NL2008739C2 - HOLDER AND PLANO AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HOLDER. - Google Patents

Description

Brief indication: Holder and blank and method for manufacturing a holder

Description According to a first aspect, the present invention relates to a holder according to the preamble of claim 1. Where it is stated in this document that parts of a blank are separated from one another, for example by a folding line, it is expressed that in an integral runs a folding line between the respective parts. The parts are then still connected to each other, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Such containers are known, for example, as stackable boxes. The four tubes with triangular cross-section provide four reinforcements at the corner points of the box thus set up. Due to the reinforcements, boxes of a blank material of relatively light quality can be stacked on top of each other. Because the side walls of the box extend over an at least as large, and preferably greater, distance from the bottom surface than the front and rear walls, the columns of the known box extend to the highest point of the box, because they are located on the longest panel.

A drawback of the known boxes is that they only have a limited storage capacity. The side walls have a limited bearing capacity and a substantial part has been removed from the front and rear wall to make the content of such stacked boxes accessible. As a result, products can only be stored in one or a few layers in a box.

The present invention has for its object to provide, according to the first aspect, a container following the introduction, which can be used wider than the known box. This object is achieved by the present invention in that at least one support member or auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines is provided in each of the side walls of the holder, wherein the distance of a support member or auxiliary support member from the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface for both support members is substantially the same, and wherein the support members and / or auxiliary support members extend inwards from a side wall into the space of the holder defined by the upright walls. The supporting members and / or auxiliary supporting members are thus arranged, for example, for carrying a platform, so that several floors can be provided in a holder for holding products. It also provides the possibility of making the side walls of a container higher, so that, for example, instead of two or three stacked containers, one container with a bottom and one or two trays will suffice. Alternatively, a tray can be provided with an insert part which is provided with holes through which relatively high products can be inserted, which rest on the bottom of the holder, such as bunches of flowers. The holder according to the invention can thus be used wider than the known holder and the object of the invention is achieved. Incidentally, the terms support member and auxiliary support member have been chosen to distinguish the two support members from each other, and not so much to indicate that it is a more important and less important support member. Although the invention is applicable to any container size, the invention is preferably applied to containers with a bottom format of at least 25 x 38 cm, further preferably at least 30 x 45 cm and a height of at least 30 cm, further preferably at least at least 40 cm.

It is herein preferred that support members and / or auxiliary support members extend inwards from a side wall into the space of the holder defined by the upright walls. Carriers are thus provided on which a platform can be carried.

When, as in a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the support members and / or auxiliary support members are provided with engaging means and thereby engage one another, a stable and reliable carrier is provided by the cooperating (auxiliary) support members.

It is preferred here that a support member extends from the relevant side wall surface through a part of the fastening panel left by a corresponding auxiliary support member 25 into the corresponding side flap. This ensures that the relevant support member and auxiliary support member are aligned relative to each other. Moreover, a carrier is thus formed from two in fact separate panels, namely the fixing panel and the side wall surface. This promotes the carrying capacity for a plateau.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a platform is provided that rests on support members and / or auxiliary support members in the same horizontal plane. The platform is in principle not part of a blank from which the holder is mounted. The plateau may, however, have originally been part of the blank, for example via a perforation line. If desired, several trays, possibly supporting members and / or auxiliary supporting members at different levels, can be provided in the holder. The trays provide a carrier for products when used.

In a specific preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the tray is provided with through holes through which products can be inserted. For example, elongated products that rest at one end on the bottom of the container and extend through the holes of a higher plateau. The elongated products are, as such, kept somewhat organized in the holder. An example of this is flowers that can be carried by the holder separately or in bundled forests. In such a case, a holder according to the present invention will usually be set up, whereafter a tray with holes is placed on support members and / or auxiliary support members, whereafter the flowers are inserted through the relevant holes in the tray to ultimately support on the bottom of the holder.

A plateau can be a flat plate made of, for example, the same material as or of a different material than the holder. However, depending on the application, other shapes may be preferred, for example trays with an upright peripheral edge. When the plateau is made of corrugated cardboard, it is preferred that the plateau is folded to give the plateau more rigidity than the inherent rigidity of corrugated cardboard.

In a preferred embodiment, the tray, or an insert part supported by the tray, is at least substantially leak-free. That is, the tray and / or the insert is made of material that is substantially impermeable to liquid, such as water. This can be plastic, but also a material such as (corrugated cardboard that has been made impermeable to liquid because it has been coated or impregnated).

A preferred embodiment relates to a tray with an inlay part that is suitable for carrying pot plants and for holding a bottom with water for the pot plants. To this end, an insert is provided in the plateau that can be manufactured from an insert blank with a substantially rectangular bottom panel with beveled corners surrounded by edge strips separated from the bottom surface via fold lines, adjacent edge strips being connected to each other by foldable corner pieces which together with the edge strips forming a continuous edge around the bottom panel, and wherein at least one edge strip on its side remote from the bottom surface is bounded via a folding line by a cover panel corresponding in dimensions to the bottom panel, and wherein the insert blank is provided with engaging means for the collapsed state engaging mutually engaging the cover panel and one or more edge strips. Because the edge strips and the corner pieces form a continuous edge around the bottom panel, no gaps are present between the bottom panel and the upstanding side edge after folding in the edge strips and the corner pieces, and the corners are also leak-free. The engaging means can for instance relate to lips and / or incisions and / or recesses. The person skilled in the art of packaging is familiar with many alternatives for interlocking panels perpendicular to each other of an original blank. In a special embodiment, a lip is provided on an edge strip and a corresponding recess is formed in the cover panel of the insert blank. When setting up, the lip 15 is folded over and inserted into the recess to secure the edge strip and the cover panel mutually. The beveled corners of the bottom panel and a possibly associated specific embodiment of the corner pieces are provided to provide a shape corresponding to the columns of a holder according to an earlier aspect of the present invention and can be dispensed with in other applications of such a platform be left.

Such an insert blank can be set up into an insert by folding the edge strips to fold up the fold lines relative to the bottom panel and then the cover panel to fold the respective fold line above the bottom panel and bringing corresponding engagement means into engagement with each other. When the edge strips are folded up, the corner pieces, also with the aid of fold lines, are folded inwards and partly over each other, so that a circumferential edge is created around the bottom panel which connects everywhere to the bottom panel, so that no leakage openings remain, leaving a liquid flowing on it. bottom panel is poured from the insert can leak.

The cover panel is preferably provided with recesses, or cutting lines defining at least such recesses, into which recesses plant pots can be placed.

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An insert blank and an insert mounted from the insert blank can be protected independently of other aspects of the present invention.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a vertical panel extends between the two side walls. The vertical panel can hereby form a central wall which, whether or not printed, can be used as a display, for example for promoting goods stored in the container.

It is preferred here that the vertical panel is provided with engaging elements which engage in a space defined by a side wall surface or a mounting panel attached thereto and a support member and auxiliary support member engaging with each other.

It is preferred that a connecting panel extends from the corner panel in the direction away from the column and parallel to the relevant side wall surface. This has a firming effect on the side wall. Partly because in such an arrangement the length of the connecting panel is not limited, as is the case when the connecting panel is folded back (to the relevant corner). The double-walled side wall offers the possibility of folding a support member and an auxiliary support member aligned with it from the respective walls, in order to subsequently secure it together.

According to a second aspect, the present invention relates to a blank intended for manufacturing a holder according to the first aspect of the invention and comprising an at least substantially rectangular bottom surface with two opposite peripheral edges thereof via a front and rear wall fold line with the bottom surface, respectively. connected for a first and second distance away from the bottom surface, respectively, front and rear wall surface, and two on the two other opposite peripheral edges of the bottom surface connected via side wall folding lines to the bottom surface over a third distance, greater than or equal to the first respectively extending at least substantially rectangular sidewall surfaces away from the bottom surface, each of which is provided on both sides via flap folding lines with side flaps extending substantially parallel to the front and rear wall surfaces, respectively, and near the folding line with the respective z ice wall surfaces are each provided with an inner and an outer corner folding line extending parallel to the relevant valve folding line.

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Such blanks are known for the manufacture of stackable boxes for, for example, fruit. Such blanks can be manufactured and marketed as semi-finished products, but it is also possible that the blanks exist only in a production process for a very short time. For example if they are punched out of a roll or larger blank and are set up immediately afterwards by machine. Such a blank is set up by first folding the side flaps inwards along the outer and inner corner folding line and the valve folding line in the form of a triangle. With each side valve, the panel that is furthest from the valve folding line, the so-called fixing panel, is then fixed with its outside to the inside of the side wall surface, for example by gluing. The thus formed four tubes with triangular cross-section provide, when the front, rear and side wall surfaces are folded up along the respective fold lines relative to the bottom surface and form a box with a bottom with four upstanding walls, four reinforcements 15 at the corner points of the known box thus arranged. Due to the reinforcements, boxes of a blank material of relatively light quality can be stacked on top of each other. Because the side wall surfaces extend at least as large, and preferably greater, distance from the bottom surface than the front and rear wall surface, the columns of a mounted container extend to the highest point of such a box, because they extend on the longest panel.

A drawback of the known blanks corresponds to the drawback mentioned in the first aspect of the limited applicability of the known boxes.

The present invention therefore has for its object to provide, according to the second aspect, a blank according to the introduction, which is suitable for manufacturing containers that are more widely applicable than the known boxes made from the known blank. This object is achieved by the present invention in that in each of the side wall surfaces and / or side flaps of the blank at least one support member or auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines is provided, wherein the distance of a support member or auxiliary support member from the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface for both support members is substantially the same, and that the support members and / or auxiliary support members extend inwards from a side wall surface or a side flap into the space of the container defined by the upright walls 7. The distance is herein preferably measured from the furthest edge of the side wall folding line of the support member or auxiliary support member up to the side wall folding line. Thus, by pressing the support members or auxiliary support member inwards into a holder, a support point for a beam can be provided on each side wall, on which a platform can support horizontally. Various levels can thus be provided within a holder for transporting and / or presenting products contained in the holder.

It is preferred here that the support members each have an edge away from the bottom surface, which edge extends at least substantially parallel to the side wall folding parts. Thus, at least the upper edge of each of the support members extends substantially horizontally, so that they provide a substantially horizontal support line or support surface.

When a support member is substantially U-shaped, wherein the base of the U is directed to one of the side flaps of the relevant side surface, a simple but effective shape of a support member in the form of a substantially rectangular carrier is thereby provided.

For a good stability of a platform to be supported, it is preferred that at least one pair of support members is provided in one side wall member, the support members of the pair being at the same distance from the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall panel. Thus, two supporting members at the same height are provided by the side wall panel. With two such opposite side wall panels, with a holder mounted from the blank, four support points are provided in a horizontal plane, for example for a platform to be placed thereon.

If several pairs of support members are provided in a side wall surface, the different pairs preferably being provided at regular distances from a respective side wall folding line, plateaus can be carried by the support members at different heights set up from the blank. If an auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines is provided between the outer corner folding line and the side edge, i.e. in the fastening panel, plateaus can be carried by such auxiliary support members on a holder mounted from the blank, in a manner similar to that with the aforementioned supporting bodies. Preferably, but not necessarily 8, there are also supporting members in the relevant side wall surface. In that case it is preferred that an auxiliary support member in a side wall surface is substantially aligned with a support member defined in the relevant side wall surface. By alignment here is meant that the furthest away from a sidewall folding line of a support member and of an auxiliary support member are at the same level, so that they form support points in the same horizontal plane when the holder is set up. A further form of alignment means that, at least in the case of a holder set up from the blank, wherein a support member and a corresponding auxiliary support member are still located in the plane of the side wall or the mounting panel of the side valve, the support member and the auxiliary support member substantially overlap. The auxiliary support member can thus first be folded inwards inside the holder, whereafter the support member can be pressed inwards through the space in which the auxiliary support member was originally located, into the space of the holder defined by the upright wall.

In order to be able to provide a sturdy support, which is preferably stably positioned within the space of the holder surrounded by the upright walls, it is preferred that a support member and / or a correspondingly aligned auxiliary support member is provided with engaging means for mutual engagement of the support member and the auxiliary support member in the mounted state of the container. In the case of mutual engagement, the support member and the auxiliary support member can hold each other in the correct position.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a side wall surface is provided with a handle defined by a cut line. The material may be removed within the cutting line, but it may also be held in place until immediately after the holder has been removed from the blank, or even later. The handle makes it easier to handle a holder set up from the blank.

It is preferred that the two corner folding lines of a side valve are each closer to the relevant valve folding line than to a side edge of the relevant side valve located opposite the valve folding line. The mounting panel of a blank according to the present invention cannot be folded inwards in the column, it is too long for that, but must be folded along the side wall surface in the opposite direction, i.e. in the direction of the other angle on the relevant side wall surface. and with the inside to be fixed to the 9 side wall surface. This orientation has the advantage that the mounting panel is relatively large and extends along a greater distance along the side wall surface than with a holder made of a blank with folded mounting panels. As a result, the column itself will possibly weaken slightly, because each wall thereof now consists of only one layer of material. But a side wall surface with two fixing panels which extend over a relatively large distance in the direction of each other along the side wall panel provide the side wall with a greater strength, and therefore a greater bearing capacity. Because the mounting panels can now be attached to a side wall surface over a relatively large surface, a stronger connection between the side wall surface and the mounting panel is possible for a holder, and thus a more stable column. Moreover, if the column should be damaged, the side wall, which is made of a double layer of material over a relatively large distance, and in the case of large fastening panels that overlap each other in the fixed state, the reduced strength of even the triple strength of at least partially compensate for the column. The greater bearing capacity can be used to make the side wall surfaces of a blank extra long in order to increase the side walls of a mounted container. Incidentally, the first and the second distance, and hence the height of the front and rear wall of a mounted container, are often, but not necessarily, substantially the same. The object intended by the first aspect of the invention has thus been achieved. Moreover, the invention offers possibilities to further develop the holder. Some of those options are discussed later in this document.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a fastening panel defined by the outer corner fold line and the side edge of a side valve extends over at least 40% of the surface of the relevant side valve. With such a surface, the mounting panel, when attached to the relevant side wall surface, can substantially reinforce the side wall of a container made from the blank. Further preferably, the proportion of the mounting panel is at least 50% and still further preferably at least 60% of the side valve. On the one hand, the following applies: the larger the mounting panel, the greater the share in the reinforcement of the side wall of a holder. On the other hand, the larger the mounting panel, the more material is required to manufacture the holder. A professional can make this assessment.

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In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a side flap comprises a protrusion on its side remote from the bottom surface and a recess on the opposite side facing the bottom surface, or at least front or rear wall surface, corresponding to the protrusion corresponding to the protrusion 5 and / or a corresponding through opening located over or against the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface. Thus, it is provided that containers can be folded from such blanks, which, when stacked, comprise a protruding part on the top side, which protrudes into a recess on the bottom side of a higher-lying holder. This not only increases the strength of the side wall improved by the present invention, but also the possibility of making a stable, or at least more stable, stack of holders. A recess or opening can incidentally also be prepared by means of perforations, wherein during stacking a part of a holder defined by the perforations is pushed away by a protrusion of a holder located below it.

It is preferred that the side edge of a side valve remote from the flap folding line is substantially aligned with at least a portion of a front or rear wall surface facing away from the bottom surface. In such a preferred embodiment, the front or rear wall surface in the mounted state of the holder can contribute to the bearing capacity of the holder. It is herein preferred that at least the part of a front and / or rear wall surface adjacent to the side valve is aligned with the relevant side valve.

Additionally or alternatively, it is preferable that the side edge of a front or rear wall surface is located farther from the bottom than at a middle part of the relevant side edge. The recessed part of the respective front or rear wall surface thus provides, in the erected condition of the container, an open space through which the container can be looked inside or through which the bottom of the container can be reached by hand. Such an embodiment is known with fruit boxes. An additional advantage is that also in the stacked state of the containers, fresh air can always come to products included in the container.

The blank can be made of various materials. However, the blank is preferably made of cardboard, furthermore preferably corrugated cardboard. Cardboard and corrugated cardboard are easily available, easily recyclable materials.

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Corrugated cardboard has the advantage that, with a correct choice of the direction of the ribs, that is to say substantially parallel to the front and rear wall folding lines, a relatively strong and load-bearing holder can be provided with relatively little material. Again, this does not alter the fact that the blank may be provided with other materials, such as, for example, plastic. Also in the case of plastic, channels or reinforcing ribs may be included in the plastic.

According to a third aspect, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a holder from a blank, comprising the steps of: a) providing a blank according to the introduction of the second aspect of the invention; b) folding the side valves inward about the valve folds; c) folding inwards around the inner corner folding line the part of the side valve defined by the inner corner folding line and the side edge of the relevant side flap d) folding around the outer corner folding line and attaching a corresponding corner wall line to the corresponding side wall surface and the side edge of the relevant side valve defined panel of the side valve; e) folding the side wall surfaces inwards around the side wall folding lines to upright side walls; f) folding the front or rear wall face inwards around the front or rear wall folding line to form up front and rear wall respectively; and g) securing adjacent upright wall faces together.

Such a method is known and has already been discussed above with reference to the first and the second aspect of the invention, as well as associated disadvantages. According to the present invention, a blank is provided in step a) which is provided with support members and / or auxiliary support members as described in some preferred embodiments of the blank according to the second aspect of the present invention. The preferred method then comprises a step h), wherein support members and / or auxiliary support members are folded towards an inner space defined by the upright walls of the formed, or at least formable, container. The support members and / or auxiliary support members thus provide carriers for trays to be received in the holder manufactured by means of the method.

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A relatively strong holder, or at least a holder with a relatively large bearing capacity in relation to the starting material, is obtained according to the second aspect of the invention, in that in step d) the fixing panel is folded in the direction of the opposite side flap of the side wall panel. Although the steps are shown here in a specific order, the steps according to the present invention can also be carried out in other desired sequences. A few steps may also coincide.

In a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, a blank according to the second aspect of the present invention is thereby provided in step a). Such a blank is adapted for use in a method according to the third aspect of the present invention, and can, due to the relatively large fastening panel of a side flap, lead to a considerable reinforcement of the side wall of a box set up from the blank.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to an exemplary embodiment of a blank, a method for setting up a holder from the blank concerned and a holder, with reference to the drawing in which:

Figure 1 shows a top view of a blank according to the present invention; Figure 2 shows a perspective side view of the blank of Figure 1 during erection to a box;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of two stacked boxes, each set up from a blank according to Figure 1;

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a tray suitable for carrying in a box according to the present invention;

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of a vertical panel for a box according to the present invention;

Figure 5a shows a detail of a cross-section through a vertical panel and a hook of Figure 5; Figure 6 shows a top view of an insert part; and

Figure 7 shows a perspective view of setting up a tray from the insert part of Figure 6

Now looking at Figure 1, a top view of a preferred embodiment of a blank 1 according to the present invention is shown. Blank 35 is made of corrugated cardboard, the ribs in the figure running from left to right 13 (not shown), at least such that with a set up box they run up vertically through load-bearing walls. Plano 1 has a rectangular bottom surface 2 of approximately 39 x 60 cm in the middle which is bounded by a long rear wall folding line 3, a long front wall folding line 4 and two side wall folding lines 5a, 5b. On the side of the rear wall folding line 3 remote from bottom surface 2, there is a rear wall surface 6 and on the side of the front wall folding line remote from the bottom surface, the front wall surface 7 is located. The rear wall surface 6 and the front wall surface 7 each have relatively long volumes 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b and two relatively low middle pieces 6c and 7c respectively. In bottom surface 2 there are four rectangular recesses 8, four D-shaped recesses 9 and a row of rectangular recesses 8a.

With respect to folding line 5a, 5b, there is always a rectangular side wall surface 10a, 10b of approximately 39 x 70 cm opposite bottom surface 2 which, apart from side wall folding line 5a, 5b, is bounded by two long valve folding lines 11a 1 adjacent to side wall folding line 5a, 5b 11a2, 11b1, 11b2, and an end edge 12a, 12b located opposite side wall fold line 5a, 5b. Within each side wall surface 10a, 10b there are three pairs of U-shaped cut-outs 13, the two bases of each pair of U-shaped cut-outs facing each other. A folding line 14 is provided opposite the base of each U-shaped cutout 13. There is also an oval-shaped handle cut-out 15 in each side wall surface 10a, 10b.

Opposite side wall surface 10a, 10b, each side valve 16a 1, 16a2, 16b1, 16b2 is adjacent to the valve folding lines 11a1, 11a2, 11b1, 11b2 and each has an inner corner folding line 17a 1, 17a2, 17b1, 17b2 and an outer corner folding line 18a1, 18a2, 18b1, 18b2. Between a valve fold line 11 and an inner corner fold line 17 is a connecting panel 19a1, 19a2, 19b1, 19b2. Between the inner corner folding line 17 and outer corner folding line 18 of each side valve 16a1, 16a2, 16b1, 16b2, there is a corner panel 20a1, 20a2, 20b1, 20b2. Between the outer corner fold line 18a1, 18a2, 18b1, 18b2 and a side edge 21a1, 21a2, 21b1, 21b2, there is a mounting panel 22a1, 22a2, 22b1, 22b2. In each fastening panel 22 there are cut-outs 23 which are substantially U-shaped but have a more erratic course than the U-shaped cut-outs in side wall surfaces 10a, 10b. Here too there is a fold line 24 opposite the base of the U-shape. On the short side of each corner panel 20 located farthest from the bottom surface 2 there is a trapezoidal projection 25. On the short side of each fastening panel located on the shortest side of the bottom surface 2 22, there is also a trapezoidal protrusion 26. On the side of each fastening panel 22 located closest to the bottom surface 2 there is a trapezoidal recess 27. At the side edges 21 of each side flap 16 there is a cup-shaped recess 28. As will be described in more detail below. explained in each case, a recess 8 and a recess 27 work together for stacking a trapezoidal protrusion 26 when stacking boxes folded from such a blank. Bowl-shaped recesses 28 correspond to the curved sides of oval-shaped handle cut-outs 15.

Now that the different elements of blank 1 have been indicated, Fig. 2 shows a perspective view for explaining the set-up of a box as holder from original blank 1. In view of a simple explanation, different elements are present in different phases of the blank. set up a box. Thus, from side wall surface 10b, the rear side valve 16b2 is folded the least far from all side valves 16. It can be seen that side valve 16b2 is folded around valve fold line 11b2 so that connecting panel 19b2 extends perpendicularly to side wall surface 10b. Fastening panel 22b2 is folded outwards relative to corner panel 20b2. Cut-outs 23 in fastening panel 22b2 are pressed out of fastening panel 22b2 around the respective fold lines. In bottom surface 2, near D-panel 19b2, a D-shaped recess 9 can be seen which, upon further folding of side valve 16b2, will be overlapped by corner panel 20b2. The row of recesses 8a is provided for receiving protrusions on a possibly to be placed vertical panel, which is discussed later.

On the other side of side wall surface 10b, side valve 16b1 is folded into a further advanced stage. Fastening panel 22b1 is substantially against side wall surface 10b to which it will be glued. At the top of side flap 16b1 it can be recognized that the relevant side edge of side wall surface 10b together with connecting panel 19b1 and corner panel 20b1 forms a triangular column in the erected condition of the box. It can further be seen that auxiliary support members 29 formed by pressing out cutouts 23 from mounting panel 16b1 extend in the direction of the inside of the box.

Valves 16a 1, 16a2 of side wall face 10a are folded into an even more advanced stage. Here it can be seen that the cup-shaped recesses 28 prevent oval-shaped handle cut-outs 15 from being overlapped by the mounting panels 22a 1, 22a2. At the partial overlap of side wall surface 10a by fastening panel 22a2, it can be seen that support members 30, which are formed by releasing parts of side wall surface 10a that are released by means of U-shaped cut-outs 13 and to fold folding lines 14, cooperate with auxiliary support members 29, wherein in each case a lip 31 of an auxiliary support member 29 grips into a recess 32 of a support member 30, so that the support member 30 and the auxiliary support member 29 hold each other firmly in place.

Figure 2 further shows that side wall surface 10a with the relevant side flaps 16a1, 16a2 is folded obliquely upwards and is located halfway between its end position, which end position is correspondingly represented by side wall surface 10b which extends perpendicular to bottom surface 2. At side wall folding line 5a it is still visible how recesses 27 of side flaps 16a1, 16a2 partially overlap recesses 8 in bottom surface 2. Front wall surface 7 is shown folded up slightly in Figure 2. The end position of front wall surface 7 and rear wall surface 6 is represented by rear wall surface 6 which extends perpendicular to bottom surface 2. The upper part of the middle portions 6c is folded inwards into the space of the box, but that is not relevant to the understanding of the invention.

Figure 3 shows two boxes 1 ", each of which is folded from a blank 1 as shown in Figure 1. Boxes 1 'have a bottom surface 2 with two relatively high side wall surfaces 10a, 10b and a relatively low front and rear wall surface 7, 6. The front wall surface 7 has two relatively high side walls 7a, 7b which are attached to connecting panels 19a 1, 19b 1 and which support. Between the relatively high parts 7a, 7b of front wall surface 7, the front wall surface is lowered at 7c so that products that are deposited on bottom surface 2 are easily accessible for providing fresh air in the box 1 ', for providing a good view for a buyer or the ability to grab products easily by a buyer. With both boxes 1 ', only the middle pairs of support members 30 and auxiliary support members 29 are folded inside the box. At the upper and lower U-shaped cut-outs 13 and 23 of a box 1 ', the material is held in place of the relevant panel and no (auxiliary) support members are provided. However, this is possible if desired. A platform 33 is provided on the (auxiliary) support members 29, 30 in the middle of each box 1 ". This platform is further illustrated in Figure 4 and further explained with reference to it. A cover 34 is provided over the upper edges of the side walls of the upper holder 1 ".

Figure 4 shows a perspective view of a tray 40 that is adapted to be received in a holder 1 'according to the present invention. Platform 40 has a bottom 41, two long upright edges 42 and two short upright edges 43. The angles between a long and short upright edge 42, 43 are provided with oblique corners 44 which, when used, abut against corner panels 20 of box 1 ". Near the short sides, recesses 45 are also provided in the bottom 41 in which an arcuate protrusion of an auxiliary support panel 29 is always received when the platform 40 is placed in a box 1 ". Cut-outs 45 have been omitted in box 1 "in Figure 3. An additional base plate 46 to be arranged in platform 40 is provided for reinforcing platform 40 and for securing the folded-in parts of upright edges 42, 43.

In a box 1 'according to the present invention, a vertical panel 50 can also be placed from which hooks 51, of which only one is shown in Figure 5, protrude from which products can be hung. On the sides of panel 50 there are recesses 52 in which a lip 53 still protrudes downwards. Provided on the lower and upper edges of the vertical panel 50 are lips 54 which, when used, can engage the bottom of the box in which the panel is accommodated, or the bottom of the bottom of a box stacked thereon. When used in a box 1 ', the recesses 52 are located at the level of the (auxiliary) support panels 29, 30, wherein lip 53 extends between a support panel 30 and a corresponding auxiliary support panel 29 which engage each other. One or two such panels can be placed in box 1 'as required, depending on the application.

Figure 5a shows in detail a cross-sectional view through a vertical panel 50 and a hook 51 from Figure 5. Hook 51 is first inserted with a leg 58 through a hole 61 in corrugated board panel 50, whereafter the hook 51 with plate 55 of 30 is approximately horizontal state to a vertical state (see figure 5a) is pivoted, so that plate 55 abuts panel 50 and projects with a pin 57 through a second hole 62 in panel 50. At the rear of the panel 50 a locking ring 57 is attached to pin 56, so that hook 51 is securely locked in panel 50.

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For this purpose pin 56 can be externally provided with screw thread and locking ring 57 can be provided with corresponding internal thread.

Figure 6 shows a top view of a preferred embodiment of an inlay blank 100 for a carrier for plant pots that can be received in a bottom or a tray (see Figure 4) of a holder or box according to the present invention. Inlay blank 100 has a rectangular bottom panel 101 with beveled corners 102 that is surrounded by four edge strips 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d separated from edge panel 101 via edge strip fold lines 103. Between two adjacent edge strips 104 there is always a corner piece 105 which continuously connects the respective edge strips 104 with each other. The corner pieces are provided with folding lines which are intended to fold the corner piece 105 into a flat folded upright corner edge of the insert. A lip 106 is provided on two opposite short edge strips 104a and 104c.

On the long side of edge strip 104d located opposite bottom panel 101, via cover panel folding line 107, a cover panel 108 connected to edge strip 104d with a connecting strip fold line 109 and a connecting strip 110 adjoining it is bordered. Cover panel 108 is provided with round holes 111 for receiving flower pots and incisions 112 for engagement by lips 106 in the deployed state of insert blank 100.

Figure 7 shows a perspective view of a semi-set-up state of an insert from the insert 100 of Figure 6. The edge strips 104 and the corner pieces 105 are folded up and the cover panel 108 is almost folded over the bottom panel 101. The corner pieces 105b, 105c and 105d are partially folded inwards in different phases. Corner piece 105a is completely folded in and forms an oblique wall. It can be seen from Figure 7 that, provided that the insert panel 100 itself is not permeable to liquid, an insert part forms a watertight bottom in the fully erected state. From the state in Fig. 7, the cover panel 108 is further folded down, so that connecting strip 110 is clamped or can be glued to edge strip 104b. Lips 106 are slid into recesses 112 and thus a sturdy insert is formed which can be supported on support members and auxiliary support members of a holder according to the present invention, at least when the dimensions of the insert and the holder 1 correspond.

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The present invention has been shown and explained in the figures and the above description only by way of a single exemplary embodiment. It will be clear, however, that many variations, whether or not obvious to those skilled in the art, are conceivable within the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the following claims. The material of the blank, and therefore also of the box, can be other than cardboard, for example plastic. The dimensions and proportions of the box can be changed as desired, taking into account that the columns formed by the side flaps and side surfaces are located on the walls extending farthest upwards. Recesses and protrusions can be provided in various ways for providing mutual engagement at different locations. Recesses can be formed in the blank, but also in the box, holes in the relevant panel, but they can also be defined as cutting or perforating lines, within which the material can simply be removed at a desired moment to make a physical opening. The number of support members and auxiliary support members can be changed and the shape thereof can also be arranged as desired, as long as the edges of the (auxiliary) support members which are at the top are at least substantially in the same horizontal plane (in the erected state of the 20 box). The different panels are attached to each other by gluing. But other confirmation methods are also conceivable. Folding lines can also be provided in different ways. For example as score lines, as incisions that do not extend through the entire thickness of the blank, as if only over a part of the fold length, cut lines interrupted or not, or as a combination thereof. In the description, dimensions of an exemplary embodiment of a holder according to the invention are given to illustrate that a relatively large holder according to the invention can be made, but other dimensions and proportions are also conceivable, also wherein the side walls are wider than the length of the holder. front and rear wall respectively.

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Claims (25)

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Holder manufactured from a blank comprising an at least substantially rectangular bottom surface with front surface and rear wall surface extending along a first or second distance from the bottom surface, along two opposite circumferential edges thereof, and two at the two other opposite peripheral edges of the bottom surface connected to the bottom surface via side wall folding lines, at least substantially rectangular side wall surfaces extending away from or equal to the first and second distance respectively from the bottom surface, which side walls are each provided with valve fold lines of side flaps which extend substantially parallel to the front and rear wall surface, respectively, and near the folding line with the relevant side wall surface, are each provided with an inner and an outer corner folding line extending parallel to the respective valve fold line , the container comprising a rectangular bottom and four upright walls, wherein two opposite side walls at each of its opposite corners of the container comprise a column which is formed by a part of the relevant side wall surface adjacent to the valve fold line, one between the relevant valve fold line and the inner corner fold line 20 and a corner panel defined by the inner and outer corner fold lines, a connecting panel defined by the outer corner fold line and the side edge being attached to the side panel and thereby extending parallel to the respective side wall face, characterized in that in each of the side walls of the holder are provided with at least one support member or auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines, wherein the distance from a support member or auxiliary support member to the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface for both support members is substantially equal, and that the support members and / or auxiliary support members extend inwards from a side wall into the space of the holder defined by the upright walls. Holder as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a support member and / or a corresponding aligned auxiliary support member is provided with engaging means for mutual engagement of the support member and the auxiliary support member, the support member and auxiliary support member engaging each other. 2008739 Holder as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a support member extends from the relevant side wall surface through a part of the fastening panel left by a corresponding auxiliary support member into the corresponding side flap. Holder according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a platform rests on support members and / or auxiliary support members in the same horizontal plane. 5. Holder as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that an insert part is situated in the platform which is provided with through holes through which products 10 can be inserted. Holder according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that a vertical panel extends between the two side walls. 7. Holder as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the vertical panel is provided with engaging elements which engage in a space defined by a side wall surface or mounting panel and an interlocking support member and auxiliary support member. Container according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the connecting panel extends from the corner panel in the direction away from the column and parallel to the relevant side wall surface. 9. Blank intended for manufacturing a holder according to one or more of the preceding claims and comprising an at least substantially rectangular bottom surface with two bottom peripheral edges thereof connected to the bottom surface via a front and rear wall folding line respectively over a first and second distance of extending away from the bottom surface, respectively front wall and rear wall surface, and two at the two other opposite peripheral edges of the bottom surface connected to the bottom surface via side wall folding lines extending over a third distance, greater than or equal to the first or second distance from the bottom surface, at least in substantially rectangular side wall surfaces, each of which is provided on both sides via flap folding lines 30 with side flaps extending substantially parallel to the front and rear wall surfaces, respectively, and near the folding line with the relevant side wall surface, each having an inner and an outer side h corner folding line extending parallel to the relevant valve fold line, characterized in that at least one support member or auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines is provided in each of the side wall faces and / or side flaps of the blank, wherein the distance of a support member or auxiliary support member is provided until the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface is substantially the same for both support members, and that the support members and / or auxiliary support members extend inwards from a side wall surface or a side flap into the space of the holder defined by the upright walls. A blank as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the support members each have an edge away from the bottom surface which extends at least substantially parallel to the side wall folding lines. Blank as claimed in claim 9 or 10, characterized in that a support member is substantially U-shaped, wherein the base of the U is directed to one of the side flaps of the relevant side wall surface. 12. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-11, characterized in that at least one pair of support members is provided in one side wall member, the support members of the pair being at the same distance from the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall panel are located. Blank as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that several pairs of support members are provided in a side wall surface. 14. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-13, characterized in that an auxiliary support member defined by one or more cutting lines is provided between the outer corner folding line and the side edge and is substantially aligned with a support member defined in the relevant side wall surface. 15. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-14, characterized in that a support member and / or a correspondingly aligned auxiliary support member is provided with engagement means for mutual engagement of the support member and the auxiliary support member in the erected state of the holder. 16. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-15, characterized in that a side wall surface is provided with a handle defined by a cutting line. A blank as claimed in one or more of claims 9 to 16, characterized in that the two corner fold lines of a side valve are each closer to the relevant valve fold line than to a side edge of the relevant side valve located opposite the valve fold line. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-17, characterized in that a fixing panel defined by the outer corner fold line and the side edge of a side flap extends over at least 40% of the surface of the side flap in question. Blank as claimed in one or more of claims 9 to 18, characterized in that a side flap on its side remote from the bottom surface has a protrusion and on the opposite side a recess and / or recess corresponding to the protrusion and corresponding to the protrusion. a corresponding through opening located over or against the side wall folding line of the relevant side wall surface. Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-19, characterized in that the side edge of a side valve remote from the flap folding line is substantially aligned with at least a part of a front or rear wall surface facing away from the bottom surface . Blank as claimed in one or more of the claims 9-20, characterized in that the side edge of a front or rear wall surface is located at the ends further from the bottom than at a middle part of the relevant side edge. Blank according to one or more of claims 9 to 21, characterized in that the blank is made of cardboard. A method for manufacturing a holder from a blank according to one or more of claims 9 to 22, comprising the steps of: a) providing a blank according to one or more of the preceding claims; b) folding the side valves inward about the valve folding lines; C) folding inwards around the inner corner folding line the part of the side valve defined by the inner corner folding line and the side edge of the relevant side valve; d) folding around the outer corner folding line and attaching to the corresponding side wall surface a side panel mounting panel defined by the outer corner folding line and the side edge 30 of the relevant side valve; e) folding the side wall surfaces inwards around the side wall folding lines to upright side walls; f) folding the front or rear wall face inwards around the front or rear wall folding line to form up front and rear wall respectively; and g) securing adjacent upright wall surfaces to each other, characterized in that it comprises a step h) wherein support members and / or auxiliary support members towards an inner space of the formed, or at least at least to be formed, inner space defined by the upstanding walls be folded. 24. Method according to claim 23, characterized in that in step d) the fastening panel is folded in the direction of the opposite side flap of the side wall panel. Method according to claim 23, characterized in that a blank according to one or more of claims 9 to 22 is provided in step a). 15 2008739