JP2008007177A - Lid body - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new lid body capable of quickly dropping water drops from a lid body and being sanitarily put on a plane surface and easily handled by a knob when being put on the plane surface and having a small area required when the lid body is put on the plane surface. <P>SOLUTION: The lid body has a lid plate 11 for blocking an opening of a container body 3 and a projecting section 13 projected in the vicinity of the peripheral edge S on the upper surface of the lid plate 11. The lid plate 11 can be put on a designated plane surface B in an approximately-perpendicular standing state so that the lid plate is supported by the peripheral edge S and the projecting section 13 of the lid plate 11. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lid used for closing an opening of a container, in particular, a food or drink container or a cooking container that is used by putting a liquid or the like inside.

  Conventionally, food and beverage containers such as teapots and teacups and cooking containers such as pots and medicine cans have a set of a container main body in which contents such as food and drink are put and a lid that closes the opening of the container main body. Often used. This is to prevent the temperature of the contents in the container body from decreasing and keep the contents warm or to efficiently heat the contents. When the contents are put in and out of the container main body or cooked, the lid body is removed from the container main body. Thus, the lid removed from the container body is placed on a predetermined plane, but it is unsanitary and undesirable that the lower surface of the lid is in direct contact with the predetermined plane. In many cases, the lid is placed on the predetermined plane in a state where the lower surface is directed upward (turned over). In addition, the said cover body is set as the structure by which the knob part protruded on the upper surface of this cover plate, and when a user moves this cover body, this knob part is used in many cases. Moreover, what is used by making the said cover body and a container main body into a set is not restricted to the above eating and drinking containers, a cooking container, etc., but is used for various things, but it abbreviate | omits here.

  However, when the container as described above is used, the contents in the container body are heated to generate water vapor from the contents. The water vapor is liquefied into water droplets, and the water droplets are formed on the lid body. It often adheres to the lower surface. In this case, when the user places the lid body upside down on the predetermined plane as described above, the water droplets remain attached to the lid body and do not disappear from the lower surface of the lid body. . And when a water droplet adheres to the lower surface of the said cover body in this way, when this cover body is mounted on the said container main body again, this water drop will fall in this container main body, and it is unpreferable. In addition, the knob for moving the lid is often provided on the upper surface of the lid as described above. For this reason, when the lid is placed upside down, the knob is provided. Since the portion is positioned below the lid plate, it is difficult for the user to pinch the knob, and the user is difficult to move the lid using the knob. Further, when the lid is placed on the predetermined plane in the inverted state as described above, an area substantially the same as the projected area of the lid is required.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of conventional lids, can quickly drop water droplets from the lid plate, can be placed on a predetermined plane hygienically, It is an object of the present invention to provide a new lid that can be easily operated by the knob portion even when placed on a predetermined plane, and has a smaller area required for placement on the predetermined plane.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. The first invention (the invention described in claim 1) includes a lid plate for closing the opening of the container body, and an upper surface of the lid plate. And a projecting portion projecting in the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the cover plate, and supported by the peripheral edge and the projecting portion of the cover plate, so that the cover plate is erected substantially vertically and placed on a predetermined plane It is characterized by being made possible.

  The lid according to the first aspect of the present invention includes at least a lid plate and a protruding portion, and the lid body can be placed substantially vertically by the peripheral edge and the protruding portion of the lid plate. Thus, the container body is used as a pair as described above, and is placed on the container body to close the opening of the container body. Examples of the lid and the container body according to the present invention include a teapot, a cup, a pan, a frying pan and the like used as an eating and drinking utensil or a cooking utensil, but are not limited thereto, and are generally containers. Any container may be used as long as it is customary to use the main body and the lid at the same time, for example, a bucket as a container main body and a lid used for the bucket. In addition, as long as the lid body has at least the lid plate and the projecting portion, a vent hole or a knob portion used when the user moves the lid body may be formed. The knob portion may be integrated with the protruding portion, or the knob portion may also be used as the protruding portion. Further, the shape of the lid plate is not limited as long as it is a shape fitted to the opening of the container body, and may be a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, or the like. Moreover, the shape of the protruding portion may be arbitrary, may be a rectangular shape, a spherical shape, a cylindrical shape, or the like, and imitates a natural object such as a cocoon, a fruit, or a leaf of a tree. However, the position, height, and shape of the protruding portion on the lid plate are at least substantially vertical by the periphery of the lid plate and the protruding portion. And can be placed on a flat surface.

  Further, according to a second invention (the invention described in claim 2), in the first invention, when the cover plate is erected substantially vertically and placed on a plane, the projecting portion is at least 2 in length. It is characterized in that it is in contact with a predetermined plane by a convex part, 1 straight line or 1 surface.

  In the first invention, the lid body is supported by the peripheral edge of the lid plate and the projecting portion, and stands up on the plane. In the second invention, the projecting portion is particularly provided. , The lid is erected in contact with the flat surface by at least two convex portions, one straight line or one surface.

  The third invention (the invention according to claim 3) is characterized in that, in the first or second invention, the protruding portion has a shape imitating a natural object.

  The fourth invention (the invention according to claim 4) is characterized in that, in the first, second or third invention, the lid is used as a teapot lid.

  The lid according to the fourth aspect of the invention is a lid particularly used for a teapot, and is a lid having a size and shape particularly adapted to the main body of the teapot as a container body. The body and lid may be sold or used as a set, but those who have purchased only the lid according to the present invention will be used instead of the existing teapot lid. A lid having a general size and shape may be used.

  Since the lid according to the first invention (the invention according to claim 1) can be erected substantially vertically and placed on a predetermined plane, the lower surface of the lid plate constituting the lid is the predetermined plane. There is no direct contact with the top, and it can be used in a sanitary manner. And, as described above, by placing the lid upright in a substantially vertical state, water drops attached to the lower surface of the lid can be pulled down by gravity and dropped on the predetermined plane. Even when the lid is placed again on the opening of the container body, the water droplets do not enter the container body. In addition, by placing the lid plate upright in a substantially vertical shape, the knob portion of the lid body is located below the lid plate, making it difficult to pinch and easy to use. Furthermore, when the lid body is placed upright in a substantially vertical state, the lid body is placed on the predetermined plane when placed, compared to when the lid body is placed on a predetermined plane with the lid turned upside down. The required area is small.

  The lid according to the second invention (the invention according to claim 2) is configured such that when the lid plate is erected substantially vertically and placed on a predetermined plane, the two convex portions of the projecting portion By the three grounding between the peripheral edge of the projection and the lid plate, or by the two grounding between one straight line of the protruding portion and the peripheral edge of the lid plate, or the one surface of the protruding portion and the peripheral edge of the lid plate As a result, the lid plate stands up in a more stable state.

  In the lid according to the third invention (invention of claim 3), since the protruding portion has a shape imitating a natural object, the protruding portion is used only for standing upright. As well as being a decorative item for decorating the lid, it is excellent in aesthetics.

  In the lid according to the fourth invention (invention of claim 4), the teapot can be hygienic and easy to use as described above and does not require an area for placing the lid. In particular, the teapot is often used in front of the customer during customer service, but when the teapot using the lid according to the present invention is used in front of the customer, the hygiene of the beverage that he drinks to this customer No more anxiety.

  Hereinafter, a lid according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lid body 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention constitutes a part of a teapot 2 that is a container used when putting tea, and is used together with a teapot body 3 that is a container body. . As shown in FIG. 2, the lid body 1 includes a lid plate 11, a knob portion 12, and a projecting portion 13. The lid plate 11 has a substantially disk shape, and the upper surface is a convex lens-like curved surface that bulges slightly upward toward the center. Is formed in the vicinity of the peripheral edge S side from the center of the lid plate 11, and the protruding portion 13 is formed. The lid plate 11 is formed with a vent hole 14 that penetrates the upper and lower surfaces of the lid plate 11 and allows water vapor in the body portion 21 described later to escape to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the protruding portion 13 has a shape imitating a natural ridge, and when the lid 1 is erected on a plane as will be described later, the protruding portion 13 In the installation part 13, it touches on this plane in the location in which the virtual points a and b shown in FIG.2 and FIG.3 are located. Note that these points a and b are convex portions constituting the present invention. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the teapot body 3 includes a hollow barrel portion 21 into which tea leaves, hot water, or tea is contained, and a pouring portion 22 that pours tea in the barrel portion 21 into a cup of tea. , And a grip portion 23 that is gripped when the user moves the teapot body 3. In addition, an opening for putting tea leaves and hot water into the trunk portion 21 is formed above the teapot body 3, and the lid body 1 is closed by being placed on the opening. The This opening is located directly below the lid 1 in FIG. 1 and is not shown.

  Next, how to use the teapot 2 when putting tea will be described. A user who uses the teapot 2 pinches the knob portion 12 to remove the lid 1 placed on the teapot main body 3 from the teapot main body 3 and puts it in the trunk portion 21 of the teapot main body 3. Add tea leaves and hot water. In this case, the lid body 1 removed from the teapot main body 3 can be erected substantially vertically as shown in FIG. 3 and placed on a plane B such as a table. In other words, as described above, the lid body 1 can stand substantially vertically on the plane B by the peripheral edge S of the lid body 1 and the points a and b. For this reason, when the cover plate 11 stands up in this way, the lower surface of the cover plate 11 does not directly contact the plane B, so that the cover plate 11 can be used in a sanitary manner. Moreover, compared with the case where the conventional teapot cover body is mounted on the plane B, the area required for mounting the cover body 1 is small. Further, by placing the lid 1 upright in a substantially vertical state, the knob portion 12 is not positioned below the lid plate 11, so that the user can pinch the knob portion 12 to the lid. It is also easy to move the body 1. The user puts tea leaves and hot water in the trunk portion 21 and drinks tea, and when the tea leaves and hot water are added or exchanged in the barrel portion 21 for drinking tea. Even when the lid body 1 is removed from the teapot body 3 again, the lid body 1 can be erected in a substantially vertical shape and placed on the plane B as described above. In this case, in the case of a conventional teapot, the lid body is located above the teapot main body containing hot water, so that water droplets obtained by liquefying water vapor generated from the hot water in the teapot main body are formed on the lower surface of the lid body. If the cover body is attached and the lid body is again positioned on the opening of the teapot body with the waterdrops attached, the waterdrops may fall into the teapot body, which is not preferable. However, in the case of the teapot 2 using the lid body 1 according to the present invention, when removed from the opening of the teapot main body 3, the lid body 1 is substantially vertical as shown in FIG. Therefore, the water droplets adhering to the lower surface of the cover plate 11 flow down onto the plane B. For this reason, even when the lid 1 is positioned on the opening again, the water droplet does not fall into the body portion 21 again. Further, when the lid 1 is placed upright, the plane is formed by the three points of the points a and b on the protruding portion 13 and the peripheral edge S of the lid plate 11 as described above. Since it stands on B, the mounting of the lid 1 is stable. Further, the lid 1 is heated by the hot water of the teapot body 3, but if the lid 1 stands up substantially vertically, the knob 1 can be touched without touching any part other than the knob portion 12 of the lid 1. The lid 1 can be removed by pinching the portion 12.

  In the above description, the case where the lid 1 according to the present invention is used as a lid for a teapot has been described as an example. However, the lid 1 according to the present invention is limited to the case where it is used in such a teapot. is not. That is, the lid 1 according to the present invention may be used for a food and beverage container such as a hot water bowl or a cooking container such as a pan, or a container other than a food and beverage container or a cooking container, for example, a bucket. It may be used as a lid for the above. In the lid 1, the two portions a and b of the projecting portion 13 and the peripheral edge S of the lid plate 11 are in contact with the plane B when placed upright in a substantially vertical shape. However, one straight line on the projecting portion 13 and the peripheral edge S of the cover plate 11 may stand in contact with the plane B, and the projecting portion 13 may be erected. The shape of the lid may be arbitrary, and in this case as well, the placement of the lid on the plane B is stable. That is, as described above, in the lid body 1, the shape of the protruding portion 13 is similar to the shape of a ridge, and since this ridge is a shape in which approximately two spheres are joined, the position on each sphere. The points a and b to be in contact with the plane B may be arbitrarily determined according to the user's preference or the like, or may be a geometric shape such as a rectangular parallelepiped, Or it is good also as what imitated natural objects, such as a fruit. In addition, when the shape of the projecting portion 13 is, for example, a rectangular parallelepiped shape, the projecting portion 13 comes in contact with one straight line or one surface on the projecting portion 13 and the plane B.

It is a perspective view which shows the teapot using the cover body which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the cover body which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the state which stood and mounted the cover body which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lid 2 Teapot 3 Teapot main body 11 Cover plate 13 Projection part a, b Point B Plane S Perimeter

Claims (4)

  A lid plate that closes the opening of the container main body, and a projecting portion that projects in the vicinity of the peripheral edge on the upper surface of the lid plate, and is supported by the peripheral edge and the projecting portion of the lid plate, A lid body characterized in that the lid plate is erected substantially vertically and can be placed on a predetermined plane.   When the cover plate is erected substantially vertically and placed on a predetermined plane, the protruding portion is in contact with the predetermined plane by at least two convex portions, one straight line or one surface. The lid according to claim 1.   The lid according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion has a shape imitating a natural object. 4. The lid according to claim 1, wherein the lid is used as a teapot lid.