CN102131712B

CN102131712B - Container for holding small items

Info

Publication number: CN102131712B
Application number: CN2009801336318A
Authority: CN
Inventors: R·A·贝利; J·A·格拉迪
Original assignee: Meadwestvaco Corp
Current assignee: WestRock MWV LLC
Priority date: 2008-08-26
Filing date: 2009-08-24
Publication date: 2013-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-24
Also published as: WO2010027730A1; CN102131712A; US20110186579A1; EP2337745A1; EP2337745B1

Abstract

A package is provided for housing one or more product items, including a lid (20) with peripheral walls (24) snugly fitting to peripherals walls (44) of a molded housing (40). The walls of the molded housing may flex to improve the sealing of the package. An internal liner (70) may be provided for adding product freshness. A display aperture (63) may be provided in the housing for viewing the product items without opening the package.

Description

The container of holding small items

The cross reference of related application

This non-provisional application is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/091 on August 26th, 2008 based on the applying date, 855 (this provisional application is merged by quoting at this), and in 12 months, submit the application to, advocate its preceence according to 35USC § 1.19 (e).

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to for the closed storage container of preserving small articles, especially, relate to a kind of container that is suitable for closely maintaining a kind of sealed packet that is socketed, and described container is closed by a kind of close-fitting closing lid.

Background technology

Presently used various types of closable storage container or package are used to deposit the consumer products object such as smokeless tobacco (smokeless tobacco), peppermint candy/oral cleansing lotion (breath mint), medicine, thoat-soothing drops, candy.One of packaged form is the forming metal " tank " that comprises a kind of bottom enclosure and a kind of friction tight lid.Such packing possibility cost of manufacture is expensive, and possibly can't provide good airtight sealing.In addition, can not see content in " tank " by this metal.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide for container or the package of preserving smallclothes product object, it is easy to make, and possess good leak tightness with maintenance product freshness, and the permission customer sees the content in the container that does not break a seal.

The present invention is directed to for the package of preserving the product object, it comprises top or lid, and closely cooperates with bottom or shell.In certain embodiments, shell is fit to admit and maintain a kind of container liner.In certain embodiments, container liner is partially transparent at least.In certain embodiments, shell includes shows the hole, even when closed with covers is on shell, this displaying hole is also so that can see the content of the inside.The various distortion of embodiment are shown, comprise the variation of the shape of lid, shell or liner, or show profile, the size in hole, the variation of position, also in expection of the present invention/consideration, and further specify hereinafter.

Should be understood that, the present invention can implement and use in many ways, comprise and be not limited to as a process, a kind of equipment, a kind of system, a kind of device and a kind of method, they are used for various application and utilize other suitable current known or suitable materials of exploitation after a while.These and other unique feature of this system that this paper discloses will be clearly shown that from following description and appended accompanying drawing more.

Description of drawings

How to make and use the present invention in order to allow disclosed system those of ordinary skill in the field be more readily understood, can be with reference to following figure;

Figure 1A and 1B are for the transparent view of the container of preserving the product object, comprise metal case and crown cap;

Fig. 2 is the transparent view that comprises the container of plastic casing and crown cap;

Fig. 3 is the detailed cross-sectional of the cooperation between plastic casing and the crown cap;

Fig. 4 is the transparent view that another kind comprises the container of plastic casing and crown cap;

Fig. 5 A is a kind of shell and a kind of transparent view that inserts liner;

Fig. 5 B is shell among Fig. 5 A and the side elevation view of liner;

Fig. 5 C is part shell among Fig. 5 A and the detailed cross-sectional of liner;

Fig. 5 D is that shell and the liner of the same section of Fig. 5 C demonstration is bonded together as a kind of cross-section details figure of assembly; And

Fig. 6 A and 6B are the bottom perspective view that the container of showing the hole is arranged on the shell.

The specific embodiment

The present invention overcome in many prior aries use all-metal " tank " preserve the Related Technical Issues that smallclothes product object brings.For those those of ordinary skills, from following to some detailed description of preferred embodiment and in conjunction with the accompanying drawing that demonstrates exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the advantage of packing presently disclosed and other characteristics will become more apparent, whenever possible then in the accompanying drawings identical designated go out similar structural constituent.

All relevant descriptions herein such as left and right, upper and lower, top side, bottom side and similar relevant describing all with reference to the accompanying drawings, but are not limited to accompanying drawing.The smokeless tobacco bag is used as typical packing content thing.These illustrative embodiment can be understood to provide the example feature of the variable details of some embodiment, therefore, except as otherwise noted, feature, parts, module, element and/or the each side that illustrates for example can make up, interconnect, sort, separate, exchange, locate with additive method, and/or rearrange, and substantially do not depart from disclosed system or method.In addition, the shape and size of parts also are exemplary, except as otherwise noted, can change and do not have influence in fact or disclosed Technical Board is limited to the tobacco product of preserving.

This packing comprises top or lid and shell or bottom.Figure 1A and 1B have shown that respectively the container 10 that is used for depositing product object such as tobacco pouch 1 in the prior art is the structure of cutting out and opening.Container 10 comprises lid 20 and shell 30, both metalwork.Lid 20 normally is assembled on the shell 30 in the friction-tight mode.Lid 20 can have slightly circle or slightly vaulted top, and namely first type surface 22.Tegmental wall 24 is vertical basically, and round also basically be vertical shell upper wall 34 and closely the assembling thereon.Shell can have circumferential boss 32, be used for to stop tegmental wall 24 to be pressed downward too far and surpasses shell upper wall 34, otherwise may be difficult to reopen container.Being used for replacing circumferential boss 32, can be the circumferential ridge around shell 30.Below circumferential boss 32, can be extended with shell lower wall 31.

Fig. 2 has shown a kind of novel container 11, can comprise identical lid 20, but comprises a kind of different shell, such as molded plastic casing 40, and its for example moulding by injection-molded.Plastic casing 40 can have base plate 45 and sidepiece, and this sidepiece comprises lower wall 41, and lower wall 41 extends upwardly to circumferential boss 42 and continues to extend upward and is shell upper wall 44.Tegmental wall 24 can assemble thereon round shell upper wall 44.Circumferentially boss 42 can provide a kind of abutment stops section, stoping tegmental wall 24 to be pressed downward too far and to surpass shell upper wall 44, otherwise may be difficult to again open container.Replace circumferential boss 42, a kind of circumferential ridge (not shown) round shell 40.When being depicted as " circumferentially ", being appreciated that boss or convex ridge can be discontinuous, and can not extending round whole shell.In order to help that lid 20 is remained on the shell 40, one or more hill holder 46 can be arranged on the outside face of shell upper wall 44.Shell 40 can comprise a kind of top flange 48 of the top surface place at shell upper wall 44.In certain embodiments, the product content thing in the container can be sealed, to guarantee fresh or safety, for example by paper tinsel or film (not shown) are sealed on the top flange 48.

Fig. 3 has shown the viewgraph of cross-section of the tegmental wall 24 that is engaging shell upper wall 44.Can there be a kind of edge to interior orientation the bottom of tegmental wall 24, such as interior crimping 25.When being pressed onto lid on the shell, interior crimping 25 is taken and is crossed hill holder 46, and this hill holder is engaging this inside directed edge and helping lid is remained on the shell.So the bottom of tegmental wall 24 can be supported from the below by circumferential boss 42, and kept from above by one or more hill holder 46.In order to help uncover, the customer can inwardly press (shown in arrow " A ") on shell lower wall 41, so that casing wall curves inwardly and increase gap between hill holder 46 and interior crimping 25, thereby so that lid can be promoted from shell and open.

Fig. 4 has shown another kind of novel container 12, and it can comprise same lid 20, but comprises a kind of different shell, such as molded plastic casing 50.Plastic casing 50 can have base plate 55 and sidepiece, and this sidepiece comprises lower wall 51, and this lower wall extends up to circumferential boss 52 places, and continues to extend upward and be shell upper wall 54.Tegmental wall 24 can and assemble thereon round shell upper wall 54.Circumferentially boss 52 can provide abutment stops section, surpasses shell upper wall 54 to prevent tegmental wall 24 to be pressed downward too far, is difficult to again open container otherwise may cause.Replacing circumferential boss 52, can be a kind of circumferential ridge (not shown) round shell 50.When being depicted as " circumferentially ", being appreciated that boss or convex ridge can be discontinuous, and can not extending round whole shell.In order to help that lid 20 is remained on the shell 50, one or more hill holder 56 can be arranged on the outside face of shell upper wall 54.One or more hill holders 56 can be arranged on the more flexible part of shell, as are arranged on the blade 57.The periphery of blade 57 can partly separate with shell 50.For example, the periphery of blade 57 can determine to pass the opening of shell upper wall 54.Yet, blade 57 also can be set and without the opening that passes shell upper wall 54, for example be molded on the shell 50 as a kind of thin, tabular protrusion or in.

Shell 50 can comprise a kind of top flange 58 of the top surface place at shell upper wall 54.In certain embodiments, the product content thing in the container can be for fresh or safe and sealed, such as realizing by paper tinsel or film (not shown) are sealed on the top flange 58.If container makes in this way sealing, so the validity in order to keep sealing, blade 57 can preferably be arranged to need not to limit the opening that passes shell upper wall 54.

In order to assist in ensuring that the freshness of product object, and be the operation of convenient packing, the product object in the container can be packaged in the liner.Fig. 5 A has shown a kind of liner, and such as basin 70, this basin 70 can be inserted in the shell 60, then be sealed with closedtop 80.Shell 60 is similar to shell 40 and 50 in some aspects, and will no longer repeat the description of constituent elements.Shell bottom plate 65 can be provided with opening such as display window 63, whereby, is to be made by transparent material such as fruit bowl 70, and the product content thing just can be by 75 seeing at the bottom of the basin so.

Basin 70 can form to have basin flange 78 and basin and keeps projection 79, this basin keep projection 79 with juncture adaptive the complementary depressed part of shell 60 inside.In this embodiment that Fig. 5 A shows, basin keeps projection 79 can be snapped in the shell, and the recess (such as the boss 69 that overhangs) that for example is snapped into the shell inboard is inner.Such engagement features section can maintain basin securely, and helps the content of protection the inside.As a replacement scheme (not shown), the protrusion of enclosure can be assembled to the depressed part in the basin.

Fig. 5 B shown basin 70 above shell 60 to punctual anterior elevational view.Fig. 5 C has shown the details cross-sectional plane of basin, has shown that basin flange 78 and basin keep projection 79, and cover top portion flange 68 and the shell boss 69 that overhangs.The boss 69 that overhangs can form with various shapes and position.In the example of Fig. 5 C, the boss 69 that overhangs can be in the inboard of circumferential boss 62.When basin 70 is inserted into shell 60 when interior, basin keeps projection 79 engaging the boss 69 that overhangs so that basin is firmly remained in the shell.Basin flange 78 can be loosely against living cover top portion flange 68, perhaps salable on it.Closedtop 80 is salable on the top of basin flange 78, is preferably just utilizing after the product object fills this basin.

Basin 70 can be made by the vacuum-formed plastics, and closedtop 80 can be made by paper tinsel; Bi-material all can selectedly be used to provide barrier property (such as the performance that intercepts moisture or oxygen), and enough structural strengths are provided.Object can comprise such as smokeless tobacco bag, tea bag, peppermint candy/oral cleansing lotion, medicine, thoat-soothing drops, candy, gum and similar products.

The container that Fig. 6 A and 6b show, wherein product such as tobacco pouch 1 or peppermint candy/oral cleansing lotion 2 can be seen by display window 63 bottom of shell 60 (shown in Fig. 5 A).These products will be visual, under basin base plate 75 is transparent condition.Thereby may not open container and can determine that also how many contents are placed wherein.But, basin also can be made by opaque material.Under any circumstance, basin can be used in the shell that has or do not have display window.

On other shells that the lid 20 that new container provides closely is assemblied on the shell 30 or this paper is shown.In some embodiment, the sidewall of shell can be designed to utilize flexible operation with lid and engage, thereby discharges described lid so that sidewall must be squeezed.The comparable metal case of plastic casing is more prone to carry out such flexible operation.In addition, when cover moves, closely resilient engagement can be designed to produce a kind of " bang " noise.

Lid described herein and shell are particularly suitable for forming the package that a kind of size is confirmed as being generally used for tobacco, medicine, container for bon-bons, that is, and substantially can be by the rectangular pack size in hand held easily.The container of other size and dimensions can be according to same principle production.For example, producing a kind of elongated container can be comparatively useful when preserving pencil, candy bar, straw or cigar.For example, can be made into a kind of like this container of elliptical shape: that it can be considered fashion comparatively and be used to deposit cosmetics.

The present invention just embodiment of first-selection launches to describe, and those skilled in the art will readily understand various variations and/or the modification of deferring in the invention spirit and scope.

Claims

1. package comprises:

I) crown cap (20), described crown cap comprise the cap surface part of being surrounded by the lid peripheral wall; And

Ii) plastic casing (40), described plastic casing comprise the base portion that is being limited by the encirclement of shell peripheral wall, and by friction or interference fit, described lid peripheral wall closely assembles around described shell peripheral wall,

Wherein, described package comprises top flange (48), it provides sealing surfaces, diaphragm seal (80) is attachable on the described sealing surfaces, described shell peripheral wall has upper wall (44) and lower wall (41), wherein said upper wall (44) is positioned at the inboard of described lower wall (41), transition phase between described upper wall and the lower wall is limited by circumferential boss (42), the described upper wall (44) of described plastic casing (40) comprises at least one hill holder (46), and it is used for cooperating with described crown cap (20) and being used for described crown cap is fixed to described plastic casing.

2. package according to claim 1, wherein, when described package was closed, described shell peripheral wall curved inwardly with respect to described lid peripheral wall.

3. package according to claim 2 wherein, is closed structure in the situation that be, and the upper wall of described shell moves apart described lid peripheral wall when curving inwardly, and allows described lid is taken off.

4. according to claim 2 or 3 described packages, also comprised the blade that is formed on the described shell peripheral wall, and described at least one hill holder (46) is formed on the blade to be used for engaging described lid peripheral wall, described blade is connected on the described shell peripheral wall to move inward when the pressurized, this moving inward from the engagement state with the lid peripheral wall discharges described at least one hill holder, removes in order to will cover from described package.

5. package according to claim 1, wherein, described plastic casing also comprises insertable liner (70).

6. package according to claim 5, wherein, described insertable liner comprises vacuum forming basin and gasket seal.

7. according to claim 5 or 6 described packages, wherein, described insertable liner comprises outer engagement features (79), and described outer engagement features is configured as the interior engagement features section of a kind of complementation of engaging described shell inboard.

8. according to claim 5 or 6 described packages, wherein, described plastic casing (40) also is included in the demonstration hole (63) that forms in the described enclosure base, and described insertable liner is made by transparent material.

9. package according to claim 8, wherein, described package also comprises the object that is arranged in described insertable liner, the described object that is positioned at described insertable liner can be seen by described demonstration hole.