JPH0451687Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] <Industrial application field> The invention relates to a compact container.More specifically, the invention relates to a compact container. A notched recess is formed in the recess, a first engaging protrusion is provided in the recess, a claw piece is provided vertically on the front edge of the lid, and a second engaging protrusion is provided on the claw piece. The present invention relates to a compact container in which the first engagement protrusion and the second engagement protrusion engage with each other when the lid is closed with respect to the container body.

<<Prior Art>> Conventionally, in this type of compact container, in order to facilitate the release of the lock between the lid and the container main body, a slideable or rotatable push piece is provided in a recess at the front edge of the container main body. It has been known that when the push piece is pressed inward, a portion of this pressing force is converted into an upward opening force for the lid.

However, in this known compact container, the push piece is provided at the front edge of the container body, so the operation procedure for releasing the lid from the container body and opening the lid is, for example, with the thumb of the left hand. After pressing the push piece to release the lock, open the lid to a sufficient angle with your right thumb, or place the container body on your left palm and press the push piece with your right thumb to release the lock. The common operation was to open the lid by placing one's thumb on the front end of the lid.

The conventional compact container described above requires two actions, such as using the fingers of both hands to open the lid, or changing the way the container is held even with the same fingers.

For this purpose, a push piece is provided at the front end of the lid, and when the push piece is pressed inward with, for example, the thumb of the right hand to release the lock between the lid and the container body, and the thumb is lifted upward, the lid can be removed. A compact container is provided that can be opened to a desired position.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in conventional compact containers in which the push piece is provided on the lid side, the pressing part of the push piece is provided on or above the center partition line between the lid and the container body, and Because it is located on the same vertical plane as the front edge of the push piece, for example, when opening the lid with the container body on the palm of your left hand, you must press the push piece with the lower end of the fingertips of your right thumb. There was a problem in that when the push piece was pressed with the pad of the thumb, the lower end of the fingertip of the thumb hit the front edge of the container body, making it difficult to open the lid unless the thumb was held differently.

Also, since the pushing direction of this push piece is approximately horizontal and the opening direction of the lid body is diagonally upward, even if the finger pressing the push piece does not change its grip, the direction of the force applied to it is the same as when releasing the lock. I had to change it when I opened my body.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned problems.The purpose of this invention is to be able to press the pushpiece widely with the tip of the right thumb when the container body is placed on the palm of the left hand, An operation in which the lid and container body can be unlocked by applying a force to the push piece that pushes the container upward diagonally, and the lid can be opened to a relatively large angle by applying force in the same direction. To provide a compact container with excellent properties.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, in the compact container according to the present invention, a lid is connected to the rear end of the container body so as to be openable and closable, and a notch is formed in the front part of the container body. a first engaging protrusion is formed in the notch recess, a claw piece is vertically disposed on the front edge of the lid body, a second engaging protrusion piece is formed on the claw piece, and the lid body is closed. In a compact container in which the first engagement protrusion and the second engagement protrusion are engaged when the body is closed, the upper arm of the push piece is coupled to the front edge of the lid, and the upper The arm part is integrally formed with a pressurized part that extends from the front end of the arm through the front of the claw piece and the front of the notch recess to the bottom of the notch recess, and allows the pressurized part to swing back and forth. A slider is arranged so as to be able to slide back and forth, and the lower end of the pressurized part of the push piece comes into contact with the front end surface of the slider, forming the upper surface of the slider or the lower surface of the claw piece as an inclined surface, and the upper surface of the slider and the claw piece contacting each other. When the lower surface is abutted and the pressed portion of the push piece is pressed rearward, the slider slides rearward and the claw piece is raised via the inclined surface.

<<Embodiments>> Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 indicates a container body, and a recess 2 for storing cosmetics is formed on the upper surface of the container body. The center edge of the front end of the container body 1 is cut out at the upper and front sides, and a cutout recess 3 is formed.
A first engaging protrusion 4 is formed at the upper end of the inner surface of the cutout recess 3 . Further, a groove opening 5 is formed in the bottom surface of the notch recess 3 in the front-rear direction, the rear end of the groove opening 5 reaches the inner surface of the notch recess 3, and the lower part of this inner surface is bored toward the rear. An insertion hole 6 is formed. A concave notch 7 is provided at the center of the rear end of the container body 1, into which a hinge protrusion 9 at the rear of the lid 8 is inserted. 1, so that the lid 8 can be opened and closed with respect to the container body 1.

The lid body 8 has a mirror glued to its inner surface.
A claw piece 11 is vertically disposed from the front inner side of the claw piece 11, and a second engaging protrusion piece 12 is integrally formed at the center of the rear surface of this claw piece 11. This claw piece 11 is the cover body 8.
When it is closed, it enters the notched recess 3 at the front end of the container body 1, and the first engagement protrusion 4 and the second engagement protrusion 12 engage, thereby locking the lid 8. It's becoming like that.

A through hole 13 is formed in the upper part of the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8 in the horizontal direction, and a locking hole 14 that is enlarged through a step is formed deep inside the through hole 13.
The upper arm portion 16 of the push piece 15 is press-fitted into the through hole 13 and the locking hole 14 . The rear end portion of the upper arm portion 16 protrudes downward and serves as a locking portion 17, and after the upper arm portion 16 is press-fitted into the through hole 13 and the locking hole 14, the locking portion 17 is engaged with the stepped portion. It is stopped so that it cannot be pulled out from the lid body 8.
Further, a pressure wall portion 18 is integrally formed extending downward from the front end of the upper arm portion 16, and this pressure wall portion covers the front surface of the notch recess 3 when the lid body is closed. It's becoming like that. At the same time, the pressurized wall portion 18 is curved outward, and this curved surface is formed by the lid body 8.
and is formed to have the same curvature as the curved surface at the front end of the container body 1.

In this embodiment, the push piece 15 is made of a synthetic resin having a hinge characteristic, and a hinge portion 19 on the lower surface of the front end of the upper arm portion 16 allows the pressurized wall portion 18 to swing back and forth.

On the other hand, a slider 20 as shown in FIG. 4 is disposed within the cutout recess 3. A guide protrusion 21 is integrally formed on the lower surface of the slider 20 to protrude, and the guide protrusion 21 is inserted into the groove opening 5 of the notch recess 3, and the slider 20 is moved forward and backward through this. It is possible to slide. Also,
The upper surface of approximately the front half of the slider 20 is formed into an inclined surface 22 that descends toward the rear. The slider 20 is formed to horizontally extend rearward from the rear end of the inclined surface 22, and this portion is inserted into the insertion hole 6 in the lower part of the inner surface of the notch recess 3. The lower end of the claw piece 11 of the lid body 8 is slidably abutted on the inclined surface 22 of the slider 20, but the lower end of this claw piece 11 is inclined so that it can move smoothly on the inclined surface 22. It is formed on a slope corresponding to the surface 22.

In the locking position of the lid 8 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pressure-receiving wall 18 of the push piece 15 extends from the front end of the lid 8 to the front surface of the claw piece 11 and the notch recess 3. It covers the front surface, and its lower end abuts the bottom surface of the notch recess 3 as well as the lower part of the front end surface of the slider 20 in the notch recess 3, and the curved surface of the pressure-receiving wall portion 18 touches the lid body 8 and Since it is curved with the same curvature as the container body 1, both end portions of the pressurized wall portion 18 are connected to the surfaces of the lid body 8 and the container body 1 without any step. On the other hand, the slider 20 is held in a position where the guide protrusion 21 is engaged with the front end of the groove opening 5 so that it does not separate from the notch recess 3 and does not protrude outward.

To release the lid 8 from the locked position as described above, place your fingertip on the front lower part of the pressure wall 18 of the push piece 15 and press upward and backward, as shown in FIG. The inner surface of the lower end of the pressurized wall portion 18 comes to press the slider 20 rearward.
As a result, the slider 20 slides backward, and the inclined surface 22 also moves backward, and the lower end of the claw piece 11 is slidably abutted on this inclined surface 22, so that the claw piece 11 is not raised. Then, the second engaging protrusion 12 formed on the claw piece 11 separates from the first engaging protrusion 4, and the lid 8 is unlocked. After this, the slider 20 moves backward until the guide protrusion 21 engages with the rear end of the groove opening 5, and the claw piece 11 is raised via the slope 22, and is moved from the front end of the slider 20, that is, the front end of the slope 22. After detachment, the pressure-receiving wall portion 18 of the push piece 15 can be pressed in the same direction to open the lid 8 at a relatively large angle. Further, when the lid body 8 is closed, the lower end surface of the claw piece 11 presses the inclined surface 22 of the slider 20 downward,
As the slider 20 moves forward, the first engagement protrusion 4 and the second engagement protrusion engage with each other to occupy a locking position.

In the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, both the slider and the lower end of the claw of the lid that abuts the slider are formed into inclined surfaces, but the inclined surfaces may be formed only on either one of the above-mentioned surfaces.

[Effects] As described above, in the compact container of the present invention, a push piece that can swing back and forth is connected to the lid body, and a slider that interlocks with the push piece is provided in the notch in the front part of the container body, so that the push piece can be moved. When pressed, the slider slides rearward, and the claw piece hanging down from the lid rises via the slope formed on the slider or the claw piece, and the first engagement protrusion formed in the notch recess of the container body rises. The engagement of the second engagement protrusion formed on the claw piece is released. In addition, since the pressure area of the push piece extends from the front end of the lid body through the front surface of the notch recess to the bottom surface of the notch recess, when pressing the pressure area of the push piece with your fingertip, the pressure area The contact area between the button and the fingertip is wide, and the direction of the force applied to the push piece to release the lock on the lid is the same as the direction of the force that opens the lid at a relatively large angle after releasing the lock. Furthermore, the pressing force applied to the push piece becomes a force that presses the claw piece upward via the slider, so the force applied to the push piece can be small, and the operability of opening the lid body is extremely excellent.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the lid in a locked state, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the locking part when the lid is in the locked state,
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the locking portion showing a state in which the lid is unlocked, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the slider separated. 1... Container body, 3... Notch recess, 4... First
Engagement protrusion piece, 8... Lid body, 11... Claw piece, 12...
...Second engaging protrusion, 15... Push piece, 1
6...Upper arm portion, 18...Pressure wall portion, 20...Slider, 22...Slope surface.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The lid is attached to the rear end of the container body so that it can be opened and closed.
A notched recess is formed in the front part of the container body, and a first engaging protrusion is formed in the notched recess, and a claw piece is provided hanging from the front edge of the lid body, and a first engaging piece is formed in the front edge of the lid body. In a compact container, the lid body has two engaging protrusions, the first engaging protruding piece and the second engaging protruding piece locking together when the lid body is closed. An upper arm portion of the push piece is connected to the front edge of the push piece, and the upper arm portion has a pressurized portion extending from the front end of the push piece through the front of the claw piece and the front of the notch recess to the bottom of the notch recess. The pressurized portion of the push piece is integrally formed and is movable back and forth, and a slider is disposed within the notch so as to be slidable back and forth, and the front end surface of the slider is provided with the pressurized portion of the push piece. When the lower ends of the push piece abut and the upper surface of the slider or the lower surface of the claw piece is formed as an inclined surface, and the upper surface of the slider and the lower surface of the claw piece abut, and the pressed part of the push piece is pressed backward, the slider 1. A compact container characterized in that the claw slides rearward and the claw piece is raised via the inclined surface.