EP2049407B1 - Reclosable package having corrugated insert for center-filled gum slabs - Google Patents
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- EP2049407B1 EP2049407B1 EP07796058.1A EP07796058A EP2049407B1 EP 2049407 B1 EP2049407 B1 EP 2049407B1 EP 07796058 A EP07796058 A EP 07796058A EP 2049407 B1 EP2049407 B1 EP 2049407B1
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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
- B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
- B65D5/48—Partitions
- B65D5/48024—Partitions inserted
- B65D5/4804—Partitions inserted formed by folding strips essentially in tubes, U- or S-shape
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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
- B65D5/64—Lids
- B65D5/66—Hinged lids
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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
- B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
- B65D85/60—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products
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- the present invention relates generally to a package for containing a plurality of consumable products preferably center-filled gum pieces. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reclosable package which retains and separates the center-filled gum pieces and allows for removal of one or more pieces from the package.
- the package is openable to allow removal of one or more of the gum slabs and then may be reclosed to contain the remainder of the products.
- the gum slabs are typically arranged in a side-by-side array. Quite often, the gum slabs may be individually wrapped.
- center-filled gum slab One type of gum slab which is available is a center-filled gum slab.
- These center- filled gum slabs include an exterior shell or cover with a liquid or soft interior.
- it is desirable to maintain the structural integrity of the package so that pressure on the package will not cause a crushing of the gum slabs thereby releasing the liquid center. Also, it is desirable to maintain separation between such center-filled gum slabs.
- reclosable packages have placed the gum slabs in direct contact. Moreover, the packages do not provide the requisite structural integrity. It is, therefore, desirable to provide a reclosable package for effectively accommodating products such as center- filled gum slabs.
- the present invention provides a reclosable package assembly for a plurality of individual center-filled gum pieces, each of said gum pieces having a first height.
- the package includes a package housing having a front wall with a second height which is smaller than the first height, a back wall spaced from the front wall and a pair of opposed side walls connecting said front and back walls.
- a closable flap is provided for closing a dispensing opening.
- a corrugated divider member is insertably supported within the package. The divider member defines a plurality of longitudinally aligned oppositely opening corrugations, each corrugation supporting and separating the individual gum pieces.
- Said corrugations are defined by a pair of lateral walls, said lateral walls extending between said front and back wall of said package housing, and a transverse wall extending therebetween, the transverse wall of each corrugation having a length that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece.
- the corrugated member has a third height which is smaller than the first height and greater than the second height
- the corrugated member may be adhesively secured within the package.
- the corrugated member may have corrugations with a width that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece.
- the present invention provides a package assembly 10 for supporting a plurality of individually wrapped center-filled gum pieces 12.
- wrapped center-filled gum pieces are shown.
- the product need not include an outer wrapping.
- the package assembly 10 of the present invention includes a package housing 14 which may be formed from a flat blank of paperboard or other suitable material and folded in a configuration shown in Figure 1 .
- the package housing includes a front wall 16 and a back wall 18 defining a package interior 20.
- the back wall also supports a closable flap 22 which closes the dispensing opening 24 which allows dispensing of the pieces 12.
- the flap 22 may be adhesively secured to the outer front surface of front wall 16 by a releasable adhesive 16b. Thereafter, the flap may be opened and reclosed by inserting the edge 22a of flap 22 into a slit 16a of front wall 16.
- the present invention provides a divider in the form of a corrugated member 30.
- Corrugated member 30 which is also formed of paperboard or other suitable material is formed to have undulations or crenulations 32 which are oppositely opening.
- the corrugated member 30 is sized to be received within interior 20 of package housing 14.
- the length (L) of the corrugated member is approximately the length of the package while the width (W) of the corrugated member defined by lateral side walls 34 approximates the width of the package and which is slightly larger than wrapped gum pieces which are inserted therein.
- the front faces 36 of corrugated member 30 extending between lateral walls 34 may include on the outside thereof, adhesive locations 37 so that the member may be adhesively secured within the package.
- adhesive locations 37 may also be employed.
- the corrugated member 30 serves to separate the center-filled gum pieces 12 from one another. Such separation is particularly important with respect to center-filled gum pieces as it keeps apart the gum which has a soft or liquid center.
- the particular configuration of the corrugated member 30 helps prevent crushing of the package housing 14. Crushing is a particular problem with respect to center- filled gum pieces, as if the package is crushed, it may result in crushing of the gum piece and undesirable release of the liquid center of the gum piece.
- the lateral walls 34 provide rigidity to the package to prevent such crushing.
- a pair of corrugated members 30 is used in combination with a double package assembly 100.
- This double package assembly is of the type more fully shown and described in the following patent applications : U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/883,468, filed July 1, 2004 , entitled “CONFECTIONARY PACKAGE DESIGN”; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/025,739, filed December 22, 2004 , entitled “PACKAGE DESIGN WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS”; and U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/111,523, filed April 21, 2005 , entitled “PACKAGING DESIGN WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS".
- the package provides protection and separation to the center-filled gum slabs as described above.
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Description
- The present invention relates generally to a package for containing a plurality of consumable products preferably center-filled gum pieces. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reclosable package which retains and separates the center-filled gum pieces and allows for removal of one or more pieces from the package.
- It is well known to support consumable products such as gum slabs in a reclosable package. The package is openable to allow removal of one or more of the gum slabs and then may be reclosed to contain the remainder of the products. In such a package, the gum slabs are typically arranged in a side-by-side array. Quite often, the gum slabs may be individually wrapped.
- One type of gum slab which is available is a center-filled gum slab. These center- filled gum slabs include an exterior shell or cover with a liquid or soft interior. As may be appreciated, it is desirable to maintain the structural integrity of the package so that pressure on the package will not cause a crushing of the gum slabs thereby releasing the liquid center. Also, it is desirable to maintain separation between such center-filled gum slabs.
- Different reclosable packages are known from
FR 1 077 186 US 2 192 472 ,US 2 117 281 ,DE 862 873 andWO 2005/110042 . - Heretofore, reclosable packages have placed the gum slabs in direct contact. Moreover, the packages do not provide the requisite structural integrity. It is, therefore, desirable to provide a reclosable package for effectively accommodating products such as center- filled gum slabs.
- The present invention provides a reclosable package assembly for a plurality of individual center-filled gum pieces, each of said gum pieces having a first height. The package includes a package housing having a front wall with a second height which is smaller than the first height, a back wall spaced from the front wall and a pair of opposed side walls connecting said front and back walls. A closable flap is provided for closing a dispensing opening. A corrugated divider member is insertably supported within the package. The divider member defines a plurality of longitudinally aligned oppositely opening corrugations, each corrugation supporting and separating the individual gum pieces. Said corrugations are defined by a pair of lateral walls, said lateral walls extending between said front and back wall of said package housing, and a transverse wall extending therebetween, the transverse wall of each corrugation having a length that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece. The corrugated member has a third height which is smaller than the first height and greater than the second height
- The corrugated member may be adhesively secured within the package. The corrugated member may have corrugations with a width that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece.
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Figure 1 is a photograph of a package assembly of the present invention supporting a plurality of center- filled gum pieces. -
Figure 2 is a photograph of the package assembly ofFigure 1 with the pieces removed. -
Figures 3 and 4 are front perspective and top perspective photographs, respectively, of the corrugated insert supported in the package assembly ofFigure 1 . -
Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment of the package assembly of the present invention. - Referring to the Figures, the present invention provides a
package assembly 10 for supporting a plurality of individually wrapped center-filledgum pieces 12. In the present illustrative embodiment, wrapped center-filled gum pieces are shown. However, it is contemplated that the product need not include an outer wrapping. - The
package assembly 10 of the present invention includes apackage housing 14 which may be formed from a flat blank of paperboard or other suitable material and folded in a configuration shown inFigure 1 . The package housing includes afront wall 16 and aback wall 18 defining apackage interior 20. The back wall also supports aclosable flap 22 which closes the dispensingopening 24 which allows dispensing of thepieces 12. Initially, theflap 22 may be adhesively secured to the outer front surface offront wall 16 by a releasable adhesive 16b. Thereafter, the flap may be opened and reclosed by inserting theedge 22a offlap 22 into aslit 16a offront wall 16. - It may also be appreciated that other configurations of the flap and slot are within the contemplation of the present invention.
- Referring more specifically to
Figures 3 and 4 , the present invention provides a divider in the form of acorrugated member 30.Corrugated member 30 which is also formed of paperboard or other suitable material is formed to have undulations orcrenulations 32 which are oppositely opening. Thecorrugated member 30 is sized to be received withininterior 20 ofpackage housing 14. The length (L) of the corrugated member is approximately the length of the package while the width (W) of the corrugated member defined bylateral side walls 34 approximates the width of the package and which is slightly larger than wrapped gum pieces which are inserted therein. - As shown in
Figure 3 , the front faces 36 ofcorrugated member 30 extending betweenlateral walls 34, may include on the outside thereof,adhesive locations 37 so that the member may be adhesively secured within the package. However, other securement techniques, including frictional retention, may also be employed. - When inserted in the package as shown in
Figures 1 ,2 and5 , thecorrugated member 30 serves to separate the center-filledgum pieces 12 from one another. Such separation is particularly important with respect to center-filled gum pieces as it keeps apart the gum which has a soft or liquid center. - Moreover, the particular configuration of the
corrugated member 30 helps prevent crushing of thepackage housing 14. Crushing is a particular problem with respect to center- filled gum pieces, as if the package is crushed, it may result in crushing of the gum piece and undesirable release of the liquid center of the gum piece. Thelateral walls 34 provide rigidity to the package to prevent such crushing. - Referring now to
Figure 5 , a further embodiment of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, a pair ofcorrugated members 30 is used in combination with adouble package assembly 100. This double package assembly is of the type more fully shown and described in the following patent applications :U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/883,468, filed July 1, 2004 U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/025,739, filed December 22, 2004 , entitled "PACKAGE DESIGN WITH SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS"; andU.S. Patent Application Serial No. 11/111,523, filed April 21, 2005
Claims (9)
- A reclosable package assembly (10) comprising;
a plurality of individual center-filled gum pieces (12), each of said gum pieces having a first height; a package housing (14) having a front wall (16), with a second height which is smaller than said first height, a back wall (18) spaced from said front wall, a pair of opposed side walls connecting said front (16) and back (18) walls, and a closable flap (22) for closing a dispensing opening (24); and
a corrugated member (30) insertably supported within said package and defining a plurality of longitudinally aligned oppositely opening corrugations (32), each corrugation supporting and separating said individual gum pieces and being defined by a pair of lateral walls (34), said lateral walls extending between said front and back wall of said package housing, and a transverse wall (36) extending therebetween, wherein the transverse wall of each said corrugation has a length that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece, and wherein said corrugated member has a third height which is smaller than said first height and greater than said second height. - A reclosable package assembly of claim 1, wherein each said corrugation has a width that is larger than the corresponding dimension of an individual gum piece.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said corrugated member (30) is adhesively secured within said package.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 3 wherein said corrugated member (30) is adhesively secured to said front and back walls at said transverse walls (36).
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said package housing having a length and a width, said corrugated member (30) extends said length of said package housing.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said package housing (14) having a length and a width, said corrugated member (30) extends said width of said package housing.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said package housing (14) having a length and a width, said corrugated member (30) extends said length of said package housing and said width of said package housing.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said flap (22) is adhesively secured to an outer surface of said front wall (16) for temporary securement thereto.
- A reclosable package assembly of claim 1 or 2 wherein said front wall (16) includes a slit (16a) for engagement with an edge (22a) of said flap (22) to provide a mechanism for reclosing said packaging.
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