Patent ID: 7954935

Claim:
A liquid container that stores therein liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus, and which is adapted to be removably mounted onto a container mounting part of the liquid consuming apparatus, the liquid container comprising: a container body formed with a liquid supply port through which the liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus flows outward; and a container-side fixing structure which releasably regulates movement of the liquid container in an outward pulling direction in cooperation with an apparatus-side fixing structure provided for the container mounting part in a state where the liquid container is mounted onto the container mounting part, the container-side fixing structure including; a guide groove adapted to receive a fixing pin of the apparatus-side fixing structure, and which guides the fixing pin in mounting and removal operations of the liquid container to and from the container mounting part; and the guide groove including a fixing part which engages the fixing pin to regulate the movement of the liquid container in the pulling direction in the state where the liquid container is mounted to the container mounting part, the guide groove having an entrance-side guide path leading the fixing pin from an entrance part to the fixing part, and an exit-side guide path distinct from the entrance-side guide path and leading the fixing pin from the fixing part to an exit part; wherein the guide groove is formed at a bottom surface of a recess part formed on a surface of the container body.