Patent ID: 6945724

Claim:
A storage container comprising a holding container adapted to hold a coating tool for applying a liquid and a closure member adapted to close the holding container holding the coating tool, the coating tool being provided with a handle section to be used for gripping the coating tool, the closure member being provided with an opening through which the handle section passes, the storage container having such a structure that the handle section projects outward through the opening when closing the holding container by means of the closure member with the coating tool held in the holding container, the storage container in the condition that the closure member is in a closed position comprising a first contact portion and a second contact portion which form a sealed condition by contact between the coating tool and the closure member, and a third contact portion and a fourth contact portion which form a sealed condition by contact between the holding container and the closure member, wherein the coating tool is provided with an abutting section and the inner surface of the holding container is provided with a stepped section on which the abutting section of the coating tool abuts when the coating tool is contained in the holding container, and wherein the coating tool is provided at the bottom thereof with an absorbing member adapted to hold the liquid, and the height of the stepped section from the bottom of the holding container is such that the absorbing member comes into contact with the bottom of the holding container without being deformed when the abutting section of the coating tool abuts on the stepped section of the holding container.