IE75060B1 - Sales package - Google Patents

Abstract

A sales package (1) or holder, consisting of an integral card-type cardboard or paperboard part (2) made of thin, foldable material for the visible display of at least one article (8, 25, 32, 52), at least one region which projects from the plane of the card-type part (2) holding the article, is to be produced with less use of cardboard or paperboard material. This is achieved in that the card-type part (2) is of single-layered construction and has at least one element (3, 4, 15, 15'), which projects like a flap in the shape of a tongue, preferably approximately at right angles, from the card-type part (2), with a receiving opening (6, 7; 7'; 7") for the article (8, 25, 32, 52), the edge of said element forming a stop region for the article. <IMAGE>

Description

SALES PACKAGE The invention relates to a sales pack or a holder consisting of a one-piece, single-layer, card-like cardboard or paperboard part of thin, foldable material for visibly displaying at least one article, the cardboard or paperboard part comprising at least one element which is folded to stand out from its plane, comprising a receiving opening formed at its periphery as a stop for the article, and which is part of a folding element punched out from the card-like part and folded repeatedly along folding lines so that it is substantially U-shaped in side elevation.

For the visual display of articles on or against a sales pack, so-called blister packs have hitherto been commonly used. In the case of blister packs, an article is fastened on a card-like cardboard or pasteboard part by the article being mounted onto the cardboard or pasteboard card and a moulded part, made from transparent plastics, placed over it. Blister packs have the disadvantage that plastics are used, which encounters criticism from environmental perspectives since - 2 the material cost is relatively high and since, for a pack of this kind, more than one material is used, thereby damaging the prospects of such a pack being reused or recycled.

Sales packs are already known from DE-A-2926082 and DE-A-4007600. Common to both previously known packs is the fact that, as a result of the one-part blank being folded over, the card-like cardboard or pasteboard part is of double-layered configuration. In addition, special folds have to be executed or a specific reticular punching has to be provided. The manufacture of these packs can therefore only be realised with a relatively high cardboard or pasteboard consumption. The specific punching and the folding also demand special measures in their manufacture.

A pack of this kind is known from German Utility Model DE-U-9012178. In this known pack, the folding holding the sales article is arranged in such a way that the entire periphery of the body of the sales article is disposed on one side of the card-form cardboard or paperboard portion. If this sales pack is pushed onto the receiving rod of a sales stand by means of a hanging opening, this sales pack does not hang directly under the rod, but hangs sloping at an angle on the receiving rod of the sales stand depending on the weight of the sales article accommodated on the sales pack. This results in an unwelcome appearance of the sales pack on the sales stand from the point of view of sales promotion.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a sales pack which is improved compared with the foregoing and which can be manufactured using the same amount of cardboard or pasteboard material.

In the case of a sales pack of the type described in the introduction, this object is achieved according to the invention by the side formed by the element being longer than the opposite side of the U-shaped folding element and by the element being unfolded to stand out from the plane of the cardboard, preferably at substantially a right - 3 angle, in the manner of a flap-like tongue, passing through an opening which has been punched in the cardboard or paperboard part and which is exposed when the folding element is unfolded.

A pack of this kind can be manufactured fully in a single layer from a one-part cardboard or pasteboard blank. For the manufacture of such a pack, a lower material usage is needed. The sales pack has a receiving opening and a stop border for the article which is to be displayed thereupon, so that the article - or, where appropriate, even a plurality of articles - can be fastened securely to the pack and held in place by it. One or more of the flap-like, tongue-shaped elements may have a receiving opening for the article.

The article to be displayed on the pack is held particularly securely if it is introduced into two tongue elements, each having a receiving opening. The flap-like, tongue-shaped element is a component part of a folding element which is deflected in a multi-limbed manner along fold lines.

It is additionally advantageous for the manufacture of the pack if the flap-like, tongue-shaped element is an area punched out from the card-like part.

A wel1-protected arrangement of at least areas of the product or article displayed on the pack can be achieved if at least one folding element is deflected substantially in the shape of a U in side view.

Overall, a pack is in this manner provided which together with the article packaged can be hung vertically on a receiving rod and requires the same amount of material compared with known packs.

An advantageous embodiment of the invention is provided by the side being hinged to the card-like cardboard or paperboard part along a folding line and by the element being provided at its edges with retaining or holding elements which cooperate with retaining or holding - 4 elements at the periphery of the opening punched in the card-like part. In this way, the flap-like, tongue-shaped element may be secured to the card-like part and held in retaining manner in the disposition of use.

The invention is further distinguished in another embodiment by the element being hinged to the card-like part along a folding line arranged in the middle of the length of the element and an end zone hinged to the side - of the folding element being glued to the card-like part.

It may also be advantageous according to a further embodiment of the invention, if two folding elements each with an opening are formed with openings aligned substantially perpendicularly to one another in the card-like cardboard or paperboard part.

Finally, it is particularly advantageous for receiving and displaying tubes, if one receiving opening is an elongate hole which surrounds a tapered part of the article and if the elongate hole merges into another opening of larger diameter. In this way, the tube may be introduced into the flap-like, tongue-shaped element provided with the receiving openings through the larger opening in the card-form part.

The invention is explained in greater detail below by way of example with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure la shows, in perspective view, a first illustrative embodiment of a pack; Figure lb shows, in top view, a blank for the pack according to Figure la; Figure 2a shows, in perspective view, a second embodiment of a pack; - 5 Figure 2b shows, in top view, a blank for the pack according to Figure 2a; Figure 3a shows, in perspective view, a third illustrative embodiment; f Figure 3b shows, in top view, the blank for the pack according to Figure 3a; Figure 3c shows a partial section through the pack according to Figure 3a; Figure 4a shows a perspective front view of a fourth illustrative embodiment; Figure 4b shows a perspective rear view of the pack according to Figure 4a; Figure 4c shows, in top view, the blank for the pack according to Figure 4a; Figure 5a shows a perspective front view of a fifth illustrative embodiment; Figure 5b shows a perspective rear view of the pack according to Figure 5a; Figure 5c shows, in top view, the blank for the pack according to Figure 5a; Figure 6a shows a perspective representation of a sixth illustrative embodiment; Figure 6b shows, in top view, the blank for the pack according to Figure 6a, and - 6 Figure 6c shows a partial section through the pack according to Figure 6a.

Figure la shows a pack 1, which comprises a one-part and single-layered card-like cardboard or pasteboard part 2 made from thin, foldable material, such as cardboard or pasteboard.

Figure la shows a flap-like, tongue-shaped element 15, which is a component part of a folding element 13 which is deflected in a multi-limbed manner along fold lines 20. In the case of this embodiment, the element 15 is shaped longer than the area 14 and projects through the opening 16 in the card-like part 2, formed by the punching out of the folding element 13. The folding element 13 is attached by means of a fold line 5 to the card part 2. A tube 8 shown chain-dotted is located within the opening 16 and is held on its underside by a cam-like element 18 and a folding flap 17. The element 15 is provided with a long hole 7, which merges into a further opening 10 and engulfs that area of the dispenser nipple of the tube 8 which lies free below the border of the closure 9. The closure can abut, on its top side, the area 14 and/or the fold line 5. The head region of the tube (shown in dash-dot representation) is guided through the receiving opening or the long hole 7 and fastened in this way to the sales pack 1. The lower border of the closure of the tube 8 rests on the flap-like, tongue-shaped element 15, the long hole 7 thereby surrounding for the most part, that part of the dispenser nipple of the tube which usually lies free between the tube shoulder and the lower border of the closure. In order to fasten the tube 8 to the sales pack 1, the closure is firstly introduced through the further opening 10, which is formed adjacent to the long hole, and the region of the dispenser nipple lying free between the lower border of the tube closure and the tube shoulder is swivelled into the receiving opening or the long hole 7. In this way, the region of the element 15 surrounding the border of the long hole 7 is formed as a stop border for the lower region of the tube closure. At its lower end, the tube 8 is held between the elements 18 and 19. As a result of being - 7 fastened as shown in Figure la, the tube 8 remains, despite its weight, in a position lying parallel to the card-like part 2, provided that the latter part is hanging vertically. The folding element 13 is held in the folded state visible from Figure la by virtue of the fact that border edge areas of the element 15 engage into opposing indents 19 in the card-like part 2, cam-like undercuts or projections 12 configured in the border of the element 15 being supported against the card-like part 2. The projections 12 and the indents 19 thus form interacting locking and holding elements. Figure lb shows the blank of the pack according to Figure la. The folding element 13 is separated along a continuous punch line 11 from the board part 2 and is hinged to this part by means of a fold line 5. In the same way, punch lines 22 and 23 separate the cam-like holding element 18 and the flap element 17 from the card part 2. In the blank, an opening 16 between the folding element 13 and the flap element 17, and the receiving opening 7 and the further opening 10 within the folding element 13, are punched out over their entire area.

Figure 2a shows a variant of the embodiment according to Figure la. In this case, the folding element 13 has in its flap-like, tongue-shaped element 15 an elongated opening 7, through which two cylindrical articles 25 are guided. The articles 25, so-called glue sticks for example, are provided on their underside with cavities 26, into which cams 27 engage which are formed in the border of the opening 16 in the card-like part 2. Figure 2b shows the blank for the pack according to Figure 2a. Here, the folding element 13 is separated along punch lines 11 from the card part 2.

In the case of the embodiments according to Figures la and 2a, both the elements 15 and the regions 14 of the folding element 13 are provided with an opening, the openings in this case being disposed concentrically to one another and receiving the closure regions of the tube 8 or of the glue stick 25.

Figure 3a shows a holder 1, comprising the substantially - 8 plate-shaped part 2 made from relatively thin, foldable material, such as cardboard, with a folding element 13 which protrudes from the latter and is deflected and folded over substantially in the form of a U.

The leg 15 of this folding element 13 is joined by means of the folding line 5, which is arranged in the centre of the longitudinal extent of the leg 15, to the plate-like part 2. In the case of this embodiment, the leg 15 is formed to be longer than the leg 14 and passes through the opening 16 in the plate-shaped part 2, which was produced by the cutting out or punching out of the folding element 13. A hole 7' is provided in the folding element 13. A cylindrical article 25, represented by broken lines, is inserted in the said hole. A projection 27, which extends from the border of the opening 16 in the plate-shaped part 2, protrudes into the recess at the lower end of this article 25.

In continuation of the leg 14, the folding element 13 is provided with an end region 50 which, as shown, is deflected parallel to the surface of the plate-shaped part 2 and is adhesively attached to the latter. As a result, the folding element 13 is kept in the form of a U. Furthermore, this embodiment of the U-shaped folding element 13 has advantages with respect to production, since the adhesive attaching of the continuation 50 and consequently the forming of the U-shaped folding element can be performed fully automatically.

Figure 3c shows once again clearly how the folding element 13 deflected in the form of a U is joined to the plate-shaped part 2 of the holder 1.

The blank shown in Figure 3b shows furthermore the position of the cutting lines 11 and the folding lines 5, the folding lines 20 at which the folding element 13 is bent into the form of a U, as well as punching lines for producing the folding element 13 and the opening 7'.

Figures 4a and 4b show a further illustrative embodiment.

This has two folding elements 13 and 13'. The folding element 13 bent - 9 over in the form of a U is essentially the same as that according to Figure 3. The construction of the two folding elements 13 and 13' folded over in the form of a U, shown in Figures 4a and 4b, is the same, but they are formed and disposed mirror-symmetrically to each other with respect to the line A in Figure 4b. Furthermore, the leg 14' of the folding element 13' has an elongated opening 7, by which the flattened-off lower border of a tube-like article 8 (represented by broken lines in Figure 4a) is received. The cap 19 of this article 8 enters the opening 7' of the folding element 13 folded over in the form of a U. Figure 4c shows the blank for the embodiment according to Figures 4a and 4b.

Figures 5a and 5b show another way in which a second, lower folding element 13' can be configured. In this case, the leg 14' is hinge-connected to the plate-shaped part 2 by means of a hinge line 5'. In the case of the folding element 13' bent over in the form of a U, the leg 15' is fastened by means of two continuations 50' to the plate-shaped part 2 and passes through the opening 16. The upper part of a cylindrical article 25, drawn in broken lines in Figure 5a, enters into the opening 7' and its lower part into the opening 7. Figure 5c shows the blank of this embodiment. This embodiment has great similarity to that of Figure 3b, but an additional plate part 51 is fastened by means of the folding line 5' to the lower end of the plate-shaped part 2 and forms the folding element 13' which can be bent over in the form of a U.

Finally, Figures 6a and 6c also show a modification of the embodiment according to Figure 4. In this case, the upper folding element 13 is omitted. Instead of it, in the case of the illustrative embodiment according to Figure 6b, the opening 16 tapers upwards in the drawing. The base of an article 52 of rectangular cross-section, represented by broken lines in Figure 6a, enters into the rectangular opening 7 in the folding element 13' folded over in the form of a U. The edges of the tapered part of the opening 16 enter into recesses 53 of the cap 54 of the article 52. In this way also, a product or article 52 is fastened securely to the plate-shaped part 2.

Claims (2)

1. A pack (1) or holder consisting of a one-piece, single-layer, card-like cardboard or paperboard part (2) of thin, foldable material 5 for visibly displaying at least one article (8, 25, 52), the cardboard or paperboard part (2) comprising at least one element (15, 15') which is folded to stand out from its plane, comprising a receiving opening (7. 7', 7) formed at its periphery as a stop for the article (8, 25, 52), and which is part of a folding element (13, 13') punched out from 10 the card-like part (2) and folded repeatedly along folding lines (5, 20; 5', 20') so that it is substantially U-shaped in side elevation, characterised in that the side formed by the element (15, 15') is longer than the opposite side (14, 14') of the U-shaped folding element (13, 13') and in that the element (15, 15') is unfolded to stand out 15 from the plane of the cardboard, preferably at substantially a right angle, in the manner of a flap-like tongue, passing through the opening (16) which has been punched in the cardboard or paperboard part (2) and which is exposed when the folding element (13, 13') is unfolded. 20 2. A pack as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the side (14, 14') is hinged to the card-like cardboard or paperboard part (2) along a folding line (5) and the element (15, 15') is provided at its edges with retaining or holding elements which cooperate with retaining or holding elements at the periphery of the opening (16) punched in the 25 card-like part (2). 3. A pack as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the element (15, 15') is hinged to the card-like part (2) along a folding line (5, 5') arranged in the middle of the length of the element (15, 30 15') and an end zone (50, 50') - hinged to the side (14, 14') - of the folding element (13, 13') is glued to the card-like part (2). 4. A pack as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that two folding elements (13, 13') each with an 35 opening (7', 7) are formed with openings (7', 7) aligned - 11 substantially perpendicularly to one another in the card-like cardboard or paperboard part (2). 5. A pack as claimed in any of the preceding claims, characterised in that one receiving opening is an elongate hole (7) which surrounds a tapered part of the article (8) and in that the elongate hole (7) merges into another opening (10) of larger diameter. 6. A pack or holder as defined in Claim 1, substantially as described herein with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings. TOMKINS & CO. 1825S FIG.Ia FIG.1 b

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