BR102018016015A2 - TWO COMBINATION DISPLAY BOX IN ONE - Google Patents

Abstract

display box with two in one combination. It is a container that includes a tray portion configured to hold and display the product. a cover portion is seated on the tray portion to form a confinement around the product on the tray portion. the tray portion and the cover portion have the same length and breadth. an opening of the cover portion seated on the tray portion is provided with open-end slot grooves to allow the opening to be oriented inwardly from the cover opening to fit inside and to be seated on the tray portion.

Description

"DISPLAY BOX WITH COMBINATION TWO IN ONE" BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present disclosure relates to packaging and, more particularly, packaging for transportation and display.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED TECHNIQUE [0002] A container with conventional half-grooves (HSC) is typically packaged where the product is produced. For example, in the case of fresh vegetable products, an HSC can be packed in the field where the vegetable products are harvested and closed for transport. HSCs can be shipped with the product packaged inside a retail location. At the retail location, the HSC is converted, for example, by removing a separate lid from a tray bottom or the like, or by telescoping a two-piece HSC to display the product and make it accessible to customers. This conventional use of HSCs requires separate manufacturing of the cover portion and the main portion of the HSC, but facilitates the ability of retailers and customers to handle the product.

[0003] Conventional techniques have been considered satisfactory for the purpose for which they are intended. However, there is still a need for improved HSCs. This disclosure provides a solution to that need. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] A container includes a portion of the tray configured to contain and display product. A cover portion is seated on the tray portion to form a confinement around the product in the tray portion. The tray portion and the covering portion have the same length and breadth. An opening of the cover portion seated on the tray portion is provided with grooves with open end grooves to allow the opening to be oriented inwardly towards the opening of the cover to fit inside and be seated on the tray portion.

[0005] The open end grooves can be on the corner edges of the cover portion. The cover portion may include openings capable of

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2/10 breath completely defined through one or more walls of the same in addition to the open end grooves.

[0006] The tray portion can define an opening ring to receive the opening of the cover portion. The opening portion of the tray portion may have a dimension of length and a dimension of amplitude perpendicular to the dimension of length, wherein the opening of the cover portion has the same length and dimension of amplitudes as the opening rim of the tray portion so that the opening of the cover portion needs to be oriented inwardly, accommodated by the open end grooves, so that the cover portion is seated on the tray portion. The tray portion may have a bottom panel and an opening ring opposite the bottom panel, wherein the open end grooves of the cover portion seated on the tray portion extend in a vertical direction from the bottom panel to a height above the opening rim.

[0007] The cover portion may include top flaps configured to form an upper closure of the cover portion. The tray portion may include bottom flaps opposite the top flaps configured to form a bottom panel of the tray portion. The tray portion may include stacking slots defined in at least one of the bottom panel, a front panel and / or a rear panel of the tray portion. The cover portion may include stacking tabs that extend from at least one of the top closure, a front panel and / or a rear panel of the cover portion. The stacking tabs can be configured to be received in stacking slots of another container stacked on top of the cover portion. The stacking slots can be configured to receive the stacking tabs from another container stacked below the tray portion.

[0008] A crude block for a container includes a tray portion and a cover portion connected to the tray portion through a break line. The tray portion includes a pair of bottom closing flaps, a front bottom panel flap, a rear bottom panel flap, a respective side panel

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3/10 connected to each of the bottom closing tabs along a respective fold line, a front panel connected to the front bottom panel tab along a fold line and a rear panel connected to the bottom panel tab posterior bottom along a fold line. The front and rear panels are connected to the respective between the side panels along a plurality of vertical fold lines. The cover portion includes a pair of top closure flaps, a front top panel flap, a rear top panel flap, a respective side panel connected to each of the top closure flaps along a respective line folding panel, a front panel connected to the front top panel flap along a fold line and a rear panel connected to the rear top panel flap along a fold line. The front and rear panels of the cover portion are connected to the respective of the side panels of the cover portion along a plurality of vertical fold lines.

[0009] The vertical fold lines of the cover portion can be aligned with the respective of the vertical fold lines of the tray portion. The open end grooves can be defined in the cover portion. The open end grooves of the cover portion can separate the vertical fold lines of the tray portion from the respective vertical fold lines of the cover portion. Each of the open end grooves can be contiguous with the line of rupture. The rupture line can be weakened to facilitate rupture of the tray portion of the cover portion by at least one of a knife cut and / or perforations.

[0010] The tray portion can include at least one stacking groove. The cover portion may include cut lines that define at least one stacking tab. The side panels, the front panel and / or the back panel of the cover portion can include at least one of the manipulation holes and / or openings with breathing capacity defined therein. Each of the front top panel flap, rear top panel flap, front bottom panel flap and rear bottom panel flap can

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4/10 include at least one closing opening configured to receive one of the closing flaps.

[0011] The raw block can be folded along two of the vertical fold lines. The tray portion can be self-sticking and the cover portion can be self-sticking with the unbroken tear line.

[0012] A method of forming a container includes forming a crude block as described above, which includes forming the line of rupture by at least one of the knife cut and / or perforation of the crude block. The method may include folding the raw block along two of the vertical fold lines, self-adhering to the tray portion and self-adhering to the cover portion. The method may include breaking the tray portion of the cover portion along the break line, engaging the bottom tray closing tabs on the front and rear panel bottom flaps of the tray portion to form a bottom panel for closing of the tray portion, engage the top closure flaps of the cover portion on the front and rear top flaps of the cover portion to form a top panel for closing the cover portion, and compress the cover portion around a opening it and seat the opening of the cover portion on the tray portion.

[0013] These and other resources of the systems and methods of the present disclosure will become more readily evident to the elements versed in the technique from the following detailed description of the preferred modalities taken in conjunction with the drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0014] Thus, the elements versed in the technique to which the present disclosure belongs will readily understand how to produce and use the devices and methods of the present disclosure without undue experimentation, in which the preferred modalities of them will be described in detail below in this document in reference to certain figures, in which:

[0015] Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a container constructed in accordance with the present disclosure, which

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5/10 shows the tray portion assembled with product therein, and showing the cover portion assembled before settling the covering portion on the tray portion to confine the product;

[0016] Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the container of Figure 1, showing one of the open end grooves of the cover portion; [0017] Figure 3 is a plan view of a crude block for producing the container of Figure 1, which shows the crude block prior to assembly in the configuration of Figure 1;

[0018] Figure 4 is a perspective view of the raw block of Figure 3, which shows the container in a flattened state;

[0019] Figure 5 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 4, showing the cover portion separate from the tray portion;

[0020] Figure 6 is a perspective view of the container of Figure 1, showing the cover portion seated on the tray portion to confine the product in the fully assembled container;

[0021] Figure 7 is a perspective view of a portion of the container of Figure 6, showing a portion of the open end groove of Figure 2 with the cover portion seated on the tray portion; and [0022] Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of a plurality of containers in Figure 1, showing how the containers can be stacked. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERENTIAL MODALITIES [0023] Reference will now be made to the drawings in which similar reference numbers identify similar features or aspects of the present disclosure. For purposes of explanation and illustration, and without limitation, a partial view of an exemplary embodiment of a container according to the disclosure is shown in Figure 1 and is generally referred to as a reference character 100. Other embodiments of containers according to disclosure, or aspects thereof, are provided in Figures 2 to 8, as will be described. The systems and methods described in this document can be used to transport and / or store product and can also be converted for product display as in an installation.

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6/10 retailer.

[0024] Container 100 includes a tray portion 102 configured to contain and display product 104. A cover portion 106 can be seated on tray portion 102 to form a confinement around product 106 in tray portion 102, as shown shown in the fully assembled container 100 in Figure

6. Tray portion 102 and cover portion 106 have the same length L and amplitude B. An opening 108, that is, the opening at the bottom of cover portion 106 as directed in Figure 1, which is, finally, seated in tray portion 102 is provided with grooves with open end grooves 110 to allow opening 108 to be oriented inward, shrinking the length and breadth of opening 108 so that it can fit within and be seated in the portion 102. As shown in Figure 2, the open end grooves 110 are at the corner edges of the cover portion 106.

[0025] Referring again to Figure 1, the tray portion 102 defines an opening rim 114 for receiving the opening 108 of the cover portion 106. The opening rim 114 of the tray portion has a dimension of length L and a dimension of width B perpendicular to the length dimension, where the opening 108 of the cover portion 102 has the same length and dimension of amplitudes L and B as the opening rim 114 so that the opening 106 of the covering portion 102 needs to be oriented inward, shrinking inwardly accommodated by the open end grooves 110, so that the cover portion 106 is seated on the tray portion 102. The tray portion 102 has a bottom panel formed of two opposite bottom panel tabs 116 and the opening rim 114 is opposite the bottom panel. As shown in Figure 7, when the open end grooves 110 of the cover portion 106 are seated on the tray portion 102, they extend in a vertical direction from the bottom panel 116 to a height above the opening rim 114 The height of the grooves 110 in their longitudinal direction is thus longer than the height dimension H of the tray portion 10. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the groove heights less than, equal to or greater than the

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7/10 height H dimension of tray portion 102 can be used as appropriate to allow cover portion 106 to be compressed to fit tray portion 102 for any given application.

[0026] The cover portion includes front and rear top flaps 118 configured to form an upper closure or cover portion panel 106. Tray portion 102 includes bottom flaps 116 opposite top flaps 118 when container 100 is completely assembled as shown in Figure 6, to form the bottom panel of the tray portion 102. The cover portion 106 includes openings with breathing capacity 112 completely defined through one or more walls thereof in addition to the open end grooves 110.

[0027] Referring now to Figure 8, tray portion 102 optionally includes stacking slots 120 defined in at least one of the bottom panel, front panel 128 and / or rear panel 130 of the tray portion

102. Cover portion 106 optionally includes stacking tabs 122 that extend from at least one of the top closure, front panel 144 and / or back panel 148 of cover portion 106. Stacking tabs 122 are configured to be received in stacking slots 120 of another container 100 stacked on top of cover portion 106. Stacking slots 120 are similarly configured to receive stacking flaps 122 from another container 100 stacked below the portion of tray 102 to form a level stack as shown in Figure 8.

[0028] Referring now to Figure 3, the raw block 101 for the container 100 includes the tray portion 102 and the cover portion 106 connected to the tray portion 102 through a break line 124. The tray portion 102 includes a pair of bottom closing flaps 126, a front bottom panel flap 116 and a rear bottom panel flap 116. A respective side panel 132 is connected to each of the bottom closing flaps 126 along a respective fold line 134. A front panel 128 is connected to the front bottom panel flap 116 along a fold line 130. A rear panel 133 is connected to the rear bottom panel flap 116 along a fold line 134 .

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8/10

The front and rear panels 128 and 133 are connected to the respective of the side panels 132 along a plurality of vertical fold lines 136. [0029] In continuous reference to Figure 3, the cover portion 106 includes a pair of flaps. top closure 138, a front top panel flap 118 and a rear top panel flap 118. A respective side panel 140 is connected to each of the top closing flaps 138 along a respective fold line 142. A front panel 144 is connected to the front top panel flap 118 along a fold line 146. A rear panel 148 is connected to the rear top panel flap 118 along a fold line 150. The front and rear panels rear 144 and 148 of the cover portion 106 are connected to the respective side panels 140 of the cover portion 106 along the same plurality of vertical fold lines 136 that are described above with respect to the portion tray 102. An adhesion flap 152 is defined through the break line 124 that connects to panels 132 and 148 of the tray portion 102 and cover portion 106 along one of the vertical fold lines 136.

[0030] The vertical fold lines 136 of the cover portion 106 are thus aligned with the respective vertical fold lines 136 of the tray portion 102. The open end grooves 110 are defined in the cover portion 106. The end grooves open 110 of the cover portion 106 separate the vertical fold lines 136 from the tray portion 102 from the respective vertical fold lines 136 of the cover portion 106. Each of the open end grooves 110 is in contiguity with the break line 124, then, the grooves are open ended when the break line 124 is broken. Break line 124 is weakened to facilitate rupture of tray portion 102 of cover portion 106 by at least one of a knife cut and / or perforations. [0031] The cover portion 106 includes cut lines 154 that define the stacking flap 122. The side panels 140 and the front and rear panels 144/148 of the cover portion 106 include at least one of the manipulation holes 156 and / or openings with breathing capacity 112 defined thereon. Each of the front top panel flap118, the rear top panel flap 118,

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9/10 the front bottom panel flap 116 and the rear bottom panel flap 116 include at least one closing opening 158 configured to receive a respective closing flap 126/138 for closing the tray portion bottom 102 and the cover portion top 106. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that, in addition to or in place of closing openings 158, any other suitable closing technique can be used, such as tape, adhesive or tape and adhesive combinations, without departing from the scope of this revelation.

[0032] With reference to Figure 4, the raw block 101 is folded along two of the vertical fold lines 136. The tray portion 102 is self-adhesive using the adhesion flap 152 and the cover portion is self-adhesive from it. with the break line 124 initially not broken. In this state, shown in Figure 4, a plurality of raw blocks 101 can be transported from its manufacturing site to a location where it will be packed.

[0033] A method of forming a container, for example, container 100, includes forming a crude block as described above, for example, crude block 101, which includes forming the break line, for example, break line 124, by at least one among knife cutting and / or drilling of the raw block. The method also includes folding the raw block along two of the vertical fold lines, for example, vertical fold lines 136, self-adhering to the tray portion, e.g., tray portion 102, and self-attaching the covering portion, e.g. , cover portion 106. The method also includes breaking the tray portion of the cover portion along the line of rupture and engaging the bottom closing flaps, for example, bottom closing flaps 126, from the tray with the flap flaps. bottom of front and rear panels, e.g. bottom panel flaps 116, of the tray portion to form a bottom panel for closing the tray portion. The method includes engaging the top closing flaps, for example, top closing flaps 138, of the cover portion on the front and rear top flaps, for example, top flaps 118, of the cover portion to form a cover panel. top to close the cover portion. The method also includes compressing the portion of

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10/10 cover around an opening, e.g. opening 108, thereof and seat the opening of the cover portion on the tray portion. The container can be converted, for example, into a retail facility, by removing the cover portion of the tray portion to display the product sitting on the tray, as shown in Figure 1.

[0034] It is also contemplated that, optionally, before the rupture of the rupture line, the cover portion can be assembled including the closing of its flaps. The combined container can then be packed with product through the open flaps of the tray portion, which can be closed after the product has filled the combined container. With all flaps closed, the break line can be broken to separate the tray portion from the cover portion, and the cover portion can be seated on the tray portion as described above. The container can then be folded so that the product inside rests on the tray portion.

[0035] The methods and systems of the present disclosure, as described above and shown in the drawings, provide containers with superior properties that include manufacture as a part for a cover and tray portion of a container that can be converted for retail product display inside the container. Although the apparatus and methods of the present disclosure have been shown and described with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that changes and / or modifications can be made to this without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (5)

1. Container characterized by the fact that it comprises: a tray portion configured to contain and display product; and a cover portion seated on the tray portion to form a confinement around the product in the tray portion, wherein the tray portion and the covering portion are the same length and breadth, and in which an opening of the covering portion seated on the tray portion is grooved with open end grooves to allow the opening to be oriented inwardly towards the opening of the cover to fit inside and to be seated on the tray portion. 2/5 6. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover portion includes top flaps configured to form an upper closure of the cover portion, and in which the tray portion includes bottom flaps opposite the cover flaps. configured to form a bottom panel of the tray portion. 7. Container according to claim 6, characterized in that the tray portion includes stacking slots defined in at least one of the bottom panel, a front panel and / or a rear panel of the tray portion, in that the cover portion includes stacking tabs that extend from at least one of the top closure, a front panel and / or a rear panel of the cover portion, wherein the stacking tabs are configured to be received in grooves of stacking another container stacked on top of the cover portion, and where the stacking slots are configured to receive the stacking tabs of another container stacked below the tray portion. 8. Crude block for a container characterized by the fact that it comprises: a portion of tray that includes: a pair of bottom closure flaps; a front bottom panel flap and a rear bottom panel flap; a respective side panel connected to each of the bottom closing flaps after a respective fold line; a front panel connected to the front bottom panel flap along a fold line; and a rear panel connected to the rear bottom panel flap along a fold line, where the front and rear panels are connected to the respective between the side panels along a plurality of vertical fold lines; and a cover portion connected to the tray portion via a break line, wherein the cover portion includes: Petition 870180067989, of 08/06/2018, p. 19/28 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover portion includes completely defined grooves through one or more walls thereof in addition to the open end grooves. 3/5 a pair of top closing flaps; a front top panel flap and a rear top panel flap; a respective side panel connected to each of the top closing tabs along a respective fold line; a front panel connected to the front top panel flap along a fold line; and a rear panel connected to the rear top panel flap along a fold line, wherein the front and rear panels of the cover portion are connected to the respective between the side panels of the cover portion along a plurality of lines. vertical folding. 9. Raw block according to claim 8, characterized in that the vertical fold lines of the cover portion are aligned with the respective vertical fold lines of the tray portion. 10. Raw block according to claim 8, characterized in that it additionally comprises open end grooves defined in the cover portion. Crude block according to claim 10, characterized in that the open end grooves of the cover portion separate the vertical fold lines from the tray portion from the respective vertical fold lines from the cover portion. 12. Crude block according to claim 10, characterized by the fact that each of the open end grooves is in contiguity with the line of rupture. 13. Crude block according to claim 8, characterized by the fact that the line of rupture is weakened to facilitate the rupture of the tray portion of the cover portion in at least one of a cut by a knife and / or perforations. Raw block according to claim 8, characterized in that the tray portion includes at least one stacking groove, and the cover portion includes cut lines that define at least one stacking tab. Petition 870180067989, of 08/06/2018, p. 20/28 3. Container according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the open end grooves are at corner edges of the cover portion. 4/5 15. Crude block according to claim 8, characterized by the fact that at least one of the side panels, the front panel and / or the back panel of the cover portion includes at least one between manipulation holes and / or openings breathing capacity defined through them. 16. Raw block according to claim 8, characterized by the fact that each of the front top panel flap, the rear top panel flap, the front bottom panel flap and the bottom panel flap The latter includes at least one closing opening configured to receive a respective one of the closing flaps. 17. Crude block according to claim 8, characterized by the fact that the crude block is folded along two of the vertical fold lines, and in which the tray portion is self-adhesive and the cover portion is self-adhesive with the rupture line not broken. 18. Method of forming a container characterized by the fact that it comprises: forming a crude block, of the type defined in claim 8, which includes forming the line of rupture by at least one among knife cutting and / or drilling of the crude block. 19. Method, according to claim 18, characterized by the fact that it additionally comprises: fold the rough block along two of the vertical fold lines; self-adhering to the tray portion; and self-adhering to the cover portion. 20. Method according to claim 18, characterized by the fact that it additionally comprises: breaking the tray portion of the cover portion along the break line; engaging the bottom bottom flaps of the tray with the bottom flaps of the front and rear panels of the tray portion to form a bottom panel for closing the tray portion; Petition 870180067989, of 08/06/2018, p. 21/28 4. Container according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the tray portion defines an opening rim to receive the opening of the cover portion, wherein the opening rim of the tray portion has a dimension of length and a dimension of breadth perpendicular to the length dimension, where the opening of the cover portion has the same length and breadth dimensions as the opening rim of the tray portion so that the opening of the covering portion needs to be oriented inwardly , accommodated by the open end grooves, so that the cover portion is seated on the tray portion. 5. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the tray portion has a bottom panel and an opening ring opposite the bottom panel, in which the open end grooves of the cover portion seated on the portion Tray extends in a vertical direction from the bottom panel to a height above the opening rim. Petition 870180067989, of 08/06/2018, p. 18/28 5/5 engaging the top flaps of the cover portion with the top flaps of the front and rear panels of the cover portion to form a top panel for closing the cover portion; and compressing the cover portion around an opening thereof and seating the opening of the cover portion on the tray portion.