JP6987370B2 - Packing container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a packing container for transporting good-looking food and drink integrated with tableware such as tableware.

With the spread of online shopping (EC) and the increase in delivery consumption, various devices have been devised in the logistics industry for containers for carrying goods.

For example, when transporting food, it is necessary to take technical measures to maintain a stable posture inside the container so that the food does not lose its shape during transportation, and when transporting tableware, the tableware is being transported. It is still necessary to devise ways to prevent damage due to the impact of. And, in response to these requests, the prior arts listed below have been disclosed so far.

Specifically, in Patent Document 1, by storing the tableware inside the member hung from the hanger hung inside the container, the tableware can be stably transported without being carefully wrapped with paper or cloth. The technology for making it is disclosed. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for stably transporting each article by sandwiching an article to be stored between the layers when laminating a plurality of films. ..

Real fairness 02-015814 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-031326

However, it is hard to say that these conventional technologies can support new businesses using social networks that have recently appeared. The reason is as follows.

Recently, an increasing number of general consumers are using social network services that upload distinctive or high-impact photos onto networks and make them publicly available to friends and others. And there, individual users are focusing on the selection of subjects to compose more impactful photographs, which is also expressed as "○○ shine", and the demand of some businesses in addition to general consumers. Is also increasing.

Against the background of increasing demand in such a market, services that provide only tableware and food alone cannot sufficiently meet the demands of service users as described above. That is, the food can provide a composition that is more attractive and impactful as a subject by being served on tableware with an excellent design, as compared with the case where the food itself is taken as a subject by itself.

In addition to tableware, bowls and cups placed on the table, food and drink utensils such as spoons, forks and chopsticks, decorations such as luncheon mats, coasters and table cloths, and other foods and tableware can be photographed. Various articles and other tableware can be provided to the user as an attractive subject together with food.

Assuming the existence of the social networking service as described above, in any case, in the techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, food and tableware are stored and transported in separate packaging containers. Not only does the transportation work become complicated, but the transportation cost is high for general consumers, which is a distant factor that hinders casual use.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a box-shaped packing container having a flap portion on the upper surface and the inside can be divided into a plurality of areas, and the packing container is substantially on the bottom side of the packing container. A packing container characterized in that a food placing surface formed parallel to the bottom surface is provided, and a tableware storage area for storing one or more tableware is provided between the food placing surface and the bottom surface of the packing container. And so on.

Further, in relation to the above invention, there is proposed a packaging container or the like, which is further characterized by providing a notch from the end of the flap portion to at least one side surface of at least a substantially food placing surface.

According to the present invention mainly having the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to make it easy to compactly provide users with foods and tableware that are attractive as high-impact subjects.

In one aspect, the consumer who received the packaging container can avoid the situation that the food is out of shape when it is carried out from the container, and the tableware is broken or damaged.

The figure which shows an example of the whole view of the packing container of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the case where the food storage container and the tableware storage container are stored inside the container body. The figure which shows an example of the whole figure at the time of making a notch in the packing container of this invention. The figure which shows another example of the whole figure at the time of making a notch in the packing container of this invention.

First, FIG. 1 is shown. The figure is an example of an overall view of the packaging container of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the packing container 0101 of the present invention is characterized by having a flap portion 0104 on the upper surface and being a box-shaped packing container whose inside can be divided into a plurality of regions. As an example of the example, the container inner area is divided into upper and lower two areas, food is stored in the upper area, and tableware such as tableware is stored in the lower area. By adopting such a configuration, it becomes possible to carry tableware that is preferable for food together.

The packing container 0101 first includes a container body 0102 that constitutes its outer shape, and the container body is a molded product having a hollow region inside, and is made of corrugated cardboard or other material. By using a relatively lightweight and durable material, a general consumer can request a logistics company to provide a packaging container that can be easily used. The shape is not particularly limited as long as the function of the present invention is maintained, but it is preferably composed of a cube or a rectangular parallelepiped suitable for delivery.

Further, the sizes of the packing container and the container body are not particularly limited as long as the functions of the present invention are maintained. That is, it may be large enough to store or store food and tableware. However, if the food or tableware is configured to be excessively large compared to the size of the food or food that can be stored and stored, a separate function is required to maintain the stable shape of the food or tableware inside the container. In some cases. Therefore, it is desirable that the food or tableware to be stored can be appropriately adjusted to a size that can stably maintain its shape during transportation during storage.

The container body is provided with an opening 0103 on the upper upper surface, and a flap portion 0104 is provided as a structure for closing the opening. The flap portion constitutes a part of the container body for the purpose of being arranged on the outer shape of the container body, particularly on the top side. By opening and closing this flap portion, the opening of the container body can be closed and the storage and storage work of food and tableware can be completed.

The inside of the container body is characterized in that it is divided into at least two or more areas so that food and tableware can be stored independently. There may be various forms as a specific classification method, for example, a food storage container which is a container for storing food and a tableware storage container which is a container for storing tableware are containers. It is conceivable to configure the above area by storing it inside the main body.

Here, FIG. 2 is shown. The figure is a figure which shows an example of the case where the food storage container and the tableware storage container are stored inside the container main body which constitutes the packing container of this invention. As shown in the figure, the food storage container 0205 and the tableware storage container 0206 are stored inside the container body 0202 of the packing container 0201 so that the tableware storage container is relatively arranged in the lower region. Will be done. More specifically, it is stored inside the container body through the opening 0203 that will be covered by the flap portion 0204 of the container body.

In the figure, the widths of the food storage container and the tableware storage container are different, but the sizes of both containers do not necessarily have to be the same shape and the same dimensions as shown in the figure. It is also possible to transport items other than food and tableware using the packing container of the present invention, and items that cannot be stored in both containers (as flowers or interiors to be used when placing a vase on the table). It is also possible to bundle and transport small items, etc.), and it is conceivable to store these articles in an area other than the food storage container and the tableware storage container inside the container body.

Here, in the case of a configuration in which a tableware containment vessel is adopted, it is conceivable that the tableware containment vessel is separated from the container body and can be independently transported. Unlike foods that can be consumed by eating, tableware is not always used as tableware on a daily basis after being photographed as a subject. If the user does not have a demand for the original use of the tableware, the tableware is no longer needed, and it is conceivable to return it to the carrier. By adopting a configuration that uses a tableware containment vessel, the user can store the unnecessary tableware in the tableware containment vessel and return it to the carrier as it is, for the convenience of the above-mentioned user. It will come true.

In addition, in order to form an area for storing and storing food and tableware, it is conceivable to divide the inside of the container body into a plurality of areas by providing a partition plate. In this case, it is conceivable that the partition plate is arranged inside the container body in parallel with the bottom surface 0105 of the container body and is provided so as to be in contact with the inner wall of the container body. The partition plate arranged in this way functions as a food placing surface for placing food in the upper area of the partition plate, and on the other hand, the area for storing the tableware in the lower area of the partition plate. It functions to form the top.

The partition plate is arranged in parallel with the bottom surface, but its height can be appropriately designed according to the height of food and tableware, and even if the height is designed to be adjustable due to its structure. good. That is, it is conceivable to provide holes corresponding to a plurality of heights on the side wall of the container body, provide a flange portion that can be fitted into the hole on the outer edge of the partition plate, and then fit this flange portion into the hole. ..

Here, the foods that can be stored in the present invention are not limited to Japanese sweets, Western sweets, dishes, desserts and the like, as long as they do not interfere with the technical features of the present invention. Then, for example, when storing Western confectionery such as cake, it is conceivable to provide a cake lock metal fitting which is a member for locking the cake on the food placing surface. The present invention is for providing foods and tableware that have an impact as a subject of a photograph, and there is an extremely high demand for carrying them while maintaining the splendor of decoration like a cake. By installing the cake lock metal fittings, more stable transportation becomes possible.

The tableware storage area is characterized in that it is provided between the food placing surface and the container main body or the bottom surface of the packing container. Tableware, which is expected to be an impactful subject, is often Japanese and Western tableware made of ceramics and renewable natural materials, and is often relatively heavy in relation to food. In order to stably transport the food having such characteristics and the tableware, it is desirable to provide the center of gravity in the lower part of the container, and from this viewpoint, it is desirable to store the tableware in the lower part of the container rather than the food.

The inside of the tableware storage area may be further divided and divided into a plurality of areas. For example, it is conceivable to provide a partition plate having the above-mentioned configuration inside the tableware storage area so that a plurality of tableware can be stored one by one. With this configuration, it is possible to store multiple types of tableware together as an assembly under the same concept, and the tableware may interfere with each other and break or be damaged during transportation. It can be avoided.

Here, the shape of the tableware stored in the tableware storage area is not particularly limited. Specifically, it is conceivable that a substantially flat plate such as a flat plate, a round plate, a cake plate, a ceramic plate, a serving plate, and a baked dish will be adopted, but tea bowls, soup bowls, soup plates, pasta plates, salad bowls, etc. It may be a bowl-shaped tableware such as a gratin plate or a bowl. Further, it may be a vertically long tableware such as a glass or a cup, and the shape can be freely selected as tableware to be used when serving food. Various storage forms can be considered according to the selected shape, but it is possible to appropriately deal with them by using a cushioning material or the like, and all of them are design matters.

In the tableware storage area described so far, it is conceivable to store the tableware using the above-mentioned tableware storage container, but when storing a plurality of tableware, a plurality of tableware are stored in the area. In addition to the configuration in which the storage container is mounted for each tableware, a configuration in which a partition plate having the above-mentioned configuration is provided inside one tableware storage container is conceivable.

Here, it is also conceivable to adopt a configuration in which a notch is provided from the end of the flap portion of the container body to at least one side surface of at least a substantially food placing surface. By adopting this configuration, it is possible to prevent the food from losing its shape when the food is taken out from the packaging container.

Here, FIG. 3 is shown. Shown in the figure is an example of an overall view when a notch is made in the packing container 0301 of the present invention. From the end portions 0307 and 0308 of the flap portion 0304 of the container main body 0302 in the figure, it is shown that the cuts 0310 and 0311 are provided on the side surface 0309 of the container main body. That is, the cut line is shown by the broken line in the figure.

In the present invention, the flap portion is configured to close the opening 0303 of the container body. That is, by making a notch from the end of the flap portion and breaking the packing container along the notch, the inside of the container can be easily exposed by the opening and the side surface.

The present invention is for transporting food as described above, but if the user accidentally drops the food and loses its shape when opening the packing container and taking out the food, the subject is a subject. The significance of its existence as a product is significantly reduced. And the more the food is made of a relatively soft material such as cake, the more the food will come into contact with the side inside the packing container when trying to lift the food vertically and take it out of the packing container through the opening. There is a risk that the shape of the food will be deformed relatively easily due to the impact of contact with the flap portion.

In response to the above concerns, by making a notch on the side of the packing container, when the user receives the packing container, the flap part is opened to check the contents, and then the packing container is inserted along the notch. Break. Since the food as the content is exposed at the opening and the side surface due to the breakage, the food can be taken out horizontally in the exposed state, so that the food can be smoothly and smoothly without touching the inner wall side surface of the packaging container. It can be taken out while maintaining its shape.

Here, various patterns can be considered for the mode of the cut. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, two notches are provided on the side surface of each of the two ends of the upper surface of the packing container constituting the flap portion toward the bottom surface of the packing container 0312. By adopting such a configuration and breaking each of the two notches, the exposed surface can be secured widely, and food can be taken out stably.

However, the mode of the above-mentioned cut is only an example, and of course, there may be a mode in which only one cut is provided in the side surface of the packing container or a mode in which a plurality of cuts are provided. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, it is shown that the two notches are not provided linearly toward the food placing surface, but are provided while changing the inclination. In this way, by making cuts by changing the inclination in multiple stages, users such as women and children can break with less force, and exposure along the shape of the packed food By constructing the surface, it becomes possible to take out the stored food more smoothly.

Furthermore, the notch may be provided at least substantially over the food placing surface, and does not have to be in contact with the food placing surface. Depending on the configuration of the food placing surface, if a notch is made up to the same surface and a break occurs, the arrangement of the food placing surface that is in contact with the side wall to stably hold the arrangement position is rather unstable. There is also the possibility of doing. In such a case, it is necessary and sufficient to configure the structure so that the food can be broken until it reaches the food placing surface.

Here, FIG. 4 is shown. The figure is a figure which shows another example of the whole figure at the time of making a notch in the packing container of this invention. In the figure, notches 0410 and 0411 are cut into the side surface 0409 of the container body from the ends 0407 and 0408 of the flap portion 0404 of the container body 0402 constituting the packing container 0401, and 0410 and 0411 are substantially food placing surfaces (not shown because they are inside the container). ) Is shown. As shown in the figure, the two notches can perform their function by partially breaking the side surface of the container, such as breaking to the extent that a part of the container is completely separated. It is not necessary to adopt the configuration.

On the other hand, a configuration in which a notch is provided toward the bottom surface of the packaging container beyond the food placing surface may be met. When this configuration is adopted, not only food but also stored tableware can be taken out horizontally, so that the stress at the time of taking out can be further reduced for the user.

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By using the packaging container of the present embodiment, it is possible to make it easy to provide foods and tableware that are attractive as high-impact subjects to consumers in a compact manner.

0201 ... Packing container, 0202 ... Container body, 0203 ... Opening, 0204 ... Flap part, 0205 ... Food storage container, 0206 ... Tableware containment container

Claims (2)

A box-shaped packing container composed of a cube or a rectangular parallelepiped having an opening on the upper surface, a flap portion as a structure for closing the opening , and the inside can be divided into a plurality of areas. ,
A food placing surface formed parallel to the bottom of the packing container is provided on the substantially bottom side of the packing container.
A tableware storage area for storing one or more tableware is provided between the food placing surface and the bottom surface of the packaging container, and the container is a container for storing the tableware in the area, from the container body. A packaging container characterized by storing a tableware storage container that is configured to be separate and independently transportable. The packaging container according to claim 1, further comprising providing a notch from the end of the flap portion to at least one side surface of at least a substantially food placing surface.

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