flange portion 6 d has a plan view of a portion located above the holding walls 8 when the middle frame 6 is disposed in the storage space 3 a of the container body 3. Rectangular notches 6e, 6e are formed, and a ridge 11a having a substantially hemispherical cross-section is formed on the lower surface of the rear portion of the piece 11 formed between the notches 6e, 6e and extends downward and extends in the left-right direction. Have been. The ridges 11a are arranged so as to always elastically contact the bosses 10a, 10a from above while the bosses 10a, 10a are supported by the holding wall portions 8, 8.

The compact container 1 includes the container body 3
The opposite sides of the bosses 10a, 10a at the ends of the legs 10, 10 provided on the lid 4 are fitted to the holding wall 8 of
The middle frame 6 is arranged in the storage space 3a of the container body 3, and the legs 10 and 10 are arranged in the cutouts 6e and 6e provided in the flange 6d of the middle frame 6, and Assembling is performed by pressing the sides of the bosses 10a, 10a facing the side walls 3e, 3e of the container body 3 with the formed ridges 11a. Then, the cosmetic is directly filled into the inner frame 6, or a cosmetic filler such as an inner plate previously filled with the cosmetic is disposed in the inner frame 6, and a puff or the like is arranged thereon. Is done.

In the compact container 1 having the above structure, the boss 10a of the leg 10 formed on the lid 4 is rotatably fitted in the groove 8a of the holding wall 8 formed on the container body 3. Since the leg 10 is formed in a substantially V-shape with its distal end folded upward at the rear side, the rear wall of the container body 3 around the boss 10a as the lid 4 opens and closes. 3b rotates so as to face the inside of the V-shape of the leg portion 10.

Further, since the ridge 11a formed on the lower surface of the rear part of the piece 11 always elastically comes into contact with the boss 10a from above, the boss 10a rotates with the opening and closing of the lid 4. The frictional resistance always occurs between the boss 10a and the ridge 11a, the rotation of the boss 10a is restricted, and the cover 4 does not open unnecessarily, and even when the cover 4 is closed. There is no gap between the lid 4 and the container body 3.

Further, since the boss 10a can move up and down in the groove 8, the rear wall 3b and the lid 4
The contact with the inner surface of the rear end can be avoided.

As described above, according to the compact container 1 of the above embodiment, the legs 10 are accommodated in the container body 3 and the lid 4
Even when is closed, the legs 10 do not appear in the appearance, so that the degree of freedom in designing the compact container can be increased.

When the lid 4 is opened and closed, the boss 10a
Frictional resistance always occurs between the boss 10a and the protruding ridge 11a formed on the piece 11 of the middle frame 6, and the rotation of the boss 10a is restricted. . Moreover, even when the cover 4 is closed, no gap is formed between the cover 4 and the container body 3.

Further, since the contact between the rear wall 3b of the container body 3 and the inner surface of the rear end of the lid 4 when the cover 4 is opened and closed can be avoided, the rear wall of the container body 3 is chamfered. It is not necessary to apply it, and the degree of freedom of the design of the compact container can be expanded.

In addition, since the piece 11 is formed on the flange 6d of the middle frame 6 disposed in the storage space 3a of the container body 3, the structure of the container body 3 is not complicated, and The assembling can be easily performed, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and an inexpensive compact container can be provided.

In the above embodiment, the bosses 10a, 1
0a from the legs 10, 10 to the side walls 3e, 3
e, and the legs 10, 10 project from the sides facing each other. The sides facing the side walls 3e, 3e are fitted into the grooves 8a of the holding wall 8, and the legs 10, 10
Although the side where 10 is opposed to each other comes into contact with the ridge 11a of the piece 11, the boss faces the side 3e of the container body 3 from the leg 10 or the leg 10 and 10 are opposed to each other. You may make it protrude only to the side. In this case, the retaining wall portion is formed on the protruding side of the boss so that the projecting base portion of the boss can be fitted into the groove of the retaining wall portion. By arranging the ridge so that the ridge abuts on the tip of the boss, the same operation and effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the two legs 10 and 10 are provided on the lid 4. However, the number of legs is one and provided at the center of the inner surface of the rear end of the lid. It is also possible to protrude the boss on both sides of the leg so as to face the side wall of the container body, and to fit the protruded boss to the holding wall,
In this case, it is needless to say that the same operation and effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

[0023]

[Effect of the invention] According to the compact container according to the invention,
Since the legs are accommodated in the container body, even when the lid is closed, the legs do not appear on the outside of the container, so that the degree of freedom in designing the compact container can be increased. Further, since the ridge formed on the lower surface of the one part of the middle frame elastically abuts the shaft of the leg from above, frictional resistance always occurs between the shaft and the ridge, and The body does not open unnecessarily and is easy to handle.

Further, since a ridge for abutting on the shaft portion is formed at one end of the rear end of the inner frame 6 arranged in the storage space of the container body, the structure of the container body is not complicated, and the container body is compact. The container can be easily assembled, the manufacturing cost can be suppressed, and an inexpensive compact container can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a main part of an embodiment of the compact container of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing main components of the compact container.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Compact container 1a Storage space 3 Container main body 4 Lid 6 Middle frame 10 Leg 10a Shaft 11 One piece 11a Projection

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A container main body 3 having a storage space (3a) formed on an upper surface side, and a hinge attached to a rear wall (3b) side of the container main body (3) to open and close the storage space (3a). And a middle frame (6) provided in the storage space (3a), and the container body (3) is provided with the rear wall (3b). A holding wall portion (8) is formed near the rear wall portion (3b). The holding wall portion (8) is formed with a left-right groove (8a) along the rear wall portion (3b). (4) A substantially V-shaped leg (10), which protrudes downward from the inner surface of the rear end portion and whose front end portion is bent upward rearward, is formed. The shaft (10) rotatably fitted in the groove (8a).
a) is formed, and at the rear end of the middle frame (6), a piece (11) that can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction is formed. 11a) is formed,
The ridge (11a) is disposed so as to elastically contact the shaft (10a) from above when the shaft (10a) is rotated with the opening and closing of the lid (4). A compact container characterized by the following.