WO2003031279A1 - Halter für getränkepackungen - Google Patents
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- WO2003031279A1 WO2003031279A1 PCT/CH2002/000505 CH0200505W WO03031279A1 WO 2003031279 A1 WO2003031279 A1 WO 2003031279A1 CH 0200505 W CH0200505 W CH 0200505W WO 03031279 A1 WO03031279 A1 WO 03031279A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
- A47G23/00—Other table equipment
- A47G23/02—Glass or bottle holders
- A47G23/0258—Glass or bottle holders for cartons or plastic bags
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- the present invention relates to a holder with a handle for beverage packs or other cardboard or multi-layer laminate packs containing a filling material according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Tetra®-Bricks, Combiblocks and similar products are widespread cuboid beverage packaging, in which the upper pack end usually has two folded tabs that are detachably attached to the opposite narrow sides of the pack wall.
- Holder for beverage packs of the aforementioned type with a support intended for bearing against the rear wall of the container, on which the holder is located, and with a further support intended for bearing against a further container wall, both supports being rigidly connected to one another and forming parts of the holding body in various versions known.
- These holders usually have the shape of the pack and are intended to hold the packs by means of side walls and a bottom.
- These holders are relatively large and bulky. In addition, they easily become dirty due to milk running down, especially in the area of the edges between the side walls and the floor, which are difficult to clean.
- the holders are offered in the grocery store in close proximity to the packaged drinks. Since the sales room has to be used in the best possible way, the well-known owners are Not very popular with retailers because they take up a lot of space with a rather low sales price.
- the beverage cartons to be held are often sold in 4, 6 or 10 packs sealed in foil. With these products it is not possible to grab the holders to save space, or to weld them into the film.
- the space problem arises not only when selling, but also when storing the beverage pack with holder, for example in the customer's refrigerator. Drinks are typically stored inside the refrigerator door. The holder takes up a lot of space in the storage compartment provided for this purpose and reduces the storage capacity in a disruptive manner.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide holders for beverage packaging which do not have the disadvantages mentioned.
- Figure 1 is a schematic embodiment of a known holder with a cuboid beverage pack shown in dash-dotted lines.
- Figure 2 shows the known holder of Figure 1 in a diagrammatic representation.
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a holder according to the invention in an assembled form in a diagrammatic representation, the hidden edges being shown in dashed lines in the assembled holder;
- FIG. 4 shows a further embodiment of a holder according to the invention in the open, not plugged-in state, the hidden edges not being shown;
- 5a is a partial view of a connection area of a
- FIG. 5b shows a partial view of a connection area of a holder according to a further embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 6a shows a view of an opened holder according to a further embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 6b shows a view of an opened holder according to a further embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 7a shows a side view of a 6-pack of cuboid beverage packs with a
- FIG. 7b shows a further possibility of adding a holder in the storage position to an individual beverage pack.
- FIG. 8a shows a side view of a holder in the holding position on the packaging to be held, the flap and holding bracket not being shown;
- FIG. 8b shows the holder according to FIG. 8a in a space-saving manner
- 9a shows a plan view of a beverage packaging with a reclosable pourer, a holder according to a further embodiment of the invention being shown in the inserted position;
- FIG. 9b shows the holder according to FIG. 9a in the holding position.
- Figure la shows a known holder with a cuboid-shaped beverage package shown in dash-dotted lines, wherein an upper tab of the beverage pack is held in the slot 4 of the holder and the opposite tab 6 forms a beak-like pouring opening in a known manner.
- beverage packs with resealable plastic closures have been coming onto the market. It is obvious that the present invention also applies to such packaging.
- the known holder is shown in a diagrammatic representation in FIG.
- An assembled holder 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 3.
- the new holder differs from the known holder in two essential points.
- the new holder is no longer a rigid, one-piece workpiece, but the main elements are movable relative to each other, so that the Holder can be plugged together into a holding position, as shown in FIG. 3, but it can also be folded up and / or folded into a storage position, as shown in FIGS. 4, 6 and 7 on the basis of further embodiments of the invention.
- the second decisive difference lies in the holder for the tab of the beverage packaging to be held. While the known holders have a slot for the lateral insertion of the tab, in the new holder a horizontal suspension slot 12 is formed by a rear wall support 10 and a holding bracket 11 arranged at a distance therefrom. If the holder 1 is in the open state, the tab L of the beverage packaging V can be conveniently inserted into the slot from above until the bracket 11 comes to rest in the bend between the tab and the rear wall of the packaging. In the known holders, the flap L had to be inserted into a narrow slot laterally, the flap having to be practically parallel to the packaging rear wall. With the new holder, the tab can be detached from the packaging rear wall and brought into any angular position in relation to the rear wall.
- the holder 1 is put together by pushing an upper support wall 30 through a through opening 13, which is arranged above and parallel to the suspension slot 12 and retaining bracket 11 in the rear wall support 10. In the plugged-together state, the upper support wall 30 prevents the beverage packaging or the tab L from slipping out of the hanging slot 12. The holder 1 is thus effectively secured to the package to be held in the assembled state.
- a handle 20 is arranged between the rear wall support 10 and the upper support wall 30, which allows the holder and the beverage packaging to be gripped and lifted comfortably and securely. In the example shown in FIGS.
- the upper support wall 30, handle 20 and rear wall support 10 are each movably connected to one another by hinges.
- the holder can be plugged together and unfolded as often as required and also folded into different storage positions, as is indicated in FIG. 7.
- the holder according to the invention is ideally suited for packing with individual beverage packages or multiple packages. These are advantageously simply welded or shrink-wrapped into the enveloping plastic film.
- the holder is preferably injection molded from plastic material and support wall 30, handle 20 and rear wall support 10 are over Film hinges 60, 61 connected to each other in a known manner. Polypropylene has proven to be a particularly preferred material for producing the holders according to the invention.
- the film hinges 60, 61 are designed such that the hinge axes lie in different outer surfaces of the holder, as is indicated in FIG. 7b.
- the holder can thus be placed in an extremely space-saving Z-shaped storage position.
- the three essentially plate-shaped main elements of the holder are of sufficient strength, depending on the material, so that they do not bend or deform too much in the assembled state under the load of the beverage pack.
- the holder according to the invention can also be made without hinges from a single strip of flexible material, for example a metal sheet.
- the support wall 30, handle 20 and rear wall support 10 merge seamlessly into one another in this case.
- the holder tapers slightly from the upper region of the rear wall support 10, which carries the through opening 13 and the bracket 11, to the support wall 30.
- the support wall 30 is just wide enough at the lower edge 32 that it can be easily inserted into the through opening 13.
- the support wall 30 is provided with two lateral snap-in recesses 31, 31 '. The support wall 30 is inserted into the through opening 13 until the side walls of the through opening 13 snap into the recesses 31, 31 ⁇ . The holder 1 thereby remains held against the tension in the flexible material in the assembled position.
- the holder can also be releasably held in the assembled position by other latching or clamping elements on the support wall 30 and / or through opening 13 or rear wall support 10.
- Other advantageous fastening elements are, for example, a latching groove, which is made in the support 30 and extends across its surface, so that the upper edge of the lead-through opening 13 can engage in it when plugged together, as is shown, for example, in FIG. 9.
- the area of the support wall 30 lying in FIG. 6a below the recesses 31 is inserted through the lead-through opening 13. If the holder with the suspended beverage packaging is raised on the handle 20, this area is pressed down against the upper wall of the beverage packaging.
- FIGS. 5a and 5b show two variants of through openings 13 which can be used in different embodiments of the holder according to the invention.
- the through opening 13 is separated from the suspension slot 12 by a web 14.
- the height of the web 14 corresponds approximately to the thickness the tab L of the beverage packaging so that when the beverage packaging is suspended, the inserted support wall 30 is not too far apart from the top wall of the beverage packaging.
- FIGS. 8 and 9 show how the holders according to the invention can be moved from a holding position (FIGS. 8a and 9b) to a space-saving inserted position (FIGS. 8b and 9a).
- a holding position FIGS. 8a and 9b
- a space-saving inserted position FIGS. 8b and 9a
- Such an insertion option requires a certain coordination of the length of the handle 20 and the distance Di from the hinge 60 to the upper edge of the insertion slot 13.
- the handle 20 should only bend insignificantly, as indicated in FIG. 8b. Therefore, in an advantageous embodiment, the distance Dl is approximately as long as the handle is long.
- a preferred holder with a 9 cm long handle 30 has a distance Di between hinge 60 and the upper edge of the insertion slot 13 of 8.9 cm.
- FIG. 9b shows a holder in this inserted position.
- a latching groove 31 is provided on the surface of the support 30. If the holder is pulled back into the holding position, as shown in FIG. 9b, by pulling on the handle 20, the upper edge of the insertion slot 13 snaps into this locking groove 31 and holds the holder 1 in the holding position.
- the holder according to the invention can also perform a further function.
- a preferred embodiment has a support 30 of 9.3 cm in length. In use with an approximately 9.5 cm wide TetraBrik ® packs thus come to lie approximately K of the folded pouring flap under the inserted support 30, or respectively under the front area 36 thereof, and the opened packaging is relatively tight against foreign odors and also against unwanted pouring.
- the handle 20 is ergonomically designed, as is indicated in FIG. 6b.
- the support wall 30 is dovetail-shaped in the front area.
- An even more reduced variant comprises only one leg 33.
- This embodiment according to FIG. 9 preferably comprises a right leg 33, and is used with beverage packaging with an upper plastic pourer A. In the inserted state, the leg 33 lies on the packaging top next to the pourer A and the two elements do not impede one another in their function.
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US2936927A (en) * | 1957-08-05 | 1960-05-17 | William H Peters | Holder for milk cartons |
US4296958A (en) * | 1979-02-09 | 1981-10-27 | Werner Weber Holding Ab | Holder for liquid packaging containers |
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US2936927A (en) * | 1957-08-05 | 1960-05-17 | William H Peters | Holder for milk cartons |
US4296958A (en) * | 1979-02-09 | 1981-10-27 | Werner Weber Holding Ab | Holder for liquid packaging containers |
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