WO2001068474A1 - Emballage cadeau - Google Patents

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WO2001068474A1
WO2001068474A1 PCT/IB2001/000364 IB0100364W WO0168474A1 WO 2001068474 A1 WO2001068474 A1 WO 2001068474A1 IB 0100364 W IB0100364 W IB 0100364W WO 0168474 A1 WO0168474 A1 WO 0168474A1
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wrapping
tag
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gift item
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Suzanne Louise Wilson
Deborah Joan Merrick
Larry John Brito
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Suzanne Louise Wilson
Deborah Joan Merrick
Larry John Brito
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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
    • B65D27/00—Envelopes or like essentially-rectangular containers for postal or other purposes having no structural provision for thickness of contents
    • B65D27/12—Closures
    • B65D27/14—Closures using adhesive applied to integral parts, e.g. flaps
    • 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
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • 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
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/52—Details
    • B65D75/54—Cards, coupons, or other inserts or accessories
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/02—Labels

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to wrapping. In particular it relates to gift wrapping.
  • a wrapping for a gift item including a sheet-like body; a tag having a zone for receiving a message; and connection means for connecting the tag to the body.
  • the sheet-like body may include holding means for holding the tag.
  • connection means may include an elongate flexible element connected at each end to the tag and the body, respectively.
  • connection means may include a hinge connecting the tag to the body so that when the body is wrapped around a gift item, the tag is pivotally displaceable about an axis of the hinge.
  • the holding means may be defined by a slit in the body, shaped and dimensioned to allow the tag to pass therethrough to seat snugly between the body and the gift item, in use.
  • the holding means may be in the form of a tab fast with the tag and adhesively securable to the body.
  • the tag may include two panels hingedly connected together along a common hinge axis, the panels being pivotally displaceable about the hinge axis, book-fashion.
  • the tag may be defined by an envelope-like holder within which an additional gift item is receivable.
  • the sheet-like body may be in the form of a blank, having a number of panels separated by fold lines along which the panels may be foldable, thereby to define a box within which the gift item is receivable.
  • the sheet-like body may include retaining means for retaining the sheet-like body in the form of an envelope or sleeve around the gift item.
  • the retaining means may include at least one adhesive zone coated with adhesive whereby overlapping edges of the envelope or sleeve are adhesively securable.
  • An outer surface of the sheet-like body may be laminated to a transparent adhesive film via the adhesive side of the film, the or each adhesive zone being formed by an edge portion of the adhesive film extending beyond the periphery of the sheet-like body.
  • an inner surface of the sheet-like body may be covered by an adhesive layer, which in turn is covered by a release sheet, the or each adhesive zone being formed by removing a portion of the release sheet.
  • the body and the release sheet may be perforated so as to permit a portion of the sheet-like body to be separated from the wrapping after use.
  • the perforated portion may define a card-like body depicting, for example, a cartoon character, or the perforated portion may define a cartoon character itself.
  • the sheet-like body and the tag may each have a decorative outer surface.
  • the sheet-like body may include a pre-printed message on its decorative outer surface e.g. "Happy Birthday”, “I Love You”, etc.
  • Figures 1 A and 1 B show three-dimensional views of wrappings in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a three-dimensional view of the wrapping of Figure
  • Figure 3 shows a three-dimensional view of another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 4 shows a three-dimensional view of the wrapping of Figure
  • Figure 5 shows a three-dimensional view of a further embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 6 shows a three-dimensional view of the wrapping of Figure
  • Figure 7 shows a three-dimensional view of another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • Figures 8 and 9 show a three-dimensional view of a further embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 10 shows a three-dimensional view of yet another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 1 1 shows a three-dimensional view of a furtherembodiment of the invention
  • Figure 12 shows a reverse view of the view shown in Figure 1 1 .
  • reference numeral 10 generally indicates a wrap or wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping 10 includes a sheet-like body 12 of a cellulosic material, for example, paper.
  • An outer decorative surface 13 of the body 1 2 is laminated to a transparent adhesive film via the adhesive side of the film.
  • the body 12 has a number of notches 14 to facilitate folding of the body 12 to form an envelope around a gift item, for example, a chocolate box, similar in general appearance to the envelope 40 shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the body 12 has three adhesive zones 1 6 formed by edge portions of the adhesive film extending beyond the periphery of the body 1 2.
  • the zones 16 are normally covered with release strips 18 which are removable in use.
  • the wrapping 10 further includes a tag 20 comprising two panels 22 hinged together along a common hinge axis 24.
  • the panels 22 have inner surfaces 26 defining message zones in which an appropriate message to accompany the gift item may be written.
  • the panels 22 have outer surfaces 28 which are decorative (see Figure 2 of the drawings) and may include a pre-printed message.
  • the tag 20 is secured to the body 12 by means of connection means in the form of an elongate flexible element 30 e.g. string which is looped or threaded through apertures 32 in the panels 22 and secured adhesively to the body 12 by means of an adhesive sticker
  • the wrapping 10 includes holding means defined by a slit 36 formed in the body 12.
  • the slit 36 is shaped and dimensioned to allow the tag 20 to pass therethrough to seat snugly between the body 1 2 and the gift item, in use (see Figure 2 of the drawings) .
  • a wrapping 1 1 is similar to the wrapping 10 shown in Figure 1 A and the same reference numerals have been used to designate the same or similar features.
  • the wrapping 1 1 includes a sheet-like body 13 similar to the body 12 in Figure 1 A but is shaped to have two pairs of opposed corner flaps 1 5, 1 5 and 17, 1 7 extending from a central rectangular panel 1 2.1 , whereby the wrapping is suitable to form an envelope for a CD case, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the body has four adhesive zones 1 6 defined by overlapping portions of the adhesive film along the free edges of the corner flaps 1 5, 15, in a similar fashion to the adhesive zones 16 described with reference to Figure 1 A. Similarly, the adhesive zones 1 6 are covered by four release strips 18 removable in use.
  • the body has four cut-out rectangular tabs 19, to facilitate folding of the body, to form an envelope and an adhesive tab 21 which is covered by a release strip removable in use.
  • a CD case is placed centrally on the central panel
  • corner flaps 1 5, 1 5 are folded inwardly, along two opposed pairs of lines indicated by dotted lines 1 2.2, 12.3 to lie in overlapping fashion adhered to the upper surface of the case.
  • the lateral distance between the respective pairs of lines 12.2, 12.3 and 1 2.4, 1 2.5 corresponds to the thickness of the sides of the CD case.
  • reference numeral 50 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping 50 is similar to the wrapping 10 and accordingly the same reference numerals have been used to indicate the same or similar features.
  • the wrapping 50 includes a sheet-like body 12 of a cellulosic material having an outer decorative surface laminated to transparent adhesive film in a similar fashion as described with reference to Figures 1 A and 1 B, the body being foldable to form an envelope 54 around a gift item e.g. a chocolate bar (see Figure 4 of the drawings).
  • the envelope 54 has opposed major faces 56 (only one of which can be seen in Figure 4 of the drawings) and short and long edges 58, 60 respectively, which extend between the major surfaces 56 (only one short edge 58 and one long edge 60 can be seen in Figure 4 of the drawings).
  • the main difference between the wrappings 10, 50 is that the wrapping 50 includes a tag 20 comprising a single panel 22 which is hingedly connected to the body 1 2 via a hinge 52 which allows the panel 22 to be pivotally displaceable book-fashion about an axis of the hinge.
  • the hinge 52 includes an adhesive coating whereby it is securable to the edge 60 which can be seen in Figure 4 of the drawings, thereby to keep the envelope 54 wrapped around the gift item.
  • the panel 22 has an inner surface 26 on which a message may be written.
  • the panel 22 is pivoted to lie against the major panel 56 which can be seen in Figure 4 of the drawings and is secured in this position by means of holding means which includes an adhesive tab 62 which is normally covered by a release strip (not shown) .
  • An outer surface of the panel 22 is decorative and the outer surfaces of the panel 22 and the body 12 may include a pre-printed message.
  • reference numeral 100 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention, in the form of a cardboard blank.
  • the blank 100 includes a body defined by a number of panels 102 separated by fold lines 104 along which the blank 100 is folded, in use, to form a wrapping defining a box 200 around a gift item e.g. a pack of beer cans (see Figure 6 of the drawings) .
  • the blank 100 is retained in position around the gift item by means of securing tabs 106 which are received in matching slits 108 in the blank 100.
  • the blank 100 includes a tag 1 10 which is connected to a panel 102 via a line of perforations 1 12.
  • the tag 1 10 is thus readily detachable from the panel 102.
  • the tag 1 10 comprises two panels 1 14 on which an appropriate message may be written. The panels 1 14 may then be folded towards each other along a fold line 1 16.
  • the blank 100 further includes holding means in the form of a slit 1 18 shaped and dimensioned to allow the tag 1 10 to pass therethrough to seat snugly between the body and a gift item, in use as shown in Figure 6 of the drawings.
  • the tag 1 10 and the panels 102 have decorative outer surfaces and may include a pre-printed message.
  • reference numeral 300 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping 300 includes a tubular body 302 having ends 304 which are open.
  • the body 302 includes a decorative outer surface 306, which is laminated to a transparent adhesive film in a similar fashion as described with reference to Figures 1 A and 1 B, and has a high gloss finish.
  • a tag indicated generally by reference numeral 310 is adhesively secured to the body 302 by means of an elongate flexible element in the form of a string 308.
  • the tag 310 defines a message zone 31 2.
  • a bar of chocolate 314 is slidably received in the tubular body 302 and an appropriate message is written in or affixed to the message zone 312 before the chocolate 314 is handed over as a gift.
  • reference numeral 400 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping 400 includes a body defining a sheet 402 having an inner surface 404 and an outer surface 406.
  • the decorative surface 406 is laminated to a transparent adhesive film in a similar fashion as described with reference to Figures 1 A and 1 B, and has a high gloss finish.
  • the inner surface 404 includes an adhesive zone or strip 408, defined by an overlapping portion of the adhesive film, which is covered by a release strip 410.
  • the wrapping 400 includes a tag 41 2 which is adhesively secured to the sheet 402 by means of an elongate flexible element in the form of a string 414.
  • the tag 41 2 has an outer decorative surface 41 5 and an inner surface 416 which defines a message zone.
  • the sheet 402 is first folded to form a cylindrical sleeve, which is not shown, but which is similar to the tubular body 302 shown in Figure 7 of the drawings.
  • the release strip 410 is then removed and the cylindrical sleeve is retained in position by means of the adhesive strip 408.
  • a bar of chocolate is slidably receivable within the cylindrical sleeve in the same manner in which the chocolate 314 is received within the tube 302.
  • An appropriate message is then written in or affixed to the message zone 41 6 before the chocolate is handed over as a gift.
  • reference numeral 500 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping 500 includes a sheet 402 as described with reference to Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings.
  • the wrapping 500 includes an envelope 502 which is connected to the sheet 402 by an elongate flexible element in the form of a string 414.
  • the envelope 502 has a body 504 and a flap 506.
  • an additional gift item for example, a gift voucher, is inserted into the envelope 502 which is then sealed by adhesively securing the flap 506 to the body 504.
  • the front of the envelope 502 has a message zone (not shown) for receiving an appropriate message to accompany the gift and thus functions as a tag.
  • the decorative surface of a wrapping in accordance with the invention includes a message e.g. "enjoy your trip”, “enjoy your new car”, “enjoy your new home”, “good luck with your exams” or “happy birthday”, together with a cartoon appropriate to the message.
  • the tags 310, 412 and the envelope 500 may include an outer decorative surface which includes a matching cartoon.
  • reference numeral 600 generally indicates another embodiment of a wrapping in accordance with the invention.
  • the wrapping is similar to the wrapping
  • the wrapping 600 includes a body defining a sheet 602 having an inner surface 604 and an outer decorative surface 606.
  • the inner surface includes an adhesive zone or strip 608 covered by a release strip 610.1 .
  • the wrapping includes a tag 41 2 adhesively secured to the sheet 602 by means of an elongate flexible element in the form of a string 414, as described with reference to Figures 8 and 9.
  • the sheet 602 does not have an outer transparent film laminated to its outer decorative surface. Instead, the entire inner surface 604 is coated with an adhesive layer and the entire adhesive layer is covered with a release sheet 610. The release sheet is cut along a line 612 thus permitting the removal of a strip 610.1 of the release sheet as shown in Figure 1 1 to form an adhesive zone 608 similar to the adhesive zone 408 shown in Figure 9.
  • the wrapping 600 is then used to wrap a bar of chocolate in a similar fashion as described with reference to Figures 8 and 9.
  • the outer decorative surface 606 of the sheet has a cartoon character 614 printed thereon and the sheet 602 and the release sheet 610 include perforation lines 616, 618.
  • the central portion of the body containing the cartoon character 614 can be separated from the gift-wrapped chocolate bar.
  • the central portion of the body thereby forms a card-like body containing a cartoon character, and the card, for example, can be adhesively secured to a collector's sticker book, or the like, or merely kept as a keepsake.
  • the perforation lines 616 instead of the perforation lines 616,
  • a perforation line 620 in the sheet 602 and the release sheet 610 can be provided around the outline of the cartoon character 614 and the cartoon character itself can be separated from the wrapped gift item, for example, to be placed in a sticker book with outlines of specific cartoon characters, or merely kept as a keepsake.
  • the Applicant believes that it is an advantage of the invention that it provides a wrapping shaped and dimensioned to wrap around a particular gift item e.g. a CD case, a chocolate bar, a chocolate box, beer cans etc., the wrapping having a tag on which a message appropriate to the gift item may be written, and holding means for holding the tag.
  • a particular gift item e.g. a CD case, a chocolate bar, a chocolate box, beer cans etc.
  • the wrapping having a tag on which a message appropriate to the gift item may be written, and holding means for holding the tag.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un emballage (11) pour un cadeau qui consiste en un corps semblable à une feuille (12), une étiquette (20) dotée d'une zone (26) sur laquelle peut être écrit un message et des moyens (30) destinés à attaché l'étiquette au corps de l'emballage. L'étiquette peut comprendre deux panneaux (22, 22) reliés de manière articulée à la façon d'un livre. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, l'étiquette peut se présenter sous la forme d'un support semblable à une enveloppe (502) dans laquelle un autre cadeau peut être placé. Le corps semblable à une feuille peut comprendre une ou plusieurs zones adhésives (16) destinées à maintenir ce corps d'emballage en forme d'enveloppe (40) ou de manchon (304) autour du cadeau. Le corps d'emballage et la feuille de dégagement peuvent être perforées de manière à permettre à une partie du corps semblable à une feuille d'être séparé de l'emballage après son utilisation. Cet emballage peut servir à emballer des cadeaux, tels que des étuis à disque compact, des tablettes de chocolat, des boîtes de chocolat, des packs de bière, ou analogue.
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WO2003044799A1 (fr) * 2001-11-19 2003-05-30 Torsten Frederiksen Systeme d'emballage et de scellement d'un couvercle de support de donnees
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WO2019136525A1 (fr) * 2018-01-12 2019-07-18 Wecantoo Pty Ltd Système d'emballage

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