JP2916634B2 - Assembly storage case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an assembling / storage case which is disassembled and compacted when not in use or at the time of sale, and is assembled during use to arrange storage boxes in multiple stages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An assembling storage case of this type must have a sufficient storage space when used, and must be disassembled and compact when not in use.
It is necessary to have an assembling structure so that a general consumer who is a user can easily disassemble and assemble it.

As a conventional example of such an assembly storage case, there is an "outer frame of a costume case" as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-6267. The outer frame is formed of an outer frame of a costume case configured such that the horizontal portion and the side wall member are connected by the engagement of the engagement projections and the engagement recesses, and the two can be easily separated from the outside. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an outer case made of a synthetic resin of a costume case in which a storage box in which left and right side wall members are joined between upper and lower horizontal members can be freely inserted and removed. A plurality of engagement protrusions are integrally formed on the lower surface, and an engagement recess capable of engaging the engagement protrusion is integrally formed at a side wall joint of each of the horizontal members. Is formed with a protrusion and a deformable locking piece adjacent to the protrusion, and the engaging recess engages with the recess into which the projection and the locking piece can be inserted and with which the inserted locking piece is inserted and withdrawn. A locking portion for stopping is formed, and a locking piece is bent and deformed on the outer surface of the horizontal member. That "the insertable hole detachment tool to disengage from the engaging portion is formed in which the features.

According to the outer frame disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-6267, as described in the above-mentioned publication, "the outer frame is formed by the engaging recess of the horizontal member and the upper and lower surfaces of the side wall member. Since it is assembled by engagement with the engagement projection formed in the above, no fastener is required and assembly is extremely simple,
Since the engaging concave portion and the engaging protrusion are integrally formed with the horizontal member and the side wall member, respectively, each member is easy to manufacture, and the engaging piece of the engaging protrusion can be flexibly deformed. The outer frame is extremely easy to disassemble because it can be freely disengaged from the engaging portion of the mating concave portion and the engaging piece can be detached from the outer surface side of the outer frame with a detaching tool. Although there is
It also includes the following points that need to be improved.

That is, the outer frame disclosed in the above publication requires left and right side wall members to be connected between the upper and lower horizontal members, and each side wall member is provided in the left column of page 2 of the above publication. As described in the eighth and subsequent lines, “the left and right frame step portions 21 and the fitting portion 22 have the same shape, and the horizontal frame connecting portion 20
A lower side 19 in surface contact with the upper side 12 of the side 11;
An upper side 20 which is in surface contact with the lower surface 14 of the front surface, and the lower surface 14 and the upper side 20 have a convex step portion 22 for regulating the front / rear position of the horizontal frame connecting portion 20, the side frame step portion 21, and the fitting portion 22 Concave step 2
2 are formed, and the protruding step portion 21 of the lowermost horizontal frame connecting portion 20 serves as a leg portion of the entire clothing case assembly and storage case 100. On the lower side 19 of each of the side frame step portions 21 and the fitting portion 22, there is provided an engagement projection 23 which can be inserted into and engaged with the engagement recess 13.
0 has an engaging projection 24 that can be inserted into and engaged with the engaging recess 15, and each of the two front and rear engaging projections 23 and 24 has a symmetrical shape. Therefore, in the conventional "outer frame of the costume case", the production must use a complicated mold, which not only increases the production cost but also complicates the shape. Therefore, it is difficult for a general consumer who is a user to disassemble and assemble the user.

[0006] In other words, this kind of assembling storage case is
It must be formed in consideration of the following points. (1) When a mold is formed using a synthetic resin material, the structure of the mold must be simplified to reduce the cost of the entire assembly and storage case. (2) Needless to say, the rigidity at the time of assembling is sufficient, and the assembling itself must be of a simple structure that can be performed without a general consumer perusing the manual. (3) At the time of sale, transportation, or non-use, the entire device must be disassembled and compacted, but the compacting must be achieved even more. (4) When compacted, each member must not be deformed, and because of the compactness, each member must not be connected.

Therefore, the present inventors have been conducting various studies on what kind of assembly storage case of this kind can be provided at a lower cost and how to achieve further compactness when not in use. As a result, the present invention has been completed.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and the problem to be solved is to further reduce the cost of this type of assembling and storing case.
It is compact.

The object of the present invention is to facilitate the assembly between the members, to achieve more compactness during disassembly, and to further reduce the cost. assembly storage cases that can
Is to provide.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, means according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the embodiment. Are assembled in multi-stages via columns 30 erected on a plurality of connecting portions 20 formed thereon, and an assembling storage case 100 in which a storage box 40 is inserted between these underframes 10 so as to be able to be pulled out . each connecting portion 20, there is a cylindrical penetrating vertically, partitioned by two upper and lower stepped portions 21
The fitting portion 22 and the fitted portion 23 , an elastic piece 24 formed on the fitting portion 22 of the connecting portion 20, an engagement claw 25 provided outside the elastic piece 24, The engaging claw 3 formed on the portion located immediately below the elastic piece 24 and on the support 30 side
5 is assumed that a engaging hole 26 to be engaged, on the inside of the fitting portion 23 of each connecting portion 20, protrudes toward the stepped portion 21 downward, the fitted portion 23 A stopper 27 that abuts on the fitting portion 22 on the side of the other underframe 10 that is fitted with the stopper 27 is integrally formed , and the length of the stopper 27 in the vertical direction is further increased.
To the support 3 fitted in the fitted portion 23 on the connecting portion 20 side.
0 can be retracted from the upper end surface of the fitting portion 32 and
When stacking each underframe 10 up and down at its connecting part 20,
The lower end of the engaging claw 25 in the lower underframe 10 is
Lower underframe when aligned with the lower end of the engagement hole 26 in FIG.
10, the upper underframe 10 side from the upper end surface of the fitting portion 22
That the lower end of the stopper 27 can be projected.
This is an assembly storage case 100 ".

That is, the present invention according to claim 1 enables each frame 10 of the disassembled storage case 100 to be made more compact,
There so assembled housing case 100 having an assembly <br/> structure of sticking between 0 may be compact so as not done.

[0012] To this end, the engagement Ru assembly housed in the claim 1,
Oite the case 100, first, by adopting the above configuration to the connecting portion 20 for each strut 30 is erected on the base frame 10, the other underframe the coupling portion 20 of each underframe 10 10 are connected to each of the fitting portions 22 and the fitted portions 23.
Thus, each underframe 10 can be compactly assembled.

Each connecting portion 20 is connected to each support 30
Fitting portion 22 for detachably attaching the device, and engaging claw 2
Since the elastic piece 24 having the support 5 is provided,
Each connecting portion 20 has a stopper 27 for preventing the engaged portion 23 on the other underframe 10 from being fixed by each engaging claw 25 that should fix the 0 side. It was done. In other words, assembly storage case of this 100
The Oite, each connecting portion 20 by which the one having a stopper 27, in which the connecting portion 20 each other was prevented completely fitted, stacked in a state where the respective underframe 10 slightly floated It is something that can be stored.

The assembly and storage case according to the first aspect.
In the storage 100, the storage formed in each connecting portion 20 is
The length in the vertical direction of the pa 27 is set to the fitted portion 2 on the connecting portion 20 side.
3 from the upper end surface of the fitting portion 32 on the side of the support 30 fitted into
That can be retracted and that each two underframes 10
When stacking vertically, the engaging claw 2 on the lower frame 10
5 is aligned with the lower end of the engagement hole 26 in the upper underframe 10.
Upper end of fitting portion 22 in lower underframe 10 when matched
The lower end of the stopper 27 on the upper underframe 10 side projects from the surface.
It is what you get.

That is, the assembling and storing case according to the first aspect.
The base 100 uses the respective underframes 10 by using the respective connecting portions 20 thereof.
When they are stacked, each engaging claw 25 is
Each underframe 10 is so called that it does not engage in the engagement hole 26.
While being able to pile up a little floating state,
When the pillar 30 is erected on the connecting portion 20 of each underframe 10
The engaging claw 35 of the support 30 is inserted into the engaging hole 26 of the underframe 10.
In order to be able to securely lock, the connection of each underframe 10 side
The vertical length of the stopper 27 provided in the portion 20 is
It is specified specifically as described above.

[0016] On the other hand, engaging Ru assembly housed hair 請 Motomeko 2
In order to achieve the above object, the case 100 is provided with the assembling storage case 100 according to claim 1 in particular, in each of the connecting portions 20.
Is formed on the inner surface located below the engagement hole 26 of the fitted portion 23 and stores the elastic piece 24 having the engagement claw 25 on the other underframe 10 side in the vertical direction. It is characterized in that it is formed as a device having

[0017] In other words, engagement Ru assembly housed Ke in claim 2
When the base frames 10 are stacked using the fitting portions 22 and the fitted portions 23, the elastic pieces 24 formed below the fitted portions 23 of the connecting portions 20 The elastic piece 2 on the other underframe 10 side
4 is stored in the natural return state.
3 is formed below the engagement hole 26.

Means adopted by the invention according to claim 3 will be described with reference numerals used in the embodiments.
The claim 1 or engaged Ru to claim 2 assembled housing case 10
About 0, the respective struts 30, at the upper and lower stepped portions 31,
Fitting portion 32 fitted to fitted portion 23 on connecting portion 20 side
And the fitted part 3 into which the fitting part 22 of the connecting part 20 is fitted.
3, an elastic piece 34 formed on the fitting portion 32 of the support column 30, an engaging claw 35 provided outside the elastic piece 34, and a lower portion of the fitted portion 33. An engaging hole 36 is formed and is engaged with the engaging claw 25 in the connecting portion 20 on the other underframe 10 side.

[0019] In other words, engagement Ru assembly housed Ke in claim 3
Oite the over scan 100, the shape of the respective strut 30, which has substantially the same manner as that of the connecting portion 20 side, thereby, to such an assembly by struts 30 of each underframe 10 can be easily Things. In other words, each of these pillars 3
The stacking of the underframes 10 by 0 is performed in the same manner as the stacking using the connecting portions 20 of the underframes 10 when not in use. However, when the support 30 is used, The engaging claw 35 of the elastic piece 34 formed on the fitting portion 32 is engaged with the engaging hole 26 on the connecting portion 20 side. engaging claws 25 of the elastic piece 24 of the connecting portion 20 side Goana 36 is Ru der those to be engaged.

[0020]

While describing the operation of the invention according to each claim that is accomplished as described above [action of INVENTION Hereinafter, Ru engaged in Examples below Assembly
Storage case 100, since it is intended to comprise substantially all of the invention according to respective claims, Ru engaged in this embodiment the assembly
By describing the operation of the storage case 100, the operation of the invention according to each claim is described.

[0021] First of all, set stand storage case 10 Ru engaged in each claim
Numeral 0 is assembled in the state shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, but in order to make such an assembling storage case 100, connecting portions are provided at four corners as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. 2
A plurality of (in the present embodiment, five) underframes 10 integrally molded with 0
A column 30 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is fixed upright between them.

The underframe 10, which is the lowermost end, has
As shown in FIG. 4, a caster 12 for facilitating movement of the entire assembly storage case 100 is provided, and each connecting portion 20 of the underframe 10 at the uppermost end includes a fitting portion 22. The one that does not have a portion that protrudes upward is adopted as the one having no upper frame, whereby the uppermost underframe 10 is a so-called “top plate”. Of course, on each underframe 10 other than the top plate, as shown in FIGS.
A slide recess 11 for storing the storage box 40 is formed, and by using this slide recess 11,
Each storage box 40 can be pulled out freely.

As described above, the underframe 10 is supported by each of the columns 30.
As shown in FIGS. 4A and 11, the fitted portion 33 of each column 30 is fitted into the fitting portion 22 of each connecting portion 20 in the assembled storage case 100 in which The engaging claw 25 provided on the outer surface of the elastic piece 24 on the connecting portion 20 side is engaged with an engaging hole 36 provided on the fitted portion 33 on the support column 30 side. Thus, the upright fixing of each support 30 to the underframe 10 side is ensured.

In each of the columns 30 according to the embodiment, FIG.
As can be understood from the comparison between FIG. 10 and FIG. 10, the cross-sectional shape is made to be an oval shape like that of the connecting portion 20, and the fitting portion 32 can be fitted into the fitted portion 23 on the connecting portion 20 side. And the fitted portion 33 is the connecting portion 2
Since the fitting portion 22 on the 0 side can be fitted to the outside, the fitting of the column 30 to the connecting portion 20 can be performed while simultaneously satisfying the direction and the positioning. . Then, the engaging claw 2 on each connecting portion 20 side
5 is formed on the outer surface of the elastic piece 24 which can be freely bent by forming slits or thin portions 24a on both sides, and the upper end face shown in FIG. The fitting portion 22 is
When it is inserted into the fitted portion 33 and fixed thereto,
The elastic piece 24 on the side of the connecting portion 20 bends inward, and then the elastic piece 24 returns to the natural state, and the engaging claw 2 of the elastic piece 24
5 automatically engages in the engagement hole 36 on the side of the support 30, so that the work of standing and fixing the support 30 to the connecting portion 20 can be easily performed.

On the other hand, when the fitting portion 32 of the column 30 is fitted into the fitted portion 23 on the connecting portion 20 side to perform standing and fixing, the work is performed in the same manner as described above. It is easy to do. That is, in the future, an elastic piece 34 that is freely bent by a slit or a thin portion 34a is formed in each fitting portion 32 on the support column 30 side.
Since the engaging claw 35 is formed on the outer surface of the
When the fitting portion 32 is inserted into the fitted portion 23 on the connecting portion 20 side, the elastic piece 34 bends inward and returns to a natural state, so that the connecting portion of the fitting portion 32 The fitting into the fitted portion 23 provided on the side 20 and the engagement of the engaging claw 35 on each column 30 with the engaging hole 26 on the connecting portion 20 can be easily performed.

The fitting portion 32 of each column 30 is connected to the connecting portion 2.
When it is fitted into the fitted portion 23 on the 0 side and fixed,
As shown in FIG. 11, since the upper end surface of the fitting portion 32 on the support column 30 is located below the lower end surface of each stopper 27 provided in the connecting portion 20, the above-described engagement on the support column 30 side is performed. The engagement of the dovetail 35 with the engagement hole 26 of the connecting portion 20 is
Even if the stopper 27 is present, it can be performed without any trouble.

Of course, the lower end face of each column 30 is
Abutting on the side step 21, and likewise,
Since the lower end surface of the support abuts on the step 31 on the side of the support 30, the positioning between each support 30 and the connecting portion 20 is reliably performed, and the force applied via each support 30 is That is, the connection portion 20 surely receives it.

The assembling storage case 100 assembled as described above must be disassembled and compacted when selling it or storing it when not in use. In this case, the pillar 3 exposed from the engagement hole 26 on each connecting portion 20 side
When the engaging claw 35 on the 0 side and the engaging claw 25 on the connecting portion 20 exposed from the engaging hole 36 on each column 30 are pushed in with fingers, the elastic pieces 24 and 34 bend and the respective engaging members are bent. Since the mating is released, each support 30 can be easily removed from the underframe 10. Each of the storage boxes 40 is stacked to reduce the volume to about 1/4, and each of the underframes 10 is stacked and disassembled as shown in FIG. By disposing it on the slide recesses 11 of the stacked frames 10, the disassembled volume of the entire assembly and storage case 100 becomes very small, and the size of the assembly and storage case 100 can be reduced.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show important operations when the underframes 10 are stacked and compacted as described above. That is, in this case, the fitting portion 22 is fitted into the fitted portion 23 of the other frame 10 with respect to the connecting portion 20 of one frame 10, In this case, (a) the engaging claw 25 on the one underframe 10
Is not locked in the engaging hole 26 of the second member. (B) The elastic piece 24 on the side of one underframe 10 is
The elastic piece 24 is stored in the storage recess 28, so that the elastic piece 24 is in its natural state, and its elastic force does not change. Such an action is exerted.

The action of (b) is Ru engaged primarily in claim 1
Although it is related to the assembly storage case 100, a stopper 27 having a predetermined height protrudes downward in the fitted portion 23 of each connecting portion 20 as shown in FIGS. Since it is formed, the fitting portion 22 of the other underframe 10 inserted into the fitted portion 23 comes into contact with the lower surface of the stopper 27, so that the fitting portion 22 can be further fitted. This is something that is demonstrated because it is not available. That is, as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
The other underframe 1 is attached to the fitting portion 22 that constitutes the connecting portion 20 of FIG.
0, even if the fitted portion 23 is fitted, the other underframe 10 is not covered with the stopper 2 formed inside the connecting portion 20.
7, the engaging claws 25 formed on the fitting portion 22 on one underframe 10 are prevented from being engaged in the engaging holes 26 on the other underframe 10 side. It does not engage with. Therefore, each connecting portion 2 of both underframes 10
0 are fitted with each other in a state where the distance between them is short, but at that time, since they do not engage with each other, they can be easily separated.

Further, the action of (b) is Ru engaged to claim 2 pairs
In connection with the vertical storage case 100 , it is mainly shown in FIG. That is, when the elastic piece 24 formed on the fitting portion 22 of each connecting portion 20 is fitted into the fitted portion 23 of another underframe 10, if there is no storage recess 28, the outer surface side thereof Since the engaging claws 25 are formed so as to protrude, the inwardly bent state is obtained. However, the assembled storage case of the present invention
In 100, because the storage recess 28 for releasing the amount that would deflect resilient pieces 24 are formed on the inner surface of the fitting portion 23, the elastic piece 24 will remain in its natural state, particularly post The elastic force for locking the engaging claw 25 in the engaging hole 36 on the 30 side can be maintained, in other words, the elastic force of the elastic piece 24 is not changed.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the stoppers 27 projecting into the mating portions 23 of the connecting portions 20 are used to form the mating portions 22 of the connecting portions 20 when the frame frames 10 are stacked. At the same time as the connection portion 20 is prevented from being inserted more than necessary into the fitted portion 23, as shown in FIG.
The fitting portion 33 on the side of the column 30 can be fitted to the fitting portion 22 of the column 30.
The engagement of the engagement claws 25 on the side of the connecting portion 20 with respect to the inside is ensured.

The elastic pieces 24 on the side of each connecting portion 20 and the elastic pieces 34 on the side of the support column 30 have their elasticity secured by forming slits or thin portions 24a and 34a on both sides thereof. These elastic pieces 24 and 34
When thin portions 24a and 34a are formed on both sides of
The thin portions 24a and 34a have sufficient elasticity and extensibility as compared with other portions. From this, the elasticity of the elastic pieces 24 and 34 is reduced by the thin portion 2
If the elastic pieces 24a and 34a are secured, the elastic pieces 24 and 34 can be reliably returned to their natural state.

[0034]

EXAMPLES Next, assembling the storage case 100 Ru engaged in each claim
The will be described for the embodiment shown in the drawings, as mentioned in the aforesaid paragraph on action, since the assembled storage case 100 of an embodiment is intended to include all engagement Ru invention in each claim, the implementation below The description will focus on the assembled storage case 100 according to the example.

The assembled storage case 100 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 9, the columns 30 are erected between the respective underframes 10 shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 at the respective connecting portions 20 formed integrally therewith, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. The underframe 10 and the support 3
The storage box 40 is housed in the space defined by 0 so that it can be pulled out. A slide recess 11 is formed on the upper surface of each underframe 10 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 so that the storage boxes 40 can be taken in and out in a stable state.

Incidentally, as described in the above-mentioned operation section,
Casters 12 are formed on the lower surface of the bottom frame 10 located at the lowermost end, and the top frame 10 located at the uppermost end is a so-called top plate. In the connecting portion 20, the upper surface is made flat without forming an unnecessary fitting portion 22.

The assembled storage case 100 shown in FIGS.
In the above, the connecting portion 20 having a perfect state at four corners is provided.
Using one underframe 10, one underframe 10 having a connecting portion 20 having no fitting portion 22, and a total of 16 columns 30 erected and fixed therebetween. And a total of 4
The storage box 40 of the tier is configured to be housed in a freely accessible manner. Of course, the number of stages of the storage box 40 can be freely changed besides this, and in this case, the underframe 10 and the support 30
It is needless to say that the number is provided by adjusting the number.

Now, the assembly and storage case 100 of the present invention is constructed.
Four parts form is a underframe 10 of the hand is, the connecting portion 20 for these plurality stacked as shown in (b) of FIG. 6 made compact, and its substantially square section To
It is integrally formed so as to be perpendicular to the plane formed by each underframe 10. The underframe 10 having the connecting portion 20 in the present embodiment is obtained by, for example, injection molding the entirety of a synthetic resin material. The underframe 1 shown in FIG.
At 0, the upper side in the figure shows a plane, and the lower side in the figure shows a bottom centering on a dashed line in the center of the figure,
The rigidity is ensured by ribs formed on the bottom side of the underframe 10.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 7 and 8, each connecting portion 20 is a tubular member penetrating up and down, and is fitted to a fitting portion 22 above and below a stepped portion 21. An elastic piece 24 formed in the fitting portion 22 of the connecting portion 20 through a slit or a thin portion 24a, and an engaging claw 25 provided outside the elastic piece 24. ,
An engaging hole 2 formed in a portion of the fitted portion 23 located immediately below the elastic piece 24 and engaged with the engaging claw 35 on the support column 30 side.
6 is provided. That is, each connecting portion 20 is adapted to be able to fit the fitted portion 23 of the other connecting portion 20 into the fitting portion 22, and is provided on the fitting portion 22 on one connecting portion 20 side. The lower surface of a stopper 27 formed in the fitted portion 23 on the other connecting portion 20 abuts on the other, so that the positioning between the underframes 10 is performed.

When the underframes 10 are stacked at the respective connecting portions 20 as shown in FIG. 6A, the fitting portion 22 and the fitted portion 23 are partitioned. Step 2
1 is not actively used, but this step 21
Is used to separate the fitting frame 22 and the fitted portion 23 from each other.
This is important when integrally molding 0. In other words, the presence of the step portion 21 in each connecting portion 20 facilitates the removal of the underframe 10 from the molding die, and also facilitates the formation of the die itself. It is what you are doing. Further, the fitting portion 22 of each connecting portion 20 in the present embodiment has a large number of ridges formed on the outer surface thereof in the vertical direction.
In addition to reducing the resistance when the fitting portion 22 is fitted into the fitted portion 23 on the other underframe 10, positioning is performed, and the rigidity of the fitting portion 22 is also ensured. Is what it is. The same protrusions as those of the fitting portion 22 are also formed on a fitting portion 32 of the support 30 described later.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, each elastic piece 24 has two longitudinal slits or thin portions 24a formed in a part of the fitting portion 22, and each slit or thin portion 24a. With the upper end opened, the material constituting the fitting portion 22 has elasticity due to the physical properties of the material itself. That is, each elastic piece 24 elastically bends inward only when the fitting portion 22 formed by the elastic piece 24 is inserted into the fitted portion 23 on the other underframe 10 side. If the engaging claw 25 is formed integrally with the outer surface of the upper end and locked in the engaging hole 36 on the side of the support 30 or is stored in the storage recess 28 in the connecting portion 20 described below, It returns to the natural state as shown in FIG.

Although not used at all in the stacked state of the plurality of underframes 10 shown in FIGS. 6A and 7, an engagement hole 26 is formed in the fitted portion 23 of each connecting portion 20. is there. Each of the engagement holes 26 is provided on an elastic piece 34 provided on the support 30 when a fitting portion 32 of each support 30 described later is fitted into the fitted portion 23 of the connecting portion 20. The claw 35 is locked, and its upper end is located below the lower end surface of the stopper 27 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, when a plurality of underframes 10 are stacked using each connecting portion 20, as shown in FIG. 7, the engagement claws 25 formed on one underframe 10 As described above, this is to prevent engagement with the engagement holes 26 of the underframe 10.
A post 30 to be described later is erected using the connecting portions 20 on the 0 side.
If it is to be fixed, the length of the stopper 27 formed in each connecting portion 20 in the up-down direction is adjusted by the fitting portion 2 on the connecting portion 20 side.
3 can be retracted from the upper end surface of the fitting portion 32 on the side of the support 30 and when the two underframes 10 are vertically stacked at the coupling portion 20, the engagement of the lower underframe 10 Dovetail 2
The lower end of the stopper 27 on the side of the upper underframe 10 can protrude from the upper end surface of the fitting portion 22 in the lower underframe 10 when the lower end of 5 is aligned with the lower end of the engagement hole 26 in the upper underframe 10. It is necessary to This is because the fitting portion 32 and the fitted portion 33 on the column 30 side
Is a case where the fitting portion 22 and the fitted portion 23 of each connecting portion 20 have the same shape .

A storage recess 28 is formed in the fitted portion 23 of each connecting portion 20. The storage recess 28 is connected to the connection recess 28 as shown in FIGS. Part 20
In order to prevent the elastic pieces 24 on the other frame 10 from unnecessarily bending when the fitting portion 22 of the other frame 10 is inserted into the fitted portion 23 of It is a vertical one with the lower part of the figure open. The storage recess 2 shown in FIG.
In 8, the upper end is formed in a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the engagement claw 25, so that the engagement claw 35 on the support column 30 side can be securely locked in the engagement hole 26. At the same time, the molding itself can be easily performed.

Next, each underframe 10 constructed as described above will be described.
Will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. The support 30 used in assembling the storage box 40 so that the storage box 40 can be stored thereon will be described. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, the support column 30 also has a cylindrical shape having a through hole in the up-down direction, and has substantially the same shape and size as the respective fitting portions 22 on the underframe 10. It has a joining portion 32. The lower side of the step portion 31 of the fitting portion 32 is
The engaging portion 33 is formed at the lower end of the engaged portion 33 with the engaging claw 25 on the underframe 10 side. .

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, one side surface of the fitting portion 32 of the support column 30 is formed by a pair of slits or thin portions 34a each having an open upper end. An engaging claw 35 that engages with the engaging hole 26 of the underframe 10 is integrally formed on the outer surface of the upper end of the elastic piece 34. In addition, an engagement hole 36 is formed in the lower end of the fitted portion 33 on the same side as the engagement claw 35 to be engaged with the engagement claw 25 on each underframe 10 side. .

In other words, each of the columns 30 has a length corresponding to the length of the fitting portion 33 corresponding to the length of the storage box 40. 20
It has a shape substantially similar to that of FIG. As can be understood from a comparison between FIG. 7 and FIG. 11, the length from the top surface of the fitting portion 32 on the support column 30 to the engagement claw 35 below the fitting portion 32 is equal to the length of the fitting portion on the connecting portion 20 side. The length from the top surface of the portion 22 to the engagement claw 25 thereunder is shorter than the length of the engagement portion 3 of the column 30.
2 is fitted into the fitted portion 23 of the connecting portion 20 so that the column 30 can be erected and fixed to the connecting portion 20 without being hindered by the stopper 27 in the connecting portion 20. There is something.

[0048]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, each connecting portion 20 is formed in a cylindrical shape penetrating up and down, and is fitted by being partitioned by the upper and lower portions of the step portion 21. Joint
22 and the fitted portion 23 and the fitting portion 22 of the connecting portion 20.
And an engaging claw 25 provided outside the elastic piece 24 through a slit or a thin portion 24a.
And an engagement hole 26 formed in a portion of the fitted portion 23 located immediately below the elastic piece 24 and engaged with an engagement claw 35 on the support column 30 side. Fitted part 23
The fitting portion 2 on the other frame 10 side protruding downward from the step portion 21 and fitted into the fitted portion 23
Abutting the stopper 27 on the two integrally formed, further
The length of the stopper 27 in the vertical direction is
The fitting portion 32 on the side of the support 30 fitted into the fitted portion 23
The two underframes 10 can be retracted from the upper end face and
When stacking vertically at the joint 20, place the lower underframe 10
The lower end of the engaging claw 25 is engaged with the engaging hole 26 in the upper underframe 10.
Of the lower underframe 10 when aligned with the lower end of the
22 from the upper end surface of the upper underframe 10 under the stopper 27
The fact that the end can be protruded has a structural feature, which makes it possible to easily assemble each member, to achieve more compactness during disassembly, and moreover, it is possible to provide an assembled housing cases 100 that can reduce the cost of.

That is, the assembled storage case 100 of the present invention.
According to, (1) to construct the assembled housing case 100, and the underframe 10 of two (otherwise a top plate), and column 30 of the same shape for coupling them on the underframe 10 What is necessary is just to form a total of four types of molds with the storage box 40 to be stored. Inspection of each connecting portion 20 of the completed underframe 10 is easy because the shape of each connecting portion 20 is the same. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the entire assembly and storage case 100 can be reduced. (2) Since the connecting portions 20 of the respective underframes 10 have exactly the same shape, a general consumer can easily assemble the assembling method when assembling the assembling and storing case 100, and can easily disassemble the assembling method. it can. (3) The underframes 10 can be stacked on each other by using the connecting portions 20, and at that time, the fitting portions 22 can be fitted into the fitted portions 23. Can be further downsized. (4) When the connecting portions 20 of the other underframes 10 are fitted into the connecting portions 20, the stopper 27 prevents the fitting of a certain amount or more. , And each underframe 10 for assembly can be easily separated. (5) The uprights and the fixings of the columns 30 to the connecting portions 20 can be reliably performed, and for the sake of compactness, when the underframes 10 are stacked using the respective connecting portions 20, they are connected. The engaging claws 25 on the part 20 side can be prevented from engaging with the engaging holes 26 on the other underframe 10 side, and the stacked underframes 10 can be easily separated. Such an effect can be exhibited.

[0050] In addition, assembling the storage case 10 Ru engaged in claim 2
Oite to 0, the respective connecting portions 20, are formed on the inner surface located below the engaging hole 26 of the fitting portion 23, the other underframe 10
Has its feature in that formed as one with the vertical housing concavity 28 for housing the elastic piece 24 having a side engaging claw 25, thereby engaging Ru assembly housed in the claim 1
The same effect as the case 100 can be exerted. (6) When the respective underframes 10 are stacked at the connecting portions 20, important elastic pieces 24 for standing and fixing the columns 30 are provided.
Can be maintained for a long period of time even if the size is reduced as shown in FIG. Such an effect can be exhibited.

[0051] In addition, Ru engaged to claim 3 assembly storage case 1
00 Oite are each strut 30 at the upper and lower stepped portions 31,
Fitting portion 32 fitted to fitted portion 23 on connecting portion 20 side
And the fitted part 3 into which the fitting part 22 of the connecting part 20 is fitted.
3, an elastic piece 34 formed in the fitting portion 32 of the support 30 through a slit or a thin portion 34a, an engaging claw 35 provided outside the elastic piece 34, Another underframe 1 formed at the lower end of the fitting portion 33
There is a configurational feature in that it is provided with an engagement hole 36 with which the engagement claw 25 in the 0-side connecting portion 20 is engaged, so that the above-described effects can be exerted. ( 7) It goes without saying that the separation and fixation between the respective underframes 10 can be surely performed, and the assembling work can be performed simply and easily. Such an effect can also be exhibited.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an assembled storage case employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view (A) and a rear view (B) of the assembled storage case.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 1-1 (a) and line 2-2 (b) of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a lower half of the underframe constituting the assembled storage case as a bottom surface.

FIG. 6 is a side view (a) and a longitudinal sectional view (b) of the underframe.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when two underframes are stacked using respective connecting portions thereof.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 7;

9A and 9B are a partially cutaway front view (a) and a partially cutaway side view (b) of a column that is erected and fixed between the respective underframes.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged plan view (a) and a bottom view (b) of the column.
It is.

FIG. 11 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view when columns are fixed above and below a connecting portion of one underframe.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Assembly storage case 10 Underframe 20 Connecting part 21 Step part 22 Fitting part 23 Fitted part 24 Elastic piece 24a Slit or thin part 25 Engagement claw 26 Engagement hole 27 Stopper 28 Storage recess 30 Post 31 Step 32 Fitting portion 33 Fitted portion 34 Elastic piece 34a Slit or thin portion 35 Engagement claw 36 Engagement hole 40 Storage box

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An assembling and storing method in which a plurality of underframes are assembled in a multi-stage manner through supporting columns erected on a plurality of connecting portions formed thereon, and a storage box is inserted between these underframes so as to be able to be pulled out. in <br/> cases, the respective connecting portions, there is a cylindrical penetrating vertically,
And the fitting portion has been partitioned vertically Similar stepped portion and the fitting portion, and an elastic piece formed on the fitting portion of the connecting portion, and the engaging claw provided on the outer side of the elastic piece, fitted the object is formed in a portion located immediately below the elastic piece of the engaging portion, and that the engagement pawl of the strut side and a engaging hole to be engaged, prior SL inside of the fitting portion of the connecting portion to, protrudes downward from the stepped portion, integrally formed abutting stopper to the fitted portion in the mated other underframe side of the fitting portion on further, the upper and lower stopper Direction length of the connecting portion side
Is the upper end face of the fitting part on the support column side fitted in the fitted part
From each other, and the two underframes are connected at their joints.
When stacking up and down, lower the lower end of the engaging claw on the lower underframe.
Lower side when aligned with the lower end of the engagement hole in the upper underframe
From the upper end surface of the fitting portion of the underframe, the slide on the upper underframe side
Characterized in that the lower end of the topper can protrude
Assembly storage case . 2. An upper and lower part for connecting each of said connecting parts to an elastic piece formed on an inner surface located below said engaging hole of said fitted part and having an engaging claw on another underframe side. The assembly storage case according to claim 1, wherein the storage case is formed to have a storage recess in one direction. 3. Each of the struts is provided above and below a step portion with a fitting portion fitted to the fitting portion on the connecting portion side and a fitting portion fitted with the fitting portion on the connecting portion side. And an elastic piece formed at the fitting part of the support, an engaging claw provided outside the elastic piece, and formed below the fitted part. The assembly storage case according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an engagement hole with which an engagement claw is engaged in a connection portion on another underframe side.