Displayable jewelry container

• US 6,478,160 B1
• Filed: 05/31/2001
• Issued: 11/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nationalpak Limited
• Original Assignee: Nationalpak Limited
• Inventors: Siao, Jian Qiang, Au, Ho Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSTER, JIMMY G
• Application Number:
  US09/872,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20020179487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 530 Days
• Field of Search: 206/751-755, 206/6.1, 206/301, 206/566, 206/738, 220/212, 220/522, 297/188.19
• US Class Current: 206/752
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/16 Jewel boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/005 Hinges
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/03 of box shape; Adaptations of boxes to display purposes

Abstract

A displayable jewelry container includes a box, a cover, and a display base affixed at a bottom surface of the cover. The box has a pair of integral guiding track groove provided on two inner surfaces of two parallel side panels of the box respectively. The cover has two pairs of guiding pegs protruded on two outer surfaces of two parallel cover side panels and slidably inserted into the pair of integral guiding track groove respectively so as to slidably support the cover on the box, wherein when the cover is arranged to cover the top opening of the box, the display base is disposed inside the box and covered by the cover, wherein to open the box for displaying the product, flip a front side of the cover over to up side down the cover until the display base is placed on top.

Claims

1. A displayable jewelry container, comprising:

a box having a top opening and defining a receiving cavity therein, wherein a pair of elongated slider tracks are parallelly provided on two inner surfaces of two side panels of said box respectively and a pair of elongated auxiliary turn-over tracks are provided on said two inner surfaces of said two side panels of said box and integrally extended from said two elongated slider tracks respectively, wherein each of said elongated slider tracks has an elongated straight groove having a front blocked end and a rear blocked end and each of said auxiliary turn-over tracks is a semi-circular C-shaped groove having a rear stopper end positioned behind said rear blocked end of said slider track, wherein said rear blocked end is positioned at a center position between said front stopper end and said rear stopper end and defines a pivot distance between said rear blocked end and said rear stopper end, wherein a front stopper end joins a rear portion of said respective elongated slider track to form an integral guiding track groove;

a cover having a front pair and back pair of guiding pegs respectively projected on two outer surfaces of two cover side panels of said cover wherein said two guiding pegs of each pair of said guiding pegs are separated apart for a distance equal to said pivot distance of said integral guiding track groove, wherein said cover is supported between said two side panels of said box, while said two cover side panels of said cover are placed between and adjacent to said two side panels of said box, by slidably inserting said front and back pairs of guiding pegs of said two cover side panels of said cover said two integral guiding track grooves respectively; and

a display base, which is affixed at a bottom surface of said cover for mounting an article to be stored and displayed;

whereby when said cover covers said top opening of said box, said front and back pairs of guiding pegs are arranged to position at said two rear blocked ends of said two slider tracks and said two rear stopper ends of said two auxiliary turn-over tracks respectively, therefore said two front guiding pegs form a turning axle of said cover when opening said cover, wherein by lifting up said front end of said cover, said cover is turned over by traveling said back pair guiding pegs from said rear stopper ends to said front stopper ends of said two auxiliary turn-over tracks respectively until said cover is positioned upside down, so that said cover is capable of sliding frontwardly by traveling said front and back pairs of guiding pegs along said two elongated slider tracks respectively, traveling from said two rear blocked ends to said two front blocked ends, until said cover is overlappingly rested on said box in an upside down manner so as to open said cover and retains said cover in an opened condition.

2. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 1, wherein said pair of elongated slider tracks are indented on upper portions of said two inner surfaces of said two parallel side panels of said box and transversally extended along two top edges of said two inner surfaces of said two parallel side panels respectively, and said pair of elongated auxiliary turn-over tracks are indented on said two inner surfaces of said two parallel side panels of said box respectively.

3. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said integral guiding track grooves has an outer groove, an inner groove, and a narrowed intermediate neck groove to form an I-shaped cross section.

4. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 2, wherein each of said integral guiding track grooves has an outer groove, an inner groove, and a narrowed intermediate neck groove to form an I-shaped cross section.

5. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said guiding pegs has a I-shaped cross section that comprises a round mounting head plugged into said outer surface of said respective cover side panel, a round guiding disc outwardly and perpendicularly protruded from said outer surface of said respective cover side panel, and a neck having a diameter smaller than said guiding disc and integrally connecting between said mounting head and said guiding disc.

6. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said guiding pegs has a I-shaped cross section that comprises a round mounting head plugged into said outer surface of said respective cover side panel, a round guiding disc outwardly and perpendicularly protruded from said outer surface of said respective cover side panel, and a neck having a diameter smaller than said guiding disc and integrally connecting between said mounting head and said guiding disc.

7. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 5, wherein a distance between said two outer surfaces of said two cover side panels of said cover is slightly smaller than a distance between said two inner surfaces of said two side panels of said box, wherein said two cover side panels of said cover are placed between and adjacent to said two side panels of said box while said two pairs of guiding pegs provided on said two outer surfaces of said two cover side panels of said cover are slidably inserted into said two slider tracks provided on said two inner surfaces of said two side panels of said box respectively, wherein each of said guiding pegs are coupled with said respective guiding track groove in such a manner that said mounting head is slidably supported at said outer groove, said neck is slidably engaged at said neck groove, and said guiding disc is slidably positioned in said inner groove, so that said cover is slidably mounted on top of said box adapted for covering said top opening of said box.

8. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 6, wherein a distance between said two outer surfaces of said two cover side panels of said cover is slightly smaller than a distance between said two inner surfaces of said two side panels of said box, wherein said two cover side panels of said cover are placed between and adjacent to said two side panels of said box while said two pairs of guiding pegs provided on said two outer surfaces of said two cover side panels of said cover are slidably inserted into said two slider tracks provided on said two inner surfaces of said two side panels of said box respectively, wherein each of said guiding pegs are coupled with said respective guiding track groove in such a manner that said mounting head is slidably supported at said outer groove, said neck is slidably engaged at said neck groove, and said guiding disc is slidably positioned in said inner groove, so that said cover is slidably mounted on top of said box adapted for covering said top opening of said box.

9. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a locking means for securely locking said cover with said box.

10. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 5, further comprising a locking means for securely locking said cover with said box.

11. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 6, further comprising a locking means for securely locking said cover with said box.

12. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 7, further comprising a locking means for securely locking said cover with said box.

13. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 8, further comprising a locking means for securely locking said cover with said box.

14. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 9, wherein said locking means comprises a locking latch having a tip at one end and an operation button at another end, wherein said locking latch is downwardly extended from a cover front panel of said cover for engaging with a locking slot indented on an inner surface of a front panel of said box so as to lock said cover with said box, wherein said operation button is slidably protruded out of said cover front panel through an operation hole provided thereon.

15. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 10, wherein said locking means comprises a locking latch having a tip at one end and an operation button at another end, wherein said locking latch is downwardly extended from a cover front panel of said cover for engaging with a locking slot indented on an inner surface of a front panel of said box so as to lock said cover with said box, wherein said operation button is slidably protruded out of said cover front panel through an operation hole provided thereon.

16. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 11, wherein said locking means comprises a locking latch having a tip at one end and an operation button at another end, wherein said locking latch is downwardly extended from a cover front panel of said cover for engaging with a locking slot indented on an inner surface of a front panel of said box so as to lock said cover with said box, wherein said operation button is slidably protruded out of said cover front panel through an operation hole provided thereon.

17. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 12, wherein said locking means comprises a locking latch having a tip at one end and an operation button at another end, wherein said locking latch is downwardly extended from a cover front panel of said cover for engaging with a locking slot indented on an inner surface of a front panel of said box so as to lock said cover with said box, wherein said operation button is slidably protruded out of said cover front panel through an operation hole provided thereon.

18. A displayable jewelry container, as recited in claim 13, wherein said locking means comprises a locking latch having a tip at one end and an operation button at another end, wherein said locking latch is downwardly extended from a cover front panel of said cover for engaging with a locking slot indented on an inner surface of a front panel of said box so as to lock said cover with said box, wherein said operation button is slidably protruded out of said cover front panel through an operation hole provided thereon.