JP4190863B2 - Cosmetic container - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention can meet the demand that the decorative part does not peel off or fall off even partially from the lid, and the buyer can freely choose the appearance according to his / her preference. The present invention relates to a cosmetic container capable of increasing the degree.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, a cosmetic container includes a container main body that stores cosmetics and a lid that opens and closes the container main body. And in order to improve the designability with respect to these container main bodies and lids that make up the appearance of cosmetic containers, they have been conventionally decorated by various methods. For example, by performing surface treatment by sputtering or the like, transferring characters or patterns using a transfer sheet, or overlaying a transparent or translucent layer on a pattern, etc. The lid was decorated.
[0003]
The applicant of the present application has applied for Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-249000 as a related prior application.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the case of conventional cosmetic containers, the decorative part may be partially peeled off or dropped off from the container body or lid for the purpose of providing a high quality cosmetic container as a product. In any of the above decoration methods, the decoration parts must be integrally formed inseparable from each other so that the decoration part is inseparable from the container body and the lid. There was a request.
[0005]
On the other hand, such a request means that the appearance of the cosmetic container is limited to the design selected by the producer, and the purchaser can freely select the cosmetic appearance of the cosmetic container according to their preference. It was preventing that. For this reason, the purchaser could not find a cosmetic container of a favorite design, and this was considered to be one of the reasons for buying back.
[0006]
The present invention was devised in view of the above-described conventional problems, and in particular, to meet the demand that the decorative portion does not peel off or fall off even partially with respect to the lid. Another object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic container that can increase the degree of freedom in which a purchaser can select an appearance according to preference.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The cosmetic container according to the present invention is a cosmetic container provided with a hinge part that hangs integrally with the lid body that opens and closes the container body and pivotally connects the lid body to the container body. An exchange cover provided on the lid body so as to be exchangeable, a flexible deformable elastic piece provided to protrude from the exchange cover, and a corner formed on the elastic piece, A vertical slit that is formed in the lid body in the vertical direction across the hinge portion, the elastic piece is detachably inserted therein, and is formed in the vertical slit, so that it cannot be detached from the entrance corner portion in the vertical direction. And a protruding corner portion that is detachably engaged in the horizontal direction, and is formed in the horizontal direction in communication with the vertical slit in the hinge portion, and the elastic portion to disengage the entering corner portion from the protruding corner portion. Horizontal slit for applying horizontal pressing force to the piece Characterized by comprising a. As a result, it is possible to meet the requirement that the decorative part does not peel off or fall off even partially from the lid, and the degree of freedom that allows the purchaser to choose the appearance according to their preference. Can be increased.
[0008]
In addition, a wedge-shaped gap for converting a part of the pressing operation force into a lifting force is formed between the elastic piece and the horizontal slit to lift the elastic piece along the vertical slit. It is characterized by. As a result, the entrance corner portion is detached from the exit corner portion, and at the same time, the replacement cover is lifted from the lid via the elastic piece, and the replacement operability of the replacement cover is improved.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the cosmetic container 1 according to this embodiment includes a dish-shaped synthetic resin container body 3 in which a housing recess 2 is formed, and a hinge 4 at the rear end in the front-rear direction of the container body 3. A plate that is pivotably connected in the vertical direction to open and close the container body 3 and that is detachably engaged with the front end of the container body 3 via a hook 5 to maintain the closed state of the container body 3. The body is mainly composed of a body-shaped synthetic resin lid body 6 and a plate-shaped synthetic resin replacement cover 7 that is detachably provided on the lid body 6 and covers the lid body 6 in a replaceable manner.
[0010]
In the illustrated example, the container body 3, the lid body 6, and the replacement cover 7 have a planar outer contour formed in a rectangular shape, but may have a polygonal shape or a circular shape. A mirror 8 is attached to the back surface of the lid 6.
[0011]
The hook 5 is suspended from a hook protrusion 10 projecting in a recess 9 formed at the front end of the container body 3 and is suspended from the front end of the lid body 6 so as to be detachably engaged with the hook protrusion 10. And a hook piece 11. Further, the hinge 4 is sandwiched between a pair of hinge pieces 12 projecting from the rear end of the container body 3, and a hinge block 13 as a hinge portion integrally suspended from the rear end of the lid body 6 is sandwiched between these hinge pieces 12. A hinge pin is inserted into a pin hole 14 formed from the block 13 to the hinge piece 12, and the hinge block 13 is rotatably connected to the container body 3 via the hinge piece 12 by the hinge pin.
[0012]
The replacement cover 7 is provided with various decorations so that the purchaser can freely select the design appearance of the cosmetic container 1, in this embodiment the lid 6, according to preference. Has been prepared. These decorative portions applied to the replacement cover 7 are made inseparably inseparable by a generally known method with respect to the replacement cover 7 so as not to be partially peeled off or dropped off. It is formed integrally. The replacement cover 7 is formed with substantially the same outer dimensions so that the outer contour of the replacement cover 7 matches the outer contour of the container body 3, and is overlapped on the lid 6. The material of the replacement cover 7 is not limited to a synthetic resin, and may be a metal.
[0013]
An annular hanging portion 15 is formed on the replacement cover 7 so as to hang from the outer periphery to the lid body 6 side. On the hanging portion 15 located on the hook 5 side, an engagement protrusion 16 is formed by folding back to the lower surface 7a side of the replacement cover 7 at an appropriate interval in the left-right width direction of the container body 3. A corner 17 is formed that is rounded by the protrusion 16. Further, an elastic piece 18 is provided on the lower surface 7a of the replacement cover 7 so as to protrude downward from a position directly above the hinge block 13 and to be flexibly deformable in the horizontal direction. A locking projection 19 is formed at the lower end of the elastic piece 18 so as to protrude rearwardly in the front-rear direction of the lid body 6. Is formed.
[0014]
On the other hand, the lid body 6 is formed with an annular flange portion 21 that protrudes outward from the outer peripheral wall 6a and on which the hanging portion 15 of the replacement cover 7 is placed. Further, by recessing the outer peripheral wall 6a located on the hook 5 side, an engagement recess 22 for inserting the engagement protrusion 16 of the replacement cover 7 is formed, and the engagement recess 22 is formed. As a result, a cornered corner 23 is formed. Then, by attaching the replacement cover 7 from the hook 5 side of the lid body 6 and inserting the engagement protrusion 16 into the engagement recess 22, the entrance corner 17 is detached from the exit corner 23 in the vertical direction. It is impossible to engage and disengage in the horizontal direction.
[0015]
Further, the lid 6 is formed with a vertical slit 24 into which the elastic piece 18 is removably inserted in the vertical direction across the hinge block 13, and the hinge block 13 communicates with the vertical slit 24 and is horizontally disposed. A horizontal slit 25 is formed in the direction, and the vertical slit 24 and the horizontal slit 25 form an L-shaped through hole in the hinge block 13. A convex rib 26 is formed in the vertical slit 24 so as to protrude forward from the inner surface of the lid 6 in the front-rear direction of the lid 6 toward the locking protrusion 19 of the elastic piece 18. An exit corner 27 is formed facing the entrance corner 20. The protruding corner portion 27 cannot be separated from the entering corner portion 20 in the vertical direction by the locking protrusion 19 of the elastic piece 18 inserted into the vertical slit 24 being locked under the convex rib 26. Engageable in a horizontal direction.
[0016]
The horizontal slit 25 is provided to apply a horizontal pressing operation force to the elastic piece 18 in order to detach the entrance corner 20 from the protruding corner 27, and locks the elastic piece 18 inserted into the vertical slit 24. It communicates with the vertical slit 24 at a position where the projection 19 reaches. A pressing operation tool P such as a coin for pressing the elastic piece 18 is inserted into the horizontal slit 25, and the elastic piece 18 can be deformed in the horizontal direction by the inserted pressing operation tool P. ing.
[0017]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the locking protrusions 19 and the convex ribs 26 have surfaces that face each other in the process of the locking protrusions 19 getting over the convex ribs 26, so that they can be smoothly passed over. 28, 29. Further, in order to lift the elastic piece 18 along the vertical slit 24 between the tapered surface 28 of the locking projection 19 and the bottom surface 25a of the horizontal slit 25, that is, toward the back of the horizontal slit 25, that is, a pressing operation. A wedge-shaped gap G that converts a part of the pressing operation force into a lifting force is formed by inserting the pressing operation tool P that is sequentially narrowed along the insertion direction of the tool P and is inserted into the horizontal slit 25. The
[0018]
The operation of the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment will be described. The replacement cover 7 attached to the lid 6 by the purchaser who has purchased the cosmetic container 1 is replaced with a new replacement cover 7 of another design. When exchanging, as shown in FIG. 1, the pressing operation tool P is inserted into the lateral slit 25 toward the locking projection 19 of the elastic piece 18 that is locked with the convex rib 26 in the hinge block 13. To do. When the locking projection 19 is pressed with the pressing tool P, the elastic piece 18 is flexibly deformed in the horizontal direction within the vertical slit 24 as shown in FIG. When the replacement cover 7 is released from the protruding corner 27 and the locking state of the replacement cover 7 is released, the wedge between the tapered surface 28 of the locking projection 19 and the bottom surface 25a of the lateral slit 25 is simultaneously released. The pressing operation tool P inserted into the gap G also exerts an action of lifting the elastic piece 17 upward, and the replacement cover is released by disengaging the entrance corner 20 and the exit corner 27 and lifting the elastic piece 18. As shown in FIG. 4, 7 is separated from the lid 6 so as to be flipped up.
[0019]
Thereafter, if the replacement cover 7 is pushed forward in the horizontal direction of the lid body 6, the engagement protrusion 16 can be detached from the engagement recess 22, thereby removing the replacement cover 7 from the lid body 6. Can do.
[0020]
Next, when the new replacement cover 7 is attached to the lid body 6, the engagement protrusion 16 is inserted into the engagement recess 22 on the front end side of the lid body 6, and the rear end side of the lid body 6 is engaged. In this case, when the elastic piece 18 is inserted into the vertical slit 24 and the replacement cover 7 is pressed as it is toward the lid body 6, the locking projection 19 is formed into the convex rib 26 along with the flexible deformation of the elastic piece 18. At the same time, the entrance corner 20 engages with the exit corner 27, so that a new replacement cover 7 can be attached to the lid 6 in an overlapping manner.
[0021]
As described above, in the cosmetic container 1 according to the present embodiment, the cover 6 is provided so as to be exchangeable by covering the lid body 6, and the cover 7 is provided so as to protrude from the replacement cover 7. An elastic piece 18 that can be flexibly deformed, a corner 20 formed in the elastic piece 18, and a vertical slit that is formed in the lid 6 in the vertical direction across the hinge block 13 so that the elastic piece 18 is removably inserted. 24, an exit corner 27 that is formed in the longitudinal slit 24 and is detachably engaged with the entrance corner 20 in the up and down direction and is detachable in the horizontal direction, and communicated with the longitudinal slit 24 in the hinge block 13 And the horizontal slit 25 for applying a pressing force in the horizontal direction to the elastic piece 18 so as to disengage the entrance corner 20 from the exit corner 27. Appearance selected by the producer Without being constant, as the cosmetic container 1, the purchaser can choose high degree of freedom of appearance as desired, thereby to be capable enhance buying motivation.
[0022]
Further, as the replacement cover 7, similarly to the conventional lid body, the decorative part may be formed integrally and inseparably so as to be inseparable from each other. Therefore, the decorative part is partially separated from the replacement cover 7. However, the cosmetic container 1 as a product can be provided with a high quality full of luxury that is comparable to the conventional one without peeling off or falling off.
[0023]
In addition, the engaging protrusion 16 and the engaging recess 22, the locking protrusion 19 and the convex rib 26, particularly the locking protrusion 19 of the elastic piece 18 that is flexibly deformed and the convex rib 26 that engages with the locking protrusion 19. The replacement cover 7 is firmly attached and fixed to the lid body 6 by engaging with the corners 17 and 20 and the corners 23 and 27 that are angled so as not to be detached in the vertical direction. Even if a large impact is applied to the cosmetic container 1 due to dropping or the like, it is possible to reliably prevent the replacement cover 7 from easily falling off the lid body 6. Thus, while the replacement cover 7 can be stably held on the lid body 6, it is locked by pressing the replacement cover 7 against the lid body 6 or pressing operation from the lateral slit 25 that flexibly deforms the elastic piece 18. The protrusion 19 and the convex rib 26 can be engaged and disengaged, and the replacement cover 7 can be easily replaced.
[0024]
In particular, in order to lift the elastic piece 18 along the vertical slit 24 between the tapered surface 28 of the locking projection 19 and the bottom surface 25a of the lateral slit 25, a wedge shape that converts a part of the pressing operation force into a lifting force. Since the gap G is formed, when the replacement cover 7 is removed, the replacement cover 7 can be flipped up with respect to the lid body 6 by lifting the elastic piece 18 using the wedge-shaped gap G. Thus, the user can know that the replacement cover 7 is detached from the lid body 6 and the replacement cover 7 is lifted from the lid body 6, so that both of them are overlapped, The replacement cover 7 can be easily removed from the lid 6.
[0025]
Further, the tapered surface 28 of the locking projection 19 also has a function of facilitating the locking with the convex rib 26, and the mounting operation of the replacement cover 7 can be facilitated. Further, the vertical slit 24 and the horizontal slit 25 are formed in the hinge block 13 so that the outer dimensions of the cosmetic container 1 are increased due to the replacement operation of the replacement cover 7. Can be prevented. Further, since the vertical slit 24 is formed in the lid body 6 covered with the replacement cover 7 and the horizontal slit 25 is formed in the hinge block 13, the slits 24 and 25 used for the replacement operation are conspicuous. The appearance of the cosmetic container 1 can be kept good.
[0026]
5 and 6 show a modification of the above embodiment. In this modification, an elastic piece 18 is formed integrally with the hanging portion 15 on the hinge 4 side. Even in such a modification, it is a matter of course that the same operations and effects as the above-described embodiment can be obtained. In particular, in this modified example, the insertion depth of the pressing operation tool P necessary for releasing the engagement can be reduced to improve the operability, and the mold shape for molding the replacement cover 7 can be improved. It can be simplified.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
In short, in the cosmetic container according to the present invention, it is possible to meet the request that the decorative part does not peel off or fall off even partially from the lid, and the buyer can The degree of freedom in which the appearance can be selected according to preference can be increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of a cosmetic container according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective sectional view of the cosmetic container of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged side sectional view of the vicinity of the hinge block showing a first stage of removing the replacement cover in the cosmetic container of FIG. 1;
4 is a partially enlarged side sectional view of the vicinity of the hinge block showing the final stage of removing the replacement cover in the cosmetic container of FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged side sectional view of the vicinity of a hinge block, showing a modification of the cosmetic container according to the present invention.
6 is a partially enlarged exploded perspective sectional view showing the vicinity of a hinge block of the cosmetic container of FIG. 5;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cosmetic container 3 Container main body 6 Lid body 7 Replacement cover 13 Hinge block 18 Elastic piece 20 Entering corner 24 Vertical slit 25 Horizontal slit 27 Outlet corner G Wedge-shaped gap

Claims (2)

In the cosmetic container provided with a hinge part that hangs down integrally with the lid body that opens and closes the container body and rotatably connects the lid body to the container body.
An exchange cover provided on the lid body so as to be exchangeable, a flexible deformable elastic piece provided to protrude from the exchange cover, and a corner formed on the elastic piece, A vertical slit that is formed in the lid body in the vertical direction across the hinge portion, the elastic piece is detachably inserted therein, and is formed in the vertical slit, so that it cannot be detached from the entrance corner portion in the vertical direction. And a protruding corner portion that is detachably engaged in the horizontal direction, and is formed in the horizontal direction in communication with the vertical slit in the hinge portion, and the elastic portion to disengage the entering corner portion from the protruding corner portion. A cosmetic container comprising a horizontal slit for applying a horizontal pressing operation force to a piece. Between the elastic piece and the horizontal slit, a wedge-shaped gap for converting a part of the pressing operation force into a lifting force is formed to lift the elastic piece along the vertical slit. The cosmetic container according to claim 1.

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