EP0610429B1 - Element a double usage s'utilisant comme recipient pour produits alimentaires ou comme cube dans un jeu de construction - Google Patents
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- EP0610429B1 EP0610429B1 EP92924190A EP92924190A EP0610429B1 EP 0610429 B1 EP0610429 B1 EP 0610429B1 EP 92924190 A EP92924190 A EP 92924190A EP 92924190 A EP92924190 A EP 92924190A EP 0610429 B1 EP0610429 B1 EP 0610429B1
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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
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/36—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/361—Modular elements with complementary shapes, interengageable parts or the like
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
- A63H33/00—Other toys
- A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
- A63H33/06—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements
- A63H33/062—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled without the use of additional elements with clip or snap mechanisms
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- the present invention relates to a dual-purpose sealable container/building block element, particularly useful as a food container. More particularly, the invention is directed to a food container which may also be used as a building block assembly toy after completing its primary use as a container. Specifically, such containers are mostly used for dairy products such as ice cream, yogurt or the like.
- US-A-4,592,601 to Hlinsky et al. discloses an expandable modular storage system for holding slides and cassettes, using screws for interlocking adjacent elements.
- Modular storage units for useful as furniture items are disclosed in US-A-4,717,214 to Moore et al.
- the modular units are each formed from identical hingedly connected rectangular panels.
- US-A-4,423,913 to Lee discloses a display and storage assembly using interlocking stackable open bins, designed to be interlocked in a juxtaposed side-by-side relationship.
- Building block assembly toys are well known and used by children throughout the world, and are available in various shapes and sizes. Many kinds of connecting means are used, most of them of the push-pull variety, with material elasticity and friction as the joining method, exhibiting only modest holding force.
- US-A-4,764,143 to Gat et al discloses an assembly toy for joining cylindrical objects.
- FR-A-2 237 469 which describes a container such as that mentioned above with a relief of a face or other shape on the bottom for shaping soft materials or cookies, but not suitable as a constructional toy.
- US-A-4 067 475 there is disclosed a dual-purpose sealable food container/building block element according to the preamble of claim 1.
- a method according to the preamble of claim 14 is also known from US-A- 4 067 475.
- US-A-4 067 475 describes a pair of food containers which can be connected with their upper edges opposite one another and engaged with the bottom of another container. It is necessary to hold two containers opposite one another and to slide the same into the bottom of yet a third container. The connections are only for top-bottom construction and do not allow for side-to-side or side-to-bottom construction.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a food container with improved connecting features which permit it to be used as a building block assembly toy after the contents are emptied.
- the dual-purpose sealable food container/building block element of the invention is characterized by the features claimed in the characterizing part of claim 1 and the method of the invention is characterized by the features of the characterizing part of claim 14.
- the container can be of any shape, for example, substantially tubular in shape, or substantially parallelepipedal in shape.
- part of the rim can be removed by tearing it at a weak point formed during production.
- the lip surrounding the top open face is used for sealing purposes, by aluminum foil, flexible plastic cover, or by any other method, when in use as a food container, and the lip is used as a stopper in the play mode, alone or in combination with small projections, limiting the extent of travel of the engaged rails.
- a particularly convenient dual-purpose sealable food container/building block element is provided with connecting rails and sockets which are asymmetric in shape.
- the connecting means are of the slide type, engageable by insertion of rails at the open ends of sockets and sliding longitudinally into each other, perpendicular to the forces acting on assembled building blocks. This type of connection does not depend on friction as the main holding force, and is not easily separated.
- the design features two connecting rails provided on opposite side walls directly opposite one another, and the connecting rail on the bottom is rotated ninety degrees about center with respect to the wall rails.
- a further improvement in stability is achieved if all connecting means are each composed of two or more equally distanced rail or socket pairs. Since the rail or socket pairs are separated, the connection is less affected by external moments acting on the assembled game blocks.
- the arithmetic ratio between height and width is kept, so that the total height of two side-to-side assembled containers, engaged to the stop position defined by the lip, measured from the bottom of one to the bottom of the other, is the same as the total width of a single container measured at both sides.
- improved rigidity of an individual container and of an assembly is achieved due to the fact that the lip surrounding the top open face is connected to the wall connecting means, and the wall connecting means are connected to the bottom connecting means directly or by internal or external ribs which do not obstruct the open ends of the connecting means.
- the addition of connecting means does not add significant weight to the thin-walled food container, yet the container strength is greatly increased.
- Yet another advantage of the invention is that only one type of container is sufficient for building any size and shape in all directions in the play mode, eliminating the need for manufacturing other special elements, e.g., connecting elements, not required for packaging.
- FIGs. 1-9 A food container constructed in accordance with the invention is shown in Figs. 1-9.
- the container is typically made of plastic, and is manufactured by the injection molding process from one part or a few bonded pieces (Figs. 8, 9), shaped as a rounded-edge cube truncated just below the top rounded edges, to provide an open top face, surrounded by a lip 18 outwardly protruding at the top.
- Lip 18 can be of any desired shape to support the preferred type of sealing.
- Two pairs 1 and 2 of connecting rails and sockets each composed of individual rails 5 and sockets 6, respectively, protrude outwardly from each of the four side surfaces.
- Bottom connecting rail and socket pairs 9 and 10 (Figs. 3-4), comprising individual rails 5 and sockets 6, respectively, protrude outwardly from the bottom surface.
- the walls preferably taper outwardly from the bottom and are provided with wedges 21 tapering inwardly from the top to keep the rails horizontal.
- Side rail and socket pairs 1 and 2 are attached directly to lip 18 so that the top of the rails 5 and sockets 6 is covered.
- the lower end of rail and socket pairs 1 and 2 are connected to bottom rails 5 and sockets 6 at the bottom surfaces by wedges 21 followed by external ribs 19, which are low enough so as not to obstruct the lower end of the rails 5 and sockets 6.
- the container framework including the top lip 18, the side rail and socket pairs 1 and 2, stiffening ribs 19 and bottom rail and socket pairs 9 and 10, provides the container with the required strength.
- rails 5 comprise a strip 11 protruding from the surface, with a cylinder 12 integrally formed thereon
- sockets 6 comprise two strips 13 and 14, protruding from the surface each with a respective cylinder 15 and 16 integrally formed thereon.
- the distance between strips 13 and 14 and cylinders 15 and 16 in sockets 6 is such that rails 5 will interlock therein by a sliding movement with light pressure.
- Contact is made with the rail cylinder 12 at three points on its circumference, one point directly contacting the other container wall between the two strips 13, 14 of the socket 6 in which it is engaged, with the other two points being on the cylinders 15, 16 of the socket 6, while pushing those cylinders slightly outwards.
- Strips 13 and 14 of the socket 6 are not centered with the cylinders 15 and 16. The distance between the centers of the strips is greater than the distance between the centers of the cylinders, to allow room for rail cylinder 12.
- the socket strips 13 and 14 are also thicker than the rail strip 11 because of the bending force acting while in engagement.
- the connecting rails are arranged in such a manner that on two opposing walls there are rail pairs 1, each comprising two rails 5 with a fixed gap 22 (see Fig. 5) separating them, and on the other two opposing walls there are socket pairs 2, each comprising sockets 6 with the same gap 22 separating them.
- rail pair 9 and socket pair 10 each comprising individual rails 5 and sockets 6 with the same fixed gap 22 separating them.
- bottom surface rails and sockets are perpendicular to each other, symmetrically arranged around the bottom center, and set at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the wall rails and sockets of the same type, in such a manner that bottom rail pair 9 between side wall rail pair 1 and bottom socket pair 10 between side wall socket pair 2 appearing in the same direction are of the opposite type.
- Bottom rail pair 9 is shorter in length than gap 22 and bottom socket pair 10 is shorter in length than gap 22, to avoid obstruction of rail ends at the corners formed between them.
- the food containers may be assembled together (see Fig. 7) by engaging the rails of one container with the sockets of another and pushing the containers in parallel and in opposite directions until the displacement along the rails 5 is stopped by top lip 18, at contact point 24 (Fig. 11).
- Fig. 7 When assembling the containers with surfaces side-to-side, one of the containers must be turned upside down so the openings of the rails and sockets are facing each other.
- side to bottom surfaces they can be assembled in both directions because the bottom rails are open at both ends. Bottom surfaces do not engage one another.
- small projections 20 are provided at the bottom of lip 18, between the two rails 5 of rail pair 1 at both sides of the container, and these projections 20 are needed only when assembling bottom socket pair 10 to side rail pair 1, to serve as a stop in the particular case in which there is no other contact between lip 18 and the bottom socket pair 9 at the exact stop position.
- the total height 23, measured from the bottom of one container to the bottom of the other, will be the same as the total width 23 of one container measured at either of the two sides.
- This important fact makes it possible to connect each of the two side surfaces of a container, respectively, one side to a side surface of one container and one side to a bottom surface of another container, which are already installed in a group of assembled containers.
- the order of constructing the cubic assembly of Fig. 7 is the order of the letters marked on the containers.
- First a surface is created by assembling A-I containers side-to-side surfaces, them J-M containers are added and are connected side to bottom surfaces alternately to the existing surface and side-to-side surfaces between them, excluding the corner in which containers K-L are connected bottom to side surfaces. It can be continued, connecting containers in all directions and even creating spaces big enough for a child to enter.
- the L container for example, is engaged simultaneously with containers A, K directed from above container C outwardly. This is possible since the radius of the bottom edges enables the bottoms of A and K containers to extend over the lip of C and J containers when fully engaged.
- a five-piece container is illustrated, and the container is shown bonded as a completed unit in Fig. 9.
- the top part is identical to the above embodiment, but the bottom surface has four recesses 27 to accept the separated bottom rails and sockets 25 and 26, and to position them in the exact location for bonding.
- the side wall rails and sockets could be bonded.
- stiffening ribs 29 are internal, leaving the bottom surface free for the bonding recesses 27.
- Fig. 12 shows a set of two complementary containers, one comprising only rails, and the other, only sockets. Assembly is possible only when using both types of containers alternately. In the same way, it is possible to manufacture in each container one rail and one socket and in the other container sockets and rails respectively arranged to fit into the first, or to fit rails to side walls and sockets to the bottom surfaces of one container, while reversing this arrangement at the other, or any other complementary arrangement using two or more containers.
- Figure 10 illustrates another embodiment of the invention, using a round-shaped container.
- the rail pairs 34 and socket 35 of the bottom surface are broken at their intersection point to enable assembling in both directions.
- the length of the bottom rails and sockets is the same as that of the side rails and sockets, and there is no need for the projections 20 of the above cubic embodiment.
- Figs. 13 and 14 illustrate another embodiment of the invention.
- the important feature of this embodiment is the asymmetric shape of the side rails 38 and bottom rails 44, and the side wall sockets 37 and the bottom surface sockets 43. These rails and sockets are designed so that connection is obtained by sliding rail 38 or 44 into the sockets 37 or 43.
- a bottom surface socket 43 is engaged with a side wall rail 38.
- the socket 43 comprises two parts: a vertical strip 39, which is r-shaped, with an upper portion 42, and a horizontal strip 40.
- the strip 40 is provided for the purpose of avoiding a lateral displacement of the rail cylinder 41 and, therefore, can be substantially shorter than strip 39, as seen in the figure.
- Rail 38 which in the cross-section of Fig. 14 is seen in the mounted position, has a protruding cylinder 41 which engages the upper portion 42 of strip 39.
- the skilled person will be easily able to dimension the various elements of the connecting means so as to obtain a strong connection, while maintaining ease of assembly by sliding. It will also be appreciated by the skilled person that the asymmetric design of Figs. 13-14 uses a simpler production mold.
- a removable rim or lip 46 which can be removed by pulling off at the corner provided with pulling thong 47. This is done, as explained above, once the container has been emptied of food.
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- Récipient pour aliments/élément modulaire à double fonction apte à être fermé hermétiquement, comprenant une portion inférieure et une portion supérieure formant la surface latérale du récipient et s'étendant le long d'un axe longitudinal perpendiculaire à ladite portion inférieure,ladite portion supérieure étant ouverte et comportant une lèvre (18) faisant saillie vers l'extérieur par rapport à ladite portion à des fins de fermeture hermétique lorsque ledit récipient/élément est utilisé comme récipient pour aliments,
caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un type de moyens de liaison aptes à s'engrener l'un dans l'autre, comprenant des groupes (1, 2, 9, 10) de rails (5, 30, 34, 38, 44) et d'éléments femelles (6, 31, 35, 37, 43), est monté sur chacune desdites portions supérieures dans sa partie de surface latérale et sur chacune desdites portions inférieures,lesdits rails (5, 30, 38) et lesdits éléments femelles (6, 31, 37) de la portion supérieure s'étendant parallèlement audit axe longitudinal et lesdits rails (5, 34, 44) et lesdits éléments femelles (6, 35, 43) de la portion inférieure s'étendant perpendiculairement audit axe longitudinal de telle sorte que l'on peut relier plusieurs desdits récipients/éléments modulaires directement l'un contre l'autre sans espace interstitiel entre eux par engrènement l'un dans l'autre desdits groupes (1, 2, 9, 10) de rails (5, 30, 34, 38, 44) et d'éléments femelles (6, 31, 35, 37, 43), et par glissement l'un vers l'autre jusqu'à une position d'arrêt par engrènement définie par ladite lèvre (18), lesdits récipients/éléments modulaires étant destinés à une utilisation comme jouet au terme de l'utilisation initiale comme récipients pour aliments. - Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une partie de ladite lèvre (18) peut être retirée par déchirement avant de concevoir ledit récipient/élément comme élément modulaire lorsqu'il est utilisé comme jouet.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite portion supérieure est munie de deux rails (30) et de deux éléments femelles (31) répartis de manière égale sur le périmètre dudit récipient, et ladite portion inférieure est munie d'un rail (34) et d'un élément femelle (35) perpendiculaires l'un à l'autre et manifestant une interruption à leur intersection.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que lesdits deux rails (30) sur ladite portion supérieure sont directement opposés l'un à l'autre.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit rail (34) de la portion inférieure a effectué une rotation de 90° autour de son centre par rapport auxdits rails (30) de la portion supérieure.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend plusieurs rails (5) et plusieurs éléments femelles (6) sur ladite portion supérieure et sur ladite portion inférieure, et en ce que lesdits plusieurs rails (5) et lesdits plusieurs éléments femelles (6) sur ladite portion inférieure sont plus courts que lesdits plusieurs rails (5) et que lesdits plusieurs éléments femelles (6) sur ladite portion supérieure.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce lesdits plusieurs rails (5) comprennent deux rails individuels (5) parallèles et équidistants, et en ce que lesdits plusieurs éléments femelles (6) comprennent deux éléments femelles individuels (6) parallèles et équidistants.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite portion supérieure présente une forme essentiellement tubulaire.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite portion supérieure présente une forme essentiellement parallélépipédique.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce la hauteur totale de deux récipients assemblés via des rails (5) et des éléments femelles (6) de la portion supérieure et mis en contact avec ladite position d'arrêt définie par ladite lèvre (18), mesurée depuis la partie inférieure d'un des récipients à la partie inférieure de l'autre, est égale à la largeur d'une portion supérieure d'un seul récipient englobant des rails (5) et des éléments femelles (6) formant une construction cubique.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite lèvre (18) est reliée auxdits rails (5) et auxdits éléments femelles (6) de la portion supérieure, et lesdits rails (5) et lesdits éléments femelles (6) de la portion supérieure sont reliés auxdits rails et auxdits éléments femelles de la portion inférieure directement ou via des nervures (19) qui n'obstruent pas les extrémités ouvertes desdits rails (5) et desdits éléments femelles (6).
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits rails (38, 44) et lesdits éléments femelles (37, 43) sont de forme asymétrique.
- Récipient/élément selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite portion supérieure est munie de deux paires de deux rails (5) et de deux éléments femelles (6) s'étendant parallèlement audit axe longitudinal en étant répartis de manière égale sur le périmètre dudit récipient, et ladite portion inférieure est munie de deux rails (5) et de deux éléments femelles (6) s'étendant dans un plan perpendiculaire audit axe longitudinal et étant perpendiculaires l'un à l'autre dans ledit plan.
- Procédé de montage de plusieurs récipients pour aliments aptes à être fermés hermétiquement sous forme d'une construction d'éléments modulaires, ledit procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à:procurer un récipient pour aliments/élément modulaire à double fonction apte à être fermé hermétiquement, comprenant une portion inférieure et une portion supérieure formant la surface latérale du récipient et s'étendant le long d'un axe longitudinal perpendiculaire à ladite portion inférieure,ladite portion supérieure étant ouverte et comportant une lèvre (18) faisant saillie vers l'extérieur par rapport à la première citée à des fins de fermeture hermétique lorsque ledit récipient/élément est utilisé comme récipient pour aliments,
caractérisé par le fait de monter au moins un type de moyens de liaison aptes à s'engrener, comprenant des groupes (1, 2, 9, 10) de rails (5, 30, 34, 38, 44) et d'éléments femelles (6, 31, 35, 37, 43) sur chacune desdites portions supérieures dans sa partie de surface latérale et sur chacune desdites portions inférieures,lesdits rails (5, 30, 38) et lesdits éléments femelles (6, 31, 37) de la portion supérieure s'étendant parallèlement audit axe longitudinal, et lesdits rails (5, 34, 44) et lesdits éléments femelles (6, 35, 43) de la portion inférieure s'étendant perpendiculairement audit axe longitudinal de telle sorte que l'on peut relier plusieurs desdits récipients/éléments modulaires directement l'un contre l'autre sans espace interstitiel entre eux, etinsérer l'un dans l'autre par engrènement lesdits groupes (1, 2, 9, 10) de rails (5, 30, 34, 38, 44) et d'éléments femelles (6, 31, 35, 37, 43), et les faire glisser l'un vers l'autre jusqu'à une position d'arrêt par engrènement définie par ladite lèvre (18), pour utiliser lesdits récipients/éléments modulaires comme jouet au terme de l'utilisation initiale comme récipient pour aliments.
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PCT/US1992/009360 WO1993008888A1 (fr) | 1991-10-28 | 1992-10-27 | Element a double usage s'utilisant comme recipient pour produits alimentaires ou comme cube dans un jeu de construction |
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