JP2000142669A - Box body - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a box body wherein bulkiness can be reduced during the transportation or stock thereof and which is hard to collapse after it is assembled and has a good external appearance. SOLUTION: This box body 1 comprises a main body 3 and a cover body 5. In the main body 3, wall parts 9a-9d are provided and at least the opposed wall parts 9a, 9c, in pairs, each has a first fold line 11, whereby each of the parts 9a, 9c is folded along the line 11 so as to be located outside a bottom surface part 7. In the cover body 5, wall parts 17a, 17c for engagement with the wall parts 9a, 9c folded outside the body 3 respectively are folded so as to be located inside an upper part 15 of the body 5 along second fold lines 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a box for storing articles such as confectionery and small articles, and more particularly to a box for covering a rectangular main body with a lid.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a box for storing confectionery and the like includes a main body having an open upper surface, and a lid for covering the opening. The openings are fitted so that the peripheral wall portions overlap. In this type of box, the bottom surface of the main body is formed in a rectangular shape, and a rectangular parallelepiped is formed when the main body and the lid are fitted.

[0003] In such a box, the empty box before storing the contents is bulky and requires space when transporting or stocking it in a warehouse. For this reason, there are inconveniences such as a high transport cost and a large stock space.

On the other hand, utility model registration No. 31042
No. 571 discloses a lid in which the lid of a container is folded to reduce the volume. The container lid has a configuration in which a fold is formed on a side surface portion (wall portion) of the container and the side surface portion is folded so as to overlap the bottom surface portion.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, although the volume of only the lid is reduced and the bulk is reduced, the main body is not disclosed, and the main body and the lid are fitted together. There is a limit in reducing the bulk of the box body to be combined.

On the other hand, it is conceivable to fold the main body in the same manner as the upper lid so that the side portions are overlapped with the bottom portion to reduce the volume.

However, when the side wall of the lid and the side wall of the main body are folded together, the lid has a habit of folding (folding habit).
When the main body is fitted, the side surface of the main body opens toward the inside and the side wall of the top lid opens toward the outside, so that the appearance of the box is deteriorated and the box is liable to be crushed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a box which reduces bulkiness during transportation and stocking, and which is not easily crushed and has excellent appearance after assembly.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a main body having an opening on one side and a lid closing the opening, wherein the main body has a rectangular bottom portion. The lid body has a rectangular upper surface, and the wall body has four rectangular walls on the upper surface, and the lid is fitted to the main body. In a box body in which one of the wall portion of the main body and the wall portion of the lid is located inside and the other is located outside, at least one pair of opposed wall portions is located on the bottom portion. A first fold that is folded so as to be located on the outside, wherein the wall of the cover, which is to be fitted to the outside-folded wall of the main body, has a top surface A second fold that is folded so as to be located inside the part.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, both the main body and the lid are separately folded at the time of transportation or stocking, so that they can be transported in a large amount without being bulky, thereby reducing the cost during transportation. And stock space can be reduced. Moreover, when assembling the box, the wall located on the inner side is urged outward along the folding habit while the main body and the lid are fitted, and the wall located on the outer side is directed inward. Since it is urged toward, it has excellent fitting performance, is hardly crushed, and has good fitting properties, so that its appearance is also good.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the wall portion of the lid has a pair of opposed wall portions among four walls erected on the upper surface of the lid inside. , And a pair of adjacent opposing walls is folded inward so as to overlap therewith.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
And the wall portion is located inside the bottom surface, so that the occupied space in the folded state can be further reduced. The reason why only the lid is used is that when the four peripheral walls of the main body are folded inward, all the walls have a folding tendency facing inward and are easily crushed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the fold is formed obliquely from a corner of a bottom surface to a wall portion.

[0014] According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the operation and effect described in 2, the number of folds can be reduced to a minimum number, which facilitates manufacture.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the box body comprises: a substrate;
And a decorative paper covering the surface of the substrate, wherein the decorative paper is folded from a fold immediately after the decorative paper is attached.

[0016] According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
The decorative paper has the effects described in any one of (1) to (3) above, and the decorative paper is hardly wrinkled when the fold is formed, and the appearance is good.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the box is made of paper.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the box has been assembled because the effects and advantages of any of the first to fourth aspects described above are exhibited, and the box is assembled because it is easy to manufacture and easy to bend. Excellent fit at the time.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. First,
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

The box 1 according to the first embodiment includes a main body 3
And a lid 5, which is a paper-fitting box in which the lid 5 is fitted to the main body 3.

The main body 3 is a container for storing articles to be stored such as confectionery, and is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open upper surface. The main body 3 includes a rectangular bottom portion 7 and walls 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d surrounding four circumferences of the bottom portion 7. The walls 9a and 9c are a pair of opposing long sides, and the walls 9b and 9d are a pair of opposing short sides.

Each of the walls of the long sides 9a and 9c has a first
A fold 11 is formed. The first fold 11 extends obliquely upward from the corner 13 of the rectangular bottom portion 7, and as shown in FIG. 2, when the main body 3 is folded, the first fold 1
The long side walls 9a, 9c and the short side wall 9 along 1
b and 9d are folded so as to be located substantially flush with the bottom surface portion 7.

The first fold 11 may be provided with a ruled line, or may be formed by a perforation, a V-cut strip, or the like as a method for making the first fold 11 easy to break in advance.

The lid 5 covers the upper opening of the main body 3 and covers the upper body, and is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape having an open lower surface. The lid 5 has a rectangular upper surface portion 15 and walls 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d surrounding four circumferences of the upper surface portion 15.
It has. The wall portions 17a and 17c are a pair of opposed long side walls, and the wall portions 17b and 17d are a pair of opposed short side walls and are fitted to the main body 3 as shown in FIG. In this state, the wall 17a (17c) is located outside the wall 9a (9c) of the main body 3, and the walls 17b, 17d
Is located outside the walls 9b and 9d of the main body.

Two second folds 19 are formed on the walls 17a and 17c of the lid 5, respectively. Each second fold 19 extends obliquely downward from a corner 21 of the rectangular upper surface portion 15, and as shown in FIG. 2, when the lid 5 is folded, the long side 17 a along the second fold 19, 17c and the short sides 17b and 17d are folded so as to fall inside the bottom surface portion 7.

The second fold 19 of the lid 5 is
Similar to the fold 11, a ruled line may be provided in order to make it easy to be broken in advance, or a perforation, a V-cut strip or the like may be used.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. At the time of transportation or stocking, the box 1 is folded so as not to be bulky as shown in FIG. In this case, the main body 3
Then, the walls 9a to 9d are bent along the fold 11, but the walls 9a and 9c are folded outward so that the walls 9b and 9d are laid inside, and the walls 9a to 9d are folded to the bottom 7. To almost the same.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, along the fold 19, the lid 5 has long side walls 17a, 17b.
Is folded inside the lid 5, and the short-side walls 17 b and 17 d are folded inward so as to lie on the lid 5, and the walls 17 a to 17 d are overlapped inside the upper surface 7. The reason why the short side walls 17b and 17d are overlapped on the long side walls 17a and 17c is to reduce the bending tendency.
Note that, in FIG. 3, (a) shows the middle of folding,
(B) shows the state after folding.

As described above, the main body 3 and the lid 5 are respectively
Because it is folded, it is not bulky, and the space and stock space for transportation can be reduced. Therefore, a large amount of material can be conveyed or a large amount of stock can be made, so that costs at the time of conveyance and the like can be reduced.

At the time of assembling the box 1, the walls 9 a to 9 d and 17 a to 17 d are raised in the main body 3 and the lid 5 so as to stand, and the state shown in FIG. 1 is obtained. The cover 5 is fitted so as to cover the opening of the main body 3.

After assembly, as shown in FIG. 4, the walls 9a to 9d of the main body 3 are located inside, and
7a to 17d are located outside. In this state, as shown in FIG. 1, the long side walls 9a and 9c on the inner side of the main body have a folding habit in a direction of spreading outward (direction of arrow A), and these walls 9a and 9c The long side walls 17a and 17c on the outer side of the lid 5 have a bending tendency in a direction toward the inside (the direction of arrow B). Therefore, the long side walls 9a and 17a, 9a and 17 facing each other
Since “a” has a fold in the directions facing each other, it is difficult to form a remarkably large gap between the two, and the appearance is excellent and the matching is good.

In the short side walls 9b and 9d, 17b and 17d, since there is little tendency to bend and it is easy to stand up, good matching is achieved.

Here, a method of manufacturing the box according to the present embodiment will be described. First, a paper dough is cut out into a developed shape of a lid and a main body to form a substrate. Next, folds 11 and 19 are formed in advance at predetermined positions corresponding to the wall portions by ruled lines or perforations.

Subsequently, the substrate is assembled by a box making machine or by manual work, and a corner is attached to the wall to erect. In the assembled state, decorative paper is pasted on the surface of the board. Then, before the decorative paper paste is dried, the fold 19 is folded, and as described above, the box 1 is folded, packed in a box, and shipped.

When the fold 19 is folded, one fold may be folded once or a plurality of times (double folding) to form a fold. In this case, box 1
When the box is folded, the restoring force for the box 1 to return to its original state can be reduced, and the bulk when the box 1 is folded can be further reduced.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Parts having the same functions and effects as those of the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the details of the parts will be described. Detailed description is omitted. Box 31 shown in FIG.
The bottom 7 of the body 3 and the top 15 of the lid 5 are both square in shape, and the wall 9 on one side of the bottom 7
a and 9c are bent outward, and the adjacent walls 9b and 9d are bent inward. Similarly, with respect to the lid 5, the walls 17 a and 17 c on one side of the upper surface 15 are folded so as to overlap the inside of the upper surface 15, and at the same time, the adjacent walls 17 b and 1
7d is bent inward.

In the second embodiment, the cover 5 is attached to the main body 3.
Is fitted, the wall 9 of the body located inside
a and 9c have an outward habit, and the walls 17a and 17c of the lid 5 located on the outer side have an inward habit, so that when they are fitted so as to overlap each other, they face each other. Since it is urged in the direction in which it fits, it can be erected, fit well, and can be fitted with a small gap.

The pair of walls 9a, 9c, and 17a,
17c can be erected, so that the wall portions 9b, 9
d, 17b and 17d can also be erected so that the alignment when the main body 3 and the lid 5 are fitted is good.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the box body 40 according to the third embodiment, the main body 3 and the lid 5 are not separated but are connected by the connecting portion 41.

The main body 3 has a first fold 11 formed on each of the wall portions 9a and 9c, and is bent so that the first fold 11 falls to the outside of the bottom surface portion 7, and the wall portions 9a and 9c are formed.
The wall 9b connected to c is bent inside the bottom 7. In the lid 5, the walls 17a and 17c are bent inside the upper surface 15 by the second fold 19,
The wall portion 17b is bent outward. in this way,
In the folded state, the lid 5 is stacked on the main body 3 and transported or stocked. In addition, the second fold 19 is the wall portion 17.
b.

At the time of assembling, as shown in FIG. 7, the walls 9a to 9c and 17a to 17c are erected, and the lid 5 is fitted to the main body 3. In this case, the wall 9a of the main body 3,
9c is located inside, the walls 17a, 17c of the lid 5 are located outside, the walls 9a, 9c have a tendency to fall outward, and the walls 17a, 17c of the lid 5 are Since it has a habit of falling inward, it is urged in directions facing each other, acts to stand upright, and is fitted with good alignment.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in this embodiment, the fold is formed only on the substrate. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and another fold may be formed on the decorative paper.

The box is not limited to paper, but may be cardboard or resin (polypropylene, vinyl chloride).
The material is not particularly limited.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the second fold 19 of the lid 5 is formed on the short side walls 17b and 17d.
The first fold 11 of the main body 3 may be formed on the long side walls 9a and 9c. That is, the walls 17b and 17d of the lid 5 where the second fold 19 is formed and the walls 9a and 9c of the main body 3 where the first fold 11 is formed are not located at positions facing each other. Things. In this case, when the cover 5 is fitted to the body 3 and assembled, the body 3
Since the first fold 11 and the second fold 19 of the lid 5 are located at different positions on the wall, the box 1 is harder to collapse and
When a pattern or the like is applied to the walls 17a and 17c on the long sides of the lid 5, the pattern can be prevented from being damaged by the second fold 19, and a highly designed box can be provided. still,
In this modification, when the lid 5 is folded, in the folding shown in FIG. 3, the short side walls 17b and 17d are folded inward first, and then the long side walls 17a and 17d are folded.
7c will be folded inward.

As described above, the positions of the wall portions where the second fold 19 of the lid 5 and the first fold 11 of the main body 3 are provided are not particularly limited, and can be appropriately changed as necessary.

[0047]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, at the time of transportation or stocking, the boxes are not bulky and can be transported in a large amount, so that the cost at the time of transportation can be reduced.
In addition, the stock space can be reduced. In addition, when assembling the box, it has excellent fitting performance, is hardly crushed, and has good alignment, so that the appearance is good.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
And the wall portion is located inside the bottom surface, so that the occupied space in the folded state can be further reduced.

According to the invention described in claim 3, according to claim 1
In addition, the effect described in item 2 can be obtained, and the number of folds can be minimized, so that the manufacturing is easy.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the fold is formed, the decorative paper hardly wrinkles and has a good appearance.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the effects described in any one of the first to fourth aspects described above are exhibited, and the manufacturing is easy and the folding habit is easily formed.
Excellent fit when the box is assembled.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a box according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the box body shown in FIG. 1 is folded.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a state where a lid is folded, as viewed from an opening side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the box body shown in FIG. 1 is assembled.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a state in which the box according to the second embodiment is folded.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a box according to a third embodiment is folded.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the box shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a box according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Box body 3 Main body 5 Lid 7 Bottom part 9a-9d Wall part 11 First fold 13 Corner 15 Top part 17a-17d Wall part 19 Second fold 21 Corner

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main body having an opening on one side and a lid closing the opening, the main body includes a rectangular bottom portion, and walls erected on four sides of the bottom portion, and the lid has a rectangular shape. An upper surface portion and a wall portion erected on the four circumferences of the upper surface portion, wherein one of the wall portion of the main body and the wall portion of the lid is located inside while the lid is fitted to the main body, and the other is located inside. In a box body located outside, at least one pair of walls facing each other is provided with a first fold that is folded so as to be located outside a bottom surface, A wall portion, wherein the wall portion of the lid to be fitted to the wall portion folded outwardly of the main body is provided with a second fold that is folded such that the wall portion is located inside the upper surface portion. Box. 2. The wall of the lid is formed by folding inward a pair of opposing walls out of four walls erected on the upper surface and inwardly overlapping a pair of adjacent opposing walls so as to overlap therewith. The box according to claim 1, wherein the wall is folded inward. 3. The box according to claim 1, wherein the fold is formed obliquely from a corner of a bottom surface to a wall portion. 4. The box according to claim 1, wherein the box includes a substrate and decorative paper covering the surface of the substrate, and is folded from a fold immediately after the decorative paper is attached. A box according to one of the preceding claims. 5. The box according to claim 1, wherein the box is made of paper.