Patent ID: 8459890

Claim:
A tubular cosmetic container including a container body for accommodating a cylindrical cosmetic and a tubular-topped cap fit outside the container body and provided for covering a to-be-covered portion at an upper side of the container body, the cosmetic container comprising: a first resistive portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the cap and configured for applying a first slide resistance by being pressed into sliding contact with the to-be-covered portion from a halfway covering posture to at least an immediately preceding covering posture during a covering of the to-be-covered portion and extending from the halfway covering posture through the immediately preceding covering posture to a fully covering posture; a second resistive portion formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap and configured for applying a second slide resistance larger than the first slide resistance by being pressed into sliding contact with the to-be-covered portion from the immediately preceding covering posture to the fully covering posture during the covering of the to-be-covered portion, the second resistive portion having a larger inward projection amount than the first resistive portion so as to have a greater slide resistance than the first resistive portion; and the tubular-topped cap comprises a cap body constituting an outer surface and an inner cap fit inside the cap body and formed with the first and second resistive portions, the first and second resistive portions being formed at an inner peripheral surface of a tubular-topped portion of the inner cap and slid into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a distal end of the to-be-covered portion of the container body, the inner cap includes cross-sectionally smaller and cross-sectionally larger tubular portions respectively located above or below each other, the to-be-covered portion includes cross-sectionally smaller and cross-sectionally larger tubular portions respectively located above or below each other, the to-be-covered portion can be covered with the inner cap, the cross-sectionally smaller tubular portion of the inner cap is formed with the first resistive portion to be slid into contact with the cross-sectionally smaller tubular portion of the to-be-covered portion, and the cross-sectionally larger tubular portion of the inner cap is formed with the second resistive portion to be slid into contact with the cross-sectionally larger tubular portion of the to-be-covered portion.