Patent ID: 7467727

Claim:
A cosmetic container comprising: a container body; a cover having a hinge body, the cover being rotatably connected to the container body at the rear portion thereof by means of a hinge pin; a spring provided between the hinge body and the container body that constantly elastically urge the cover to be opened; an elastic member provided to the container, the elastic member having an engaging projection which comes into and out of mutual engagement with an engaging protrusion provided to the cover at the front portion of the container body; a push-button provided at a side of the container body to be pushed so that the elastic member is elastically deformed to release the engaging protrusion of the cover from the engaging projection; and a pressing member having a pressing portion for reducing a rotational speed of the hinge body by a frictional contact between the pressing portion and the hinge body, wherein the elastic member is connected to the push-button in a rearward displaced manner relative to the push-button to give the elastic member a characteristic of elastic deformation toward the rear of the container, wherein the engaging projection of the elastic member is formed to protrude toward the front of the container, and wherein the engaging protrusion of the cover is formed to protrude toward the rear of the container so that the engaging protrusion can be engaged with the engaging projection.