Covering device
AssigneesUni-Charm Corporation, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakeshi Bando, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Norikazu Shinogi
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Abstract
A lid assembly (20) comprises a lid body (21) having an dispensing opening and fitted on a container body (11), and a hinged lid (23) pivotally joined to the lid body (21). A rubber plate (50) is extended across a hinged joint between the lid body (21) and the hinged lid (23). The lid body (21) is provided with a recess (60), and a vertical plate (92) and a horizontal plate (90) are formed in the recess (60). The vertical plate (92) is provided with a catching projection (79) that catches a stopping projection (23) formed on the hinged lid (23).
Claims13
A lid assembly comprising:
- a lid body having an outer frame to be fitted on a container body, the lid body being provided with a dispensing opening thereon;
- a hinged lid pivotally joined to the lid body so as to close the dispensing opening hermetically;
- and
- a hinged joint between the lid body and the hinged lid, provided with an elastic biasing means for biasing the hinged lid in an opening direction;
- wherein
- the outer frame is provided in its part on the side of a free end part of the hinged lid with a vertical plate and a horizontal plate;
- the hinged lid is provided on its free end part with a stopping projection, the vertical plate is provided with a catching projection that catches the stopping projection of the hinged lid, and the stopping projection can be disengaged from the catching projection by pressing the horizontal plate to bend the vertical plate;
- a top plate sunk below an outer surface of the outer frame is connected to the outer frame by a vertical wall, the dispensing opening is formed in the top plate, the horizontal plate and the vertical plate are formed by forming slits in parts of the outer frame and the vertical wall on the side of the free end of the hinged lid, and the horizontal plate and the vertical plate are completely or partially separated from the other parts of the outer frame and the vertical wall by the slits;
- and
- the horizontal plate has an outermost end that remains within the periphery of the outer frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.