Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
  • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
  • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
  • B65D21/0217—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements
  • B65D21/0222—Containers with a closure presenting stacking elements the closure and the bottom presenting co-operating peripheral ribs and grooves

Definitions

• the shoe box or package is shown to consist essentially of a box-shaped housing 10 and a lid 11 which is shown separate from the housing 10, that is, in the open or removed condition.
• the housing 10 and lid 11 are formed of a clear plastics material such that the package is transparent enabling goods packaged therein to be viewed from outside the package. Since the package is of necessity very thin walled, ribs 12 are provided around the housing 10 for the purpose of providing additional strength and furthermore an enlarged section 13 is provided around the top of the housing again for providing additional strength.
• the box-shaped housing 10 is turned outwardly around the top edge thereof which defines an open side of the housing to form a lip 14 for engagement with the lid 11 as will be apparent hereinbelow.
• the bottom of the housing 10 has a right angled ridge member 18 adjacent each corner thereof and the arrangement is such that when one package is stacked on top of another, the ridge members 18 on the underside of one package fit into the groove 17 on the lid of the package t erebelow for the purpose of preventing sliding movement between packages in a stack such that the stability of the stack is considerably improved.
• the groove 17 on the lid 11 could equally be a raised ridge member which could be positioned to fit immediately outside the ridge members 18 and the same result would be achieved.
• the box-shaped housing 10 has a tapered construction which is exaggerated for the purposes of illustration in Figure 4.
• Figure 4 shows the lid 11 to be very similar to a conventional box- type lid with the exception that it is formed out of the same plastics material as the housing 10.
• the lid 11 may have an inwardly directed ridge (not shown) around the inside of the downwardly depending sides 19 thereof to engage the lip 14 of the box so as to hold the lid firmly in place when it is arranged on the box 10.
• the lid may be as shown in Figure 4 in which case it merely slides over the lip 14 or, if desired, in this situation the lip 14 may be omitted.
• The'plastics housing 10 and lid 11 may be manufactured by injection moulding or any other suitable method.
• the handle 22 In a retracted position the handle fits totally within the recess so that the nestable feature of the housing 10 is not prevented by the inclusion of a handle.
• the handle 22 is held in the retracted position by bumps or protrusions (not shown) on the wall portions 23 which engage the sides of the handle. These bumps or protrusions (not shown) also serve to engage the sides of the handle 22 when it is pivoted through 90° to the extended or usable position (not shown), for the purpose of retaining the handle in the usable position until it is forced back to the retracted position.
• the plastics material is opaque and thus it is not possible to view the contents of the box from outside when it is closed.
• the box With one baffle in place as aforementioned the box is adapted to accommodate maids or youths shoes for example. With two baffles in place within the housing the central space between the baffles is adapted to accommodate shoes for very small children. Of course with no baffles in place the box accommodates adult shoes.
• the ribs 25 may be moulded integrally with the housing 10 or may be subsequently affixed thereon.
• the lid 11 of this embodiment has a raised perimeter portion 26 defining a central recess 27.
• the central recess is adapted to accommodate the base of a further similar shoe box when stacked thereon so as to prevent sliding movement between boxes in a stack similar to the groove 17 and ridge members 18 of the earlier embodiment.
• Blocks 28 inside the downwardly depending side 19 of the lid 11 at the front of the lid co-operate with tapered blocks 29 arranged on the front end of the housing 10 adjacent the top thereof for the purpose of latching the lid 11 in a closed position. It is merely necessary to apply a slight pressure to the front of the housing 10 adjacent the blocks 29 in order to release the lid. It should be evident that the present invention provides considerable improvement over conventional shoe boxes.
• the box or package in simplest form is extremely cheap to manufacture, enables the goods to be viewed from outside the container if desired and is readily stored one inside the other for storage or disposal purposes.
• the indexing arrangement which allows the bottom of one box to engage in the top of another box provides considerable stability when the boxes are stored one on top of the other.

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• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
• Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
• Stackable Containers (AREA)

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  • 1986-06-17 EP EP19860904029 patent/EP0227752A4/fr not_active Withdrawn
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  • 1986-06-17 JP JP50365686A patent/JPS62503095A/ja active Pending

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