JP2000033967A - Case type packaging body, long raw sheet for forming the packaging body, and assembly formed of the packaging body for wrapping article - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaging body which can be applied to a package for yogurt pot or a comport pot and can make the dimension of a front face as large as possible and can decrease the area of a raw sheet used for a packaging body. SOLUTION: This packaging body 3 comprises a front wall 13, a back wall 14, and a top end wall 15 and a back end wall 16 connecting a space between these front and back walls and the height H of the front wall is higher than the height h of the back wall and one 16 of the side walls has at least one inclined part 23 and at least one back opening part 24 for receiving an article close to the back wall.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a case-type package for enclosing a group consisting of at least two items such as containers. The package includes a front wall and a rear wall, and an upper end wall and a lower end wall connecting between the front wall and the rear wall.

[0002] The invention applies, for example, to packages of yogurt pots or compote pots of generally tapered shape.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a package generally has a case shape having a substantially rectangular cross section, and completely covers a corresponding group of pots. The pot can be kept together by such a package.

[0004] Such packages are generally formed from a pre-cut and grooved cardboard blank,
It is folded and bonded. The amount of cardboard used is a significant part of the cost of such packages. Therefore, the dimensions of these packages, especially the height of the front and rear walls, tend to be reduced for cost savings.

By the way, the front wall of such a package is placed in front of a display shelf of a store so that consumers can confirm the manufacturer and type of a product contained in a pot wrapped by the package. It forms an information medium intended to be placed.

[0006] Manufacturers of yogurt or compote
In order to make the information presented on this front as visible as possible, it is necessary to make the dimensions of the front and thus the height as high as possible.

[0007] In other words, this restriction is contradictory to the reduction of the area of the blank used, and thus to the reduction of the cost of the package.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to these two types.
It is an object of the present invention to solve this problem by proposing a package which can balance the two constraints, namely the cost savings of the package, and the provision of a front wall with satisfactory dimensions.

[0009]

For this purpose, the present invention provides:
A case-type package for wrapping a group of at least two items such as a container, comprising: a front wall and a rear wall;
An upper end wall and a lower end wall connecting between the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the height of the front wall is greater than the height of the rear wall, and one of the end walls has at least one It is an object of the invention to provide a package characterized by having a sloped portion and at least one rear opening for receiving goods near the rear wall.

According to various specific embodiments, the package may have one or more of the following features, individually or in all technically possible combinations. it can.

The articles are arranged in rows, said end walls including cooperating means for cooperating with at least one article near the front wall, said cooperating means comprising one or more rear openings; It is provided to be located at a level different from the level of the department.

The cooperating means comprises at least one front opening for receiving a part of the article close to the front wall.

Each front opening and / or each rear opening is provided in an inclined portion of said end wall.

The end wall includes an inner flap for holding the goods;

The article comprises a taper, each front opening and / or each rear opening being adapted to receive a corresponding taper of the article and adapted to hold the taper; It has a contour of shape.

The end wall is a lower end wall.

The cooperating means comprises an article support formed by a part of the lower end wall arranged to be positioned horizontally below one or more corresponding articles.

The article has edges and openings for receiving and holding these edges are provided in the front and / or rear walls of the package.

The front wall is provided to extend over substantially the entire height of the group of articles.

The height of the rear wall is minimal and even zero.

[0021] The present invention also relates to a long base plate for forming the above-defined package, wherein the continuous plate is used for forming a front wall, a rear wall, an upper end wall and a lower end wall of the package. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a blank comprising a panel, wherein the length of the panel provided for forming the front wall is longer than the length of the panel provided for forming the rear wall.

According to a variant, the panel provided for forming the inclined part of the end wall has an opening in the formed package for receiving an article of a shape suitable for the inclination of the inclined part. .

Finally, the present invention relates to at least two containers, such as containers.
An assembly comprising a group of one item and a package as defined above enclosing the item group is also an object.

The invention will be understood from the following description, given by way of example only and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Will be better understood.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Throughout the following description, the terms used, in particular the terms "upper", "lower", "lower" and "upper" will refer to the package and the bottom on a generally horizontal surface. It is to be understood that this is for an assembly with a yogurt pot installed below.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an assembly 1 comprising a group of four yogurt or compote pots 2 and a case-shaped package 3 surrounding the pots 2. More clearly, pot 2 is shown in dashed lines, and two of these pots are not completely shown in FIG.

The yogurt pots 2 are identical and each have a frustoconical portion 4 which tapers towards the bottom 5 of the pot 2.
Having.

Each pot 2 terminates at its upper end 7 at a generally covered edge 8. The four pots 2 are grouped into two rows of two pots arranged in a row, a front row 10 and a back row 11.

The package 3 includes a front wall 13 (the left side in FIGS. 1 and 2), a rear wall 14, an upper wall 15, and a lower wall 16.

The front wall 13 extends in front of the front row 10 over a height and width slightly larger than the height and width of the group of pots 2 respectively.

The upper wall 15 extends over all the yogurt pots 2 from the upper end 17 of the front wall 13 to the upper end 18 of the rear wall 14.

The lower wall 16 extends from a lower end 19 of the front wall 13 to a lower end 20 of the rear wall 14.

The front wall 13 and the rear wall 14 extend downward while tapering slightly toward each other.

The rear wall 14 has a height h which is clearly smaller than the height H of the front wall 13.

Therefore, the lower end 20 of the rear wall 14 is located at a level clearly higher than the level of the lower end 19 of the front wall 13.

The lower wall 16 extends from the lower end 19 of the front wall 13 to the horizontal portion 2 located below the bottom 5 of the pot 2 in the front row 10.
2 and, in turn, a portion 23 inclined upward toward the rear of the package 3 and reaching the lower end 20 of the rear wall 14.

The ramp 23 includes two identical rear openings 24 having a generally elliptical profile 25. Each opening 24 receives the frustoconical body 4 of the pot 2 of the back row 11. The shape of the contours 25 is such that these contours fit around the
In the blocking state.

The ramp 23 also includes two identical front openings 26 having a profile 27 generally in the shape of an elliptical arc. Each opening 26 receives a rear portion 28 of the frustoconical body 4 of the pot 2 in the front row 10.

The shape of the contours 27 is such that these contours fit around the corresponding body 4
In the blocking state.

Further, the inclined portion 23 of the lower wall 16 also includes a rectangular front flap 30 or a rear flap 31 tied to the front opening 26 or the rear opening 24, respectively. Each flap 30 extends substantially vertically from the region of the profile 27 that is slightly offset rearward. Similarly, each flap 31 also extends substantially vertically from the region of the contour 25 that is slightly offset forward.

Each of the two flaps 30 extends along the body 4 of the pot 2 in the row 10 while leaning against the body 4.

Similarly, the two flaps 31 extend along the bodies 4 of the pots 2 in the row 11 while leaning against the bodies 4.

The horizontal portion 22 of the lower wall 16 is formed of a disk segment at each bottom 5 of the pots 2 in the row 10 so as to increase the contact area between the portion 22 and the bottom 5 of the pot 2 in the front row 10. It includes an extension 32 and a substantially trapezoidal rear extension 33.

The front wall 13 has, for each pot 2 in the row 10, one opening 3 for receiving the front area of the bottom 5 of the pot 2.
4 inclusive. This opening 34 is bordered by two triangular projections 35 holding the corresponding bottom 5.

The front wall 13 also includes, for each pot 2 in the row 10, a substantially horizontal opening 36 for receiving and holding the corresponding pot 2 edge 8.

Similarly, the rear wall 14 also includes two substantially horizontal openings 37 for receiving and holding the edges 8 of the pots 2 of the rear row 11.

Finally, the upper wall 15 has openings 36 and 37
A rectangular front extension 39 and a rear extension 40 flush with the openings 36 and 37 to cover the area of the edge 8 received therein.

Two arc-shaped concave portions 41 are provided on both sides of the upper wall 15.

FIG. 3 shows that the package 3
Shows a long cardboard blank 50, that is, a material, which can be formed. In this figure, the folding line is represented by a dotted line, and the cutting line is represented by a thick line.

The base plate 50 includes six substantially rectangular panels 51 to 56 which are connected to each other.

The panel 52 corresponds to the front wall 13, the panel 53 corresponds to the horizontal portion 22 of the lower wall 16, the panel 54 corresponds to the inclined portion 23 of the lower wall 16, and the panel 55 corresponds to the rear wall 14.

The length of the panel 52 (corresponding to the height H ) is longer than the length of the panel 55 (corresponding to the height h ).

The short panel 56 is the gluing flap of the panel 51, which is in effect covered by the panel 51 forming the upper wall 15.

The two straight slits 57 form a discontinuous horizontal fold line 58 connecting the panels 51 and 52.
Is formed on the panel 52 in parallel with the folding line 58.

Each slit 57 ends at the end of the curved line leading to the fold line 58. A substantially rectangular cutout 59 is provided at the edge of the central portion of each slit 57 on one side of the discontinuous transverse fold line 58 connecting the panels 51 and 52.

Each slit 57 defines, on the one hand, an extension 39 of the upper wall 15 when the blank 50 is bent, and, on the other hand, a corresponding opening 36 in the front wall 13 together with a corresponding cut-out 59. Served to define the

The panel 52 is formed near the folding line 60 and has two arc-shaped slits 61 reaching the folding line 60. Each slit 61 is extended at its center by a slit 62 parallel to the longitudinal axis of the material 50. Further, two oblique slits 63 extend on both sides of each slit 62 toward each end of the corresponding slit 61.

After bending the material 50, each slit 61
Is used to define the front extension 32 of the lower wall 16 and the corresponding opening 34 of the front wall 13 and, together with the corresponding slits 62 and 63, the corresponding triangular holding projection of the front wall 13. Offered.

Two pairs of elongated cutouts 64 are provided in the panel 54 near the discontinuous transverse fold lines 65 connecting the panels 53 and 54.

One identical pair of cut-out portions 64 are interconnected on the one hand by linear slits 66 transverse to the longitudinal axis of the base plate 50 and, on the other hand, relative to the longitudinal axis of the base plate 50. Longitudinal slit 67
Respectively extended by. Hollow parts 64 of each pair
, These cutouts 64 and slits 66 and 67 define a rectangular surface 68 connected to the rest of panel 54 by a fold line 69 and a trapezoidal surface 70 connected to panel 53.
Is defined.

For each pair of cutouts 64, the cutouts 64 serve to define the front opening 26 of the lower wall 16 of the formed package 3. Corresponding surfaces 68 and 70 are provided to form corresponding flaps 30 of lower wall 16 and corresponding rear extensions 33 of portion 22 of wall 16, respectively.

Similarly, the panel 54 has two hollow portions 72. The contours of these hollow portions 72 mainly correspond to ellipses. Each hollow portion 72 is extended by two straight slits 73 parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate 50. These slits 73 are
5 partially define two rectangular faces 74 each connected to the panel 54. Each surface 74 extends partially into a corresponding hollow 72.

A hollow 72 is provided for forming the rear opening 24 of the lower wall 16, and a surface 74 is provided for forming the corresponding flap 31.

The shape of the hollow 72 and the shape of the hollow 64 are, on the one hand, adapted to the inclination the panel 54 takes to form the part 23 of the wall 16 and, on the other hand, to the shape of the pot 2 Be adapted.

Two linear slits 76 form discontinuous horizontal fold lines 77 connecting the panels 55 and 56.
Is formed on the panel 55 in parallel with the bending line 77. These slits 76 end at the end of the curve leading to the fold line 77.

Two arc-shaped cut portions 78 are formed on both sides of the panel 51, respectively. These cut portions 78 are used to form the concave portions 41 of the upper wall 15 of the package 3.

In order to form the package 3 of FIG.
Is wrapped in the base plate 50, and the panel 51 is
Paste in. The integration of these two panels 51 and 56 can also be ensured in any other known way.

The package 3 formed in this way is, in particular, thanks to the integral shape of the body 4 of the pot 2 and the contours 25 and 27 of the openings 24 and 26 and of the flaps 30 and 31 Thanks, even lower wall 16
Of the front wall 13 and the rear wall 14 thanks to the horizontal part 22 and its extensions 32 and 33
And 37 and thanks to the top wall 15 ensure a satisfactory holding of the pot 2.

It should be pointed out that the lower wall 16
Cooperates with the pots 2 in the rear row 11 at a higher level than the lower wall 16 cooperates with the pots 2 in the front row 10.

The recess 41 serves to make it easier to grasp the package 3. According to a variant not shown, these recesses 41 can be replaced by other equivalent means, such as holes.

The front face 13 extends over the entire height and width of the group of pots 2. Therefore, this front 1
3 provides the maximum area available as an information medium.

Further, since the outer shape of the package 3 is asymmetric, that is, the height of the rear wall 14 is small, and the lower wall 16 has the inclined portion 23, The total area of the plate 50 can be reduced.

That is, if the dimensions of the front walls 13 are equal,
The area of the blank 50 used is clearly smaller than the area of the blank that is used to form the symmetrical package that completely covers the group of yogurt pots.

According to a variant, not shown, the height of the rear wall 14 can be very small, or even zero.

The invention can, of course, be applied to all kinds of articles, in particular the packaging of containers. Of course, the invention makes it possible to package groups of a variable number of items, for example groups of 2x3 or 2x4 items.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an assembly including a yogurt pot wrapped by a package according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the assembly of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an elementary plate that enables forming the package of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Assembly 2 Pot 3 Packaging body 4 Pot body 5 Pot bottom 7 Pot upper end 8 Pot edge 10 Front row 11 Rear row 13 Front wall 14 Rear wall 15 Top wall 16 Lower wall 17 Front wall upper end 18 Rear wall upper end 19 Lower edge of front wall 20 Lower edge of rear wall 22 Horizontal portion of lower wall 23 Inclined portion of lower wall 24 Rear opening 25 Outline of rear opening 26 Front opening 27 Outline of front opening 30 Front flap 31 Rear flap 32 Front Extension 33 Back extension 34 Front wall opening 35 Triangular protrusion 36 Front wall opening 37 Rear wall opening 39 Top wall front extension 40 Top wall rear extension H Front wall height h Rear wall height

Claims (16)

[Claims] At least two articles (2) such as containers
(3) for wrapping a group consisting of: a front wall (13), a rear wall (14), and a connection between the front wall (13) and the rear wall (14). The height of the front wall ( H ) is higher than the height of the rear wall ( h ), and one of the end walls (16) has an upper end wall (15) and a lower end wall (16). , At least one inclined portion (2
3) and at least one rear opening (24) for receiving goods near the rear wall. 2. At least two articles are arranged in rows, said end wall (16) including holding means (22, 26) for holding at least one article (2) close to the front wall. Package according to claim 1, characterized in that the holding means are provided at a level different from the level of the one or more rear openings (24). 3. The package according to claim 2, wherein the holding means comprises at least one front opening (26) for receiving a part of the item near the front wall (13). 4. Each of the front openings (26) and / or each of the rear openings (24) has an inclined portion (2) of the end wall (16).
The package according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the package is provided in (3). 5. The package according to claim 1, wherein the end wall includes an inner flap for holding an article. 6. An article comprising a tapered portion (4), each front opening (26) and / or rear opening (24) being provided for receiving a corresponding article tapered portion (4). The package according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the package has a contour (25, 27) having a shape suitable for holding the tapered portion. 7. The package according to claim 1, wherein the end wall is a lower end wall (16). 8. The holding means comprises an article support formed by a part (22) of a lower end wall (16) which is arranged to be positioned horizontally below one or more corresponding articles. The package according to claim 2, wherein the package comprises: 9. The article comprises edges (8), and openings (36, 37) for receiving and holding these edges are formed in the front wall (13) and / or the rear wall (14) of the package. The package according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the package is provided. 10. Packaging according to claim 1, wherein the front wall (13) is provided so as to extend over substantially the entire height of the group of articles (2). body. 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the height ( h ) of the rear wall is minimal and even zero.
A package according to any one of the preceding claims. 12. A long blank (50) for forming a package according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the front wall (13) and the rear wall (13) of the package (3). 14) a panel (52) which includes a continuous panel (51-56) which is provided to form a top wall (15) and a bottom wall (16) and which is provided to form a front wall (13). Characterized in that the length of the blank (5) is longer than the length of the panel (55) provided for forming the rear wall (14).
0). 13. An inclined portion (23) of said end wall (16).
The panel (54) provided for forming the opening (64, 72) in the formed package (3) has an opening (64, 72) for receiving an article having a shape suitable for the inclination of the inclined portion (23). The raw plate according to claim 12, characterized in that: 14. An assembly (1) comprising a group of at least two items (2), such as containers, and a package (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 11 wrapping the group of items. ). 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein at least two of the articles are arranged in rows.
An assembly according to claim 1. 16. The assembly according to claim 15, wherein the group of items comprises an item (2) in the front row (10) and an item (2) in the back row (11).