JP4313368B2 - PET bottles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a plastic bottle that can use a label attached to a trunk as a hanging string.

  Recently, drinks such as juice, cola, and tea are increasingly sold in plastic bottles instead of aluminum and steel cans. A label printed with information is attached to the body. Patent Document 1 listed below discloses the use of stretchable stretch labels so as not to cause problems such as poor insertion and wrinkle generation when the labels are attached to a PET bottle.

The above-mentioned PET bottles have caps that can be opened and closed, so if you can't drink all at once, you can carry the caps with the caps closed, open the caps again when you want, and drink aluminum cans. Once the pull tab is opened, such as a steel can or a steel can, it is extremely convenient compared to the one that cannot be closed again. By the way, when carrying around, if you carry bags such as bags or rucksacks, you can store them in them, but if you do not have such bags, hold them directly in your hand. Because it was necessary, the hand was blocked by this, which caused inconvenience. Moreover, it is necessary to take out each time it is stored in the bags, and the troublesomeness cannot be ignored.
JP 2002-156907 A

  Recently, in order to eliminate the inconvenience and annoyance as described above, a holder for a plastic bottle provided with a strap has been devised and has been widely available on the market. This plastic bottle holder can store a plastic bottle with the cap part exposed in the holder, and can carry the plastic bottle by hanging the hanging strap on the neck or shoulder or on the waist. The bottle is not clogged, and it is convenient because it is convenient to open the cap immediately and drink it when desired.

  However, when going out, it is rare to prepare the above dedicated holder in advance, assuming the purchase of drinks in plastic bottles in advance, and there is also the hassle of preparing it, so usually In many cases, such a holder goes out without carrying it. For this reason, there are many cases where the above-mentioned inconvenience is felt when purchasing a plastic bottle on the go, and the improvement has been desired.

  The present invention has been proposed to solve such problems, and provides a novel plastic bottle that can be used as a hanging string by simply removing the label when a beverage containing the plastic bottle is purchased. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a plastic bottle proposed in claim 1 of the present invention is a plastic bottle in which a label is mounted around a trunk portion, and the label comprises two upper and lower parts, and the upper and lower two parts are mutually connected. While being separable, at least the upper part of the label is formed of a resin material having a large lateral expansion rate so that it can be stretched into a string state, and is attached in a state where it can be pulled out from the body in a ring state The product information is printed on the surface of the lower part of the label.

In Claim 2, the upper part of the label according to Claim 1 is a ring-like hanging strap that can be hooked to a neck part of a plastic bottle in a state where the upper part is extracted from the body part and stretched. Is provided with a string stopper for latching the hanging string. It is desirable to form the string stop portion so as to restrict the hanging position on the opposite side of the product information printing surface in the lower half of the label.
Here, the neck part to be hooked by the hanging strap is the boundary part (saddle part) between the body part of the bottle and the cap mounting part or the base part of the cap (the part remaining on the bottle side when the cap is removed), Furthermore, it may be a part of the cap. The string stopper may be formed by cutting or hooking the boundary portion, the base portion of the cap, or a part of the cap.

  In claim 3, the sales promotion information such as advertisement information and prize information that is enlarged to be legible when stretched in a string shape is printed on the upper portion of the label in claim 1 or 2. On the other hand, the sales promotion information similar to the above is also printed on the back surface of the lower part of the label. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the lower portion of the label is provided with a separation portion for cutting in the vertical direction, and the lower portion can be peeled off from the trunk portion by the cutting. It is characterized by being

The present invention has the following effects.
The plastic bottle of the invention of claim 1 is provided with a separable upper and lower two-part label around the body part, and at least the upper part of the label is a resin having a large lateral expansion rate so that it can be stretched into a string state. Because it is made of a material and can be pulled out from the body in the ring state, the upper part of the removed label is stretched to form a string, and one end is tied to the neck of the bottle, etc. Can be used as a hanging string for bottles. Therefore, if the hanging strap is hung on the neck, shoulder, or waist, there is no inconvenience that the hand is blocked during carrying. Further, even if the upper part of the label is removed, the lower part remains, so that the product identification function or the like based on the product information printed on the surface is not impaired.

  According to invention of Claim 2, the neck part is equipped with the string stop part which latches the said hanging string. In a preferred embodiment, the strap is formed on the lower portion of the label opposite to the product information printing surface so as to restrict the suspension position. When carrying a plastic bottle over the bag, the printing surface of the product information in the lower part is always located outside the carry person, and it is exposed as a third party, and the business effect is maintained.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the sales promotion information printed on the upper part of the label cannot be read before the upper part of the label is stretched, but is enlarged and legible when it is stretched. The sales promotion effect can be enhanced by creating an incentive that will appeal to consumers, such as information on prizes and prizes. Further, according to the invention of claim 4, since the lower part of the label can be removed from the body part by opening the separating part, it is useful for separating and collecting empty bottles, and in addition, the back surface is scratched. If sales promotion information such as points and sweepstakes information is printed, the same effects as described above can be obtained.

  The best mode of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an external configuration of a plastic bottle of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1A, the plastic bottle 1 is provided with a label 3 around the body 11 of the bottle body 10, and the label 3 is composed of upper and lower two parts 4 and 5, and a peeling tab 6a. The upper and lower two parts 4 and 5 are detachably joined to each other by a tear tape 6 provided with The upper and lower two parts 4 and 5 of the label 3 (hereinafter referred to as the label upper part 4 and the label lower part 5 respectively) are ring-shaped, and when separated from each other by the tear tape 6, the label upper part 4 is As shown in FIG. 1B, the plastic bottle 1 can be removed in a ring state.
In this embodiment, a tear tape is provided so that the label 3 can be separated vertically, but such a mode is not essential.

  The upper portion 4 of the label is formed of a flexible resin material having a large lateral expansion rate, and is formed by bonding both longitudinal ends of a rectangular resin material sheet into a ring shape. The joint is shown. When the label upper portion 4 is removed from the PET bottle 1 and stretched so as to expand in the radial direction, a loop-like hanging string 40 as shown in FIG. Here, a strong one that does not cut even when stretched into a string shape is desired, but in consideration of safety at the time of necking as will be described later, when a certain amount of external force is applied, it is divided at the overlapping portion 4a. It is made like that.

  The sales promotion information 4b is reduced and printed on the surface of the upper portion 4 of the label. The sales promotion information 4b is composed of characters, pictures, etc., and is not readable when attached to the body 11 of the plastic bottle 1. However, when it is stretched as described above, it is enlarged and readable as shown in FIG. In FIG. 1C, the characters “per a prize” are printed, but it may be printed with advertising information of a manufacturer, a service provider, and a seller, a trademark, a trade name, and the like. In this way, if the sales promotion information 4b is printed in a reduced state on the upper part 4 of the label so that it can be enlarged and read when it is stretched into a string, a new advertising method can be realized, and the consumer It can also be expected to have an effect that will lead to an increase in demand for goods by elaborating intriguing tastes.

  On the other hand, the lower label portion 5 is formed by forming a rectangular resin sheet into a ring shape, and is mounted around the trunk portion 11 of the PET bottle 1 in a state that can be separated from the upper label portion 4 by the tear tape 6 as described above. ing. Product information (necessary product information such as product name, manufacturer name, component, expiration date, etc.) 5a is printed on the surface. The lower label portion 5 is separated from the upper label portion 4 so as to remain in the barrel portion 11 even if it is removed from the barrel portion 11 of the plastic bottle 1. Accordingly, the upper label portion 4 is removed. Even after being removed, the product identification function and the like are maintained. Further, the lower label portion 5 is provided with a separating portion 5b for cutting in the vertical direction, and can be removed from the body portion 11 by this cutting. Reference numeral 50 in FIG. 1 (a) indicates a state in which the slit 11 is peeled off from the body 11 and developed. Further, as shown in FIG. 1A, sales promotion information 5c such as points and prize information is printed on the back surface of the lower label portion 5 by scratches, and the sales information printed on the upper label portion 4 is displayed. By combining with the sales promotion information 4b, the sales promotion effect can be further enhanced. In this case as well, like the label upper portion 4, the printing may be increased when it is stretched in the horizontal direction. Since both the upper label portion 4 and the lower label portion 5 can be removed from the body portion 11 of the plastic bottle 1, it can be used for separate collection when processing the empty plastic bottle 1.

  The upper portion of the plastic bottle main body 10 is a neck portion 12 connected to the body portion 11, and a bottle mouth portion 13 having a male screw portion 13 a (see FIG. 2) is formed at the upper end of the neck portion 12. A flange 14 is integrally formed at the boundary between the male screw portion 13 a and the neck portion 12. The cap 2 is screwed onto the male screw portion 13a. The cap 2 includes a base 2a and a cap main body 2b to which a female screw is attached. The cap 2 is fixed to the base 2a fixed to the plastic bottle main body 10 so as not to be removed unexpectedly in a distribution process such as shipment and transportation. The cap body 2b is screwed to the male screw portion 13a in a connected state. When the cap body 2b is twisted and unscrewed by the customer, it is separated from the base 2a, the base 2a remains in the plastic bottle body 10, and only the cap body 2b can be removed. Naturally, the removed cap main body 2b can be screwed into the male screw portion 13a again to close the bottle mouth portion 13.

  The hanging string 40 obtained by stretching the upper part 4 of the label as described above is hung on the plastic bottle body 10 or hung on the neck portion 12 to hang the plastic bottle 1. Can be used to carry down. In this case, a hook hole (not shown) may be formed in the plastic bottle main body 10 or the base 2a of the cap 2 to be tied or latched.

  FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C show a procedure for hanging the hanging strap 40 obtained by stretching the upper label portion 4 on the neck portion 12 of the plastic bottle 1 as described above. In the figure, one loop end 41 of the loop-shaped hanging strap 40 is wound below the collar portion 14 formed on the neck portion 12 of the plastic bottle 1, and the other loop end 42 is inserted into the loop end 41. As a result, the hanging string 40 is hooked below the collar portion 14. If the other loop end 42 of the hanging strap 40 latched in this way is hung on the shoulder or neck as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the latching portion is attached to the neck portion 12 by the own weight of the plastic bottle 1. The plastic bottle 1 will not fall out because it is strongly tightened and the tightened portion is restrained by the collar 14.

  3A and 3B show another mode in which the hanging strap 40 is hooked on the neck portion 12 of the plastic bottle 1. In this example, the neck portion 12 of the plastic bottle 1 is integrally formed with a collar portion 15 having a string hole 15a. This string hole 15a is continuous with an introduction port 15b formed in a notch in the collar part 15, and the hanging string 40 hooked below the collar part 15 in the same manner as the example shown in FIG. By fitting in the string hole 15a, the rotation of the hanging string 40 with respect to the plastic bottle 1 is prevented, thereby preventing the latching part with respect to the neck part 12 from being unintentionally unraveled, and the plastic bottle 1 being dropped off. Is prevented. Also in this case, as shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, the plastic bottle 1 can be carried with the hanging string 40 hung on the shoulder or neck.

  In the case of the example in FIG. 3, the string hole 15 a also functions as a string stopper that regulates the hanging position of the hanging string 40. That is, the string hole 15a is formed in the lower part of the label 5 on the side opposite to the printing surface of the product information 5c, and is carried on the shoulder or neck by hanging on the hanging string 40 as shown in FIGS. The printing surface of the product information 5c is always located outside the carrier. Therefore, the merchandise information 5c is always exposed to a third party, and the business effect is maintained.

  4 (a), 4 (b), and 4 (c) show still another mode in which the hanging string 40 is hooked on the neck portion 12 of the plastic bottle 1. FIG. In this example, a fastening hole 16 a is formed in the flange portion 16, one loop end 41 of the hanging strap 40 is inserted into the fastening hole 16 a, and the other loop end 42 is further inserted into the loop end 41. Thus, the hanging strap 40 can be hooked on the flange 16. Accordingly, also in this example, the plastic bottle 1 can be carried by hanging the hanging string 40 on the shoulder or neck as shown in FIGS.

  In the case of the example of FIG. 4 as well, the fastening hole 16a also functions as a strap stop that regulates the position where the strap 40 is suspended. That is, the fastening hole 16a is formed in the lower part of the label 5 on the side opposite to the printed surface of the product information 5c (see FIG. 3), and the hanging string 40 on the shoulder or neck as shown in FIGS. When the product information 5c is carried, the printed surface of the product information 5c is always located outside the carrier, so that the product information 5c is always exposed to a third party, and the same effect as described above is obtained.

  5 and 6 show an example in which the plastic bottle 1 is carried and carried using the hanging strap 40 in this way. FIG. 5 shows an example of using the hanging strap 40 in a shoulder manner, and FIG. 6 shows an example of using the hanging strap 40 in a neck manner. It can be carried and is very convenient without inconvenience.

  Needless to say, the hanging strap 40 is not limited to the case where it is hung on the shoulder or neck as in the examples of FIGS. 5 and 6, but can be hung on the waist, belt or backpack. . Moreover, the part by which the hanging string 40 of the neck part 12 is latched may be a hook part or a hole part formed in one part of the plastic bottle 1 or the base part 2a of the cap 2. Furthermore, the shape of the PET bottle 1 is not limited to that shown in the drawings, and it is natural that other shapes may be used.

(A) is a perspective view showing an example of the external configuration of the PET bottle of the present invention, (b) is a perspective view of the state where the upper part of the label is removed from the PET bottle, and (c) is a state where the upper part of the label is extended in a loop shape It is a perspective view of the state used as the hanging string. (A) (b) (c) is a perspective view of the principal part which shows the operation | work point which latches the hanging strap on a plastic bottle. (A) (b) is a figure which shows another example of the aspect which latches the said hanging strap on a PET bottle, (a) is a perspective view of the principal part, (b) is a top view. (A) (b) (c) is a perspective view of the principal part which shows another example of the aspect which latches the said hanging strap on a plastic bottle. It is a figure which shows the example which uses the same hanging strap with a shoulder. It is a figure which shows the example which uses the hanging strap with a neck.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 PET bottle 11 trunk | drum 12 neck part 3 label 4 label upper part 4b business sales promotion information 40 hanging string 5 label lower part 5a product information 5b separation part 5c business sales promotion information 15a string hole (string stop part)
16a Tie hole (string stop)

Claims (4)

A plastic bottle with a label around the torso,
The label has two upper and lower parts, and the two upper and lower parts are separable from each other.
At least the upper part of the label is formed of a resin material having a large lateral expansion rate so that it can be stretched into a string state, and is attached in a ring state so that it can be pulled out from the body portion, A plastic bottle characterized in that product information is printed on the surface of the part. In claim 1,
The upper part of the label is a ring-shaped hanging string that can be hooked to the neck part of a plastic bottle in a state where the upper part is pulled out from the trunk and stretched.
A plastic bottle, wherein the neck portion is provided with a string stopper for latching the hanging string. In claim 1 or 2,
On the upper part of the label, sales promotion information such as promotional information and sweepstakes information that is expanded to be legible when stretched into a string is reduced and printed on the back of the lower part of the label. No. 1 is a plastic bottle characterized in that sales promotion information similar to the above is printed. In any of claims 1 to 3,
The lower part of the label is provided with a separating part for cutting in the vertical direction, and the lower part can be removed from the body part by the cutting.

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