EP0096537A1 - Plateau d'emballage avec poignée - Google Patents

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EP0096537A1
EP0096537A1 EP83303164A EP83303164A EP0096537A1 EP 0096537 A1 EP0096537 A1 EP 0096537A1 EP 83303164 A EP83303164 A EP 83303164A EP 83303164 A EP83303164 A EP 83303164A EP 0096537 A1 EP0096537 A1 EP 0096537A1
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tray
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Emanuel Victor William Negelen
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/70—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking
    • B65D71/72—Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking formed by folding one or more blanks, the articles being inserted in openings in a wall
    • 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
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/68—Telescope flanged lids
    • B65D5/685—Telescope flanged lids having an inwardly or upwardly extending tab on the lid side wall cooperating with a tab on, or an opening in, the container side wall

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  • This invention relates to an article tray for the packaging of a number of containers for storage, transport and eventual display and sale.
  • U S Patent No. 4,053,099 It is known, for example, from U S Patent No. 4,053,099 to provide a tray in the form of a flat carton with openings in thge top into which containers are inserted so that they stand upright on the bottom of the tray and project above the tray.
  • the trays disclosed in U S Patent No. 4,053,099 takes the form of a sleeve of foldable sheet material, comprising top and bottom walls hingedly joined by a pair of opposite side walls, the sleeve being closed at its ends by panels hinged to the top and bottom walls forming end walls of the tray.
  • One of the end wall panels at each end of the tray includes a series of tabs which are disposed in overlapping abutting engagement with the topside of the tray to hold the sleeve in its tray-like configuration.
  • the invention provides a tray for accomodating a plurality of articles which tray is in the form of a sleeve having a top, bottom and side walls, the top having openings into which containers may be received characterized in that said sleeve comprises two adjacent tubular parts each tubular part comprising a part of said top, one of said side walls, a bottom panel and bottom panel and a series of upstanding flaps connecting together the top and bottom wall panel, said top and bottom panel of each tubular part being hingedly connected by said side wall and said connecting flaps so that the tray can be erected from a collapsed condition into an erected condition and in that means are provided for securing said tubular parts in their related positions to maintain the tray in its erected condition.
  • the tray 10 is made from a foldable sheet material such as paperboard and comprises a rectangular top 12, bottom 14 and two pairs of opposite side walls 16, 18 and 20, 22 respectively.
  • the tray 10 is made in the form of a sleeve comprising the top and bottom and two side walls 16, 18.
  • the other two side walls 20, 22 (herein referred to as end walls) are each formed from three panels 24, 26, 26a with outer outer end panel 24 hinged to the top and inner end panels 26, 26a hinged to the bottom. Panel 24 overlaps panels 26, 26a to form a double wall construction at each end of the tray.
  • the bottom 14 of the tray comprises two panels 28, 30 respectively.
  • Panel 28 is hinged to side wall 16 and carries the integral end panels 26 whereas panel 30 is hinged to side wall 18 and carries the integral end panels 26a.
  • the outer panel 24 has at its free edge a pair of locking tabs 32 which lock in apertures 34 formed in the 3bottom wall panels 28, 30 respectively to secure the end walls and thereby hold the sleeve in its tray-like configuration.
  • the outer panel 24 is somewhat longer than the space between the opposite side walls 16 and 18 in order to strengthen the corners of the tray and afford better resistence to collapse in a vertical direction.
  • the inner panels 26, 26a are indeed all three panels 24 and 26, 26a, may be formed oversize to achieve this increase in strength at the tray ends.
  • the top 12 of the tray is formed with two rows of apertures 36, 38 respectively each to receive a container 'c' such that the base of each container in row 36 is seated on the bottom panel 28 and each container in row 38 is seated on the bottom panel 30.
  • the top of each container stands proud of the top 12.
  • the containers in question normally comprise injection moulded plastics cuplike bodies having top flange 'f'.
  • a peelable lid At the top of each container 'c' is applied a peelable lid, the cup containing, for example, some kind of foodstuff.
  • the top 12 may be formed with two spaced slots 's' each to receive one end of a strap type handle (not shown). The ends of the handle strap may have an 'arrow-head' or like configuration to facilitate locking into the slots 's'.
  • FIG. 2 of the drawings A plan view of a lid 44 suitable for use with the tray 10 is shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the lid is optional however and normally would not be needed with a carrying handle.
  • the lid also is formed from a foldable sheet material such as paperboard and comprises a rectangular centre panel 46 and a pair of side panels 48, 50 hinged to opposed side edges of the central panel 46 along longitudinal fold lines 52, 54 respectively.
  • the central panel 46 of the lid is formed with two rows of apertures 56, 58 respectively.
  • the lid 44 and the rows of apertures 56, 58 is sized and arranged such that when the lid is placed into position over the top of the tray 10 each of the apertures 56 and 58 is located in register with one of the containers 'c' accommodated in the tray.
  • the tray 10 is erected. This is achieved by applying an inward force at the junction between side walls 16, 18 and bottom wall panels 28, 30 respectively in the direction of arrows 'A' ( Figures 1 and 3).
  • the tray can be seen to comprise a pair of adjacent tubular parts P 1 , P2each comprising a portion of the tray top 12, a side wall (16 or 18), a bottom panel (28 or 30) and one series of connecting flaps (40 or 42).
  • the inner end panels 26 and 26a at each end of the tray are then folded upwardly whereafter the outer end panel 24 at each end of the tray is folded downwardly into overlapping relationship with the inner end panels and the locking tabs 32 driven into the cooperating locking apertures 34 in known manner.
  • the tray is then fully erected and held in its tray like configuration.
  • the tray may be loaded by suitable means so that a container 'c' is received in each of the apertures of rows 36 and 38.
  • the handle strap may then be applied by inserting each of its ends into respective ones of the slots 's'.
  • the lid 44 may then be fitted to the tray by causing the side panels 48 and 50 to be folded downwardly about fold lines 52 and 54 and the centre panel 46 brought into overlying relationship with the tops of the loaded containers.
  • each of the side panels 48 and 50 is provided with a pair of spaced locking tabs 60 adapted for cooperation in locking apertures 62 provided in the side walls 16 and 18 of the tray 10.
  • the locking tabs 60 are merely shown schematically and may be suitably shaped (for example, similar to the locking tabs 32) for locking cooperation in the locking aperture 62.
  • the recessed portions 64 in each of the side walls 48, 50 of the lid are produced due to the staggered configuration of the locking tabs 60 when the lid 44 is struck from a web of paperboard material. This arrangement reduces the amount of material wastage.
  • the lid assists in the retention of the containers 'c' within the tray in that the outermost edges of the apertures 56 and 58 in the lid engage beneath a peripheral portion of each container flange 'f'.
  • the two part construction of the tray base i.e., tubular portions P and P provides an elongate tunnel 'T' between the rows of connecting flaps 40 and 42 respectively.
  • This tunnel 'T' facilitates good circulation of a coolant between the rows of containers 'c' so that the contents of the containers may be maintained in a chilled condition.
  • foot portion 40a is secured to bottom wall panel 28 as before, and foot pcrtion 42a is secured to the exposed undersurface of foot portion 40a.
  • foot pcrtion 42a is secured to the exposed undersurface of foot portion 40a.
  • a part of the upper (internal) surface of bottom wall panel 30 is then secured to the undersurface of foot portion 42a as shown.
  • the bottom wall panel 30 has its free longitudinal edge scalloped so as to form a series of tabs each for attachment to a respective foot portion 42a. It is envisaged also that each foot portion 42a may be secured directly to the bottom wall panel 28 rather than attached thereto by way of foot portion 40a.
  • small tabs may be struck from the top of the tray adjacent the side walls thereof and brought into an upstanding position to enable a series of trays to be stacked one on the other with a small space therebetween to facilitate the flow of coolant.
  • the apertures in rows 56 and 58 of the lid may be located wholly within the central panel 46 and separate apertures to receive the flange portions 'f' of the containers struck from the side panels 48 and 50 in the vicinity of longitudinal fold lines 52 and 54.

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US4705173A (en) * 1986-12-03 1987-11-10 Westvaco Corporation Carryout tray with diverse apertures
FR2836123A1 (fr) * 2002-02-18 2003-08-22 Otor Sa Plateau a trous

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DE3914915A1 (de) * 1989-05-06 1990-11-08 Unilever Nv Verpackung aus karton od.dgl.
DE102020101034A1 (de) 2020-01-17 2021-07-22 Bock 1 Gmbh & Co. Kg Träger für ein Sitzmöbel

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US3337116A (en) * 1965-06-09 1967-08-22 Container Corp Snap lock arrangement
US3366305A (en) * 1966-08-02 1968-01-30 Wagner Folding Box Corp Ice cream cone carrier
FR2195967A5 (fr) * 1972-08-08 1974-03-08 Europ Cond Ments Sa
GB2096970A (en) * 1981-01-27 1982-10-27 Mead Corp Article tray

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3337116A (en) * 1965-06-09 1967-08-22 Container Corp Snap lock arrangement
US3366305A (en) * 1966-08-02 1968-01-30 Wagner Folding Box Corp Ice cream cone carrier
FR2195967A5 (fr) * 1972-08-08 1974-03-08 Europ Cond Ments Sa
GB2096970A (en) * 1981-01-27 1982-10-27 Mead Corp Article tray

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4705173A (en) * 1986-12-03 1987-11-10 Westvaco Corporation Carryout tray with diverse apertures
FR2836123A1 (fr) * 2002-02-18 2003-08-22 Otor Sa Plateau a trous

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