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EP3929098A1
EP3929098A1 EP20182462.0A EP20182462A EP3929098A1 EP 3929098 A1 EP3929098 A1 EP 3929098A1 EP 20182462 A EP20182462 A EP 20182462A EP 3929098 A1 EP3929098 A1 EP 3929098A1
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packaging
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Richard SCHALK
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Smurfit Kappa Services Ltd
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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
    • B65D5/38—Drawer-and-shell type containers
    • 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
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02—Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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  • This invention relates to packaging, and in particular to box-type packaging with improved child resistance to opening.
  • packaging comprising a sleeve having an open end, a tray slideably received within the sleeve between a closed position, wherein an article located in the tray is enclosed within the sleeve, a front wall of the tray closing said open end of the sleeve, and an open position, wherein the tray extends from the open end of the sleeve to provide access to said article, a selectively releasable latch being provided acting between the tray and the sleeve, said latch preventing the withdrawal of the tray from its closed position within the sleeve when in a latched configuration, a tab or aperture being provided on an outer panel of the sleeve, said tab or aperture being adapted to permit manipulation of the latch to an unlatched configuration to allow the tray to be slid to its open position.
  • said latch comprises a first locking element defined by a first sub-panel of the tray and a second locking element defined by a first sub-panel of the sleeve, said first and second locking elements comprising opposing interfering locking edges which engage one another to prevent withdrawal of the tray from its closed position within the sleeve when the latch is in its latched configuration and which locking edges are disengaged from one another to allow the tray to slide out of the sleeve towards its open position when the latch is in its unlatched configuration.
  • inward pressure can be applied to said first locking element via said tab or aperture provided on said outer panel of the sleeve to disengage said interfering locking edges from one another to release the latch to its unlatched configuration and allow the tray to be slid to its open position.
  • the first sub-panel of the tray defining said first locking element comprises a first locking flap defined in a bottom panel of the tray, said first locking flap being defined by at least one cut line terminating at either end of a fold line, said fold line extending substantially parallel to the front wall of the tray, said first locking flap being folded about said fold line to overly a lower face of the bottom panel of the tray and extend towards said front wall of the tray.
  • the first sub-panel of the sleeve defining said second locking element may comprise a second locking flap hingedly attached to a bottom panel of the sleeve at the open end of the sleeve and extending into the sleeve from said open end of the sleeve, such that said second locking flap defines a double thickness portion of the sleeve.
  • the outer panel of the sleeve within which the tab or aperture may be provided comprising the bottom panel of the sleeve, said tab or aperture being arranged to be substantially aligned with said first locking flap when the tray is in its closed position within the sleeve such that a user can push upwardly on said first locking flap, via said tab or aperture, to disengage said interfering locking edges of the first and second locking elements from one another, such that the latch is in its unlatched configuration to allow the tray to be slid to its open position.
  • the first sub-panel of the tray defining said first locking element may comprise a first locking flap defined in a side panel of the tray, said first locking flap being defined by at least one cut line terminating at either end of a fold line, said fold line extending substantially parallel to the front wall of the tray, said first locking flap being folded about said fold line to overly an outer face of the side panel of the tray and extend towards said front wall of the tray, the first sub-panel of the sleeve defining said second locking element comprising a second locking flap hingedly attached to a side panel of the sleeve at the open end of the sleeve and extending into the sleeve from said open end of the sleeve, such that said second locking flap defines a double thickness portion of the sleeve, said tab or aperture being arranged in said side panel of the sleeve to be substantially aligned with said first locking flap when the tray is in its closed position within the sleeve such that a user can push inwardly on said first
  • the first locking flap may comprise a trapezoidal, more preferably quadrilateral shaped panel, the at least one cut line defining three sides of said first locking flap and said fold line defining a fourth side thereof. Further cut and/or fold lines may be formed in the bottom panel of the tray to define a recess into which the locking edge of said first locking flap may pass to allow disengagement of said interfering locking edges of the first and second locking elements from one another.
  • the recess may be defined by a further flap defined in the bottom panel of the tray hingedly coupled to the remainder of the bottom panel via a fold line extending parallel to the fold line of the first locking flap.
  • the tray may further comprise a base panel overlying the bottom panel and upon which articles to be held in the tray may be placed.
  • the cut out portion of the bottom panel has a width less than the width of the tray.
  • the front wall of the tray may incorporate a tab, aperture or other formation which may serve as a handle to facilitate opening, whereby the tab can pulled to slide the tray out of the sleeve towards its open position at the same time as the latch is manipulated to its unlatched configuration.
  • the packaging is made from paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material.
  • the sleeve and the tray may be formed from respective one piece blanks of paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material.
  • a first one piece blank for forming the sleeve of the packaging of the first aspect of the invention, said first one piece blank comprising: a row of first, second, third and fourth sleeve wall panels hingedly connected about first to third parallel hinge lines, said first sleeve wall panel defining a bottom panel of the sleeve, said second and fourth sleeve wall panels defining side walls of the sleeve and said third sleeve wall panel defining a top panel of the sleeve, a first sleeve flap being connected to a first end of said first sleeve wall panel about a fifth hinge line perpendicular to said first to third hinge line wherein said first sleeve flap forms said second locking element when folded over the first sleeve wall panel to extend into the sleeve from said open end of the sleeve such that said first sleeve flap defines a double thickness portion of the first sleeve
  • a connecting panel may be hingedly connected to the first sleeve wall panel about a fourth hinge line parallel to said first to third hinge lines for connecting to the fourth sleeve wall panel to form said sleeve.
  • a tab or aperture for manipulation of the latch to an unlatched configuration to allow the tray to be slid to its open position may be provided in said first sleeve wall panel.
  • the first one piece blank may further comprise second, third and fourth sleeve flaps respectively connected to a first end of said second, third and fourth sleeve wall panels about respective sixth to eighth hinge lines perpendicular to said first to fourth hinge lines and parallel to said fifth hinge line, wherein said second to fourth sleeve flaps are arranged to be folded over the respective sleeve wall panel to extend into the sleeve from said open end of the sleeve to define double thickness portions of the sleeve.
  • Fifth to eighth sleeve flaps may be respectively connected to a second end of said first, second, third and fourth sleeve wall panels about respective ninth to twelfth hinge lines perpendicular to said first to fourth hinge lines, said fifth to eighth sleeve flaps being adapted to be assembled to form a closed end of the sleeve.
  • a second one piece blank for forming the tray of the packaging of the first aspect of the invention, said second one piece blank comprising a row of first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six tray wall panels hingedly connected about first to fifth parallel hinge lines, said first tray wall panel defining a base panel of the tray, said second and third tray wall panels defining together a double thickness front wall of the tray, said fourth tray wall panel defining a bottom panel of the tray, said fifth and six tray wall panels defining together a double thickness rear wall of the tray, seventh and eighth tray wall panels being respectively hingedly connected to the fourth tray wall panel about respective six and seventh parallel hinge lines, perpendicular to said first to fifth hinge lines, such that said seventh and eighth tray wall panels define lateral side walls of the tray.
  • Each of said seventh and eighth tray wall panels may be provided with respective connecting panels hingedly connected to either end thereof, wherein said connecting panels are adapted to be received between said second and third tray wall panels and said fifth and six tray wall panels when the second one piece blank is assembled into the tray with said first tray wall panel defining said base panel overlying said fourth tray wall panel defining the bottom panel of the tray, wherein said first locking flap defining said first locking element is defined within said fourth tray wall panel.
  • Said further cut and/or fold lines defining a recess into which the locking edge of said first locking flap may pass may be formed in the fourth tray wall panel adjacent said first flap.
  • a box-type packaging with improved child resistance to opening in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, and as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 , comprises a sleeve 2 having an open end, a tray 4 slideably received within the sleeve 2 between a closed position, wherein an article located in the tray is enclosed within the sleeve 2, a front wall 6 of the tray 4 closing the open end of the sleeve, and an open position, wherein the tray 4 extends from the open end of the sleeve 2 to provide access to the article.
  • a selectively releasable latch is provided acting between the sleeve 2 and the tray 4, the latch preventing the withdrawal of the tray 4 from its closed position within the sleeve 2 when in a latched configuration.
  • the latch comprises a first locking flap 8 defined in a bottom panel 10 of the tray 4 and a second locking flap 12 hingedly attached to a bottom panel 14 of the sleeve 2 at the open end of the sleeve 2 and extending into the sleeve from said open end, such that said second locking flap 12 defines a double thickness portion of the sleeve, said first and second locking flaps 8,12 having opposing interfering locking edges which engage one another to prevent withdrawal of the tray from its closed position within the sleeve when the latch is in its latched configuration and which locking edges are disengaged from one another to allow the tray to slide out of the sleeve towards its open position when the latch is in its unlatched configuration.
  • the first locking flap 8 is defined by cut lines 16 in the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4 terminating at either end of a fold line 18, said fold line 18 extending substantially parallel to the front wall 6 of the tray 4, the first locking flap 8 being folded about said fold line 18 to overly a lower face of the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4 and extend towards the front wall 6 of the tray 4.
  • the second locking flap 12 comprises is hingedly attached to the bottom panel 14 of the sleeve 2 at the open end of the sleeve 2 and extends into the sleeve 2 from said open end thereof, such that said second locking flap 12 defines a double thickness portion of the sleeve 2.
  • An operating tab 20 is provided in the bottom panel 14 of the sleeve 2, said operating tab 20 being arranged to be substantially aligned with the first locking flap 8 when the tray 4 is in its closed position within the sleeve 2 such that a user can push upwardly on the operating tab 20 to push the first locking flap 8 upwardly and disengage the interfering locking edges of the first and second locking flaps 8,12 from one another, such that the latch is in its unlatched configuration to allow the tray 4 to be pulled out of the sleeve 2 towards its open position.
  • a further tab 22 is provided in the front wall 6 of the tray 4 to act as a handle with which a user can pull the tray 4 out of the sleeve 2.
  • the first locking flap 8 comprises a quadrilateral shaped panel, the cut lines 16 defining three sides of the first locking flap 8 and said fold line defining a fourth side thereof.
  • FIG. 10 of the tray 4 Further cut and/or fold lines are preferably formed in the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4 to define a recess 24 into which the locking edge of said first locking flap 8 may pass when pushed upwardly by the operating tab 20, to facilitate disengagement of said interfering locking edges of the first and second locking flaps 8,12 from one another.
  • the recess 24 may be defined by a further flap defined in the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4, hingedly coupled to the remainder of the bottom panel 10 via a fold line extending parallel to the fold line 18 of the first locking flap 8.
  • the tray 4 preferably includes a base panel 26 overlying the bottom panel 10 and upon which articles to be held in the tray 4 may be placed.
  • the packaging is made from paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material, the sleeve 2 and the tray 4 preferably being formed from respective one piece blanks.
  • a first one piece blank 100 adapted to form the sleeve 2 of the packaging of Figures 1 to 3 preferably comprises a row of first 101, second 102, third 103 and fourth 104 sleeve wall panels hingedly connected about first to third parallel hinge lines, the first sleeve wall panel 101 defining the bottom panel 14 of the sleeve 2, said second and fourth sleeve wall panels 102,104 defining side walls of the sleeve 2 and said third sleeve wall panel 103 defining a top panel of the sleeve 2.
  • a connecting panel 105 may be hingedly connected to the first sleeve wall panel 101 about a fourth hinge line parallel to said first to third hinge lines for connecting to the fourth sleeve wall panel 104 to form the sleeve 2.
  • a first sleeve flap 106 is connected to a first end of said first sleeve wall panel 101 about a fifth hinge line perpendicular to said first to fourth hinge lines, wherein said first sleeve flap 106 forms said second locking flap 12 of the latch when folded over the first sleeve wall panel 101 to extend into the sleeve 2 from its open end, such that the first sleeve flap 106 defines a double thickness portion of the sleeve 2.
  • the blank 100 further comprise second, third and fourth sleeve flaps 107,108,109 respectively connected to a first end of said second, third and fourth sleeve wall panels 102,103,104 about respective sixth to eighth hinge lines perpendicular to said first to fourth hinge lines and parallel to said fifth hinge line, whereby the second to fourth sleeve flaps 107,108,109 are arranged to be folded over the respective sleeve wall panels 102,103,104 to extend into the sleeve 2 from its open end to define, together with the first sleeve flap 106, a double thickness mouth portion of the sleeve 2.
  • the operating tab 20 for manipulation of the latch to an unlatched configuration to allow the tray to be slid to its open position is defined in said first sleeve wall panel 101.
  • Fifth to eighth sleeve flaps 110,111,112,113 are respectively connected to a second end of said first, second, third and fourth sleeve wall panels 101,102,103,104 about respective ninth to twelfth hinge lines perpendicular to said first to fourth hinge lines, wherein said fifth to eighth sleeve flaps 110,111,112,113 are adapted to be assembled to form a closed end of the sleeve 2.
  • the tray 4 of the packaging of Figures 1 to 3 can be assembled from a second one piece blank 200, the second blank 200 comprising a row of first, second, third, fourth, fifth and six tray wall panels 201,202,203,204,205,206 hingedly connected about first to fifth parallel hinge lines.
  • the first tray wall panel 201 defines the base panel 26 of the tray 4. It is envisaged that the first tray wall panel 201 defining the base panel 26 of the tray may be formed as a separate panel to be placed within the assembled tray 4.
  • the second and third tray wall panels 202,203 may define together a double thickness front wall 6 of the tray 4, the fourth tray wall panel 204 defining the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4, the fifth and six tray wall panels 205,206 defining together a double thickness rear wall of the tray 4.
  • Seventh and eighth tray wall panels 207,208 are preferably respectively hingedly connected to the fourth tray wall panel about respective six and seventh parallel hinge lines, perpendicular to said first to fifth hinge lines, such that said seventh and eighth tray wall panels 207,208 define lateral side walls of the tray 4 when assembled.
  • Each of said seventh and eighth tray wall panels 207,208 are provided with respective connecting panels 209,210,211,212 hingedly connected to either end thereof, the connecting panels 209,210,211,212 being adapted to be received between said second and third tray wall panels 202,203 and said fifth and six tray wall panels 205,206 when the second one piece blank 200 is assembled into the tray 4, with said first tray wall panel 201 defining said base panel 26 overlying said fourth tray wall panel 204 defining the bottom panel 10 of the tray 4.
  • the first locking flap 8 and the further cut and/or fold lines defining the recess 24 into which the locking edge of said first locking flap 8 may pass are defined within the fourth tray wall panel 104.
  • first and second locking elements defining the latch are defined as being provided in the bottom panel of the tray and bottom panel of the sleeve respectively in the embodiment described above it is envisaged that the first and second locking elements defining the latch may be provided in a side wall of the sleeve and an adjacent side wall of the tray respectively.
  • the operating tab may be provided in said side wall of the sleeve to interact with the second locking element located in said side wall of the tray to allow manipulation of the latch to its unlatched configuration.

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