US3920178A - Package for fragile objects - Google Patents

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US3920178A
US3920178A US396465A US39646573A US3920178A US 3920178 A US3920178 A US 3920178A US 396465 A US396465 A US 396465A US 39646573 A US39646573 A US 39646573A US 3920178 A US3920178 A US 3920178A
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    • 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
    • B65D85/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D85/32—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for eggs
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  • ABSTRACT A package for fragile objects, especially eggs, consisting of a container part and a cover part flexibly joined thereto, one of the parts comprising a number of pockets for the accomodation of the said objects, the pockets being arranged in at least two parallel rows, and supporting projections provided between the rows of pockets, while the other part has recesses corresponding to the said rows of pockets, and counterprojections between the recesses, that rest on the proje'ctions of the first part when one part is closed on the other, the counter-projections at their free ends being provided with a shoulder externally surrounding the supporting areas of the said projections.
  • FIGS. 1 A first figure.
  • the present invention relates to a package for fragile objects, especially eggs, consisting of a container part and a cover part flexibly jointed to the container part, one of the parts comprising a number of pockets for the accomodation of the said objects, the pockets being arranged in at least two parallel rows, as well as supporting projections provided between the rows of pockets, while the other part has recesses corresponding to the said rows of pockets, and counter-projections between the recesses, resting on the projections of the first part when the one part is closed on the other.
  • the free ends of the counter-projections are provided with a shoulder which externally surrounds the supporting area of the projections. It is within the scope of the invention that the shoulder may be discontinuous in the direction of its circumference.
  • such embodiment serves two purposes.
  • the shoulders When the package is closed the shoulders will keep the free ends of the supporting projections in place and center the cover on the projections, and secondly, the external wall portions of the shoulders may serve as areas supporting the objects accomodated in the package, thus contributing to keeping the objects in place, the said purpose being achieved in a space saving manner.
  • the invention is therefore particularly useful for sight packages of the type comprising a container and a cover flexibly jointed thereto, where the container has at least two parallel rows of pockets for the accomodation of objects, and projections rising between the rows of pockets, while the cover comprises at least two gable sections running parallel to the rows of pockets, and a lower cover section located between two adjacent gable sections and interconnecting the lower edges of opposite sides of adjacent gable sections, the said cover having a number of holes corresponding to the number of pockets in the container, the said holes being provided in the lower cover section and in the adjoining sides of the gable sections in such a way as to be positioned over the corresponding pockets in the said container when the cover is closed on the container.
  • the gable sections When the package is closed the gable sections are located above the rows of pockets and a certain part of each object resting in the pocket becomes visible through its associated hole in the cover part, which part of the object may also be kept in place and limited by the hole rim, this being achieved by the package being so dimensioned that when it is closed the upper portion of the gable sections is located higher and the lower cover section is located lower than the upper part of the object, and by the gable sections being narrower than the said upper part of the objects.
  • the counter-projections may form parts of the lower cover section, and their shoulders may according to the invention border adjacent holes. This results in a mutual anchoring of adjacent projections as well as in a fixation of the objects in direct vicinity of the hole rims. At the same time a satisfactory minimum size of the hole may be retained.
  • FIG. 1 shows the insides of an open package constituting and embodiment according to the invention in the form of a sight package
  • FIG. 2 shows the outsides of the same package
  • FIG. 3 shows an enlarged corner section of the package in a diagrammatic view.
  • the illustrated package consists of a container section 1 and a cover section 2, interconnected by a flexible joint 3 and adapted to accomodate eggs.
  • the container section has two parallel rows of egg pockets 4, in the example shown five in each row.
  • Projections 5 in the form of hollow cones extend between the said rows delimiting the pockets and serving to support the cover section 2 when the latter is closed over the container section 1.
  • the cover section 2 has two parallel gable portions 6 extending parallel to the rows of pockets and positioned over the pockets when the package is closed, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • a lower cover section 7 between the two gable portions 6 interconnects the lower edges of the opposite sides 6a of the gable portions.
  • a number of inspection or sight holes 10 is provided for the eggs 9 and form incisions partly in the sides 6a of the gable portions and partly in the lower cover section 7.
  • the number of holes 10 corresponds to the number of pockets 4. When the package is closed the holes are positioned opposite their pockets. In the example shown there are thus five holes 10 in each gable portion 6.
  • the package is dimensioned so that the upper-portion of the gable portions 6 is located higher and the lower cover section 7 lower than the upper portion of any egg 9 in the package when the package is closed, and also that the gable portions 6 are narrower than the said part of the eggs.
  • the upwardly extending projections 5 are topped by upwardly facing abutment surfaces 11.
  • the cover section 2 is provided with counter-abutment surfaces 12 with areas 13 adapted to being supported by the areas 11.
  • the counter-abutment surfaces 12 form an integral part of the lower cover section 7 and incorporate a shoulders 14 peripherally surrounding the support areas 13 of the counter-abutment surfaces 12.
  • each shoulder 14 is continuous and forms a ring. However, it may also be discontinuous in the direction of its circumference.
  • the shoulders 14 have outer surfaces bordering the adjacent holes 10.
  • channels 15 are formed corresponding to the shoulders 14, and between the shoulders 14 the lower cover section 7 is provided with inwardly projecting connection ribs 16 which are of a height lower than that of the shoulders 14 and are matched by corresponding grooves 17 in the cover outside.
  • this arrangement is also useful for packages where the counter-abutment sur-' 1.
  • Article revealing carton for fragile objects, partic ularly eggs comprising a container section with a cover section hinged thereto, said container section having a plurality of article receiving compartments arranged in at least two parallel rows and also upwardly extending projections located between said rows of compartments, said cover section having at least two upwardly projecting gable portions extending parallel with the rows of compartments and a lower cover section located between two neighboring gable portions and interconnecting the lowermost edges of the opposed sides of the neighboring gable portions, a number of apertures being provided corresponding to the compartments in the container section, said apertures being formed in the lower cover section and the sides of the gable portions adjoining thereto, and being arranged so as to coincide with the respective compartments in the r container section when the cover section is closed thereon, the upwardly extending projectionsof the container section having upwardly facing abutment surfaces at the free ends thereof, the lower coversection of the cover section
  • the counter-abutment surfaces when the cover section is closed on the container section, the counter-abutment surfaces being parts of the lower cover section and being integral therewith by means of shoulders projecting beyond the counter-abutment surfaces at the periphery thereof edges of the apertures in the lower cover section, the shoulders having a channel-like cross section thus defining upwardly open channels in the upper surface of the lower cover section.

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DE2245176A DE2245176C3 (de) 1972-09-14 1972-09-14 Verpackung für zerbrechliche Gegenstände, insbesondere Eier, in Gestalt eines Schaukartons

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US4480781A (en) * 1983-03-16 1984-11-06 Emery Roy W Moulded egg carton with fingers for supporting the egg
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US3362605A (en) * 1966-08-16 1968-01-09 Diamond Int Corp Cartons
US3672693A (en) * 1969-07-11 1972-06-27 Dennis Douglas Weir Egg carton
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US4025038A (en) * 1975-08-29 1977-05-24 Diamond International Corporation Egg carton
US4087040A (en) * 1976-11-23 1978-05-02 Packaging Corporation Of America Molded container for fragile articles
US4480781A (en) * 1983-03-16 1984-11-06 Emery Roy W Moulded egg carton with fingers for supporting the egg
US4609141A (en) * 1983-07-01 1986-09-02 S. Eisenberg & Co., Div. Of Creative Industries, Inc. Fragile article carton with top having resilient article engaging fingers
EP0160741A2 (fr) * 1984-04-25 1985-11-13 Creative Industries, Inc. Carton pour articles fragiles présentant un couvercle muni de doigts de maintien élastiques
EP0160741A3 (fr) * 1984-04-25 1987-09-02 Creative Industries, Inc. Carton pour articles fragiles présentant un couvercle muni de doigts de maintien élastiques
US5590805A (en) * 1994-02-08 1997-01-07 Ultra Pac, Inc. Fruit box
US6276531B1 (en) 2000-03-01 2001-08-21 Pactiv Corporation Molded fiber nestable egg tray packaging system
EP1683740A1 (fr) * 2005-01-24 2006-07-26 Brodrene Hartmann A/S Emballage comprenant des fenêtres
US8955353B2 (en) 2010-04-26 2015-02-17 Columbia Insurance Company Food server assembly
US9340343B2 (en) 2011-08-26 2016-05-17 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Egg carton with mating cell and lid post structure
US9340349B2 (en) 2011-08-26 2016-05-17 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Standard footprint egg carton for holding up to jumbo size eggs
US20160257485A1 (en) * 2011-08-26 2016-09-08 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Egg carton with mating cell and lid post structure
US10099846B2 (en) * 2011-08-26 2018-10-16 Tekni-Plex, Inc. Egg carton with mating cell and lid post structure
US20140272742A1 (en) * 2013-03-14 2014-09-18 Honeywell International Inc. Gas pilot burner assembly
US9915431B2 (en) * 2013-03-14 2018-03-13 Honeywell International Inc. Gas pilot burner assembly
USD737102S1 (en) 2013-11-14 2015-08-25 Columbia Insurance Company Food server
USD739181S1 (en) 2013-11-14 2015-09-22 Columbia Insurance Company Food server
USD745806S1 (en) 2013-11-14 2015-12-22 Columbia Insurance Company Food server
USD745807S1 (en) 2014-11-04 2015-12-22 Columbia Insurance Company Food serving tray
USD751865S1 (en) 2014-11-04 2016-03-22 Columbia Insurance Company Food serving tray
KR20220136558A (ko) * 2021-03-31 2022-10-11 손진현 계란 밀착용 케이스

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DE2245176A1 (de) 1974-03-21
PL84389B1 (fr) 1976-03-31
AT334818B (de) 1976-02-10
SE398098B (sv) 1977-12-05
IL42980A0 (en) 1973-11-28
ZA735567B (en) 1974-07-31
NL181497B (nl) 1987-04-01
NL7310457A (fr) 1974-03-18
FI49812B (fr) 1975-06-30
AR203727A1 (es) 1975-10-15
NL181497C (nl) 1987-09-01
TR18150A (tr) 1976-10-11
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BE804694A (fr) 1974-01-02
CH557273A (de) 1974-12-31
ATA627773A (de) 1976-05-15
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