Container for housing household tissue paper

Abstract

A container for housing household tissue paper includes a container body that stores household tissue paper inside and has an outlet through which the household tissue paper is taken out, an open/close lid that is pivotably provided to the container body and closes the outlet, and a biasing member. At least a part of the container body is formed of an elastic material. The container body has a latch that latches the open/close lid in a closed state and releases and opens the open/close lid. The biasing member is formed of the elastic material integrally with the part of the container body formed of the elastic material and biases the open/close lid in an opening direction.

1 . A container for housing household tissue paper, the container comprising:
 a container body configured to store the household tissue paper therein and having an outlet through which the household tissue paper is taken out from the container body;   an open/close lid that is pivotably provided to the container body to open and close the outlet; and   a biasing member,   wherein:   at least a part of the container body is formed of an elastic material,   the container body has a latch that latches the open/close lid in a closed state and releases and opens the open/close lid, and   the biasing member is formed of the elastic material integrally with the part of the container body formed of the elastic material and biases the open/close lid in an opening direction.   
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 at least a part of the open/close lid is formed of the elastic material, and   the biasing member is integrally formed with the part of the open/close lid formed of the elastic material.   
     
     
         3 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein a hardness of the elastic material is in a range of 20 to 90, measured in accordance with JIS K 6253 (type A durometer). 
     
     
         4 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the biasing member is embedded in the container body and the open/close lid. 
     
     
         5 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein only one end of the biasing member is connected to the part of the container body formed of the elastic material, and only another end of the biasing member is connected to a part of the open/close lid formed of the elastic material. 
     
     
         6 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the container body has a body-side sealing loop that is formed of the elastic material and is a loop-shaped projection surrounding the outlet and protruding in an upper direction,   the open/close lid has an open/close-lid-side sealing loop that is formed of the elastic material and is a loop-shaped projection protruding in a lower direction when the open/close lid is closed, and   the body-side sealing loop and the open/close-lid-side sealing loop fit to each other when the open/close lid is closed.   
     
     
         7 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the container body has a nonslip portion formed of the elastic material near a portion of the container body that connects to the open/close lid.