JP2019199303A - Paper-made cup holder - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a paper-made cup holder that has storage properties and easy handling made compatible and is convenient.SOLUTION: A paper-made cup holder has: a bottom piece 1 which includes right and left sides extending in parallel with each other; right and left side pieces in a trapezoidal shape; front and rear and right and left connection pieces; a coupling upper piece 5; a knob mating piece 6; front and rear coupling lower pieces 7 which connect with respectively lower edges of the front and rear knob mating pieces at an internal fold 71 and also have internal folds at intermediate parts in a right-left direction to couple front and rear ones between the right and left connection pieces to each other; and front and rear cut storage pieces 9 which connect with respective lower edges of the right and left connection pieces at an internal fold 108 to couple front and rear ones between the right and left connection pieces to each other, and are upward open to be in a substantial C-shape in plan view.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a paper cup holder, and more particularly, to a paper cup holder formed of a single paper material.

  Traditional cup storage devices are mostly wooden cabinets with shelves or trays that invert cups, but with the progress of the times and the improvement of living standards, people are paying more and more attention to storing cups . Each home has a large number of cups, as well as a variety of cup types and shapes. Accordingly, whether or not the cup storage device is stored conveniently and whether or not the storage space can be used effectively are considerations in designing the cup storage device.

  Furthermore, there are a wide variety of cup storage devices on the market, and the type of cup storage device varies depending on the shape and application of the cup. For example, as a cup storage device used in a kitchen, the cup can be turned upside down and dried. A cup holder for hanging the cup handle with a hook or a goblet cup above the counter is slid. There are known goblet cup holders for storing them. A fixed cup holder is installed in a transportation system such as a tour bus, a train, an airplane or a ship, and a concave cup holder is installed in a private car. The bathroom is fitted with a ring cup holder that is nailed to the wall to receive the cup. The cup storage device described above is only suitable for specific locations.

  In recent years, the pace of life has been accelerating, and efficient and convenient fast food restaurants and chain drink shops have emerged, the restaurant population has increased, and the penetration rate of restaurant culture has increased. Since it is necessary to frequently use a disposable beverage cup in daily life, a cup holder for carrying a disposable beverage cup has been proposed.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a conventional beverage cup holder for carrying. This beverage cup holder is made of a plastic material, and a plurality of receiving recesses A1 are formed in a plate-like base A portion. This conventional beverage cup holder can achieve the effect of accommodating a beverage cup, but has the following drawbacks.

(1) When carrying and placing a beverage cup in the housing recess A1, it is necessary to hold both sides of the base part A with both hands, so operations such as transporting other articles, opening / closing doors, opening / closing locks, etc. may be performed. become unable.
(2) When the beverage cup holder is used in a plastic bag, in addition to increasing the time for the store to prepare the beverage, the use of the plastic bag is not only a waste of resources, but also the cost of the store. increase.
(3) If the beverage cup holder is made of a plastic material that cannot be disassembled, serious environmental pollution will occur unless the used beverage cup holder is reused.

  For this reason, it is desired to solve the problems of ease of use, cost and environmental protection of the beverage cup holder.

  A take-out beverage cup holder used in a coffee shop or the like is required to be stockable (displayed) at a storefront or the like and not to be bulky and to have excellent storage properties. In view of this, the inventor collects related information, conducts various evaluations and reviews, accumulates many years of experience in the industry, and through continuous trial and error, balances storage and ease of handling. I found a new type of paper cup holder with high convenience.

  A main object of the present invention is to provide a paper cup holder that is excellent in convenience and has both storage properties and ease of handling.

  The paper cup holder of the present invention is composed of a precisely designed paper material, and includes a plurality of folds and slits in a single paper material, and includes a plurality of bottom pieces, side pieces, connection pieces, coupling pieces, An upper piece, a kneading deformation piece, a concave deformation portion, and a cup receiving piece are formed. In this paper cup holder, first, a paper material is appropriately bonded to form a flat paper cup holder, and a simple operation of folding and pinching the flat paper cup holder Thus, a three-dimensional paper cup holder can be formed in which the intermediate portion of the paper cup holder can be held and the cup receiving pieces are erected at both ends thereof.

  A paper cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention is a paper cup holder made of a paper material, and includes a bottom piece (1) including left and right sides extending in parallel to each other, and the left and right sides. Each of the left and right side pieces (2) having a trapezoidal shape that rises with a fold crease from each side and has at least a part of the left and right sides as a bottom, and the left and right side pieces, The front and rear left and right connecting pieces (3) connected to the corresponding front and rear sides respectively with mountain folds and the sides corresponding to the upper bases of the trapezoidal shape in the left and right side pieces (2) are connected to each other and are And a connecting upper piece (5) having a mountain fold fold extending along the front-rear direction, and having a mountain fold fold from each of the front and rear edges of the upper piece downward. And have valley folds in the middle in the left-right direction. The right and left connecting pieces 6 are connected to the lower and right of the front and rear gripping pieces with a valley fold fold at the lower edge of each of the front and rear gripping pieces, and have a valley fold fold in the middle in the left-right direction. The upper and lower connecting pieces (7) for connecting the pieces (3) to each other before and after each other and the upper and lower end portions of the bottom piece are valley-folded at the lower edges of the left and right connecting pieces, respectively. The left and right connecting pieces (3) are connected with each other in a fold line, and the front and rear cup accommodating pieces (9) are formed in a substantially C shape in a plan view opened upward.

  According to this structure, it becomes a three-dimensional paper cup holder by an easy operation from a flat folded state, and a paper cup holder excellent in convenience that achieves both storage and easy handling can be obtained.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the front-rear length of the fold of the connection upper piece is shorter than the front-rear length of the mountain-shaped fold of the connection portion with the side corresponding to the upper base of the trapezoid formed by the side piece.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, an opening is provided in a central portion on the left and right between the joining piece and the connecting lower piece that are continuous with each other.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the upper part of the opening edge of the opening is arcuate.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the gripping piece includes a plurality of folds extending radially from the opening side toward the connection upper piece side.

  In the paper cup holder, the front and rear edges of the bottom piece preferably have an arc shape.

  In the paper cup holder, the connection piece preferably has a triangular shape.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, each of the cup receiving pieces has a step difference lower than the other portions at a part of the upper edge.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the lower edge of each cup receiving piece has a complementary shape that fits with the shape of the front and rear edges of the bottom piece in the unfolded state.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the left and right side pieces and the left and right connection pieces that are connected to each other form a rectangular first paper piece and a second paper piece on both left and right sides of the bottom piece in an unfolded state, The connecting upper piece, the front and rear gripping pieces, and the connecting lower piece form a third paper piece that is continuous with the first paper piece in the unfolded state, and the second paper piece and the third paper piece are joined together. Has been.

  In the paper cup holder, preferably, the paper cup holder further includes a coupling piece connected to one side of the second paper piece or the third paper piece, and the second paper piece and the third paper piece are bonded with the coupling piece. Alternatively, they are joined together by adhesive.

  The paper cup holder according to the present invention achieves both convenience and ease of handling, and has excellent convenience.

1 is a developed view of a paper cup holder according to an embodiment of the present invention. The top view of the folding state of the paper cup holder by this embodiment The perspective view which shows the cylindrical state of the paper cup holder by this embodiment The perspective view which shows the 1st step of three-dimensionalization of the paper cup holder by this embodiment The perspective view which shows the 2nd step of three-dimensionalization of the paper cup holder by this embodiment The perspective view which shows the 3rd step (three-dimensional completion completion state) of three-dimensionalization of the paper cup holder by this embodiment. The perspective view of the cup accommodation state of the paper cup holder by this embodiment Perspective view of a conventional beverage cup holder

  In order to achieve the above objects and effects, the technical means used in the present invention and the structure, method of implementation, etc. thereof will be described in detail in the preferred embodiments of the present invention. To be understood.

  A preferred embodiment of the paper cup holder according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, front and rear, left and right, and up and down directions are defined as shown by the arrow lines in the figure. Since the paper cup holder of the present embodiment is symmetric in the front-rear direction, the front-rear symmetric parts are described with the same reference numerals. In the following description, the mountain fold fold and the valley fold fold are all folds of the paper cup holder viewed from the outside.

  The paper cup holder of the present embodiment is made of a paper material such as a piece of kraft paper, and the main structure thereof includes a bottom piece 1, left and right side pieces 2A and 2B, front and rear and left and right connecting pieces 3A and 3B, and a coupling. It has the piece 4, the connection upper piece 5, the joining piece 6, the connection lower piece 7, the opening part 8, and the cup accommodating piece 9, and each shape and structural connection relation are as follows.

  First, the developed state will be described with reference to FIG. In the unfolded state, the paper cup holder forms a flat sheet of paper material obtained by cutting the base paper into a predetermined shape.

  The bottom piece 1 has a substantially circular shape long in the front-rear direction including left and right sides 1A, 1B extending in parallel with each other and arc-shaped front and rear edges 1C. In the unfolded state shown in FIG. 1, the front and rear end edges 1 </ b> C of the bottom piece 1 and the lower edge 9 </ b> A of the front and rear cup receiving pieces 9 are respectively separated by arc-shaped slits (dividing grooves) 11. The target shape.

  The left and right side pieces 2A and 2B are arranged symmetrically on both the left and right sides of the bottom piece 1 connected to the left and right sides 1A and 1B of the bottom piece 1 through folds 100A and 100B. The left and right side pieces 2A, 2B are trapezoids having bottom folds 100A, 100B (sides 1A, 1B of the bottom piece 1), respectively.

  A total of four connecting pieces 3A, 3B in the front, rear, left, and right are triangularly connected to the front and back sides of the left and right side pieces 2A, 2B by fold folds 101A, 101B, respectively, and symmetrically arranged in the front and rear. Has been. The joint between each connection piece 3A, 3B and each side piece 2A, 2B includes folds 101A, 101B with at least one perforation, and the connection pieces 3A, 3B are connected to the side pieces 2A, 2B by the folds 101A, 101B. Becomes easy to bend.

  The left side piece 2A and the left front and rear connecting pieces 3A are connected to each other to form a rectangular first paper piece 80A that is long in the front-rear direction on the left side of the bottom piece 1. Similarly, the right side piece 2B and the right front and rear connection pieces 3A are connected to each other to form a second rectangular paper piece 80B that is long in the front-rear direction on the right side of the bottom piece 1.

  The connecting piece 4 has a rectangular shape that is long in the front-rear direction and is connected to the outer edge of the second paper piece 80B with a linear fold fold 102 extending in the front-rear direction along the outer edge. The coupling piece 4 has a plurality of notches 41.

  The upper connecting piece 5 is connected to a middle portion in the front-rear direction of the outer edge of the second paper piece 80B with a linear fold 103 extending in the front-rear direction along the outer edge. The connecting upper piece 5 has one central fold line 51 that is located in the middle portion in the left-right direction and extends along the front-rear direction.

  The connecting upper piece 5 is constituted by two trapezoids, and the upper bases of the two trapezoids are connected to each other with the central fold 51 as a boundary to form a drum shape. Thereby, the front-rear length of the central fold 51 of the connection upper piece 5 is shorter than the front-rear length of the mountain-shaped fold 103 at the connection portion with the side corresponding to the upper base of the trapezoid formed by the side piece 2A.

  The front and rear trim pieces 6 are respectively connected to the front and rear edges of the connecting upper piece 5 by valley folds 104 extending along the edges.

  The front and rear connecting lower pieces 7 are connected to the lower edges (in a three-dimensional state) of the front and rear gripping pieces 6 with valley folds 105 extending along the lower edges and connected pieces. A fold for folding folds 106 extending along the side edge is connected to the side edge of 3A, and a fold 71 for valley fold is provided in the middle in the left-right direction.

  An opening 8 is provided in the left and right central portions between the front and rear connecting pieces 6 and the connecting lower piece 7. The opening 8 has an arc shape whose upper part is large enough for a fingertip to be inserted, and the lower part is a rhombus, and has a shape in which one arc and one rhombus are combined.

  Each knotting piece 6 includes a plurality of fold lines 61 extending radially from the opening 8 side toward the connection upper piece 5 side.

  The connecting upper piece 5, the front and rear gripping pieces 6 and the connecting lower piece 7 are connected to the first paper piece 80A by the folds 103 and 106 to form a rectangular third paper piece 80C which is long in the front-rear direction.

  The front and rear cup accommodating pieces 9 are respectively formed in a complementary central portion separated from the front and rear edges 1C of the bottom piece 1 by arc-shaped slits 11 and in front of each of the front and rear connecting pieces 34 and 3B. The edge or the rear edge (the lower edge in a three-dimensional state) includes left and right side portions that are continuous with valley folding folds 107A and 107B extending along the front edge or the rear edge. The central portion and the left and right side portions are connected to each other by a fold 108 for mountain folding. A crease 109 for mountain folds is provided at the center in the left-right direction of the center. On the left and right sides, fold lines 110 for mountain folding are provided in the left-right direction corresponding to the end portions of the slits 11, respectively.

  The center part of each cup receiving piece 9 has a shorter front-rear length (height in a three-dimensional state) than the left and right side parts.

  To make the paper cup holder, first, the second paper piece 80B and the connecting piece 4 are folded inward so as to overlap the bottom piece 1 with the folds 100B and 108 from the developed state, and the connecting piece 4 in this state is formed. Apply glue containing glue.

  Next, the third paper piece 80 </ b> C is folded inward so as to overlap the first paper piece 80 </ b> A and the coupling piece 4 with the fold lines 103 and 106. Thus, the second piece of paper 80B and the third piece of paper 80C are joined to each other by bonding by the connecting piece 4. It should be noted that the second paper piece 80B and the third paper piece 80C may be joined by adhesion using a double-sided adhesive tape or the like instead of glue or adhesive.

  By connecting the second paper piece 80B and the third paper piece 80C, the connecting upper piece 5 connects the sides corresponding to the upper bases of the trapezoidal shapes of the left and right side pieces 2A and 2B. Further, by the same coupling, the respective connecting lower pieces 7 connect the left and right connecting pieces 3A, 3B to each other in the front and rear. This completes the creation of the paper cup holder.

  3 shows that the folds 100A, 100B, 102, 103, and 106 of the completed paper cup holder are bent 90 degrees, and the bottom piece 1, the first paper piece 80A, the second paper piece 80B, and the third paper piece. A state of being three-dimensionalized into a rectangular cylinder by 80C is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the paper cup holder made as described above, the second piece of paper 80B is folded with folds 100B and 108 and is placed on the bottom piece 1, and the third piece of paper 80C is folded. The folded state is the folded state with 103 and 106 and overlapped on the first piece of paper 80A. In this folded state, the paper cup holder is flat, and a plurality of paper cup holders can be stacked and stocked (displayed) at a storefront or the like. Thereby, the paper cup holder does not become bulky in the folded state, and is excellent in storage property.

  The operation of assembling the paper cup holder from the folded state shown in FIG. 2 to the three-dimensional state is performed by inserting thumbs and index fingers into the front and rear openings 8 as shown in FIG. Apply force in the direction in which 5 approaches each other.

  As a result, the front and rear gripping pieces 6 are bent in an arc shape below the upper connecting piece 5 and the upper connecting piece 5 is bent into an inverted V-shaped chevron so that the central fold line 51 is a ridgeline. The plurality of radial folds 61 provided in the stitching piece 6 helps to make the curvature of the recess more uniform. Further, the front and rear connecting lower pieces 7 are valley-folded in the direction approaching each other with the folds 71 and the connecting pieces 3 are bent, and the front and rear cup housing pieces 9 start to rise.

  Subsequently, when a force is applied in a direction in which the front and rear connecting upper pieces 5 approach each other, the above-described bending proceeds as shown in FIG. 5, and the three-dimensional state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.

  In this three-dimensional state, the front and rear cup-receiving pieces 9 are bent with the respective folds 108, 109, and 110 above the front and rear ends of the bottom piece 1, respectively, and are approximately C in a plan view opened upward. It has a letter shape and defines a receiving space 91 for the cup B. Since each cup receiving piece 9 has a step lower than the other parts at a part of the upper edge, the operation of putting the cup B into the receiving space 91 is facilitated.

  In the structure shown in FIG. 7, the bottom piece 1 and the two side pieces 2 forming the bottom surface of the paper cup holder can be held with one hand. The accommodation space formed by the cup accommodation pieces 9 provided upright at both ends can be used to place the cup B stationary. Since the user's hand is not in direct contact with the cup B, the user does not feel hot.

  As described above, the present invention is to provide one type of paper cup holder made of a single paper material, and can achieve a low cost and environmentally friendly paper cup holder. In summary, the actual production and implementation of the paper cup holder of the present invention can certainly achieve its effectiveness and purpose and is practical.

  The paper cup holder paper can be made of cardboard, foldable cardboard or other paper material with a waterproof layer, all such simple changes and equivalent structural changes are all in accordance with the invention. Are included in the patent scope.

  The above description is a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1: Bottom piece 1A: Side 1B: Side 1C: Edge 2: Side piece 2A: Side piece 2B: Side piece 3: Connection piece 3A: Connection piece 3B: Connection piece 4: Connection piece 5: Top connection piece 6: Matching Piece 7: Connection lower piece 8: Opening 8: Opening 9: Cup receiving piece 9A: Lower edge 11: Slit 34: Connection piece 41: Notch 51: Central fold 61: Fold 71: Fold 80: Second paper piece 80A : First paper piece 80B: second paper piece 80C: third paper piece 91: accommodation space 100A: crease 100B: crease 101A: crease 101B: crease 102: crease 103: crease 104: crease 105: crease 106: crease 107A: Crease 107B: Crease 108: Crease 109: Crease 110: Crease

Claims (11)

A paper cup holder made of paper material,
A bottom piece including left and right sides extending parallel to each other;
A trapezoidal left and right side piece that rises from each of the left and right sides with a fold fold, and has at least a part of the left and right sides as a bottom;
Each of the left and right side pieces, front and rear, left and right connecting pieces that are continuous with mountain folds on the front and rear sides corresponding to the trapezoidal leg sides, and
The upper and lower side pieces connect the sides corresponding to the upper bases of the trapezoidal shape, and are connected to each other, and are connected to upper and lower folds extending in the front-rear direction and located in the middle in the left-right direction; ,
Before and after the connecting pieces, extending downward from each of the front and rear edges of the connecting upper piece, extending downward, having a valley fold in the middle in the left-right direction, and facing each other,
Before and after connecting the left and right connecting pieces to each other at the lower edge of each of the front and rear gripping pieces with valley folds and having the valley folds in the middle in the left and right direction A connecting lower piece,
Above each of the front and rear end portions of the bottom piece, the left and right connection pieces are connected to each other at the lower edges of the left and right connection pieces with valley folds, and the left and right connection pieces are connected to each other and directed upward. A paper cup holder, comprising: a cup receiving piece before and after forming an approximately C shape in an opened plan view. The paper cup holder according to claim 1,
The paper cup holder, wherein the front and rear lengths of the folds of the connecting upper pieces are shorter than the front and rear lengths of the mountain-shaped folds of the connecting portion with the side corresponding to the upper base of the trapezoid formed by the left and right side pieces. The paper cup holder according to claim 1 or 2,
A paper cup holder comprising an opening at a central portion on the left and right between the fitting piece and the connecting lower piece that are connected to each other. A paper cup holder according to claim 3,
A paper cup holder, wherein an upper portion of the opening edge of the opening is arcuate. A paper cup holder according to claim 3 or claim 4,
The paper cup holder, wherein the gripping piece includes a plurality of folds extending radially from the opening side toward the connection upper piece side. A paper cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A paper cup holder characterized in that front and rear edges of the bottom piece have an arc shape. A paper cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The paper cup holder, wherein the left and right connection pieces are triangular. A paper cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A cup holder made of paper, wherein each of the cup receiving pieces has a step difference lower than the other parts at a part of the upper edge. A paper cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The paper cup holder, wherein the lower edge of each cup receiving piece has a complementary shape that fits with the shape of the front and rear edges of the bottom piece in the unfolded state. A paper cup holder according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The left and right side pieces and the left and right connection pieces that are connected to each other form a rectangular first paper piece and a second paper piece on the left and right sides of the bottom piece in the unfolded state,
The connection upper piece, the front and rear gripping pieces, and the connection lower piece form a third paper piece that is continuous with the first paper piece in the unfolded state,
The paper cup holder, wherein the second paper piece and the third paper piece are joined to each other. A paper cup holder according to claim 10,
It further has a connecting piece that is connected to one side of the second paper piece or the third paper piece, and the second paper piece and the third paper piece are bonded to each other by adhesion or adhesion. Characteristic paper cup holder.

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