EP2801537A1 - Aufblasbare Schachtel und Verfahren zu ihrer Verwendung - Google Patents

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EP2801537A1
EP2801537A1 EP14275114.8A EP14275114A EP2801537A1 EP 2801537 A1 EP2801537 A1 EP 2801537A1 EP 14275114 A EP14275114 A EP 14275114A EP 2801537 A1 EP2801537 A1 EP 2801537A1
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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
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
    • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
    • B65D81/051—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric
    • B65D81/052—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents using pillow-like elements filled with cushioning material, e.g. elastic foam, fabric filled with fluid, e.g. inflatable elements

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  • This invention relates, generally, to methods of packaging and shipping items. More particularly, it relates to a method of cushioning an item to be shipped.
  • U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,905,835 and 4,969,312 to Pivert which are limited to a rectangular box with inflatable structures that are inserts into the box, thereby requiring multiple steps for use, from insertion of the inflatable structures to closure of the box.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,588,533 to Farison provides an inflatable cushion through a single inflation valve, which must be inserted into the box with the article.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,076,677 to Pozzo is a shipping container and inflatable packaging cushion that must be partially filled, then the article is inserted, and following steps are required.
  • the prior art provides protection to the articles within a box
  • the conventional art suffers from a number of drawbacks.
  • the inflation, insertion, and closure of the prior art devices all require multiple steps and are not simple, efficient methods of shipping articles or products using an inflatable cushion.
  • the prior art requires tedious methods for inflation. For instance, the prior art requires that certain cushions be inflated before others in a specific sequence, that cushions be inflated before insertion into the box, and complex sequences of events for closure of box flaps and/or self-locking flaps. They require optimal inflation to work properly and finally require multiple cushions to provide adequate protection to the article shipped.
  • the present invention is designed to address these shortcomings by providing a package as described below.
  • the present invention is designed to advance the art of packaging past the drawbacks of the prior art and provide packaging that is simple to use, requires minimal instruction, has the minimum number of parts, and is cost-effective.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method that allows for an easily automated process.
  • Certain embodiments of the present invention include a packaging device comprising a box or tube container having at least one fluid bladder disposed on the interior of the package.
  • the at least one fluid bladder is optionally fixed by adhesive, tape, welding, or other means to the interior face of the box or tube container walls.
  • the at least one fluid bladder is disposed on the interior face of the bottom wall, first side wall, second side wall, third side wall, fourth side wall, and at least one top wall panel of the box.
  • the at least one fluid bladder is disposed on the interior face of the bottom wall, the side tubular wall, and the top wall.
  • the at least one fluid bladder may include more than one fluid bladder.
  • the packaging may include a first fluid bladder having a plurality of edges and at least one fluid channel disposed on at least one of the plurality of edges and a second fluid bladder having a plurality of edges and at least one fluid channel disposed on at least one of the plurality of edges, wherein the at least one fluid channel on the second fluid bladder is in fluid communication with the at least one fluid channel on the first fluid bladder.
  • the fluid bladder may be formed of rubber, plastic, graphene, or Mylar TM .
  • the fluid bladder may be connected to the interior wall of the container using glue, tape, staples, heat, welding or other connection found acceptable by one of skill in the art.
  • An option bleed valve is disposed on the fluid bladder and in fluid communication with the interior of the fluid bladder.
  • a fluid inflation valve is disposed on the fluid bladder, on the interior face of a side wall or top wall panel, on the exterior face of a side wall or top wall panel, or in the side wall or top wall, for example attached to the corrugation material. Regardless of how the fluid inflation valve is attached, the valve is in fluid communication with an interior lumen of the fluid inflation bladder.
  • Optional fluid inflation valves include, without limiting the invention, a rubber gasket valve, plastic duckbill valve, a pressure valve, a gas-piston pressure regulated flow valve, a stem valve, a tire valve, a snap-in tire valve, a free flow inflation valve, a non-return inflation valve, a fixed plug inflation valve, a pressure inflation valve, a free flow inflation valve without plug, a non-return no plug inflation valve, a Leafield valve, a Halkey-Roberts valve, a Riken-Achilles military valve, a military valve, a summit valve, a float bag valve, and a balloon valve, as seen in Figure 1 .
  • the rubber gasket valve further comprises a rubber sealing member and a septum disposed in the rubber sealing member.
  • the plastic duckbill valve is formed of a first plastic sheet having a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, and a mounting edge fixed to a second plastic sheet having a third longitudinal edge, a fourth longitudinal edge, and a mounting edge along its length or substantially along its length.
  • the attachment of the two plastic sheets forms a valve lumen which inflates to form a tube to permit air flow and collapses flat to seal the valve.
  • the plastic duckbill valve is attached using its mounting edge or optionally using mounting tabs are disposed on the mounting edge of the first plastic sheet and the second plastic sheet of the plastic duckbill valve.
  • connection of the valve to the packaging, the valve to the fluid bladder, or the valve opening or to the interior or exterior wall of the container can be glued, taped, stapled, heated, welded or connected in any acceptable manner.
  • an inflation tube is optionally disposed adjacent to the mounting edge of the first plastic sheet and the second plastic sheet and in fluid communication with the valve lumen.
  • the inflation tube may extend from the valve, which is attached to the interior face of a package wall or to a fluid bladder, through the packaging to the exterior, thereby facilitating simple inflation of the fluid bladder.
  • the valve may be formed of metal, graphene, rubber, plastic, or Mylar TM .
  • the packaging is any shape used to ship product, such as dolls or circuit boards, such as round, rectangular or other shape.
  • the package is a tube container having a bottom wall having an interior face, an exterior face, and a circular edge, with a side tubular wall having an interior face, an exterior face, a bottom edge, and a top edge attached to the bottom wall.
  • a top wall having an interior face, an exterior face, and a circular edge is attached at a least one point to the side tubular wall.
  • the box comprises a bottom wall having an interior face, an exterior face, at least a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge.
  • a first side wall having an interior face, an exterior face, a bottom edge, a top edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein the bottom edge is in physical communication with the first edge of the bottom wall when assembled.
  • a second side wall having an interior face, an exterior face, a bottom edge, a top edge, a third side edge and a fourth side edge, wherein the bottom edge is in physical communication with the second edge of the bottom wall and the third side edge is in physical communication with the first side edge of the first side wall when assembled.
  • a third side wall having an interior face, an exterior face, a bottom edge, a top edge, a fifth side edge and a sixth side edge, wherein the bottom edge is in physical communication with the third edge of the bottom wall and the fifth side edge is in physical communication with the fourth side edge of the second side wall when assembled.
  • a fourth side wall having an interior face, an exterior face, a bottom edge, a top edge, a seventh side edge and a eighth side edge, wherein the bottom edge is in physical communication with the fourth edge of the bottom wall, the seventh side edge is in physical communication with the sixth edge of the third side wall and the eighth side edge is in physical communication with the second side edge of the first side wall when assembled.
  • At least one top wall panel having an interior face and an exterior face is in physical communication with the top edge of at least one of the first side wall, second side wall, third side wall, or fourth side wall.
  • the packaging is optionally made of cardboard, paper, plastic, wood, corrugated paper, graphene or other suitable materials.
  • the packaging includes at least one overlapping top wall panel disposed on the top edge of at least one side wall.
  • a fluid bladder is disposed on the interior face of the least one overlapping top wall panel.
  • a method is also provides for cushioning a package for an item being shipped using the box or tubular container described above.
  • the box is uniquely designed to allow for a simple one-step process using a box with an integrated inflating tube and bottom liner to expand internally by inflation.
  • An item is introduced into the box or tube container and the box or tube container closed.
  • the fluid inflation valve is then attached to a source of fluid under pressure, such as a gaseous fluid like air, and the fluid flowed into the at least one fluid bladder, such that the fluid inflates the at least one fluid bladder around the item.
  • the source of fluid under pressure is then removed from the inflation valve.
  • the inflating tube and bottom liner cushion the article to be shipped three-dimensionally.
  • the at least one fluid bladder may be deflated the prior to removal of the item from the box or tube container.
  • the packaging is inflated after the item is inserted into the packaging, the invention increases safety by eliminating the hazard of the inflatable bladder (i.e., air cushion) exploding in the face of the user if over-inflated. Where a bleed valve is provided in the packaging, the packaging further avoids this by releasing air when pressure reaches a certain level. This would allow for automated and manual air filling without worry of over-inflating.
  • the inflatable bladder i.e., air cushion
  • the current invention provides the user with the unexpected benefits of simplicity, efficiency and safety by placing an article(s) for shipment into a box, closing the box, filling it with air, and shipping it.
  • the prior art appears to teach away from the present invention in that it teaches the use of multiple cushions, multiple steps to closure, inflation of cushions (bladders) before closure of the box, etc.
  • the current invention advances the state of the art through its novel, useful, and nonobvious apparatus and methodology.
  • substantially along means that at least a majority of the distance is connected. For example, at least 75%, 80%, or 90% of the distance is connected.
  • plastic means any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films, or drawn into filaments.
  • a plastic can either be a thermosetting polymer or a thermoplastic polymer, such as acetals, acrylics, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, alkyds, cellulosics, coumarone-indene, diallyl phthalate, epoxy, fluoropolymer, melamine-formaldehyde, nitrile resins, nylon, petroleum resins, phenolics, polyamide-imide, polyarylates, polybutylene, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polyimides, polyphenylene oxide, polyphenylene sulfide, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethanes, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, styrene acrylonitrile, styrene butadiene latex
  • plastics include acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), high impact polystyrene (HIPS), acrylic (PMMA), cellulose acetate, cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), polyvinylfluoride (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polychlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE), fluorinated ethylene-propylene (FEP), perfluoroalkoxy polymer (PFA), polyethylenechlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE), polyethylenetetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), perfluoropolyether (PCPE), acrylic/PVC polymer, aromatic polyester polymers (liquid crystal polymer), polyoxymethylene (acetal), polyamide (PA, nylon), polyamide-imide (PAI), polyaryletherketone (PAEK), polybuta
  • Inflatable box 1 seen in Figure 2 , is shown as a flat, unassembled box composed of five walls, first wall 3a , second wall 3b , third wall 3c , fourth wall 3d , fifth wall 3e .
  • top flaps are attached to the walls such that first top flap 4a is attached to first wall 3a and second top flap 4b is attached to third wall 3c .
  • inflatable box 1 also includes first top overlap panel 5a attached to second wall 3b , and second top overlap panel 5b attached to fourth wall 3d .
  • a plurality of air bladders are attached to the interior wall of the walls and top flaps, with first wall air bladder 6a attached to first wall 3a , second wall air bladder 6b attached to second wall 3b , third wall air bladder 6c attached to third wall 3c , fourth wall air bladder 6d attached to fourth wall 3d , and fifth wall air bladder 6e attached to fifth wall 3e .
  • the top flaps also include air bladders, with sixth air bladder 6f attached to first top flap and seventh air bladder 6g attached to second top flap 4b .
  • the plurality of air bladders are interconnected by bladder channels, as seen in Figure 3 .
  • Each air bladder is connected to at least one other air bladder by two bladder channels.
  • first wall air bladder 6a is connected to seventh air bladder 6g by left first bladder air channel 9a 1 and right first bladder air channel 9a 2 .
  • Valve 7 comprises first inflation valve half 12 and second inflation valve half 13 heat sealed on longitudinal edges 14 , as seen in Figure 4 .
  • the exterior edges of first inflation valve half 12 and second inflation valve half 13 end in first mounting tab 10 and second mounting tab 11 .
  • first inflation valve half 12 and second inflation valve half 13 are strips of plastic heat sealed on longitudinal edges 14 and first mounting tab 10 and second mounting tab 11 heat sealed to an air bladder.
  • valve 7 can be glued, taped, stapled, heated, welded or connected in any other manner which one of skill in the art would find acceptable.
  • gas is applied inside collapsible inflation tube 15 , thereby inflating the tube into a cylinder.
  • Valve 7 is in communication with the exterior of inflatable box 1 using tube 30 , seen in Figure 5 .
  • Tube 30 is a hollow lumen, long or short tube or tube or tube of any size or shape and may be made of plastic, rubber, or other similar material known in the art.
  • valve 7 is connected directly to the interior face of a panel of inflatable box 1 by gluing or otherwise fixing first mounting tab 10 and second mounting tab 11 to the panel face.
  • Valve 7 is connected directly to the exterior face of a panel of inflatable box 1 for inflation of the box.
  • An opening is formed in a panel of inflatable box 1 and collapsible inflation tube 15 is inserted into the opening.
  • First mounting tab 10 and second mounting tab 11 were fixed to the exterior panel face using glue, tape, staples, heat sealing, welding, or other means known in the art.
  • Inflatable box 40 is shown is as a flat, unassembled unit in Figure 7 .
  • Box body 41 includes extensions for top flaps 42 and bottom flaps 43, and have scoring 47 for folds, which run along the bottom and top of box body 41.
  • Air bladder 44 is connected to inflatable box 40 by means such as adhesive, heat bonding, or other means known in the art.
  • Air valve 7, shown as a rubber gasket having septum 42 to allow an inflation needle to pass through, is attached to air bladder 44, such as shown in Figure 7 .
  • the air valve may vary from 1 psi to as much as 100 psi, for example a maximum allowable air pressure of 25 psi.
  • the amount of pressure allowed is directly proportional to the strength of the material used in air bladder 44, inflatable box 40, and the durability of the shipping item. Hence, the stronger the materials used, the higher the air pressure that can be allowed. This is of course in reference to extreme levels. In most cases, air pressure as little as about 10 psi to about 25 psi will typically be adequate, and a device as simple as a basketball air pump can be used to achieve this pressure.
  • the material used in air bladder 44 can range from rubber to plastic of any types or other suitable material capable of holding air and conforming to the shape of the article(s) shipped in inflatable box 40.
  • Inflatable box 1 is assembled by folding first wall 3a, second wall 3b, third wall 3c, and fourth wall 3d, vertically, i.e. at a 90 degree angle from fifth wall 3e .
  • the edges of first wall 3a are attached to second wall 3b using method or materials known in the art.
  • Second wall 3b is then attached to third wall 3c, and so forth, forming an open box, as seen in Figure 8 .
  • Inflatable box 1 is shown with top flaps 4a and 4b and top overlap panels 5a and 5b opened. Inflatable box 1 is assembled and ready for preparing the box for shipping or storage. Item 45 is placed into the interior lumen of inflatable box 1 and top flaps 4a and 4b bent over to close over item 45. Top overlap panels 5a and 5b are subsequently folded over top flaps 4a and 4b, securing the top of inflatable box 1. Air inflation needle 40 is then inserted into valve 7 and fluid flow F1 applied through air inflation needle 40, as seen in Figure 9 . The fluid exits valve 7 as fluid flow F2, entering third wall air bladder 6c . As fluid fills third wall air bladder 6c, the fluid flows through fifth bladder air channel 9e and into fifth air bladder 6e. Fluid continues to flow into subsequent air bladders through the bladder air channels until all the air bladders are filled, thereby securing item 45 in inflatable box 1.
  • the air bladders inflate to provide protection on the bottom, top and sides of item 45 within the interior of inflatable box 1.
  • air inflation needle 40 is withdrawn from valve 7 .
  • Optional bleed valve 8 allows fluid to escape from the air bladders in the instance where inflatable box 1 is overfilled or over-inflated with the fluid.
  • the inflatable packing may be shipped.
  • packing of inflatable box 1 and inflation of bladders 6a through 6f or bladder 46 can be automated.
  • an assembly line may have boxes traversing a conveyor belt with the bottom of the boxes closed, leaving the top open.
  • an article can simply be placed inside of the box through automated means (via a machine) or manual means (via an operator).
  • the box would continue traversing the conveyor belt to an air filling station where an automated or manual means could be utilized to inflate the box to the desired pressure.
  • the current invention provides an apparatus and methodology that significantly improves cost efficiency within the packaging industry, for example in shipping time, weight, and labor.

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