JPH11278576A - Container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to strip off or remove a part thought to be unnecessary, to make writing on the stripped-off part and to stick again the stripped-off part by a method wherein at least a part at the outer cover of a container is formed of a material whereon printing and writing can be made and at least a part of such outer cover is covered with a separating skim material that is easily separable. SOLUTION: A separating skim material 7 such as plastic film is stuck with a well-known adhesive having easy separability to the surface 3, the reverse side 4 and the side faces 5 and 6 on the right and the left of a CD case 1 made of cardboard. The surface of the cardboard forming the CD case 1 serves by itself to form outer covers at the surface 3, the reverse side 4 and the side faces 5 and 6 on the right and the left of the CD case 1. The separating skim material 7 forms separating parts 10 and 11 surrounded respectively with easily breakable lines 8 and 9 at the right and the left on the surface 3 side. An outer cover surface 14, wherefrom the separating part 11 is peeled off, of the CD case 1 is, for instance, a face whereon writing with an optional writing instrument can be made, while being available for sticking a separate card or the like thereto with an adhesive, and furthermore the outer cover surace is such that whereon once-peeled-off separating part 11 can be stuck again, being pressed onto its original position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in the outer shell of a container mainly used for light packaging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional containers for light packaging, for example, containers for storing and storing CDs, floppy disks, video tapes, etc., are often made of plastics. JP-A-5-338643,
JP-A-6-156568 and JP-A-6-28678
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 5 (1993), etc., paper-made ones have also been proposed, but in any case, the outer surface of the container is printed with PR for the producer or seller, It is wrapped in a covered film and cannot be deleted even if the buyer or user thinks it is an unnecessary printed part, or if the packaging material is removed, the type of the contents can not be visually recognized, or a memo, etc. However, there is a problem that there is no margin or the space is small, and a similar problem also exists in a container for heavy packaging.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional container, the present invention mainly relates to a portion which the user does not consider unnecessary on the printed surface of the outer skin portion of the container used mainly for light packaging. It is another object of the present invention to provide a container capable of peeling and removing the entire printed portion, writing on the peeled portion, writing on the back surface of the strip, and re-adhering the writing surface of the strip to the outer surface.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, at least a part of the outer skin of the container is formed of a printable and writable material, and at least a part of the outer skin has easy peelability. It was configured to be covered with the bonded outer layer material.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a configuration is provided in which the outer skin surface after the peeling outer layer material is peeled off is made a writable surface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a configuration is provided in which the outer skin surface after the peeling outer layer material is peeled off is a surface to which another piece can be adhered and adhered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a structure in which the outer skin and the peelable outer layer material can be re-adhered after peeling.
In addition, it is added to any one of the inventions of claim 3.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the structure in which the peelable portion of the peelable outer layer material is surrounded by an easy breaking line is added to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention.

In the invention according to claim 6, the constitution in which the back surface of the peelable outer layer material is a writable surface is added to the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

[0010] According to the invention of claim 7, the constitution in which the outer surface itself of the constituent material of the container body is used as the outer skin is provided.
In addition, it is added to any one of the inventions of claim 6.

In the invention of claim 8, the constitution in which the outer surface of the peelable outer layer material has a surface structure capable of printing and writing is added to the invention of any of claims 1 to 7.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a configuration is provided in which the outer surface of the peelable outer layer material has a surface structure that cannot be printed or written.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG.
1 shows a CD case as an example of an embodiment of a container to which each of the inventions described above is applied.
An opening 2 for inserting and removing D is formed, and the other five surfaces are adhered in a flat box shape to form a box.

On the front and rear surfaces 3 and 4 having the largest areas among the five surfaces, the left and right side surfaces 5 and 6 are provided with a peeling outer layer material 7 mainly composed of a thin sheet such as a thin paper or a plastic film.
However, it is adhered by an adhesive means having an easy peeling property so that it can be easily peeled off with a fingertip. The front surface 3, the back surface 4 and the left and right side surfaces 5 and 6 form the outer skin of the CD case 1 by exposing the surface of the cardboard forming the CD case 1 as it is. The outer surface of the release outer layer material 7 is a surface on which printing or writing is possible.

[0015] The adhesive having easy peeling property is defined as a CD in advance.
An adhesive layer having a weak adhesive property between the outer skin portion of the case 1 and the peeling outer layer material 7 is bonded by laminating or coating, or applied to the outer skin portion or the back surface of the peeling outer layer material 7 during the box making process. This refers to bonding by a known easily peelable bonding means such as bonding with an adhesive layer having weak bonding ability.

The exfoliated outer layer material 7 in the illustrated example has exfoliated portions 10 and 11 surrounded by easy-break lines 8 and 9 such as half-cut lines and perforation lines on both left and right sides of the surface 3 side. Although the easy break lines 8 and 9 in the illustrated example are formed as closed continuous lines, as shown by the imaginary line 12 in FIG. It may be. In FIG. 1, the peeled portion 11 has an easy-break line 9.
Along with a partially exfoliated state.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
The outer skin surface 14 on the left side of the outer skin from which the surface has been peeled off has a surface structure that can be written by an arbitrary writing instrument, and a separate card or the like can be formed by using an adhesive such as starch paste or a synthetic resin adhesive, or an adhesive. It has a surface structure that can be adhered and adhered, and is also configured to be re-adhered by pressing the peeled portion 11 once peeled off to the original position.

The back surface of the peeling portion 11, that is, the back surface 15 of the peeling outer layer material 7 is a surface on which writing or printing can be performed by an arbitrary writing instrument. In the illustrated example, ruled lines for writing are formed on the outer skin surface 14 and the back surface 15. 16 and 17 are provided.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 18 denotes the upper right corner.
Is a claw piece for peeling off all of the peeling outer layer material 7 adhered to the CD case 1, and it goes without saying that this claw piece may be formed at a corner of each peeled portion.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the portion to which the peeling outer layer material 7 is adhered may be only the front surface 3 and the back surface 4, and the outer surface of the peeling outer layer material 7 may be applied to the present invention. Thus, a surface structure that cannot be printed or written may be used.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an embodiment in which the inventions of the claims other than claims 4 and 8 are applied to a folding CD case 19 formed of cardboard. A cover piece 23 is connected to one side of the substrate 22 on which the sticking flaps 20 and 21 are extended, via two outer folding lines 24 and 25 arranged in parallel. 2
6 also extend through the two outer folding lines 27 and 28, and ear tabs 29 project outward from the locking tabs 26.

The sticking flaps 20 and 21 are also extended to the upper and lower side edges of the substrate 22 through two outer fold lines 28 and 29, respectively, so that the fold lines 24 and 25, 27 and 28, 30 and 31 The interval is set to a size corresponding to the thickness of the CD stored in the CD case 19.

The cover piece 23 is folded in the direction of arrow X, that is, in the downward direction in the drawing, and
That is, the sticking flap 2 folded downward in the drawing.
After the CD is stored between the substrate 22 and the cover piece 23, the locking piece 26 is folded back so as to overlap the upper surface of the substrate 22, and the ear piece 29 is formed into the arc slit 32 of the substrate 22. The structure is such that the insertion of the CD is completed by being inserted into the.

In the CD case 19 shown in FIG. 2, the entire outer surface extending from the outer edges of the sticking flaps 20, 21 to the lugs 29 of the substrate 22, except for the area from the outer folding line 30, ie, the current state shown in FIG. An exfoliated outer layer material 33 is adhered to the entire surface with easy breakability.

The release outer layer material 33 in the cover piece 23 includes
The closed easy-break line 34 forms a peelable portion 35 in which a postal code, an address, an address and the like can be written in the same shape as a postcard. 36 forms a peelable portion 37 in which the sender's address, name, communication portion, etc. can be entered. Note that reference numeral 3
Numerals 8 and 39 denote hook portions for facilitating peeling.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, after removing the peeled portions 35 and 37, the recipient writes the desired items on the cover piece 23 and the outer skin surfaces 40 and 41 of the substrate 22 to use it as a CD case. it can.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention of claim 1 to which each of the inventions of claims 2 to 8 except for claim 7 can be selectively applied. A printable and writable sheet 43 is affixed to the outer surface of the container main body 42 formed as above as an outer skin, and the printable and writable outer surface is attached to the outer surface of the sheet 43 by an adhesive means having easy peelability. The peeled outer layer material 44 is bonded to form a container.

In the embodiment shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the invention of claims 2 to 6 can be selectively applied, for example, by providing an easy-break line.

In FIG. 3, one end face 47 of the container main body 42 is left open so that the article 48 can be inserted and removed. However, various lid structures can be selected for the one end face 47 as necessary. Needless to say, it can be applied in a specific way. In this embodiment, the sheet 43 forms the outer skin of the container main body 42. However, if the material of the container main body 42 can form an outer surface capable of printing, writing, etc., the sheet 43 is omitted. What you can do is no different.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the sheet 43 is attached to the container main body 42, for example, the front surface 49 shown in FIG.
Only the portion may be used, or as shown by reference numeral 50, only the portion indicated by the two-dot chain line of the half of the container main body 42 may be used.
Also, the bonding portion of the peeling outer layer material 44 may be only the surface 49 portion, only the half portion indicated by reference numeral 50, or only a part of these portions.

As is clear from the description of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, in the first to ninth aspects of the present invention, the outer skin of the container is the outer surface portion of the container forming material or the outer surface of the container. The outer surface of the exterior material is referred to.

Although the embodiments of the invention relate to light packaging containers for packaging CDs, video tapes, etc., the invention is not limited to application to light packaging containers, but rather applies to various office equipment. It can also be applied to containers for heavy packaging such as household electric appliances.

[0033]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to remove a part deemed unnecessary by a purchaser or a user from among printed parts applied to an exterior part of a container, and to enter and display items deemed necessary. It has an effect that can be performed freely.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to easily enter necessary items on the exposed outer surface of the container after removing unnecessary portions in the exterior part.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a separate piece such as a card, a color-specific card, a mascot piece or the like on which necessary items are written is easily adhered to the outer surface of the container from which unnecessary portions in the exterior portion have been removed. Or an effect that can be displayed by sticking.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the peeled outer layer material portion which has been peeled once and removed is re-adhered to the old position, so that it is possible to arrange, sort and store the old state.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to selectively remove only the portion that the purchaser or the user wants to remove without affecting other exfoliated outer layer material portions.

According to the invention of claim 6, there is an effect that the peeled outer layer material once peeled off is turned over, necessary items are written on the back surface, and the back surface is adhered to the original place as the front surface side, and the display can be performed. .

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the material of the container body is a material that can be written, adhered to another piece, or adhered, the effect that the peelable outer layer material can be directly adhered to the container body can be obtained. .

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, various characters, designs, memos, and the like can be printed or written on the outer surface of the peelable outer layer material as needed.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, there is an effect that the display items on the outer surface of the peeled outer layer material can be prevented from being altered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a peeling outer layer material in a CD case according to an embodiment, which is partially peeled off.

FIG. 2 is an exploded plan view of a foldable CD case according to another embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a skin and a peeled outer layer material according to still another embodiment, partially peeled off.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Peeling exterior material 8,9 Easy breaking line

Claims (9)

[Claims] At least a part of the outer skin of the container is formed of a printable and writable material, and at least a part of the outer skin is covered with a peelable outer layer material adhered with easy peelability. Container. 2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the container from which the peelable outer layer material has been peeled is a writable surface. 3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer skin surface of the container from which the peeling outer layer material has been peeled off is a surface to which a separate piece can be adhered and adhered. 4. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer cover and the peelable outer layer material can be re-adhered after peeling. 5. The peeling portion of the peeling outer layer material is surrounded by an easy breaking line.
The container as described. 6. The container according to claim 1, wherein the back surface of the peelable outer layer material is a writable surface. 7. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer skin is an outer surface of the container body. 8. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the peelable outer layer material has a surface structure capable of printing and writing. 9. The container according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the peelable outer layer material has a surface structure that cannot be printed or written.