WO2003064278A1

WO2003064278A1 - Container-display package

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Publication number: WO2003064278A1
Application number: PCT/BR2003/000014
Authority: WO
Inventors: Armando ALBARELLI JÚNIOR; Paulo Eduardo Do Rio Vieira Pereira
Original assignee: Johnson & Johnson Industrial Ltda
Priority date: 2002-01-31
Filing date: 2003-01-31
Publication date: 2003-08-07
Also published as: AR038247A1

Abstract

A container-display package for products presenting a body (C) and comprising a front wall (10) and a rear wall (20), at least one of which being provided with a window (10a, 20a) presenting: a pair of end edges (11, 21), which will be each seated against a respective end face of a body (C) lodged inside the package; and a pair of lateral edges (12, 22) to be seated on respective extensions of the lateral face of the body (C), which intersects the contour of the end faces of the body (C) on a respective side of a median plane (P) that intersects the body (C) according to a cross section dimension that is larger than the cross section dimension (d) defined according to a retaining plane (R) parallel to the median plane (P) and containing opposite points of at least part of the extensions of the lateral edges (12, 22) of the respective window (10a, 20a).

Description

"CONTAINER-DISPLAY PACKAGE"

Field of the Invention

The present invention refers to a package for containing and displaying generally cylindrical products, such as rolls of bandage, or other material in tape, on display devices of the hanging type, which are usually provided in points of sale in which the products to be commercialized are generally arranged in a hanging way.

Background of the Invention

It is well known the use of blister type packages for containing different products, such as rolls of bandage, or other materials in tape, in which the product generally presenting a cylindrical shape is placed inside a housing defined by a kind of tray, which is adequately dimensioned and shaped according to the plastic shape and dimensions of the article

(diameter of the roll and width of the tape) , and which is usually obtained in a transparent thermoplastic material, said tray presenting the peripheral edge of its surrounding wall flanged and glued, or otherwise attached to a supporting sheet made of paper, cardboard, plastic or any other adequate material, and which is provided with a means, generally in the form of a hole, for adaptation to a suspension hook of a display device in different points of retail sale. The supporting sheet further defines the portion of the package on which is printed or otherwise aggregated the information regarding the characteristics, origin, operation, cares, etc. to be transmitted to the consumer. Although being widely used and adequately complying with the requirements of protection and display of the article to be commercialized, these known blister type packages present the disadvantages of having expensive construction and assembly, requiring the provision of the housing being molded in a preferably transparent thermoplastic material, and the subsequent fixation thereof to the supporting sheet.

In the situations in which the wound tape is commercialized without a case, the blister type package functions as a protective case, until the user removes or tears the supporting sheet. Nevertheless, in the situations in which the roll of tape or other product to be commercialized is disposed in a tubular wrap, defining an external cover, whose interior is selectively accessed by the user in order to use the product, the additional protection provided by the blister type package becomes unnecessary, increasing the cost of the final product without however aggregating any advantageous characteristic for sale or use. In a constructive solution disclosed in the Brazilian patent application MU8100107 of the same applicant, the package comprises a supporting sheet provided with a window, into which is tightly fitted the product in the form of a cylindrical tubular body, inside which are fitted projections incorporated to two opposite sides of the window, retaining the product in the sheet, which defines the package and which is provided with an upper hole for adaptation to a hook support. Although promoting an excellent display for the product to be commercialized and presenting a simple and inexpensive construction, this prior art solution does not assure, by itself, the inviolability of both the package and the product contained therein. It is possible for a person to take the product out from the package, open its wrap, use entirely or partially the content thereof, and return the product to the package, without making the violation evident. Besides the inconvenience of being vulnerable to the violation of the product, this prior art package may only be applied to products with a tubular shape, at least in the opposite end portions. Object of the Invention

By reason of the limitations of the known solutions, it is the object of the present invention to provide a package to be preferably suspended on hooks, which allows, by means of a simple and cost effective construction, the adequate storage and display of products having a rigid prismatic body with circular or polygonal opposite end faces, and which evidences the removal of the product from the package, in order to assure the desired inviolability of the latter. Summary of the Invention

In order to achieve the object mentioned above, the package proposed by the present invention comprises a front wall and a rear wall, having upper and lower ends joined to each other, at least one of the front and rear walls being provided with a window presenting a pair of end edges, which are opposite to each other, and a pair of lateral edges, which are opposite to each other. The end edges will be each seated against a respective end face of a body lodged inside the package .

The lateral edges will be seated on respective extensions of the surrounding lateral face of the body, in order to intersect the contour of the end faces of the body on a respective side of a median plane that intersects longitudinally the body according to a cross section dimension that is larger than the cross section dimension defined according to retaining plane that is parallel to the median plane and contains opposite points of at least part of the extensions of the lateral edges of the respective window.

With the arrangement above, the body of the product is retained inside the package, against the front and rear walls, whose possible resilient deformation is not sufficient to give the window, by the spacing of the lateral edges, a width that is slightly larger than the cross section dimension of the body defined according to the median plane that is always located between the front and the rear walls of the package. Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention will be described below, with reference to the appended drawings, in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a possible embodiment for the present package, when carrying a product with a cylindrical body, which is illustrated in chain- dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the package illustrated in figure 1 ;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the assembly of figures 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view of the assembly illustrated in figures 1 and 2, taken along line IV-IV of figure 2;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal cross sectional view of the assembly illustrated in the previous figures, taken along line V-V of figure 3; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another possible embodiment for the present package, when carrying a product presenting a cylindrical body, which is illustrated in chain-dotted lines:

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the package illustrated in fig. 6 ; Fig. 8 is a front elevational view of the assembly of figures 6 and 7 ;

Fig. 9 is vertical cross-sectional view of the assembly illustrated in figures 6 and 7, taken along line IX-IX of fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the assembly illustrated in the previous figures, taken along line X-X of fig. 8.

Description of the Illustrated Embodiments As mentioned in the beginning of this disclosure, the package of the present invention is addressed to products with a prismatic body of rigid construction, such as a roll of bandage, or other material in tape. Said body C may be cylindrical, as illustrated, or prismatic, with polygonal end faces usually with equal or geometrically similar contours.

In the illustrated embodiments, the package is obtained from a single sheet of an adequate material, such as plastic, cardboard, paperboard, etc., which is cut and folded in order to lead, after the necessary folding and gluing, or welding operations, to the desired package. However, it should be understood that the package to be described below might be obtained by assembling different parts made of different materials and having different dimensions. According to the present invention, the package comprises a front wall 10 and a rear wall 20, which are joined to each other, on two opposite sides, by respective upper ends 10s, 20s, and respective lower ends lOi, 20i, at least one of said front wall 10 and rear wall 20 being provided with a window 10a, 20a that presents a pair of end edges 11, 21, and a pair of lateral edges 12, 22, with the edges of each pair being opposite to each other. In the illustrated solutions, the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 are each provided with a respective window 10a, 20a, for example in a median region of the respective wall. In the illustrated constructions, the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 are flat. However, it should be understood that, although not illustrated, the present solution might also be applied to the constructions presenting at least one of said walls with a curved profile.

According to figures 1-5 of the drawings, the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 of the illustrated package are parallel to each other and joined, on two opposite sides, by two opposite end walls 30. The junction of one end wall 30 with the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 is achieved by respective fold lines of the single sheet, whereas the other end wall 30, which is generally positioned at the upper part of the package, is joined to the rear wall 20 by a respective fold line, and to the front wall by gluing or welding a flange 31 that is incorporated to the end wall 30. In the construction illustrated in figures 6-10, the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 are joined to each other, superiorly, by joining the respective upper ends 10s and 20s thereof and, inferiorly, by an end wall 30, as already described for the formation of the package illustrated in figures 1-5. In this construction, the package presents a triangular cross section defined by the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20, whose lower ends are united by an end wall 30. However, it should be understood that the package of the present invention can be constructed so that its front wall 10 and rear wall 20 have at least their upper ends 10s, 20s directly joined to each other, or have their upper and lower ends joined to each other by at least one end wall 30. According to the present invention, the front wall 10 and rear wall 20 are, for example, directly joined to each other through fold lines defining the respective lower ends lOi, 20i, of said walls, which are obtained from a single sheet and superiorly united by gluing or welding a flange that is incorporated to one of said front wall 10 and rear wall 20, or along the extension of the said walls 10, 20.

According to the present invention, each window 10a, 20a has a pair of end edges 11, 21, opposite to each other and which will be each seated against a respective end face of a body C lodged in the interior of the package, and a pair of lateral edges 12, 22, which are opposite to each other and to be seated on respective extensions of the surrounding lateral face of the body C.

The pair of lateral edges 12, 22 of each window 10a, 20a are disposed so as to intersect the contour of the end faces of the body C on a respective side of a median plane P that intersects longitudinally the body C, according to a cross section dimension that is larger than a cross section dimension d defined according to a retaining plane R that is parallel to the median plane P and contains opposite points of at least part of the extensions of the lateral edges 12, 22 of the respective window 10a, 20a.

While the illustrated constructions of the package have the front wall 10 and rear wall 20 symmetrical in relation to the median plane P, it should be understood that, within the concept presented herein, other constructions are also possible, with a front wall 10 and a rear wall 20 that are not symmetrical in relation to the plane P.

In the construction illustrated in figures 1-5, each of the windows 10a, 20a has the respective end edges 11, 21 thereof defined by respective edge extensions of the end walls 30, since each window 10a 20a has the end edges 11 or 21 thereof spaced from each other by a distance that corresponds to the dimension of the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20, in the same direction. With this construction, the end edges 11, 21 are seated against a median region of a respective end face of a body C lodged inside the package, before the latter is closed by the fixation of the upper end wall 30 to the front wall 10. In this condition, the lateral edges 12, 22 of the windows 10a, 20a are seated, by at least part of the extension thereof, onto respective longitudinal extensions of the surrounding lateral face of the body C. In the construction illustrated in figures 6-10, each of the windows 10a, 20a has the respective end edges 11, 21 thereof defined by the respective upper ends 10s, 20s of the front wall 10 and rear wall 20. In this condition, the lateral edges 12, 22 of the windows 10a, 20a are seated on respective extensions of the surrounding lateral face of the body C, in an arcuated development along said extension of the surrounding lateral face of the body C. In order to achieve the radial retention of the body C inside the package, the pair of lateral edges 12, 22 of each window 10a, 20a lie in a respective retaining plane R that intersects the contour of the end faces of the body C on a respective side of a median plane P, which longitudinally intersects the body C according to a cross section dimension D that is larger than the cross section dimension "d" defined according a retaining plane R that is parallel to the median plane P and contains opposite points of at least part of the extensions of the lateral edges 12, 22 of the respective window 10a, 20a. In the construction illustrated in figures 1-5, the lateral edges 12, 22 intersect longitudinally the body C according to a cross section dimension D that is larger than the cross section dimensions "d" defined according to the two retaining planes R.

Thus, the width of the windows 10a, 20a is smaller than the cross section dimension of the contour of the body C, according to the median plane P lying between the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20. In order to prevent the body C from being improperly taken out from the package through the gap between the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20, in the solution illustrated in figures 1-5, the distance between the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20 is maintained smaller than the smallest cross section dimension of the median contour of the body C, in a dimension orthogonal to the plane P.

Considering that the present package is particularly adequate for adaptation to hooks (not shown) , it may further comprise a suspending wall 40, projecting from at least one of the front wall 10 and the rear wall 20, beyond the junction thereof, and presenting an engaging means 41 usually in the form of a hole for adaptation to a hook for suspending the package. In the embodiment illustrated in figures 1-5, the suspending wall 40 is coplanar with the front wall 10, it being understood, however, that this relationship could be alternatively maintained with the rear wall 20. Although only two constructive forms of the invention have been described and illustrated, it should be understood that different mounting arrangements can be made, leading to the same effect of a simple construction, low cost and efficiency in evidencing violation of the package, by retaining the latter between the two windows

Claims

1. A container-display package for products presenting a body (C) with a rigid prismatic construction, having at least one surrounding lateral face, and end faces with any polygonal contour, wherein it comprises a front wall (10) and a rear wall (20) having upper and lower ends joined to each other, at least one of the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) being provided with a window (10a, 20a) presenting: a pair of end edges (11, 21) , opposite to each other and which will be each seated against a respective end face of a body

(C) lodged inside the package; and a pair of lateral edges (12, 22), opposite to each other and to be seated on respective extensions of the surrounding lateral face of the body (C) , the pair of lateral edges (12, 22) being disposed so as to intersect the contour of the end faces of the body (C) on a respective side of a median plane (P) that longitudinally intersects the body (C) according to a cross section dimension that is larger than the cross section dimension (d) defined according to a retaining plane (R) parallel to the median plane (P) and containing opposite points of at least part of the extensions of the lateral edges (12, 22) of the respective window (10a, 20a) .

2. The package as set forth in claim 1, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) have at least the upper ends thereof directly joined to each other.

3. The package as set forth in any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) have their upper and lower ends joined to each other by at least one end wall (30) .

4. The package as set forth in claim 3, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) are parallel to each other and joined by a pair of opposite end walls (30) .

5. The package as set forth in claim 4, wherein the distance between the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) is smaller than the cross section dimension of the contour of the body (C) in an orthogonal direction to the median plane (P) .

6. The package as set forth in claim 3, wherein it presents a triangular cross section defined by the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) , whose lower ends are united by an end wall (30) .

7. The package as set forth in claim 2, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) are flat.

8. The package as set forth in any one of claims 4, 5, 6, and 7, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) are symmetrically provided in relation to the median plane (P) .

9. The package as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) is provided with a respective window (10a, 20a) .

10. The package as set forth in claim 9, wherein the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) are united to each other in the region of the end edges of the windows (10a, 20a) .

11. The package as set forth in claim 1, wherein it comprises a suspending wall (40) , projecting from at least one of the front wall (10) and rear wall (20) , beyond the respective upper end and presenting an engaging means (41) for adaptation thereof to a hook for suspending the package.

12. The package as set forth in claim 11, wherein the engaging means (41) is a hole.

13. The package as set forth in claim 12, wherein the suspending wall (40) is coplanar with one of the front wall (10) and the rear wall (20) .

14. The package as set forth in any one of the previous claims, wherein all the walls are obtained from a single sheet of adequate material.

15. The package as set forth in claim 1, wherein the end walls (30) are parallel to each other and orthogonal to the front wall (10) and to the rear wall (20) .