EP3461757B1 - Tamper-evident coupling system, process of making said coupling system, container comprising said coupling system and use thereof - Google Patents

Tamper-evident coupling system, process of making said coupling system, container comprising said coupling system and use thereof Download PDF

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EP3461757B1
EP3461757B1 EP18190328.7A EP18190328A EP3461757B1 EP 3461757 B1 EP3461757 B1 EP 3461757B1 EP 18190328 A EP18190328 A EP 18190328A EP 3461757 B1 EP3461757 B1 EP 3461757B1
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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
    • B65D5/6602—Hinged lids formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body
    • B65D5/6608—Hinged lids formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body the lid being held in closed position by self-locking integral flaps
    • 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
    • B65D5/665—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 self-locking integral flaps or tabs

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  • the present invention relates to a tamper-evident coupling system and a process for making the same.
  • the present invention further relates to a container comprising said coupling system and a use of said coupling system for containers, packaging, envelopes and/or bands for the containment and/or wrapping of products of various kinds.
  • the coupling system may find application in all the fields providing for the packaging of products and requiring a degree of security which enables showing a possible tampering of the package.
  • the coupling system may be employed in the fields of packaging, communication (for example, for postal services), transport and logistics.
  • tamper-evident The employment of packages - made of paper or plastic material - is known, for products of various kinds and equipped with security systems defined as "tamper-evident".
  • tamper-evident systems have the purpose of showing a first opening of the package, so as to warn of the danger of possible tampering of the product.
  • containers made of paper material which use, as tamper-evident system, adhesive labels positioned on the closure of the container and configured for preventing the opening of the latter without the previous removal of the label.
  • Such containers although equipped with a security system, are certainly more expensive with respect to conventional containers (containers without tamper-evident systems) since they require additional raw materials, such as seals/labels, as well as additional steps for the preparation and application of such elements.
  • the adhesive labels do not allow the containers to be effectively made tamper-proof; the labels can easily be removed by removing the same without this operation clearly damaging the package: after opening the container, it is possible to tamper with the contents thereof and replace the same label removed - or a new label - on the closure of the container without the user having evidence of the tampering of the product.
  • a first example, described in patent application BE410524A relates to a box made of paper material exhibiting a storage provided with an opening delimited by a free edge.
  • the container also has a closing tab engaged on the free edge of the storage and movable by rotation around the latter between a closed condition and an open condition of the container.
  • the closing tab bears a inserting portion adapted to be inserted, in the closed condition of the container, inside the same; on the inserting portion, two folded flaps are defined opposite to each other, joined to the inserting portion by means of a weakened portion.
  • the container also exhibits a coupling portion defined by a tab integrally joined to the free edge of the storage, V-folded inside the storage itself.
  • a pocket is defined for receiving the coupling portion in the closed condition of the container: the tabs, in the closed condition, the tabs are configured to fit into the pocket and constrain to the coupling portion in such a way as to lock the closure tab to the storage.
  • the flaps are configured for detaching from the inserting portion.
  • the container described in the aforementioned application is an improvement with respect to the seal systems described above, at least in relation to product costs.
  • the tamper-evident safety system of the application BE410524A does not allow clear evidence if the container has been previously tampered with: the user must be able to notice the container tampering only on the basis of the perceived resistance which opposes the opening of the container.
  • a second example described in patent application WO2015170203A1 of the same Applicant, relates to a tamper-evident container of sheet material exhibiting a storage provided with an opening delimited by a free edge.
  • the container comprises a closing system associated to the free edge of the storage and movable by rotation around the latter between a closed condition and an open condition of the container.
  • the container comprises a security device exhibiting a first coupling portion associated with the closing system and a second coupling portion arranged inside the storage; the first and the second coupling portions are configured for engaging under a first closed condition of the container.
  • the security device further comprises a removable portion defined by at least one between said first and second coupling portions; the removable portion is configured for breaking and separating from the container under a first opening condition of the latter immediately following the first closed condition.
  • a through opening is present on the storage, enabling the display of the removable portion.
  • the object of the present invention therefore is to substantially solve the drawbacks and/or limitations of the above prior art.
  • a first object of the present invention is to provide a coupling system which can ensure a rapid and effective visual verification by the user of the integrity or tampering of the coupling system itself.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a tamper-evident coupling system having a tamper-evident security system which is easily armable (activatable) under a first closed condition thereof. It is a further object of the invention to provide a coupling system of simple and rapid manufacturing, which enables reducing product and production costs to a minimum.
  • An additional object is to facilitate and make the activation step of the coupling system more reliable during the automatic implementation process.
  • product it is instead meant an article or a mixture of articles of any kind.
  • product may also mean a package, for example, bearing a plurality of items.
  • paper material means paper or cardboard, optionally having at least 50% by weight, optionally at least 70% by weight, of organic material comprising one or more of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, derivatives of lignin.
  • the paper sheet material which may be used to manufacture the coupling system, the container or the envelope (optionally a band) may have a basis weight from 50 to 500 g/m 2 , in particular from 200 to 400 g/m 2 .
  • the subject paper material extends between a first and a second prevailing development surface.
  • the sheet paper material used for manufacturing the coupling system and the container can, in an embodiment variant, be covered for at least a part of the first and/or second prevalent development surface by a coating made of plastic material, for example a film, whose purpose is to reinforce the paper material.
  • the coating may also be employed to define a sort of water and/or humidity barrier, useful to avoid the weakening and loss of structurality of the coupling system and of the container (optionally of the envelope or the band) with consequent uncontrolled deformation of the paper material constituting the latter component.
  • the coating can be applied to the paper material in the form of a coating or varnish deposited from solution or sprayed, whose thickness is generally, without limitation, between 0.2 and 10 ⁇ m.
  • the coating may comprise a plastic film, for example, a polyethylene lining, which may be applied by means of a rolling process, on one or both sides of the paper material.
  • the values of the plastic film (coating) may, for example, vary from 5 to 400 ⁇ m, in particular, from 10 to 200 ⁇ m, even more in particular, from 10 to 100 ⁇ m, of coating material (i.e., polyethylene).
  • the plastic coating material may be selected, by way of example, from the following materials: PP, PE (HDPE, LDPE, MDPE, LLDPE), EVA, polyesters (including PET and PETg), PVdC.
  • the envelope (optionally the band or the container) may be made of at least partly plastic sheet material or, alternatively, at least partly made of plastic material and partly of paper material.
  • Reference numeral 1 overall indicates a tamper-evident coupling system of sheet material, for example, of paper material, associable to packages of various kinds - for example, containers, envelopes or bands also made of sheet material - for the containment and/or wrapping of products.
  • the coupling system 1 comprises a first base portion 11, a second base portion 12, a first coupling portion 13 borne by the first base portion 11, a second coupling portion 14 borne by the second base portion 12 and configured for cooperating with the first coupling portion 13.
  • the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 are configured for defining at least one arming condition in which the first and second coupling portions 13, 14 are stably engaged with each other.
  • the first base portion 11 comprises a sheet body spreading in thickness between a first and a second surface.
  • the first base portion 11 stably bears the first coupling portion 13.
  • the first coupling portion 13 is engaged at an end portion of the first base portion 11: such portions 11, 13 are reciprocally engaged to essentially define a single perimetral edge.
  • the first coupling portion 13 may be integrally joined to the first base portion 11 and it extends as a prolongation, seamlessly, with respect to said first base portion 11:
  • the first coupling portion 13 has a substantially arrow or trapezoidal shape. The possibility of manufacturing a first coupling portion 13 exhibiting a different shape, for example triangular or rectangular, is not excluded.
  • the first coupling portion 13 is also made of sheet material, for example paper sheet material, and extends in thickness between a first and a second surface.
  • the first surface of the first coupling portion 13 is directly connected and extends continuously without interruption to the first surface of the first base portion 11.
  • the second surface of the first coupling portion 13 is directly connected and extends continuously without interruption to the second surface of the first base portion 11.
  • the first coupling portion 13 comprises at least one hook 23 of sheet material defining at least an undercut portion delimited by a respective gripping edge 23a.
  • the first coupling portion 13 exhibits two respective hooks 23, symmetric to each other with respect to a mid-axis of the first coupling portion 13.
  • the two respective hooks 23 define two gripping edges 23a.
  • the coupling system 1 comprises at least one passage opening 28 defined on the first base portion 11 and/or on the first coupling portion 13 as shown in figures 1-4 , 17-25 .
  • the passage opening 28 has a rectangular shape, optionally it may have a circular, trapezoidal, triangular shape or a combination thereof.
  • the passage opening 28 may be arranged at the joining edge between the first base portion 11 and the first coupling portion 13.
  • the second base portion 12 comprises a sheet body extending in thickness between a first and a second surface (12a, 12b).
  • the second base portion 12 stably bears the second coupling portion 14.
  • the second coupling portion 14 is engaged at an end portion of the second base portion 12.
  • the second base portion is facing and at least partly in contact with a surface, in particular the second surface 12b of the second base portion 12.
  • the second coupling portion 14 is joined in one piece to an end portion of the second base portion 12 and bent above it so that said second coupling portion 14 faces the second base portion 12b.
  • the second coupling portion 14 comprises at least one hook 22 made of sheet material.
  • the hook 22 has a substantially "C" or "V" shape.
  • the hook 22 may have a rectangular, trapezoidal, circular or semicircular shape.
  • the hook 22 defines at least one undercut portion delimited by a gripping edge 22a, the latter having a substantially "V" shape, optionally a "C” shape, alternatively trapezoidal or semicircular.
  • the gripping edge 22a is laterally delimited by the two connecting edges of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 to a base body 25 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the gripping edge 22a is symmetrical with respect to a centerline axis passing through the same hook 22.
  • the second coupling portion 14 comprises a single undercut portion defining a single hook 22.
  • the second coupling portion 14 comprises a base body 25 which directly carries the hook 22 of the same second coupling portion 14; the hook 22 is integrally joined with the base body 25 and movable by rotation with respect to the latter.
  • the hook 22 is movable by rotation about an axis defined by the connecting edges 21 of the hook 22 itself.
  • the hook 22 is movable by rotation by angles of less than 90°, in particular between 0° and 70°, even more particularly between 0° and 45°. The rotation is measured starting from a configuration in which the hook 22 is substantially parallel to the second base portion 12 as shown in figure 7, 8 , 12 .
  • the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 and the base body 25 of the second coupling portion 14 may be integrally joined together to form a single body made of paper sheet material.
  • the second coupling portion 14 and the hook 22 face the second surface 12b of the second base portion 12.
  • the second coupling portion 14 is substantially parallel to the second base portion 12.
  • the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14 are integrally joined together to define a single folded sheet, in particular of paper material.
  • the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14 represent separate bodies and are joined together by means of an adhesive material.
  • the hooks 23, 22 of the first and second coupling portion 13, 14, are configured to firmly engage with each other during the arming condition of the coupling system 1: the hooks 22, 23 - during the arming condition - have respective concavities facing each other.
  • the gripping edge 22a of the hook 22 and the respective gripping edges 23a of the respective hook 23 are configured for stably engaging with each other under the arming condition of the coupling system 1.
  • the coupling step of the hooks takes place by means of an initial contact condition between the first and second coupling portion 13, 14; in particular, the first coupling portion 13 is inserted in interposition between the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 and the second base portion 12: in this condition, the first coupling portion is slid onto the hook 22.
  • the first coupling portion 13 is pressed below the second coupling portion 14 so that the hook 23 (optionally the hooks 23) couples with the hook 22 defining the arming condition.
  • the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 are substantially aligned along a same coupling direction (see, for example, the sections in figures 8 , 10 , 13 , 19 , 28 ).
  • at least the first base portion 11 carrying the first coupling portion 13 is directly interposed between the second surface 12b of the second base portion 12 and the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 ( figures 1-20 ).
  • at least the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 is directly interposed between the second surface 12b of the second base portion 12 and the first coupling portion 13.
  • the second base portion 12 comprises an end portion 34 delimited by a perimetral edge 12c.
  • the end portion 34 is at or adjacent to the second coupling portion 14.
  • the second base portion 12 comprises two end portions 34, symmetrical to each other with respect to a centerline axis of the second coupling portion 14, wherein the second coupling portion 14 is interposed between the two end portions 34 delimited by perimetral edges 12c.
  • the end portion 34 has a vertical development substantially equal to that of the second coupling portion 14, such that the whole or at least most of the latter is interposed between the two end portions 34.
  • the coupling system 1 comprises at least one removable portion 15 of sheet material ( figures 1-5 , 12-13, 17-28 ) borne by at least one between the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14; the removable portion 15 is configured for separating from the coupling system 1 upon a first disengagement condition between the first and second coupling portions 13, 14 following the arming condition.
  • the separation of the removable portion 15 determines the impossibility of a following engagement between the first and second coupling portions 13, 14, so as to show a tampering of the coupling system 1.
  • a possible attempt to open or tamper with the coupling system 1, following the arming condition of said system 1 would determine the breaking and therefore the detachment of the removable portion 15 from the coupling system 1 itself.
  • the removable portion 15 it is possible to highlight the tampering of the coupling system 1 and inhibit a following anchoring between the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14.
  • the removable portion 15 may be carried by the second coupling portion 14.
  • the removable portion 15 is defined by the hook 22 and by the gripping edge 22a of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the second coupling portion 14 comprises a weakening element 26 which delimits the hook 22 and defines the removable portion 15.
  • the second coupling portion 14 has the weakening element 26 placed between the base body 25 and the hook 22, in particular at the connecting edge 21 between the hook 22 and the base body 25 of the second coupling portion.
  • the removable portion 15 defined by the hook 22 exhibits two weakening elements 26.
  • the weakening element 26 of the removable portion 15 enables the separation of the removable portion 15 from the base body 25 of the second coupling portion 14 during a first opening attempt of the coupling system 1 upon the arming condition, so as to highlight the tampering thereof and impede a following arming condition.
  • the removable portion 15 defined by the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 may exhibit a projection 30, shown in figures 1-13 and 17-20 , configured for allowing the user a tactile perception of the removable portion 15 itself.
  • the projection 30 is made of sheet material and exhibits a substantially triangular shape, optionally it exhibits a trapezoidal, rectangular or semi-circular shape. In one embodiment, the removable portion 15 exhibits a single projection 30 of a triangular shape.
  • the removable portion 15 may have two or more projections 30.
  • the projection 30 of the removable portion 15 enables visually-impaired users to verify the presence of the removable portion 15 by means of a tactile perception thereof and therefore to verify the integrity or the tampering of the coupling system 1.
  • the passage opening 28 allows the passage of the projection 30 of the removable portion 15 as shown in figures 4-8 , so as to allow the tactile perception thereof by the user.
  • the removable portion 15 may be defined by at least one part of the first coupling portion 13, in particular the removable portion 15 is defined by the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13. In greater detail, the removable portion 15 is defined by two respective hooks 23 of the first coupling portion 13.
  • the first coupling portion 13 comprises a weakening element 26 which delimits the respective hook 23 and defines the removable portion 15.
  • the first coupling portion 13 has a weakening element 26 between a base body 27 of the base portion 11 and the respective hook 23 so that the latter can define the removable portion 15.
  • the weakening element 26 of the first or second coupling portion 13, 14 may by defined by one or more cuts passing through the sheet material, an incision of the sheet material, a local squashing of the sheet material.
  • the weakening element 26 enables the separation of the removable portion 15 from the coupling system 1, allowing to show the tampering following a first arming condition of the coupling system 1 itself.
  • the coupling system 1 further comprises at least one through opening 29 defined at least on the second base portion 12 as shown in figures 1 , 7-10, 17-21, 26-27 .
  • the through opening 29 is delimited by a cut edge 33 defined on the second base portion 12 on which it defines a downward movement starting from the perimetral edge 12c.
  • the cut edge 33 extends without interruption starting from the perimetral edge 12c to define the depression on the second base portion 12.
  • said depression has an open outline.
  • said depression has a closed outline spaced from the perimetral edge 12c of the second base portion 12.
  • the depression defined by the through opening 29 may comprise a first and at least a second depression 29a, 29b.
  • the first depression 29a enables the display of the removable portion 15, in particular according to a front perspective with respect to the first surface 12a of the second base portion 12.
  • the first depression 29a faces, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1, to the removable portion 15.
  • the first depression 29a faces, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1, to the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the first depression 29a is delimited at a bottom portion by a first bottom segment 33a of the cut edge 33, determining, with respect to the perimetral edge 12c, a depth of the first depression 29a.
  • the first abutment has a substantially rectangular shape, optionally trapezoidal, circular or a combination thereof.
  • the second depression 29b enables the display of at least one weakening element 26, in particular according to a front perspective with respect to the first surface 12a of the second base portion 12.
  • the second depression 29 also enables the display of at least part of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the second depression 29b enables the display of the weakening element 26 and at least part of the removable portion 15, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1.
  • the second depression 29b is therefore facing, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1, at least one of the weakening elements 26.
  • the second depression 29b is delimited at a bottom portion by a second bottom segment 33b of the cut edge 33, determining, with respect to the perimetral edge 12c, a depth of the second depression 29b greater than the maximum depth of the first depression 29a.
  • the second depression 29b has a substantially "U" shape, optionally having a rectangular, trapezoidal, circular shape or a combination thereof.
  • the coupling system 1 may have (as shown) two second depressions 29b delimited at a bottom portion by two second bottom segments 33b of the cut edge 33, wherein the two second depressions 29b are mutually symmetrical with respect to an axis passing through the centerline of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the two second depressions 29b are opposed to each other with respect to the first depression 29a.
  • the first and second depressions 29a, 29b are in communication with each other to define a single access passing through the second base portion 12.
  • a second base portion 12 is shown, integrally joined to the second coupling portion 14; in this configuration, the through opening 29 is defined at the joining edge between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the through opening 29 is positioned at a centerline axis of the second coupling portion 14 and is symmetrical with respect to the same axis.
  • the second base portion 12 comprises a protuberance 31 at least partly facing the second coupling portion 14 which extends on the second base portion 12 in a central area below the first bottom segment 33a of the cut edge 33.
  • the protuberance 31 is configured for inhibiting, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1, the display of the undercut portion of the first and/or second coupling portion 13, 14 with respect to a front perspective with respect of the first surface 12a of the second base portion 12.
  • the protuberance 31 is configured for inhibiting, at least in the arming condition of the coupling system 1, at least part of the gripping edge 22a of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the protuberance 31 delimits at least in part the first and second depressions 29a, 29b of the through opening 29.
  • the coupling system 1 further comprises at least one supporting portion 16 ( figures 1-6 , 8, 10, 19 ) of sheet material and constrained to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the supporting portion 16 is configured, at least during an initial step of putting in contact the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 of the coupling system 1 before the arming condition, for sustaining at least part of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the supporting portion 16 comprises a reciprocal coupling portion 17, as shown in figures 5-6 , overlapping and stably constrained to at least one respective reciprocal coupling portion 18 of at least one selected from the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the reciprocal coupling portion 17, constrained to the respective reciprocal coupling portion 18, enables the supporting portion 16 to keep a substantially fixed position, reducing the possibility of a distancing rotation of the supporting portion 16 itself with respect to the second coupling portion 14 or to the second base portion 12.
  • said constraint increases a flexural stiffness of the supporting portion 16 and in particular it reduces the flexion of the supporting portion 16, considering the same load applied, when distancing with respect to the second base portion 12 or the second coupling portion 14.
  • the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the supporting portion 16 is fastened by means of adhesive material to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the reciprocal coupling portion 17 defines a surface of the supporting portion 16 stuck to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the supporting portion 16 is defined at a bottom area 20 of the supporting portion 16.
  • the supporting portion 16 comprises two reciprocal coupling portions 17, in particular symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal development path of the supporting portion 16, in which the two reciprocal coupling portions 17 are constrained to two respective reciprocal coupling portions 18 of the second base portion 12, as shown in the accompanying figures.
  • the supporting portion 16 comprises a thrusting portion 19 ( figures 1-6 , 8, 19 ) emerging from the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the same supporting portion 16 and configured for receiving the second coupling portion 14 in contact.
  • the thrusting portion 19 emerges from the bottom portion 20 of the supporting portion 16 along a longitudinal development trajectory of the supporting portion 16 itself and exhibits a rectangular, optionally trapezoidal or triangular or semi-circular shape.
  • said longitudinal development trajectory is placed in the mid-axis of the supporting portion 16, so that the longitudinal development trajectory defines a symmetry axis of the supporting portion 16.
  • the thrusting portion 19 is configured for supporting at least part of the second coupling portion 14, in particular during an initial contact step (clearly shown in the section in figure 19 ) between the first and second coupling portion 13, 14 of the coupling system 1 before the arming condition (shown in figure 8 ).
  • the thrusting portion 19 and the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the supporting portion 16 may be integrally joined defining a tab of sheet material.
  • the thrusting portion 19 is not directly constrained to the first coupling portion 13, to the second coupling portion 14, to the first base portion 11 and to the second base portion 12.
  • the thrusting portion 19 is joined to the supporting portion 16 by using an adhesive material.
  • the supporting portion 16 is positioned in such a way that the second coupling portion 14 is interposed between the second base portion 12 and the supporting portion 16 itself.
  • the second coupling portion 14, the second base portion 12 and the supporting portion 16 are substantially parallel to one another, at least in an arming condition of the coupling system.
  • the second coupling portion 14, the second base portion 12 and the supporting portion 16 are obtained by the multiple folding of a single sheet, in particular of paper material.
  • Figure 8 shows a section of the coupling system 1 depicted in figure 7 in a first arming condition, highlighting the substantial parallelism between the second base portion 12, the second coupling portion 14 and the supporting portion 16.
  • the supporting portion 16 comprises a weakening portion 24 configured for allowing the supporting portion 16 to define a holding operating condition and a releasing operating condition.
  • the weakening portion 24 may be defined by means of one or more cuts, incisions or veinings of the sheet material bearing the supporting portion 16.
  • the supporting portion 16 exhibits two weakening portions 24, in particular, symmetrical to each other with respect to a mid-axis of the coupling system 1.
  • the holding operative condition shown in figure 18 and in the corresponding section in figure 19 , is defined during an initial step of the arming condition under which the first coupling portion 13 rests against the second coupling portion 14, in which the weakening portion 24 is intact and enables the supporting portion 16 itself to sustain the second coupling portion 14 limiting the movement thereof.
  • the thrusting portion 19 of the supporting portion 16 enables sustaining the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the thrusting portion 19 of the supporting portion 16 exerts a pressure on the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 to increase a flexural stiffness thereof.
  • the supporting portion 16, in particular the thrusting portion 19, is therefore configured, under the holding operating condition, for limiting the angular displacement of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 to values below 90°, in particular from 0° to 70°, even more in particular from 0° to 45°.
  • Said angular values are measured as rotation of the hook 22 away from the second base portion 12.
  • the angular displacement is understood as the relative rotation of the hook 22 considered between an initial position of the hook 22 shown in figures 1-3 and 21-22 , before the holding operative condition, essentially aligned with the base body 25 and optionally parallel to the second base portion 12, and a final position which the hook 22 may assume under the holding operative condition.
  • the support provided by the supporting portion 16, in particular, by the thrusting portion 19, allows to obtain greater security and efficacy during the initial arming step of the coupling system 1, in particular, during the nearing and putting in contact of the first coupling portion 13 and the second coupling portion 14 ( figures 18 and 19 ).
  • the thrusting portion 19 prevents a possible overturning of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 due to the thrusting force exerted by the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13 during the initial anchoring step of the coupling system 1.
  • the releasing operative condition is defined at least under the arming condition in which the total or partial breaking of the weakening portion 24 occurs, so that the supporting portion 16 may enable a greater movement of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 with respect to the holding operative condition.
  • the weakening portion 24 is configured for allowing the passage of the supporting portion 16 from the holding operative condition to the releasing one during the definition of the arming condition of the coupling system 1.
  • the release operative condition defines a reduction in the bending stiffness of the supporting portion 16, in particular the release operative condition reduces the thrust exerted by the thrusting portion 19 on the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 during the arming condition.
  • the supporting portion 16, under the releasing operating condition is configured for enabling an angular displacement of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 greater than the angular displacement enabled under the holding operating condition.
  • the greater freedom of movement of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 under the releasing operative condition, with respect to the holding operative condition, increases the security of the coupling system 1, since it makes the tampering thereof more difficult.
  • the releasing operative condition follows the holding operative step.
  • the supporting portion 16 in addition to acting as a support element for the second coupling portion 14, may perform the signaling function to more clearly show a tampering of the coupling system 1. As previously described, due to the possibility of verifying the lack of the removable portion 15, it is possible to signal a possible tampering of the system 1.
  • the supporting portion 16 is adjacent to the removable portion; it is therefore possible to arrange a marker on the supporting portion 16 (for example, a change of color with respect to the removable portion 15) so that, in , the absence of the removable portion 15, the supporting portion 16 may highlight, by means of the marker, the absence of said removable portion 15.
  • the supporting portion 16 may act as a marker both in case the removable portion 15 is defined on the second coupling portion 14 (the supporting portion would be visible at least from the indentation 29 and/or from the through opening 28) and in case it is defined on the first coupling portion 13 (the supporting portion would be visible at least from the indentation 29 of the second base portion).
  • the coupling system 1 previously described in each embodiment thereof may be coupled to a container 100 as shown in figures 7-10 and 20 .
  • the container 100 comprise at least one storage 2 defining an internal volume 3 configured for housing products, for example pills, tablets or blister packs (the products are not shown); the storage 2 essentially represents the compartment suitable for housing and supporting the products.
  • the storage 2 comprises a predetermined number of lateral walls 4 defining at least one passage opening 5 delimited by a free edge 6: the passage opening 5 is configured for putting in communication the internal volume 3 of the storage 2 with the external environment.
  • a configuration of the storage 2 is shown by way of a non-limiting example, exhibiting two opposite passage openings 5 with respect to the storage 2 itself, so that the latter may substantially define a duct or tube laterally delimited by the wall 4 and open at the longitudinal ends.
  • the possibility of manufacturing, for example, a storage 2 exhibiting a single passage opening 5 or even a number of openings 5 greater than two (conditions not shown in the accompanying Figures) is not excluded.
  • a storage 2 is shown which for example has a rectangular prismatic shape (flat lateral walls 4 having a rectangular shape). However, the possibility of manufacturing a storage 2 having a different shape, for example square, trapezoidal or cylindrical, is not excluded.
  • the storage 2 is made of sheet material and is obtained, for example, by means of folding. In one embodiment, the storage 2 is made of paper sheet material (paper or cardboard).
  • the container 100 comprises the coupling system 1 previously described.
  • the first base portion 11 is rotatably constrained to the free edge 6 of the storage 2: the first coupling portion 13 is borne by the first base portion 11 so that this latter is interposed between the free edge 6 of the storage 2 and the first coupling portion 13.
  • the first base portion 11 and the first coupling portion 13 are movable, in particular, rotatably, with respect to the storage 2 and are configured for defining at least one closed condition in which at least part of the first base portion 11 interdicts the communication between the internal volume 3 of the storage 2 and the external environment.
  • the first base portion 11 and the first coupling portion 13 are further configured for defining an open condition in which the latter themselves enable the communication between the internal volume 3 and the external environment.
  • the first base portion 11 is integrally joined to the free edge 6 of the storage 2: in particular, the first base portion 11 is integrally joined to at least one lateral wall 4 of the storage 2 defining a single body of paper material.
  • the second base portion 12 of the coupling system 1 defines at least part of the lateral wall 4 of the storage 2, while the second coupling portion 14 is at least partially disposed in the internal volume 3 of said storage 2.
  • the coupling system 1, under a first closed condition of the container 100, is configured for defining the arming condition in which the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 are engaged with each other.
  • the coupling system 1 - under a first open condition of the container 100 following the first closed condition - is configured for defining the first disengagement condition under which the removable portion 15 is configured for separating from the coupling system 1 to show a tampering of the coupling system 1 itself and therefore of the container 100.
  • the first and second coupling portions are entirely arranged in the internal volume 3 of the storage 2, optionally spaced from the free edge 6.
  • the supporting portion 16 of the coupling system 1 is arranged, particularly in its entirety, in the storage 2 ( figures 8 , 10 , 13 ).
  • the supporting portion 16 of the coupling system 1 is entirely arranged in the internal volume 3 of the storage 2.
  • the supporting portion 16 is substantially parallel to at least one lateral wall 4, in particular, to the lateral wall 4 defined by the second base portion 12.
  • the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the supporting portion 16 is engaged with an internal surface of at least one lateral wall 4 of the storage 2 spaced from the free edge 6.
  • the thrusting portion 19 of the same supporting portion 16 extends from said reciprocal coupling portion 17 nearing the free edge 6, in particular, the thrusting portion 19 extends up to the free edge 6.
  • the first coupling portion 13 extends as a prolongation of the first base portion 11 from the opposite part to the storage 2, in which, under the first closed condition of the container 1 and therefore under the arming condition, the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 are configured for engaging with each other in the internal volume 3 of the storage 2.
  • the first base portion 11 comprises a closing portion 7 of sheet material directly engaged with the free edge 6 of the storage 2 and movable, in particular rotatably, with respect to the latter.
  • the closing portion 7 is adapted to delimit the opening 5 of the storage 2, so that, under the closed condition of the container 100, the closing portion 7 may interdict the passage from the internal volume 3 of the storage 2 to the external environment.
  • the closing portion 7 has a rectangular or square shape. However, the possibility that the closing portion may exhibit geometrical shapes other than those shown in the accompanying Figures is not excluded.
  • the first base portion 11 further comprises at least one inserting portion 8 configured for being inserted, under the closed condition of the container, inside the volume 3 of the storage 2.
  • the inserting portion 8 substantially comprises a plane body of sheet material having, by way of non-limiting example, a rectangular shape. As shown, for example, in the sectional view of Figure 8 , the inserting portion 8 extends between a first and a second prevalent development surface, respectively facing outwards (directly facing a lateral wall 4 of the storage 2) and towards an internal volume 3 of the storage 2.
  • the first development surface of the inserting portion 8 faces, in particular contacts, directly a part of a lateral wall 4 of the storage 2: the surface extends at least in part parallel to the wall 4 of the storage 2, in particular to a front wall of the storage 2 opposed to the wall directly connected to the closing portion 7.
  • the closure portion 7 and the coupling portion 8 have a reciprocal connection edge opposite to the free edge 2 of the storage 2 with respect to the closure portion 7 itself: the coupling portion 8 is movable by rotation with respect to the closure portion 7 around to this reciprocal connection edge.
  • the inserting portion 8, in the arming condition of the coupling system 1 is configured to define, according to a cross section and in cooperation with the closure portion 7, a substantially "L" shape: in this condition, the coupling portion 8 extends substantially parallel to a lateral wall 4 of the storage 2.
  • the closing portion 7 and the inserting portion 8 of the first base portion 11 are integrally joined defining a closing tab 9 of the container 100 made of sheet material, for example, paper.
  • the closing portion 7 and the inserting portion 8 are exhibited on each of the openings 5 of the container 100 so as to define the closing system.
  • the closing tab 9 is integrally joined to the free edge 6 of the storage 2 and, therefore, to at least one lateral wall 4 of the container 100.
  • a closing tab 9 exhibiting a rectangular shape, entirely countershaped to free edge 6, has been schematized.
  • the passage opening 28 of the coupling system 1 is defined on the closing portion 7 and/or on the inserting portion 8, and is arranged, under a closed condition of the container 100, in particular, at the removable portion 15 under the arming condition.
  • the passage opening 28, upon the arming condition of the coupling system 1 and before the first disengagement condition, is adapted to allow the passage of the projection 30 and, therefore, the exit thereof from the storage 2 ( figures 5-8 ).
  • the through opening 29 of the coupling system 1 is defined on at least one lateral wall 4 of the storage 2, so as to allow the weakening element 26 to be displayed at least during the arming condition of the coupling system 1.
  • the container 100 may further comprise at least one abutment portion 80 engaged on the free edge 6 of the storage 2 adjacent to the closing portion 7: the abutment portion 80, in the closed condition , is configured for being interposed between the internal volume 3 and the closing tab 9 so as to cooperate with the latter to keep it permanently in said closure condition.
  • the abutment portion 80 essentially comprises a plane tab of sheet material integrally joined to the free edge 6 of the storage 2 adjacent to the closing portion 7.
  • the abutment portion 80 has, without limitation, a rectangular or trapezoidal shape.
  • the abutment portion 80 is configured for rotating around the free edge 6 to face, at least in the closed condition of the container 1, towards the inside of the storage 2.
  • the abutment portion 80 is constrained to the free edge 6 so as to engage, in the closed condition of the container 100, at least part of the inserting portion 8 and/or of the closing portion 7 to stably keep the closing tab 9 in said condition.
  • the container 1 comprises two abutment portions 80 opposed to each other with respect to the closing tab 9: the latter is interposed between the two abutment portions 11. In such configuration, the two abutment portions 80 symmetrically work on the closing tab 9 to keep it stably under the closed condition.
  • the process for making the coupling system comprises the steps of: preparing at least one supporting portion 16 and constraining at least a portion of the supporting portion 16 to at least one of the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the step of preparing the first base portion 11 comprises a step of preparing a first sheet 51 on a plane surface and at least one step of cutting the first sheet 51 defining the first base portion 11.
  • the step of preparing the first coupling portion 13 comprises a step of preparing a second sheet 52 on a plane surface and a step of cutting the second sheet 52 defining the first coupling portion 13.
  • this cutting step defines the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13.
  • the cutting step defines the gripping edge 23a delimiting an undercut portion of the first coupling portion 13.
  • the first and the second sheet 51, 52 are integrally joined to form a single body.
  • the step of preparing the second base portion 12 comprises a step of preparing a third sheet 53 on a plane surface and a step of cutting the third sheet 53 defining the second base portion 12.
  • the step of preparing the second coupling portion 14 comprises a step of preparing a fourth sheet 54 on a plane surface and a step of cutting the fourth sheet 54 defining the second coupling portion 14.
  • said cutting step defines the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the cutting step defines the gripping edge 22a delimiting an undercut portion of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the step of preparing at least one through opening 29 on the second base portion 12 comprises a cutting step of the third sheet 53, optionally of the third and fourth sheet 53 -54, to define the through opening 29 itself.
  • the cutting step of the third sheet 53 defines the cut edge 33 delimiting the through opening 29.
  • the cutting step defines the depression delimited by the cut edge 33 of the through opening 29 on the second base portion 12.
  • the cutting step defines the first and second depressions 29a, 29b respectively delimited by the first and second bottom segments 33a, 33b of the cut edge 33.
  • the cutting step defines two second 29b delimited by two bottom segments 33b of the cut edge 33.
  • the step of preparing the supporting portion 16 comprises a step of preparing a fifth sheet 55 on a plane surface and a step of cutting the fifth sheet 55 defining the supporting portion 16.
  • the cutting step defines the reciprocal coupling portion 17 and the thrusting portion 19.
  • the third, the fourth and the fifth sheet 53, 54, 55 are integrally joined to form a single body.
  • the step of cutting the fifth sheet 55 defines the weakening portion 24 configured for allowing the supporting portion 16 the passage from the holding condition to the releasing one during the definition of the arming condition of the coupling system 1.
  • the preparation of the removable portion 15 comprises a cutting step of the second 52 or fourth sheet 54 to define the weakening element 26 of the removable portion 15; this cutting step involves at least one operation between punching, etching, shearing and/or laser cutting of the first or second coupling portion 13, 14.
  • the step of constraining at least one part of the supporting portion 16 to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14 comprises a step of sticking the supporting portion 16 to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the step of constraining provides for the sticking of the reciprocal coupling portion 17 of the supporting portion 16 to the respective reciprocal coupling portion 18 of at least a selected one of the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14.
  • the sticking step provides for a step of dispensing adhesive material on at least one between the first, fourth and fifth sheet 51, 54, 55.
  • the sticking step provides for a step of dispensing adhesive material on at least one between the first and fifth sheet 51, 55.
  • the step of constraining at least one part of the supporting portion 16 to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14 comprises a step of anchoring the supporting portion 16 to at least one between the second base portion 12 and the second coupling portion 14, by means of at least one operation selected between deformation, cutting and pressing of at least one between the first, fourth and fifth sheet 51, 54, 55.
  • the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sheet may be of paper sheet material.
  • the step of preparing the storage 2 comprises a step of preparing a sixth sheet 56 comprising at least one first and one second portion 57, 59 interconnected with a central connecting portion 58.
  • the sixth sheet 56 further comprises at least one first and one second lateral connecting portion 60, 61, in which the central connecting portion 58 is interposed between the first and the second portion 57, 59, the first portion 57 is interposed between the first lateral connecting portion 60 and the central connecting portion 58, the second portion 59 is interposed between the second lateral connecting portion 61 and the central connecting portion 58.
  • Each of the portions 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 comprises at least two opposite longitudinal edges and two opposite end edges.
  • the first and second portions 57, 59, central connecting portion 58 and said lateral connecting portions 60, 61 are joined along the longitudinal edges and aligned along a single connection direction.
  • the step of preparing the storage 2 further comprises a step of folding the sixth sheet 56, joining the lateral connecting portions 60, 61, to form the storage 2 exhibiting the passage opening 5 delimited by at least one free edge 6.
  • the lateral connecting portions 60, 61 are joined to each other by means of adhesive material.
  • the step of preparing the storage 2 further comprises the step of preparing a seventh sheet 62 exhibiting at least one portion 63 connected to at least one central and/or lateral connecting portion of the sixth sheet 56 and emerging with respect to the latter.
  • the portion 63 of the seventh sheet 62 is adapted to form a resting portion 80 of the container 100.
  • the first base portion 11 and the first coupling portion 13 of the first and second sheets 51, 52 are joined to form the closing portion 7 and the inserting portion 8, respectively, of the closing tab 9 of container 100.
  • the third sheet 53 defining the second base portion 12 of the second coupling portion 14 of the coupling system 1 is integrally joined to form a single body with at least one of the first and the second portion 57, 59 of the sixth sheet 56, in particular the third sheet 53 emerges from the longitudinal edges of the sixth sheet 56.
  • the first sheet 51 defining the first base portion 11 of the coupling system 1 is integrally joined to form a single body with at least one of the first and the second portion 57, 59 of the sixth sheet 56, in particular in which said first sheet 51 emerges from the longitudinal end edges of the sixth sheet 56.
  • the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sheet may be integrally joined to one another defining a single body of sheet material, in particular of paper sheet material.
  • the process comprises a step of separately preparing the first coupling portion 13 and the second coupling portion 14 and a further step of exerting a reciprocal pressure between the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 defining an initial contact condition of the coupling system 1.
  • Such process comprising the step of engaging the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 defining the arming condition.
  • the step of exerting a mutual pressure between the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 comprises a substep of nearing the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13 to the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14, and of putting in contact, optionally pressing, the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13 at the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the respective hook 23, during the step of exerting a reciprocal thrust may be interposed between the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 and the second base portion 12.
  • the step of exerting a reciprocal pressure between the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 comprises a step in which the thrusting portion 19 receives against it, to sustain it, the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14.
  • the latter step corresponds to the holding operative condition of the supporting portion 16.
  • the step of engaging the first and the second coupling portions 13, 14 comprises the steps of inserting the respective hook 23 of the first coupling portion 13 at the gripping edge 22a of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14, and of defining the grip between the undercut portions of the first and of the second coupling portion 13, 14 respectively delimited by the gripping edges 23a, 22a.
  • the latter step corresponds to the releasing operative condition, in particular in which the total or partial breaking of the weakening portion 24 of the supporting portion 16 occurs, enabling an upper movement of the hook 22 of the second coupling portion 14 with respect to the holding operative condition.

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