US3838806A - Filler piece for boxes or showcases - Google Patents

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US3838806A
US3838806A US00190859A US19085971A US3838806A US 3838806 A US3838806 A US 3838806A US 00190859 A US00190859 A US 00190859A US 19085971 A US19085971 A US 19085971A US 3838806 A US3838806 A US 3838806A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/0021—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for long or non-stable articles, e.g. fishing rods, pencils, lipsticks or the like; Compartments or recesses as stabilising means
    • A47F7/0028—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for long or non-stable articles, e.g. fishing rods, pencils, lipsticks or the like; Compartments or recesses as stabilising means with one compartment or recess for each article
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/02—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
    • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
    • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
    • B65D5/503—Tray-like elements formed in one piece
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/60—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for sweets or like confectionery products

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  • the invention relates to a filler piece for boxes or showcases, such as, for example, boxes for cream chocolates or artist's paints, with recesses for the reception of individual items such as cream chocolates or different paints.
  • filler pieces which are formed in one piece, with recesses for individual items.
  • the recesses in known filler pieces are, however, sufficiently shallow to ensure that items inserted therein project out of the recesses to enable individual items to be grasped readily.
  • the tiller piece is provided with differently shaped shallow recesses such that two-thirds or three quarters of each chocolate projects out of the respective recess in which it is inserted.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a filler piece with recesses in which individual items can be inserted relatively deeply.
  • the present invention accordingly provides a filler piece for boxes or showcases having a flat upper surface with recesses for the reception of individual items such as, for example, chocolate creams, characterised in that each recess has at least one wall inclined at an acute angle to the upper surface and in that the depth of the recesses is equal to or greater than the maximum dimension of the respective opening of the recess in the upper surface of the filler piece.
  • the inclined wall serves as a supporting wall for the individual item which is placed in the recess with its bottom resting on the inclined wall.
  • Cream chocolates for example, may be displayed for individual sale in the recesses; this in contradistinction to traditional displays, in which each item rests with its bottom upon the bottom surface of the respective recess in the filler piece or box, and in consequence each item assumes an oblique position in its respective recess.
  • each recess is a transverse wall and the opposite transverse wall has a curvature in planes parallel to the upper surface which is convex outwardly. In practice this curvature would correspond substantially to the surface of the individual item to be displayed in the recess.
  • the acute angle of inclination of the said inclined wall to the upper surface of the tiller piece is preferably between 50 and'70".
  • the recesses have a cross-section which tapers in a direction away from the upper surface, that is, downwardly.
  • each recess may be substantially parallel to each other.
  • the tiller piece according to the invention it is preferable toform the tiller piece of deepdrawn synthetic foil material.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above of a filler piece according to one embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section, on an enlarged scale, on line 2 2 of H6. 1, and
  • FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of part of the tiller piece of FIG. I, viewed from line 3 3 of FIG. 2.
  • the drawings show a filler piece 1 according to the invention which is formed, in a manner known per se, of thin synthetic foil, usually in one piece.
  • the filler piece 1 has four depending outer walls 2,3,4,5 each of which has a slight outward inclination.
  • the filler piece 1 is open at the bottom in the usual way and has a flat rectangular upper surface 6.
  • a number of regularly spaced apart identical recesses 7 are formed in the upper surface 6, each recess 7 having a rectangular opening 8 in the upper surface 6.
  • One of the recesses 7 is shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. It will be seen that the recess 7 is deep in relation to the dimensions of the opening 8 thereof.
  • each opening 8 is greater than the width 10 thereof (FIG. 1).
  • the depth 11 of each recess 7 is greater than the length 9 of its opening 8.
  • Each of the recesses 7 has a major supporting wall 12 which is inclined to the upper surface 6, in this example at an acute angle of 60, so that each of the walls 12 encloses with the upper surface 6 an obtuse angle, of 120 in ths example.
  • the angle of inclination of the wall 12 may vary within limits for different filler pieces, for example between 50 and
  • the inclination of the wall 12 must be such that the bottom 13 (shown in broken outline in FIG. 2) of a cream chocolate l4, lies flat against the wall 12 and is supported thereby.
  • a transverse wall 15 opposite the inclined supporting wall 12 of the recess 7 is, as shown in FIG. 3, of outwardly convex semi-circular crosssectional shape.
  • This shaped part of the wall 15 extends upwardly from the base wall 16 of the recess for twothirds of the total height 11 of the recess 7; above this height the wall 15 changes shape for the upper third of the recess 7, defining an enlarged mouth for the recess 7 which undergoes a uniformly rounded transition to the rectangular shape of the opening 8, so that the upper edge 17 of the transverse wall 15 is straight
  • the upper part of the transverse wall 15 facilitates ready withdrawal of the individual item, for example the cream chocolate 14, from the recess 7.
  • a filler piece for boxes and the like comprising a flat upper surface having a plurality of recesses for the reception of individual items,-each. of said recesses having a first flat wall intersecting the plane of the upper surface at an oblique angle and extending the full depth of the recess, a second wall opposed to said first wall, and a pair of flat side walls disposed perpendicular to said upper surface and a bottom connecting said first and second walls, said second wall having a curved concave lower portion inclined obliquely to the plane of said upper surface and intersecting the bottom edge of said first wall adjacent said side walls and said bottom, and an upper portion which is curved away from said first wall to define an enlarged entrance to the recess to facilitate the extraction of an item therefrom.

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US4593819A (en) * 1984-05-29 1986-06-10 Malcolm Will Covered pill tray and support therefor
US5005703A (en) * 1988-12-08 1991-04-09 Edward Bodker Apparatus for individualized angular containment of crawfish
USD358710S (en) 1993-08-23 1995-05-30 Meyers Lawrence P Carrier for car care products
US5443152A (en) * 1992-12-21 1995-08-22 Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. Apparatus for carrying ophthalmic lenses
US6761267B1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2004-07-13 Defoor Bruce Pastel carrier
USD871924S1 (en) 2016-08-01 2020-01-07 Craft Beer Importers Canada Inc. Packaging insert assembly for an advent calendar
USD922212S1 (en) * 2017-07-05 2021-06-15 Jeanna M. Suchsland Cookie carrier
US11377261B2 (en) * 2020-02-11 2022-07-05 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. Tray for display apparatus and method of transporting display apparatus by using the same
US11427376B2 (en) 2016-08-01 2022-08-30 Craft Beer Importers Canada Inc. Packaging insert for an advent calendar and/or beer packaging container

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US2217953A (en) * 1938-10-07 1940-10-15 William H Igou Display carton
US3114457A (en) * 1962-12-21 1963-12-17 Corning Fibre Box Corp Cup and saucer tray
US3487919A (en) * 1968-02-16 1970-01-06 Eastman Kodak Co Book-style container for film or tape reels and method of making the same
US3509993A (en) * 1968-07-18 1970-05-05 Pfizer & Co C Packaging tray
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US2211869A (en) * 1937-05-22 1940-08-20 American Perfit Crystal Corp Watch crystal box
US2217953A (en) * 1938-10-07 1940-10-15 William H Igou Display carton
US3114457A (en) * 1962-12-21 1963-12-17 Corning Fibre Box Corp Cup and saucer tray
US3487919A (en) * 1968-02-16 1970-01-06 Eastman Kodak Co Book-style container for film or tape reels and method of making the same
US3509993A (en) * 1968-07-18 1970-05-05 Pfizer & Co C Packaging tray
US3578237A (en) * 1969-11-05 1971-05-11 Hugh R Weiss Tray for displaying and protecting candy and the like

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4593819A (en) * 1984-05-29 1986-06-10 Malcolm Will Covered pill tray and support therefor
US5005703A (en) * 1988-12-08 1991-04-09 Edward Bodker Apparatus for individualized angular containment of crawfish
US5443152A (en) * 1992-12-21 1995-08-22 Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc. Apparatus for carrying ophthalmic lenses
USD358710S (en) 1993-08-23 1995-05-30 Meyers Lawrence P Carrier for car care products
US6761267B1 (en) * 2002-01-17 2004-07-13 Defoor Bruce Pastel carrier
USD871924S1 (en) 2016-08-01 2020-01-07 Craft Beer Importers Canada Inc. Packaging insert assembly for an advent calendar
US11427376B2 (en) 2016-08-01 2022-08-30 Craft Beer Importers Canada Inc. Packaging insert for an advent calendar and/or beer packaging container
USD922212S1 (en) * 2017-07-05 2021-06-15 Jeanna M. Suchsland Cookie carrier
US11377261B2 (en) * 2020-02-11 2022-07-05 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. Tray for display apparatus and method of transporting display apparatus by using the same

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SE7113381L (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1972-04-24
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Owner name: FERRERO S.P.A.; PIAZZALE PIETRO FERRERO, ALBA (PRO

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Effective date: 19810924