JP6208462B2 - Fruit container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fruit container used for boxing and transporting fruits. More specifically, the present invention relates to a fruit storage container capable of boxing and transporting fruits such as strawberries whose surfaces are easily damaged without being damaged.

  Since the surface of strawberry etc. is comparatively easy to damage, development of the fruit container which can box and convey strawberry etc. safely was anxious.

  Therefore, conventionally, a fruit container having the following configuration has been proposed in order to meet such a demand (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  The fruit container (strawberry container) disclosed in Patent Document 1 is provided with a lid on a container in which a plurality of depressions into which strawberry fruit can enter is provided at the bottom of the container body, and the ceiling surface of the lid From these depressions, a tapered column is suspended toward a portion surrounded by four depressions adjacent to each other, and a plurality of circumferential side walls of the lid body are provided along the outer circumference of these depressions. The projecting protrusion is provided inwardly (see FIGS. 1, 3, 4, etc. of Patent Document 1).

  The fruit storage container (fruit storage tray) disclosed in Patent Document 2 is provided with upward projections at the same height as the side plate at equal intervals in the rectangular tray composed of a rectangular bottom plate and vertical and horizontal side plates. A thin sheet of thermoplastic synthetic resin is flatly attached to the upper surface of the sheet, and the sheet is stuck to the flat surface on the upper surface of the tray. A space is interposed between the concave portion and the bottom plate, and the upper edge outer surface of the concave portion and the outer peripheral surface of the upward projection hold a common flat surface of the sheet. (See FIGS. 1 to 4 of Patent Document 1).

JP-A-8-133369 Japanese Patent No. 469688

  However, the fruit container (strawberry container) proposed in Patent Document 1 can prevent damage caused by the load of strawberries, but each strawberry should contact the container with dots and lines. Therefore, there is a risk of being damaged during long-time transportation or strong impact. Moreover, since the shape of the fruit container (strawberry container) proposed in Patent Document 1 is complicated, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased.

  Moreover, although the fruit storage container (fruit storage tray) proposed by patent document 2 can be conveyed without damaging the surface of a fruit, the fruit storage container (strawberry) proposed by patent document 1 is possible. Since the shape is complicated as in the case of the container for manufacturing, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems in the prior art, and provides a fruit storage container that is simple in shape and capable of boxing and transporting fruits without damage. Objective.

In order to achieve the object, the structure of the fruit container according to the present invention is:
(1) A plate-shaped container body, and a fruit placing part for placing fruits provided on the main surface of the container body, wherein the fruit placing part includes a ceiling wall and a peripheral wall. The inside having a convex portion of a cavity, and at least the top wall of the convex portion is deformed following the surface shape of the fruit by placing the fruit on the convex portion.

  According to the configuration of (1) of the fruit storage container of the present invention, the fruit is placed on the top wall of the fruit placing part, the inside of which is a hollow convex part. At this time, by pressing the weight of the fruit or the fruit against the convex part, at least the top wall is deformed following the surface shape of the fruit, and the fruit comes into surface contact with the top wall on the surface. That is, the fruit container of the present invention can support fruits having different shapes on the surface, with a surface having a shape corresponding to the shape corresponding to the fruit. Therefore, it becomes possible to pack and transport fruits such as strawberries whose surfaces are easily damaged by using the fruit storage container having a simple shape as described above without damaging the fruits. In addition, although the magnitude | size and shape of the fruit at the time of boxing and conveyance are various, it becomes possible by using the fruit storage container of this invention to prevent the damage of all the fruits.

  In the structure of (1) of the fruit container of the present invention, it is preferable to have the following structures (2) to (4).

  (2) The said container main body is formed in the rectangular shape, and the said some fruit mounting part is arrange | positioned in the matrix form on the said rectangular container main body.

  (3) The top wall is formed thinner than the peripheral wall.

  According to the preferable configuration of the above (3), the top wall can be bent by the weight of the fruit so as to be in a hammock state, so that it is possible to absorb an impact during the transportation of the fruit. Therefore, according to the preferable configuration of (3) above, it is possible to more reliably prevent the fruit from being damaged during the transportation of the fruit.

  (4) In the configuration of (3) above, the peripheral wall gradually increases in thickness as it approaches the container body.

  According to the preferable configuration of (4) above, it is possible to bend the peripheral wall at an appropriate location that balances the weight of the fruit. Therefore, according to the preferable configuration of the above (4), a plurality of fruits having different sizes and weights can be accommodated and transported in the same fruit storage container.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a fruit storage container that is simple in shape and capable of packaging and transporting fruits without damage.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the fruit storage container in one embodiment of this invention. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which accommodated the fruit (strawberry) in the fruit storage container in one embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3. It is a perspective view which shows the state which has accommodated the fruit storage container in one embodiment of this invention which accommodated the fruit (strawberry) in the packaging box prepared separately.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to preferred embodiments. However, the following embodiments are merely examples embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

[Composition of fruit container]
First, the structure of the fruit container in one embodiment of this invention is demonstrated, referring FIG. 1, FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a fruit container in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit storage container 1 of this Embodiment is a rectangular container main body 2, and the fruit mounting part 3 provided on the main surface of the container main body 2 for mounting the fruit. And. Here, 15 fruit placement units 3 are provided, and these 15 fruit placement units 3 are arranged in a 5 × 3 matrix. Note that the fruit placement section 3 is not limited to a 5 × 3 matrix, and may be provided in a single matrix other than a 1 × 2, 4 × 2, etc. matrix. Moreover, in description of this embodiment, although a strawberry is demonstrated as an example of a fruit, the fruit storage container 1 can be applied not only to a strawberry but to the arbitrary fruits whose surface is easy to be damaged.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fruit placing portion 3 is formed of a convex portion having a hollow inside with a top wall 3 a and a peripheral wall 3 b opened on the surface of the container body 2. And the fruit container 1 of this Embodiment is comprised so that at least the top wall 3a of a convex part may follow and deform | transform the surface shape of the said fruit with the weight of a fruit.

  According to the fruit container 1 of the present embodiment, at least the top wall 3a is deformed only by placing the fruit on the top wall 3a of the fruit placing portion 3 which is a hollow convex portion inside, The fruit can be brought into surface contact with the top wall 3a on the surface (see FIGS. 3 and 4). Therefore, it becomes possible to box and transport fruits such as strawberries whose surfaces are easily damaged using the simple shape fruit container 1 as described above without damaging them. In addition, although the magnitude | size and shape of the fruit at the time of boxing and conveyance are various, it becomes possible by using the fruit container 1 of this Embodiment to prevent the damage of all the fruits.

  The material for the fruit container 1 is preferably a soft synthetic resin foam, more preferably a foamed polyethylene resin that can be produced by a known method.

  The top wall 3a is formed thinner than the peripheral wall 3b. In this way, if the top wall 3a is formed thinner than the peripheral wall 3b, the top wall 3a can be bent by the weight of the fruit to be in a hammock state, so that it is possible to absorb an impact during the transportation of the fruit. it can. Therefore, according to this structure, it becomes possible to prevent more reliably that the said fruit receives damage at the time of conveyance of a fruit.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in this Embodiment, the fruit mounting part 3 is formed in the shape imitating the shape of a strawberry. When the fruit to be stored is a strawberry having a weight of 15 to 70 g, the height of the top wall 3a from the main surface of the container body 2 is 30 to 55 mm, the length of the top wall 3a is 35 to 65 mm, and the width of the top wall 3a. Is 30-60 mm. Moreover, the thickness of the top wall 3a is 2 mm or less and 0.8 mm or more. Moreover, the thickness of the surrounding wall 3b and the container main body 2 is 5 mm or less and 1 mm or more. In addition, each dimension of the said fruit mounting part 3 is an example, and can be made into arbitrary dimensions according to the material of the fruit mounting part 3, the magnitude | size of an external shape, the magnitude | size of a fruit, etc.

  The thickness of the peripheral wall 3b gradually increases as the container body 2 is approached. According to this structure, it becomes possible to bend the surrounding wall 3b in the suitable location which balances the weight of a fruit. Therefore, according to this structure, it becomes possible to accommodate and transport a plurality of fruits having different sizes and weights in the same fruit container 1.

[How to use the fruit container]
Next, the usage method of the fruit container in one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  3 is a perspective view showing a state in which fruits (strawberry) are stored in the fruit storage container according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 3, and FIG. Is a perspective view showing a state in which the fruit storage container according to the embodiment of the present invention is stored in a separately prepared packaging box.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, the strawberry 4 is each mounted on the top wall 3a of each fruit mounting part 3 of the fruit container 1. As shown in FIG. Thereby, the ceiling wall 3a of the fruit mounting part 3 deform | transforms following the surface shape of the said strawberry 4 with the weight of the strawberry 4. FIG. For this reason, each strawberry 4 will be in the state which surface-contacted with the top wall 3a on the surface. Therefore, the strawberry 4 can be prevented from being damaged when the strawberry 4 is boxed or transported. Moreover, in this case, the top wall 3a is bent by the weight of the strawberry 4 to be in a hammock state. And since the impact at the time of conveyance of the strawberry 4 can be absorbed by this, it becomes possible to prevent the said strawberry 4 from being damaged at the time of conveyance of the strawberry 4 more reliably.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the fruit storage container 1 storing the strawberry 4 is stored in a separately prepared square box-shaped packaging box 5 having both ends opened. Thus, if the fruit storage container 1 which accommodated the strawberry 4 is accommodated in the packaging box 5, even if it piles up in multiple steps, there is no possibility that the lower strawberry 4 may be crushed. The fruit storage container 1 stored in the packaging box 5 is transported by putting several boxes together in a cardboard box or the like.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated taking the case where the rectangular container main body 2 was provided as an example, it is not necessarily limited to such a structure. The container body may be formed in, for example, a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a polygonal shape, or the like as long as it is flat.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where 15 fruit mounting parts 3 were provided was mentioned as an example, it demonstrated and it is not necessarily limited to such a structure. For example, the number of the fruit placement units may be one or two to five.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the fruit mounting part 3 was formed in the shape imitating the shape of a strawberry was mentioned as an example, it was not necessarily limited to such a structure.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the top wall 3a was formed thinner than the surrounding wall 3b was mentioned as an example, it demonstrated and was not necessarily limited to such a structure. If the fruit container is configured so that at least the top wall of the convex portion is deformed following the surface shape of the fruit according to the weight of the fruit, the intended purpose can be achieved.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the thickness of the surrounding wall 3b became thick gradually as the container main body 2 was approached as an example was demonstrated, it was not necessarily limited to such a structure. The thickness of the peripheral wall may be uniform throughout.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated taking the example of the fruit storage container 1 of a type without a cover, it is not necessarily limited to such a structure. You may provide the cover body etc. which are integrally provided in the container main body via the hinge part. As described above, if the lid is provided, it can be transported in a cardboard box or the like without being stored in the packaging box 5.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a fruit storage container that is simple in shape and capable of packaging and transporting fruits without damage. Therefore, the fruit storage container of the present invention is useful as a container for boxing and transporting fruits such as strawberries whose surfaces are easily damaged.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fruit container 2 Container main body 3 Fruit mounting part 3a Top wall 3b Perimeter wall 4 Strawberry (fruit)
5 Packaging box

Claims (2)

A flat container body;
Provided on the main surface of the container body, and a fruit placement section for placing the fruit,
The fruit placement part is composed of a convex part with a hollow inside having a top wall and a peripheral wall,
Before Kitenkabe and the peripheral wall of the convex portion, following the surface shape of the fruit deformed by the weight of the fruit,
The peripheral wall, that have gradually become thicker thickness as it approaches the container main body, the fruit container.   The fruit storage container according to claim 1, wherein the top wall is formed thinner than the peripheral wall.

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