JPH08253232A - Packaging container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a packaging container in which the first sheet of chewing gum can be smoothly taken out from a container filled with thin sheets of chewing gum or the like and which fits into one's chest pocket or the like. CONSTITUTION: This packaging container is provided with a parallelogram bottom face wall 12 having adjacent two sides with an acute angle or an obtuse angle and the upper face wall. And the body 10a of the front face wall 14 is provided in the inside with a fitting flap 32 having a notch 34 fitting to the V-shaped front end of the cover 10b of the front face wall. Since sheets of chewing gum in the container are container in a state of being mutually shifted obliquely in a parallel to both side faces 16, 18 of the container at one end face thereof, they can easily be taken out even if these sheets of gum are stuffed in the container. And since the sheets or gum are contained in a diagonally shifted state, the distance between the front face wall and the rear face wall 20 can be made small and hence, it fits into one's chest pocket or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container used for storing confectionery and the like, and particularly for packaging preferably used for storing a plurality of thin plate-shaped contents such as chewing gum and carrying them. Regarding the container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a container for storing a plurality of thin plate-shaped contents such as chewing gum and gum stick, for packaging having a vertically long quadrangular prismatic outer shape in which a bottom wall and a top wall are square or rectangular. Containers are commonly known.

However, in this packaging container, for example, when the chewing gum of the first sheet is to be taken out from the container by opening it, the thin plate-like ends of the chewing gums are in a close contact state or a close contact state with each other. It is difficult to take it out smoothly.

Moreover, the packaging container is formed in a quadrangular prism shape as described above, and when the container is put in, for example, a chest pocket, a feeling of strangeness or a feeling of protrusion is generated.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that even if a thin plate-shaped chewing gum or the like is packed in the container, its contents can be easily taken out and the chest It is an object of the present invention to provide a packaging container that gives a fit when carried in a pocket or the like.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a packaging container having the following structure.

That is, this packaging container has two adjacent containers.
A parallelogram bottom wall whose sides form an acute angle or an obtuse angle, and a front wall, both side walls, and a back wall that are connected to the periphery of the bottom wall,
The upper surface wall is connected to each of the walls and corresponds to the bottom surface wall, and the side wall and the front wall are formed from a predetermined upper position on a pair of folding lines connecting the side wall and the back wall. The back wall has a series of perforations for breaking, and the back wall has folding lines connecting the above predetermined positions on the pair of folding lines.
Then, the perforations of the front wall are formed in a tapered convex shape on the bottom wall side, and the front wall is a front upper portion formed on the top wall side with respect to the perforations when the perforations are separated. A locking flap having a notch that engages the convex tip of the wall is provided inside a front lower wall formed on the bottom wall side with respect to the perforations.

In this structure, for example, the contents such as a plurality of thin chewing gums are packed in a container, and at the time of use, first, the perforations formed on the front wall and both side walls are cut off, The lid portion of the container located on the upper wall side with respect to the perforations and the creases provided on the back wall is a main body of the container located on the bottom wall side with respect to the perforations and the creases. The chewing gum or the like is taken out from the container by bending the portion toward the outside with the folding ruled line as the center. Then, while bending the lid portion inward with respect to the main body portion with the folding ruled line as a center, by engaging the convex tip end portion of the front upper wall of the lid portion with the notch of the locking flap, The lid of the container is locked to the main body.

According to this structure, since the bottom wall and the top wall are parallelograms in which adjacent two sides form an acute angle or an obtuse angle, respectively, a plurality of thin-plate chewing gums packed in the container are formed. Etc. are accommodated in such a manner that one end surface thereof is obliquely displaced from each other substantially parallel to both side surfaces of the container according to the shape of the container. Therefore, as compared with the case where the bottom wall and the top wall are packed with a thin-plate chewing gum or the like in a square or rectangular conventional container, it is possible to further increase the distance between the edges of each chewing gum or the like, That is, since the area of the edge of each chewing gum that can be touched with a finger can be increased, even if the chewing gum or the like is clogged in the container as described above, the chewing gum or the like can be easily taken out from the inside. You can

Further, according to the above structure, since the thin plate-shaped chewing gum and the like are housed inside the container in a slanted state as described above, the bottom wall and the top wall are square or rectangular in the conventional type. Compared to the container, the distance between the front wall and the back wall can be reduced by the amount of the slant, and the container can be made thinner, so that a fit can be obtained when the container is stored in a pocket or the like.

Further, according to the above construction, the container is inserted into the pocket or the like from the two sides forming an acute angle, that is, the corners where the two adjacent sides of the bottom wall or the top wall form an acute angle. By inserting into the pocket or the like from the corresponding crease side of the front wall and the side wall or the crease side of the back wall and the side wall, the container can be smoothly inserted into the pocket or the like.

In the above structure, the perforations on the front wall are formed to be convex toward the bottom wall side, and the front wall is on the top wall side with respect to the perforations when the perforations are separated. Although it has a locking flap having a notch that engages with the convex tip portion of the front upper wall formed on the inside of the front lower wall formed on the bottom wall side with respect to the perforations, Instead of this configuration, at least one fold line connecting the front upper wall and the side upper wall located on the upper surface wall side with respect to the perforations includes a crease at a predetermined position,
The front wall may be provided with a locking flap that locks to the cutting rule when the perforations are separated, inside a front lower wall formed on the bottom wall side with respect to the perforations. In this structure, after taking out the chewing gum or the like from the inside of the container, the lid of the container is bent inward with respect to the main body around the folding rule formed on the back wall, and the locking flap is closed. The lid portion of the container is locked to the main body by engaging with the ruled line provided on the side.

In the above two structures, when the perforations provided on the front wall and the side walls are separated, the perforations and the creases provided on the rear wall are different from the top wall side. The lid part of the container located on the bottom side and the body part of the container located on the bottom wall side are configured as a top flip type that does not separate due to the creases on the back wall. By forming a series of breaking perforations on the front wall, both side walls, and the back wall at a predetermined upper position without providing them, when the perforations are cut off, the lid and main body of the container are completely separated. It may be done.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Three examples will be described in detail.

First, the packaging container according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a state before opening the packaging container 10, and FIG.
3 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which the lid is opened after opening, FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing the state in which the lid is closed after opening, and FIG. 4 shows a packaging container 10 packed with a thin-plate chewing gum from above. FIG. 8 and FIG. 8 are views showing the blank of the packaging container 10 in a completely developed state.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, this packaging container 10 has a quadrangular prism shape in which a bottom wall 12 and a top wall 22 are parallelograms in which two adjacent sides form an acute angle or an obtuse angle. It has an outer shape. That is, in the figure, reference numerals 14 and 20 respectively denote a rectangular front wall and a rear wall which are connected to a pair of long sides of the bottom wall 12 and the top wall 22, which face each other.
Reference numerals 6 and 18 respectively connect to a pair of short sides of the bottom wall 12 and the top wall 22, which face each other, and the front wall 14 and the back wall 20.
Is a side wall connected to each long side of the.

The front wall 14 and the side walls 16 and 18 connect the side walls 16 and 18 to the back wall 20.
Set the predetermined position near the top wall 22 of the pair of folding lines 26, 28 to 1
The continuous perforation 30 having the pair of starting points 26a and 28a is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the perforation 30 of the front wall 14 is formed in a V shape on the bottom wall 12 side. As shown in FIG. 2, the rear wall 20 is formed with a folding line 24 connecting the pair of starting points 26a and 28a.
As a result, the packaging container 10 has the folding lines 24 and
It is composed of two parts bordering the perforations 30 formed on both side walls 16 and 18 and the front wall 14, that is, a main body part 10a on the bottom wall 12 side and a lid part 10b on the top wall 22 side. .

Further, as shown in FIG.
The front wall 14a has a fan-shaped locking flap 32 on the inner side on the side of the upper surface wall 22 such that its arcuate end surface projects from the perforations 30 of the front wall 14. The locking flap 32 has a central portion formed substantially concentrically with the arcuate end surface of the fan shape corresponding to the V-shaped tip portion of the front wall 14 on the lid portion 10b side, and the perforation 30 of the front wall 14 is formed. W-shaped first notch 34 located on the upper wall 22 side with respect to
And a second notch 36 formed to have a predetermined length from the approximate center of the first notch 34 toward the center of the concentric circle and toward the upper surface wall 22.

The side walls 16, 1 of the packaging container 10
One side wall 16 of 8 is configured as a double side wall, and the locking flap 32 is connected to the inner side wall of the double side wall via a fold line, which is shown in FIG. As you can see, it can be assembled from a single blank.

That is, first, the side wall component piece 16a located outside the double side wall, the front wall component piece 14a forming the outer side of the front wall 14, the side wall 18, the back wall 20, the inner side of the double side wall. The side wall component piece 16b and the locking flap 32 connected to the side wall component piece 16b are bent inwardly through the folding lines L1 to L5 to bond the side wall component pieces 16a and 16b to each other.

Next, a pair of bottom wall component pieces 12a, 12
After c is folded inwardly through the creases L10 and L12, another pair of bottom wall component pieces 12b and 12d is further inwardly folded through the creases L11 and L13 and adhered to each other.

Next, a predetermined number of chewing gums 38 are stored inside from the openings on the side of the upper surface wall constituent pieces 22a to 22d of the container in the semi-assembled state.

Next, a pair of upper wall component pieces 22a, 22
After c is folded inwardly through the creases L6 and L8, another pair of upper surface wall constituent pieces 22b and 22d are further inwardly folded through the creases L7 and L9 and adhered to each other.
A chewing gum 38 (not shown) is housed inside the packaging container 10 of FIG. 1 thus assembled.

The packaging container having the above construction is used as follows. That is, first, as shown in FIG. 1, the perforations 30 formed on the both side walls 16 and 18 and the front wall 14 of the packaging container 10 are separated, and the folding lines formed on the back wall 20 as shown in FIG. The lid 10b is bent outward along the line 24 with respect to the main body 10a.

Next, after taking out a required number of unillustrated chewing gums from the main body 10a side of the container 10, as shown in FIG. 3, the V-shaped tip of the front wall 14 on the lid 10b side of the container 10 is locked with a flap. The first formed on 32
The lid portion 10b and the main body portion 10 are engaged with each other by engaging in the notch 34.
Fix a and. As described above, the first cutout 34 is formed in a W shape, and the locking flap 32 is formed.
Since the second notch 36 included in the first notch 34 makes the locking flap on the second notch 36 side elastic with respect to the first notch 34, the V of the front wall 14 on the lid portion 10b side is provided. Attach the tip of the letter-shape to the first notch 3 of the locking flap 32.
4 can be easily locked.

Now, the packaging container 1 used in this way
0 means that the bottom wall 12 and the top wall 22 are respectively
Since a predetermined number of thin plate-shaped chewing gums are packed inside, each chewing gum 38 has a parallelogram shape in which two adjacent sides form an acute angle or an obtuse angle, as shown in FIG. The end faces are both side faces 1 of the container 10.
6 and 18 are stored in a state in which they are obliquely displaced from each other and substantially parallel to each other. That is, the distance L1 between the edges of each chewing gum 38 can be made larger than in the case where the chewing gum is packed in a conventional container in which the bottom wall and the top wall are square or rectangular. Thus, even when the chewing gum 38 is clogged in a predetermined number in the container, the chewing gum 38 can be easily taken out from the container.

Further, as compared with a conventional container in which the bottom wall and the top wall are square or rectangular, the chewing gum 38 is stored in such a slanted state,
Since the distance L2 between the front wall 14 and the back wall 20 can be reduced by the amount of the slant, the container can be made thin, and therefore the feeling of protrusion when stored in a pocket or the like is reduced. Also,
Since the corners of the bottom wall 12 and the top wall 22 are not formed at right angles unlike the conventional container, the container of this embodiment is
You can put it in your pocket smoothly. The upper end shape of the locking flap 32 is not limited to the fan shape of this embodiment, and may be, for example, a substantially linear shape, a triangular shape, or
The shape of the cutouts 34, 36 of the locking flap 32 is not limited to the shape of this embodiment, and the V of the front wall 14 on the side of the lid 10b is not limited.
For example, the bottom wall 1 corresponding to the shape of the letter-shaped tip.
It goes without saying that a trapezoid or a V-shape which is tapered on the second side may be used.

Next, a packaging container according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The packaging container 40 according to the present embodiment is different from the packaging container according to the first embodiment in that the bottom wall 5 is different from the packaging container according to the first embodiment, except for the locking component between the lid and the main body.
1 and the upper wall 50 have the same basic configuration, the locking component will be described below.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of the packaging container 40 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a lid portion 40b of the packaging container 40.
FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state in which is opened with respect to the main body portion 40a, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a blank in a completely developed state of the packaging container shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the packaging container 40 includes a front wall 42 and a side wall 46 inside a front wall 42, which correspond to a parallelogram corner whose two sides of the top wall 50 form an acute angle. The locking flap 44 is provided with a protruding portion 44a that slightly protrudes outward on the extension line of the connecting folding line 52 in the direction of the upper surface wall 50.

On the other hand, the lid portion 40 corresponding to the corner portion where the angle formed by the two sides of the parallelogrammatic upper surface wall 50 is acute.
Folded line 54 connecting the front wall 42 and the side wall 46 on the b side
6 includes the above-mentioned locking flap 4 as indicated by a thick line in FIG.
Cut lines 54a corresponding to the four locking portions 44a are formed.

As described above, the packaging container 40 has the same basic structure as that of the packaging container of the first embodiment. From the blank shown in FIG. 9, the packaging container 40 is exactly the same as the packaging container 10 of the first embodiment. Can be assembled. As shown in FIG. 9, the locking flap 44 is also provided with a similar protrusion 44b on the opposite side of the protrusion 44a. Component piece 42
The locking flap 44 is reliably positioned with respect to the container body 40a by locking the inside of the crease 54b formed in the folding ruled line 52 connecting the a and the side wall 46.

With the above construction, the perforation 56 of the packaging container is cut off as shown in FIG. 5, and the lid portion 4 as shown in FIG.
0b is opened to the main body 40a, the chewing gum (not shown) in the container is taken out, and then the lid 40b is opened.
The protrusion 44 of the locking flap 44 when closed to a
a is locked in the ruled line 54a of the lid 40b, and the lid 40b is fixed to the main body 40a. In this embodiment, the perforations are linear as shown in FIG. 5, but as long as the projection 44a of the locking flap 44 is locked to the cut line 54a of the lid 40b, this The shape of the perforation is not limited to a straight line, and may be, for example, a V-shape as described in the first embodiment. Further, in the present embodiment, the locking flap 44
And, the cut lines 54a on the side of the lid 40b corresponding to the locking flaps 44 are both provided corresponding to the corners where the two sides of the parallelogram-shaped upper surface wall 50 make an acute angle. However, both the locking flap and the ruled line on the side of the lid 40b corresponding to the locking flap 44 are both corners where the two sides of the parallelogram-shaped upper surface wall 50 form an obtuse angle, that is, It may be provided so as to correspond to a corner formed by the front wall 42 and the side wall 48 on the lid portion 40b side. In addition, the locking flaps and creases
Provided corresponding to two corners of which the two sides of the parallelogram shaped upper surface wall 50 form an acute angle and an obtuse angle, that is, a pair of corners formed by the front wall 42 and both side walls 46, 48. You may be asked.

Next, a packaging container according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The packaging container 60 according to the present embodiment is the same as the first, except for the connecting portion between the lid portion and the main body portion.
Since the packaging container according to the second embodiment has the same basic configuration including the shapes of the bottom wall and the top wall, the connecting portion will be described below.

FIG. 7 is a view showing the entire packaging container 60 as viewed obliquely from the bottom wall 72 side. As shown in the figure,
The front wall 68, both side walls 64, 66 of this packaging container 60
On the rear wall 70, a pair of tear perforations 62 having a predetermined width as tear tape are formed in a series at predetermined positions near the top wall 74.

At the time of use, this tear tape 62
The packaging container 60 can be separated into a main body portion 60a and a lid portion 60b by tearing off the whole from one end portion, and a chewing gum (not shown) can be taken out from the inside of the container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a packaging container according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing a state where the lid of the container of FIG. 1 is opened.

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view showing a state in which the V-shaped tip portion of the lid-side front wall of the container of FIG. 2 is inserted into the notch of the main body-side locking flap, and the lid portion and the main body portion are fixed to each other. Is.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state where the lid of the container of FIG. 1 filled with chewing gum is opened.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of a packaging container according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view showing a state where the lid of the container of FIG. 6 is opened.

FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of a packaging container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a fully developed view of the packaging container shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

9 is a fully developed view of the packaging container shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Packaging Container 10a Main Body 10b Lid 12 Bottom Wall 12a to 12d Bottom Wall Component 14 Front Wall 14a Front Wall Component 16 Side Wall 16a, 16b Side Wall Component 18 Side Wall 20 Back Wall 22 Top Wall 22a-22d Top wall component piece 24 Folding line 26 Folding line 26a, 26b Starting point 28 Folding line 30 Perforation 32 Locking flap 34 First cutout 36 Second cutout 38 Chewing gum 40 Packaging container 40a Main body 40b Lid 41 Bottom wall 42 Front wall 42a Front wall constituent piece 43 Back wall 44 Locking flaps 44a, 44b Projection portion 45 Fold line 46 Side wall 48 Side wall 50 Top wall 52 Fold line 54 Fold line 54a, 54b Cutting line 56 Perforation 60 Packaging container 60a Main body 60b Lid 62 Perforation 64 Side wall 66 Side wall 68 Front Wall 70 Back wall 72 Bottom wall 74 Top wall L1 to L13

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A parallelogrammatic bottom wall (12; 41) having two adjacent sides forming an acute angle or an obtuse angle, a front wall (14; 42) connected to the peripheries thereof, and both side walls (16, 1).
8; 46,48), the back wall (20; 43), and the respective walls (14,16,18,20; 42,46,48,43).
And a top wall (22; 50) connected to the bottom wall (12; 41) and having side walls (16, 18; 46, 48) and a front wall (14;
42) is a series of perforation lines for breaking (30) formed from a predetermined upper position on a pair of creases connecting the side walls (16, 18; 46, 48) and the back wall (20; 43). ;
56) and the back wall (20; 43) is
Folding lines (2
4; 45). 2. The perforation (3) of the front wall (14).
0) is formed so as to taper to the bottom wall (12) side, and the front wall (14) is the top wall with respect to the perforations (30) when the perforations (30) are separated. (2
2) A locking flap (32) having a notch (34) that engages with the convex tip of the front upper wall is formed on the bottom wall (12) side with respect to the perforation (30). The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein the packaging container is provided inside the front lower wall formed in the above. 3. At least one fold line (54) connecting the front upper wall and the side upper wall located on the upper surface wall (50) side with respect to the perforations (56), is a crease at a predetermined position. (54a), the front wall (42) is provided with a locking flap (44) for locking the perforation (54a) when the perforation (56) is cut off. On the other hand, the packaging container according to claim 1, which is provided inside a front lower wall formed on the bottom wall (41) side. 4. A parallelogrammatic bottom wall (72) having two adjacent sides forming an acute angle or an obtuse angle, four side walls (64, 66, 68, 70) connected to the periphery thereof, and the respective side walls (64). ，
66, 68, 70) and a top wall (74) corresponding to the bottom wall (72), the four side walls (64, 66, 68, 70) being in a series of breaks at predetermined upper positions. A packaging container having perforations (62).