Retractable container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12053076-B2
Application number	US-202017773218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2020
Priority date	Oct 29, 2019
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

A retractable container includes: a cover part of which both ends are open; a body part which is disposed in the upper inside portion of the cover part and receives contents; an elevating part which is disposed in the lower end of the body part, rises inside the cover part, and has a locking protrusion defining a seating position; a pressing part which is disposed in the lower portion of the elevating part, rises inside the cover part according to a user's pressing, and has an elastic piece; and a guide part which is fixedly disposed on the upper side of the pressing part and has a guide surface which contacts the upper end of the elastic piece, wherein, when the locking protrusion is seated on a first catching protrusion formed on the elastic piece, the rising of the elevating part and the body part is limited.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A retractable container comprising:
a cover part having two open ends;
a body part disposed in an inner upper portion of the cover part and accommodating a content therein;
an elevation part disposed at a lower end of the body part and configured to be raised inside the cover part, the elevation part comprising a catching boss for determining a seating location;
a pressing part disposed below the elevation part and configured to be raised inside the cover part according to a pressing of a user, the pressing part comprising an elastic piece; and
a guide part fixedly disposed on an upper side of the pressing part and comprising a guide surface in contact with an upper end of the elastic piece,
wherein, when the catching boss is seated on a first catching step disposed on the elastic piece, raising of the elevation part and the body part is limited, and
when the pressing part is raised by the pressing of the user, the elastic piece is bent along the guide surface, the catching boss is separated from the first catching step, the elevation part is raised, and at least a portion of the body part protrudes from the cover part.

2. The retractable container of claim 1 , wherein, when the pressing of the user is removed, the bending of the elastic piece along the guide surface is released by a restoring force of the elastic piece, and the pressing part is lowered to return to an original position thereof.

3. The retractable container of claim 1 , wherein, when the catching boss separated from the first catching step is seated on a second catching step disposed on the guide part, the raising of the elevation part is limited, and separation of the elevation part from the cover part is prevented.

4. The retractable container of claim 1 , further comprising an elastic part disposed below the elevation part and generating an elastic force toward the elevation part, wherein the elevation part is raised by the elastic force of the elastic part when the catching boss is separated from the first catching step.

5. The retractable container of claim 1 , wherein an upper side of the first catching step is an inclined surface corresponding to the catching boss, and when the elevation part is lowered, the catching boss moves along the inclined surface to a lower side of the first catching step and is seated on the first catching step.

6. The retractable container of claim 1 , further comprising a support part fixedly disposed inside the cover part and comprising a second limitation boss,
wherein, when the pressing part is lowered, the second limitation boss of the support part is in contact with a first limitation boss disposed in the elastic piece, and the support part limits a lowering range of the pressing part and prevents separation of the pressing part from the cover part.

7. The retractable container of claim 6 , wherein, when the pressing part is raised, the second limitation boss is in contact with the pressing part and limits a raising range of the pressing part.

8. The retractable container of claim 1 , wherein the pressing part comprises a support tube extending toward the elevation part to guide the raising of the elevation part.

9. The retractable container of claim 8 , wherein the elevation part further comprises:
an accommodation part accommodating the body part;
a first extension part extending downward from a bottom surface of the accommodation part and comprising the catching boss; and
a second extension part extending downward from the bottom surface of the accommodation part and spaced apart from an inner surface of the first extension part, and
wherein the support tube of the pressing part is inserted between the first extension part and the second extension part.

10. The retractable container of claim 1 , wherein, when the catching boss is seated on the first catching step, an upper end of the guide part is in contact with a bottom surface of the elevation part to limit lowering of the elevation part.

Assignees

• Yonwoo Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jae Ock

Classifications

• B65D83/76

  for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston · CPC title

• B65D83/766

  the piston being actuated by a spring-like mechanism · CPC title

• A24F15/14

  with appliances for releasing a single cigar or cigarette · CPC title

• B65D83/02

  for dispensing rod-shaped articles, e.g. needles · CPC title

• A24F15/06

  with means for offering (A24F15/04 takes precedence) · CPC title