Abstract: A container accommodating a rodlike object (6) is comprising of a cylinder body (1), a shutter portion (2), and a cap (3). A retrieving port (10) for taking out the rodlike object 6 by holding the middle portion of the rodlike object 6 by fingers (7) and a through-hole for the head portion (11) for passing the head portion of the rodlike object are formed on the circumference wall of the cylinder body, in which a neck portion (12) having a clearance (12a) formed to have a smaller width than the thickness of the middle portion of the rodlike object is formed between the retrieving port and the through-hole for the head portion. The cylinder body is unitedly assembled thereon with the shutter portion and the cap in order, in which a shutter is opened by operating the rotation of the cap. According to the aforementioned structure, production of each part is easier, fewer numbers of parts, and further simplified assembly are possible, resulting in a small cost of production.

Abstract: A tiltable turntable for supporting a display monitor, for example, has a support base, a monitor base, and a post of a substantially H-shaped cross section by which the support base and the monitor base are resiliently coupled to each other for relative tilting and rotational movement. The support base has two spaced stoppers. To assemble the tiltable turntable, the support base and the monitor base are sandwiched by the post, and the support base is turned with respect to the monitor base until a retaining member of the post rides over an inclined surface of one of the stoppers. When the retaining member of the post is positioned between the stoppers, the post is retained between the stoppers against dislodgment from the support base and limits the range of relative rotational movement between the support base and the monitor base. The support base and the monitor base are resiliently held together by the retaining member of the post.

Abstract: A toothpick holder comprising a toothpick container capable of containing many toothpicks, a cover member mounted on this container, a toothpick ejecting unit fixed upright to the center of a support base so that the container and cover member are vertically movable relative to the ejecting unit, and resilient means. In response to forced downward movement of the cover member and container, a toothpick supported at the lower end thereof in a supporting recess formed at the upper end of the ejecting unit protrudes to be dispensed from a dispensing opening of a frusto-conical upper end of the cover member. After the toothpick is dispensed, the cover member and container are restored to the original non-operative position by the resilient means.