EP0706947A1 - Récipient de présentation - Google Patents

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EP0706947A1
EP0706947A1 EP94870160A EP94870160A EP0706947A1 EP 0706947 A1 EP0706947 A1 EP 0706947A1 EP 94870160 A EP94870160 A EP 94870160A EP 94870160 A EP94870160 A EP 94870160A EP 0706947 A1 EP0706947 A1 EP 0706947A1
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Christian Daniel Verhelle
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority to EP94870160A priority Critical patent/EP0706947A1/fr
Priority to JP8513454A priority patent/JPH10507431A/ja
Priority to PCT/US1995/013451 priority patent/WO1996011849A1/fr
Priority to KR1019970702395A priority patent/KR970706174A/ko
Priority to MX9702672A priority patent/MX9702672A/es
Priority to US08/817,153 priority patent/US5803348A/en
Priority to CA002201496A priority patent/CA2201496A1/fr
Priority to AU39621/95A priority patent/AU3962195A/en
Publication of EP0706947A1 publication Critical patent/EP0706947A1/fr
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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
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • 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
    • B65D5/32—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks each blank forming a body part, whereby each body part comprises at least one outside face of the box, carton or tray
    • B65D5/321—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks each blank forming a body part, whereby each body part comprises at least one outside face of the box, carton or tray at least one container body part formed by folding up portions of a single blank connected to a central panel from all sides
    • 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
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • 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
    • B65D5/32—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks each blank forming a body part, whereby each body part comprises at least one outside face of the box, carton or tray
    • B65D5/326—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 having bodies formed by folding and interconnecting two or more blanks each blank forming a body part, whereby each body part comprises at least one outside face of the box, carton or tray at least one container body part formed by folding a single blank to a permanently assembled tube

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  • the present invention relates to display containers.
  • the container according to the present invention comprises a hood and a tray which are detachable from one another.
  • the present invention is a container intended to ease the problem of transferring consumer goods from the production facility to the shelves of the distribution outlets.
  • the employees of distribution outlets normally had to take goods out of containers and manually place said goods onto the shelves so as to display them for the consumers.
  • This was a rather lengthy and impractical process because each container had to be cut opened and the housed goods had to be taken out through the top of the container one by one. Said goods were hard to get out of the containers, especially when they were relatively heavy (2, 3 or more kilograms).
  • opening boxes and emptying them from the housed goods often amounted to extenuating work.
  • Such containers generally comprise an inferior part usually referred to as the tray and a superior part usually referred to as the hood.
  • the tray generally comprise an inferior part usually referred to as the tray and a superior part usually referred to as the hood.
  • patent DE 39 40 872 A1 refers to a container with an easier opening mechanism.
  • the hood is removed from the tray by one hand movement. Once the hood is removed, the lower tray still containing the housed goods can be placed on the shelves of distribution outlets. This quicker and simpler opening process can drastically ease the employees' daily workload.
  • a container (1) having a top wall (2), a bottom wall (3), side walls (4;4'), a front wall (5) and a back wall (6) said container comprising a tray (7) and a hood (8) which overlap partly, characterized in that said hood is permanently fastened to said tray only in a portion (9) of said tray which consists of the whole of said front wall of said tray and, optionally, a part of said side walls of said tray connected to said front wall, said portion being delimited from the remainder of said tray by a line of weakness (10)
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a side view of the hood and the tray of the container of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 shows the removal of the hood of the container of the present invention.
  • Figure 4, 5, 6, 7 show trays with various possible portions.
  • the container (1) of the present invention comprises a tray (7) and a hood (8).
  • both the tray and the hood be made of cardboard, or cardboard-containing material.
  • the tray is the bottom part, in which are placed the goods to be housed by the container.
  • the tray therefore provides the bottom wall (3) of the container.
  • the hood is the top part, which provides a cover for the tray and the housed goods.
  • the hood therefore provides the top wall (2) of the container. It is essential that the hood and the tray should overlap partially, and therefore both the tray and the hood provide the front (5), back (6) and side walls (4;4') of the container.
  • the hood can be inserted in the tray, or the hood may cover the tray.
  • the hood should be inserted in the tray rather than the inverse.
  • the height (h) of the tray should be as small as possible, since a high tray would otherwise compromise display of and access to the housed goods, once the hood is removed. Therefore, in a preferred embodiment herein, the maximum height of the tray is smaller than the maximum height (h') of the hood.
  • An essential characteristic of the container of the present invention is that the hood and the tray are fastened together in a permanent manner in a selected portion (9) only.
  • Said portion of the tray consists of the whole of the front wall of the tray and, optionally, a part of the side walls of the tray connected to the front wall. Said portion is delimited from the remainder of the tray by a line of weakness (10). Since said portion must comprise the whole of the front wall of said tray, said line of weakness must pass through the whole length of the edge (11) where the front wall and the bottom wall meet. In the simplest embodiment of the present invention shown in figure 6, said portion does not comprise a part of said side walls. In this embodiment, said line of weakness further passes through the whole of the edge (12) where said front wall and said side walls meet.
  • said portion further comprises a part of the side walls.
  • the line of weakness passes through said edge (12) and through the corners (13, 13') where said bottom, front and side walls (14, 14') meet, and on said side wall up to the upper edges of the side walls of the tray.
  • said line of weakness is oblique on said side walls, most preferably arc-shaped as in figure 7.
  • the line of weakness can be obtained with the help of a laser, acid or any other physical or chemical or mechanical means known to the man skilled in the art to achieve a weakening of the material of the container in a designated area.
  • Said line of weakness can be a pre-perforated line or any other mechanical or chemical weakening which allows rupture in the targeted area.
  • said line of weakness can achieve the complete or partial perforation of the material that makes-up the container.
  • the various means of perforation known to the man in the art can be applied to achieve the removal of the outer lnner, inner liner or both inner and outer liners of said material of the container as a means to create a line of weakness.
  • the length of the portion is less than one half, more preferably less than one third and most preferably less than one fourth of the total length of the side walls.
  • this embodiment of the container makes the best compromise between ease of open, benefiting from a lever action, and convenient display and access, benefiting from a large removed portion, after opening.
  • said tray and said hood be fastened together permanently in said portion only.
  • Said permanent fastening can be achieved by a variety of means available to the man skilled in the art, and include gluing, or any other physical connections.
  • permanent it is meant herein a fastening resistant to the opening of the container, whereby said hood and said tray remain fastened in said portion as said hood is removed. Consequently, a “permanent” fastening herein, is a fastening which is stronger than the line of weakness.
  • a non-permanent fastening is a fastening which breaks as the hood is removed, whereby the fastening is as strong or weaker than the line of weakness.
  • said non-permanent fastening is located on the side and/or back walls.
  • a piece of the tray cut on three sides and hinged to the tray on the fourth side can be tucked through an opening in the wall of the hood in the back of the container.
  • This flap used as a non-permanent fastening ensures that hood and tray are held together during handling and transportation.
  • the container of the present invention is opened in a single operation where the hood is grabbed about its back wall and swung towards the front of the container. As the hood is swung frontward, it forces said line of weakness to rupture, thereby releasing the permanently fastened portion from the tray. A tray is thus obtained which has no front portion, and, in some embodiments, reduced side walls, allowing a most convenient display and full access to the housed goods. As the hood is swung all optional non-permanent fastening points are also broken. The opening procedure is thus easy and quick because the structure of the container is so as to minimize the effort necessary to remove the hood
  • said hood comprises gripping means (15) located generally opposite said permanently fastened portion, for instance on the top wall or, preferably on the back wall.
  • Said means can consist of a finger-trap, or a handle or grip.
  • the container of the present invention is intended to house a plurality of packaged goods.
  • Such goods typically include bottles, cans, pure packs, pouches, sachets, bags, boxes and the like.

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EP94870160A 1994-10-13 1994-10-13 Récipient de présentation Withdrawn EP0706947A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP94870160A EP0706947A1 (fr) 1994-10-13 1994-10-13 Récipient de présentation
JP8513454A JPH10507431A (ja) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 陳列用容器
PCT/US1995/013451 WO1996011849A1 (fr) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 Receptacles de presentation
KR1019970702395A KR970706174A (ko) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 진열 용기(display containers)
MX9702672A MX9702672A (es) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 Contenedores de exhibicion.
US08/817,153 US5803348A (en) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 Display containers
CA002201496A CA2201496A1 (fr) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 Receptacles de presentation
AU39621/95A AU3962195A (en) 1994-10-13 1995-10-12 Display containers

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EP94870160A EP0706947A1 (fr) 1994-10-13 1994-10-13 Récipient de présentation

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KR (1) KR970706174A (fr)
AU (1) AU3962195A (fr)
CA (1) CA2201496A1 (fr)
MX (1) MX9702672A (fr)
WO (1) WO1996011849A1 (fr)

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EP0442179A1 (fr) * 1988-08-10 1991-08-21 St. Regis Packaging Limited Fabrication et conception d'une boîte en carton
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GB2433493A (en) * 2005-12-20 2007-06-27 Sca Packaging Ltd Container with separable lid and end wall

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MX9702672A (es) 1998-02-28
JPH10507431A (ja) 1998-07-21
CA2201496A1 (fr) 1996-04-25
KR970706174A (ko) 1997-11-03
WO1996011849A1 (fr) 1996-04-25
AU3962195A (en) 1996-05-06

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