JP6427411B2 - Child-proof box with container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a box container with a child proof function.

  There has been proposed a box-shaped container including a bottomed cylindrical container body for containing contents and a lid connected to the container body via a bent portion (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such a box-shaped container, the container body is opened and closed by pivoting the lid around the bent portion.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 03-017056

  However, even in such a box-shaped container, there is room for improvement in providing a child proof function for preventing an infant or the like from easily touching the contents of the container body.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a box-shaped container having a child proof function.

The present invention adopts the following means in order to solve the problems as described above. That is, the box-shaped container of the present invention comprises a bottomed cylindrical container main body for containing contents, and a lid for opening and closing the opening of the container main body, and the opening of the container main body is A frame having a first locking portion for locking the lid and having the lid connected thereto via a hinge is provided, and the lid is a container axis relative to the first locking portion. And a second locking portion for locking from the bottom side of the container body along, the other of the frame and the lid protruding toward the other of the frame and the lid, the frame A projection is formed in contact with the other of the body and the lid, and one of the frame and the lid abuts on the other of the frame and the lid. elastically deformed by one of its by elastic restoring force to the urging from the bottom side of the container body along the lid to the container axis, the frame body and the lid member When the lid protrudes toward the other of the frame and the lid at a position closer to the first and second locking portions than the protrusion, and the lid is pushed toward the frame support portion for abutting the frame and the other of said lid and said that you have been formed.

In this invention, in order to open the opening of the container body, the lid is pressed against the frame toward the bottom of the container body along the container axis to lock the first and second locking portions Since it is necessary to turn the cover about the hinge with respect to the frame after releasing the cover, it is possible to prevent an infant or the like from easily opening the container body and touching the contents. That is, the protrusion formed on one of the frame and the lid abuts on the other, and thereby, the first and second locks in a state in which either the frame or the lid is elastically deformed. Since the part is locked, the lid body is biased from the bottom side along the container axis with respect to the frame by the elastic restoring force generated by the elastic deformation. Therefore, in order to release the locked state of the first and second locking portions, it is necessary to press the lid against the frame.
As described above, since the mouth of the container body can not be opened simply by pivoting the lid with respect to the frame about the hinge, the childproof function can be provided to the box-shaped container.
Further, when the lid is pressed against the frame to release the locked state of the first and second locking portions, the force applied to the lid is dispersed together with the projecting portion. Thereby, the shape of the lid when the lid is pressed can be stabilized, and the operability of the opening operation of the container body can be improved.
Furthermore, particularly when the lid and the frame are integrally formed, either of the frame and the lid is elastically deformed in each one when multiple integrals are stacked (stacked). Since the lid abuts on the support portion, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of tilting of the other integral body stacked on the one integral body. As described above, since the inclination does not easily occur in each one, it becomes possible to stably stack the ones.

Moreover, box-shaped container of the present invention comprises a bottomed cylindrical container body for containing the contents, and a lid member for opening and closing the mouth portion of the container body, and the mouth portion of the container body A frame having a first locking portion for locking the lid and the lid connected thereto via a hinge, the lid being an axis of the container relative to the first locking portion And a second locking portion for locking from the bottom side of the container main body, and one of the frame and the lid protrudes toward the other of the frame and the lid; A projection is formed in contact with the other of the frame and the lid, and one of the frame and the lid abuts the other of the frame and the lid. elastically deformed by, and biases the lid by its elastic restoring force from the bottom side of the container body along said container axis, one of the first and the second locking portion A through hole, and the other of the first and second locking portions is a locking protrusion that locks to the through hole, and the locking protrusion is engaged with the through hole at the time of locking with the through hole. wherein the locking groove for accommodating the opening edge of the through hole is formed.
In the present invention , as described above, the mouth portion of the container body can not be opened simply by pivoting the lid with respect to the frame about the hinge, so a childproof function can be provided to the box-shaped container. Further, since the opening edge of the through hole is accommodated in the locking groove of the locking projection , the opening edge of the through hole is the accommodation groove in order to release the locked state of the first and second locking portions. You have to press the lid until you take it out. Therefore, the first and second locking portions can be locked more firmly, and the box-shaped container can be provided with a reliable child proof function.

Further, in the box-shaped container of the present invention, the frame is rectangular in a plan view along the container axis, and the pair of first side parts and the pair of second side parts face each other across the container axis. And the lid is connected to one of the first side portions via the hinge, and the protrusion is formed on one of the second side portion of the frame and the lid. May be
In this case, the protrusion is formed on the second side or lid different from the first side on which the hinge is formed, and is located closer to the first and second locking portions than the hinge. Since the projecting portion is formed, the load applied to the projecting portion can be reduced in the state in which the first and second locking portions are locked, and the operability of the box-shaped container can be maintained.

  According to the box-shaped container of the present invention, the opening of the container body can not be opened simply by pivoting the lid about the hinge relative to the frame, and the lid is pressed against the frame. The box-shaped container can be given a child proof function because it is necessary to

It is an axial direction fragmentary sectional view which shows the box-type container concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is another axial sectional view which shows the box-shaped container of FIG. It is a top view which shows the cover member of FIG. It is a side view explaining the usage method of the box-shaped container of FIG. Similarly, it is an axial sectional view explaining the usage method of the box-shaped container of FIG.

  Hereinafter, a box type container concerning one embodiment in the present invention is explained based on a drawing. In addition, in each drawing used for the following description, in order to make each member into a recognizable size, the scale is appropriately changed.

The box-shaped container 1 according to the present invention is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bottomed rectangular cylindrical container body 2 for containing contents and a toped rectangle attached to the mouth 2A of the container body 2. And a cylindrical lid member 3.
The container main body 2 and the lid member 3 are disposed such that their central axes are located on a common axis. Hereinafter, this common axis is referred to as a container axis O, and in FIG. 1, the direction from the bottom 11 to the opening 2A of the container body 2 to be described later along the container axis O is referred to as upper and reverse. Further, a direction orthogonal to the container axis O in a plan view seen from the container axis O will be referred to as a radial direction, and a direction circling around the container axis O as a circumferential direction. Furthermore, the major axis direction of the container body 2 and the lid member 3 in the plan view is taken as the left-right direction, and the short axis direction as the front-rear direction.

  The container body 2 includes a rectangular bottom 11 and a rectangular cylindrical trunk 12 extending upward from the outer peripheral edge of the bottom. Further, at the upper end edge of the body portion 12, a flange portion 12A is provided so as to protrude radially outward over the entire circumference.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lid member 3 includes a frame 15 having a rectangular annular shape in a plan view and a rectangular plate-like lid 17 connected to the frame 15 via a hinge 16.
The frame 15 is attached to the flange portion 12A of the container main body 2, and the rectangular cylindrical inner circumferential wall portion 21 disposed radially inward of the flange portion 12A of the container main body 2, the flange portion 12A and the inside A rectangular plate-shaped annular connection portion 23 in plan view connecting the upper end portions of the inner peripheral wall portion 21 and the outer peripheral wall portion 22 with the rectangular cylindrical outer peripheral wall portion 22 disposed radially outside the peripheral wall portion 21. And.

As shown in FIG. 2, a hinge 16 is provided at the lower end portion of the rear surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 22, and the lid 17 is connected via the hinge 16.
The annular connection portion 23 has a pair of long sides (first sides) 24A and 24B facing each other with the container axis O in the front-rear direction, and a pair of short sides facing each other with the container axis O in the left-right direction. Parts (second side parts) 25A, 25B.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, two locking projections (first locking portions) 26 are formed on the front long side portion 24 </ b> A at intervals in the left-right direction. The locking protrusion 26 is a plate-like member protruding forward from the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 22, and is inclined downward toward the front and convex upward Curved. A locking groove 26A is defined between the locking projection 26 and the front surface of the outer peripheral wall 22.
At each short side 25A, 25B, a protrusion 27 and a support 28 disposed forward of the protrusion 27 are protruded upward. The heights of the projecting portion 27 and the supporting portion 28 are equal but may be different.

The lid 17 extends downward from the outer peripheral edge of the top wall 31 having a rectangular shape in plan view and the top wall 31, and is disposed radially outward of the outer peripheral wall 22 of the frame 15. And a rectangular cylindrical side wall portion 32.
At a central portion of the top wall portion 31, a rectangular depression 31A which is recessed downward is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the left and right side portions of the peripheral portion of the top wall portion 31 are in contact with the projecting portion 27 formed on the annular connection portion 23. Therefore, the left and right side portions of the top wall 31 are inclined upward from the rear toward the protrusion 27 and are similarly inclined upward from the protrusion 27 toward the front. The inclination angle from the rear end to the projection 27 is larger than the inclination angle from the projection 27 to the front end. The left and right side portions of the top wall portion 31 are bent so that the inclination angle changes in the protruding portion 27. Therefore, an upward force is applied to the top wall 31 around the hinge 16 by the elastic restoring force of the lid 17.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, two locking holes (second locking portions) 33 are formed on the front surface of the side wall 32 at intervals in the left-right direction. The locking hole 33 is a through hole formed in the front surface of the side wall 32 and is locked to the locking protrusion 26 from below. Further, the opening edge of the locking hole 33 in the front surface of the side wall 32 is accommodated in the locking groove 26A defined by the locking projection 26. Further, at the lower end portion of the front surface portion of the side wall portion 32, at the portion where the locking hole 33 is formed in the left-right direction, the operation projecting portion 32 </ b> A protrudes downward.

Next, the usage method of the box-type container 1 of the above structures is demonstrated.
First, in order to open the box-shaped container 1, first, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the top wall portion 31 of the lid 17 is pushed down. As a result, since the lid 17 is elastically deformed with respect to the frame 15, the locking protrusion 26 moves upward relative to the locking hole 33. Here, since the support portion 28 is formed on the short side portions 25A and 25B of the frame 15 and the peripheral portion of the top wall portion 31 abuts on the protrusion 27 and the support portion 28, the lid 17 is used as a frame The pressing force is dispersed with respect to 15. Further, since the left and right side edge portions of the top wall 31 of the lid 17 abut on the projecting portions 27 and the supporting portions 28 formed on the short sides 25A and 25B of the frame 15, pressing the lid 17 As shown in 4, the center portion in the left-right direction of the top wall portion 31 of the lid 17 is bent downward.
Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the operation projection 32A is rotated forward from the upper end of the operation projection 32A to release the engagement between the engagement projection 26 and the engagement hole 33. When the top wall 31 is turned upward around the hinge 16 in this state, the mouth 2A of the container body 2 is opened. After that, take out the contents appropriately.

Subsequently, in the case of closing the box-shaped container 1, first, the top wall portion 31 of the lid 17 is pivoted around the hinge 16. In this state, when the lid 17 is pressed against the frame 15, the operation projecting portion 32A of the lid 17 slides along the upper surface of the locking projecting portion 26 while being elastically deformed forward, When it passes over the stop protrusion 26 and over the locking protrusion 26, it elastically restores. Then, when the force pressing the lid 17 is released, the top wall portion 31 of the lid 17 is given an upward force around the hinge 16 by the elastic restoring force of the lid 17, so the locking projection The portion 26 and the locking hole 33 are locked. Further, the opening edge of the locking hole 33 in the front surface of the side wall 32 is accommodated in the locking groove 26A.
The box-shaped container 1 is opened and closed as described above.

According to the box-shaped container 1 configured as described above, in order to open the container main body 2, the lid 17 is pushed down with respect to the frame 15 to lock the locking projection 26 and the locking hole 33. It is necessary to turn the lid 17 about the hinge 16 with respect to the frame 15 while releasing the lock, and the container body 2 is opened simply by pivoting the lid 17 about the hinge 16 with respect to the frame 15 Since it is impossible, the child proof function can be provided to the box-shaped container 1.
Also, in order to release the locked state between the locking projection 26 and the locking hole 33, the lid 17 is used as the frame 15 until the opening edge of the locking hole 33 is disengaged from the locking groove 26A. Since it is necessary to press the box container 1, a more reliable child proof function can be provided to the box-shaped container 1.
Furthermore, since the force when the lid 17 is pressed against the frame 15 is dispersed by the protrusion 27 and the support 28, the load on the protrusion 27 is reduced, and the lid when the lid 17 is pressed The shape of the body 17 is stabilized, and the open operability of the container body 2 is improved. Here, since the lid 17 and the frame 15 are integrally formed as the lid member 3, when the lid members 3 are stacked in the vertical direction, the lid 17 is elastically deformed in each of the lid members 3. By coming into contact with the projecting portion 27 and the support portion 28, the other lid member 3 stacked on the one lid member 3 is less likely to be inclined. In particular, the projecting portions 27 and the supporting portions 28 are disposed on the frame 15 so as to be substantially symmetrical in the left-right direction and the front-back direction in top view, and the lid 17 is a total of four projecting portions Since it abuts on the portion 27 and the support portion 28, the other lid member 3 stacked on the one lid member 3 is less likely to be inclined. Therefore, the lid member 3 can be stably stacked vertically.
Furthermore, since the projection 27 is formed at a position separated from the hinge 16 by forming the projection 27 on the short side 25A, 25B different from the long side 24B where the hinge 16 is formed, When the locking projection 26 and the locking hole 33 are locked, the load on the protruding portion 27 is reduced, and the operability of the box-shaped container 1 is maintained.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
For example, although the protrusion and the support are formed two by two, at least one may be formed. Moreover, although a protrusion part and a support part are formed one each at each short side part of a frame, they may be formed in multiple numbers, and may be formed only in any one short side part. Furthermore, the protrusion and the support may be formed on the other side of the frame, or may be formed on the rear long side where the hinge is formed. Moreover, at least one protrusion may be formed, and the support may not be formed.
The protrusion and the support are formed in the frame, but may be formed in the lid.

The lid is biased upward with respect to the frame by the lid bending with respect to the frame in a state in which the locking projection and the locking hole are engaged. May be flexed with respect to the lid, and the lid may be urged upward with respect to the frame by the elastic restoring force of the frame.
Although the lid and the frame are integrally formed as a lid member, the container body and the frame may be integrally formed. Further, the frame does not have to be formed as one part, and may be formed separately. For example, the frame is provided at the mouth of the container body, and the flange is provided with a protruding portion (supporting portion if necessary) and the flange is attached to the flange, and the lid is connected via a hinge And may be formed by

Although each of the locking projection and the locking hole is formed two each on the front long side of the annular connection of the frame and the front of the side wall of the lid, at least one each It should just be formed. Here, it is necessary to operate a plurality of locking projections substantially simultaneously in order to open the container main body by forming a plurality of locking projections and a plurality of locking holes, so that the infant can be more container main. Can be difficult to open, and the box-shaped container can provide a reliable child proof function.
Although the accommodation groove part which accommodates the peripheral part of a locking hole when locking with a locking hole is formed in the locking protrusion, the storing groove does not need to be formed.
The first locking portion is a locking protrusion and the second locking portion is a locking hole. However, the first locking portion is a locking hole and the second locking portion is a locking protrusion. It may be Moreover, the structure of the 1st and 2nd latching | locking part may be another structure not only in a latching protrusion and a locking hole.
The container main body, the frame, and the lid have a rectangular shape, but the shape is not limited to a rectangular shape, and may have another shape such as another rectangular shape.

  According to this invention, industrial applicability is recognized regarding the box type container which provided the child proof function.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Box-type container, 2 container main body, 2A opening part, 11 bottom part, 15 frame, 16 hinges, 17 lid body, 24A, 24B long side part (1st side part), 25A, 25B short side part (2nd side Part), 26 locking projection (first locking part), 26A locking groove, 27 protruding part, 28 supporting part, 33 locking hole (second locking part), O container shaft

Claims (3)

A bottomed cylindrical container body for containing contents, and a lid for opening and closing the mouth of the container body,
The opening of the container body has a first locking portion for locking the lid, and a frame to which the lid is connected via a hinge is provided.
The lid has a second locking portion that locks the first locking portion from the bottom side of the container body along the container axis,
A protrusion projecting toward the other of the frame and the lid and being in contact with the other of the frame and the lid is formed on one of the frame and the lid.
Either the frame or the lid elastically deforms when the protrusion abuts on the other of the frame and the lid, and the elastic restoring force causes the lid to conform to the container axis Urge from the bottom side of the container body ,
One of the frame and the lid protrudes toward the other of the frame and the lid at a position closer to the first and second locking portions than the protrusion, and the lid the frame and the box-type container to the other support portion that contact has been formed on said Rukoto of said lid when pressing toward the frame body. A bottomed cylindrical container body for containing contents, and a lid for opening and closing the mouth of the container body,
The opening of the container body has a first locking portion for locking the lid, and a frame to which the lid is connected via a hinge is provided.
The lid has a second locking portion that locks the first locking portion from the bottom side of the container body along the container axis,
A protrusion projecting toward the other of the frame and the lid and being in contact with the other of the frame and the lid is formed on one of the frame and the lid.
Either the frame or the lid elastically deforms when the protrusion abuts on the other of the frame and the lid, and the elastic restoring force causes the lid to conform to the container axis Urge from the bottom side of the container body,
One of the first and second locking portions is a through hole,
The other of the first and second locking portions is a locking protrusion that locks to the through hole,
The engagement in the locking protrusion, the through hole and the box-type container you wherein the locking groove for accommodating the opening edge portion of the through hole is formed at the locking of the. The frame has a rectangular shape in a plan view along the container axis, and has a pair of first side portions and a pair of second side portions facing each other across the container axis,
The lid is connected to one of the first side portions via the hinge,
The box-shaped container according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the protrusion is formed on one of the second side portion of the frame and the lid.

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