EP1988025B1 - Multipurpose foldable box - Google Patents

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EP1988025B1
EP1988025B1 EP07075597A EP07075597A EP1988025B1 EP 1988025 B1 EP1988025 B1 EP 1988025B1 EP 07075597 A EP07075597 A EP 07075597A EP 07075597 A EP07075597 A EP 07075597A EP 1988025 B1 EP1988025 B1 EP 1988025B1
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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
    • B65D5/4279—Joints, seams, leakproof joints or corners, special connections between panels
    • B65D5/4283—Connections formed by separate elements, e.g. clips, bands, straps
    • 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
    • B65D5/36—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 specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections
    • B65D5/3607—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 specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections formed by folding or erecting a single blank
    • B65D5/3635—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 specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections formed by folding or erecting a single blank by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body
    • 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
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/66—Hinged lids
    • B65D5/6626—Hinged lids formed by folding extensions of a side panel of a container body formed by erecting a "cross-like" blank
    • B65D5/6673—Hinged lids formed by folding extensions of a side panel of a container body formed by erecting a "cross-like" blank the lid being held in closed position by application of separate elements, e.g. clips, hooks, cords

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  • the present invention relates to a multipurpose foldable box, built in one piece according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • said foldable box once empty, can be taken apart while reducing the overall dimensions and allowing space saving.
  • Document GB 173326 A discloses a box comprising a rectangular bottom panel (b); a couple of swing side panels (b 1 ) integral with said bottom panel at the edges on two opposite sides thereof; a swing front panel (c) integral with said bottom panel at one of the two remaining sides thereof; a swing rear panel (a) integral with said bottom panel at the remaining side thereof and provided with a creasing (a 2 ) parallel to said remaining side; a rectangular top panel (b) equal in size to said bottom panel (b) and integral with said rear panel (a) at the edge parallel to said creasing (a 2 ); a closure strip (c) integral to said top panel; each of said members (c, a, b 1 , b, c) being provided at their free edges with side winglets (d, b 2 , a3, b 2 , d) housing fastening means in order to lock each member in position for the mounted configuration of the box, said creasing (a 2 ) being suitable to fold said panel (a) into two equal
  • Document FR-A-1601737 discloses a box having a blank structure that does not allow to obtain two equal halves exactly overlapping when in the folded flat configuration.
  • the multipurpose foldable box of the present invention solves this problem with the features recited in the characterizing clause of the claim, whose preamble is based on the features disclosed in document GB 173326 A .
  • the main object of the present invention is to provide a box which can be fast and easily folded flat such that it can be kept in a very little space when there is no need to store any item therein.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the present invention is shown in its unfolded configuration in which a rectangular bottom panel 1 is connected, along its opposite longer sides, to swing side panels 4 and, along its opposite shorter sides, to a swing front panel 2 and a swing rear panel 3.
  • a rectangular top panel 5 is connected, along its left shorter side, to said rear panel 3 and, along its right shorter side, to a closure strip 6.
  • Each panel 4 is also provided with a set of snap buttons 4A - 4D respectively counter clockwise disposed at its corners.
  • the front panel 2 is provided, along its shorter sides, with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons 2A - 2B.
  • the rear panel 3 is provided, along its shorter sides, with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons 3A - 3B.
  • the top panel 5 is provided, along its longer sides, with a couple of winglets housing respectively a snap button 5A and 5B, at the end next to the closure strip 6.
  • said closure strip 6 is, in turn, provided, at its opposite ends, with squared winglets housing respectively a snap button 6A and 6B.
  • each arrow indicates the rotation, around its lying down edge, allowed for each panel.
  • the side panels 4 have to be moved upright following the arrows 1; once opened front panel 2 and rear panel 3 winglets, said front panel 2 and rear panel 3 will be moved upright following the arrows II. It is then possible to lock this intermediate configuration by fastening button 2A within button 4A, button 2B within button 4B, button 3A within button 4D and button 3B within button 4C, on each side panel 4.
  • the top panel 5 once opened its winglets, can be rotated following the arrow III and fastening button 6A within button 5A, and button 6B within button 5B.
  • a line 7 is shown on each side of the rear panel 3.
  • Said line 7 is used to indicate a creasing provided on the abovementioned panel 3.
  • the creasing 7 allows the box to be folded: starting from the configuration in fig. 1 , the box can be folded flat by rotating the side panels 4 following the arrows I till they lie on the bottom panel 1, rotating the front panel 2 and the rear panel 3 following the arrow II till they lie on the bottom panel 1, rotating the outer half of the rear panel 3 following arrow V till it lies on the other half of the same panel.
  • top panel edge coincides with the bottom panel edge thus allowing the top panel 5 to be rotated following the arrow III till it reach and lies on the bottom panel 1. in this manner the folded configuration is achieved with the minimum space requirement, which is the overall dimensions of the bottom panel 3 (or top panel 5 equal in size to the bottom panel 1).
  • the multipurpose foldable box 10 according to the present invention has heretofore been described. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited thereto, but different sizes, for example, can be provided for the top and bottom panels and/or the side and front-rear panels, in order to built boxes with different length, width and height. Further, the box according to the present invention can be formed with different material suitable to allow the creasing process.

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Abstract

A multipurpose foldable box (10), built in one piece, is provided with swing side panels (2, 3, 4) connected to a bottom panel (1), one of them (2, 3, 4) being, in turn, provided with a creasing (7) to fold the same panel (2, 3 or 4) into two equal halves. A further panel (5) used as cover is connected to the creasing provided panel (2, 3 or 4) allowing for the minimum space requirement of the stored folded box.

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  • The present invention relates to a multipurpose foldable box, built in one piece according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Thanks to its aforementioned features said foldable box, once empty, can be taken apart while reducing the overall dimensions and allowing space saving.
  • Document GB 173326 A discloses a box comprising a rectangular bottom panel (b); a couple of swing side panels (b1) integral with said bottom panel at the edges on two opposite sides thereof; a swing front panel (c) integral with said bottom panel at one of the two remaining sides thereof; a swing rear panel (a) integral with said bottom panel at the remaining side thereof and provided with a creasing (a2) parallel to said remaining side; a rectangular top panel (b) equal in size to said bottom panel (b) and integral with said rear panel (a) at the edge parallel to said creasing (a2); a closure strip (c) integral to said top panel; each of said members (c, a, b1, b, c) being provided at their free edges with side winglets (d, b2, a3, b2, d) housing fastening means in order to lock each member in position for the mounted configuration of the box, said creasing (a2) being suitable to fold said panel (a) into two equal halves.
  • However, the great number of little flaps with slitted or cut portions requires a complex assembling procedure and the two halves must be stitched together to complete the box construction.
  • Document FR-A-1601737 discloses a box having a blank structure that does not allow to obtain two equal halves exactly overlapping when in the folded flat configuration.
  • The multipurpose foldable box of the present invention solves this problem with the features recited in the characterizing clause of the claim, whose preamble is based on the features disclosed in document GB 173326 A .
  • Therefore the main object of the present invention is to provide a box which can be fast and easily folded flat such that it can be kept in a very little space when there is no need to store any item therein.
  • The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clear from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
    • fig. 1 is a top view of an unfolded preferred embodiment according to the present invention;
    • fig. 2 is a perspective front view of the mounted preferred embodiment in fig. 1;
    • fig. 3 is a perspective rear view of the mounted preferred embodiment in fig. 1; and
    • fig. 4 is a perspective view of the almost-folded preferred embodiment in fig. 1.
  • Referring now to fig. 1, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention is shown in its unfolded configuration in which a rectangular bottom panel 1 is connected, along its opposite longer sides, to swing side panels 4 and, along its opposite shorter sides, to a swing front panel 2 and a swing rear panel 3. A rectangular top panel 5 is connected, along its left shorter side, to said rear panel 3 and, along its right shorter side, to a closure strip 6.
  • Each panel 4 is also provided with a set of snap buttons 4A - 4D respectively counter clockwise disposed at its corners. The front panel 2 is provided, along its shorter sides, with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons 2A - 2B. Similarly the rear panel 3 is provided, along its shorter sides, with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons 3A - 3B. The top panel 5 is provided, along its longer sides, with a couple of winglets housing respectively a snap button 5A and 5B, at the end next to the closure strip 6. Finally said closure strip 6 is, in turn, provided, at its opposite ends, with squared winglets housing respectively a snap button 6A and 6B.
  • A box mounting method will be now disclosed with reference to fig. 2 and fig. 1, in which each arrow indicates the rotation, around its lying down edge, allowed for each panel. Thus, in order to achieve the mounted box configuration, the side panels 4 have to be moved upright following the arrows 1; once opened front panel 2 and rear panel 3 winglets, said front panel 2 and rear panel 3 will be moved upright following the arrows II. It is then possible to lock this intermediate configuration by fastening button 2A within button 4A, button 2B within button 4B, button 3A within button 4D and button 3B within button 4C, on each side panel 4. At the end, in order to close the box, the top panel 5, once opened its winglets, can be rotated following the arrow III and fastening button 6A within button 5A, and button 6B within button 5B.
  • Referring now to fig. 1, fig. 3 and fig. 4, a line 7 is shown on each side of the rear panel 3. Said line 7 is used to indicate a creasing provided on the abovementioned panel 3. The creasing 7 allows the box to be folded: starting from the configuration in fig. 1, the box can be folded flat by rotating the side panels 4 following the arrows I till they lie on the bottom panel 1, rotating the front panel 2 and the rear panel 3 following the arrow II till they lie on the bottom panel 1, rotating the outer half of the rear panel 3 following arrow V till it lies on the other half of the same panel. Now the top panel edge coincides with the bottom panel edge thus allowing the top panel 5 to be rotated following the arrow III till it reach and lies on the bottom panel 1. in this manner the folded configuration is achieved with the minimum space requirement, which is the overall dimensions of the bottom panel 3 (or top panel 5 equal in size to the bottom panel 1).
  • The embodiment of the multipurpose foldable box 10 according to the present invention has heretofore been described. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited thereto, but different sizes, for example, can be provided for the top and bottom panels and/or the side and front-rear panels, in order to built boxes with different length, width and height. Further, the box according to the present invention can be formed with different material suitable to allow the creasing process.

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  1. multipurpose foldable box (10) in one piece comprising:
    (i) a rectangular bottom panel (1);
    (ii) a couple of swing side panels (4) integral with said bottom panel (1) at the edges on two opposite sides thereof;
    (iii) a swing front panel (2) integral with said bottom panel (1) at one of the two remaining sides thereof;
    (iv) a swing rear panel (3) integral with said bottom panel (1) at the remaining side thereof and provided with a creasing (7) parallel to said remaining side, said creasing (7) being suitable to fold said panel (3) into two equal halves;
    (v) a rectangular top panel (5) equal in size to said bottom panel (1) and integral with said rear panel (3) at the edge parallel to said creasing (7);
    (vi) a closure strip (6) integral to said top panel (5);
    characterized in that in order to lock each panel in position for the mounted configuration of the box (10),
    each of said swing side panels (4) is provided with a set of snap buttons (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) disposed at its corners,
    said front panel (2) is provided along its shorter sides with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons (2a, 2b),
    said rear panel (3) is provided along its shorter sides with integral winglets each one housing a couple of snap buttons (3a, 3b),
    said top panel (5) is provided along its shorter sides with a couple of winglets each one housing a snap button (5a, 5b) at the end next to the closure strip (6),
    and in that said closure strip (6) is provided at its opposite ends with squared winglets housing each one a snap button (6a, 6b).
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