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EP0279544B1
EP0279544B1 EP19880300753 EP88300753A EP0279544B1 EP 0279544 B1 EP0279544 B1 EP 0279544B1 EP 19880300753 EP19880300753 EP 19880300753 EP 88300753 A EP88300753 A EP 88300753A EP 0279544 B1 EP0279544 B1 EP 0279544B1
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carton
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Keith Holdswoth
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Field Group Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/5088—Plastic elements
    • 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
    • B65D5/4204—Inspection openings or windows

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  • This invention relates to cartons and is particularly directed to the provision of an improved carton having a transparent window for displaying its contents at a point of sale.
  • the transparent window should extend around at least one corner defined by adjoining side walls of the carton, so as to increase the visibility of the contents.
  • a relatively stiff and self-supporting transparent sheet material to form the window, such as polyvinyl acetate sheet, in order to maintain the strength of the carton.
  • the use of such a material raises a problem in that when a suitably scored and foldable transparent sheet is secured, e.g.
  • DE-U-8530488 discloses a carton for displaying an article, comprising an outer carton body formed with a window opening and an inner unit formed of relatively stiff transparent sheet material for supporting the article, the inner unit comprising a central panel and two wing portions connected to said central panel in a substantially U-shaped configuration.
  • the arrangement of DE-U-8530488 is disadvantageous, however, in that it fails to provide adequate support for the article housed therein.
  • FR-A-1225812 discloses a carton provided on the inside with blocks of synthetic material, e.g. expanded polystyrene, configured to match the shape of an article and thus provide adequate support. However, the carton of FR-A-1225812 completely prevents the article housed therein from being seen by, say, a prospective purchaser.
  • a carton for housing and displaying a substantially spherical or oval article comprising an outer carton body formed with a window opening extending wholly across a first side wall thereof and around two adjacent corners of the carton into two adjoining second side walls on opposite sides of said first side wall, and an inner unit formed of relatively stiff transparent sheet material for supporting a said article, said inner unit comprising a central panel closing the window opening in the first side wall and two wing portions connected by fold lines to said central panel in a substantially U-shaped configuration, said wing portions being formed respectively with inwardly facing, substantially part-spherical recesses arranged to receive and support a said article by engagement with opposite sides thereof, whereby, in use, a said article is supported within the carton only by the said inner unit, characterised in that said recesses are sufficiently spherically extensive to embrace and substantially encompass a said article, in that the said wing portions thereof extend within the window openings in said two adjoining second side walls, and in that the fold lines define at least part of said
  • a windowed carton for housing and displaying to best advantage a substantially spherical or oval article, whilst economising on the amount of transparent sheet material used to form an inner, article supporting, unit thereof, the inner unit having only three portions, i.e. a central panel and two wing portions.
  • the said transparent sheet material could be pre-formed to have a natural configuration which fits directly within the carton body.
  • the transparent sheet material comprises a pre-formed unit whose natural configuration is larger than the internal dimensions of the carton body but which is resiliently compressed about at least one fold line in the sheet material unit for insertion in the carton body.
  • the transparent sheet material unit 1 shown in Figure 1 is formed of polyvinyl acetate in a form which is sufficiently stiff and self-supporting to substitute for a major part of a wall of a cardboard carton without substantially detracting from the strength of the carton.
  • the unit is pre-formed to a natural configuration as shown in Figure 1, with a somewhat inwardly bowed central panel 2 and two wing portions 3 hingedly connected to the panel 2 by way of vertical fold lines 4.
  • Each of the wing portions is pre-formed as shown to define an inwardly concave part-spherical recess 5.
  • the unit 1 is compressed by urging the wing portions 3 towards each other about the fold lines 4, which has the effect of flattening the previously bowed central panel 2, to bring the unit into a substantially cuboid configuration as shown in Figure 2.
  • a spherical article 6 which is to be housed in the carton for display and sale is inserted between the wing portions 3 so as to be supported and located in the recesses 5.
  • the assembly thus formed is then inserted in a cardboard carton body 7 as shown in Figures 3 and 4, which body is formed with a window aperture 8 extending around three of its side walls, which side walls define coners 9 and 10 between them.
  • the transparent sheet material unit 1 once again opens slightly about the fold lines 4 so as to come into frictional engagement with the inside wall surfaces of the carton body and thus to be supported and located therein as shown in Figures 3 and 4, with the exposed portions of transparent sheet material forming a window 11 and the corners of the window being formed by the fold lines 4.
  • the carton may now be closed, with the article 6 located and displayed therein as shown.

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Claims (2)

  1. Schachtel zur Aufnahme und Darbietung eines im wesentlichen sphärischen oder ovalen Gegenstands (6), umfassend:
    einen äußeren Schachtelkörper (7), ausgebildet mit einer Fensteröffnung (8), die sich vollständig quer über seine erste Seitenwand und um zwei angrenzende Kanten der Schachtel herum bis in zwei an gegenüberliegenden Seiten der ersten Seitenwand anschließende zweite Seitenwände erstreckt, und
    eine Inneneinheit (1), die aus relativ steifem transparentem flächigen Material zum Halten des Gegenstands (6) gebildet ist, wobei die Inneneinheit (1) ein zentrales Flächenteil (2), das die Fensteröffnung (8) in der ersten Seitenwand verschließt, und zwei Flügelabschnitte (3), die durch Faltlinien (4) mit dem zentralen Flächenteil (2) in im wesentlichen U-förmiger Anordnung verbunden sind, aufweist,
    wobei die Flügelabschnitte (3) jeweils mit nach innen weisenden, im wesentlichen teilsphärischen Ausnehmungen (5) ausgebildet sind, die zur Aufnahme und zum Halten des Gegenstands (6) durch Eingriff mit desen gegenüberliegenden Seiten angeordnet sind,
    wodurch bei Verwendung der Gegenstand (6) in der Schachtel nur durch die Inneneinheit (1) gehalten wird,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    daß die Ausnehmungen (5) eine genügend sphärische Ausdehnung haben, um den Gegenstand (6) zu umfassen und im wesentlichen einzuschließen, daß die Flügelabschnitte (3) sich in die Fensteröffnungen (8) in den zwei anschließenden zweiten Seitenwänden hinein erstrecken und daß die Faltlinien (4) wenigstens zum Teil die zwei angrenzenden Kanten der Schachtel bilden.
  2. Schachtel nach Anspruch 1, in der das transparente flächige Material eine vorgeformte Einheit aufweist, deren natürliche Ausformung größer als die Innendimensionen des Schachtelkörpers (7) ist, jedoch beim Einsetzen in den Schachtelkörper (7) um wenigstens eine Faltlinie (4) in der Einheit (1) aus flächigem Material herum federnd zusammengedrückt ist.
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GB8701895A GB2200338B (en) 1987-01-28 1987-01-28 Display carton
GB8701895 1987-01-28

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EP0279544A1 EP0279544A1 (de) 1988-08-24
EP0279544B1 true EP0279544B1 (de) 1993-02-03

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GB2200338B (en) 1990-06-13
DE3877978T2 (de) 1993-05-27
DE3877978D1 (de) 1993-03-18
GB8701895D0 (en) 1987-03-04
GB2200338A (en) 1988-08-03

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