CA1110592A - Container - Google Patents

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CA1110592A
CA1110592A CA287,726A CA287726A CA1110592A CA 1110592 A CA1110592 A CA 1110592A CA 287726 A CA287726 A CA 287726A CA 1110592 A CA1110592 A CA 1110592A
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tray
cover
cavities
container
edge
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Henry G. Beben
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HERITAGE GROUP Inc (THE)
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HERITAGE GROUP Inc (THE)
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/04Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks
    • B65D75/20Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/22Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/24Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks in sheets or blanks doubled around contents and having their opposed free margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents and formed with several recesses to accommodate a series of articles or quantities of material
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D43/00Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D43/14Non-removable lids or covers
    • B65D43/16Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
    • B65D43/162Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement the container, the lid and the hinge being made of one piece
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D55/00Accessories for container closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D55/02Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure
    • B65D55/06Deformable or tearable wires, strings, or strips; Use of seals, e.g. destructible locking pins
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2251/00Details relating to container closures
    • B65D2251/10Details of hinged closures
    • B65D2251/1016Means for locking the closure in closed position
    • B65D2251/105The closure having a part fitting over the rim of the container or spout and retained by snapping over integral beads or projections

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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A container comprising a tray of transparent plastics sheet material; a cover of transparent plastics sheet material for said tray hinged to said tray along a common edge; said tray having an edge shoulder; said cover having an edge configuration adapted to sit on said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed position on said tray; said cover having its free edges formed with a skirt that extends over said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed position on said tray; the plastics sheet material of said tray being formed with a plurality of cavities; the plastics sheet material of said cover being formed with a plurality of cavities; said cavities of said tray and said cavities of said cover being arranged to complement each other when said cover is hinged to a closed position whereby to form a plurality of packing chambers.

Description

;92 This invention relates to a con~-ainer for food products such as sausage.
There has been a long standing unfilled requirement to provide a package for food products such as sausage that displays the product to the consumer, that separates each piece for indi-vidual removal, that can be simply hinged to an open position, that can be reclo~ed after part only of the contents have been removed and that can be attractively labelled as to brand.
Sausages are cooked individually. It is common practice to pack a number of sausages in a container and it is also common practice to freeze the packecl container oE sausages. The individ-ual sausages in the container are not usually separated with the result that sausages in the container become frozen together.
If one wants to use less than the full container of frozen sausage, it is necessary to chop the frozen block of sausages apart to obtain the required number of sausayes. This invention overcomes this difficulty by providing a container for sausages or the like wherein each sausage is separated from each other sausage. The user can remove the required number of sausages from the container without having to chop a frozen block of sausages. The container of the invention is also made of a transparent plastics material so that the user can easily see how many sausa~es are left and can also easily obtain a view of the product at the time of purchase.
See-through containers for meat products are not br~dly neW. There is, for example, a see-through plastic container for sausage but it is one where the sausages are not separated into individual pieces.
While the present container provides for a view of the product while the container is closed, it also provides for con-venient labelling of the container so that the product can bebranded. This is an important factor in the marketing of products .

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such as sausage. Consumers like -to ~uy these products by brand and it is important to -them to be able to iclen~ify one brand from another as well as have a full view of the product at the -time of sale and a view of the contents of the package as they are used.
~ container according to the present invention comprises a tray of transparent plastics sheet material, a cover of trans-parent plastics sheet material for said tray hincJed to said tray along a common edge, said tray havlng an edge shoulder, said cover having an edge configuration adapted to sit on said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed posi-tion on said tray~ said cover having its free edges formed with a skirt that extends over said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed posit:ion on said tray, the pla~
tics sheet material of said tray being formed with a plurality of ~. :
cavities, the plastics sheet material of said cover being formed with a plurality of cavities, said cavities of said tray and said cavities of said cover being arranged ~o complement each other when said cover is hinged to a closed position whereby to form a plurality of packing chambers.
The invention will be clearly understood after reference to the following detailed specification read in conjunction with the drawings.
In the drawings:
~: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container in an - open position;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the container in a closed position;
Figure 3 is a partial view showing -the cover closing on the tray at the front centre location of a locklng cam but with the labe~ removed;
Figure 4 is a sectional view along the line 4-4 of Figure 3; and 5~

Figure 5 is a view like Figure 4 but in the closed position.
The container illustrated in the drawings comprises a tray 10 made from a plastics sheet material and a oover 12 for ~ray lO hinged thereto along a common edge as at 14. The tray and cover are vacuum formed from a transparent oriented poly-styrene sheet material having a thickness o about lO thousandths of an inch. The hinge line is formed by reducing thickness along the hinge line to about 5 thousandths of an inch.
The tray lO is formed with an edge shoulder 16 which is adapted ~o receive the marginal edge portion of the cover 12 wh~n the cover is hinged to a closed position as shown in Figure 2.
The marginal edge portion of the cover is illustrated approaching the edge shoulder 16 of the tray as the cover approaches the tray - during closure in Figure 3.
The tray lO is formed with a plurali~y of cavities 18 each adapted to receivQ a single sausaye 20 in the case of a sausage container.
The cover 12 is also formed with a plurality of cavities 22.
The cavities 18 and the cavities 22 are arranged to complement each other when the cover 12 is hinged to a closed position on the tray whereby to form a plurality of individual packing chambers.
The free edges of the cover are formed with a skirt 24 that extends over the cover shoulder 16 when the cover is in a closed positîon. Skirt 24 extends from a shoulder 17 that sits in shoulder to shoulder relation with shoulder 16 when the container is closed.
It will be noted that the depth of the skirt incraas~s from the hinge line towards the front edge of the container at each side.
Labelling i~ important in food produsts as noted above and with this in view, the cover is formed with a label 1at 28 ' .

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that extends into a portion only of a plurality of cavities but does nst ~tend across any whole cavityO Thus, the inclusion of the label flat does not entirely eliminate any packing chamber.
In use, the container is made from a transparent plastics material so that the contents of -the container are visible when it is c~osed. ~ label is applied to the label flat as indicated at numeral 28 with reading matter 28' to identify the brand of the product. The label, preferably, has a tab which can be wrapped around the closed edyes of the container as illustr~ted in Figure ~ to ensure that the package is received by the consumer as shipped from the manu-facturer. The user must break the tab on the label before opaning the containex. The tab, once broken is evidence that the container ~ ;~
has been opened.
Manually releasa~le loc~ing means for retaining the cover and tray in locked relation are provided on the skirt 24 of the cover 12 and comprise inwardly directed locking cams 26 that terminate below the upper edge of the skirt and are adapted to ride over the edge of the shoulder and then spring undernPath the edge shoulder as the cover is closed on the tray to permit the shoulder 17 to rest ~n shoulder 16 and to lock the cover closed with respect to the tray. The relationship of the locking cam and the edge shoulder as the cover is closed is illustrated in Figure 4 and the relationship on closure is illustratea in Figure 5. The locking cam is releasable by manual separation of the skirt and shoulder to release the locking cam from underneath the locking shoulder.
There is a locking cam formed in the skirt 24 at the mid-point on the two side edges and at the outer corners and a discon-tinuity 19 in the shoulder 17 at the front centre loca~ion. It has been found that by separating the skirt and shoulder, at the front centre ~ocation o~the-discontinuity 19 to move the front centre cam outwardly with respect to the skirt the cam surfaces are released so that opening is achieved with ~, ss2 one simple operation. The four locking cams achieve a secure closure of ~he container and this is often important in food storage. It will be appreciated, however, that it i5 not intended that the container be made with the specific arrangement of lock-ing cams i]lustrated. Moreover, it will be appreciated that the speci~ic ]ocking cam arrangement illustrated is capable o variation. Any camming arrangement that is operable as the cover close~ on the tray and that snaps into position when the cover is completely closed on the tray is satisfactory. Its require-ment is that it be adapted to separate the skirt and edge shoulderin a direction transverse of the direction of closure as the cover is closed on the tray and, then, permit them to spring towards each other at closure whereby the cover and tray are lockecl until released by manual separation oE the skirt and edge shoulder.
The container illustrated is intended ~or packaging - sausages. It achieves all of the advantages outlined in the preamble of this specification. It gives the purchaser a chance to view the product that is being purchased and to identify it by the label. The label flat has been included in the container without affecting the ability of the container to maintain each of the individual pieces separate. The individual pieces can be easily removed one at a time when the product is rozen and the container can be opened and reclosed as many times as required during the use of the full content of the container. The con-tainer is inexpensive to manufacture.
Embodiments of the invention other than the one illus-trated will be apparent to those skilled in the art. While the ~ container presently made by the applicant was made by a vacuum ;- forming process, it will be apparent that it could be made by other processes. Moreover, the arrangement of the cavities is capable of very substantial variation. It is not intended that ` the disclosure of the invention in the drawings should be consid-ered as limiting the scope of the claims.
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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A container comprising:
a tray of transparent plastics sheet material;
a cover of transparent plastics sheet material for said tray hinged to said tray along a common edge;
said tray having an edge shoulder;
said cover having an edge configuration adapted to sit on said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed position on said tray;
said cover having its free edges formed with a skirt that extends over said edge shoulder of said tray when said cover is hinged to a closed position on said tray;
the plastics sheet material of said tray being formed with a plurality of cavities;
the plastics sheet material of said cover being formed with a plurality of cavities;
said cavities of said tray and said cavities of said cover being arranged to complement each other when said cover is hinged to a closed position whereby to form a plurality of pack-ing chambers;
said tray being formed with a flat label area on said cover that extends into a portion only of more than one of said cavities;
said flat label area being adjacent the front edge of said container; and a label on said flat label area, said label having a breakable tab strip extending therefrom that extends over the closed edges of said tray and cover.
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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2644341A1 (en) * 1989-03-17 1990-09-21 Tetra Medical Sa Treatment kit which is made of synthetic material and can be used only once
EP0557060A2 (en) * 1992-02-19 1993-08-25 Ethicon, Inc. Thermoformed plastic package with quick-release reclosable cover
FR2694541A1 (en) * 1992-08-07 1994-02-11 Novopac Package with clip closure esp. for bakery products - uses protrusion and socket with closign surfaces that can slide one over the other to release clips simultaneously.
FR2861055A1 (en) * 2003-10-17 2005-04-22 Snt Thermoformage Product packing article, has shell comprising inner peripheral skirt extending to locking edge that is supported on inner locking lug of another shell, and penetration stop unit that prevents formation of space between edge and lug
FR2861701A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-06 Vitembal Tarascon Product e.g. bakery product, storing case for shop, has outer elastic cover hooked by lugs to prevent opening of case, and blocking plates to contact inner side of upper semi-shell to prevent lateral wall movement upon external force
FR2903390A1 (en) * 2006-07-05 2008-01-11 Delifrance Sa Pastry i.e. eclair, packaging blister, has round shaped base provided with separator that defines two elongated cells separated from each other, where blister is made of transparent plastic material, and ends of cells including profiles
DE202006018008U1 (en) * 2006-11-27 2008-04-10 MEICA Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. Packaging and food bowl for sausages
FR2928903A1 (en) * 2008-03-21 2009-09-25 Tartefrais Soc Par Actions Sim Package for agri-food e.g. eclair, has cover covering food provided on base, and vertical bracing units holding food between cover and base, where base is equipped with two stampings that form hollow cavity

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2644341A1 (en) * 1989-03-17 1990-09-21 Tetra Medical Sa Treatment kit which is made of synthetic material and can be used only once
EP0557060A2 (en) * 1992-02-19 1993-08-25 Ethicon, Inc. Thermoformed plastic package with quick-release reclosable cover
EP0557060A3 (en) * 1992-02-19 1994-03-16 Ethicon Inc
FR2694541A1 (en) * 1992-08-07 1994-02-11 Novopac Package with clip closure esp. for bakery products - uses protrusion and socket with closign surfaces that can slide one over the other to release clips simultaneously.
FR2861055A1 (en) * 2003-10-17 2005-04-22 Snt Thermoformage Product packing article, has shell comprising inner peripheral skirt extending to locking edge that is supported on inner locking lug of another shell, and penetration stop unit that prevents formation of space between edge and lug
FR2861701A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-06 Vitembal Tarascon Product e.g. bakery product, storing case for shop, has outer elastic cover hooked by lugs to prevent opening of case, and blocking plates to contact inner side of upper semi-shell to prevent lateral wall movement upon external force
EP1529737A1 (en) * 2003-11-04 2005-05-11 Vitembal Tarascon Hinged lid container
FR2903390A1 (en) * 2006-07-05 2008-01-11 Delifrance Sa Pastry i.e. eclair, packaging blister, has round shaped base provided with separator that defines two elongated cells separated from each other, where blister is made of transparent plastic material, and ends of cells including profiles
DE202006018008U1 (en) * 2006-11-27 2008-04-10 MEICA Ammerländische Fleischwarenfabrik Fritz Meinen GmbH & Co. Packaging and food bowl for sausages
FR2928903A1 (en) * 2008-03-21 2009-09-25 Tartefrais Soc Par Actions Sim Package for agri-food e.g. eclair, has cover covering food provided on base, and vertical bracing units holding food between cover and base, where base is equipped with two stampings that form hollow cavity

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