EP1204566B1 - Support d'articles repliable et bauche correspondante - Google Patents

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EP1204566B1
EP1204566B1 EP00957431A EP00957431A EP1204566B1 EP 1204566 B1 EP1204566 B1 EP 1204566B1 EP 00957431 A EP00957431 A EP 00957431A EP 00957431 A EP00957431 A EP 00957431A EP 1204566 B1 EP1204566 B1 EP 1204566B1
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Martinus C. M. Bakx
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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
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/40—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks
    • B65D71/46—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material comprising a plurality of articles held together only partially by packaging elements formed by folding a blank or several blanks formed by folding a single blank into a tubular element

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  • the invention relates to an article carrier produced for packaging a plurality of articles, for example bottles. More particularly the invention relates to a carrier of the top gripping type which attaches to the tops of the articles thereby securing the articles in an array.
  • top gripping carriers which comprise so called sunburst apertures having a series of circumferencially arranged tabs which enable the bottle top to pass through the apertures which tabs engage on the underside of a bottle top or on a flange of the bottle neck to prevent the removal of the bottle from the aperture.
  • a problem arises when the location at which the tab engages the underside of the bottle top is high up on the bottle neck. This creates a carrier that is unstable. Further, the tabs are weakened by the unstable nature of the bottles within the carrier so reducing their effectiveness.
  • top gripping carrier needs to be of sufficient strength to support the bottle especially where the bottle is large or if the bottles to be packaged vary in size.
  • a top gripping carrier is illustrated in US 3528697 which shows a carrier for gripping bottles with relatively narrow necks, so that the side walls of the carrier are parallel. This carrier is limited to the type of bottles that can be packaged i.e. narrow necked bottles.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art.
  • an article carrier for accommodating a plurality of articles, for example, bottles, comprises a top wall, a base and opposed side walls interconnecting the top wall and the base, the top wall comprising a plurality of apertures each of which has at least one foldable retention tab to operatively engage the underside of a radially protruding part of a container present in each aperture, and an internal partition comprising a corresponding plurality of apertures, aligned with the top wall apertures.
  • Each of the internal partition apertures has one or more foldable retention tabs which are located and sized to pass through the aligned top wall aperture operatively to engage another portion of the underside of the radially protruding part.
  • the base comprises a plurality of lower receiving apertures aligned with the corresponding apertures of the internal partition and in the top wall.
  • Each of the lower receiving apertures is provided with one or more stabilising tabs foldably connected to the base to support a portion of an article received in that aperture.
  • the internal partition is inclined relative to the top wall and its apertures are each provided with opposite retention tabs of different lengths such that, in use, the upper edges of the internal partition retaining tabs are co-planar with the upper edges of said retention tabs of the top wall.
  • the side walls are arranged in an acute angular relationship with respect to the base, thereby forming a tubular structure of trapezoidal cross-section, the carrier being collapsible along a supplemental hinged connection formed in the base to enable the carrier to move between flat collapsed and set up conditions.
  • the supplementary hinged connection is disposed at a location diametrically opposed to one of the top comers of the trapezoid, which top comer forms an opposing hinged connection to said supplemental hinged connection when the carrier is moved between flat collapsed and set up conditions.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a blank for forming a tubular article carrier comprising a top wall panel, a first side wall panel, a base and an opposing side wall panel hinged together, in series and an internal partition panel hingedly connected to one of the side wall panels, the internal partition panel including securing means to be secured to the opposing one of the side panels and wherein the top wall panel has a plurality of apertures each of which has at least one foldable retention tab that can engage part of an article present in that aperture when the carrier is set up.
  • the internal partition panel comprises a corresponding plurality of apertures to be aligned with the top wall panel apertures when the carrier is in a set up condition.
  • Each of the partition panel apertures has at least one foldable retention tab which is capable of passing through the corresponding top wall panel aperture to operatively engage another part of the article.
  • the base panel comprises a plurality of lower receiving apertures each of which is provided with stabilising tabs foldably connected to the base panel thereby to support a portion of the article held in that aperture in a set up carrier.
  • the partition panel is of greater width than the top panel so that in the set up carrier it is inclined with respect to the top panel and wherein each partition panel aperture is defined in part by opposite retention tabs of different lengths such that, in use, the upper edges of the said internal partition panel retention tabs are co-planar with the upper edges of the retention tabs of the top wall panel.
  • the distance between the hinged connections of the base panel is greater than the distance between the hinged connections of the top wall panel, the base panel further comprising a supplemental hinged connection to allow the article carrier formed from the blank to be moved between flat collapsed and set up conditions.
  • a third aspect of the invention provides an article carrier for accommodating at least one article comprising a top wall, a base, and opposed side walls hingedly interconnecting the top wall and the base, wherein one or both of the side walls are arranged in an acute angular relationship with respect to the base to form a tubular structure of a trapezoidal cross section, and wherein the carrier is collapsible along a supplemental hinged connection formed in the base thereby to enable the carrier to move between a flat collapsed condition and a set up condition.
  • An internal partition panel extending between the side walls is hingedly connected to one of the side walls along a first fold line and to the other side wall along a second fold line, and the first fold line is disposed at a greater distance from the top wall than the second fold line to allow the carrier to move between the collapsed and set up conditions.
  • the supplemental hinged connection is disposed at a location closer to the one side wall than to the other side wall, the supplemental hinged connection being disposed diametrically opposed to one of the four comers of the trapezoidal tubular structure, the one corner forming an opposing hinged connection opposite to the supplemental hinged connection when the carrier is in the flat collapsed condition.
  • a glue flap is hingedly connected to the internal partition panel along one of the first and second fold lines and secured to an associated one of the side walls, the glue flap extending between the one fold line and the top wall to facilitate positioning of the one fold line with respect to the top wall.
  • the total of the width of the top wall and the greater distance is generally equal to the total of the width of the internal partition panel and the distance between the second fold line and top wall.
  • the top wall comprises at least one upper aperture, wherein the one upper aperture has at least one foldable retention tab to operatively engage an underside of a radially protruding part of an article present in the one upper aperture, and wherein the internal partition panel comprises at least one medial aperture aligned with the one upper aperture, the one medial aperture has one or more foldable retention tabs which passes through the one upper aperture to operatively engage another portion of the underside of the radially protruding part.
  • the one or more foldable retention tabs comprises a pair of opposite retention tabs of different lengths such that, in use, upper edges of the opposite retention tabs are co-planar with an upper edge of the one foldable retention tab of the top wall.
  • the base comprises at least one lower aperture aligned with at least one medial aperture formed in the internal partition panel, and the one lower aperture is provided with one or more stabilizing tabs hingedly connected to the base to support a portion of an article present in the one lower aperture.
  • a blank 10 for forming an article carrier for accommodating a plurality of articles, for example, bottles comprising a top wall, a base and opposed side walls interconnecting the top and the base and one or more of said side walls is arranged in an acute angular relationship with respect to said base to form a tubular structure of trapezoidal cross section, wherein the carrier is collapsible wall panel 16, base panel 18, a second side wall panel 20, a top wall panel 22 and an outer first side wall panel 24, hingedly connected one to the next along fold lines 30, 32, 34 and 36 respectively.
  • An internal partition structure comprises a partition panel 14 hingedly connected to inner side wall panel 16 along fold line 28.
  • an internal partition structure there further comprises a securing means for securing the internal partition panel to one of the side wall panels.
  • the securing means is provided by a glue flap 12 hingedly connected to internal partition panel 14 along fold line 26.
  • a locking tab arrangement may be used whereby tabs extending from partition panel 14 are received by corresponding apertures in the adjacent side wall panel.
  • the base panel 18 includes a fold line 66 extending longitudinally along the length of base panel 18. In use, this fold line 66 enables the carrier to be placed in a flat collapsed condition described in more detail below.
  • the partition panel 14 of this embodiment is formed with one or more pairs 38 and 40 of retention tabs which are foldably connected thereto along fold lines 26 and 28 respectively.
  • four pairs of retention tabs are provided and are laterally spaced intermediate the side edges of retaining panel 14.
  • Each pair 38 and 40 is struck from retaining panel 14 to define an article receiving aperture 47 illustrated partially in Figure 5.
  • retention tab 38 struck from and hingedly connected to glue flap 12 along fold line 26.
  • Tab 38 extends inwardly of retaining panel 14 to its distal edge.
  • a second retention tab 40 is hingedly connected to side panel 16 along fold line 28 and in this embodiment, tab 40 is oppositely disposed to tab 38 and extends into aperture 47 ( Figure 5).
  • the distal edge of tab 40 is juxtaposed the distal edge of tab 38 and is separated therefrom by cut line 42.
  • Tabs 38 and 40 comprise opposed side edges formed from cut lines 44, 46.
  • Each tab 38, 40 may further comprise one or more stress relief fold lines 39, 41 to assist in deforming the retaining tabs without tearing occurring.
  • the base panel 18 includes a plurality of lower article receiving apertures 48 which, in this embodiment, comprises four apertures in spaced collinear arrangement adapted to receive an upper portion of the neck of a bottle.
  • the apertures 48 are positioned to be aligned with the corresponding aperture 47 in the internal partition.
  • each aperture 48 is provided with a plurality of tabs 50 in an annular array around the edge of the aperture.
  • Each tab 50 is foldably connected to base panel 18 along fold line 52 and is separated from the next adjacent tab by cut line 53. Of course, in some embodiments, the tabs 50 are spaced apart.
  • the tabs 50 are provided to allow articles of different sizes to be loaded into the article carrier whereby an article with a larger diameter of neck causes the tabs 50 to be moved out of alignment with respect to the base panel 18.
  • the top panel 22 also comprises a plurality of apertures 58 that are aligned with a corresponding aperture 48 in the base panel 18, It will be seen from Figure 1 that there are one or more tabs extending inwardly into the aperture 58. In this embodiment there comprises a pair of tabs 54, 56 hinged to opposing side edges of the aperture 58. The hinged connection for each tab 54, 56 is provided by one or more fold lines.
  • Figure 1 illustrates divergent fold lines 60, 62 and 61, 63 respectively to connect to the side edges of the respective aperture 58.
  • Aperture 58 is shaped to receive the corresponding retaining tabs 38, 40 from the internal partition panel 14, discussed in more detail below.
  • the top panel 22 also comprises fold line 64 that extends longitudinally along a central portion of the top panel 22 and is interrupted by apertures 58. In use, fold line 64 assists in causing the retaining tabs to move out of alignment with the top panel 22.
  • suitable handle means generally known may be provided in the top and/or side panels.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention which is similar to the first embodiment and therefore corresponding panels are numbered with the same reference numerals but prefixed with the reference numeral "1".
  • the second embodiment further comprises a tear strip 168 struck from second side panel 120 and extending between apertures 148 and 158.
  • the strip 168 is frangibly connected to side panel 20 along tear lines 170 and 172.
  • a tab 174 extends downwardly below the base panel when the carrier is in set up condition to assist in pulling the tear strip from the carrier thereby to provide access to an article so that it can be removed without destroying the overall integrity of the carrier.
  • the blank 10 requires a series of sequential folding and gluing operations to form the carrier which can be performed in a straight line machine so that the carrier is not required to be rotated or inverted to complete its construction.
  • the folding process is not limited to that described below and can be altered according to particular manufacturing requirements.
  • the first stage of construction is for the carrier to be formed into a flat collapsed condition. This is achieved by folding partition panel 14 and glue flap 12 about fold line 28 to bring the aforesaid panels into face contacting relationship with first inner side wall panel 16 and part of base panel 18 respectively. Thereafter, the blank is folded about fold line 66 whereby panels 12, 14, 16 and 18 are folded so as to bring glue flap into face contacting relationship with second side wall panel 20 and secured together by glue or other suitable means known in the art. Outer first side wall panel 24 is folded along fold line 36 into overlapping relationship with inner side wall panel 16 and is secured together by glue or other suitable means known in the art. Thus the carrier is in flat collapsed condition as illustrated in Figure 3.
  • hinged connection formed by fold line 66 is diametrically opposed to the hinged comer 36 formed by top panel 22 and side wall 16/24 such that dimension D5 is substantially equal to the total of dimension of D6 and D7 ( Figure 1) to enable the carrier to collapse.
  • the partition panel 14 tilts with respect to the top panel 22 so that it can collapse without its' integrity being damaged by unwanted folding.
  • the panel is tilted so that the distance D1 of top panel 22 and the distance D2 of the side wall 20 is equal to total of the distance D3 of the partition panel 14 and the distance D4 of side wall 24, shown in Figure 3.
  • inner side wall panel 16 and is secured together by glue or other suitable means known in the art.
  • the carrier is in flat collapsed condition as illustrated in Figure 3.
  • hinged connection formed by fold line 66 is diametrically opposed to the hinged comer 36 formed by top panel 22 and side wall 16/24 such that dimension D5 is substantially equal to the total of dimension of D6 and D7 ( Figure 1) to enable the carrier to collapse.
  • the partition panel 14 tilts with respect to the top panel 22 so that it can collapse without its' integrity being damaged by unwanted folding. To achieve this, the panel is tilted so that the distance D1 of top panel 22 and the distance D2 of the side wall 20 is equal to total of the distance D3 of the partition panel 14 and the distance D4 of side wall 24, shown in Figure 3.
  • the carrier is supplied to a bottler for final erection and loading.
  • This first stage of the loading process the carrier is erected by compressing the edges formed by the hinged connection 66 and 36.
  • the bottles A are grouped together in a row of articles, for example 1x4 and the erected carrier is introduced to the group from above by relative vertical means between the bottles and the blank preferably during forward feed movement as is well known in the art.
  • the carrier As the carrier is lowered it is erected whereby the side wall panels 16/24, 20 are moved apart and the base 18 is folded out of alignment with respective side wall panels. Those portions of base panel 18 either side of fold line 66 are placed in a collinear relationship, as shown in Figure 4. Similarly, the top panel 22 is folded along fold lines 34 and 36 into a spaced arrangement with the base panel 18 and the carrier is thus erected as shown in Figure 4.
  • the articles are then inserted into apertures 48 in the base panel 18 and for the larger articles, tabs 50 are moved out of alignment with base panel 18.
  • the retaining tabs 38, 40 in the partition panel 14 are folded out of alignment about fold lines 26 and 28 respectively to reveal aperture 47 and are pushed upwardly through aperture 58 together with the upper portion of the article.
  • the article continues to move through aperture 58 and tabs 54 and 56 are folded out of alignment with top panel 22 such that retention tabs 54, 56 and 38, 40 are folded upwardly to come into contact with and engage with the underside of a protruding portion P 1 of the bottle associated within each of the apertures 48 and 58.
  • the tabs 38, 40 are different lengths L1, L2 respectively, so that the tilted arrangement does not affect the relative positions of the upper edges of the tabs.
  • tabs 54, 56 are shaped to include recesses 55,57 ( Figure 1) on each side so as to allow tabs 38, 40 to be engaged in the recesses, thereby to minimise movement of these tabs, once erected.
  • each article receiving aperture 48, 58 is in contact with a neck portion of each of the respective bottles B to provide additional support.
  • the distal edges of tabs 38, 40 and 54, 56 are engaged with the underside of the protruding portion PI.
  • partition panel 14 serves as a brace between the opposing side panels as shown in Figure 5. In use, the partition panel 14 provides a support to better maintain the bottles in an upright position.
  • the carrier is provided in a fully loaded and erected condition as shown in Figure 9.
  • hinged connection should not be construed as necessarily referring to a single fold line only: indeed it is envisaged that hinged connection can be formed from one or more of one of the following, a score line, a frangible line or a fold line, without departing from the scope of invention.
  • the present invention and its preferred embodiments relate to an article carrier which is shaped to provide satisfactory strength to hold bottles securely but with a degree of flexibility so that the load transferred through the retention tabs is absorbed by the carrier.
  • the shape of the blank minimises the amount of paper that would be required and the carrier can be applied to an array of bottles for hand automatic machinery. It is anticipated that the invention can be applied to a variety of carrier and is not limited to those of the top-gripping type. In particular it is possible to use the invention for wraparound or end loaded carriers, in which case the base would not have apertures and the internal partition may be dispensed with. Importantly, the hinged connection in the base panel would be provided to ensure the carrier could be placed in a flat collapsed condition.
  • the invention can be applied to a carrier with a different arrangement of articles, for example two rows of three articles without departing from the scope.

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  1. Porte-articles destiné à recevoir une pluralité d'articles (A), par exemple des bouteilles, qui comprend une paroi supérieure (22, 122), une base (18, 118) et des parois latérales opposées (16, 20 ; 116, 120) qui relient la paroi supérieure (22, 122) et la base (18, 118), la paroi supérieure comprenant une pluralité d'ouvertures (58, 158), chacune d'entre elles comportant au moins une patte de rétention pliable (54, 56 ; 154, 156) destinée à coopérer de manière fonctionnelle avec la face inférieure d'une partie faisant saillie radialement (P1) d'un récipient (A) présent dans chacune desdites ouvertures (58, 158), et une cloison interne (14, 114) comprenant une pluralité d'ouvertures correspondantes (47), alignées avec lesdites ouvertures de la paroi supérieure, où chacune des ouvertures de la cloison interne comporte une ou plusieurs pattes de rétention pliables (38, 40 ; 138, 140) qui sont localisées et dimensionnées de manière à passer dans l'ouverture de paroi supérieure alignée (58, 158) de manière fonctionnelle afin de coopérer avec une autre partie de la face inférieure de ladite partie faisant saillie radialement (P1), caractérisé en ce que la base (18, 118) comprend une pluralité d'ouvertures de réception inférieures (48, 148) alignées avec les ouvertures correspondantes de la cloison interne (14, 114) et de la paroi supérieure (22, 122), chacune desdites ouvertures de réception inférieures (48, 148) étant munie d'une ou plusieurs pattes stabilisatrices (50, 52 ; 150, 152) connectées de manière pliable à la base (18, 118) pour supporter une partie d'un article (A) reçu dans cette ouverture (48, 148).
  2. Porte-articles selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite cloison interne (14, 114) est inclinée par rapport à la paroi supérieure (22, 122) et ses ouvertures sont munies chacune de pattes de rétention opposées (38, 40 ; 138, 140) de différentes longueurs, de sorte que, en utilisation, les bords supérieurs (42, 142) desdites pattes de retenue (38, 40 ; 138, 140) de la cloison interne sont coplanaires avec les bords supérieurs desdites pattes de rétention (54, 56; 154, 156) de ladite paroi supérieure (22, 122).
  3. Porte-articles selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel lésdites parois latérales (16, 20 ; 116, 120) sont agencées de manière à former un angle aigu avec ladite base (18, 118), formant ainsi une structure tubulaire (18, 20, 22, 24 ; 118, 120, 122, 124) de section trapézoïdale. le porte-articles étant pliable le long d'une connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) formée dans la base (18, 118) afin de permettre au porte-articles d'être manipulé entre un état plié à plat et un état dressé (Figures 3 et 6).
  4. Porte-articles selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) est placée en un endroit diamétralement opposé à l'un des angles supérieurs (36, 136) du trapèze, lequel angle supérieur (36, 136) forme une connexion articulée opposée à ladite connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) lorsque le porte-articles est manipulé entre l'état plié à plat et l'état dressé (Figures 3 et 6).
  5. Découpe (10, 110) pour former un porte-articles tubulaire comprenant un panneau de paroi supérieure (22, 122), un premier panneau de paroi latérale (16, 116), une base (18, 118) et un panneau de paroi latérale opposée (20, 120) articulés entre eux, en série, et un panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) connecté de manière articulée à l'un des panneaux de paroi latérale (16, 116), le panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) comportant un moyen de fixation (12, 112) destiné à être fixé au panneau opposé parmi lesdits panneaux latéraux (20, 120) et où le panneau de paroi supérieure (22, 122) comporte une pluralité d'ouvertures (58, 158), chacune d'entre elles comportant au moins une patte de rétention pliable (54, 56 ; 154, 156) qui peut coopérer avec une partie (P1) d'un article (A) présent dans l'ouverture (58, 158) quand le porte-articles est dressé, et où ledit panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) comprend une pluralité d'ouvertures correspondantes destinées à être alignées avec lesdites ouvertures (58, 158) du panneau de paroi supérieure lorsque le porte-articles est dans un état dressé, caractérisée en ce que chacune des ouvertures du panneau de cloison comporte au moins une patte de rétention pliable (38, 40 ; 138, 140) qui est apte à passer dans l'ouverture correspondante (58, 158) du panneau de paroi supérieure afin de coopérer de manière fonctionnelle avec une autre partie (P1) dudit article (A), et où le panneau de base (18, 118) comprend une pluralité d'ouvertures de réception inférieures (48, 148), chacune d'entre elles étant munie de pattes stabilisatrices (50, 52 ; 150, 152) connectées de manière pliable au panneau de base (18, 118) afin de supporter une partie de l'article (A) tenu dans cette ouverture (48, 148) dans un porte-articles dressé.
  6. Découpe selon la revendication 5, dans laquelle la largeur du panneau de cloison (14, 114) est supérieure à celle dudit panneau supérieur (22, 122), de sorte que dans le porte-articles dressé, le panneau de cloison est incliné par rapport au panneau supérieur (22, 122), et dans laquelle chacune desdites ouvertures du panneau de cloison est définie en partie par des pattes de rétention opposées (38, 40 ; 138, 140) de différentes longueurs, de sorte que, en utilisation, les bords supérieurs (42, 142) desdites pattes de rétention (38, 40 ; 138, 140) du panneau de cloison interne sont coplanaires avec les bords supérieurs desdites pattes de rétention (54, 56 ; 154, 156) dudit panneau de paroi supérieure (22, 122).
  7. Découpe selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans laquelle la distance ente les connexions articulées (30, 32 ; 130, 132) du panneau de base (18, 118) est supérieure à la distance entre les connexions articulées (34, 36 ; 134, 136) du panneau de paroi supérieure (22, 122), le panneau de base (18, 118) comprenant en outre une connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) destinée à permettre au porte-articles formé à partir de la découpe (10, 110) d'être manipulé entre un état plié à plat et un état dressé (Figures 3 et 6).
  8. Porte-articles destiné à recevoir au moins un article (A), comprenant une paroi supérieure (22, 122), une base (18, 118) et des parois latérales opposées (16, 20, 24 ; 116, 120, 124) qui relient de manière articulée la paroi supérieure et la base, dans lequel l'une desdites parois latérales ou les deux sont agencées de manière à former un angle aigu avec ladite base afin de former une structure tubulaire (18, 20, 22, 24 ; 118, 120, 122, 124) de section trapézoïdale, et dans lequel le porte-articles est pliable le long d'une connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) formée dans ladite base (18, 118) afin de permettre au porte-articles d'être manipulé entre un état plié à plat et un état dressé (Figures 3 et 6), caractérisé en ce qu'un panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) s'étendant entre lesdites parois latérales (16, 20, 24 ; 116, 120, 124) est connecté de manière articulée à l'une (20, 120) desdites parois latérales le long d'une première ligne de pliage (26, 126) et à l'autre paroi latérale (16, 116) le long d'une deuxième ligne de pliage (28, 128), et ladite première ligne de pliage est placée à une plus grande distance (D2) de ladite paroi supérieure (22, 122) que ladite deuxième ligne de pliage afin de permettre au porte-articles d'être manipulé entre ledit état plié et ledit état dressé.
  9. Porte-articles selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ladite connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) est placée en un endroit situé plus près de la première paroi latérale (20, 120) que de ladite autre paroi latérale (16, 116), ladite connexion articulée supplémentaire étant placée diamétralement opposée à l'un (36, 136) des quatre angles de ladite structure tubulaire trapézoïdale, ledit angle (36, 136) formant une connexion articulée opposée à ladite connexion articulée supplémentaire (66, 166) lorsque le porte-articles est dans ledit état plié à plat (Figures 3 et 6).
  10. Porte-articles selon la revendication 8 ou 9, dans lequel un rabat à colle (12, 112) est connecté de manière articulée audit panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) le long d'une (26, 126) desdites première et deuxième lignes de pliage et fixé à une paroi associée (20, 120) parmi lesdites parois latérales, ledit rabat à colle (12, 112) s'étendant entre ladite une (26, 126) desdites lignes de pliage et ladite paroi supérieure (22, 122) afin de faciliter le positionnement de ladite une desdites lignes de pliage par rapport à ladite paroi supérieure.
  11. Porte-articles selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 10, dans lequel le total de la largeur (D1) de ladite paroi supérieure (22) et de ladite distance supérieure est globalement égal au total de la largeur (D3) dudit panneau de cloison interne (14) et de la distance (D4) entre ladite deuxième ligne de pliage (28) et ladite paroi supérieure (22).
  12. Porte-articles selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la paroi supérieure (22, 122) comprend au moins une ouverture supérieure (58, 158), dans lequel ladite ouverture supérieure comporte au moins une patte de rétention pliable (54, 154) destinée à coopérer de manière fonctionnelle avec une face inférieure d'une partie faisant saillie radialement d'un article présent dans ladite ouverture supérieure, et dans lequel ledit panneau de cloison interne (14, 114) comprend au moins une ouverture médiane (47) alignée avec ladite ouverture supérieure, ladite ouverture médiane (47) comporte une ou plusieurs pattes de rétention pliables (38, 40; 138, 140) qui passent par ladite ouverture supérieure pour coopérer de manière fonctionnelle avec une autre partie de ladite face inférieure de ladite partie faisant saillie radialement.
  13. Porte-articles selon la revendication 12, dans lequel ladite une ou plusieurs patte(s) de rétention pliable(s) comprend une paire de pattes de rétention opposées (38, 40 ; 138, 140) de différentes longueurs, de sorte que, en utilisation, les bords supérieurs desdites pattes de rétention opposées sont coplanaires avec un bord supérieur de ladite patte de rétention pliable (54, 154) de ladite paroi supérieure (22, 122).
  14. Porte-articles selon la revendication 8, dans lequel ladite base (18, 118) comprend au moins une ouverture inférieure (48, 148) alignée avec au moins une ouverture médiane (47) formée dans ledit panneau de cloison interne (14, 114), et ladite ouverture inférieure est munie d'une ou plusieurs pattes stabilisatrices (50, 150) connectées de manière articulées à la base (18, 118) afin de supporter une partie d'un article présent dans ladite ouverture inférieure.
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