Claims
- 1. A container comprising a combination of:
- a flexible inner container which comprises a cylindrical mouth for dispensing contents of the container, in which the cylindrical mouth projecting in the upward direction is provided at the top of the flexible inner container, and the cylindrical mouth comprises a passage for communicating the inside and the outside of the container and engagement grooves provided on both sides of the outer periphery of the mouth with respect to the passage; and
- a hard outer housing which comprises four side walls one of which has a large opening, an upper substantially horizontal wall having a pair of guide portions sandwiching a guide notch which is opened to the large opening of the outer housing and extends to approximately the center of the outer housing, the upper wall further having an inclined surface in the side opposite to the opening in which the height of a position of the inclined surface is smaller the smaller the distance between the position and the side wall opposite to the opening is, each of the pair of guide portions having a stopper means for preventing separation of the flexible inner container from the place in the outer housing at a predetermined position facing the guide notch, and a supporting means for supporting the container in a substantially vertical position which projects in the outward direction of the container and which is connected to the ends of the guide portions in the side of the large opening; wherein the flexible inner container is inserted into the outer housing through the large opening of the outer housing and is held by the outer housing, by interfitting the pair of guide portions into the engagement grooves of the cylindrical mouth and projecting the mouth in the upward direction.
- 2. A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting means has a pair of ears which horizontally project in the outward direction of the large opening of the outer housing.
- 3. A container as claimed in claim 2, wherein each ear has a hole for laying a finger of a person.
- 4. A container as claimed in claim 1; wherein the flexible inner container is formed in a box-shape having a rectangle in a plan view by using flexible film material, and has a seal portion which is hermetically formed by joining the upper portions of the front and rear walls in the long sides of the rectangle, and a cylindrical mouth is attached at approximately the center of the seal portion.
- 5. A container as claimed in claim 1; wherein the flexible inner container comprises a plastic flexible film material, or a flexible film material made by laminating a metal foil, a paper, a cellophane, or a proper composition of them on a plastic film in a box-shape having a rectangle in a plan view by using flexible film material, and has a seal portion which is hermetically formed by joining the upper portions of the front and rear walls in the long sides of the rectangle, and a cylindrical mouth is attached at approximately the center of the seal portion.
- 6. A container as claimed in claim 4; wherein the cylindrical mouth of the flexible inner container comprises two tongue portions with pointed heads which horizontally project in outer opposite directions and are provided at the counter sides to each other with respect to the center of the mouth on the base portion thereof sandwiched by the seal portion, and the upper portions of the front wall and the rear wall of the container are hermetically joined to each other, to the side walls of the tongue portions, and to the peripheral wall of the cylindrical mouth.
- 7. A container as claimed in claim 4; wherein the cylindrical mouth of the flexible inner container comprises two flange portions with a little space which forms the engagement grooves, at portions above the joined portion.
- 8. A container as claimed in claim 4; wherein the flexible inner container has two inclined shoulder walls between the front wall and the joined portion, and between the rear wall and the joined portion respectively.
- 9. A container as claimed in claim 8; wherein the front wall and the rear wall of the outer housing have two inclined walls which are approximately parallel to the inclined shoulder walls of the inner container respectively.
- 10. A container as claimed in claim 1; wherein the supporting means comprises a pair of projecting walls which project from the ends of the guide portions in the side of the large opening in the outside direction of the container on a surface approximately parallel to the side wall of the outer housing opposite to the large opening, and at least a hole for hanging the container up on a wall is formed in the supporting means.
- 11. A container as claimed in claim 10; wherein the pair of projecting walls project to the lateral external directions opposite to each other, and each projecting wall has a hole for hanging the container up on a wall at approximately the center thereof.
- 12. A container as claimed in claim 10; wherein a pair of end portions of the supporting means in the large opening thereof project to the upward direction on the surface of the large opening of the outer housing and are joined to each other, and a hole for hanging up on a wall is formed at approximately the center thereof.
- 13. A container as claimed in claim 10; wherein a pair of holes for hanging the container up on a wall are formed in at least one of front and rear walls of the outer housing.
- 14. A container as claimed in claim 10; wherein a plurality of through holes for draining water out of the outer housing are formed in the bottom wall of the outer housing.
- 15. A container as claimed in claim 10; wherein a dispenser projecting outside the outer housing in the upward direction is attached to the mouth of the flexible inner container.
- 16. A container comprising a combination of:
- a flexible inner container which comprises a cylindrical mouth for dispensing contents of the container, in which the cylindrical mouth projecting in the upward direction is provided at the top of the flexible inner container, and the cylindrical mouth comprises a passage for communicating the inside and the outside of the container and engagement grooves provided on both sides of the outer periphery of the mouth with respect to the passage; and
- a hard outer housing which comprises three side walls and a large opening, and an upper wall having a pair of guide portions sandwiching a guide notch which is opened in the direction of the large opening of the outer housing and extends to approximately the center of the outer housing, each of the pair of guide portions having a stopper means for preventing separation of the flexible inner container from the place in the outer housing at a predetermined position facing the guide notch; wherein the flexible inner container is inserted into the outer housing through the large opening of the outer housing and is held by the outer housing, by interfitting the pair of guide portions into the engagement grooves of the cylindrical mouth, and projecting the mouth in the upward direction.
- 17. A container as claimed in claim 16, wherein a slit is formed at a position of the upper wall adjacent the center of the end of the guide notch in the center side thereof so that the slit facilitates elastic deformation of the outer housing when the flexible inner container is inserted into the outer housing.
- 18. A container as claimed in claim 16, wherein the supporting means has a pair of ears which horizontally project in the outward direction of the large opening of the outer housing.
- 19. A container as claimed in claim 16; wherein the flexible inner container is formed in a box-shape having a rectangle in a plan view by using flexible film material, and has a seal portion which is hermetically formed by joining the upper portions of the front and rear walls in the long sides of the rectangle, and a cylindrical mouth is attached at approximately the center of the seal portion.
- 20. A container as claimed in claim 16; wherein a pair of end portions of the supporting means in the large opening project on the surface of the large opening of the outer housing, and a hole for hanging up on a wall is formed in a portion of the end portions.
- 21. A container as claimed in claim 16; wherein a pair of end portions of the supporting means in the large opening thereof project to the upward direction on the surface of the large opening of the outer housing and are joined to each other.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/236,555 filed on May 2, 1994 now abandoned.
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