CN101511701A

CN101511701A - Sleeve blister package assembly for confectionary products

Info

Publication number: CN101511701A
Application number: CNA200780032568XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·R·盖尼; K·德加瑞; J·A·格利唐; T·E·韦尔斯
Original assignee: Cadbury Adams USA LLC
Current assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
Priority date: 2006-08-30
Filing date: 2007-08-29
Publication date: 2009-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 2027-08-29
Also published as: EP2074033B1; AU2007290481B2; CN101511701B; CN101511323A; US20080053863A1; CA2661761C; JP5340153B2; AU2007290482A1; MX2009002156A; EP2074032A4; EP2074033A2; MX2009001215A; EP2074033A4; EP2074032B1; AU2007290481A1; US20080053858A1; CA2661751C; AU2007290482B2; WO2008027437A2; JP2010501427A

Abstract

A packaging assembly supports and dispenses a plurality of retail products, such as confectionary products. The assembly includes a housing having a plurality of package sleeves that are removably attached to the housing. A blister tray attachment is slidably insertable into one or more of the package sleeves.

Description

The shell-like blister package assembly that is used for confectionary product

The cross reference of related application: the application requires the U.S. Provisional Application No.60/841 that submitted on August 30th, 2006, the U.S. Provisional Application No.60/841 that on August 30th, 294 and 2006 submitted, 291 rights and interests, the content of all above-mentioned provisional application is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention generally relates to consumer products packings (packaging).More specifically, the present invention relates to the packing of confectionary product, medicinal product etc.

Background technology

The packing of edible (consumable) product is extremely important for the storage of product.Usually, packing is attempted with the mark of visual manner reception and registration about product type, product taste, product purpose.For example, some packings of consumer products (for example matrix sugar or candy) comprise the mark of obtainable trial test product category in this packing of indication usually on the packaging.In case the customer is from the type of packing identification product, the customer generally only selects product based on mark of parcels.

Various types of blister package assembly known in the art.For example, in the U.S. Patent No. 5,358,118 of authorizing people such as Thompson, disclose a kind of bubble-cap encapsulation of stepped edges, described bubble-cap encapsulation is used to hold and dispense medicament dosage device (for example capsule, tablet, capsule sheet or instant dosage form).The U.S. Patent No. 6 of authorizing people such as Rune, in 092,660, a kind of bubble-cap encapsulation is disclosed, this bubble-cap encapsulation comprises that at least one has the independent bubble-cap encapsulation that can open bubble-cap, comprises a plurality of bubble-cap (placebo bubble-cap) and a plurality of bubble-caps that comprise effective medicine that comprise placebo.

Although there are some shortcomings in the product that current blister package is enough to support wherein to be held.For example, if the entire portion of sensation product (in one sitting) without a break is eaten, for example under the situation of strip candy (candy bar), maker may be desirable to provide the packing of can disposable (once only usable) packing rather than can re-use and store this product.In addition, the packing edible product also has practical aspect, i.e. acquisition is stored in the convenience of the product in this packing, in a single day described packing is flexible when shifting out several products, and the packing that can re-use is provided.

Therefore, expectation provides can re-use the product packaging assembly that assembly supports one or more product, and this product packaging assembly is not expensive, and enough firmly shifts out from this packing to support not all product.In addition, also expectation provides such package component, and described package component is flexible, in case but still enough firmly plant various products to support one or more when some products are eaten.

Summary of the invention

The retail product that a kind of package component supports and distributes a plurality of for example confectionary products.This package component comprises housing, and described housing has a plurality of package sleeves that are attached to each other removably.Blister tray attachment (attachment) is slidably can insert in described a plurality of package sleeves one or more.

For example, in one aspect of the invention, a kind of method that is provided for the package component of edible product, comprise and form the housing that comprises a plurality of sleeve, use sticker removably described a plurality of sleeve to be attached to each other, and bubble cap disc, described bubble cap disc are provided is slidably can insert in one or more of described a plurality of sleeve, and described bubble cap disc supports edible product.This method can also comprise uses sticker that described a plurality of sleeve are attached to each other.

In a preferred embodiment, this method is included in and forms at least one cut channel (cut score) on the outside face of one of described a plurality of sleeve, and applies sticker to described at least one cut channel.Preferably, described method also comprises by cutting 50 percent cut channel (fifty percent cut score) of top layer by one of described a plurality of sleeve and forms described cut channel.

In a preferred embodiment, described method comprises described a plurality of sleeve is attached to described housing at the detachable perforated line place, thereby allows removing of one of described a plurality of sleeve.Described method can also comprise the end of smooth paper board material sheet folding towards the other side, and at least one surface attachment of described end is arrived described housing.

In yet another aspect, a kind of blister package assembly that is used for edible product, comprise: housing, described housing comprises a plurality of sleeve, bubble cap disc, described bubble cap disc be slidably can insert described a plurality of sleeve one of at least, described bubble cap disc supports edible product, wherein said a plurality of sleeve uses sticker to be attached to each other removably, and described sticker puts on the outside face of one of described a plurality of sleeve.

In a preferred embodiment, described sticker puts on the cut channel that is formed on the described outside face.Preferably, described cut channel is formed in 50 cut channels of percent on the described outside face.In a further preferred embodiment, described package component comprises a plurality of cut channels that are formed on the described outside face, and each of described a plurality of cut channels comprises sticker.

Preferably, described a plurality of sleeve are attached to described housing at the detachable perforated line place, thereby allow removing of one of described a plurality of sleeve.

Extra feature and advantage will become from following detailed description, accompanying drawing and claims and be perfectly clear.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the transparent view that first embodiment of package component is shown.

Fig. 2 is the top view of the package component of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the planar view according to the packaging shell of Fig. 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the transparent view that second embodiment of package component is shown.

Fig. 5 is the top view of the package component of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is the planar view according to the packaging shell of Fig. 4 of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is the isolated transparent view of blister sleeves (sleeve) of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is the transparent view that the 3rd embodiment of package component is shown.

Similarly reference symbol is indicated similar parts in each accompanying drawing.

The specific embodiment

The invention provides the package component that is used to support and distribute retail product.Described product is edible product or confectionary product.Described product comprises the edible product or the confectionary product of any kind, for example matrix sugar or candy.Replacedly, described product can be the edible product of any other type.For example, described product can be matrix sugar or candy, perhaps the curable product of other types or edible product.

Fig. 1 diagram is according to the transparent view of first embodiment of package component 10 of the present invention.The top view of the package component 10 of Fig. 2 pictorial image 1.Although package component 10 illustrated in the accompanying drawings is designed to be preferably used for support and distribution confectionary product (for example matrix sugar), this assembly can also be used for supporting and distributing other products, for example medicine.

As shown in figs. 1 and 2, package component 10 of the present invention comprises a plurality of

sleeve

17,19, and described a plurality of

sleeve

17,19 are attached to housing 12 removably.For example, in a preferred embodiment, described a plurality of

sleeve

17,19 shape unanimities, and have the form that is generally rectangle.This assembly comprises that also one or more can shift out and can insert again packing or bubble cap disc (blister tray) 14,15

sleeve

17,19 from sleeve 17,19.For example, shown in arrow among Fig. 1 and 26,8, according to what expect, the customer can slidably shift out

bubble cap disc

14,15 from

sleeve

17,19, and slidably

bubble cap disc

14,15 is inserted in the

sleeve

17,19 again.

Preferably,

bubble cap disc

14,15 of the present invention is mainly made by plastics and/or plastics or metallic paper.As shown in fig. 1, each

dish

14,15 comprises a plurality of lattice (compartment) 18A-D, 18E-H with general equivalent size respectively, and described lattice 18A-D, 18E-H generally stretch from each

dish

14,15

phase epitaxy.Dish

14,15 is sized to when being press fit on the wall of (press-fit against)

sleeve

17,18 coiling 14,15 described

dishes

14,15 when being inserted in the sleeve 17,18.In a preferred embodiment, the center of each

bubble cap disc

14,15 comprises hinged joint (hinge) 9, allows each dish to fold into itself and is stacked (stack).In case be stacked, two

bubble cap discs

14,15 can slidably shift out and be inserted in the sleeve, cause short and the sleeve of broad.Lattice 18A-H generally keeps or stores single product 20A-H, yet in other embodiments, the size of lattice can be different, and can store a plurality of and different products.In a preferred embodiment, lattice 18A-H is made by transparent (clear) plastics, thereby the customer can see storage product wherein.As shown in figs. 1 and 2, in preferred embodiments, the lattice 18E-H of the lattice 18A-D of dish 14 and dish 15 is set to the lattice of a string four longitudinal intervals separately, yet each

dish

14,15 can be adapted to be has any amount of lattice that are various structures.

As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, in a preferred embodiment,

bubble cap disc

14,15 is constructed to comprise groove 22, and described groove 22 can help the customer slidably bubble cap disc to be inserted and shift out sleeve 17,19.Groove 22 can also be used to the installation of convenient this package component on product display module.For example, groove 22 is constructed to admit the product display support that extends from product display module.

Sleeve 17,19 of the present invention is made by monolithic or multi-disc card board (cardboard) or other suitable materials, and is configured as and supports bubble cap disc 14,15.The material that is used for

sleeve

17,19 preferably is selected as cheap relatively, and in certain embodiments can be for biodegradable or callable.For example, biodegradable cardboard can be used to form sleeve 17,19.Certainly, one of skill in the art will appreciate that the outward appearance that depends on that assembly 10 is desired, other materials, for example not bleached paperboard (unbleached board) and polymeric material can be used to form sleeve 17,19.Preferably, if use cardboard, then be coated with conventional coating at least one side of cardboard, described coating is at selecting with printing process and for the compatibility of the composition of assembly 10 selected plates.

Preferably, sleeve the 17, the 19th by forming housing 12 is folding, thereby becomes the outside face of each

sleeve

17,19 folding a side that rear housing coated.This allows can be checked and need not packaging

tray

14,15 is shifted out from

sleeve

17,19 about the mark of the product content of assembly 10.The details that forms sleeve 17,19 about folding housing 12 is discussed in conjunction with Fig. 3 and 6 of the application.Yet, should be noted that

sleeve

17,19 of the present invention is not limited to form by folding housing 12.For example, in a preferred embodiment,

sleeve

17,19 is formed separately by housing 12, and is to be made by cardboard.In

case form sleeve

17,19,

sleeve

17,19 uses sticker (for example glue) to be attached to the smooth cardboard of a Zhang Ping, to form housing 12.

As shown in figs. 1 and 2, each

sleeve

17,19 comprises

relative sidewall

21,23 and 24,25 respectively,

roof

26,29, and diapire 30,31.Preferably,

sidewall

21,23,24,25,

roof

28,29 and diapire 30,31

limit

17,19 fens other forward open end of each sleeve or

open front

33,35, and rear open end or after-opening 26,27.Certainly, one of skill in the art will appreciate that sleeve of the present invention is not limited to have open front and after-opening.For example, in a preferred embodiment, sleeve comprises open front and rear wall rather than after-opening.In another preferred embodiment, the opening of sleeve is constructed to each other in the diagonal angle, causes each sleeve to have one of antetheca and rear wall and one of after-opening or open front respectively.In addition, shown in Fig. 1 and 2 embodiment, the

roof

28,29 and the

diapire

30,31 of each

sleeve

17,19 can comprise recess (recess) 34,37, the

female portion

34,37 can help the user slidably to insert or shift out

packaging tray

14,15, and/or is to be used for purpose attractive in appearance.

Referring now to Fig. 3, the planar view of the housing 12 of Fig. 1 is shown.Housing 12 of the present invention preferably is made for the paper products of a plain film.For example, in a preferred embodiment, housing 12 is made by the paper board material of single flat.As shown in Figure 3, housing 12 comprises a series of wall sheets (wall flap) 118,120,122,124,126,128,130 and 132, folding line 100,102,104,106,108,110,112 and 114, and attachment flaps 116,134, wherein this housing folds and forms

sleeve

17,19.

For example, as shown in Figure 3, the surface of attachment flaps 116,134 is covered by sticker (for example glue), thereby, by attachment flaps 116,134 being turned down and toward each other, having realized having each other the sleeve of size about equally.As shown in Fig. 1,2 and 3, attachment flaps 116,134 is turned down roughly half (1/2) of housing 12 diameters (diameter), and forms

sleeve

17,19 by attachment flaps is contacted with wall sheet 124,126 and adheres.In addition, in some preferred embodiments, the outside face of one of wall sheet 118 comprises offset printing (glue print) side 32, described offset printing side 32 comprises the sticker such as glue, when

sleeve

17,19 was set to each other and puts (juxtaposition), described offset printing side 32 made sidewall 23,24 contact of

sleeve

17,19 and sidewall 23,24 looselys of

sleeve

17,19 is coupled.

For example, in a preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 3, offset printing side 32 is to be formed by 50 (50%) percent cut channel (cut score) by top layer, to realize the smooth and easy release (clean release) of

sleeve

17,19, cause when separating

sleeve

17,19 not torn.In having the certain preferred embodiments of longer sleeve, in wall sheet 118, can contact and the outside face of a wall sheet of loosely coupling sleeve sidewall on a plurality of release cut channels are provided.

Certainly, one of skill in the art will appreciate that the sticky point on described can be different, and can realize that various sleeve diameters are to support different dish diameters.For example, as shown in Figure 7, sleeve 17, the 19 predetermined distance 11 that can be set to be spaced apart from each other.In addition, one of skill in the art will appreciate that and to use other technologies that attachment flaps 116,134 is fixed to wall sheet 124,126.For example, in a preferred embodiment, attachment flaps 114,116 and wall sheet 124,126 can be used as the interlocking sheet and are fixed together.In addition, when housing 12 is by polymeric material (for example plastics) when making, can make the shape of sleeve expectation by molding process or the moulding method of other suitable batch manufacturings.

As shown in Fig. 1,2 and 3, the center of housing 12 is provided as hinged joint 38, and described hinged joint 38 allows

sleeve

17,19 relative to each other to bend.Preferably, hinged joint 38 allows

sleeve

17,19 to retract and pile up from the other side, causes the top wall outer surface of one of described sleeve to contact the diapire outside face of another sleeve.Can obtain several advantages by this feature.For example, by flexible hinged joint 38 being provided as the part of housing 12, formed

sleeve

17,19 can be left the other side towards the other side's bending and bending, and reduces the required overall dimensions of stored prod assembly 10 thus.The hinged joint 38 of housing 12 can be constructed to detachable perforated line (detachable perforated line), described detachable perforated line allows

sleeve

17,19 to separate from housing 12 independently, further to reduce the necessary space of stored prod, especially after part is used product.This some broken string also allows housing 12 to be divided into two, therefore allows each sleeve independently to use.

Referring now to Fig. 4,5 and 6, second embodiment according to package component 40 of the present invention is disclosed.Particularly, Fig. 4 illustrates the transparent view of package component 40, and the top view of Fig. 5 illustrated components 40.Shown in Figure 4 and 5, package component 40 comprises one or more packing or

bubble cap disc

44,45, and is indicated as

arrow

51,53 respectively, and described packing or

bubble cap disc

44,45 can shift out from the

sleeve

47,49 of housing 42 or can insert

sleeve

47,49 again.In preferred embodiments,

sleeve

47,49 has and is generally square form, and has and be generally consistent shape.

Shown in Figure 4 and 5, each

packaging tray

44,45 comprises four (4) individual lattice 48A-D, the 48E-H that is provided with 2 * 2 structure side by side, and described lattice 48A-D, 48E-H generally stretch out and are configured to be press fit on the wall of sleeve 47,48 from each dish 44,45.Be similar to above-described lattice 18A-H, lattice 48A-H can be made by transparent plastic material, thereby the customer can see storage product 50A-H wherein.

The

bubble cap disc

44,45 that is similar to above-described

bubble cap disc

14,15, the second embodiment is configured to comprise groove 52, and described groove 52 can help the customer so that

bubble cap disc

44,45 is shifted out and insert sleeve 47,49.Groove 52 can be adapted to be the product display support that is used for array component 40 that admittance is extended from product display module similarly.

Be similar to the sleeve the 47, the 49th of above-described

sleeve

17,19, the second embodiments, make by monolithic or multi-disc card board or other suitable materials.Preferably, selected materials is cheap relatively, and as described previously, in certain embodiments can be for biodegradable or callable.Preferably, if use cardboard to form

sleeve

47,49, then cardboard is coated with conventional coating at least one side, and described coating is at selecting with printing process and for the compatibility of the composition of assembly 40 selected plates.

Sleeve 47,49 also forms by housing 42 is folded, thereby becomes the outside face of each

sleeve

47,49 in the side that folding rear housing 42 is coated.By using this technology, can be checked and need not packaging

tray

44,45 is shifted out from

sleeve

47,49 about the mark of the product content of assembly 40.

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, each

sleeve

47,49 comprises

relative sidewall

54,55 and 56,57 respectively,

roof

58,59, and diapire 60,62.Preferably,

sidewall

54,55,56,57,

roof

58,59 and

diapire

60,61 limit other

open front

61,63 in 47,49 fens of each sleeve, and after-opening 66,64.

Referring now to Fig. 6, the planar view of the housing 42 of Fig. 4 is shown.As described previously, housing 42 of the present invention preferably is made for the paper products of a plain film.Be similar to above-described housing 12, the housing 42 of package component 40 also comprises a series of wall sheets 202,204,206,208,210,212,214 and 216, folding line 220,222,224,226,232,234,236 and 238, and attachment flaps 200,218, they are by such sizing, make and when this housing 42 folds, obtain the shape of the expectation of

sleeve

47,49.

Be similar to above-described attachment flaps 116,134, as shown in Figure 6, the surface of attachment flaps 200,218 is covered by sticker (for example glue), thereby, by attachment flaps 200,218 being turned down and toward each other, having realized having each other the

sleeve

47,49 of size about equally.For example, form the

sleeve

47,49 of two (2) the individual square shaped of phase as shown in Figures 4 and 5, attachment flaps 200,218 is turned down roughly half (1/2) of housing 42 diameters, and forms

sleeve

47,49 by attachment flaps 200,218 is contacted with wall sheet 208,210 respectively and adheres.Sleeve 47, the 49 predetermined distance that is set to be spaced apart from each other.In addition, the outside face of one of wall sheet 202 can comprise seal glue (print glue) side 240, the sticker that described seal glue side 240 comprises such as glue, when

sleeve

47,49 was set to each other and puts, described seal glue side 240 made

sidewall

55,56 contact of

sleeve

47,49 and

sidewall

55,56 looselys of

sleeve

47,49 is coupled.

As shown in Fig. 4,5 and 6, preferably, the center of housing 42 comprises hinged joint 230, and described hinged joint 230 allows

sleeve

47,49 relative to each other to bend.Be similar to above-described housing 12, hinged joint 230 can be formed detachable perforated line, and described detachable perforated line allows

sleeve

47,49 to separate from housing 42 independently, and irrelevant with the product in the

sleeve

47,49.

One of skill in the art will appreciate that the present invention is not limited to only comprise that the housing of two sleeve also is not limited to comprise the housing of single hinged joint, but can comprise any amount of sleeve and a plurality of hinged joint or detachable perforated line.For example, referring now to Fig. 8, in a preferred embodiment, provide the package component 300 that comprises three sleeve 304,306 and 308, described sleeve 304,306 and 308 is attached to housing 302 removably by detachable perforated line 316.Assembly 300 also comprises three bubble cap discs 310,312 and 314, discusses in conjunction with Fig. 1-2 and 4-5 as top, and described bubble cap disc 310,312 and 314 is extensible and can insert sleeve 304,306 and 308 again.Housing 302, sleeve 304,306,306 and hinged joint 302 are to form as discussing in conjunction with Fig. 1-7 similarly.

Although the preferred embodiments of the invention that this paper has described with reference to the accompanying drawings; but should be appreciated that; the present invention is not limited to those accurate embodiments; and those skilled in the art can not depart from scope of the present invention to implementing various other changes and modification here, and the present invention plan claimed all fall into these changes and the modification of the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. blister package assembly that is used for edible product comprises:

Housing, described housing comprises a plurality of sleeve; And

Bubble cap disc, described bubble cap disc be slidably can insert described a plurality of sleeve one of at least, described bubble cap disc supports edible product,

Wherein said a plurality of sleeve uses sticker to be attached to each other removably, and described sticker puts on the outside face of one of described a plurality of sleeve.

2. package component as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sticker puts on the cut channel that is formed on the described outside face.

3. package component as claimed in claim 2, wherein said cut channel are 50 percent cut channels by described outside face top layer.

4. package component as claimed in claim 2 also comprises a plurality of cut channels that are formed on the described outside face, and each of described a plurality of cut channels comprises sticker.

5. package component as claimed in claim 2, wherein said a plurality of sleeve are attached to described housing at the detachable perforated line place, thereby allow removing of one of described a plurality of sleeve.

6. method that is provided for the blister package assembly of edible product comprises:

Form housing, described housing comprises a plurality of sleeve;

Use sticker removably described a plurality of sleeve to be attached to each other; And

Bubble cap disc is provided, described bubble cap disc be slidably can insert described a plurality of sleeve one of at least, described bubble cap disc supports edible product.

7. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said formation step also comprises:

On the outside face of one of described a plurality of sleeve, form at least one cut channel; And

Apply described sticker to described at least one cut channel.

8. method as claimed in claim 7 also comprises by cutting 50 percent cut channel by described outside face top layer forming described cut channel.

9. method as claimed in claim 6 also comprises described a plurality of sleeve are attached to described housing at the detachable perforated line place, thereby allows removing of one of described a plurality of sleeve.

10. method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said formation step also comprises:

The end of smooth paper board material sheet is folding towards the other side; And

At least one surface attachment of described end is arrived described housing.