Abstract:
A portable accessory box is disclosed. The portable accessory box comprises: a bottom plate; two side rectangular bodies fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate; and a lower side plate fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate. The portable accessory box can further comprise an upper side plate fixedly connected to the upper side of the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a hand-held hole for carrying and two fixed pieces used to fix the side rectangular bodies. In addition, each of the side rectangular bodies comprises an embedded slot, and the lower side plate and the upper side plate both include an inner side piece. When the lower side plate and the upper side plate are folded inwardly, the inner side pieces can be embedded into the embedded slots of the side rectangular bodies to divide each of the side rectangular bodies into two rectangular sub-bodies and form a lower rectangular body and an upper rectangular body between the side rectangular bodies.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     The present invention relates to a portable accessory box, and more particularly, to a portable accessory box formed by folding a one piece paper material.  
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0002]     Electronic products, such as notebooks, have many related accessories. For example, a notebook may have accessories comprising a transformer, a power cord and a mouse. In order to prevent electronic products, such as notebooks, and related accessories thereof from being damaged during transportation, protective packaging structures are generally used to package these electronic products, so as to support and protect the objects disposed in the packaging cartons, thereby avoiding damage due to external impact. Inside the commonly-used packaging cartons, the frequently-used materials forming the protective packaging structures are, for example, plastic, paper, and metal. Of these, paper is quite popularly selected for manufacturing the packaging structures because it is easily processed, has a low technical threshold, is cheap, and can be easily printed on.  
         [0003]     In addition, based on the principle of environmental protection, the packaging structures of paper can be produced from reprocessed paper pulp and be recycled. Moreover, unlike other materials, paper materials do not need to bear the cost of recycling. Therefore, the utilization of paper materials can reduce the ecological impact on the environment and is cheap.  
         [0004]     Besides, in order to protect accessories of the electronic product from damage caused by collision and from being scattered in packaging carton, currently, the relative popular method is to pack the accessories of the electronic product into an accessory box and then pack the accessory box and the electronic product into the packaging carton together.  
         [0005]     An accessory box is typically composed of a box and one or many inner spacers. With the inner spacers, the internal space of the box is separated into a plurality of deposed spaces, so that the accessories of the electronic product can be put into the deposed spaces of the accessory box, and a benefit of arrangement is obtained, thus avoiding damage caused by collision.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0006]     An objective of the present invention is to provide a portable accessory box formed by folding a paper material, and the portable accessory box can be made in one piece. Therefore, the portable accessory box is formed easily and production cost is reduced.  
         [0007]     Another objective of the present invention is to provide a portable accessory box formed of a paper material, thus reducing the environmental burden thereof and meeting the requirement of environmental protection.  
         [0008]     Still another objective of the present invention is to provide a portable accessory box, which is one piece and can replace an old type portable accessory box composed of an outer box and inner spacers. Therefore, complicated operation in transportation, control of materiel and supplies, and fabrication manpower in the production line can be left out.  
         [0009]     Further another objective of the present invention is to provide a portable accessory box, which can be used to contain accessories of an electronic product, such as a notebook. The portable accessory box of the present invention comprises a hand-held hole or a hand-taken hole; therefore the portable accessory box can be taken out easily with the hand-held hole or the hand-taken hole while the portable accessory box is taken out from the packaging carton of the electronic product.  
         [0010]     According to the aforementioned objectives of the present invention, the present invention provides a portable accessory box comprising: a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate comprises a hand-held hole; two side rectangular bodies fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate, wherein each side rectangular body comprises an embedded slot; and a lower side plate fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate, wherein the lower side plate comprises a fixed piece, and the lower side plate is folded upwardly and inwardly to make the fixed piece embed into the embedded slot of each side rectangular body, so as to divide each side rectangular body into two rectangular sub-bodies and form a lower rectangular body between the side rectangular bodies.  
         [0011]     According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate further comprises two fixed pieces, and each side rectangular body comprises at least one insertion slot. By inserting the fixed pieces of the bottom plate into the insertion slot of each side rectangular body, the side rectangular bodies can be fixed.  
         [0012]     According to the aforementioned objectives of the present invention, the present invention provides a portable accessory box comprising: a bottom plate; two side rectangular bodies fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate, wherein each side rectangular body comprises an embedded slot; a lower side plate fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate, wherein the lower side plate comprises an inner side piece, and the lower side plate is folded upwardly and inwardly to make the inner piece of the lower side plate embed into the embedded slot of each side rectangular body, so as to divide each side rectangular body into two rectangular sub-bodies and form a lower rectangular body between the side rectangular bodies; and an upper side plate fixedly connected to the upper side of the bottom plate. The upper side plate comprises: an inner side piece, wherein the upper side plate is folded downwardly and inwardly to make the inner side piece embed into the embedded slot of each side rectangular body, so as to form an upper rectangular body between the side rectangular bodies; and an outer side piece, wherein the outer side piece comprises two hand-taken holes for carrying the portable accessory box.  
         [0013]     According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each side rectangular body further comprises an insertion slot, and the bottom plate comprises two fixed pieces. By inserting the fixed pieces of the bottom plate into the insertion slot of each side rectangular body, the side rectangular bodies can be fixed.  
         [0014]     The portable accessory box of the present invention is formed by folding a paper material and is one piece, so it is quite easy to fabricate the portable accessory box, production cost is reduced and the environmental burden thereof is reduced to meet the requirement of environmental protection. In addition, the portable accessory box of the present invention includes a hand-held hole or hand-taken hole, so the portable accessory box can be taken out from the packaging carton of the electronic product easily. Therefore, it is very convenient. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0015]     The foregoing aspects and many of the attendant advantages of this invention will become more readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:  
         [0016]      FIG. 1  is a diagram showing an unfolded portable accessory box in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.  
         [0017]      FIG. 2  to  FIG. 3  are assembly diagrams showing a portable accessory box in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.  
         [0018]      FIG. 4  is a diagram showing an unfolded portable accessory box in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.  
         [0019]      FIG. 5  to  FIG. 7  are assembly diagrams showing a portable accessory box in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
       [0020]     The present invention discloses a portable accessory box formed by folding a paper material, and the portable accessory box can be formed in one piece. Therefore, the portable accessory box is easily fabricated, the cost thereof can be reduced, and manpower expended in the manufacture thereof can be saved. In order to make the illustration of the present invention more explicit and complete, the following description is given in conjunction with the drawings from  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 7 .  
         [0021]     Referring to  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 1  is a diagram showing an unfolded portable accessory box in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A material of a portable accessory box  100  is preferably a paper material having a buffer structure, such as corrugated paper. The portable accessory box  100  comprises a bottom plate  102 , a side plate  104  and a side plate  106  fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate  102 , respectively, and a lower side plate  108  fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate  102 .  
         [0022]     The side plate  104  comprises an outer side piece  110 , an upper side piece  112 , an inner side piece  114  and a lower side piece  116  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  110  is connected with the bottom plate  102 . The side plate  104  further comprises an embedded slot  118  and an insertion slot  144 , wherein the embedded slot  118  is in the inner side piece  114  and the upper side piece  112 , and the insertion slot  144  is located between the inner side piece  114  and the lower side piece  116 .  
         [0023]     Similarly, the side plate  106  comprises an outer side piece  120 , an upper side piece  122 , an inner side piece  124  and a lower side piece  126  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  120  is connected with the bottom plate  102 . The side plate  106  further comprises an embedded slot  128  and an insertion slot  146 , wherein the embedded slot  128  is in the inner side piece  124  and the upper side piece  122 , and the insertion slot  146  is located between the inner side piece  124  and the lower side piece  126 . The lower side plate  108  comprises an outer side piece  136 , an upper side piece  138  and an inner side piece  140  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  136  is connected with the bottom plate  102 . The lower side plate  108  further comprises an opening hole  142  located in the inner side piece  140  and the upper side piece  138 , and the opening hole  142  also can be directly located on the upper side piece  138 .  
         [0024]     The bottom plate  102  comprises a hand-held hole  130 , as well as a fixed piece  132  and a fixed piece  134  respectively located at the two sides of the hand-held hole  130 . The hand-held hole  130  is used to carry the portable accessory box  100 ; and the locations of the fixed piece  132  and the fixed piece  134  correspond to the locations of the insertion slot  144  and the insertion slot  146 , respectively. The fixed piece  132  and the fixed piece  134  can be inserted into the insertion slot  144  and the insertion slot  146 , respectively.  
         [0025]     Referring to  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 3 ,  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 3  are assembly diagrams showing a portable accessory box in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, with simultaneous reference to  FIG. 1 . The portable accessory box  100  is assembled by first folding the side plate  104  and the side plate  106 , and then folding the lower side plate  108 . The side plate  104  is folded toward the interior of the bottom plate  102  along the folding lines between the side pieces of the side plate  104  to form a side rectangular body  148 . The embedded slot  118  is in the upper side and the inner side of the side rectangular body  148 . When the side plate  104  is folded inwardly, the fixed piece  132  of the bottom plate  102  can be inserted into the insertion slot  144  between the inner side piece  114  and the lower side piece  116  to fix the side rectangular body  148 .  
         [0026]     After the side rectangular body  148  is formed, the side plate  106  is folded inwardly by the same method to form a side rectangular body  150 . The embedded slot  128  is in the upper side and the inner side of the side rectangular body  150 . When the side plate  106  is folded inwardly, the fixed piece  134  of the bottom plate  102  can be inserted into the insertion slot  146  between the inner side piece  124  and the lower side piece  126  to fix the side rectangular body  150 . After the side plate  104  and the side plate  106  are folded, the side rectangular body  148  and the side rectangular body  150  are formed at the two sides of the bottom plate  102 , respectively, as illustrated in  FIG. 2 . The sequence of folding the side rectangular body  148  and the side rectangular body  150  can be changed to fold the side rectangular body  150  first and then fold the side rectangular body  148 , and the sequence of folding the side rectangular body  148  and the side rectangular body  150  is not limited in the present invention.  
         [0027]     After the side rectangular body  148  and the side rectangular body  150  are formed, the lower side plate  108  is folded toward the interior of the bottom plate  102  along the folding lines between the side pieces of the lower side plate  108  to insert the inner side piece  140  of the lower side plate  108  into the embedded slot  118  of the side rectangular body  148  and the embedded slot  128  of the side rectangular body  150 . The side rectangular body  148  is thus separated into a rectangular sub-body  152  and a rectangular sub-body  154 . The side rectangular body  150  is separated into a rectangular sub-body  156  and a rectangular sub-body  158 . A lower rectangular body  160  is formed between the side rectangular body  148  and the side rectangular body  150 , as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . After the lower rectangular body  160  is formed, the opening hole  142  is located in the upper side of the lower rectangular body  160 . The opening hole  142  not only has a benefit for opening the lower rectangular body  160  conveniently, but also provides a window for viewing the objects deposed therein when the lower rectangular body  160  is closed.  
         [0028]     In the embodiment, the portable accessory box  100  is formed by folding a paper material and is one piece, and the portable accessory box  100  provides five independent sections, i.e. the rectangular sub-body  152 , the rectangular sub-body  154 , the rectangular sub-body  156 , the rectangular sub-body  158  and the lower rectangular body  160 , for storing accessories of a product. Moreover, the portable accessory box  100  further comprises a hand-held hole  130 . Since the portable accessory box  100  is typically packed in the same packaging carton, such as a packaging carton of a notebook, with the product, the hand-held hole  130  is convenient for carrying the portable accessory box  100 .  
         [0029]     Referring to  FIG. 4 ,  FIG. 4  is a diagram showing an unfolded portable accessory box in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. A material of a portable accessory box  200  is preferably selected from a paper material having a buffer structure, such as corrugated paper. The portable accessory box  200  comprises a bottom plate  202 , a side plate  204  and a side plate  208  fixedly connected to two sides of the bottom plate  202  respectively, a upper side plate  210  fixedly connected to the upper side of the bottom plate  202 , and a lower side plate  206  fixedly connected to the lower side of the bottom plate  202 .  
         [0030]     The side plate  204  comprises an outer side piece  212 , an upper side piece  214 , an inner side piece  216  and a lower side piece  218  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  212  is connected with the bottom plate  202 . The side plate  204  further comprises an embedded slot  220 , an insertion slot  226 , and hole  222  and hole  224 . The embedded slot  220  is in the inner side piece  216  and the upper side piece  214 . The insertion slot  226  is located between the inner side piece  216  and the lower side piece  218 . The hole  222  and the hole  224  are located in the upper side piece  214  and at two sides of the embedded slot  220 , respectively. Similarly, the side plate  208  comprises an outer side piece  228 , an upper side piece  230 , an inner side piece  232  and a lower side piece  234  connected in sequence. The outer side piece  228  is connected with the bottom plate  202 . The side plate  208  further comprises an embedded slot  236 , an insertion slot  242 , and hole  238  and hole  240 . The embedded slot  236  is in the inner side piece  232  and the upper side piece  230 ; the insertion slot  242  is located between the inner side piece  232  and the lower side piece  234 ; and the hole  238  and the hole  240  are located on the upper side piece  230  and at two sides of the embedded slot  236 , respectively.  
         [0031]     The lower side plate  206  comprises an outer side piece  244 , an upper side piece  246  and an inner side piece  248  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  244  is connected with the bottom plate  202 . The lower side plate  206  further comprises an opening hole  250 , and a lower embedded slot  252  and a lower embedded slot  254 . The opening hole  250  is located in the inner side piece  248  and the upper side piece  246 , and the opening hole  250  also can be directly located in the upper side piece  246 . The lower embedded slot  252  and the lower embedded slot  254  are located in the inner side piece  248  and at two sides of the opening hole  250 , respectively. The upper side plate  210  comprises an outer side piece  256 , an upper side piece  258  and an inner side piece  260  connected in sequence, wherein the outer side piece  256  is connected with the bottom plate  202 . The upper side plate  210  further comprises an opening hole  262 , a hand-taken hole  268  and a hand-taken hole  270 , and a lower embedded slot  264  and a lower embedded slot  266 . The opening hole  262  is located in the inner side piece  260  and the upper side piece  258 , and the opening hole  262  also can be directly located in the upper side piece  258 . The lower embedded slot  264  and the lower embedded slot  266  are located in the inner side piece  260  and at two sides of the opening hole  262 , respectively, and the hand-taken hole  268  and the hand-taken hole  270  are located in the outer side piece  260  and separated by a distance. The hand-taken hole  268  and the hand-taken hole  270  are provided for carrying the portable accessory box  200 .  
         [0032]     The bottom plate  202  comprises a fixed piece  272  and a fixed piece  274 . The locations of the fixed piece  272  and the fixed piece  274  correspond to the locations of the insertion slot  226  and the insertion slot  242 , respectively, and the fixed piece  272  and the fixed piece  274  can be inserted into the insertion slot  226  and the insertion slot  242 , respectively.  
         [0033]     Referring to  FIG. 5  to  FIG. 7 ,  FIG. 5  to  FIG. 7  are assembly diagrams showing a portable accessory box in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention, with simultaneous reference to  FIG. 4 . The assembly of the portable accessory box  200  is to fold the side plate  204  and the side plate  208  first, and then to fold the lower side plate  206  and the upper side plate  210 . The side plate  204  is folded toward the interior of the bottom plate  202  along the folding lines between the side pieces of the side plate  204  to form a side rectangular body  276 . The embedded slot  220  is in the upper side and the inner side of the side rectangular body  276 , and the hole  222  and the hole  224  are located in the upper side of the side rectangular body  276 . When the side plate  204  is folded inwardly, the fixed piece  272  of the bottom plate  202  can be inserted into the insertion slot  226  between the inner side piece  216  and the lower side piece  218  to fix the side rectangular body  276 . The hole  222  and the hole  224  provide windows for viewing objects stored therein when the side rectangular body  276  is closed.  
         [0034]     After the side rectangular body  276  is formed, the side plate  208  is folded inwardly by the same method to form a side rectangular body  278 . The embedded slot  236  is in the upper side and a portion of the inner side of the side rectangular body  278 , and the hole  238  and the hole  240  are located in the upper side of the side rectangular body  278 . When the side plate  208  is folded inwardly, the fixed piece  274  of the bottom plate  202  can be inserted into the insertion slot  242  between the inner side piece  232  and the lower side piece  234  to fix the side rectangular body  278 . After the side plate  204  and the side plate  208  are folded, the side rectangular body  276  and the side rectangular body  278  are formed at the two sides of the bottom plate  202 , respectively, such as shown in  FIG. 5 . The sequence of folding the side rectangular body  276  and the side rectangular body  278  is not limited to the above description, and the side rectangular body  278  can be folded first, and then the side rectangular body  276  is folded. The hole  238  and the hole  240  provide windows for viewing the objects stored therein when the side rectangular body  278  is closed.  
         [0035]     After the side rectangular body  276  and the side rectangular body  278  are formed, the lower side plate  206  is folded toward the interior of the bottom plate  202  along the folding lines between the side pieces of the lower side plate  206  to insert the inner side piece  248  of the lower side plate  206  into the embedded slot  220  of the side rectangular body  276  and the embedded slot  236  of the side rectangular body  278 , and to inset the lower embedded slot  252  and the lower embedded slot  254  of the inner side piece  248  of the lower side plate  206  into the embedded slot  220  and the embedded slot  236 , respectively. The inner side piece  248  embedded into the embedded slot  220  and the embedded slot  236  separates the side rectangular body  276  into a rectangular sub-body  280  and a rectangular sub-body  282  and separates the side rectangular body  278  into a rectangular sub-body  284  and a rectangular sub-body  286 , as well as forms a lower rectangular body  288  between the side rectangular body  276  and the side rectangular body  278 , as illustrated in  FIG. 6 . After the lower rectangular body  288  is formed, the opening hole  250  is located in the upper side of the lower rectangular body  288 . The opening hole  250  not only allows convenient opening of the lower rectangular body  288 , but also provides a window for viewing the objects stored therein when the lower rectangular body  288  is closed.  
         [0036]     After the lower rectangular body  288  is formed, the upper side plate  210  is folded toward the interior of the bottom plate  202  along the folding lines between the side pieces of the upper side plate  210  to insert the inner side piece  260  of the upper side plate  210  into the embedded slot  220  of the side rectangular body  276  and the embedded slot  236  of the side rectangular body  278 , and to insert the lower embedded slot  264  and the lower embedded slot  266  of the inner side piece  260  of the upper side plate  210  into the embedded slot  220  and the embedded slot  236 , respectively. An upper rectangular body  290  is formed between the side rectangular body  276  and the side rectangular body  278 , such as shown in  FIG. 7 . After the upper rectangular body  290  is formed, the opening hole  262  is located in the upper side of the upper rectangular body  290 . The opening hole  262  not only allows convenient opening of the upper rectangular body  290 , but also provides a window for viewing the objects stored therein when lower rectangular body  290  is closed.  
         [0037]     In the embodiment, the portable accessory box  200  is formed by folding a paper material and is one piece, and the portable accessory box  200  provides six independent sections, i.e. the rectangular sub-body  280 , the rectangular sub-body  282 , the rectangular sub-body  284 , the rectangular sub-body  286 , the lower rectangular body  288  and the upper rectangular body  290 , for storing accessories of a product. Moreover, the portable accessory box  200  further comprises a hand-taken hole  268  and a hand-taken hole  270 . Since the portable accessory box  200  is typically packed in the same packaging carton, such as a packaging carton of a notebook, with the product, the hand-taken hole  268  and the hand-taken hole  270  are convenient for carrying the portable accessory box  200 .  
         [0038]     In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the portable accessory box of the present invention can sustain an impact of about 50 G in a drop test when the portable accessory box falls from a height of 107 centimeters while containing accessories having a weight of 4 kilograms.  
         [0039]     According to the aforementioned description, one advantage of the present invention is that the portable accessory box of the present invention is formed by folding a paper material and is made in one piece. Therefore, the portable accessory box is formed easily, thereby reducing production cost.  
         [0040]     According to the aforementioned description, another advantage of the present invention is that a material of the portable accessory box of the present invention is paper, and thus reducing the environmental burden thereof and meeting the requirement of environmental protection.  
         [0041]     According to the aforementioned description, still another advantage of the present invention is that the portable accessory box of the present invention is made in one piece and can replace the conventional portable accessory box composed of an outer box and inner spacers. Therefore, complicated operation in transportation, control of materiel and supplies, and fabrication manpower in the production line can be left out.  
         [0042]     According to the aforementioned description, a further another advantage of the present invention is that the portable accessory box of the present invention comprises a hand-held hole or a hand-taken hole, and therefore is conveniently carried.  
         [0043]     As is understood by a person skilled in the art, the foregoing preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrative of the present invention rather than limiting of the present invention. It is intended that various modifications and similar arrangements be included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims, the scope of which should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structure.