GB2534989A - Container for a bottle - Google Patents

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GB2534989A
GB2534989A GB1521759.9A GB201521759A GB2534989A GB 2534989 A GB2534989 A GB 2534989A GB 201521759 A GB201521759 A GB 201521759A GB 2534989 A GB2534989 A GB 2534989A
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Abstract

A blank for a container for a bottle a container for a bottle comprises a single sheet of folded material having a generally square base with a width dimensioned to receive a bottle in use, three vertically extending side panels 1, 2, 3 and an upwardly opening mouth. Bottom panels 14, 17, 18, 19 are hingedly connected to the side panels and a tongue 13 is hingedly connected to the third panel 3 and can be secured to the first panel 1 by adhesive. A hexagonal display area 37 may be formed by folds 31, 32, 33, 34, the area may be curved. The mouth may receive a cylindrical lid closure. Tongues 20, 21 may be adhesively bonded to triangular flaps 16, 22. A liner panel (40, fig 5) may be provided hingedly connected to the tongue or vertical edges. The liner panel may include a multiplicity of parallel extending folds, which divide the liner panel into elongate sub-panels (42, fig 5).

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CONTAINER FOR A BOTTLE
This invention relates to a container for packaging a bottle, particularly but not exclusively for a bottle containing an alcoholic beverage such as whisky or other spirit.
Packaging for bottles of whisky or other spirits is required to be secure so that the bottle may not fall from the container during storage and transportation. The packaging should also have a suitable region for mounting a label or other display. Cylindrical moulded containers are often employed.
It is also advantageous that the container may be flat packed for ease of transportation and storage before use. It is also desirable that the container can be assembled from a one piece blank composed of foldable card, board or similar sheet material. Manual assembly may be problematic if not carried out correctly. For example interlocking members of the base must be assembled correctly to ensure that the bottle cannot fall from the container when it is picked up.
According to a first aspect of the present invention a bottle container blank comprising a single sheet of foldable material movable from a flat packed configuration to an expanded configuration having a generally square base with a width dimensioned to receive a bottle in use; the container having three side panels, a plurality of interlocking bottom members and an upwardly opening mouth; wherein a first side panel has first and second vertical edges and a lower edge having a said width; the second panel having third and fourth vertical edges, the third vertical edge being hingedly connected to the second vertical edge and having a lower edge with a dimension twice the said width; the third panel having fifth and sixth vertical edges, the fifth vertical edge being hingedly connected to the fourth vertical edge, and the sixth vertical edge being hingedly connected to a tongue arranged to be secured to the first panel so that the first vertical edge.is hingedly connected to the sixth vertical edge; a first bottom panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the first side panel; second and third bottom panels hingedly connected to the lower edge of the second side panel; and a fourth bottom panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the third side panel; wherein the first and second bottom panels are configured to be secured together to form a bottom member; and the third and fourth bottom panels are configured to be secured together to form a second bottom member; the bottom members being configured so that they may engage and interlock to form a square base for the container when the sheet is moved from the flat packed configuration to the expanded configuration.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a bottle container comprising a single sheet of folded material having a generally square base with a width dimensioned to receive a bottle in use, three vertically extending side panels and an upwardly opening mouth; wherein a first side panel has first and second vertical edges and a lower edge having a said width; the second panel having third and fourth vertical edges, the third vertical edge being hingedly connected to the second vertical edge and having a lower edge with a dimension twice the said width; the third panel having fifth and sixth vertical edges, the fifth vertical edge being hingedly connected to the fourth vertical edge, and the sixth vertical edge being hingedly connected to a tongue secured to the first panel so that the first vertical edge is hingedly connected to the sixth vertical edge; a first bottom panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the first side panel; second and third bottom panels hingedly connected to the lower edge of the second side panel; and a fourth bottom panel hingedly connected to the lower edge of the third side panel; wherein the first and second bottom panels are be secured together to form a bottom member; and the third and fourth bottom panels are secured together to form a second bottom member; the bottom members being engaged and interlocked to form a square base for the container.
Advantageously the bottom assembly may comprise a crashlock base.
Preferably the base members are arranged to lock in the expanded configuration preventing collapsing of the container to the fiat packed configuration during insertion of a bottle or after removal of the bottle. An overcentre arrangement may be provided to retain the member in the fully expanded position.
The base members may be secured together with an adhesive.
The tongue may be secured to the first panel using an adhesive.
In a preferred embodiment the second panel has first and second folds extending from a mid-point of the lower edge to locations on the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively. The second panel may also have third and fourth folds extending from a mid-point of the upper edge to locations on the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively.
The first and second folds may extend to locations adjacent mid-points of the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively. The first and second folds may extend to locations in spaced relation on either side of the mid-points of the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively.
In addition, the third and fourth folds may extend to locations adjacent mid-points of the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively. More preferably the third and fourth folds extend to locations in spaced relation on either side of the mid-points of the third and fourth vertical edges, respectively.
The first and second folds may be at locations which are equally spaced on either side of the mid-points.
The third and fourth folds may be at locations which are equally spaced on either side of the mid-points.
In preferred embodiments the first, second, third and fourth folds do not intersect as this may weaken the container.
In a particularly preferred embodiment the first panel may have a fifth fold extending from an intersection of the first vertical edge and the lower edge to a location intermediate the ends of the second vertical edge. The third panel may have a sixth fold extending from an intersection of the sixth vertical edge and the lower edge to a location intermediate the ends of the fifth vertical edge.
The first panel may have a seventh fold extending from an intersection of the first vertical edge and the upper edge to a location intermediate the ends of the second vertical edge. The third panel may have an eighth fold extending from an intersection of the sixth vertical edge and the upper edge to a location intermediate the ends of the fifth vertical edge.
The upwardly opening mouth may be dimensioned to receive a cylindrical lid or other closure of the kind conventionally used for sealing cylindrical whisky bottle containers.
A container in accordance with the present invention confers the advantage that the bottom members form a secure bottom assembly for the container without need for manual engagement of any flaps or tongues.
The blank and container formed by assembly of the blank may comprise a pair of opposed W shaped creases, each formed by four intersecting creases extending from the top and bottom edges respectively to form inwardly facing apexes providing a central, uncreased display region at the centre of the pack. This arrangement and creases forms an uncreased display area. While permitting the upper edge of the container to be circular in plan-view. This allows a circular plastic or metal lid to seal the top of the assembled container. The two W-shaped series of creases extending from the top and bottom of the carton form a central uncreased space which may be a rhomboid, hexagonal or typically an elongate diamond shaped panel. Such an arrangement provides an improved curved display area which is superior to the display area of previously disclosed cartons. The configuration also allows the design to be sealed up and down to form different diameter tubes without the pack buckling, crumpling or deforming when it is assembled.
The display area is curved when the container is assembled and is preferably hexagonal and bonded by the pairs of first and second folds and portions of the third and fourth vertical edges. The curved display area provides an attractive display which may be easily observed from various orientations while permitting assembly from a flat packed configuration.
The first and second folds may have equal length so that the display area is symmetrical.
The container of the present invention has the advantage that the area on the second panel between the first, second, third and fourth folds is increased to accommodate a relatively large label or printed display in comparison to previously available containers.
A further advantage is that the container may be made from single skinned board.
Previous containers in smaller dimensions had to be made from corrugated board and this did not facilitate manufacture of smaller dimensional containers having a comparatively smaller radius of curvature without unwanted creasing.
In a particularly advantageous embodiment the blank further comprises a liner panel hingedly connected to the tongue, when present, or to one of the first or sixth vertical edges and having a width to dimension up to the distance between the first and sixth vertical edges so that the liner panel may be configured to line the interior surface of the assembled container.
The liner panel is preferably formed with a multiplicity of vertically extending parallel folds/creases or hinges. These folds/creases or hinges divide a panel into elongate sub-panels so that the liner panel may be folded to form a generally cylindrical configuration or to conform to the configuration of the inner surface of the container.
Between 16 and 24 creases may be provided, as convenient. Typically 20 creases are provided so that the liner forms a generally cylindrical corrugated chamber within which a bottle may be received and securely held during transportation and storage.
The liner panel may further comprise an intermediate panel located between the liner panel and the tongue or sixth vertical edge. The intermediate panel may have a height less than the height of the side panels. This prevents the liner from interfering with the closure of the bottom members or interference with a lid or cap inserted into the mouth of the container.
The intermediate panel may be provided with folds so that it may conform to the shape of an adjacent outer panel.
The invention is further described by means of example but not in any limitative sense with reference to the accompanying drawings of which; Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank in accordance with this vent on; Figure 2 is a front elevation of the expanded container; Figure 3 is a perspective view of the container shown in Figure 2; Figure 4 is a view from underneath the container; and Figure 5 is a plan view of a further blank having an inner liner.
Figure I shows a container blank in accordance with the present invention. The blank may be manufactured from foldable paperboard or cardboard. Preferably corrugated board is not used as the configuration of a container in accordance with the present invention permits use of thinner paperboard or cardboard without causing creases.
The blank comprises first (1), second (2) and third (3) rectangular panels having respective lower edges (4, 5, 6). The first panel (1) has first (7) and second (8) edges. The second edge (8) is hingedly connected to a third edge (9) of second panel (2). A fourth edge (10) of the second panel (2) is hingedly connected to a fifth edge (11) of the third panel (3). A sixth edge (12) of the third panel (3) is hingedly connected to a tongue (13). The tongue (13) is arranged to be secured by adhesive to the first panel (1) so that the first edge (7) is hingedly connected to the sixth edge (12) when the container is ready for use.
A first bottom panel (14) extends downwardly from the lower edge (4) of the first panel (1). The first bottom panel (14) has the form of an ososcelese triangle (15) with a triangular flap (16) on the side facing the second bottom panel (17).
Second and third bottom panels (17, 18) extend from the lower edge (5) of the second panel (2). The lower edge (5) of the second panel (2) has a width twice the width of the lower edges (4, 6) of the first (1) and third (3) panels.
A fourth bottom panel (19) extends from the lower edge (6) of the third panel (3).
The first (14) and third (18) bottom panels have the same configuration. The second (17) and fourth (19) bottom panels have the same configuration. The two pairs of bottom panels together form a crash lock assembly.
During assembly of the carton the first (1) and second (3) panels are folded inwardly to lie along a surface of the second panel with the bottom panels located between the panel (2) and the panels (1, 3).
Tongues (20, 21) are adhesively bonded to triangular flaps (16, 22) to form two opposed bottom members. During erection of the container the hinged edges (8, 9, 10, 11) are pushed together, causing the bottom members to rotate downwardly. Edges (23, 24) pass along the convex surfaces (27, 28) in an over-centre arrangement and become located in notches (25, 26) to form a secure crash lock assembly. Adhesive may be applied before erection of the container to bond the base.
The side panels have a network of folds which facilitate folding of the centre into the expanded configuration.
Upper/seventh and lower/fifth folds (29, 30) extend from the upper and lower corners of the first edge (7) to locations on either side of the mid-point of the second edge (8).
Upper/third (32) and lower/first (31) folds extend from the mid-points of the upper and lower (5) edges of the second panel (2), respectively to locations on the third (9) edge corresponding to the ends of the upper/seventh fold (29) and lower/fifth fold (30), respectively. Upper/eighth and lower/sixth folds (35, 36) in the third panel (3) and upper/fourth and lower second fold (33, 34) of the second panel (2) have a similar configuration. Accordingly, upper/eighth and lower/sixth folds (35, 36) extend from the upper and lower corners of the sixth vertical edge (12) to locations on either side of the midpoint of the fifth vertical edge (11). Upper/fourth and lower/second folds (33, 34) extend from the mid-points of the upper and lower edges (5) of the second panel (2), respectively to locations on the fourth vertical edge (10) corresponding to the ends of the upper/eighth fold (35) and lower/sixth fold (36), respectively.
A hexagonal area (37) is formed by the vertical edges (9, 10) and folds (31, 32, 33, 34). Folding of the panel without creasing is facilitated by intersection of the lower first and second folds (31, 34) with the lower edge (5) at the mid-point of the lower edge (5). A symmetric equidistant arrangement of folds and creases (29, 8, 9, 32, 33, 10, 11 and 35) allows the upper edge (38) to be deformed into a circular configuration to receive a cylindrical closing cap (not shown).
A view of the container from the front is shown in Figure 2 and a perspective view from above is shown in Figure 3. Figure 4 shows the container from below.
Figure 5 shows a further blank in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the container has an integral liner located with the assembled container in use.
A liner panel generally shown at (40) is connected by a hinge (41) to tongue (13) in a container as illustrated in the preceding figures. Multiplicity, typically 20 rectangular sub-panels (42) are formed by creases (43) extending vertically of a generally rectangular liner.
As the container is assembled, the sub-panels (42) may be rolled into a corrugated tube located within the assembled container. An intermediate panel (44) extends between the tongue (13) and liner (40). Additional folds (45, 46) extend transversely to allow the intermediate panel (44) to conform to the upper/eighth fold (35) and lower/sixth fold (36) when the container is assembled.
The assembled container has a generally cylindrical liner located in spaced relation to the outer walls to form a shock absorbent structure to reduce the risk of breakage of a bottle during transportation and storage.

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  1. CLAIMSI. A bottle container blank comprising a single sheet of foldable material movable from a flat packed configuration to an expanded configuration having a generally square base with a width dimensioned to receive a bottle in use; the container having three side panels, a plurality of interlocking bottom members and an upwardly opening mouth; wherein a first side panel (I) has first (7) and second (8) vertical edges and a lower edge (4) having a said width; the second panel (2) having third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, the third vertical edge (9) being hingedly connected to the second vertical edge (8) and having a lower edge (5) with a dimension twice the said width; the third panel (3) having fifth (11) and sixth (12) vertical edges, the fifth vertical edge (11) being hingedly connected to the fourth vertical edge (10), and the sixth vertical edge (12) being hingedly connected to a tongue (13) arranged to be secured to the first panel (1) so that the first vertical edge (7) is hingedly connected to the sixth vertical edge (12); a first bottom panel (14) hingedly connected to the lower edge (4) of the first side panel OD; second (17) and third (18) bottom panels hingedly connected to the lower edge (5) of the second side panel (2); and a fourth bottom panel (19) hingedly connected to the lower edge (6) of the third side panel (3); wherein the first (14) and second (17) bottom panels are configured to be secured together to form a bottom member; and the third (18) and fourth bottom (19) panels are configured to be secured together to form a second bottom member; the bottom members being configured so that they may engage and interlock to form a square base for the container when the sheet is moved from the tlat packed configuration to the expanded configuration.
  2. 2. A blank as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second panel (37) has first (31) and second (34) folds extending from a mid-point of the lower edge (5) to locations on the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  3. 3. A blank as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first (31) and second (34) folds extend to locations adjacent mid-points of the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  4. 4. A blank as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first (31) and second (34) folds extend to locations in spaced relation on either side of the mid-points of the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  5. 5. A blank as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the first panel (1) has a fifth fold (30) extending from an intersection of the first vertical edge (7) and the lower edge (4) to a location intermediate the ends of the second vertical edge (8).
  6. 6. A blank as claimed in claim 5, wherein the third panel (3) has a sixth fold (36) extending from an intersection of the sixth vertical edge (12) and the lower edge (6) to a location intermediate the ends of the fifth vertical edge (11).
  7. 7. A blank as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the display area is hexagonal and bonded by pairs of first (31) and second (34) folds and portions of the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges.
  8. 8. A blank as claimed in any preceding claim, further comprising a liner panel (40) hingedly connected to the tongue (13) or first (7) or sixth (12) vertical edges and having a width to the distance between the first (7) and sixth (12) vertical edges.
  9. 9. A blank as claimed in claim 8, wherein the liner panel (40) comprises a multiplicity of parallel extending folds (43) which divide the liner panel (40) into elongate sub-panels (42).
  10. 10. A blank as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein an intermediate panel (44) is located between the liner panel (40) and the tongue (13) or sixth vertical edge (12).
  11. 11. A bottle container comprising a single sheet of folded material having a generally square base with a width dimensioned to receive a bottle in use, three vertically extending side panels and an upwardly opening mouth; wherein a first side panel (1) has first (7) and second (8) vertical edges and a lower edge (4) having a said width; the second panel (2) having third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, the third vertical edge (9) being hingedly connected to the second vertical edge (8) and having a lower edge (5) with a dimension twice the said width; the third panel (3) having fifth (11) and sixth (12) vertical edges, the fifth vertical edge (11) being hingedly connected to the fourth vertical edge (10), and the sixth vertical edge (12) being hingedly connected to a tongue (13) secured to the first panel (1) so that the first vertical edge (7) is hingedly connected to the sixth vertical edge (12); a first bottom panel (14) hingedly connected to the lower edge (4) of the first side panel (1); second (17) and third (18) bottom panels hingedly connected to the lower edge (5) of the second side panel (2); and a fourth bottom panel (19) hingedly connected to the lower edge (6) of the third side panel (3); wherein the first (14) and second (17) bottom panels are be secured together to form a bottom member; and the third (18) and fourth (19) bottom panels are secured together to form a second bottom member; the bottom members being engaged and interlocked to form a square base for the container.
  12. 12. A container as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second panel (2) has first (31) and second (34) folds extending from a mid-point of the lower edge (5) to locations on the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  13. 13. A container as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first (31) and second (34) folds extend to locations adjacent mid-points of the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  14. 14. A container as claimed in claim 13, wherein the first (31) and second (34) folds extend to locations in spaced relation on either side of the mid-points of the third (9) and fourth (10) vertical edges, respectively.
  15. 15. A container as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the first panel (1) has a fifth fold (30) extending from an intersection of the first vertical edge (7) and the lower edge (4) to a location intermediate the ends of the second vertical edge (8).
  16. 16. A container as claimed in claim 15, wherein the third panel (3) has a sixth fold (36) extending from an intersection of the sixth vertical edge (12) and the lower edge (6) to a location intermediate the ends of the fifth vertical edge (11).
  17. 17. A container as claimed in any of claims 11 to 16 wherein the upwardly opening mouth is dimensioned to receive a cylindrical lid closure.
  18. 18. A container as claimed in any of claims 11 to 17, wherein the display area is curved.
  19. 19. A container as claimed in any of claims 11 to 18, further comprising a liner panel (40) hingedly connected to one of the tongue (13) or first (7) or sixth (12) vertical edges and having a width to the dimension up to the distance between the first (7) and sixth (12) vertical edges, wherein the liner panel (40) is configured to line the interior surface of the assembled container.
  20. 20. A container as claimed in claim 19, wherein the liner panel (40) comprises a multiplicity of parallel extending folds (43) which divide the liner panel (40) into elongate sub-panels (42).
  21. 21. A container as claimed in any of claims 19 to 20, further comprising an intermediate panel (44) located between the liner panel (40) and the tongue (13) or sixth vertical edge (12).
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