CA2050472A1 - Theftproof container - Google Patents
Theftproof containerInfo
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- CA2050472A1 CA2050472A1 CA 2050472 CA2050472A CA2050472A1 CA 2050472 A1 CA2050472 A1 CA 2050472A1 CA 2050472 CA2050472 CA 2050472 CA 2050472 A CA2050472 A CA 2050472A CA 2050472 A1 CA2050472 A1 CA 2050472A1
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
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- A47F7/02—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
- A47F7/024—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal
- A47F7/0246—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal for rectangular articles, e.g. books, cassettes
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS 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
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- E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
- E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
- E05B73/0023—Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor
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- G11B23/00—Record carriers not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Accessories, e.g. containers, specially adapted for co-operation with the recording or reproducing apparatus ; Intermediate mediums; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for their manufacture
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- G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS 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
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- Packaging For Recording Disks (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE:
A container has a one-piece, plastic lower part one wall of which has at least one wall section with an edge region of hook-shaped vertical section the hook opening of which faces outward. The upper part of the container has a wall with at least one wall section which has an edge region of hook-shaped vertical section the hook opening of which faces inward. The edge regions of the lower part and upper part interlock to form a hinge connection. The container lock is formed by a wall section of hook-shaped vertical section on the opposite wall of the lower part of the container, which forms a tongue-like projection above the edge of the wall, and a matching wall section of hook-shaped vertical section on the wall of the upper part of the container. The wall sections interlock when the container is closed. The container can only be opened using a special tool with two pins which can be inserted from the outside through holes in the outside wall section and which release the lock when pressed against the inside wall section.
A container has a one-piece, plastic lower part one wall of which has at least one wall section with an edge region of hook-shaped vertical section the hook opening of which faces outward. The upper part of the container has a wall with at least one wall section which has an edge region of hook-shaped vertical section the hook opening of which faces inward. The edge regions of the lower part and upper part interlock to form a hinge connection. The container lock is formed by a wall section of hook-shaped vertical section on the opposite wall of the lower part of the container, which forms a tongue-like projection above the edge of the wall, and a matching wall section of hook-shaped vertical section on the wall of the upper part of the container. The wall sections interlock when the container is closed. The container can only be opened using a special tool with two pins which can be inserted from the outside through holes in the outside wall section and which release the lock when pressed against the inside wall section.
Description
Container as theft protection The invention relates to a container for the receipt of an article to be protected against theft, specifically a CD or video cassette.
In order to protect merchandise against theft it is known and used nowadays in many shops and department stores to provide the merchandise with a magnet band or electronic circuit in form of labels or tags etc. and to arrange a de-tector at the exit of the department store, by means of which an optical or acol~stical alarm signal is emitted if the merchandise is carried out of the department store with-out having been paid for and therefore still equipped with the magnet band or electronic circuit. The tag provided with the magnet band or the electronic circuit or the ac-cordingly structured packing or support can be separated from the merchandise at the cash register only with the aid of a special tool which is ava:ilable to the sales per-sonell, which is the sense of this theft protection.
In order to protect relative:Ly light articles which can be stolen easyly against theft, such as for instance CD-disks, it is already known to d:Lsplay the cassette con-taining the CD-disk in a frame or a covering provided with a magnet band for sales in which frame or covering the cas-sette is held locked by aid of a locking mechanism located at the frame and engaging into a hole in the cassette, which locking mechanism can be unlocked only by the sales personell with the aid of a special tool4 Such a device renders the otherwise used method of avoiding thefts un-nessesary, namely to display only empty cassettes for sale and to store the CD-disks at the cash-register which ne-cessitates a separating of the CD-disks delivered in the cassettes from the cassettes prior to the sale.
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Due to their manufacture the cassettes serving as `' packaging for CD-disks posess at their narrow sides a `number of holes which are suitable for a locking mechanism i ~-at a frame for the protection against theft. If, however, the merchandise to be protected against theft does not pos-sess such holes for a locking mechanism, such a~ for in-stance a video cassette, the known protection method can -no longer be applied. This is true in the same way for music cassettes or a plurality of CD-cassettes in a multi-pack.
Thus, the present invention was based on the object to pro~-ide a container for receipt of articles to be pro-tected against theft which are not employed themselves for the engaging of a locking mechanism and can have an axbi- ~
trary form of their shape to which the container provided ` -with a magnet band or electronic circuit is suitably struc-tured to correspond regarding its dimensions. The object -~-contains thereby specifically the provision of a container which can not be opened by unauthorized persons and which ~-;
is designed for an opening by aid of a special tool and in spite thereof is structured in such an uncomplicated man- `~
ner that it can be manufactured at a quite reasonable price because it encompasses an additional expenditure of in-vestment for a safeguarding against theft.
For solving this object the container comprises the features according to claim 1. The lending itself for a manufacturing at a reasonable price means that the contai-ner consisting of a lower part and an upper part encom-passes respective integral injection molded plastic parts which include without any additional parts at their manu- ~-facture already all elements for a hinge connection at the one side and a container closure at the opposite side, ;' '' . ' ' ,, : ' . ' ' ' ' . ', , ': ' 3 2 ~ 7 ~
. ' such that the container set togeth~r from the lower part and the upper part does not let itself be opened by un-authorized persons and can only be opened by aid of a special tool. The container can be produced for articles of various sizes such as video cassettes or CD-cassettes in various sizes and with a corresponding design of the moulding elements for the hinge connection and the con-tainer closure.
A preferred examplerary embodiment of the invention will hereinafter be explained closer based on the drawings.
There is illustrated in :
Fig. 1 a top view of the container lower part;
Fig. 2 a top view of the container upper part, seen from the inside;
Fig. 3 a perspective view of the container lower part;
Fig. 4 a perspective view of the container upper part;
Fig. 5 in a cut-out and at a larger scale a detail of the hinge connection between the lower part and upper part according to the sectional line 5-5 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 6 an illustration corresponding to the one of Fig. 5 in the sectional plan~ according to line 6-6 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 7 in a cut-out and at a larger scale a detail with the container closure according to the line 7-7 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 8 the almost closed container in a vertical section corxesponding to line 5-5 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig~ 9 the completely closed container and lying , ,. ,, :, :. ., . .,,, : , : , , , , :
~ _ 4 _ 2~ 72 upside down similar to Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 in a cut-out and at a larger scale the con-tainer lying upside down and the special tool for the ope-ning.
The container for receipt of an article to be pro-tected against theft consists of a lower part 1 shown in a top view in Fig. 1 and perspectively in Fig. 3 which is -~
made integrally of a plastic material, and of an upper part 2 shown in a top view from the inside in Fig. 2 and perspectively in Fig. 4, as well, which is also made inte- -grally of a plastic material. The lower part 1 of the con-tainer comprises a bottom surface 3 having two openings 4 in the center area for a saving on weight and four side ~ -walls 5, 6, 7 and 8. A center wall section 9 in the side ~-wall 6 is offset somewhat towards the inside, which in-cludes an in a vertical section hook shape formed upper ;
edge region 10. The shape of the edge region 10 which -is open towards the outside can be seen more clearly in Fig. 5.
The upper part 2 of the container 2 includes a cover surface 11 with a large opening 12 for a saving on weight and for an improved reading of the writing on the article contained in the container, such as a CD-cassette and also four side walls 13, 14, 15 and 16. In the side wall 14 a wall section 17 is also offset backwards towards the in-side at its center and includes a in a vertical section hook shape formed edge region 18 the shape of which can be more clearly seen in Fig. 5. With the hook shape open towaxds the inside this edge region 18 engages into the edge region 10 of the lower part 1 such that when uniting the two container parts these two edge regions 10 and 18 form a hinge connection.
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In order to facilitate the uniting of the two con-tainer parts for forming a hinge connection in a position according to Fig. 5 studs 20 and 21 are formed at the side wall 14 of the upper part 2 at both sides of the edge re-gion 18 integrally with the side wall 14 and project up-wards over the edge of the side wall, which at the same time engage as a centering aid for the uniting of the two container parts into two edge recesses 22 and 23 in the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 at both sides of the edge region 10, wherewith the upper part 2 is supported in this position illustrated in Fig. 5 and 6 on the side wall 6 of the lower part and therewith the two hook shaped edge re-gions 10 and 18 reach the correct position for engagement and remain there also during a pivoting of the upper part into the container closed position. At the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 small wall projections 24 and 25 are formed respectively integrally at the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 at the inside of the wall at each of the edge recesses 22 and 23 which in the closed position of the con-tainer are located at a straight line extension of the studs 20 and 21 and support same.
A container closure also of the plastic material and made integrally at the lower part l and in the upper part 2 serves for the closing of the container. For this task a wall section 30 which is offset backwards inwards is formed in the vertical section hook shaped in the side wall 8 of the lower part opposite of the hinge connection in the cen-ter area/ and in fact this wall section projects upwards over the upper edge of the side wall 8 as tongue, is formed at the upper end 31 hook shaped in the vertical section and posesses in this hook shaped end section an abutting in-cline 32. A vertical slot 33 divides the tongue shaped wall section 30 into two sections having the same width~
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6 - 2~5~l~72 In order to cooperate with this wall section 30 a wall section 34 also offset backwards towards the inside is also formed hook shaped in the vert~cal section at the .:~
upper part 2 at the side wall 16 and with the opening of the hook directed inwards, such that when the container .
is closed the two wall sections 30 and 34 laying against .
each oth~r engage into each other form locked at oppositely ..
directed hook regions and form the container closure, The ---exact cross sectional shape of the wall sections 30 and 34 .
is derivable from Fig. 7 shown on an enlarged scale. Du-:~
ring the closing the wall section 34 travels at the upper part over the abutting incline 32 of the tongue shaped wall section 30 such to reach the locked position according to ~ .
Fig. 7. Due to the property of the plastic material used the inner side wall section 30 and the outer side wall :
section 34 snap into the clo~ed position of the container.
In order to obtain a safe closed position and in order that the container can not be opened again in view of the .
somewhat elastic plastic material used, studs 35 and 36 are formed at the side wall 16 of t:he upFer part 2 of the container at both sides of the outer side of the in ver-:
tical section hook shaped formed wall section 34 and pro-ject over the edge of the side wall and formed integral with the wall 16 at the inner side of the wall, which en-gage ~s a centering for the container closure and as form rigid coupling of the boardering wall sections of the up-per part 1 of the container and the lower part 2 of the container in the closed position into wall projections 39 and 40 formed at the inside at the side wall of the lower ~:
part 1 of the container and provided with suitable bores :
37 and 38, resp. By means of this pinned fitting the two side walls 8 and 16 of the lower part 1 of the container and upper part 2 of the container are arrested laying ;; .
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2~5~72 _ 7 exactly flush over each other without the possibility of a lateral shifting, such that the closure of the contai-ner consisting of the two hook shaped wall sections 30 and 34 located therebetween can be opened only with a large expenditure of force and only by aid of a special tool which is available only for the sales personnel. The outer side hook shaped formed wall section 34 comprises two through bores 41 located at a distance aside of each other.
Such as shown in Fig. 10 the special tool 42 illustrated only in a cut-out manner includes two pins 43 located at a distance from each other for a pushing through the through bores 41 in order to bring the container closure out of engagement by pressure against the innex side wall section 30. In FigO 9 and 10 the container is illustrated with its upper part lying at the bottom. In order to ful-fill the initially mentioned object of theft protection the container carries at the upper part or lower part a not illustrated magnet band or a corresponding device for triggering an alarm.
The means for forming the hinge connection 9, 10 and 17, 18 can obviously be foreseen in the end sections of the side walls 6 and 14, resp. ~or, when neaded, in the end sections and in the center wall section).
The same is obviously true also for the means 30, 34 or forming the snap closure, which also can be foreseen in the corresponding end regions and possibly in the center area of the side walls 7 and 16, resp.
These variants are not illustrated, correspond how-everto the illustrated means (possibly by half of the width).
In order to protect merchandise against theft it is known and used nowadays in many shops and department stores to provide the merchandise with a magnet band or electronic circuit in form of labels or tags etc. and to arrange a de-tector at the exit of the department store, by means of which an optical or acol~stical alarm signal is emitted if the merchandise is carried out of the department store with-out having been paid for and therefore still equipped with the magnet band or electronic circuit. The tag provided with the magnet band or the electronic circuit or the ac-cordingly structured packing or support can be separated from the merchandise at the cash register only with the aid of a special tool which is ava:ilable to the sales per-sonell, which is the sense of this theft protection.
In order to protect relative:Ly light articles which can be stolen easyly against theft, such as for instance CD-disks, it is already known to d:Lsplay the cassette con-taining the CD-disk in a frame or a covering provided with a magnet band for sales in which frame or covering the cas-sette is held locked by aid of a locking mechanism located at the frame and engaging into a hole in the cassette, which locking mechanism can be unlocked only by the sales personell with the aid of a special tool4 Such a device renders the otherwise used method of avoiding thefts un-nessesary, namely to display only empty cassettes for sale and to store the CD-disks at the cash-register which ne-cessitates a separating of the CD-disks delivered in the cassettes from the cassettes prior to the sale.
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Due to their manufacture the cassettes serving as `' packaging for CD-disks posess at their narrow sides a `number of holes which are suitable for a locking mechanism i ~-at a frame for the protection against theft. If, however, the merchandise to be protected against theft does not pos-sess such holes for a locking mechanism, such a~ for in-stance a video cassette, the known protection method can -no longer be applied. This is true in the same way for music cassettes or a plurality of CD-cassettes in a multi-pack.
Thus, the present invention was based on the object to pro~-ide a container for receipt of articles to be pro-tected against theft which are not employed themselves for the engaging of a locking mechanism and can have an axbi- ~
trary form of their shape to which the container provided ` -with a magnet band or electronic circuit is suitably struc-tured to correspond regarding its dimensions. The object -~-contains thereby specifically the provision of a container which can not be opened by unauthorized persons and which ~-;
is designed for an opening by aid of a special tool and in spite thereof is structured in such an uncomplicated man- `~
ner that it can be manufactured at a quite reasonable price because it encompasses an additional expenditure of in-vestment for a safeguarding against theft.
For solving this object the container comprises the features according to claim 1. The lending itself for a manufacturing at a reasonable price means that the contai-ner consisting of a lower part and an upper part encom-passes respective integral injection molded plastic parts which include without any additional parts at their manu- ~-facture already all elements for a hinge connection at the one side and a container closure at the opposite side, ;' '' . ' ' ,, : ' . ' ' ' ' . ', , ': ' 3 2 ~ 7 ~
. ' such that the container set togeth~r from the lower part and the upper part does not let itself be opened by un-authorized persons and can only be opened by aid of a special tool. The container can be produced for articles of various sizes such as video cassettes or CD-cassettes in various sizes and with a corresponding design of the moulding elements for the hinge connection and the con-tainer closure.
A preferred examplerary embodiment of the invention will hereinafter be explained closer based on the drawings.
There is illustrated in :
Fig. 1 a top view of the container lower part;
Fig. 2 a top view of the container upper part, seen from the inside;
Fig. 3 a perspective view of the container lower part;
Fig. 4 a perspective view of the container upper part;
Fig. 5 in a cut-out and at a larger scale a detail of the hinge connection between the lower part and upper part according to the sectional line 5-5 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 6 an illustration corresponding to the one of Fig. 5 in the sectional plan~ according to line 6-6 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 7 in a cut-out and at a larger scale a detail with the container closure according to the line 7-7 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 8 the almost closed container in a vertical section corxesponding to line 5-5 in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig~ 9 the completely closed container and lying , ,. ,, :, :. ., . .,,, : , : , , , , :
~ _ 4 _ 2~ 72 upside down similar to Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 in a cut-out and at a larger scale the con-tainer lying upside down and the special tool for the ope-ning.
The container for receipt of an article to be pro-tected against theft consists of a lower part 1 shown in a top view in Fig. 1 and perspectively in Fig. 3 which is -~
made integrally of a plastic material, and of an upper part 2 shown in a top view from the inside in Fig. 2 and perspectively in Fig. 4, as well, which is also made inte- -grally of a plastic material. The lower part 1 of the con-tainer comprises a bottom surface 3 having two openings 4 in the center area for a saving on weight and four side ~ -walls 5, 6, 7 and 8. A center wall section 9 in the side ~-wall 6 is offset somewhat towards the inside, which in-cludes an in a vertical section hook shape formed upper ;
edge region 10. The shape of the edge region 10 which -is open towards the outside can be seen more clearly in Fig. 5.
The upper part 2 of the container 2 includes a cover surface 11 with a large opening 12 for a saving on weight and for an improved reading of the writing on the article contained in the container, such as a CD-cassette and also four side walls 13, 14, 15 and 16. In the side wall 14 a wall section 17 is also offset backwards towards the in-side at its center and includes a in a vertical section hook shape formed edge region 18 the shape of which can be more clearly seen in Fig. 5. With the hook shape open towaxds the inside this edge region 18 engages into the edge region 10 of the lower part 1 such that when uniting the two container parts these two edge regions 10 and 18 form a hinge connection.
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In order to facilitate the uniting of the two con-tainer parts for forming a hinge connection in a position according to Fig. 5 studs 20 and 21 are formed at the side wall 14 of the upper part 2 at both sides of the edge re-gion 18 integrally with the side wall 14 and project up-wards over the edge of the side wall, which at the same time engage as a centering aid for the uniting of the two container parts into two edge recesses 22 and 23 in the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 at both sides of the edge region 10, wherewith the upper part 2 is supported in this position illustrated in Fig. 5 and 6 on the side wall 6 of the lower part and therewith the two hook shaped edge re-gions 10 and 18 reach the correct position for engagement and remain there also during a pivoting of the upper part into the container closed position. At the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 small wall projections 24 and 25 are formed respectively integrally at the side wall 6 of the lower part 1 at the inside of the wall at each of the edge recesses 22 and 23 which in the closed position of the con-tainer are located at a straight line extension of the studs 20 and 21 and support same.
A container closure also of the plastic material and made integrally at the lower part l and in the upper part 2 serves for the closing of the container. For this task a wall section 30 which is offset backwards inwards is formed in the vertical section hook shaped in the side wall 8 of the lower part opposite of the hinge connection in the cen-ter area/ and in fact this wall section projects upwards over the upper edge of the side wall 8 as tongue, is formed at the upper end 31 hook shaped in the vertical section and posesses in this hook shaped end section an abutting in-cline 32. A vertical slot 33 divides the tongue shaped wall section 30 into two sections having the same width~
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6 - 2~5~l~72 In order to cooperate with this wall section 30 a wall section 34 also offset backwards towards the inside is also formed hook shaped in the vert~cal section at the .:~
upper part 2 at the side wall 16 and with the opening of the hook directed inwards, such that when the container .
is closed the two wall sections 30 and 34 laying against .
each oth~r engage into each other form locked at oppositely ..
directed hook regions and form the container closure, The ---exact cross sectional shape of the wall sections 30 and 34 .
is derivable from Fig. 7 shown on an enlarged scale. Du-:~
ring the closing the wall section 34 travels at the upper part over the abutting incline 32 of the tongue shaped wall section 30 such to reach the locked position according to ~ .
Fig. 7. Due to the property of the plastic material used the inner side wall section 30 and the outer side wall :
section 34 snap into the clo~ed position of the container.
In order to obtain a safe closed position and in order that the container can not be opened again in view of the .
somewhat elastic plastic material used, studs 35 and 36 are formed at the side wall 16 of t:he upFer part 2 of the container at both sides of the outer side of the in ver-:
tical section hook shaped formed wall section 34 and pro-ject over the edge of the side wall and formed integral with the wall 16 at the inner side of the wall, which en-gage ~s a centering for the container closure and as form rigid coupling of the boardering wall sections of the up-per part 1 of the container and the lower part 2 of the container in the closed position into wall projections 39 and 40 formed at the inside at the side wall of the lower ~:
part 1 of the container and provided with suitable bores :
37 and 38, resp. By means of this pinned fitting the two side walls 8 and 16 of the lower part 1 of the container and upper part 2 of the container are arrested laying ;; .
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2~5~72 _ 7 exactly flush over each other without the possibility of a lateral shifting, such that the closure of the contai-ner consisting of the two hook shaped wall sections 30 and 34 located therebetween can be opened only with a large expenditure of force and only by aid of a special tool which is available only for the sales personnel. The outer side hook shaped formed wall section 34 comprises two through bores 41 located at a distance aside of each other.
Such as shown in Fig. 10 the special tool 42 illustrated only in a cut-out manner includes two pins 43 located at a distance from each other for a pushing through the through bores 41 in order to bring the container closure out of engagement by pressure against the innex side wall section 30. In FigO 9 and 10 the container is illustrated with its upper part lying at the bottom. In order to ful-fill the initially mentioned object of theft protection the container carries at the upper part or lower part a not illustrated magnet band or a corresponding device for triggering an alarm.
The means for forming the hinge connection 9, 10 and 17, 18 can obviously be foreseen in the end sections of the side walls 6 and 14, resp. ~or, when neaded, in the end sections and in the center wall section).
The same is obviously true also for the means 30, 34 or forming the snap closure, which also can be foreseen in the corresponding end regions and possibly in the center area of the side walls 7 and 16, resp.
These variants are not illustrated, correspond how-everto the illustrated means (possibly by half of the width).
Claims (9)
1. Container for receipt of an article to be pro-tected against theft, specifically a CD or video cassette, characterized in that a container lower part (1) consist-ing of plastic material with four side walls (5, 6, 7, 8) and a container upper part (2) with four side walls (13, 14, 15, 16) comprise each in at least one, preferably a center wall section (9, 17) of a side wall (6, 14) an edge region (10, 18) of a hook-shaped vertical section for a hinge like interlocking of the two oppositely off-set edge regions (10, 18) at the united container parts, and further comprise an edge region (10, 18) of a hook shaped vertical section formed in at least one side wall (13, 14, 15, 16) located opposite of preferably a center area of this hinge connection in a respective center wall section (9, 17) of a side wall (6, 14) for a hinge like interlocking of the two oppositely offset edge regions (10, 18) at united container parts, and comprise further a respective wall section (30,34) of a hook shaped verti-cal section formed in a center area of a side wall (8, 16) located opposite of this hinge connection for a form locked interlocking of the wall sections located at a different hight and with hook areas directed oppositely against each other at the closed container, which lock elastically as container closure and may be brought to disengage for an opening by means of a special tool (42, 43) to be pressed through openings (41) in the outer side wall section (34) and against the inner side wall sec-tion (30).
2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner side hook shaped wall section of the container closure is a tongue (30) projecting upwards re-lative to the adjacent remaining side wall (8) and formed integrally with the side wall, which includes at the upper end section an abutting incline (32) for the outer side wall section (34) to be brought into the interlocked po-sition.
3. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the wall sections (9, 17) with the edge regions (10, 18) forming the hinge connection and the side wall areas with the hook shaped formed wall sections (30, 34) located in same and forming the container closure are each stag-gered backwards inwards relative to the at both sides in-tegrally adjacent side wall (6, 14), preferably by the measure due to the projection towards the outside caused by the hook shaped wall cross section at the outer side wall section (17).
4. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that of the two oppositely offset hook shape formed edge regions (10, 18) of the hinge connection the outer side edge region (18) is formed at the container upper part (2) on which also the outer side wall section (34) formed hook shaped in vertical section of the container closure (30, 34) is formed, and in that the inner side edge region (10) of the hinge connection and the inner side hook shaped wall section (30) of the container closure are formed at the lower part (1) of the container.
5. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that studs (20, 21) projecting over the side wall edge are formed at the inside of the wall and integral with the wall at the side wall of the upper part (2) of the con-tainer at both sides of the outer side hook shaped edge regions (18) of the hinge connection (10, 18), which allow by an engaging into similarly broad edge recesses (22, 23) in the side wall (6) of the container lower part (1) as centering aid and as support for the container upper part (2) the joining of the two hook shape formed edge regions (10, 18) and the pivoting of the container upper part (2) into the closed position and which studs are supported in the closed position on projections (24, 25) formed at the inner side on the side wall (6) of the container lower part (1).
6. Container according to claim 4, characterized in that studs (35, 36) projecting over the side wall edge are formed at the inside of the wall and integral with the wall (16) at the side wall (16) of the upper part (2) of the container at both sides of the outer side in ver-tical section hook shaped wall section (34) of the con-tainer closure, which engage as a centering for the clo-sure and as form stiff coupling of the adjacent wall sec-tions (8, 16) of the lower and upper part (1, 2) of the container in the closed position into wall projections (39, 40) formed at the inner side at the side wall of the lower part of the container.
7. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the hook shape formed wall section (34) of the container closure (30, 34) located at the outside compri-ses two through bores (41) located at a distance aside of each other as openings for the special tool, which bores (41) open ahead of the in vertical section hook shape for-med wall section (30) at the inner side of the container closure and are intended for a pushing through of two bolts (43) of the special tool (42) in order to bring the hook shaped wall sections (30, 34) engaging form locked into each other by pressure against the inner side wall section (30) out of engagement.
8. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower part (1) or the container and the upper part (2) of the container inclusive the respective side-wall-edge region (10, 18), as well as the respective hook shape formed wall sections (30, 34) forming the container closure are respective integral plastic injection molded parts.
9. Container according to at least one of the claims 1 - 8, characterized in that the hinge connections (9, 10;
17, 18) and container closures (30; 34) are respectively provided in the center wall section (9, 17) and/or at the end regions of the side walls.
17, 18) and container closures (30; 34) are respectively provided in the center wall section (9, 17) and/or at the end regions of the side walls.
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