ITMI20000704U1

ITMI20000704U1 - CONTAINER TRAY FOR PIZZA TRANSPORT OR OTHER FOOD

Info

Publication number: ITMI20000704U1
Application number: IT2000MI000704U
Authority: IT
Inventors: Domenico Patania
Original assignee: Domenico Patania
Priority date: 2000-12-15
Filing date: 2000-12-15
Publication date: 2002-06-15
Also published as: IT250395Y1

Description

VASSOIO CONTENITORE PER TRASPORTO PIZZA 0 ALTRI ALIMENTI TRAY CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORTING PIZZA OR OTHER FOODS

Il trovato riguarda un particolare supporto o vassoio per pizze, realizzato prefenbilmente in cartone rivestito in plastica, non rigido, avente il mimmo ingombro prima dell’impiego, in grado di essere sovrapposto o impilato E’ nota da tempo la necessità di utilizzare piatti o supporti dedicati per l'alloggio e/o il trasporto delle pizze, a causa delle dimensioni particolari di questo prodotto alimentare The invention relates to a particular support or tray for pizzas, preferably made of non-rigid plastic-coated cardboard, having the minimum bulk before use, capable of being stacked or stacked. The need to use plates or supports has been known for some time. dedicated for the accommodation and / or transport of pizzas, due to the particular dimensions of this food product

Nel tentativo di nsolvere questo problema sono stati inventati numerosi dispositivi in grado di contenere una pizza, consentirne il trasporto, consentendo la sovrapposizione di più involucn senza, con questo, danneggiare l’alimento in essi contenuto, ed aventi il mimmo ingombro possibile prima dell’impiego In an attempt to solve this problem, numerous devices have been invented capable of containing a pizza, allowing it to be transported, allowing the overlapping of several wrappers without, thereby, damaging the food contained in them, and having the minimum possible bulk before the use

Queste soluzioni prevedono solitamente l’impiego di strutture cartonate ripiegate, tali da poter essere aperte solo in occasione del loro utilizzo, essendo quindi di mimmo ingombro, e predisposte con alette e sporgenze atte ad inserirsi in cornspondenti alloggiamenti presenti su un altro involucro per l’impilaggio e il trasporto simultaneo di più pizze These solutions usually provide for the use of folded cardboard structures, such that they can be opened only when they are used, therefore being very compact, and arranged with fins and protrusions suitable for insertion into corresponding housings present on another casing for the stacking and simultaneous transport of several pizzas

Queste soluzioni, che senza ombra di dubbio sono le più diffuse, presentano però l'inconveniente di non poter fungere da vassoi o da piatti al momento in cui la pizza deve essere consumata, in quanto la struttura morbida del cartonato cede sotto l’azione del coltello utilizzato per il taglio della pizza stessa These solutions, which are undoubtedly the most widespread, however, have the drawback of not being able to act as trays or plates when the pizza is to be consumed, as the soft structure of the cardboard yields under the action of the knife used for cutting the pizza itself

Altro inconveniente, solo parzialmente nsolto dalle tecniche note, è costituito dal fatto che a contatto dell’alimento il cartonato si inumidisce e trasferisce alla pizza stessa parte del sapore rendendola meno gradevole al consumatore Another drawback, only partially resolved by known techniques, is the fact that in contact with the food the cardboard becomes moist and transfers part of the flavor to the pizza, making it less pleasant to the consumer

Esistono in commercio anche piatti o vassoi di plastica leggera, di dimensioni tali da poter comodamente contenere una pizza, che risolvono i problemi in precedenza descritti, che possono anche essere utilizzati più volte, previo lavaggio, ma che non si prestano assolutamente al trasporto delle pizze in quanto, non essendo nchiudibili, non preservano la temperatura dell’alimento, e, nel modo più assoluto, non consentono il trasporto simultaneo di più pizze, non essendo sovrapponibili There are also light plastic plates or trays on the market, with dimensions that can comfortably contain a pizza, which solve the problems described above, which can also be used several times, after washing, but which are absolutely not suitable for transporting pizzas. as, not being closed, they do not preserve the temperature of the food, and, in the most absolute way, they do not allow the simultaneous transport of several pizzas, as they cannot be superimposed

L'oggetto della presente innovazione si propone di risolvere tutti i problemi descritti attraverso l’impiego di contenitori in cartone rivestito con un film di materiale plastico per alimenti, aventi il mimmo ingombro possibile prima dell’impiego Detti contenitori sono conformati in modo tale da poter essere sovrapposti senza la possibilità che la pizza in essi contenuta venga schiacciata e l’impilaggio avviene in modo tale che ciascun contenitore si collega a quello sottostante, utilizzando appropnati dispositivi, in maniera tale da occupare il minor ingombro possibile The object of the present invention aims to solve all the problems described through the use of cardboard containers coated with a film of plastic material for food, having the minimum possible bulk before use. Said containers are shaped in such a way as to be able to be superimposed without the possibility that the pizza contained in them is crushed and the stacking takes place in such a way that each container is connected to the one below, using appropriate devices, in such a way as to occupy the smallest possible space

Essendo realizzati in cartone rivestito in materiale plastico per alimenti, detti contenitori possono comodamente essere utilizzati come supporto per la pizza anche durante il pasto perché non trasferiscono alcun tipo di sapore all’alimento in essi contenuto Being made of cardboard covered with plastic material for food, these containers can be conveniently used as a support for pizza even during the meal because they do not transfer any type of flavor to the food they contain

Al fine di poter meglio comprendere la natura del trovato si procederà ora con una descrizione dettagliata di una possibile realizzazione dello stesso, a puro titolo esemplificativo e non limitativo, con particolare riferimento alle figure allegate In order to better understand the nature of the invention, we will now proceed with a detailed description of a possible embodiment of the same, purely by way of non-limiting example, with particular reference to the attached figures.

Figura 1 vista prospettica del vassoio contenitore e del coperchio, - Figura 2 vista dello sviluppo del vassoio contenitore, Figure 1 perspective view of the container tray and lid, - Figure 2 view of the development of the container tray,

- Figura 3 vista di una sene di vassoi contenitori impilati, - Figure 3 view of a sene of stacked container trays,

- Figura 4 vista del dettaglio dell’innesto fra due contenitori contigui nell’impilaggio - Figure 4 view of the detail of the graft between two contiguous containers in the stacking

Il vassoio contenitore 1 di Fig 1 ha una forma a base ottagonale ottenuto da un unico foglio di cartone 2, mostrato in Fig 2 nvestito in materiale plastico Detto foglio 2 ha una forma quadrata Esso viene tagliato mediante fustellatura in corrispondenza delle linee continue Per poterlo usare come vassoio esso deve essere piegato ad angolo retto in cornspondenza delle linee tratteggiate 3 e 4, in modo che le parti 5 del foglio di cartone 2 e, rispettivamente, le parti 10 del foglio di cartone 2, vadano a formare i fianchi 5a e, rispettivamente, 10a del vassoio contenitore 1 I fianchi 10a sono rinforzati dai lembi 6 e 8 che abbracciano i fianchi 10a per rinforzarli, nel modo che sarà descntto più avanti Detti fianchi 5a sono in numero di quattro cosi come i fianchi 10a Questi ultimi, essendo stati ricavati in prossimità degli angoli del foglio di cartone rivestito 2, presentano una sporgenza di forma triangolare al di sopra del bordo superiore del vassoio contenitore Detta sporgenza ha la funzione, meglio illustrata nel seguito, di consentire il bloccaggio reciproco fra due o più vassoi contenitori impilati I fianchi 5a sono contigui con i lembi 6 da un lato e i lembo 8 dall'altro lato Piegando ulteriormente i lembi 6 lungo le linee tratteggiate 14 e secondo un angolo di 45°, si portano i bordi infenori 16 dei lembi 6 a coincidere con le linee tratteggiate 4 Piegando infine i lembi 8 lungo le linee tratteggiate 15 e secondo un angolo di 45°, si portano i bordi inferion 17 dei lembi 8 a coincidere con le linee tratteggiate 4 Le operazioni descritte devono, per quanto riguarda i fianchi 10a del vassoio, essere eseguite in modo tale che ciascun fianco 10a risulti compreso fra il lembo 8, verso l'interno, e il lembo 6, verso l’esterno Ciò si ottiene, avendo già piegato i fianchi 5a, piegando in successione i lembi 8, i fianchi 10a ed i lembi 6 II bloccaggio del vassoio in questa posizione, così come illustrata in Fig 1, si ottiene inserendo i lembi esterni 7 dei lembi 6 nelle fessure 9 dei lembi 8 e tramite le quattro linguette 1 1 , ricavate nei quattro lembi 8, che vengono ripiegate in modo da passare attraverso i fori 13, ncavati nei fianchi 10, ed attraverso le aperture 12, dotate di linguette 18, ricavate nei lembi 6, dette linguette 18 divaricandosi per lasciar passare le linguette 11 e riavvicinandosi per effettuare il bloccaggio delle linguette 11 The container tray 1 of Fig 1 has an octagonal base shape obtained from a single sheet of cardboard 2, shown in Fig 2 dressed in plastic material Said sheet 2 has a square shape It is cut by punching in correspondence with the continuous lines To be able to use it as a tray it must be folded at right angles in correspondence with the dotted lines 3 and 4, so that the parts 5 of the cardboard sheet 2 and, respectively, the parts 10 of the cardboard sheet 2, form the sides 5a and, respectively, 10a of the container tray 1 The sides 10a are reinforced by the flaps 6 and 8 which embrace the sides 10a to reinforce them, in the way that will be described later. Said sides 5a are four in number as are the sides 10a. obtained near the corners of the coated cardboard sheet 2, they have a triangular-shaped protrusion above the upper edge of the container tray. function, better illustrated below, of allowing mutual locking between two or more stacked container trays The sides 5a are contiguous with the flaps 6 on one side and the flap 8 on the other side Further folding the flaps 6 along the dotted lines 14 and second an angle of 45 °, bring the lower edges 16 of the flaps 6 to coincide with the dotted lines 4 Finally, folding the flaps 8 along the dotted lines 15 and according to an angle of 45 °, bring the lower edges 17 of the flaps 8 to coincide with the dotted lines 4 The operations described must, as regards the sides 10a of the tray, be carried out in such a way that each side 10a is included between the flap 8, towards the inside, and the flap 6, towards the outside This is achieved, having already folded the sides 5a, by folding the flaps 8, the sides 10a and the flaps 6 in succession. The locking of the tray in this position, as shown in Fig 1, is obtained by inserting the outer flaps 7 of the flaps 6 neither the slots 9 of the flaps 8 and through the four tabs 11, obtained in the four flaps 8, which are folded so as to pass through the holes 13, hollowed in the sides 10, and through the openings 12, equipped with tabs 18, obtained in the flaps 6, said tabs 18 spreading apart to let the tabs 11 pass and moving closer to lock the tabs 11

Al fine di proteggere supenormente la pizza e di mantenerne il più possibile la temperatura, viene utilizzato il coperchio 21 ottenuto semplicemente con un foglio di cartone nvestito, come il vassoio, che ricalca sostanzialmente la forma del vassoio e presenta le fessure 22 in cui si inseriscono i bordi triangolari dei lati 10 del vassoio In order to supremely protect the pizza and maintain its temperature as much as possible, the lid 21 is used, obtained simply with a sheet of coated cardboard, such as the tray, which substantially follows the shape of the tray and presents the slots 22 into which they are inserted. the triangular edges of the sides 10 of the tray

Il vassoio ottenuto con le operazioni descritte può esser impilato con altri vassoi uguali, ogni vassoio essendo ruotato di un ottavo di angolo giro rispetto a quello contiguo nell'impilaggio in modo tale che i lati 10 di ciascun vassoio vengano a trovarsi in corrispondenza dei lati 5 del vassoio soprastante in modo tale che le estremità triangolari dei lati 10 si inseriscano nelle aperture 19, avendo sollevato le linguette 20, ricavate nei lati 5 del vassoio soprastante, come mostrato in Fig 4 The tray obtained with the described operations can be stacked with other identical trays, each tray being rotated by an eighth of a round angle with respect to the contiguous one in the stack so that the sides 10 of each tray are in correspondence with the sides 5 of the tray above so that the triangular ends of the sides 10 are inserted into the openings 19, having raised the tabs 20, obtained in the sides 5 of the tray above, as shown in Fig 4

Il trovato presenta, rispetto alla tecnica nota, i seguenti vantaggi avendo una forma ottagonale è più rigido alla torsione nspetto a quello quadrato ed occupa meno spazio nspetto a questo, Compared to the prior art, the invention has the following advantages, having an octagonal shape, it is more rigid to torsion than the square one and takes up less space than the square one.

occupa meno spazio quando è immagazzinato essendo costituito da un solo foglio di forma quadrata di lato solo poco più grande del diametro della pizza, con evidenti vantaggi anche economici, sia per quanto concerne i costi di immagazzinamento, che per i materiali impiegati in quantità nettamente inferiore, nspetto alla tecnica nota, essendo realizzato in cartone rivestito in materiale plastico nsulta più resistente al calore ed ai liquidi normalmente presenti nella pizza e non altera il gusto della medesima, it takes up less space when it is stored as it is made up of a single square-shaped sheet with a side only slightly larger than the diameter of the pizza, with obvious also economic advantages, both as regards storage costs and for the materials used in significantly lower quantities , compared to the known art, being made of cardboard covered in plastic material, it is more resistant to heat and liquids normally present in the pizza and does not alter the taste of the same,

è idoneo ad essere usato come piatto per la consumazione della pizza perché trattiene i liquidi in essa contenuta e non viene alterato dai medesimi, it is suitable to be used as a dish for the consumption of pizza because it retains the liquids contained in it and is not altered by them,

- resiste meglio dei cartonati attualmente in uso perché più duro e non suscettibile di rammollirsi se viene a contatto di liquidi caldi - resists better than cardboard currently in use because it is harder and not susceptible to softening if it comes into contact with hot liquids

Il tecnico del settore potrà trovare delle varianti alla presente descrizione, quali, a titolo esemplificativo, ma non esaustivo, ricavare il vassoio contenitore ed il relativo coperchio 21 da un unico foglio di cartone, tutte comunque da considerarsi comprese nel presente brevetto The person skilled in the art will be able to find variants to the present description, such as, by way of example, but not limited to, obtaining the container tray and the relative lid 21 from a single sheet of cardboard, all of which in any case are to be considered included in the present patent.

Claims

CLAIMS 1 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods characterized by the fact of have the shape of a regular polygon in plan, provide flaps (10a) that protrude from the upper edge designed to fit into corresponding openings (19) provided on the side walls of a container tray placed above the previous one, in such a way as to allow the stacking of two or more trays 2 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods, according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it is obtained from a single sheet carved and folded 3 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the flaps (10a) that protrude from the upper edge are obtained by folding the corners of the sheet from which the container tray is obtained, the openings (19) in which the flaps (10a) are inserted for stacking are obtained on the sides 5a of the container tray from which the flaps 10a do not protrude, by making a notch in the side itself 4 Container tray for transporting pizza or high food, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the fins 10a and the openings 18 for stacking are located on alternate sides, so that stacking is obtained by rotating the container tray so that the openings 18 of the upper one are located in correspondence with the fins 10a of the lower one 5 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods, according to the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that the sheet from which it is obtained is cardboard covered with a film of plastic material 6 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods according to the previous sales, characterized by the fact of have, in plan, octagonal shape, to have the first four of the eight sides, identified in the description with the number 10a, which, after folding, protrude from the upper edge of the container tray with a flap, to have second four of the eight sides, identified in the description with the number 5a, openings into which the protruding flaps of another container tray can be inserted, said first and second four sides being arranged alternately 7 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the octagonal shape is obtained folding the sides 5 along the pre-marked lines 3 so as to form the sides 5a of the container tray, folding the sides 10 along the pre-marked lines 4 so as to form the sides 10a of the container tray, folding the flaps 6 along the pre-marked lines 14 to reinforce the sides 10a of the container tray, folding the flaps 8 along the pre-marked lines 15 to reinforce the sides 10a of the container tray, inserting the outer flaps 7 of the flaps 6 into the slots 9 of the flaps 8 having made sure that the sides 10 are found between said flaps, inserting the tab 11 in the hole 13 and in the hole 12, after having raised the fins 18, lowering the tabs 18 to lock the tab 11 8 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods, according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the sides 10a, being obtained by folding the sides 10 in turn obtained at the corners of the square-shaped cardboard sheet, have protrusions beyond above the upper edge of the tray, the protrusions being triangular in shape, 9 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods according to the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that two or more trays are stacked by inserting the protrusions of the sides 10a, obtained by folding the sides 10 of the plasticized cardboard sheet 2, into the openings 19 of the sides 5a of the tray above, 10 Container tray for transporting pizza or other foods according to claim 1, characterized by the fact of providing a flat element similar in shape to the base of the container tray characterized by providing slots 22 into which said edges of the sides 10a, 11 are inserted. for transporting pizza or other foods according to the preceding claims as described and illustrated and for the specified purposes