GB2304328A - Transit and display pack - Google Patents

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GB2304328A
GB2304328A GB9516857A GB9516857A GB2304328A GB 2304328 A GB2304328 A GB 2304328A GB 9516857 A GB9516857 A GB 9516857A GB 9516857 A GB9516857 A GB 9516857A GB 2304328 A GB2304328 A GB 2304328A
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Bryan Concah
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Smurfit Kappa Corrugated UK 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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/52—External stands or display elements for contents
    • 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
    • B65D5/02—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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
    • B65D5/16—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 by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body the tubular body being formed with an aperture or removable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents through one or more sides
    • 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
    • B65D5/54—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing
    • B65D5/5405—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form
    • B65D5/542—Lines of weakness to facilitate opening of container or dividing it into separate parts by cutting or tearing for opening containers formed by erecting a blank in tubular form the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/68—Telescope flanged lids

Abstract

A transit and display pack has a display tray 1 with removable display area 6 and a transit hood 2 to properly protect the tray and its contents during transit. The hood is locked in position over the tray by the alignment of lugs 3 and locking slits 4, and the tray lugs are then folded and releasably secured directly or indirectly to the hood flaps 8 for security in transit. Opening devices 5 or 10 are provided in the hood to help release the securing means, allowing the hood to be lifted off the tray. The tray is now free to be placed at the point of sale eg a supermarket shelf, and the removable display section pulled free.

Description

TRANSIT AND DISPLAY PACK This invention relates to a combined transit and display pack.
Transit packs are packs which contain and protect their contents whilst they are being transported. Display trays are designed to display their contents at the point of sale. A transit and display pack combines all these characteristics. Frequently the transit pack is converted to display by tearing along perforations or pulling specially incorporated tear tape devices, or by the use of knives to open the pack. This is time consuming and may lead to unsightly damaged to the pack or its contents.
According to a first aspect of the present invention a transit and display pack comprises a display tray and a hood, the hood being arranged to extend over the tray, the tray and the hood including portions arranged to cooperate to at least partially assist in preventing inadvertent removal of the hood from the tray.
The hood and the tray may be arranged to cooperate with each other to restrict relative lateral movement.
The hood or tray may include a first foldable portion arranged to be moved to cooperate with the other of the hood or the tray to prevent inadvertent removal of the hood from the tray. The first foldable portion may be arranged to be restricted in its relative movement, when the pack is assembled, by abutment with a portion of the other part of the hood or the tray. The other part of the hood or tray may be a second foldable portion which, when folded, restricts the movement of the first foldable portion. The first foldable portion may extend through a restricted opening in the other of the hood or tray, and the restricted opening may comprise a slot.
The first foldable portion may comprise a lug. The first foldable portion may be provided on the tray.
Outwards movement of the first foldable portion relative to the side of the pack may be resisted by abutment with a part of the hood and the part of the hood that resists outward movement of the first foldable portion may be movable to a position in which such outward movement of the first foldable portion is permitted to allow the foldable portion to move outwardly to allow removal of the hood. The part of the hood that resists outward movement of the first foldable portion may be movable by movement outwardly of the pack. The outward movement may be achieved by at least partial detachment of that part from the hood.
The first foldable portion may be provided on a part of the tray that is subsequently removable from the tray, after the hood has been removed.
Two foldable portions may be included.
The hood may be arranged to cover the top and side walls of the pack.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a transit and display pack comprising a base display tray, with lug extensions and removable display area, a separate external hood with slit locking recesses, means for securing the hood to the tray, the tray and hood being so constructed to lock together when superimposed and the hood flaps are closed and sealed.
There are also provided opening devices in the hood.
The present invention includes any combination of the herein referred to features or limitations.
Specific embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: Figure 1 shows in perspective, the erected tray with lug extensions upright; Figure 2 shows in perspective, the hood with inner flaps folded in; Figure 3 shows the hood positioned over the tray with lug extensions upright; Figure 4 shows the tray lug extensions folded into the slit locking recesses of the hood; Figure 5 shows the complete transit pack with the hood flaps folded and secured to the tray lugs; Figure 6 shows the transit pack converted to a display tray with the removable display area removed; Figure 7 shows in perspective a second embodiment of the erected tray with lug extensions upright; Figure 8 shows in perspective, the hood with inner flaps folded in;; Figure 9 shows the hood positioned over the tray with the lug extensions upright; Figure 10 shows the tray lug extensions folded into the slit locking recesses of the hood; Figure 11 shows the complete transit pack with the hood flaps sealed on to the tray lugs; and Figure 12 shows the transit pack converted to a display tray with the removable display area removed.
Referring to the drawing the pack comprises a base display tray 1, and a separate external hood 2, releasably secured together by, for example, adhesive, tape, or similar means (not shown) extending across the flaps 8.
In order to fasten the hood to the tray the hood is lowered in position over the tray with the lug extensions 3 of the tray protruding through the slit locking recesses 4 in the inner flaps 7 of the hood, as shown in Figure 3.
The slit is formed at an elevation slightly higher than the fold line for the inner flap 7 such that, when the inner flap 7 is bent over, an opening appears in line with the inner edge of the hood. The lug extensions are now folded down on to the hood slit locking recesses in the inner flaps 7, as illustrated in Figure 4. The means of securing the hood to the tray is applied as the outer flaps 8 of the hood are closed and sealed. Those securing means comprise a strip of adhesive tape that goes over the join between the two flaps 8, as seen in Figure 5, and part of the way down the opening devices 5. The pack is now ready for transit. Vertical movement of the hood relative to the tray is resisted by entrapment of the lug extensions 3 of the tray between the inner flaps 7 and the outer flaps 8 of the hood.
To convert the transit pack to a display tray the means securing the hood to the tray is released by pulling outwards on one of the opening devices 5 of the hood.
That pulling movement detaches the device 5 from the hood by breaking the spaced points of connection. The opening device 5 is then pulled across the top of the hood taking with it the tape and, ultimately, the tape and the device 5 are completely detached from the pack. The hood is then lifted by raising and pulling on the flaps 8. This causes the inner flaps 7 of the hood to push the lug extensions upwardly as the hood is slid upwardly off the tray.
The embodiment shown in Figures 7 to 12 is similar in construction and operation to the embodiment previously described and like parts have been given the same reference numerals.
The tray shown in Figure 7 includes a weakened line 9 created by a series of perforations along the lower side of an end wall 6 and upwardly along each side wall to the top thereof. After the hood has been removed the part above the weakened line is torn off to improve the visibility of the displayed products, as shown in Figure 12.
As can be seen from Figures 8 and 10, the slit locking recesses 4 in the inner flaps 7 of the hood are of a greater length than those previously described. This allows the lug extensions 3 of the tray to lie substantially flush, or just proud of the flaps 7. In order to connect the hood to the tray glue is applied to the upwardly facing surfaces of the lug extensions 3 of Figure 10 before the flaps 8 of the hood are folded down and stuck thereto.
In order to remove the hood fingers push the hinged opening devices 10 downwardly about a fold 11 to enable the flaps 8 to be pulled upwardly thereby breaking the bond. The hood is then lifted off as described previously.

Claims (30)

1. A transit and display pack comprising a display tray and a hood, the hood being arranged to extend over the tray, the tray and the hood including portions arranged to cooperate to at least partially assist in preventing inadvertent removal of the hood from the tray.
2. A pack as claimed in Claim 1 in which the hood and tray are arranged to cooperate with each other to restrict relative lateral movement.
3. A pack as claimed in Claim 1 or 2 in which one of the hood or tray includes a first foldable portion arranged to be moved to cooperate with the other of the hood or tray to prevent inadvertent removal of the hood from the tray.
4. A pack as claimed in Claim 3 in which the first foldable portion is arranged to be restricted in its relative movement, when the pack is assembled, by abutment with a portion of the other part of the hood or tray.
5. A pack as claimed in Claim 4 in which the portion of the other part of the hood or tray is a second foldable portion which, when folded, restricts the movement of the first foldable portion.
6. A pack as claimed in any of Claims 3 to 5 in which the first foldable portion extends through a restricted opening in the other of the hood or tray.
7. A pack as claimed in Claim 6 in which the restricted opening comprises a slot.
8. A pack as claimed in any of Claims 3 to 7 in which the first foldable portion comprises a lug.
9. A pack as claimed in any of Claims 3 to 8 in which the first foldable portion is provided on the tray.
10. A pack as claimed in Claim 9 in which outwards movement of the first foldable portion relative to the side of the pack is resisted by abutment with a part of the hood.
11. A pack as claimed in Claim 9 or 10 in which the first foldable portion is provided on a part of the tray that is subsequently removable from the tray, after the hood has been removed.
12. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim in which parts of the hood and tray are glued together.
13. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim in which adhesive tape helps keep the parts together.
14. A transit and display pack as claimed in Claim 13 in which the tape is stuck to parts of the hood only.
15. A transit and display pack as claimed in Claims 12 to 14 in which a part of the hood is pulled in order to break the adhesive bond or the glue bond.
16. A transit and display pack as claimed in any of Claims 13 to 15 in which a part of the hood is pulled in order to remove the part of the adhesive tape that helps keep the parts together.
17. A transit and display pack as claimed in Claim 16 in which a part of the hood is detached and removed with the adhesive tape from the pack.
18. A pack as claimed in any of Claims 3 to 17 including two first foldable portions.
19. A pack as claimed in any preceding claim in which the hood is arranged to cover at least partially the top and side walls of the pack.
20. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim wherein lug extensions are provided on the tray to control the position of the hood on the tray.
21. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim wherein there are provided slit locking recesses to allow the passage through of the lug extensions.
22. A transit and display pack as claimed in Claim 20 or 21 wherein the lug extensions are foldable to lie flat on the folded inner flaps of the hood.
23. A transit and display pack as claimed in any of Claims 20 to 22 wherein the slit locking recesses are adapted to co-operate with the lug extensions when the inner flaps are folded.
24. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim wherein lug extensions are provided to allow the tray to be releasably secured to the hood.
25. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim wherein there are provided opening devices in the hood to facilitate the removal of the hood from the tray.
26. A transit and display pack as claimed in any preceding claim wherein there is provided a removable display area.
27. A transit and display pack substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in any of Figures 1 to 6 or 7 to 12 of the accompanying drawings.
28. A method of assembling a transit pack including a display tray and a hood, the method comprising locating the hood over the tray and causing portions of the hood and tray to cooperate in order to prevent inadvertent removal of the hood from the tray.
29. A method as claimed in Claim 28 when assembling a transit pack as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 27.
30. A method of assembling a transit pack substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in any of the accompanying drawings.
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