Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
  • B65D5/50—Internal supporting or protecting elements for contents
  • B65D5/5028—Elements formed separately from the container body
  • B65D5/5035—Paper elements
  • B65D5/5038—Tray-like elements formed by folding a blank and presenting openings or recesses
• • 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
  • B65D5/20—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
  • B65D5/22—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form held erect by extensions of one or more sides being doubled-over to enclose extensions of adjacent sides
• • 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
  • B65D2565/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
  • B65D2565/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
  • B65D2565/381—Details of packaging materials of special type or form
  • B65D2565/385—Details of packaging materials of special type or form especially suited for or with means facilitating recycling

Definitions

• the invention relates to a package for products.
• the invention relates to a package for company and consumer products such as electronic products, for instance telephones, dictaphones, drives, network parts and the like.
• electronic products for instance telephones, dictaphones, drives, network parts and the like.
• such products were packaged in a cardboard outer package in which different inner packages can be provided also from, for instance, cardboard.
• the product itself, booklets such as instructions for use and certificates of guarantee, batteries, battery chargers, cords and the like were packaged separately and packaged in the inner space of the outer package. This was a laborious manner of packaging, expensive and little environmentally friendly due to the large amount of packaging material. Moreover, as a result, the product was not presented in an attractive manner.
• dish-shaped inner package vacuum formed from plastic or made of paper pulp, in which the product can be laid with a number of accessories.
• This dish-shaped inner package has a lower longitudinal edge on which it can rest on the bottom of the outer package. With such a package, the inner package is formed either so low that associated booklets, CD-ROMs, cords and the like can be placed thereon, or so high that these accessories can be packaged below the inner package within this longitudinal edge.
• the object of the invention is a package of the type described in the opening paragraph, comprising an inner and an outer package while at least a number of the drawbacks of the known packages are avoided while the advantages thereof are maintained.
• a package according to the invention is characterized by the features of claim 1. With a package according to the invention, an outer package is used which is, for instance, rectangular and box-shaped and defines an inner space.
• the outer package is provided, in the inner space, with bearing parts folded therein, on which the inner package can be borne.
• the inner package can be of dish-shaped design, provided with a longitudinal edge, which longitudinal edge can rest on the bearing parts mentioned.
• the bearing parts are folded in the inner space, preferably as flaps of a blank from which the outer package has been set up. These bearing parts have a height and position such that the inner package is held at a distance from the bottom of the outer package, so that space is created thereunder for accessories such as booklets, charger, cords, CD, battery and the like.
• the product to be packaged such as a (mobile) phone, computer part such as a drive, network parts such as hubs or the like can be laid in the inner package at the side remote from the bottom, so that this product is presented in an attractive fashion and, moreover, is screened off well.
• a receiving cavity for the or each product is provided, in which the product can be laid while, preferably, the package is provided with a cover which, in closed position, lies relatively closely on the top side of the inner package thereby confinin the product in the product cavity.
• the inner and outer package are manufactured from recyclable materials, in particular materials that can be included in a waste paper stream for recycling.
• the outer package is from cardboard, in particular solid or corrugated cardboard
• the inner package is preferably manufactured separately from a starch-based product, more in particular a somewhat foamed material such as Paperfoam®, Barneveld, the Netherlands.
• a starch-based product more in particular a somewhat foamed material such as Paperfoam®, Barneveld, the Netherlands.
• a somewhat foamed material such as Paperfoam®, Barneveld, the Netherlands.
• an inner package according to the invention is dish- shaped with a structure such that a form cavity and a longitudinal edge are provided such that the bottom, side of the form cavity is virtually in one plane with the longitudinal edge so that when the inner package is laid on a flat surface, the longitudinal edge and the form cavity can be supported by the surface without the inner package becoming damaged.
• the invention further relates to a blank, suitable and intended for forming an outer package for a package according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for packaging products, characterized by the features of claim 8. With such a method, in a rapid and simple manner, relatively inexpensive packages can be manufactured for products or having products therein, which require little space for storage prior to use, offer a good protection and, moreover, present a product to be packaged in an attractive manner.
• Fig. 1 shows, in perspective view, an opened outer package according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows, in top -plan view, an outer package according to the invention, in opened condition, with the inner package taken out;
• Fig. 3 shows, in top plan view, an outer package according to the invention, in opened condition, with an inner package placed therein;
• Fig. 4 shows, in cross-sectional side view along the line IV-IV in fig. 3, a package according to the invention, in opened condition, with a product and accessories to be packaged therein;
• Fig. 5 shows a blank for an outer package for a package according to the invention.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows, in perspective view, an outer package 1 for a package 100 according to the invention, folded from a cardboard blank 101 as will be described with reference to Fig. 5.
• This outer package 1 comprises a rectangular bottom 2 with a length L and width B and two pairs of sidewalls 3, 4 connected to the bottom via first folding lines 5.
• the bottom 2 and the sidewalls 3, 4 define an inner space 6.
• a sidewall 3 is connected to a cover 7, connected thereto via a fourth folding fine 8 parallel to the respective first folding line 5.
• each sidewall 4 is designed so as to be double such that they can be folded over enclosing flaps 9 connected to the large sidewalls 3 and are fitted in the bottom 2.
• the sidewalls 4 comprise an outer sidewall flap 10, connected to the bottom 2 via the first folding line 5, and an inner sidewall flap 11, connected to the outer sidewall flap 10 by a second folding line 12, of double design, parallel to the respective first folding fine 5.
• the second folding line comprises two parallel folding lines interspaced at a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the cardboard of the blank.
• each inner sidewall flap 11 is provided with a bearing flap 13 connected to the respective inner sidewall flap 11 by a third folding line 14 which, in the embodiment shown, is approximately at right angles to the first folding lines 5.
• Each bearing flap 13 has a height HI which is smaller than the height HO of the inner space 6 (Fig.
• the edge 15 of the inner sidewall flap 11 facing the bottom 2 and the bearing flaps 13 are approximately flush, and rest on the bottom.
• the edge 15 of the inner sidewall flap 11 is provided with a projection 16 that fits in a recess 17 in the bottom 2, adjacent the respective first folding line 5.
• the distance Bl between the parallel third folding lines 14 is smaller than the width B of the bottom 2, while the bearing flaps 13 have a length Ld which is selected such that the total distance B2 between the free longitudinal edges 18 of the two bearing flaps 13 of each sidewall 4 is greater than the width B of the bottom 2.
• the bearing flaps 13 extend in the inner space 6, while the free longitudinal edges 18 thereof abut against the inside of the large longitudinal walls 3.
• the bearing flaps 13 include an angle ⁇ with said sidewalls 3, for instance an angle between 20 and 70°, more in particular approximately 45°.
• the topside 19 of the bearing flaps 13 is then at a distance H3 of the top edge 20 of each of the sidewalls 3, 4.
• the cover 7 is provided with a cover surface 21, a cover end surface 22 connected thereto via a fifth folding line 23 and provided with two insert flaps 24 which, when the package 100 is closed, can be inserted along the enclosing flaps 9 between the inner and outer sidewall flaps 10, 11.
• the cover surface 21 is further provided with two dust flaps 25 that can be inserted along the inner sidewall flaps 11.
• a dish-shaped inner package 102 can be placed in the inner space 6 of the outer package 1, which inner package 102 can rest by a longitudinal edge 26 on the four bearing flaps 13 extending in the inner space 6.
• the inner package 102 is manufactured from a starch-based material such as Paperfoam®. Such a material is known from, for instance, international patent application WO 98/13184 or WO 96/30186, incorporated herein by reference.
• the inner package 102 has a relatively thin wall, for instance one or a few millimeters thick and has a total height H which approximately corresponds to the distance H3 between the top edge 19 of the bearing flaps 13 and the upper longitudinal edge 20 of the outer package 1.
• a form cavity 27 is provided, in which a product 28 such as a phone can be placed.
• an opening 29 has been provided, in which a finger can be inserted for lifting the inner package 102 from the outer package 1.
• the lower side 30 of the form cavity 27 and the longitudinal edge 26 are approximately in one plane, while the top side 31 of the inner package 102 and the top side 32 of the product 28 are also approximately in one plane, which plane is located at only a small distance from a plane defined by the longitudinal edges 20 so that, with the package 100 closed, the product 28 is confined in the form cavity 27 by the cover surface 21.
• a space is provided in which accessories 33 have been packaged, schematically represented as rectangles.
• the inner package 102 has a relatively small height H4, for its manufacture, particularly simple molds can be used with short run-through times for manufacture, relatively little material and moreover, these inner packages 102 take up relative little space when stored.
• the outer package 1 is folded from blanks 101, these take up little space in folded out condition when stored. Due to the design of the blank, in particular the bearing flaps 13, when setting up the outer package, directly, bearing means for the inner package 102 are obtained. Moreover, as they rest on the bottom 2, a particularly rigid package is obtained which, furthermore, is dust tight.
• Use of starch-based materials for the inner package such as Paperfoam®, further offers the advantage that a good protection against static charge is obtained.
• the bearing flaps can also be provided in a different manner, for instance folded from the large sidewalls 3 or, optionally, be built up in part, folded from different longitudinal walls.
• separate bearing parts can be folded in.
• the inner package 102 can be manufactured from different materials, for instance by vacuum forming or from paper pulp. However, from an environmental and energetic point of view, this is less advantageous.
• the inner and outer package can be designed differently. For instance, the inner package can have a lower longitudinal edge 26 which is not in one plane, while the height of the different bearing flaps 13 can be adjusted thereto.
• the inner package 102 can be provided as well as, for instance, logos, product characteristics and the like, and decorations. It is particularly advantageous if the inner package 102 is self-bearing.

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