摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lidded container capable of surely preventing a lid from being opened by a misoperation and allowing easy installation of an operation member or a locking member on a container body. <P>SOLUTION: The lidded container 1 includes the container body 2, an upper lid 4 mounted on the container body 2 to allow its take-out port 10 to open/close, a leaf spring 5 for urging the upper lid 4 in the opening direction, and a push-button 6 which can be operated between a close position to engage with the upper lid 4 for keeping the upper lid 4 closed against the leaf spring 5 and an open position where the engagement with the upper lid 4 is disengaged. The push-button 6 is equipped with the locking member 7 movable between a locked position where it is engaged with the closed upper lid 4 and comes into contact with a locking surface 25b of the container body 2 in the operating direction of the push-button 6 to disable the button 6 to be operated to the open position and an unlocked position where it comes off from the upper lid 4 and the locking surface 25b of the body 2 to allow the push-button 4 to be operated from the close position to the open position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |