Patent ID: 7314051
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An airtight compact container comprising: a container body having a cavity formed on its top side and a cut in its circumference wall; a lid body coupled to the container body via a joint so as to be able to open/close; an annular inner frame attached in the cavity of the container body; a refill container that is detachably attached inside the inner frame; and a push piece attached in the cut of the container body so as to be operable to be pushed in, wherein the inner frame has a circumference wall that, when attached, is located away inwards from the inside wall of the container body and an annular cover extending from the top of the circumference wall to the inside wall of the container body, wherein the refill container has a plate to contain a cosmetic; a lid portion rotatably coupled to the plate via a hinge to open and close the plate; a closing portion to openably fasten the lid portion to the plate; and a finger-hooking flange extending laterally outwards from the top of the closing portion, wherein the plate of the refill container is provided with an annular groove defined and formed by a pair of annular walls facing each other, and an annular recess is formed above the annular groove along its circumferential direction such that a corresponding space width differs from that of the annular groove; the lid portion has formed on its circumference underface a flexible, downward piece to be inserted into the annular groove when the lid portion is closed to the plate, and the downward piece has a first airtight sealing portion that elastically contacts and presses against one of the annular walls, thereby air-tightly sealing the lid portion to the plate and a second airtight sealing portion that elastically contacts and presses against the other of the annular walls, thereby air-tightly sealing the lid portion to the plate, wherein the circumference wall of the inner frame has on its inside an engaging means that detachably engages with the outside wall of the plate of the refill container, and the annular cover of the inner frame has recesses that receive respectively the hinge and the closing portion of the refill container; the outer end of the finger-hooking flange of the refill container is formed so as to engage with a press-down portion formed in the inside of a circumference wall of the lid body when the lid body is closed to the container body, thereby being pressed down, and wherein the push piece has a push wall to be pushed in; a top wall extending from the top of the push wall through between the circumference wall and annular cover of the inner frame inwards of the container body; a hook that detachably engages with the lid body thereby maintaining the container body closed; a pushing-up portion formed at the inward end of the top wall so as to contact the lower edge of the lid portion of the refill container, which portion exerts an upward divided force on the lower edge of the lid portion when the push wall and thus the top wall are pushed in; and a restoring means that elastically restores the push piece pushed in.