DE102007047265A1 - Structural arrangement for e.g. plastic tubes, in bathroom of hotel, has elastic parts integrated in package and bulging by increasing internal pressures within package, such that clear larger text images are provided on package - Google Patents

Abstract

The arrangement has highly expandable elastic parts integrated in packages such as a tube (Ib) and containers. The expandable parts bulge by increasing internal pressures within the package, such that clear larger text images are provided on the package. Structural elements are completely provided with a membrane part of the package independent of the internal pressures of the package. Air and water are passed between the packages.

Description

The Visual impairment, which starts with increasing age, is particularly pronounced in the short-sighted area and is mostly by reading glasses u. ä. corrected. Even people Eyes excellent in youth can be reflected in virtually all make from the age of 40 to 50 years beginning of a visual aid for the near range barely shut. Up to a farsightedness of about 3 dioptres changes in old age the visual performance is almost regular. Mostly it remains then for many Years on this scale stable.

The Everything has the consequence that for many people from 40 to 50 years often Inscriptions with normal typeface without glasses are not legible. Is this usually annoying in the normal daily routine, but without much importance, because at any time a pair of glasses o. Ä., is ready to be put on and thus can be worn is so this is usually more problematic in sports. In the bathroom and / or In the sauna area, wearing glasses is usually impossible. There are not many people who shower with glasses, for example.

The makes the situation problematic at the moment, if not the domestic familiar and thus well-known hair shampoos, shower and bath gel, Body lotion, Shaving creams and much more such are available, such as in good hotels. There are mostly whole sets of the above Toiletries available put, enriched variously with shoe cleaning packages and suture, which does not exactly simplify the situation. In addition, these items Generally in small or very small packages are offered and not in normal household formats, the available for captions shrinks Place next to the inevitable mark to a barely to be defined minimum. The readability is even for young and good eyes - at in baths, especially in showers, usually not very bright illumination - so hardly still given.

For the people middle and above all higher Age easily arises in the shower the question, what is it now, what I hold in small packages in my hands. In case of a mistake Shower gel with shampoo may still be relatively indifferent to body lotion already less and at the latest with shoe polish or even with the sewing set things get high unpleasant. Anyone who has ever tried shaving cream to brush the teeth (many people brush themselves in the shower when standing with the same the teeth), know from the wretchedness the taste of shaving cream. Not every person is so well self-organized, that he / she in advance, these small packs are still sorted with reading glasses.

this Problem can be remedied if these packs - vials, Tubes and Ä. - an integrated possibility possessed, quasi pack-integrated reading aids, with their help also without glasses, for example in the shower, the contents of the package analyzed and fed to a corresponding use.

The here presented innovation gives for the first time, and the same in several Options, to how this problem is posed by innovative packaging design regularly too low Font size for small (st) packs solved can be - and that with a comparatively minimal, that is extremely inexpensive, Effort.

With The invention should therefore be possible be reduced, even with the aid of aids, even under reduced Lighting conditions, Packing inscriptions read through "integrated into the packaging constructive measures, the originally small ones too Typefaces look big let "and thus easy readability without any additional external aids such as glasses / contact lenses respectively.

These Targets are achieved according to the invention by the equipment packaging with integrated, magnifying glass or equivalent effective reading aids. Usually Be shampoos, personal care products u. in relatively dimensionally stable, elastic plastic packaging, but also in tube form, put on the market. The elasticity in these Packaging is common so small that, though a change in shape (eg, squeezing the packaging for emptying) possible is, however, the elasticity is never so great that thereby a noticeable change readability of the packaging labels as a side effect would. The deformability of these packages are narrow limits for various reasons set.

• a) Patentanspruch „1" und „2": Ein Teil der Plastikbehältnisse – vorzugsweise natürlich im Bereich der fraglichen Beschriftungen – wird in einem deutlich weicherem, vor allem aber hoch dehnbaren (aber gleichmäßig dehnbarem, um eine eventuelle Verzerrung des Schriftbildes zu vermeiden) Gummi- und/oder Kunststoffmaterial hergestellt. Dies hätte zur Folge, daß man durch Zusammendrücken des noch verschlossenen (!) Behältnisses den zuvor genannten Bereich herausdrücken kann. Je nach Druckstärke auf der einen Seite und Elastizität dieses Teilbereiches der Verpackung auf der anderen Seite wird sich dieser Bereich vorwölben und die darauf befindliche Beschriftung ggf. um ein mehrfaches vergrößert. Damit ist die Schrift in diesem Bereich ungleich leichter lesbar und das Problem unbekannter Inhaltsstoffe ist gelöst.
• b) Patentanspruch „3": eine Alternative dazu läßt sich aber auch folgendermaßen darstellen: dieser unter „a" beschrieben elastische Teil der Verpackung/des Behältnisses ist nicht Teil der Verpackung selbst, sondern wird in Form eines recht hoch elastischen, in einem Bereich/auf einer Seite offenen Überzuges über die Verpackung gespannt, gefertigt oder so ähnlich – Prinzip „zweite Haut". Unter Zuhilfenahme von Wasser (indem man z. B. das Duschwasser hineinlaufen läßt) oder Luft (z. B. durch Hineinblasen) o. ä. dehnt bzw. wölbt sich dann dieser elastische Überzug aus und das Schriftbild vergrößert sich je nach Bedarf ggf. deutlich was die Lesbarkeit deutlich erhöht. Diese Variante hätte den Vorteil, daß die gesteigerte Lesbarkeit entsprechender Schriftbilder auch noch darstellbar ist, wenn die Verpackung schon geöffnet ist und sich naturgemäß kein gesteigerter Innendruck in der Verpackung mehr aufbauen läßt. Dies kommt dann zum Tragen, wenn beispielsweise ein Tubenverschluß o. ä. beim Duschen heruntergefallen ist und z. B. die Enge einer Dusche ein Bücken und Aufheben des Verschlusses nicht zuläßt. Unter diesen Bedingungen wäre man auf die „externe Variante" wie unter „b" hier beschrieben angewiesen.
• c) Patentanspruch „4": zu den zuvor dargestellten Verfahren ist natürlich eine Sichtbarkeit des Schriftbildes, egal ob unlesbar klein oder aufgedehnt groß, von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung. Es ist aber auch vorstellbar, daß dieses Schriftbild – wir gingen bisher immer nur von einer gedruckten Form aus – sein Schriftbild in Form einer vorgewölbten Schrift zeigt bzw. lesbar werden läßt. Es ist also genauso eine Lesbarkeit zu erreichen – mit einer gewissen Feinfühligkeit-, indem man das Schriftbild mit Inhaltsangabe alleine oder als zusätzlichen Teil der dehnbaren Fläche sich so vorwölben läßt, daß einzelne Buchstaben erkennbar werden. Damit ist eine, zwar reduzierte, aber immerhin auf den Inhalt abgestimmte, Lesbarkeit die positive Folge.
• d) Patentanspruch „5": alle zuvor beschriebenen Verfahren beruhen auf einer Vergrößerung des Schriftbildes. Dabei geht es aber nicht primär um eine Vergrößerung des Schriftbildes an sich, sei es in Form oder als Druck, sondern um eine optische Vergrößerung. Dieser Effekt, der dann in der Folge die Lesbarkeit schaffen soll, ist aber genauso zu erzielen, wenn über einem an sich unverändert kleinen Schriftbild ein wie auch immer gearteter Lupeneffekt entsteht. Das kann z. B. durch im Detail zwei kleine Plastikfolien dargestellt werden, die mit zumeist Flüssigkeit gerollt eine „Linse" mit Lupeneffekt schaffen. Damit wird dann ein darunter befindliches kleines Schriftbild plötzlich lesbar.
• e) Patentanspruch „6": es versteht sich von selbst, daß diese ganzen zuvor beschriebenen Verfahren und Varianten miteinander kombiniert werden können.

These above-mentioned "integrated, magnifying glass-like reading aids" can be represented in different ways:

• a) Claim "1" and "2": A part of the plastic containers - preferably of course in the range of labels in question - is in a much softer, but above all highly elastic (but uniformly stretchable, to avoid a possible distortion of the typeface) rubber - And / or plastic material produced. This would mean that you can squeeze the previously mentioned area by squeezing the still closed (!) Container. Depending on the pressure on one side and the elasticity of this part of the package on the other side, this area will bulge out and be on it If necessary, the labeling may be enlarged several times. Thus, the font in this area is much easier to read and the problem of unknown ingredients is solved.
• b) claim "3": an alternative to it can also be represented as follows: this elastic part of the packaging / container described under "a" is not part of the packaging itself, but is in the form of a fairly high elasticity, in one area / stretched on one side of an open cover over the packaging, manufactured or something like that - principle "second skin" With the help of water (eg by running the shower water in) or air (eg by blowing in) or similar This elastic coating then expands or bulges, and the typeface, if necessary, increases significantly, which significantly increases readability This variant would have the advantage that the increased readability of corresponding typefaces can still be displayed if the packaging has already been opened Naturally, no increased internal pressure in the packaging can be built up any longer n tube closure o. Ä. Has fallen down while showering and z. B. the narrowness of a shower does not allow bending over and picking up the closure. Under these conditions one would rely on the "external variant" as described under "b" here.
• c) Claim "4": to the methods described above, of course, a visibility of the typeface, whether unreadable small or expansively large, of fundamental importance.It is also conceivable that this typeface - we have so far only ever of a printed form It is therefore just as easy to achieve a readability - with a certain sensitivity - by allowing the typeface with synopsis alone or as an additional part of the expansible surface so bulges, that individual letters become recognizable, so that a readability that is reduced but at least adapted to the content is the positive consequence.
• d) Claim "5": all the methods described above are based on an enlargement of the typeface, but this is not primarily about an enlargement of the typeface itself, be it in form or as a print, but rather an optical enlargement then in the consequence the readability is to be created, is however to be achieved likewise, if over a still small typeface an anyway Lupeneffekt develops.That can be represented eg by in detail two small plastic foils, which with mostly liquid rolled to create a "lens" with magnifying glass effect. This then makes a small typeface underneath suddenly readable.
• e) Claim "6": it goes without saying that all of the above-described methods and variants can be combined with each other.

In All previously described procedures are the basic ones Do not lose sight of the goal: what is the readability of Small and / or small inscriptions to create without external Aids available stand. This frame is useful for example under showers always given. The user of personal care products of any kind is dependent on the fact that he previously over the individual contents of the package in the form of a prior strategic consideration and analysis has provided clarity, a pretty good visual performance even at weaker Light can still call his own and / or the color, outline or other Rough features can guess what is hidden in the respective packaging could be.

The Helplessness under showers, with the respective packaging contents has a very high remarkable security aspect. Who once toothpaste cream, shaving cream or even shoeshine got into the eyes with the previously described Scenarios and then at dusk or bad light in the basics Had to drive a car, no later than at this point you know Everyone appreciates the safety of knowing packaging contents.

ib and IIb

tube per se

Ia and IIa

Screw cap of the same

ic

integrated attachment Field of highly stretchable material in plan and in longitudinal section

id

cutting plane for variant I - longitudinal section

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incorporated or resting "second Skin "from strong stretchable material including typeface - hatched in supervision and longitudinal section

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cutting plane for variant II - longitudinal section

Claims (6)

Constructive measures or the like, characterized in that by integrating highly stretchable shares in a package such as tubes u. Ä. Containers, these expandable proportions bulge by increasing the internal pressure with a result in a much larger thereon font. Constructive measures as under "1" be written for containers of any kind Constructive measures or the like as shown in claim "1/2", but independent of Internal pressure of the container. These measures - constructive Elements - can also be highly elastic like a "second Skin "Parts of the container, possibly complete, include. Between container and this "second Skin "you can air, water let it flow in, this "second Skin "stretches or bulges Significant and thereby a font on it much bigger and is immediately easier to read. Constructive measures or the like as previously shown, that is integrated into the package Typewriting keys without to rely on a printed typeface. Constructive measures or the like as in "1 to 3 " characterized in that the bulge described above Magnifying effect arises or becomes effective, the one underneath Font becomes readable, though In this case, the font size itself does not change. Constructive measures characterized in that in any combination of the individual elements described above and measures in the beginning small typeface without external measures or external help equipment as glasses, magnifying glasses and / or contact lenses becomes readable.