DE9403049U1 - Folding box made from cardboard - Google Patents

Description

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Graphia Hans Gundlach GmbH & Co.
Graphiastrasse 1, 33649 Bielefeld

Folding box made of cardboard

The present invention relates to a folding box made of cardboard with a lower part and a lid hinged to a rear wall of the lower part.

Folding boxes of the aforementioned type are known in many different designs.

In the previously known folding boxes, the lids are predominantly flat and even or are designed with a certain degree of plasticity through embossing or the like.

In the first case, from a design point of view, such lids are hardly suitable to attract particular attention and in the second case the plasticity is permanent and is therefore associated with a reduction in the usable filling volume of the lower part or - assuming a minimum height of the lower part - with an increase in the overall height of the folding box.

The present invention is based on the object of designing a folding box of the generic type in such a way that its lid on the one hand has a plastic, raised shape and on the other hand is designed in such a way that it neither limits the usable filling height of the folding box nor leads to an unnecessary increase in the construction height of the folding box.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the lid consists of two layers of material lying one above the other, that a section of the inner layer of material lying directly on the lower part in the closed position is punched out opposite the remaining area connected to the outer layer of material and is connected in an articulated manner to the lid via two webs running parallel to one another, that-

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such that the section folds onto the inside of the lid when the lid is closed and folds out beyond the inside of the lid when the lid is opened.

A folding box designed in this way therefore has a lid which, when closed, takes up practically no more space than a flat lid and, when opened, has a clear plasticity due to the section of the inner material layer of the lid which folds out when the lid is opened.

Further features of the invention are the subject of subclaims.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings and is described in more detail below. They show:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding box according to the invention in the opened state,

Figure 2 shows a flat blank for producing the folding box according to Figure 1.

The folding box 1 shown in Figure 1, which is made from a blank 2 according to Figure 2, has a lower part 3, to the rear wall 4 of which a lid 5 is hinged.

The lower part 2 is equipped with an insert 6, which is smaller in its outline than the outline of the lower part 3. The insert 6 serves to hold the goods to be packed in the folding box 1.

The box-like insert 6 is movable in the lower part 3 perpendicular to the lid hinge axis 7 and in the area of its

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The rear wall 8, which runs parallel to the lid hinge axis 7, is connected to an angle bracket 9.

The lid 5 consists of two layers of material lying one above the other, whereby a section 10 of the inner material layer 11, which lies directly on the lower part 3 in the closed position, is punched out compared to the remaining area connected to the outer material layer 12 and is articulated to the lid 5 via two webs 13 and 14 running parallel to one another. This articulated connection of the punched out area 10 to the lid results in the punched out section 10 being folded up to the inside of the lid when the lid 5 is closed and being folded out beyond the inside of the lid when the lid 5 is open, as shown in Figure 1.

This punched-out section 10, which is movable relative to the lid 5, can be used for various purposes, for example for printing or sticking on contents information or the like, which are then particularly highlighted after the folding box 1 is opened.

The angle bracket 9 mentioned above is connected with one of its legs 15 in an articulated manner to the lid hinge axis 7, while the other leg 16 of the said angle bracket 9 is connected in an articulated manner to the rear lower edge of the insert 6. This provides the advantageous possibility of slightly lifting the insert 6, which can be moved in the lower part 3 as described above, in the rear area when the lid 5 is opened, which results in a particularly favorable presentation of the goods in the insert 6. It is advantageous if the box-like insert 6 remains covered in the area of its front edge or front side by an upper edge web 17 of the lower part 3, so that when the lid 5 is closed, the box-like insert 6 is again in

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its initial position is returned without requiring any special attention.

The section 10 punched out of the inner material layer 11 of the lid 5 can be shaped as desired and its web 14 located in the area of the lid hinge axis 7 can, in deviation from the embodiment shown in Figure 1, also be glued directly to an edge web of the lower part 3. It is also conceivable to connect both the upper web 13 and the lower web 14 of the punched section 10 exclusively to the inner material layer 11 of the lid 5, so that this section 10 with its webs 13 and 14 is completely independent of the construction of the lower part 3.

It is essential that this punched-out section 10 can be folded along the webs 13 and 14 running parallel to one another onto the lid 5 or can be folded out so that it protrudes from the lid 5 when it is open.

The folding box 1 can thus be designed in a three-dimensional manner with regard to the design of its lid 5, without this negatively affecting the usable filling height of the lower part 3 or of an insert 6 located therein.

The embodiment shown is particularly advantageous in that, together with the deployment of the punched-out section 10 when the lid 5 is opened, the insert 6 is also raised slightly in the rear area in the manner described above.

Claims (5)

Graphia Hans Gundlach GmbH & Co. Protection claims 1. Folding box made of cardboard with a lower part and a lid hinged to a rear wall of the lower part, characterized in that the lid (5) consists of two layers of material (11, 12) lying one above the other, that a section (10) of the inner material layer (11) lying directly on the lower part (3) in the closed position is punched out opposite the remaining area connected to the outer material layer (12) and is otherwise hingedly connected to the lid (5) via two webs (13, 14) running parallel to one another, such that the section (10) is folded onto the inside of the lid when the lid (5) is closed and is folded out protruding beyond the inside of the lid when the lid (5) is open. 2. Folding box according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower part (3) has an edge section running parallel to the base at least in the hinge area of the lid (5) and that on this edge section the web lying in the area of the lid hinge axis (7) (14) of the partial section (10). 3. Folding box according to claim 1, characterized in that a box-like insert (6) is arranged in the lower part (3), which has an angled tab (9) on its rear side running parallel to the lid hinge axis (7), one leg (16) of which is on the rear lower edge of the insert (6) and the other leg (15) is connected in an articulated manner in the cover joint axis (7), the two legs (15, 16) being connected to one another in an articulated manner and the leg (15) on the cover joint side being connected to the web (14) on the cover joint side of the punched-out section (IQ). • · • · Graphia Hans Gundlach GmbH & Co 4. Folding box according to claim 3, characterized in that the insert (6) is overlapped by an edge web (17) of the lower part (3) in the region of its front side facing away from the lid hinge. 5. Folding box according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the insert (6) can be moved within the lower part (3) perpendicular to the lid hinge axis (7) and can be lifted in its rear area by means of the angle tab (9) when the lid (5) is open.