Compact container

Abstract

In a compact container, the simple structure prevents the applicator from falling out. [Solution] The compact container comprises a container body (11), a lid (12) that is openably connected to the container body (11) via a hinge (14), a lid-side magnet (42) provided on the lid (12), a magnetic material (17) provided on the container body (11), and an applicator (13) stored between the container body (11) and the lid (12). The lid (12) is maintained in a closed state by attraction between the lid-side magnet (42) and the magnetic material (17), and the applicator (13) adheres to the lid (12) by the attractive force of the lid-side magnet (42).

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a compact container.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there has been known a compact container that includes a container body, a lid body openably and closably connected to the container body via a hinge part, a lid-side magnet provided on the lid body, a magnetic body provided on the container body, and an applicator housed between the container body and the lid body, and the lid body is maintained in a closed state by the attractive force between the lid-side magnet and the magnetic body (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problem to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] By the way, in the structure in which the applicator is housed inside the compact container as in the above conventional example, the applicator may fall out of the compact container when the lid is opened or closed. In addition, if a dedicated holding member or the like that holds the applicator by sandwiching it is provided to prevent falling out, the structure of the compact container becomes complicated.

[0005] In view of such points, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to suppress the applicator from falling out with a simple structure in a compact container.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0006] The compact container comprises a container body, a lid connected to the container body via a hinge so as to be openable and closable, a lid-side magnet provided on the lid, a magnetic material provided on the container body, and an applicator housed between the container body and the lid, wherein the lid is maintained in a closed state by attraction between the lid-side magnet and the magnetic material, and the applicator adheres to the lid by the attractive force of the lid-side magnet. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the present invention, the detachment of the applicator can be suppressed with a simple structure in a compact container. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0008] [Figure 1] This is a cross-sectional view of a compact container. [Figure 2] This is a top view of the compact container with the lid open approximately 180°. [Figure 3] This is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Figure 2. [Figure 4] This is a cross-sectional view from IV-IV in Figure 2, showing an enlarged view of the front end portion of the compact container. [Figure 5] This is a cross-sectional view showing the state from when the lid is closed to when it is being opened. [Figure 6] This is a cross-sectional view showing the lid in a further opened state relative to Figure 5. [Figure 7] This is a cross-sectional view of the compact container according to the second embodiment. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0009] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the compact container according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this specification, "up" and "down" refer to the vertical direction when the container body 11 is placed on a horizontal surface (the state in Figure 1). "Rear" refers to the side on which the hinge portion 14 is provided, and "front" refers to the opposite side of "rear". "Left" and "right" refer to the left and right directions when viewed from the front towards the rear.

[0010] [First Embodiment] Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the compact container 10. The compact container 10 is a container for storing solid contents such as pressed powder, which is made by solidifying powdered cosmetics. The compact container 10 comprises a container body 11 for storing contents, a lid 12 that fits over the container body 11 from above, and an applicator 13 stored between the container body 11 and the lid 12. Furthermore, the compact container 10 is provided with a hinge portion 14 that rotatably connects the lid 12 to the container body 11. The lid 12 can be opened and closed by the hinge portion 14.

[0011] Figure 2 is a plan view of the compact container 10 viewed from above with the lid 12 open approximately 180°. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Figure 2. Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV in Figure 2, showing an enlarged view of the front end portion of the compact container 10. In addition, Figure 1 shows the cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Figure 2 with the lid 12 closed.

[0012] The container body 11 comprises a bottom lid 15 that forms the outer shell of the container body 11, a dish-shaped container inner frame 16 housed in the bottom lid 15, a container-side magnet 17 (magnetic material) positioned at the front end of the container body 11, and a cover 18 that covers the container-side magnet 17.

[0013] The bottom cover 15 is formed in a roughly rectangular tray shape when viewed from above. The bottom cover 15 comprises a roughly rectangular bottom surface portion 20 and a bottom cover peripheral wall portion 21 that is erected from the periphery of the bottom surface portion 20. The bottom cover peripheral wall portion 21 comprises a front wall portion 22 erected from the front edge of the bottom surface portion 20, a rear wall portion 23 erected from the rear edge of the bottom surface portion 20, and a pair of left and right side wall portions 24 erected from the left and right edges of the bottom surface portion 20, respectively.

[0014] At the left-right central portion of the rear end portion of the bottom cover 15, a bottom cover recess 26 formed by notching the rear wall portion 23 toward the front side is formed. In a plan view, the left-right central portion of the rear end portion of the bottom cover 15 is recessed forward in a substantially rectangular shape by the bottom cover recess 26.

[0015] In the rear end portion of the bottom cover 15 and in the vicinity of the bottom cover recess 26, a container-side hinge portion 27 is provided. The container-side hinge portion 27 includes shaft support portions 27a that are provided integrally with the rear wall portion 23 and define the bottom cover recess 26 from both left and right sides, and a hinge shaft 27b (Fig. 1) that is provided integrally with the shaft support portions 27a and extends into the bottom cover recess 26. The hinge shafts 27b extend from the left and right shaft support portions 27a into the bottom cover recess 26 respectively and are provided as a left-right pair. The hinge shaft 27b is a shaft extending horizontally in the left-right direction. Note that the hinge shaft 27b may be provided as a separate pin from the shaft support portions 27a, and the hinge shaft 27b may be inserted into a shaft hole formed in the shaft support portions 27a.

[0016] Further, the bottom cover 15 includes a partition wall 28 that partitions the interior of the bottom cover 15 forward and backward. The partition wall 28 is erected from the bottom surface portion 20 and connects the left and right side wall portions 24 to each other. Inside the bottom cover 15, a middle frame storage portion 29 located behind the partition wall 28 and an applicator storage portion 30 located in front of the partition wall 28 are provided. The middle frame storage portion 29 is defined on the bottom surface portion 20 by the partition wall 28, the rear wall portion 23, and the left and right side wall portions 24. The container middle frame 16 is fitted into the applicator storage portion 30 from above and stored in the applicator storage portion 30. Contents such as pressed powder are stored in the container middle frame 16.

[0017] The applicator storage portion 30 is provided between the partition wall 28 and the front wall portion 22. Referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the front wall portion 22 integrally includes a front wall main body portion 22a constituting the outer surface portion of the front wall portion 22, and an inner wall portion 22b provided on the inner surface of the front wall main body portion 22 and formed to have a height lower than that of the front wall main body portion 22a. The inner wall portion 22b connects the left and right side wall portions 24 to each other behind the front wall main body portion 22a. With reference to Figures 1 to 3, in the left and right central portions of the inner wall portion 22b, an in-wall recess 22c is provided, which is recessed toward the front side in plan view of the inner wall portion 22b.

[0018] The cover 18 is attached to the inner wall portion 22b, and covers the inner wall portion 22b from above and behind. The cover 18 includes a cover upper wall portion 18a extending left and right along the upper surface of the inner wall portion 22b, and a cover vertical wall portion 18b extending downward from the rear end of the cover upper wall portion 18a along the rear surface of the inner wall portion 22b. The upper surface of the front wall main body portion 22a and the upper surface of the cover upper wall portion 18a are substantially flush with each other. The cover upper wall portion 18a includes a magnetic body holding portion upper wall portion 18a1 that covers the in-wall recess 22c from above. The cover vertical wall portion 18b includes a magnetic body holding portion rear wall portion 18b1 that covers the in-wall recess 22c from the rear.

[0019] The applicator storage portion 30 is defined on the bottom surface portion 20 by the cover vertical wall portion 18b, the partition wall 28, and the left and right side wall portions 24. The applicator 13 is stored in the applicator storage portion 30. In the front-rear direction, the length of the applicator storage portion 30 is smaller than the length of the middle frame storage portion 29.

[0020] The container body 11 includes a magnetic body holding portion 31 that holds the container-side magnet 17 so as to be movable up and down. Specifically, the magnetic body holding portion 31 is a space portion formed by being surrounded by the inner surface of the in-wall recess 22c, the bottom surface portion 20 inside the in-wall recess 22c, the magnetic body holding portion upper wall portion 18a1, and the magnetic body holding portion rear wall portion 18b1. The magnetic body holding portion 31 is provided at the front end portion of the container body 11, and is located at the left and right central portion of the container body 11 in front of the applicator storage portion 30.

[0021] The container-side magnet 17 is a permanent magnet. The container-side magnet 17 is housed within the magnetic material holding portion 31. In a plan view, the container-side magnet 17 is block-shaped, extending longer in the left-right direction than in the front-back direction along the inner surface of the magnetic material holding portion 31. Furthermore, the vertical length of the container-side magnet 17 is smaller than the vertical length of the magnetic material holding portion 31. In this first embodiment, the vertical length of the container-side magnet 17 is approximately half the vertical length of the magnetic material holding portion 31.

[0022] The applicator 13 is rod-shaped and extends in the left-right direction when stored in the applicator storage section 30. The applicator 13 comprises a rod-shaped shaft portion 13a and a pair of applicator portions 13b provided at both ends of the shaft portion 13a. The applicator portions 13b are parts for applying the contents to the object to be applied, and are, for example, tips made of urethane material. The applicator portions 13b may also be, for example, brushes. Furthermore, the applicator 13 includes an applicator-side magnetic material 13c (Figure 2). The applicator-side magnetic material 13c is embedded in the axial middle portion of the shaft portion 13a. The applicator-side magnetic material 13c is, for example, a ferromagnetic metal.

[0023] The lid 12 comprises a lid body 40 that is connected to and rotates on the container-side hinge portion 27, a plate-shaped mirror 41 attached to the lid body 40, a lid-side magnet 42 attached to the lid body 40, and a magnet cover 43 that covers the lid-side magnet 42 from below. In Figure 2, the lid-side magnet 42 is hatched to distinguish it from other components.

[0024] As shown in Figure 1, when the lid 12 is closed, the lid body 40 comprises a top plate portion 44 that covers the container body 11, a peripheral wall portion 45 that extends downward from the peripheral edge of the top plate portion 44, and a lid-side hinge portion 46 that extends downward from the rear end of the top plate portion 44.

[0025] The top plate 44 is a roughly rectangular plate that conforms to the outer shape of the container body 11 when viewed from above. The peripheral wall portion 45 is a roughly rectangular frame in plan view. More specifically, the peripheral wall portion 45 comprises a front lid wall portion 47 extending downward from the front edge of the top plate portion 44, a rear lid wall portion 48 extending downward from the rear edge of the top plate portion 44, and a pair of left and right lid side wall portions 49 extending downward from the left and right edges of the top plate portion 44, respectively.

[0026] The lid hinge portion 46 is located at the rear end of the top plate portion 44, in the center in the left-right direction. The lid hinge portion 46 extends downward so as to extend the rear wall portion 48 of the lid. An axial hole 46a extending in the left-right direction is provided at the lower end of the lid hinge portion 46. The hinge portion 14 is composed of a lid-side hinge portion 46 and a container-side hinge portion 27. Specifically, the lid-side hinge portion 46 is housed in the bottom lid recess 26 and is connected to the container-side hinge portion 27 by inserting the hinge shaft 27b into the shaft hole 46a. The lid 12 is opened and closed by rotating around the hinge shaft 27b.

[0027] The lid body 40 is equipped with a lid-side partition wall 50 that divides the inside of the lid body 40 into front and rear sections. The lid-side partition wall 50 is erected downward from the top plate section 44 and connects the left and right lid-side wall sections 49. When the lid body 12 is closed, the lid-side partition wall 50 is located in front of the partition wall 28. Inside the lid body 40, there is a mirror storage section 51 located behind the lid-side partition wall 50, and a magnet storage section 52 located in front of the lid-side partition wall 50.

[0028] The mirror storage section 51 is partitioned on the underside of the top plate section 44 by a lid-side partition wall 50, a rear lid wall section 48, and left and right lid-side wall sections 49. The mirror 41 is stored in the mirror storage section 51.

[0029] The magnet storage section 52 is located on the underside of the top plate section 44 and is partitioned by the lid-side partition wall 50, the front lid wall section 47, and the left and right lid-side walls 49. The lid-side magnets 42 and the magnet cover 43 are housed in the magnet storage section 52.

[0030] In the magnet storage section 52, an upper magnet support surface 52a is provided on the lower surface of the top plate 44 to support the lid-side magnet 42. The upper magnet support surface 52a is an inclined surface that slopes downward as it moves from the rear to the front of the magnet storage section 52 when the lid 12 is closed. The upper magnet support surface 52a is located in the center of the left and right sides of the lid 12. Referring to Figure 4, the lower surface of the top plate portion 44 inside the magnet storage portion 52, excluding the upper magnet support surface 52a (Figure 3), is a substantially horizontal flat surface.

[0031] The lid-side magnet 42 is a plate-shaped permanent magnet. Referring to Figure 1, the lid-side magnet 42 is positioned with its plate thickness direction pointing in the vertical direction. In detail, the lid-side magnet 42 is positioned so that its upper surface is aligned with the upper magnet support surface 52a, and in a side view, it is inclined to be located downwards as it moves forward.

[0032] The magnet cover 43 is a long, plate-like member that extends across the entire space between the left and right lid side walls 49. In the front-to-back direction, the magnet cover 43 extends from the lid side partition wall 50 to the lid front wall 47. The magnet cover 43 is fixed to the underside of the top plate 44 of the magnet storage section 52, and covers the lid side magnets 42 and the top plate 44 from below.

[0033] The upper surface of the magnet cover 43 is provided with a lower magnet support surface 43a that covers and supports the lid-side magnet 42 from below. The lower magnet support surface 43a is a recess in the upper surface of the magnet cover 43 that is recessed downwards, following the shape of the lower surface of the lid-side magnet 42. The lid-side magnet 42 is fixed to the lid 12 by being sandwiched between the upper magnet support surface 52a and the lower magnet support surface 43a.

[0034] The lower surface of the magnetic cover 43 is an attachment surface 53 to which the applicator 13 can be attached by magnetic force. Specifically, the applicator 13 is attached to the attachment surface 53 by the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42, which has passed through the magnetic cover 43, acting on the magnetic material 13c (Figure 2) on the applicator side of the applicator 13.

[0035] As shown in Figure 1, when the lid 12 is closed, the adhesion surface 53 includes an inclined surface 53a that slopes downward from the rear end of the adhesion surface 53 towards the front, and a horizontal surface 53b that extends horizontally forward from the lower end of the inclined surface 53a to the front end of the adhesion surface 53. The inclined surface 53a is inclined downwards towards the front, approximately parallel to the lid-side magnet 42. The horizontal surface 53b is approximately flush with the lower surface of the lid front wall portion 47.

[0036] When the lid 12 is closed, the front end 42a of the lid-side magnet 42 overlaps the container-side magnet 17 from above. Furthermore, when the lid 12 is closed, the portion of the lid magnet 42 behind the front end 42a is the storage overlap portion 42b that overlaps the applicator storage portion 30 from above. The front end portion 42a of the lid-side magnet 42 is covered from below by a horizontal surface 53b. The overlapping portion 42b of the storage area of ​​the lid-side magnet 42 is covered from below by an inclined surface 53a.

[0037] Here, we will explain an example of the procedure for opening and closing the compact container 10 and using the applicator 13. In Figure 1, the horizontal surface 53b of the magnetic cover 43 is in contact with the upper wall portion 18a of the cover 18, and the lid 12 is in a closed state. When the lid 12 is closed, it is maintained in the closed state by the magnetic attraction between the lid-side magnet 42 and the container-side magnet 17. In detail, when the lid 12 is closed, the attractive force between the lid magnet 42 and the container magnet 17 causes the container magnet 17 to move upward within the magnetic material holding section 31 until it contacts the upper wall 18a1 of the magnetic material holding section from below. In this way, when the lid 12 is closed, the upward movement of the container magnet 17 brings it closer to the lid magnet 42, resulting in a strong attractive force that keeps the lid 12 closed properly. Furthermore, since the attraction between the container-side magnet 17 and the lid-side magnet 42 is due to the attraction between permanent magnets, a strong attractive force can be obtained even if the container-side magnet 17 is made small enough to move up and down.

[0038] Furthermore, when the lid 12 is closed, the applicator 13 stored in the applicator storage section 30 is attached to the inclined surface 53a of the attachment surface 53 by the attractive force of the magnet 42 on the lid side. In this way, since the applicator 13 is attached to and held in place by the attachment surface 53, it is possible to prevent the applicator 13 from moving inside the compact container 10 when carrying the compact container 10, and to prevent the mirror 41, etc. from becoming soiled with the contents.

[0039] Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the state in which the lid 12 is opened from a closed state. The user can open the lid 12 by rotating the lid 12 upward against the attractive force between the lid magnet 42 and the container magnet 17. When the lid 12 is opened, the lid magnet 42 separates upward from the container magnet 17, and the attractive force of the lid magnet 42 no longer extends to the container magnet 17. As a result, the container magnet 17 falls to the lower end of the magnetic material holding part 31 due to gravity.

[0040] Furthermore, when the lid 12 is rotated to open it, the applicator 13 rotates integrally with the lid 12 while being attached to the inclined surface 53a of the attachment surface 53 by the attractive force of the magnet 42 on the lid side.

[0041] Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the lid 12 in a state further opened compared to Figure 5. In Figure 6, the lid 12 is opened approximately 110° from the state in Figure 1. In the state in Figure 6, the user can remove the applicator 13 from the lid 12 by pinching the applicator 13 attached to the inclined surface 53a with their fingers F and sliding the applicator 13 forward along the inclined surface 53a as shown by arrow A. Here, the forward direction in which the applicator 13 is slid is forward with respect to the lid 12, and is from the rear wall portion 48 of the lid towards the front wall portion 47 of the lid.

[0042] Since the inclined surface 53a is a flat inclined surface, the applicator 13 can be smoothly slid forward, and the applicator 13 can be easily removed from the lid 12. Furthermore, when the applicator 13 is slid forward along the inclined surface 53a, the applicator 13 comes into contact with a horizontal surface 53b that is substantially flush with the lower surface of the front wall portion 47 of the lid. This prevents the applicator 13 from catching on the lower surface of the front wall portion 47 of the lid when it is moved forward, allowing the applicator 13 to be easily removed. Since the applicator 13 can be removed simply by sliding it, it can be easily removed from the lid 12 even if, for example, one has long fingernails or is not using their dominant hand. The horizontal surface 53b may also be configured to protrude below the lower surface of the front wall portion 47 of the lid.

[0043] When storing the applicator 13 in the compact container 10, the user places the applicator 13 inside the applicator storage section 30, as shown by the dashed line in Figure 3. Then, the user rotates the lid 12 to close it, returning the compact container 10 to the state shown in Figure 1. When the lid 12 is closed, the overlapping portion 42b of the storage section of the lid-side magnet 42 overlaps the applicator storage section 30 from above. As a result, the applicator 13 is attracted by the magnetic force of the overlapping portion 42b and rises, attaching to the inclined surface 53a. This makes it possible to attach the applicator 13 to the lid 12 without precisely adjusting its position, and allows the applicator 13 to be easily attached to the lid 12.

[0044] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 3, when the lid 12 is open, the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42 does not reach the container-side magnet 17. Therefore, the container-side magnet 17 is located at the lower end of the magnetic material holding portion 31, and the container-side magnet 17 is spaced downward from the upper wall portion 18a1 of the magnetic material holding portion. In this state, when the applicator 13 is inserted into the applicator storage portion 30 from above, the attraction of the container-side magnet 17 to the applicator 13 can be suppressed, and the applicator 13 can be easily inserted into the applicator storage portion 30. For example, as a modification, a container-side magnet 17' (Figure 3), which is longer vertically than the container-side magnet 17, can be installed in place of the container-side magnet 17, and a structure can be considered in which the container-side magnet 17' approaches or contacts the upper wall portion 18a1 of the magnetic material holding part from below. In this case, when the applicator 13 is placed in the applicator storage portion 30, the applicator 13 adheres to the upper wall portion 18a1 of the magnetic material holding part due to the attractive force of the container-side magnet 17', making it difficult to place the applicator 13 in the applicator storage portion 30. In contrast, with the container-side magnet 17 of this first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the applicator 13 from adhering to the upper wall portion 18a1 of the magnetic material holding part, and the applicator 13 can be easily stored in the applicator storage portion 30.

[0045] As described above, according to the first embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the compact container 10 comprises a container body 11, a lid 12 that is openably and closably connected to the container body 11 via a hinge portion 14, a lid-side magnet 42 provided on the lid 12, a container-side magnet 17 as a magnetic material provided on the container body 11, and an applicator 13 housed between the container body 11 and the lid 12. The lid 12 is maintained in a closed state by the attraction between the lid-side magnet 42 and the container-side magnet 17. The applicator 13 is then attached to the lid 12 by the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42. With this configuration, the applicator 13 is attached to the lid 12 by utilizing the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42 that keeps the lid 12 closed, thus preventing the applicator 13 from falling off with a simple structure.

[0046] Furthermore, the hinge portion 14 is located at the rear of the lid 12, and the lid-side magnet 42 is located at the front of the lid 12. The lid 12 has an attachment surface 53 to which the applicator 13 adheres due to the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42. The applicator 13 can be removed from the lid 12 by sliding the applicator 13 forward on the attachment surface 53. When the lid 12 is closed, the attachment surface 53 is inclined to be located downwards as it moves forward. With this configuration, the adhesion surface 53 is inclined to be positioned downward as it moves forward, making it less likely for the applicator 13 to get caught on the lid 12 when sliding it forward on the adhesion surface 53. Therefore, the applicator 13 can be easily slid and removed from the lid 12.

[0047] Furthermore, the magnetic material is a container-side magnet 17 provided on the container body 11, and the container body 11 is equipped with a magnetic material holding part 31 that holds the container-side magnet 17 so that it can move up and down. When the lid 12 is closed, the container-side magnet 17 is attracted to the lid-side magnet 42 and moves upward, and when the lid 12 is open, it is no longer attracted to the lid-side magnet 42 and moves downward. With this configuration, when the lid 12 is closed, the container-side magnet 17 is attracted to the lid-side magnet 42 and moves upward, bringing the container-side magnet 17 and the lid-side magnet 42 closer together. As a result, the lid 12 can be kept closed securely by the magnetic attraction. When the lid 12 is open, the attraction of the lid-side magnet 42 no longer extends, causing the container-side magnet 17 to move downward. This reduces the influence of the magnetic force of the container-side magnet 17 on the applicator 13, making it easier to store the applicator 13 in the compact container 10.

[0048] Furthermore, the container body 11 is equipped with an applicator storage section 30 for storing the applicator 13, and when the lid 12 is closed, the lid-side magnet 42 overlaps the applicator storage section 30 from above, and the applicator 13 adheres to the lid 12 due to the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42. With this configuration, when the lid 12 is closed, the lid-side magnet 42 overlaps the applicator storage section 30 from above, and the applicator 13 adheres to the lid 12 due to the attractive force of the lid-side magnet 42, making it easy to attach the applicator 13 to the lid 12.

[0049] [Second Embodiment] A second embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to Figure 7. In this second embodiment, parts configured in the same way as in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals and their descriptions will be omitted. This second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the container-side magnetic material 217 is a ferromagnetic material that is not a permanent magnet.

[0050] Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the compact container 210 according to the second embodiment. The compact container 210 has a container-side magnetic body 217 instead of the container-side magnet 17 of the first embodiment, and a magnetic body holding part 231 instead of the magnetic body holding part 31. The magnetic body holding part 231 is the same as the magnetic body holding part 31, but it is described with a different reference numeral to distinguish it from the magnetic body holding part 31.

[0051] The container-side magnetic material 217 is a ferromagnetic material that is not a permanent magnet. The container-side magnetic material 217 is a metal such as an iron-based material, a cobalt-based material, or a nickel-based material. The vertical length of the container-side magnetic material 217 is approximately equal to the vertical length of the magnetic material holding portion 231, and the upper surface of the container-side magnetic material 217 is in contact with or close to the lower surface of the upper wall portion 18a1 of the magnetic material holding portion. For this reason, the container-side magnetic material 217 does not move vertically within the magnetic material holding portion 231.

[0052] In Figure 7, the lid 12 is kept closed by the attractive force of the lid magnet 42 on the container side magnetic material 217. Furthermore, when the lid 12 is closed, the applicator 13 stored in the applicator storage section 30 is attached to the inclined surface 53a of the attachment surface 53 by the attractive force of the magnet 42 on the lid side. The user can open the lid 12 to any angle while keeping the applicator 13 attached to the inclined surface 53a by rotating the lid 12 upward against the attractive force between the lid magnet 42 and the container magnetic material 217.

[0053] Furthermore, when the lid 12 is opened in Figure 7, the lid magnet 42 separates from the container-side magnetic material 217. As a result, the container-side magnetic material 217, which is not a permanent magnet, does not generate a magnetic force that attracts the applicator 13. This prevents the applicator 13 from adhering to the upper wall 18a1 of the magnetic material holder by magnetic force when the applicator 13 is removed from the attachment surface 53 and placed in the applicator storage section 30. Therefore, the applicator 13 can be easily placed into the applicator storage section 30.

[0054] Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and unless otherwise specifically limited in the above description, various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the spirit of the present invention as described in the claims. For example, the configurations of the embodiments described above can be added or deleted as appropriate, and the configuration of one embodiment can be provided in other embodiments. Furthermore, the effects in the embodiments described above are merely illustrative of the effects that may arise from the present invention, and do not mean that the effects of the present invention are limited to the effects described above.

[0055] In the above embodiment, the coated magnetic material 13c was described as being embedded in the shaft portion 13a, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the entire shaft portion 13a may be made of a ferromagnetic metal, and the shaft portion 13a itself may serve as the coated magnetic material. Furthermore, the coated magnetic material may be a permanent magnet. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0056] 10,210: Compact container 11: Container body 12: Lid 13: Applicator 13a: Shaft 13b: Coating area 13c: Magnetic material on the coated area side 14: Hinge section 15: Bottom lid 16: Container inner frame 17: Container-side magnet (magnetic material) 17': Container-side magnet 18: Cover 18a: Upper wall portion of the cover 18a: Upper wall of magnetic material holding part 18b: Cover vertical wall section 18b1: Rear wall of magnetic material holding part 20: Bottom part 21:Bottom cover peripheral wall 22: Front wall 22a: Front wall body part 22b:Inner wall part 22c: Wall recess 23: Rear wall part 24: Side wall section 26: Bottom lid recess 27: Container-side hinge section 27a: Shaft support part 27b: Hinge axis 28: Partition wall 29: Middle frame storage section 30: Applicator storage section 31,231:Magnetic material holding part 40: Lid body 41: Mirror 42: Magnet on the lid side 42a: Front end 42b: Overlapping storage area 43: Magnetic cover 43a: Lower magnet support surface 44: Top panel 45: Peripheral wall part 46: Lid-side hinge section 46a: Shaft hole 47: Lid front wall 48: Lid rear wall 49: Lid side wall 50: Lid-side partition wall 51: Mirror storage compartment 52: Magnetic storage compartment 52: Upper magnet support surface 53: Adhesion surface 53a: Inclined surface 53b: Horizontal plane 217: Container side magnetic material (magnetic material) A: Arrow F:Finger

Claims

1. A compact container comprising a container body, a lid connected to the container body via a hinge so as to be openable and closable, a lid-side magnet provided on the lid, a magnetic material provided on the container body, and an applicator housed between the container body and the lid, wherein the lid is maintained in a closed state by attraction between the lid-side magnet and the magnetic material, A compact container in which the applicator is attached to the lid by the attractive force of the magnet on the lid.

2. The hinge portion is located at the rear of the lid, and the lid-side magnet is located at the front of the lid. The lid has an adhesion surface to which the applicator adheres due to the suction force, The applicator can be removed from the lid by sliding it forward on the adhesion surface. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein, with the lid closed, the adhesion surface is inclined to be located downward as it moves forward.

3. The magnetic material is a container-side magnet provided on the container body, The container body includes a magnetic material holding portion that holds the container-side magnet so that it can move up and down, The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the container-side magnet moves upward when the lid is closed, due to attraction to the lid-side magnet, and moves downward when the lid is open, as the attraction of the lid-side magnet no longer extends to it.

4. The container body includes a section for storing the applicator, The compact container according to claim 1, wherein, when the lid is closed, the lid-side magnet overlaps the applicator storage portion from above, and the applicator adheres to the lid due to the attractive force of the lid-side magnet.

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