JP3334686B2 - Cushioning material - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cushioning member provided in a cushioning space provided between an article and an inner wall surface of the packaging box when the article is stored in a packaging box for packaging. The present invention relates to a cushioning member for articles for use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cushioning member of this kind is provided between an article and an inner wall surface of a packaging box, and protects the article by absorbing an external impact applied to the article during the transfer of the article. At the transfer destination, when unpacking the packaging box and removing the article from the packaging box, the cushioning member is also removed from the packaging box and discarded.
On the other hand, some of the articles taken out of the packaging box may be placed on a display stand at a store for sales promotion or the like.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional cushioning member has a function of protecting the article from external impact while the packaging box in which the article is stored is transported to the intended storefront. However, when an article is taken out of the packaging box, it is simply discarded as waste material, which poses a problem from the viewpoint of effective use of resources. In addition, when exhibiting articles, a table for placing the articles is required, so that there is a problem that extra cost is required.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cushioning member which can effectively use resources and reduce costs.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 is a cushioning member provided with an article fitting concave portion on the upper surface side and formed in a substantially box shape with thick paper,
A rectangular bottom surface, and an enclosing wall extending from opposing sides of the bottom surface and surrounding the bottom surface with folds and cuts,
The buffer member is formed in a series by a printed display portion which is provided on the lower surface side of the bottom portion by being extended and bent from the other side portion of the bottom portion so as to stand up and down. Therefore, by standing the printed display unit, the back surface of the bottom surface of the cushioning member functions as a stand for displaying the articles. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a fixing means for fixing an article to a bottom surface of the cushioning member is provided. Therefore, the article is securely fixed.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B show a cushioning member according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view of a main cushion member developed, FIG. 1B is a plan view of an auxiliary cushion member developed, and FIG. 1C is a front view of a mounting piece. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a part of the main buffer member is similarly assembled. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the auxiliary buffer member is similarly assembled, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the auxiliary buffer member and the mounting piece are similarly assembled on the main buffer member. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the cushioning member is incorporated into a packaging box when the cushioning member is used as the cushioning member.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the case where the cushioning member is used as a table for display, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG.

In FIG. 4, the buffer member 1 includes a main buffer member 2, an auxiliary buffer member 3, and a mounting piece 4. FIG. 1A shows an unfolded state before the main cushioning member 2 is assembled. The main cushioning member 2 is formed in a substantially elongated rectangular shape by a cardboard as a flat base material. .

The main cushioning member 2 has four folds 11,
A rectangular bottom view 1 surrounded by 12, 13, and 14
0, and the bottom portion 10 has a length L in the left-right direction.
1. The length in the vertical direction is formed as L2, and the fixing hole 10a
Is provided. First and second surrounding walls 15 and 16 extend from opposite upper and lower ends of the bottom surface portion 10 through folds 14 and 12. Third and fourth enclosure walls 18, 22 extend through the eyes 17, 21.

A notch 19 is provided at the boundary between the third surrounding wall 18, a standing wall 35, which will be described later, and the upper surface 36, and a small notch 20 orthogonal to the notch 19 is provided in the notch 19. The fourth surrounding wall 22 and a display unit 43 described later
Is provided at the boundary with the fourth surrounding wall 22 so as to be orthogonal to the notch 23.
Is provided with a small notch 24 at the upper end. The vertical length of each of the first, third, and fourth enclosure walls 15, 18, and 22 is L3.

At the left and right ends of the second surrounding wall 16, folds 25,
Fifth and sixth enclosure walls 26, 30 extend through 29. Fifth enclosure wall 26, upright wall 35, and upper surface 3
At the boundary with 6, a notch 27 is provided,
The fifth enclosure wall 2 is orthogonal to the cut 27.
A small cut 28 is provided at the lower end of 6. A cut 31 is provided at the boundary between the sixth surrounding wall 30 and the display unit 43, and a small cut 32 orthogonal to the cut 31 is provided in the cut 31. The vertical length of each of the second, fifth, and sixth surrounding walls 16, 26, and 30 is L3.
Is formed.

An upright wall 35 having a length L3 in the left-right direction extends through the fold 11 at the left end of the bottom surface portion 10. At the left end of the standing wall 35, an upper surface portion 36 extends through a fold 34. At the left end of the upper surface portion 36, a standing wall 3 having a length L3 in the left-right direction through a fold 37 is formed.
8 is extended. Reference numeral 39 denotes these standing wall 38 and upper plate 3
6 is a mounting hole formed in a semicircular shape in a plan view and formed with a small notch 40 at the center of the bottom. A pair of small cuts 41, 4 are provided above and below the left end of the standing wall 38.
2 are provided. The space between the bottom of the mounting hole 39 and the left end of the standing wall 38 is formed at L5.

At the right end of the bottom portion 10, a display portion 43 extending in the left-right direction and having a length L4 through the fold 13 and extending in a rectangular shape in plan view is provided. Display 43
A notch 44 is provided to form a tongue-shaped projection 45 projecting to the side. As shown in FIG. 6, a display for sales promotion is printed on the back surface 43a of the display unit 43. At the right end of the display unit 43, a support 47 having a rectangular shape in plan view is extended via a fold 46. The support 47 is located at a position separated from the fold 46 by an interval L4. A slit 48 is provided at a central position in the vertical direction.
The vertical length of 8 is formed slightly larger than the vertical length of the protrusion 45. Also, the support portion 47
A tongue-like projection 49 is provided at the center of the right end of the support member 47, and a fold 50 is provided at the boundary between the projection 49 and the right end of the support portion 47.

FIG. 1B shows an unfolded state before the auxiliary buffer member 3 is assembled. The auxiliary buffer member 3 is formed in a rectangular shape by a cardboard as a flat base material. . The auxiliary cushioning member 3 is provided with a bottom surface portion 55 having a rectangular shape in plan view and having a length L1 in the left-right direction and a length L2 in the up-down direction. A fixing hole 55a is provided.

At a substantially center of the bottom portion 55, an elongated rectangular cut-and-raised portion 58 extending vertically is provided by a notch 56 and a fold 57 having a U-shape in plan view. The length L5 in the left-right direction of the cut-and-raised portion 58 is formed to be smaller than the length L3 in the up-down direction of the first enclosure wall 15 described above, and a small cut 59 is provided at the center of the right end. A pair of elongated rectangular cut-and-raised portions 62, 62 extending in the left-right direction are formed above and below the bottom portion 55 by cuts 60 and folds 61 having a U-shape in plan view so as to sandwich the cut-and-raised portion 58. Is provided. The vertical lengths of these cut-and-raised portions 62, 62 are both formed as L5, and a pair of small cuts 6
3, 64 are provided respectively.

An upright wall 66 having a length L3 in the left-right direction extends through a fold 65 at the right end of the bottom portion 55,
An upper surface portion 68 extends from the right end of the standing wall 66 via a fold 67. A slit 69 is provided at the center of the fold 67, and the vertical length of the slit 69 is formed to be slightly larger than the vertical length of the protrusion 49 of the support portion 47 described above.

The right end of the upper surface 68 is provided with a fold 70
An erect wall 71 having a length L3 in the left-right direction is extended, and a tongue-shaped mounting hole 72 is provided so as to extend over the erect wall 71 and the upper surface portion 68. This mounting hole 72
A small notch 73 is provided in the center of the bottom of the vertical wall 71, and a pair of small notches 74, 74 are provided above and below the right end of the standing wall 71. The space between the bottom of the mounting hole 72 and the right end of the standing wall 71 is formed at L5.

In FIG. 1C, the placing piece 4 is formed of a thick paper into an elongated rectangle having a length L5 in the vertical direction.
Three small cuts 76, 77, 78 are provided at the upper end.

Next, the cushioning member having such a configuration is connected to
An assembling method when used as a buffer member will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1A, folds 14,
When the first and second surrounding walls 15 and 16 are bent at right angles to the front side of the drawing along the line 12, the cuts 19, 23 and 2
Since the third and sixth enclosures are provided, the third to sixth enclosure walls 18, 22, 26, and 30 are also bent at right angles to the front side of the drawing. Along the folds 17, 21, 25, 29, the third to sixth surrounding walls 18, 22, 26, 30 are bent at right angles inward. Third and fifth enclosure walls 18,
26, the small cuts 20, 28 are engaged with each other, and the small cuts 2, 4 of the fourth and sixth enclosure walls 22, 30 are formed.
The first to sixth enclosure walls 1 formed at a height L3 as shown in FIG.
5, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30
Is surrounded.

Next, in FIG. 1 (b), the three cut-and-raised portions 58, 62, 62 of the auxiliary buffer member 3 are folded at the folds 57, 61,
Cut it up at right angles to the near side of the paper along 61. Standing wall 66
Is bent at right angles to the near side of the drawing along the fold line 65, and the upper surface 68 and the standing wall 71 are folded along the fold lines 67 and 70 to form the standing wall 6
Fold each at a right angle in the same direction as 6. As shown in FIG. 3, the small cuts 64, 64 of the pair of cut-and-raised portions 61, 61 are formed.
Then, the small cuts 74, 74 of the standing wall 71 are engaged with each other, whereby the pair of standing walls 66, 71 forms an upper surface portion 68 having a height L <b> 3.

On the bottom surface 10 of the main cushioning member 2 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the auxiliary cushioning member 3 is attached to the first to sixth surrounding walls 15 and 16 of the main cushioning member 2 by placing the bottom surface portion 55 of the auxiliary cushioning member 3 shown in FIG. , 1
It is housed in a portion surrounded by 8, 22, 26, 30. The upright wall 35, the upper surface portion 36, and the upright wall 38 of the main buffer member 2 are sequentially bent at right angles along the folds 11, 34, and 37 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. Is accommodated in a portion surrounded by the surrounding walls 15, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30 to form the upper surface portion 36 having a height L3.

The small cuts 76, 77, 78 of the mounting piece 4 are
The small cut 40 of the upright wall 38 of the main buffer member 2, the small cut 59 of the cut-and-raised portion 58 of the auxiliary buffer member 3, and the small cut 7 of the upright wall 71.
3, the upright wall 38 of the main cushioning member 2 is fixed to the bottom surface 55 of the auxiliary cushioning member 3.
At the same time, the mounting piece 4, the standing wall 38 of the main buffer member 2, the cut-and-raised portion 58 and the standing wall 71 of the auxiliary buffer member 3, the mounting hole 39 of the main buffer member 2, and the mounting hole 72 of the auxiliary buffer member 3. The fitting recess 80 of the article 8 is formed. Support part 4 of main buffer member 2
7 is bent 180 ° in the direction of arrow B in the figure along the fold line 46 and overlaps the display unit 43, and the display unit 43 and the support unit 47 are further bent along the fold line 11 in the direction of arrow C. The main cushioning member 2 is overlaid on the back side of the bottom surface 10. That is, the display unit 43 and the support unit 47 are set on the back surface of the bottom surface 10 of the main buffer member 2.

From this state, as shown in FIG.
The article 8 is fitted into the fitting concave portion 80 of the cushioning member 1, the cushioning member 1 is stored in the packaging box 6, and the cover 7 is covered.
The article 8 is packed in the packaging box 6 by closing the lid 6a.

Next, the case where the cushioning member 1 is used as a display table will be described. In the case where the cushioning member 1 is used as a stand for display, the support portion 47 of the main cushioning member 2 in FIG. The same assembling method is performed until the sheet is bent 180 ° and overlapped on the display section 43. Therefore, the following assembling method will be described below.

That is, the display unit 43 and the support unit 47
Is folded 90 ° in the direction of arrow C along fold 11,
As shown in FIG. 7, the protrusions 4 on the bottom surface 10 of the main shock absorbing member 2 are provided.
5 is inserted into the slit 48 of the support 45. At the same time, the projection 49 of the support portion 45 is bent at a right angle along the fold line 50 and inserted into the slit 69 of the auxiliary buffer member 3, so that the display portion 43 is supported together with the support portion 47 by the main buffer member 2.
From one end of the bottom portion 10 on the back side of the bottom portion 10.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the upper surface 36 of the main shock absorbing member 2 and the upper surface 68 of the auxiliary shock absorbing member 3 face downward, the bottom surface 10 of the main shock absorbing member 2 faces upward, and The protrusion 8a of the article 8 is fitted into the fixing hole 10a of the portion 10 and the fixing hole 55a of the
Is placed on the bottom surface 10. As shown in FIG.
Since the display for promotion is printed on the back surface 43a of the third member 3, the cushioning member 1 can be used as a table for displaying the articles 8 placed on the bottom surface portion 10.

As described above, since the buffer member 1 can be used also as a table for display, it is not destroyed even after the buffer member 1 is used as a buffer, so that the resources can be effectively used. Further, since there is no need to separately make a stand for the exhibition, costs can be reduced. Furthermore, since the fixing holes 10a and 55a for fixing the article 8 are provided, the article 8 can be securely fixed, so that the usability is improved. The first to sixth surrounding walls 15, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30 of the main cushioning member 2 are formed in series on the bottom part 10 by folds and cuts, and the display part 43 is formed on the bottom part 10 in series. With this configuration, assembly is easy and parts management is not complicated.

In this embodiment, the projection 8a on the side of the article 8 is used as a means for fixing the article 8,
Although the fixing holes 10a and 55a are provided at 0 and 55,
If there is no protrusion 8a on the side, a cut-and-raised portion may be provided on the bottom portions 10, 55, and the cut-and-raised portion may surround the article 8, and various design changes are possible. Also, the fitting recess 80 for mounting the article 8 is formed by the mounting hole 39 provided on the upper surface 36 of the main buffer member 2 and the mounting hole 72 provided on the upper surface 68 of the auxiliary buffer member 3. By extending the upper surface portion 36 of the main buffer member 2 toward the upper surface portion 68 of the auxiliary buffer member 3, the fitting concave portion 80 may be formed only by the main buffer member 2, in which case the auxiliary buffer member 3 or the mounting piece 4 becomes unnecessary.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the buffer member can be used also as a table for display, so that the resources can be effectively used and
Expenses can be saved. In addition, since the surrounding wall surrounding the bottom surface portion and the printed display portion standing and falling freely on the lower surface side of the bottom surface portion are formed in series, the assembly is easy and the management of parts does not become complicated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the article can be securely fixed when used as a table for display, so that usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1A and 1B show a buffer member according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view of a main buffer member developed, FIG. 1B is a plan view of an auxiliary buffer member developed, and FIG. is there.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a part of a main buffer member according to the present invention is assembled.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where an auxiliary buffer member according to the present invention is assembled.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the auxiliary buffer member and the mounting piece are assembled to the main buffer member in the buffer member according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the cushioning member according to the present invention is incorporated in a packaging box when used as a cushioning member.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the cushioning member according to the present invention is used as a display table.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... buffer member, 2 ... main buffer member, 3 ... auxiliary buffer member, 4
... Mounting pieces, 8 articles, 10 bottom surface, 10a fixing holes, 15, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30 first to sixth surrounding walls, 39, 72 mounting holes, 43 ... Display unit, 8
0: fitting recess.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cushioning member provided with an article fitting concave portion on an upper surface side and formed in a substantially box shape with thick paper, and extending from a rectangular bottom portion and opposing ends of the bottom portion. By an enclosing wall surrounding the bottom portion by the fold and the cut portion, and a printed display portion that is erected on the lower surface side of the bottom portion by being extended and bent from the other end portion of the bottom portion and is capable of falling down, A buffer member, wherein the buffer member is formed in a series. 2. The cushioning member according to claim 1, further comprising fixing means for fixing an article to a bottom surface of the cushioning member.