KR20100063780A - Multi-pack of product packages - Google Patents

Abstract

A multi-pack of packages of individually packaged products wherein there is a plurality of products packaged in individual paperboard cartons, the paperboard cartons being devoid of applied indicia like printing or coloration applied to the paperboard prior to carton forming. There is no printing of logos, trademarks or other product information prior forming the carton. The cartons do have a product identification that is embossed or debossed into the paperboard material of the cartons. The individual cartons are placed in a stack of two to twenty or more cartons and wrapped with a thermoplastic film material. The thermoplastic film material contains the required product indicia like colors and other decoration and product logos and trademarks.

Description

MULTI-PACK OF PRODUCT PACKAGES

The present invention claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 970,230, filed September 5, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention relates to a multipack of an individual article package in which the individual article package does not contain printed color ornaments or other printed information derived from a carton blank, wherein all such printed information and color ornaments are multi-packaged. It is on the outer wrapper of the pack. In particular, the present invention relates to a multipack of individual cartons, each comprising a soap bar, wherein the carton has an embossed or debossed article identification, but with a printed color decoration derived from the carton blank. Or other printed information.

It is common to package various items in a multipack. Multipacks are a number of individually packaged articles that are held together and held in a wrapper material, such as a plastic material, which is as thin as a shrink wrap, wherein the multipack is a bundle of packaged items until the wrapper is opened by the purchaser. Sealed to maintain. Such multipacks are typically used for inexpensive articles such as cat bars. They are sold in bundles of two to twenty or more of individual cartons in Cat Ba. In many cases, a multipack is a bundle of items in the same package as when sold separately. Each individual package is color-coded and holds all printed information about the product. Also, in many cases, all these same colored decorations appear on the plastic wrapper material that holds the bundle. However, this requires the printing of carton material as well as very thin wrapper material. This increases the packaging cost.

The prior art includes US patent application 2003/0234199, which relates to a separate packaging technique. This patent application discloses a dual package in which the outer film package holds some general information about the article and the inner individual packaged article holds specific information including a logo. This is especially about feminine hygiene products. This technique requires the printing of color and various information on the outer film material of the dual package and the individual packages inside. U.S. Patent 5,411,140 discloses an embossed logo on a package that is inserted into the recess of another package. This will stabilize the stack of articles. U.S. Patent No. 1,936,395 discloses a packaging of three wambas. The wamba is seated using a concave / convex surface. The group of catba is bound by a group of cellophane films. U. S. Patent No. 3,283, 992 discloses embossing of an open film material to provide an anti-slip surface on a bag. Bags stacked in this way will not fall.

The present invention provides a much more environmentally friendly package by making a recyclable package. Unlike the prior art, in the present invention, individual article packages such as cardboard cartons or the like will not duplicate the product information on the packaging material or the color decoration on the packaging material. This will allow individual item packages to be recycled and will lower costs for individually packaged items and multipacks. There is no need to pass the individual article package material through the printing process like cardboard carton material. After removing the wrapper, the individual article package having a size and shape that can be easily recognized by people will have the recognition of the article by the embossed or debossed article name or logo. Such embossing or debossing can be accomplished while the individual article package material is die cut to form a carton blank. This can be included in the processing steps that must be achieved to produce the carton.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to a multipack of packaged articles contained in a wrapper comprising a plurality of packaged articles, wherein the package is free of any printing or any authorized color derived from the carton blank, Each package has a recognizer capable of clearly recognizing articles embossed or debossed in each package. The wrapper surrounds a number of packaged articles and has the required article information and printed color decoration and printed logo. Many packaged articles are packaged in cardboard material in which individual article packages take the form of cartons. Recognition of the packaged article is embossed or debossed on the cardboard material to provide clear article recognition. A preferred embodiment is an embossed logo or article on the top surface of an individual package so that when individual packages are stacked in a multipack, the embossed logo of one package is introduced into the debossed logo of another package to stabilize the carton in the multipack. It has an indicia and a debossed logo or article display on the underside of the individual package.

The wrapping material is a thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic having a single layer or laminate. Useful monolayer or laminate thermoplastics include polyethylene and ethylene copolymers, polypropylene and propylene copolymers, polyethylene terephthalates, vinyl polymers and copolymers, acrylic polymers and copolymers. The laminate includes a thermoplastic / paper laminate. Useful thermoplastics are biaxially oriented polypropylenes.

The method of packaging a plurality of articles in a multipack comprises providing a source of cardboard material, forming the cardboard material into a carton blank and embossing and / or debossing the cardboard in a single step to produce an article recognition / display section. Forming, forming cartons with cardboard blanks, filling each carton with an article, sealing each carton, accumulating cartons in at least one stack, desired article information And providing a wrapper having a color decoration and a printed logo thereon, surrounding the at least one stack of cartons with the wrapper, and sealing the wrapper to surround the at least one stack of articles. Cardboard embossing and debossing are achieved simultaneously with the sheet of cardboard material being formed into a carton blank. The blank is formed by die cutting the edge material to form a carton flap that is folded up to completely surround the carton. The well packaged article is a packaged bar. However, other articles sold in the same manner as catba may use the techniques of the present invention to create packaging and manufacturing efficiency.

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a plan view of a blank for a package of a multipack according to one embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of an individual package from the blank of Figure 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of part III of Figure 2 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view of a multipack package of the individual package of FIG. 2 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention streamlines and reduces the packaging cost of individual packaged articles sold in multipacks. Multipacks are a number of individually packaged articles overlapped with one another by wrapping material. The packaged articles are each packaged in a carton. The carton is formed into a carton blank. The carton blank is supplied in a color such as white, but without the additional printing of one or more colors, logos, trademarks, or other indicators of article information prior to forming the carton. Thus, the carton blank has no indication. After forming, filling and sealing, the individual cartons have the date of manufacture and the codes stamped on the carton or laser printed on the carton. However, this is minimal and in most cases required to meet legal requirements. This is done depending on whether or not the carton blank has been printed and is not included in the term "applying indicator".

1 and 2 show a blank 10 for a package 40 that can be packaged in a multipack. The blank 10 has a top face 12 having suspended side flaps 13a, 13b, a first side face 14 having suspended side flaps 15a, 15b, and side flaps 17a, 17b. And a bottom face 16 having a side face, a second side face 18 having suspended side flaps 19a and 19b, and an adhesive flap 20. There is an embossed or debossed logo 22 on the top face 12 and an embossed or debossed logo 23 on the bottom face 16. Preferably, the logo 23 is debossed when the logo 22 is embossed, and the furnace 23 is embossed when the logo 22 is debossed. As will be described in detail below, this provides the engagement of the package 40 and the stability of the package 40 before and after overlapping. The flaps 17a and 17b may have useful logos 24/25 embossed or debossed. Optionally, the overlap 32 (see FIG. 4) holding the multipack may have a decoration and / or logo on the side, eliminating the need for a logo on the flaps 17a, 17b.

The carton blank 10 is preferably formed from a sheet of cardboard material of width that can form two to ten times or more the width of the carton blank across the cardboard material. The length of the blank 10 lies in the longitudinal direction of the cardboard material. The cardboard material is provided from a feed roll and passes through a die cutter / embossing and debossing roller. This roller will remove excess material to form the flaps 15, 17, 19, 20 and form the required score line. This process will form the flaps 15, 17, 19, 20 and score lines, as well as the embossed and debossed regions 22, 23, 24, 25. The rollers also cut the blanks 10 into individual sizes, which are transferred to the blank holder / magazine for use. The logos 22, 23, 24, 25 will be embossed and / or debossed in a size and shape that can clearly show people the items inside the package 40. There is no printing step between the cardboard removed from the feed roll and passing through the die cutting / embossing and debossing roll. The produced carton blank 10 has no additional printing, color application and display of article information. This reduces the handling and printing costs of the carton blank 10.

FIG. 2 shows the carton blank 10 of FIG. 1 folded to form a package 40. Package 40 is rectangular and includes an upper surface 12 having an embossed logo 22 as described above. In this embodiment, the first side face 14 does not have a logo, but the invention is not so limited, and the first side face 14 may be embossed or debossed with a logo. Flap 17b is shown having logo 24 embossed or debossed. The flap 13b lies below the flap 17b and is adhesively attached to the flap 17b. The package 40 will be referred to as a package of individually packaged items because one or more items (not shown) are inside the package 40. Package 40 will also be referred to as carton 40 and is not limited to the rectangle as shown.

3 is an enlarged view of part III of FIG. 2 so that the logo 22 of the upper surface 12 of the package 40 can be seen in detail. Although shown as an embossed logo 22, the logo 22 may be debossed on the surface 12 of the carton material. Since the logo 22 is embossed on the surface of the carton blank 10, it rises above the original surface level of the carton blank 10. In the embodiment where the logo 22 is debossed, the logo 22 is lower than the original surface level of the carton blank 10. When the same logo is on the top surface 12 and the bottom surface 16, one is preferably embossed and the other is debossed. In this way, when the carton / individually packaged articles are stacked, the embossing (ie, raised surface portion) in one package 40 is applied to the debossing (ie, lowered surface portion) of the other package 40. It will be retracted, thereby stabilizing the stacking of individually packaged articles in the form of a multipack during formation of the multipack. In other words, when the packages are stacked as shown in FIG. 4 to form the multipack 30, the logo 23 of the first package 40 is the logo 22 of the second package 42. Will be interconnected with The logo 23 of the second package will be interconnected with the logo 22 of the package carton 44. The packages 40, 42, 44 will be interlocked when the lateral surface of the logo 23 of the first package 40 is in surface contact with the lateral surface of the logo 22 of the second package 42. . In the embodiment where the logo 23 is embossed and the logo 22 is debossed, the raised surface of the logo 23 is slidably inserted into the opening formed by the bottom surface of the logo 22. Of course, other logos 22 or 23 are also embossed or debossed.

4 shows a multipack 30 having an upper face 36 and a front face 35. Multipack 30 includes three packages 40, 42, 44 of individually packaged articles stacked on top of each other to form one column / stack. The packages 40, 42, 44 are surrounded by a wrapper 32. Wrapping paper 32 surrounds packages 40, 42, 44 in the illustrated embodiment, but the invention is not so limited. The wrapping paper 32 may take the form of a band, for example, as long as the packages 40, 42, 44 are included inside the wrapping paper 32 in a stable manner. In this embodiment, the wrapper 32 surrounds the sides of the stacked packages 40, 42, 44 of individually packaged articles. Thus, the upper face 36 and the front face 35 and the opposing bottom and rear faces (not shown) of the multipack 30 are covered with wrapping paper, while the sides remain completely free or partially from the wrapping paper 32. It is covered with the wrapping paper (32).

The front face 35 of the multipack 30 has a logo 34 and a design 38. The logo 34 is printed on the multipack wrapper 32 along with the color and other decoration of the multipack wrapper 32. Stipling is provided on the top and front surfaces that provide coloring of the multipack wrapper 32. The package 40 has a logo 41, the package 42 has a logo 43, and the package 44 has a logo 45. These logos 41, 43, 45 are embossed or debossed on the carton material when the carton blank 10 is formed.

The multipack wrapper 32 is preferably a plastic film, more preferably a thermoplastic film in which the thermoplastic is a single layer or a laminate. Useful monolayer or laminate thermoplastics include polyethylene and ethylene copolymers, polypropylene and propylene copolymers, polyethylene terephthalates, vinyl polymers and copolymers, acrylic polymers and copolymers. Useful thermoplastics are biaxially oriented polypropylenes. The present invention is not limited to plastic as the wrapper 32, and the wrapper 32 material may be a paper overlap or other material. In addition, the overlap may completely surround the multipack 30 as shown in FIG. 4, or it may be a band that surrounds the side but is open at the end.

In embodiments where the wrapping paper 32 material is a plastic film, it is desirable to have a gsm (gram weight / square meter) of about 15 to about 75. The carton 40 material will have a thickness of about 300 microns to about 600 microns. The film wrapper 32 material is a shrink wrap material. However, it may also take the form of a band which laterally surrounds the ear bar but opens the end. This allows the customer to detect the fragrance of the article before purchase.

Multipack 30 may be used for a number of other articles. However, it is useful for marketing of Cat Ba. Although only three packages 40, 42, 44 of individually packaged articles are shown when the ear bar is an article, the multipack 30 will have two to twenty packages of individually packaged articles. Of course, the multipack 30 is also useful for articles other than wambas. Also, although only one column of the packages 40, 42, 44 is shown, the multipack 30 may include one or more columns of the package. There is a clear advantage to not printing the cardboard material used to form the packages 40, 42, 44. Ink is saved; The cardboard material does not generally have to pass through one or more printing processes where each color is typically required to pass through a printing press. There are also environmental benefits.

10: blank 12: upper surface
14: first side surface 16: bottom surface
22, 23: logo 40: package

Claims (19)

In a multipack of individually packaged articles,
A plurality of packages, each of which contains at least one item and which has no approved indicator prior to formation of the package,
A recognition portion of an article embossed or debossed on a material of each of the plurality of packages,
A wrapping paper surrounding the plurality of packages,
And said wrapping paper comprises a visible article display. The multipack of claim 1 wherein the material of each of the plurality of packages is cardboard material. 3. The multipack of claim 2 wherein the recognition portion of the article is embossed on cardboard material. 3. The multipack of claim 2 wherein the cardboard material takes the form of a carton. The article of claim 4, wherein the carton has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the recognition portion of the article is embossed or debossed onto the cardboard material, and when the carton top surface is embossed, the bottom surface is debossed and the top surface is debossed. Multi-pack when the bottom surface is embossed. 2. The multipack of claim 1 wherein the visible article display section includes article information, color decoration, and a printed logo. The multipack of claim 1 wherein the wrapper material is a thermoplastic comprising a film material. 8. The multipack of claim 7, wherein the thermoplastic is polyethylene, ethylene copolymers, polypropylene, propylene copolymers, polyethylene terephthalates, vinyl polymers or copolymers, or acrylic polymers or copolymers. 9. The multipack of claim 8 wherein the thermoplastic is biaxially oriented polypropylene. 2. The multipack of claim 1 wherein at least one article is a wamba. The multipack of claim 1 wherein the material of each package is a cardboard material having a thickness of about 300 microns to about 600 microns and the wrapping paper is a film having a weight of about 15 to 75 gsm. In the method of packaging a plurality of articles in a multipack,
Providing a source of cardboard material,
Forming the cardboard material into the carton blank in a single step and embossing or debossing the cardboard to form an article recognition section,
Forming a carton blank into a package,
Filling each package with at least one article,
Sealing each package,
Accumulating packages into at least one stack,
Providing a wrapper having a visible article indicator thereon;
Enclosing at least one stack of cartons with a film wrapper material. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the roller embosses or debosses the cardboard material while simultaneously forming the cardboard into a blank. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the article recognition portion is embossed on the cardboard material. 13. The carton blank of claim 12, wherein the carton blank comprises a top face and a bottom face, wherein the article recognition portion is embossed and debossed on the cardboard material, and when the carton top face is embossed, the bottom face is debossed and the top face is debossed. And wherein the bottom surface is embossed. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the wrapper material is a thermoplastic film material. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the thermoplastic is polyethylene, ethylene copolymer, polypropylene, propylene copolymer, polyethylene terephthalate, vinyl polymer or copolymer, or acrylic polymer or copolymer. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the thermoplastic is biaxially oriented polypropylene. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one article is a wamba.

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