Compact container

Abstract

To provide a compact container capable of stably resting a lid body at any open position and performing smoothly the opening / closing operation of the lid body.SOLUTION: A compact container 10 comprises: a container body 11; a lid body 12 which is coupled to the container body 11 so as to rotate around a rotary axis C; a slide plate 14 which is supported to any one of the lid body 12 and the container body 11, and has a plate surface extending along a surface crossing the rotary axis C; and an interference plate 15 which is supported to the other of the lid body 12 and the container body 11, and has a plate surface extending along a surface crossing the rotary axis C. Rotating of the lid body 12 to a prescribed open position relative to the container body 11 causes the plate surface of the slide plate 14 to slide contact the plate surface of the interference plate 15, and deforming of the interference plate 15 in the rotary axis C direction causes the lid body 12 to be held at the prescribed open position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

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

[0002] Compact containers having a function of stopping the lid body connected to the container body in an openable and closable manner at any open position have been known for some time. Hereinafter, in this specification, stopping the lid body at any open position is referred to as a free stop. For example, the following Patent Document 1 discloses a compact container having a hinge pin part and a pin receiving part that pivotally attach the lid body to the container body, and the hinge pin part and the pin receiving part have a first part that rotatably holds the container body and the lid body and a second part that generates a frictional force. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2007-83016 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, in the compact container of Patent Document 1, the free stop action is exerted by the frictional force generated between the outer peripheral surface of the hinge pin portion and the inner peripheral surface of the pin receiving portion. Therefore, if the frictional force is designed to be relatively large in order to stably stop the lid at any open position, it may become difficult to smoothly open and close the lid. In other words, in conventional compact containers, it is difficult to simultaneously improve the stability of the free stop action and improve the operability when opening and closing the lid, and it is desirable to provide a compact container that has an excellent balance between the two.

[0005] One aspect of the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and one of its objects is to provide a compact container that can stably hold the lid in any open position while allowing the lid to be opened and closed smoothly. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, one embodiment of the compact container of the present invention comprises a container body, a lid body rotatably connected to the container body around a rotation axis, a sliding plate supported on either the lid body or the container body and having a plate surface extending along a plane intersecting the rotation axis, and an interference plate supported on the other of the lid body or the container body and having a plate surface extending along a plane intersecting the rotation axis, and when the lid body is rotated to a predetermined open position relative to the container body, the plate surface of the sliding plate slides against the plate surface of the interference plate, and the interference plate flexes and deforms in the axial direction of the rotation axis, thereby holding the lid body in the open position.

[0007] In a compact container according to one aspect of the present invention, when the lid body rotates to a predetermined open position relative to the container body, the plate surface of the sliding plate supported on either the lid body or the container body slides against the plate surface of the interference plate supported on either the lid body or the container body. At this time, in addition to the frictional force generated between the plate surfaces, the elastic force generated when the interference plate is flexed in the axial direction of the rotation shaft holds the lid body at the predetermined open position. Here, the plate surfaces of the sliding plate and the interference plate that exhibit the free stop action are surfaces that extend along a plane that intersects with the rotation shaft, and are different from the peripheral surface of the rotation shaft as in conventional compact containers. Therefore, the frictional force and the elastic force can be adjusted without significantly affecting the operability when opening and closing the lid body. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a compact container that can stably hold the lid body at any open position and can smoothly open and close the lid body.

[0008] A compact container according to one embodiment of the present invention may further include a hinge member that rotatably connects the lid to the container body, and the hinge member may have a container body side connecting portion connected to the container body, a lid side connecting portion connected to the lid, and an elastic deformation portion that connects the container body side connecting portion and the lid side connecting portion.

[0009] According to this configuration, the operability during the opening and closing operation of the lid can be easily adjusted by designing the elastic deformation part of the hinge member. In addition, it is not necessary to use the pin and pin receiving part that constitute the hinge part in the conventional compact case, and a hinge part with a simple configuration can be realized. In addition, while metal pins are often used in conventional compact cases, with the above configuration, it is easy to manufacture a hinge member made of resin, and when the container body and the lid body are made of resin, it is easy to use the same material for the hinge member as the container body and the lid body. This eliminates the need for a separation work when disposing of the compact case.

[0010] In one aspect of the compact container of the present invention, the sliding plate may be formed integrally with the lid body, and the interference plate may be formed integrally with the hinge member supported by the container body.

[0011] According to this configuration, the number of parts of the compact case can be reduced. Also, as described above, when the hinge member is made of resin, the interference plate can be easily flexibly deformed in the plate thickness direction (the axial direction of the rotation shaft). Effect of the Invention

[0012] According to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a compact container in which the lid can be smoothly opened and closed while the lid can be stably stationary in any open position. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] 1 is a plan view of a compact case according to one embodiment of the present invention, showing the case in an open state. FIG. [Diagram 2] 4 is a cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line II-II in FIG. 3. [Diagram 3] 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, showing the lid in a closed state. [Figure 4] 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, showing the lid in a closed state. [Diagram 5] 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line VV in FIG. 2, showing the lid in a closed state. [Figure 6] 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 2, showing the state in which the lid body is opened to a predetermined open position. [Figure 7] 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, showing the lid body opened to a predetermined open position. [Figure 8] 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line VV in FIG. 2, showing the state in which the lid body is opened to a predetermined open position. [Figure 9] 9 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 2, showing the lid in a closed state. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the functions of the sliding plate and the interference plate, showing the sliding plate and the interference plate in a state in which the cover body is opened to a predetermined open position. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] Hereinafter, a compact case according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. Fig. 1 is a plan view of a compact case 10 of this embodiment. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the compact case taken along line II-II in Fig. 3, showing the case with the lid closed. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the compact case 10 taken along line III-III in Fig. 1, showing the case with the lid closed. Since the compact case 10 of this embodiment has a left-right symmetrical configuration, in Figure 2, only the portion of the compact case 10 shown in Figure 1 that corresponds to the right end side of the hinge member 13 is shown, and the left end side is omitted.

[0015] 1 and 3, compact case 10 of this embodiment includes case body 11, lid body 12, and hinge member 13. In addition, sliding plate 14 is formed integrally with lid body 12, and interference plate 15 is formed integrally with hinge member 13, as will be described in detail later.

[0016] A storage recess 16 is formed in the container body 11. The lid 12 closes the storage recess 16 of the container body 11 in an openable and closable manner. The hinge member 13 rotatably connects the lid 12 to the container body 11. The compact container 10 in the closed state is a flat container having a rectangular shape in a plan view. The compact container 10 is provided with an operating piece 17 on the edge opposite to the edge on which the hinge member 13 is provided, for releasing the closed state of the lid 12 and setting it to an open state.

[0017] In the following description, in the thickness direction (height direction) of the compact container 10 in the closed state, the side where the lid body 12 is located is referred to as the upper side, and the side where the container body 11 is located is referred to as the lower side. In addition, in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the up-down direction, the side where the hinge member 13 is provided is referred to as the rear side, and the side where the operation piece 17 is provided is referred to as the front side. In addition, in the horizontal plane, the direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction is referred to as the left-right direction. The left-right direction is the direction in which the hinge member 13 extends, and corresponds to the rotation axis direction. In the closed state, the axis that passes through the center of the rectangular outer shape of the compact container 10 and extends in the up-down direction is referred to as the container axis O.

[0018] The container body 11 is made of a material such as resin, has a rectangular shape in plan view with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction, and has a box-like shape that is open at the top. The container body 11 has a plurality of storage recesses 16 that are open at the top. An inner dish (not shown) may be stored in the storage recesses 16. The inner dish is a container that stores various types of cosmetics, and is fixed to the storage recesses 16 by the upper cover 19 of the container body 11. The storage recesses 16 may store not only the inner dish but also an applicator for applying the cosmetics. In this embodiment, the container body 11 has a plurality of storage recesses 16, but the number of storage recesses 16 may be one and is not particularly limited.

[0019] As shown in Fig. 3, the container body 11 has a bottom wall portion 21, a main body side peripheral wall portion 22 that extends along the outer periphery of the bottom wall portion 21 and protrudes upward, and a partition wall portion 23 that protrudes upward and extends in the front-rear direction to divide two storage recesses 16. A recess 24 that is recessed toward the rear is formed in the left-right center of the front main body side peripheral wall portion 221 of the main body side peripheral wall portion 22. A hole 25 that penetrates from the recess 24 side to the storage recess 16 side is formed in a part of the recess 24, and a fitting protrusion 26 that protrudes downward is formed on the upper surface of the hole 25. A fitting protrusion 27 that protrudes forward is formed on the front surface of the main body side peripheral wall portion 221 above the hole 25.

[0020] An operating piece 17 is disposed in the recess 24 of the container body 11. The operating piece 17 is formed from a material such as resin, and has a support portion 29 that abuts against the bottom wall portion 21 of the container body 11, and an operating portion 30 that protrudes upward from the front end of the support portion 29. The rear end side of the support portion 29 is inserted into the hole 25 of the container body 11, and a fitting protrusion 31 provided on the upper surface of the rear end overcomes the fitting protrusion 26 on the upper surface of the hole 25 to fit into an undercut, thereby fixing the support portion 29 to the container body 11.

[0021] The operating unit 30 has a thick portion 301 and a thin portion 302 provided in the vertical center of the thick portion 301. In the closed state, the operating unit 30 has a shape in which the front end of the thin portion 302 protrudes forward beyond the rear end of the thick portion 301, and is bent overall in the vertical center.

[0022] The lid body 12 is formed of a material such as resin and has a rectangular shape in plan view with the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction. The lid body 12 has a flat top wall portion 33 and a lid-side peripheral wall portion 34 that extends along the outer periphery of the top wall portion 33 and protrudes downward. An engagement portion 35 that protrudes downward is formed at the center of the front lid-side peripheral wall portion 341 of the lid-side peripheral wall portion 34 in the left-right direction. A fitting protrusion 36 that protrudes rearward is formed at the lower end of the engagement portion 35. In the closed state, the lid body 12 is fitted to the container body 11 by the fitting protrusion 36 of the engagement portion 35 climbing over the fitting protrusion 27 of the container body 11 and fitting into the undercut. This fitting structure prevents the lid body 12 from opening unintentionally, for example, when the compact container 10 is dropped, unless the operation portion 30 is pressed with a predetermined pressure.

[0023] In the closed state, the top wall 33 faces the storage recess 16 in the up-down direction. A recess 38 is formed on the lower surface of the top wall 33, and a mirror member 39 is fitted inside the recess.

[0024] As shown in Fig. 3, in the container body 11, a notch 41 is formed at a corner where the rear body side peripheral wall 222 and the bottom wall 21 are connected, the notch 41 being cut out in a rectangular shape in cross section and extending in the left-right direction. As will be described later, the notch 41 functions as a space into which the lower end of the lid side peripheral wall 342 wraps when the lid 12 is opened and is accommodated without interfering with the container body 11. As shown in Fig. 9, a side plate 42 is formed on the side of the notch 41, facing the end face of the hinge member 13.

[0025] 3, a body-side groove 44 that opens downward is formed on the lower surface 222b of the body-side peripheral wall 222 facing the cutout 41. A portion of the body-side peripheral wall 22 located behind the body-side groove 44 extends in the left-right direction and serves as a body-side support portion 45 that is housed inside a U-shaped hinge member 13 (described later).

[0026] On the other hand, in the lid 12, the lower surface 342b of the rear lid-side peripheral wall 342 to which the hinge member 13 is connected is located at approximately the same height as the lower surface 222b of the body-side peripheral wall 222 of the container body 11. A lid-side groove 47 that opens downward is formed on the lower surface of the lid-side peripheral wall 342 facing the cutout 41. A portion of the lid-side peripheral wall 342 located in front of the lid-side groove 47 extends in the left-right direction and becomes a lid-side support part 48 that is housed inside the U-shaped hinge member 13 described later.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 3, the hinge member 13 has a container body side connecting portion 51 connected to the container body 11, a lid body side connecting portion 52 connected to the lid body 12, and an elastic deformation portion 53 connecting the container body side connecting portion 51 and the lid body side connecting portion 52. In the closed state, the hinge member 13 has a generally U-shaped cross section as viewed from the left and right direction, with the tips of the container body side connecting portion 51 and the lid body side connecting portion 52 extending upward and the elastic deformation portion 53 located downward. As shown in FIG. 1, the hinge member 13 extends in the left and right direction over a length that is generally the same as the left and right width of the mirror member 39. The hinge member 13 is integrally formed from an elastically deformable material such as resin.

[0028] The hinge member 13 is connected to the container body 11 by fitting the container body side connecting part 51 into the body side groove part 44, and is connected to the lid body 12 by fitting the lid body side connecting part 52 into the lid body side groove part 47. The body side support part 45 of the container body 11 and the lid body side support part 48 of the lid body 12 are housed in the space between the container body side connecting part 51 and the lid body side connecting part 52 of the hinge member 13, and are supported in a state where they are sandwiched between the container body side connecting part 51 and the lid body side connecting part 52. With this structure, the hinge member 13 is connected to the container body 11 and the lid body 12.

[0029] 6, by lifting the front side of the lid body 12 upward, the lid body 12 rotates about approximately the center of the elastic deformation portion 53 relative to the container body 11. Hereinafter, the central axis that passes through the center of the elastic deformation portion 53 and about which the lid body 12 rotates is referred to as the rotation axis C.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 9, the sliding plate 14 is integrally formed with the top wall 33 and the lid-side peripheral wall 34 of the lid body 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the sliding plate 14 is formed at a position close to the left and right ends of the lid body 12. As shown in FIG. 4, the sliding plate 14 has a width W1 wider than the thickness T1 of the lid-side peripheral wall 342 at a portion where the sliding plate 14 is not provided, and is formed so as to hang down from the top wall 33 and protrude forward from the lid-side peripheral wall 342. As shown in FIG. 9, the sliding plate 14 has a plate surface extending along a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis C. Of the two plate surfaces of the sliding plate 14, the surface facing the interference plate 15 and in sliding contact with the plate surface of the interference plate 15 as the lid body 12 rotates is referred to as the sliding contact surface 14s.

[0031] 2, the interference plate 15 is formed integrally with the hinge member 13 at a position that is outside the sliding plate 14 in the left-right direction and corresponds to a position between the sliding plate 14 and the side plate portion 42 of the container body 11. As shown in Fig. 9, the interference plate 15 has a plate surface that extends along a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis C. Of the two plate surfaces of the interference plate 15, the surface that faces the sliding contact surface 14s of the sliding plate 14 and comes into contact with the sliding contact surface 14s as the lid body 12 rotates is referred to as a contact surface 15s.

[0032] 5 and 9, the interference plate 15 has a step portion 55, a fixed portion 56 located above the step portion 55, and a deformation portion 57 located below the step portion 55. When viewed from the left-right direction, the interference plate 15 has a fan-like shape centered on the rotation axis C. Therefore, the center of the fan shape is the step portion 55, approximately the upper half of the fan shape is the fixed portion 56, and approximately the lower half of the fan shape is the deformation portion 57.

[0033] As shown in FIG. 9, the step portion 55 is bent in the direction of the rotation axis C, so that the deformation portion 57 is located closer to the center in the left-right direction than the fixed portion 56. Therefore, in the direction of the rotation axis C, the contact surface 15s of the deformation portion 57 is located closer to the center in the left-right direction than the sliding surface 14s of the sliding plate 14. In this way, the deformation portion 57 of the interference plate 15 is located in a position where it interferes with the sliding plate 14 when the sliding plate 14 rotates with the rotation of the lid body 12. In addition, a gap F is provided between the deformation portion 57 of the interference plate 15 and the side plate portion 42 of the container body 11. Therefore, the deformation portion 57 has a so-called cantilever structure with its upper end fixed and its lower end freely movable.

[0034] The movement of each part involved in the free stop action of the compact case 10 of this embodiment will be described below. 3 to 5 and 9, in the closed state, the sliding plate 14 of the lid body 12 is located at a position facing the fixed portion 56 of the interference plate 15 of the hinge member 13. At this time, the sliding surface 14s of the sliding plate 14 and the contact surface 15s of the interference plate 15 are not in contact with each other, so that no frictional force or elastic force is generated.

[0035] 3, when the user pushes the operating portion 30 of the operating piece 17 backward (toward the container body 11) with a finger or the like, the operating portion 30 elastically deforms from a bent shape to a shape linearly extending in the vertical direction, and the engagement between the lid body 12 and the container body 11 is released, and the lid body 12 opens relative to the container body 11. After that, the user can pull the front end of the lid body 12 upward to open the lid body 12 to a desired angle.

[0036] As shown in Figs. 6 to 8 and 10, when the cover 12 is opened to a predetermined position, the sliding plate 14 moves along the circumferential direction of the rotation axis C in association with the rotation of the cover 12, and the sliding surface 14s of the sliding plate 14 comes into sliding contact with the contact surface 15s of the interference plate 15. At this time, a frictional force is generated between the sliding surface 14s and the contact surface 15s. At the same time, since the deformation portion 57 of the interference plate 15 is in a position where it interferes with the sliding plate 14, the sliding plate 14 moves down while pushing aside the deformation portion 57, and the deformation portion 57 is flexibly deformed in the direction of the rotation axis C. At this time, the sliding plate 14 is pressed in the direction of the rotation axis C by the elastic force generated by the flexural deformation of the interference plate 15.

[0037] In this way, in addition to the frictional force generated between the sliding surface 14s and the contact surface 15s, the elastic force generated by the bending deformation of the interference plate 15 prevents the lid body 12 from rotating unintentionally due to its own weight, etc., and keeps it stationary in the specified open position.

[0038] For example, as shown in Patent Document 1, in conventional compact containers, the free stop action is exerted by the frictional force generated between the outer peripheral surface of the pin constituting the hinge and the inner peripheral surface of the pin receiving portion. Therefore, if the frictional force is designed to be relatively large in order to stably stop the lid body at any open position, the lid body feels hard when opened and closed, making it difficult to perform the opening and closing operations smoothly. Conversely, if the frictional force is designed to be small, the lid body can be opened and closed smoothly, but it becomes difficult to stably stop the lid body at any open position. Thus, in conventional compact containers, there was a problem that it was difficult to simultaneously improve the stability of the free stop action and improve the operability when opening and closing the lid body.

[0039] In contrast, in the compact container 10 of this embodiment, the sliding surface 14s of the sliding plate 14 and the contact surface 15s of the interference plate 15 that exert the free stop action are surfaces that extend along a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis C, and are different from the peripheral surface of the rotation axis C as in conventional compact containers. Therefore, the frictional force and elastic force acting via the sliding surface 14s and the contact surface 15s can be adjusted to improve the stability of the free stop action without significantly affecting the operability when opening and closing the lid. For example, the stability of the free stop action can be improved by increasing the plate thickness of the interference plate 15 to increase the elastic force. On the other hand, the operability when opening and closing the lid can be adjusted by optimizing the design of the elastic deformation portion 53 of the hinge member 13.

[0040] Thus, according to this embodiment, the stability of the free stop action and the operability when opening and closing the lid can be independently adjusted by designing different parts within the compact container 10, thereby providing a compact container 10 that can stably hold the lid 12 in any open position and allows the lid 12 to be opened and closed smoothly.

[0041] Moreover, the compact container 10 of this embodiment includes a hinge member 13 that rotatably connects the lid body 12 to the container body 11, and the hinge member 13 has a container body side connecting portion 51, a lid body side connecting portion 52, and an elastic deformation portion 53. With this configuration, the operability during opening and closing of the lid body 12 can be easily adjusted by designing the elastic deformation portion 53. For example, by making the elastic deformation portion 53 thinner, the opening and closing of the lid body 12 can be performed with a relatively small force.

[0042] In addition, it is not necessary to use the pins and pin receivers used in conventional compact cases, and a hinge part with a simple configuration can be realized. In addition, while metal pins are often used in conventional compact cases, the above configuration makes it easy to manufacture the hinge member 13 made of resin, and when the container body 11 and the lid body 12 are made of resin, it is easy to use the same material for the hinge member 13 as the container body 11 and the lid body 12. This eliminates the need for a separation operation when disposing of the compact container 10.

[0043] In this embodiment, the sliding plate 14 is formed integrally with the lid 12, and the interference plate 15 is formed integrally with the hinge member 13 supported by the container body 11, thereby reducing the number of parts in the compact container 10. In addition, because the hinge member 13 is made of resin, the interference plate 15 can be configured to be easily flexibly deformed in the plate thickness direction (the axial direction of the rotation shaft).

[0044] The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the sliding plate 14 is formed integrally with the lid body 12, but since the sliding plate 14 is only required to be a member that is supported by the lid body 12 and rotates with the lid body 12, it may be formed, for example, separately from the lid body and fixed to the lid body by any method. Also, in the above embodiment, the interference plate 15 is formed integrally with the hinge member 13, but since the interference plate 15 is only required to be a member that is disposed at a position where it interferes with the sliding plate 14 when the lid body 12 rotates, it may be formed, for example, separately from the hinge member 13 and fixed to the hinge member 13 by any method, or it may be directly supported by the container body 11. Alternatively, the interference plate 15 may be formed integrally with the container body 11.

[0045] Also, contrary to the configuration of the above embodiment, the sliding plate 14 may be supported on the container body 11 side, and the interference plate 15 may be supported on the lid body 12 side. In this case, the sliding plate 14 does not necessarily have to be directly supported on the container body 11, and may be supported on a container body side connecting part 51 supported on the container body 11, or may be formed integrally with the container body side connecting part 51. Similarly, the interference plate 15 does not necessarily have to be directly supported on the lid body 12, and may be supported on a lid body side connecting part 52 supported on the lid body 12, or may be formed integrally with the lid body side connecting part 52.

[0046] Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to being applied to the hinge member 13 of the above embodiment, but may also be applied to a compact case having a conventional hinge portion consisting of a pin and a pin receiving portion.

[0047] In addition, the sliding plate 14 and the interference plate 15 in the above embodiment have plate surfaces perpendicular to the rotation axis C, but the plate surfaces of the sliding plate 14 and the interference plate 15 do not necessarily have to be perpendicular to the rotation axis C, but may intersect with the rotation axis C. In addition, the specific descriptions of the shape, number, arrangement, constituent materials, etc. of each part constituting the compact container 10 are not limited to the above embodiment and can be changed as appropriate. [Explanation of symbols]

[0048] 10 Compact container 11 Container body 12 Lid 13 Hinge member 14 Sliding plate 14s Sliding surface (plate surface) 15 Interference plate 15s Contact surface (plate surface) 51 Container body side connection part 52 Lid side connection part 53 Elastically deformable part C Rotational axis

Claims

1. A container body; a lid body connected to the container body so as to be rotatable in the up-down direction about a rotation axis extending in the left-right direction; a sliding plate supported by either the lid or the container body and having a plate surface extending along a plane intersecting the rotation axis; an interference plate supported by the other of the lid body and the container body and having a plate surface extending along a plane intersecting the rotation axis; Equipped with When the lid body is rotated to a predetermined open position with respect to the container body, a plate surface of the sliding plate slides against a plate surface of the interference plate, and the interference plate is deflected and deformed in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, thereby holding the lid body in the open position, The container further includes a hinge member that rotatably connects the lid to the container body, The hinge member is A container body side connecting portion connected to the container body; A lid body side connecting portion connected to the lid body; an elastic deformation portion that connects the container body side connecting portion and the lid body side connecting portion; having The sliding plate is integrally formed with the lid body, The interference plate is integrally formed with the hinge member supported by the container body.

2. A body side groove portion opening downward is formed in the container body, A lid groove portion that opens downward is formed in the lid, In a closed state, the hinge member has a generally U-shaped cross section as viewed from the left-right direction, and each of the distal ends of the container body side connecting portion and the lid body side connecting portion extends upward, and the elastic deformation portion is located downward. The compact container according to claim 1, wherein the hinge member is connected to the container body by fitting the container body side connecting portion into the body side groove portion, and is connected to the lid by fitting the lid side connecting portion into the lid side groove portion.

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