WO1997000037A1 - Berceau pliable - Google Patents

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WO1997000037A1
WO1997000037A1 PCT/SE1996/000790 SE9600790W WO9700037A1 WO 1997000037 A1 WO1997000037 A1 WO 1997000037A1 SE 9600790 W SE9600790 W SE 9600790W WO 9700037 A1 WO9700037 A1 WO 9700037A1
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receptacle
erectable
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Per Lindwall
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Munksjö Förpackningar Ab
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
    • A47D9/00—Cradles ; Bassinets
    • A47D9/005—Cradles ; Bassinets foldable

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  • the present invention relates to an erectable receptacle combination comprised of board or corrugated fibreboard, and more particularly to an erectable crib assembly.
  • the receptacle In its erected state, the receptacle includes a supportive surface and essentially upstanding side walls that extend upwardly from the supportive surface and enclose said surface on all sides.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the above problems. This object is achieved with an erectable receptacle combination, particularly an erectable crib assembly, which is made of board or corrugated fibreboard, which is light in weight and inexpensive to produce, and which can be dismantled to an easily packaged compact state which is easy to carry.
  • the inventive receptacle combination is also simple to erect and dismantle and provides receptacle without risk of damage or injury to its occupant.
  • the inventive erectable receptacle combination is characterized in that it includes two mutually coacting units, of which the first unit can take a first and a second state, wherein when in its first state said first unit forms a structural part of the erected or assembled receptacle and wherein when in its second state said first unit is portable and configured to accommodate the second unit of said receptacle combination.
  • the receptacle can be erected, or assembled, very easily and is practically self-instructive with regard to its method of assembly.
  • the number of units in the construction of the receptacle is reduced to a minimum by virtue of one of the two units being designed to form an easily carried and easily packed packaging unit for the second receptacle unit, besides forming a necessary structural part of the construction in the erected state of the receptacle.
  • Figure 1 shows a flat blank from which a first unit of the inventive receptacle can be erected
  • Figure 2 shows a flat blank from which a second unit of the inventive receptacle can be erected
  • Figure 3 shows the inventive device in a carrying state in which the first unit blank has been erected to form a packaging box which accommodates the second unit when in a folded state;
  • Figure 4 shows the combination of Figure 3 with the lid of the box open and the folded second unit removed from the box
  • Figure 5 is an exploded view showing the two units of the receptacle combination in a first state in an erection process
  • Figure 6 shows the inventive receptacle combination in a second state in the erection process
  • Figure 7 illustrates a fully erected receptacle.
  • the Figures illustrate an exemplifying embodiment of the invention in the form of an erectable crib made of corrugated fibreboard and comprised of first and second units 2, 4.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a fully erected receptacle.
  • the Figures illustrate an exemplifying embodiment of the invention in the form of an erectable crib made of corrugated fibreboard and comprised of first and second units 2, 4.
  • the second unit 4 is comprised of two mutually identical and mutually joined parts 6, as shown in detail in Figure 2.
  • the parts 6 are joined together to form a unit 4 by fastening a fastener tab 8 to the edge part 10 of a corresponding second part 6, by gluing said tab or by securing the tab in some other way.
  • the blank is comprised of a bottom-forming surface 12 and a lid-forming surface 14, which are mutually joined by a hinge line 16.
  • the lid-forming surface 14 includes two short-side flaps 18 delimited by fold lines 26, and a long-side flap 20 delimited by a fold line 27.
  • the two outer ends of the long-side flap 20 are provided with foldable fastener tongues 22 while an opening 24 through which a handle (not shown in Figure 1) can be inserted is provided in the centre of said flap.
  • the lid- forming surface 14 includes an additional fold line 28 which extends parallel with the hinge line 16.
  • the bottom-forming surface 12 includes two inner and outer short-side flaps 30 and 32 respectively delimited by fold lines 38, and two long-side flaps 34 delimited by fold lines 39.
  • the two outer ends of the long-side flaps 34 are provided with foldable fastener tongues 36 and the centre part of the outer long-side flap is provided with two mutually spaced folds 46 for the attachment of a handle (not shown in Figure 1) made of plastic or some other suitable material.
  • the outer short-side flaps 32 are provided with one or more snap-in tongues 40 which are adapted for coaction with a corresponding number of snap-in fastener openings 42 provided in the bottom-forming surface 12 as described in more detail herebelow.
  • a transverse slot 44 is provided centrally in each short side-flap 30, 32 transversely to the fold lines 38 that extend between the inner and the outer short-side flaps 30, 32.
  • the part 6 shown in Figure 2 constitutes one of two mutually identical halves of the second unit 4 and is divided by transversal fold lines 48, 49 and slots 50 into three parts 52, 54, 56 of essentially equal size. This division enables the second unit 4 of the device to be folded to a state in which it can be accommodated in the erected first unit 2, as shown in Figure 4.
  • Two 52, 54 of the three parts are mutually identical and in mirror image in relation to the fold line 48 and are also provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending fold lines 57, 58, 59.
  • a short notch or recess 60 and a long recess 62 are provided opposite one another in the outer edges of each of the two mirror-image parts 52, 54.
  • the third part 56 is delimited from the part 54 by a longitudinally extending slot 50 and the fold line 49.
  • the third part 56 also includes longitudinally extending fold lines 64 and mutually opposing wedge-shaped fold lines 66.
  • the blank shown in Figure 1 is erected to form the first unit 2 of the device, i.e. the packaging box.
  • the box is shown in different states in Figures 3, 4 and 5, i.e. in a closed state, an open state and in an outwardly developed state respectively.
  • the blank is erected by folding up the long-side flaps 34 and the short-side flaps 30, 32 of the bottom-forming part 12, while folding the fastener tongues 36 in towards the inside of the inner short-side flaps 30.
  • the outer short-side flaps 32 are then folded in and over the fastener tongues 36, and the snap-in tongues 40 are pressed down and secured in the snap-in openings 42.
  • the first unit 2 is now in the state shown in Figure 4.
  • the three parts 52, 54, 56 of the second unit 4 can now be folded one on to the other in the aforedescribed manner and as illustrated in Figure 4, therewith enabling the second unit 4 to be placed in the open box.
  • the box is closed by folding the lid-forming surface 14 over the bottom-forming surface 12 at the hinge line 16, and by folding the short-side flaps 18 of the lid part inwardly of the inwardly folded outer short-side flaps 32 of the bottom part 12.
  • the long-side flap 20 of the lid part 14 is folded down on the outside of the long-side flap 34 of the bottom part while, at the same time, inserting the fastener tongues 22 on the lid part 14 into the open slots 35 formed in respective corner parts of the bottom part between the upwardly folded short-side flaps 30 and the fastener tongues 36 inwardly thereof, so as thereby to lock the lid part 14 to the bottom part 12.
  • the handle 68 attached in the holes 46 is, at the same time, passed out through the opening 24 so as to be located on the outside of the box and therewith enable the erected receptacle to be readily carried.
  • the non-erected parts of the inventive receptacle combination can be easily packed into the box-like packaging receptacle shown in Figure 3 and carried therein, said packaging receptacle being both compact and easy to carry with the aid of the handle 68, in the manner of a bag or briefcase.
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded view showing the inventive receptacle in a first state of erection.
  • the first unit 2 has been erected and the lid part 14 folded back at the hinge line 16 and then inwardly along the additional fold line 28 in the lid part 14 so as to lie beneath the bottom part 12 .
  • the second unit 4 has been developed and erected such as to form a crib having mutually parallel long and short sides respectively.
  • the long sides are formed by the two mirror-image parts 52, 54, whereas the short sides are formed by the outer part 56 of the part 6.
  • the crib 4 is placed on the first unit 2, by positioning the recesses 62 over the end-parts of the short-side flaps 30, 32 on the bottom part 12, so that said short-side flaps extend parallel with the short sides 56 of the crib 4 and so that the long sides 34 of the bottom part are in abutment with the outer sides of the longitudinal side-surfaces 52, 54 of the crib 4.
  • the short and the long sides of the first unit 2 are thus included as part of the supportive structure v/hen the inventive receptacle is fully erected.
  • one short-side 56 of the crib 4 forms a first crib end-wall, by virtue of folding-in the opposing wedge-shaped parts at the fold line 66 at the same time as the end-wall 56 is folded double at the fold line 64.
  • the inwardly folded wedge-shaped parts of the end-wall parts mean that all outer edges of the end-walls are folded double and therewith rounded smoothly, so as to avoid the presence of any sharp edges on which a baby or child may injure her ⁇ self/himself.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the coaction of the first unit 2 with the second unit 4 and shows the crib 4 placed on the box-like packaging unit 2.
  • the long-side flaps 34 of the bottom part lie against the outside of the long sides 52, 54 of the crib 4 and therewith hold the construction together with the short-side flaps 30, 32.
  • the short-side flaps 30, 32 of the bottom part also form transverse support beams which support the crib bottom in its cross-direction.
  • the crib bottom is supported in its position raised from the underlying surface by the outer edges 70 of respective longitudinally extending side-parts 52, 54, these edges extending in a vertical plane along the centre part of the receptacle in the erected states of the crib shown in Figure 6 and 7.
  • the receptacle combination is primarily designed to provide an erectable crib, it may also be designed for other purposes, for instance as a dog basket or the like.

Abstract

La présente invention se rapporte à un ensemble réceptacle portable constitué de carton ou de carton dur ondulé, et particulièrement à un berceau portable. Lorsqu'il est assemblé, le réceptacle comporte une surface de support (72) et des parois latérales (74, 76) qui se dressent de tous côtés de la surface de support. Ce réceptacle assemblable se caractérise en ce qu'il comporte deux unités (2, 4) qui exercent entre elles une action réciproque, la première unité (2) pouvant prendre une première et une seconde forme. Dans sa première forme, la première unité (2) constitue un élément de soutien du réceptacle assemblé, et dans sa seconde forme, cette unité est portable et conçue pour recevoir la seconde unité (2).
PCT/SE1996/000790 1995-06-15 1996-06-17 Berceau pliable WO1997000037A1 (fr)

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WO1999037255A1 (fr) 1998-01-23 1999-07-29 Aesculap Ag & Co. Kg Implant

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US3487479A (en) * 1968-02-27 1970-01-06 Percy E Grooms Combination travel crib assembly
US5115524A (en) * 1989-12-20 1992-05-26 Antosko H B Folding crib mode from cardboard material

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WO1999037255A1 (fr) 1998-01-23 1999-07-29 Aesculap Ag & Co. Kg Implant

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