EP1164084A1 - Verpackung sowie Herstellungsverfahren und Verwendung dieser Verpackung - Google Patents

Verpackung sowie Herstellungsverfahren und Verwendung dieser Verpackung Download PDF

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EP1164084A1
EP1164084A1 EP00202078A EP00202078A EP1164084A1 EP 1164084 A1 EP1164084 A1 EP 1164084A1 EP 00202078 A EP00202078 A EP 00202078A EP 00202078 A EP00202078 A EP 00202078A EP 1164084 A1 EP1164084 A1 EP 1164084A1
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Martin Werner Frank
Rainer Richard Bernd Bauer
Robert Edward Long
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority to EP00202078A priority Critical patent/EP1164084A1/de
Priority to PCT/US2001/019237 priority patent/WO2001096189A1/en
Priority to AU2001269849A priority patent/AU2001269849A1/en
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • B65D5/4237—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid located in a compartment formed by a container wall and additional panel or panels formed integrally with the container

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  • the present invention relates to packages adapted for use with products intended to be displayed, particularly at points of sale/purchase.
  • a well established approach in that respect is to provide the outer surface of the package with printed matter providing a representation (typically in the form of a photograph or a drawing) and/or a description of the products contained therein.
  • Packages such as cans or pressurised containers for paint or varnishes quite often bear a "sample" of the product contained therein painted or sprayed on the package itself. Most obviously, such a solution is practicable only in connection with products adapted to be painted or sprayed.
  • garments such as shirts or the like are oftentimes sold in packages which are either provided with a transparent window (thus enabling the product to be inspected without opening the package) or bear a small sample of fabric (representative of the item contained in the package) applied on the package itself.
  • the present invention aims at providing a solution enabling the drawbacks outlined in the foregoing to be overcome.
  • the arrangement of the invention permits a product sample to be attached to the outside of a package such as a cardboard package.
  • the arrangement of the invention has, i.e. the advantages that:
  • the package of the invention is the form of a double-walled cardboard package provided with a partially cut window to display a sample of the product(s) contained therein thus enabling superior product communication at the point of purchase.
  • the arrangement of the invention provides for a flat sample of a product (as used herein the term "product” also includes any sort of component/ material included in an article of manufacture) to be applied onto the inner sleeve of a cardboard package, this step being adapted to be carried out already as the package is being manufactured.
  • the inner sleeve is then affixed (e.g. glued) to the outer sleeve of the package, showing the product sample through a window cut into the outer sleeve.
  • the arrangement of the invention is adapted for use in connection with products such as flat products where a tactile or olfactory perception of the features and benefits of the product by the consumer/ prospected consumer is sought.
  • the olfactory perception may be ensured by means of micro-encapsulated fragrance, released e.g. via scratch-and-sniff means.
  • the window may be covered with a removable, transparent label.
  • a package intended for use in connection with products such as e.g. sanitary products (sanitary diapers or towels, pantiliners, absorbing articles of various kind, napkins, etc.) is generally designated 1.
  • package 1 is the form of parallelepiped box including top and bottom walls 2a, 2b as well as side walls designated 3 to 6 jointly defining a chamber for receiving products therein.
  • a tear line 8 is preferably provided extending through one or more of side walls 3 to 6 in the vicinity of top wall 2a. Tear line 8 enables the upper portions of package 1 to be at least partly detached from the rest of package 1 in order to form an upper cover or lid adapted to be lifted or removed in order to access the products (not shown) contained in package 1.
  • package 1 Those skilled in the art will promptly appreciate that the specific features of package 1 referred to in the foregoing are in no way intended to limit the scope of the invention.
  • the invention is adapted to be applied to packages of any shapes and dimensions, irrespective of whether those packages are provided with parts intended to form covers or lids and/or irrespective of the presence of opening means such as tear line 8. Also, the very nature of the products contained in package 1 is by itself largely immaterial to the invention.
  • package 1 is comprised of a sheet-like material such as thin cardboard.
  • package 1 is assembled starting from single blank 10 of the captioned sheet-like material.
  • blank 10 includes a strip-like member 11 provided with transverse fold lines 12 subdividing strip member 11 in a plurality of portions designated 13 to 16 and 24 to 26, respectively.
  • portions 13 to 16 Extending sidewise from portions 13 to 16 are further side portions designated 31, 41, 51, 61 and 32, 42, 52 and 62. Each of these latter portions is provided with respective proximal portions connected to portions 13 to 16 along respective fold lines 31a, 41a, 51a, 61a and 32a, 42a, 52a and 62a co-extensive with strip member 11.
  • strip member 11 is bent and wound in a spiral-like fashion to produce package 1. More specifically, portions 13 to 16 of strip-like member 11 define the outer side walls 3 to 6 of package 1 while portions 24 to 26 are enclosed within the inner volume of package 1 by resting against portions 14 to 16.
  • portion 24 lies against portion 14 (i.e. side wall 4)
  • section 25 lies against section 15 (i.e. side wall 5).
  • portion 26 is caused to lie against section 16 (i.e. side wall 6).
  • Side extensions 31, 41, 51 and 61 are bent inwardly to form top wall 2a of package 1.
  • side extensions 32, 42, 52, 62 are bent inwardly to form bottom wall 2b.
  • Tear line 8 is usually pre-formed in blank 10 while portion 25 (and, possibly, also portions 24 and 26) exhibit a notch-like recess extending in correspondence with tear line 8, generally at an at least slightly larger distance with respect to bottom wall 2b in order to form an abutment formation for the cover produced by tearing package 1 along tear line 8.
  • the handling steps leading to the formation of package 1 starting from blank 10 are performed by means of automatic machinery of a known type, thus rendering any specific description of that machinery superfluous.
  • Reference 27 designates an opening such as a so-called “window” formed, e.g. by punching in one of the portions of strip-like member 11 intended to form one of the side walls of package 1.
  • window 27 is provided in portion 14, i.e. in side wall 4.
  • a thoroughly similar arrangement may however be provided in any other of the walls of package 1, including the possibility of possibly having similar arrangements associated to two or more of said walls.
  • reference numeral 28 designates a product sample such as a small portion of a product (such as a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, a part of the so-called topsheet of an absorbent article) affixed by gluing, heat sealing, or any other suitable means to portion 24, e.g. the portion of sheet member 11 which, in package 1, once assembled, lies or rests against the inner surface of portion 14 wherein opening or window 27 is provided.
  • a product sample such as a small portion of a product (such as a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner, a part of the so-called topsheet of an absorbent article) affixed by gluing, heat sealing, or any other suitable means to portion 24, e.g. the portion of sheet member 11 which, in package 1, once assembled, lies or rests against the inner surface of portion 14 wherein opening or window 27 is provided.
  • a product sample such as a small portion of a product (such as a sanitary napkin, a pantiliner,
  • Portions 24 and 14 thus act as an outer and an inner member, respectively, defining therebetween a cavity.
  • Product sample 28 is thus arranged in said cavity and said outer member i.e. portion 14 has provided therein an opening 27, whereby said product sample 28 is exposed to sensorial perception from the exterior of the package.
  • Sample 28 is thus exposed through window 27 once package 1 is assembled (see e.g. figure 1). In that way sample 28 can be subject to "perception” (i.e. visual, tactile and/or olfactory sensing) by the consumer or potential consumer without the need of opening package 1.
  • "perception" i.e. visual, tactile and/or olfactory sensing
  • Sample 28 may thus be made exemplary of the features of the product(s) intended to be contained in package 1.
  • Sample 28 may include fragrance such as micro-encapsulated fragrance, possibly to be released by of scratch-and-sniff means.
  • fragrance such as micro-encapsulated fragrance, possibly to be released by of scratch-and-sniff means.
  • exemplary of such means is the micro-encapsulated fragrance available as ..........
  • window 27 can be covered with a removable, preferably transparent label.
  • sample 28 is exposed to visual inspection and is adapted to be touched or smelled without being exposed to the risk of being easily removed. Insertion in the cavity formed by sheet members 14 and 24 also enables sample 28 to be located in the respective cavity fairly loosely i.e. with the possibility of being at least slightly wrinkled to have a more direct feeling of the "touch" of the sample itself.
  • sample 28 does not significantly affect the process of manufacturing package 1 starting from blank 10. This enables, i.e. sample 28 to be attached to blank 10 (and, consequently, to package 1) while avoiding sample damage/contamination during transportation/handling of blank 10 and package 1.
  • sample 28 can be associated to package 1 at the level of blank 10, i.e. as blank 10 itself is being manufactured. In that way, no additional steps are required when package 1 is manufactured starting from blank 10 and/or is being filled with products P.
  • the solution of the invention is applicable to any common types of cardboard and other sheet-like materials. While the presently preferred embodiment provides for a use of blank 10 comprised of a single sheet-like member, it will be promptly appreciated that functionally equivalent results may be obtained by using blanks comprised of two or more pieces of sheet-like material, e.g. by using a first blank comprising portions 13 to 16 (and side extensions 31, 41, 51, 61 and 32, 42, 52, 62), and a second blank comprising portions 24 to 26, connection of those two blanks being ensured by conventional means such as gluing, coupling of complementary parts, etc.

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EP00202078A EP1164084A1 (de) 2000-06-15 2000-06-15 Verpackung sowie Herstellungsverfahren und Verwendung dieser Verpackung
PCT/US2001/019237 WO2001096189A1 (en) 2000-06-15 2001-06-14 A package and methods of manufacturing and using same
AU2001269849A AU2001269849A1 (en) 2000-06-15 2001-06-14 A package and methods of manufacturing and using same

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FR2873105A1 (fr) * 2004-07-16 2006-01-20 Sita Ile De France Sa Boite en papier destinee a recevoir des papiers de bureau
WO2006104943A1 (en) * 2005-03-31 2006-10-05 The Procter & Gamble Company Container

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US2037143A (en) * 1935-04-17 1936-04-14 Nutt Irwin Display package
US2643811A (en) * 1949-04-14 1953-06-30 Bradley & Gilbert Company Display carton
US3779848A (en) * 1969-11-24 1973-12-18 Ncr Method of making container opening structure comprising flexible tape and pressure-rupturable capsules
DE7531729U1 (de) * 1975-10-07 1976-02-26 Europa Carton Ag Faltschachtel werbewirksamen Aufbaus
DE8810962U1 (de) * 1988-08-30 1988-10-13 Schneider & Klein Metallwaren GmbH u. Co KG, 5565 Landscheid Verpackung für Farbfugenmörtel zur Verlegung von Fliesen

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US2219183A (en) * 1936-10-07 1940-10-22 John T Hartnett Package
DE4407582A1 (de) * 1994-03-08 1995-09-14 Henkel Kgaa Verpackung für schüttfähige Güter aus einem Faltzuschnitt

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US2037143A (en) * 1935-04-17 1936-04-14 Nutt Irwin Display package
US2643811A (en) * 1949-04-14 1953-06-30 Bradley & Gilbert Company Display carton
US3779848A (en) * 1969-11-24 1973-12-18 Ncr Method of making container opening structure comprising flexible tape and pressure-rupturable capsules
DE7531729U1 (de) * 1975-10-07 1976-02-26 Europa Carton Ag Faltschachtel werbewirksamen Aufbaus
DE8810962U1 (de) * 1988-08-30 1988-10-13 Schneider & Klein Metallwaren GmbH u. Co KG, 5565 Landscheid Verpackung für Farbfugenmörtel zur Verlegung von Fliesen

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2873105A1 (fr) * 2004-07-16 2006-01-20 Sita Ile De France Sa Boite en papier destinee a recevoir des papiers de bureau
WO2006104943A1 (en) * 2005-03-31 2006-10-05 The Procter & Gamble Company Container
US7717258B2 (en) 2005-03-31 2010-05-18 The Procter + Gamble Company Container for storing and dispensing product

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