Article accommodation contrainer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12545499-B2
Application number	US-202418614679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2024
Priority date	Apr 24, 2023
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

An article accommodating container comprises a body portion which includes a first main component and a second main component, which can be connected to each other, wherein the first main component comprises a main body and a projecting portion, which projects from the main body and forms a connecting portion to be connected to the second main component, and a length of the projecting portion in a connecting direction of the first main component and the second main component is ⅕ or more of a length of a maximum diameter of the body portion in a connected state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An article accommodating container comprising:
a body portion which includes a first main component and a second main component, which can be connected to each other, wherein the first main component comprises a main body and a projecting portion, which projects from the main body and forms a connecting portion to be connected to the second main component, a length of the projecting portion in a connecting direction of the first main component and the second main component is ⅕ or more of a length of a maximum diameter of the body portion in a connected state, the first main component has a first opening, the projecting portion of the first main component includes a first end portion, which forms a peripheral edge portion of the first opening on a tip side thereof, the main body of the first main component includes a second end portion, which is configured to have a step on a base end side of the projecting portion in a direction intersecting the outer peripheral surface of the projecting portion, a convex ridge portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the projecting portion, a concave portion is formed in the second main component, and configured to receive the convex ridge portion when the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other, the body portion is configured to be deformed by pressing an outer surface of the body portion, the second main component has a second opening, and an overlapping portion where the first main component is overlapped with the second component when the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other, and the first main component and the second main component are configured so that when the body portion is pressed, an inner surface of the overlapping portion comes into contact with the first end portion, so that the first end portion acts as a fulcrum, causing a third end portion, which forms a peripheral edge portion of the second opening of the second main component, to move away from the first main component, thereby releasing an engagement of the convex portion and the concave portion.

2 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the length of the projecting portion in the connecting direction is ⅓ or more of a maximum length of the first main component in the connecting direction.

3 . The article accommodating container according to claim 2 , wherein the projecting portion is provided on only the first main component.

4 . The article accommodating container according to claim 3 , wherein an outer surface of the body portion is in a spherical shape in state where the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other.

5 . The article accommodating container according to claim 4 , wherein the first main component and the second main component are hollow, and an inner shape of the first main component and that of the second main component different are different from each other.

6 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the connected state of the second main component and the first main component includes a state where the third end portion is in contact with the first end portion, and a state where the third end portion is in contact with the second end portion.

7 . The article accommodating container according to claim 6 , wherein the projecting portion is invisible from an outside in a state where the third end portion of the second main component is in contact with the second end portion of the first main component.

8 . The article accommodating container according to claim 6 , wherein a cutout portion is formed in the third end portion of the second main component.

9 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum length of an outer peripheral of the first end portion is shorter than that of an outer periphery of the second end portion.

10 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the convex ridge portion is formed at a position closer to the first end portion.

11 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the projecting portion is brought in contact with an inner surface of the second main component in a state where the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other.

12 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the body portion forms a spherical surface as a whole, and an inner space thereof, which does not form a spherical surface, is formed by part of an inner surface thereof, in a state where the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other.

13 . The article accommodating container according to claim 12 , wherein the inner space includes a cylindrically shaped space.

14 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein the body portion is configured so that an article accommodated inside the body portion is invisible from an outside, in a state where the first main component and the second main component are connected to each other.

15 . The article accommodating container according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the body portion is entirely covered with a confection.

16 . The article accommodating container according to claim 15 , wherein a gap is formed between the outer surface of the body portion and the confection, and the body portion is swingable inside the confection.

Assignees

• Bandai Co

Inventors

• Negishi Atsushi

Classifications

• B65D2543/00833

  Integral tabs, tongues, handles or similar · CPC title

• B65D2543/00601

  on the container · CPC title

• B65D43/021

  only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth (B65D43/0206 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A63H33/42

  Toy models or toy scenery not otherwise covered (models or scenery for general purposes G09B) · CPC title

• A23G1/545

  Hollow products, e.g. with inedible or edible filling, fixed or movable within the cavity · CPC title