EP0417459B1 - Decorative insert element - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a decorative plug element with a body and a plug pin connected thereto.

Decorative plug-in parts of this type are required, for example, for flowers, flower arrangements, pastries or for insertion into flower pots. They are used to decorate and embellish the main object, i.e. the flower or the pastry, and are primarily to be regarded as an additional service.

In another context, a pin is known for the game "Master Mind". In this game, differently colored pins are used to convey certain information. They are designed to be inserted with their lower part through circular recesses in a plastic surface in order to stop there. The head of these pins is wider than the lower part, so that a complete slipping of the pin through the hole is prevented.

The shops in which decorative plug-in elements are offered and used are generally flower shops or bakeries or cafés, in which these objects are only offered as a by-product in addition to the actual object of sale. These decorative plug-in elements must therefore not be particularly expensive or take up a lot of space. They are subject to strong fluctuations in fashion, so that a constant There is a need for new, technically usable decorative plug-in elements which should be possible to produce as inexpensively as possible.

The object of the present invention is therefore to propose such a technically usable new decorative plug element.

This object is achieved in that, in the case of a decorative plug-in element with a body and a plug-in pin connected thereto, the body is made of plastic and has a sleeve-like hollow body in the form of a champagne bottle which is open at the bottom, that the body consists of two parts, one from the trunk and one from the neck Champagne bottle forming part is designed that the sleeve-like hollow body forms the trunk of the champagne bottle, and that the part of the body forming the neck of the champagne bottle is made in one piece with the pin.

Such an object is relatively easy to manufacture. The pin can be guided through the sleeve-like hollow body, which means that it appears less on the outside and does not require additional space.

The fact that the sleeve-like hollow body is designed to be open on the base side prevents undercuts without adversely affecting the optical effect of the decorative plug element. According to the invention, the manufacturing costs of such decorative plug-in elements are also reduced and the optical effect of the decorative plug-in element is improved at the same time.

This is because it is now possible to make the two-piece body out of two different colors To produce plastic materials, in the present case preferably made of green plastic for the trunk and black plastic for the neck of the champagne bottle. The neck and the pin are both black. Since the pin can run through the fuselage part, it is covered to this extent. Possibly. you can also put any label on the champagne bottle, which can also serve as an advertising medium.

For the viewer, the decorative plug-in element acts as a green champagne bottle with the usual black film on the neck, which closes the bottle closure on real champagne bottles. The pin is hidden as much as possible and only visible in the area that is really needed for the insertion.

Nevertheless, the resulting overall construction is very stable and durable, since the pin extends longitudinally through the fuselage part and stabilizes it. Cancellation is avoided as much as possible. After insertion, the decorative plug-in element is already in its final position and is therefore easy to use by the operating personnel.

It when the two parts of the body are connected to one another via a snap lock is particularly advantageous. This can be carried out very easily and avoids that any adhesives or the like have to be used at all. Pushing the two parts, which are already aligned with one another by means of a pin and sleeve-like hollow body, leads to the finished product after the snap lock has snapped into place.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawing.

The figure shows a partially sectioned illustration of a decorative plug element according to the invention.

In the left half of the figure, the decorative plug-in element is seen from the side, and is shown in section in the right half.

The body 1 can be seen, at the lower end of which the pin 2 protrudes. The body 1 has the shape of a champagne bottle. The pin 2 runs approximately in the direction of the axis of the champagne bottle and has approximately the same length as this.

The body 1 is open at the bottom, the pin 2 protruding from this opening. The part 10 forming the fuselage and the part 20 forming the neck jointly represent the champagne bottle. The part 10 forming the fuselage is designed as a sleeve-like hollow body, for example made of green or transparent plastic.

The part 20 of the body forming the neck of the champagne bottle is made in one piece with the pin 2 from the same material, for example from black plastic.

The two parts 10 and 20 are connected to one another by a snap lock 30. The snap lock 30 is designed such that a circumferential groove is provided in one part, here the part 10, into which a circumferential projecting nose of the same design as the part 20 forming the neck engages when the snap lock 30 is pushed together.

The inside of the champagne bottle is hollow, which is particularly advantageous in plastics processing, since no unnecessary material accumulations can form at certain points, which often lead to problems when the plastics cool down. Such training is also particularly material-saving.

On the top of the part 20 of the body 1 forming the neck, this part is closed to give the visual impression a bottle of champagne. In the area of the sleeve-like hollow body, a label can be provided, which can possibly be used as an advertising medium or can also reinforce the authenticity by replicating existing labels of real champagne bottles and can thus be used as an additional gift from these sparkling wine companies or to strengthen their advertising.

The result is a stylish, practical, simple and inexpensive to produce decorative plug-in element for multiple use, which can also be stored in a space-saving manner.

Claims (2)

1. Decorative push-in element with a body and a push-in pin connected to the latter, characterized in that the body (1) consists of plastic and comprises a casing-type hollow body in the form of a champagne bottle which is open at the bottom, that the body (1) is formed in two pieces from a part which forms the trunk (10) and a part which forms the neck (20) of the champagne bottle, that the casing-type hollow body forms the trunk (10) of the champagne bottle, and that the part of the body (1) which forms the neck (20) of the champagne bottle is formed in one piece with the push-in pin (2).
2. Decorative push-in element according to claim 1, characterized in that the two parts of the body are connected together by a snap catch (30).

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