WO2012106741A1

WO2012106741A1 - Transport and presentation container having a protective element

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Publication number: WO2012106741A1
Application number: PCT/AT2012/000023
Authority: WO
Inventors: Franz Leisch
Original assignee: Leisch Beratungs- Und Beteiligungs-Gmbh
Priority date: 2011-02-09
Filing date: 2012-02-09
Publication date: 2012-08-16
Also published as: AT511038A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a transport and presentation container (1) for piece goods (2), comprising four lateral walls (3) and a base plate (4), wherein a protective element (5) is arranged at the end region (6) opposite the base plate (4) of at least one lateral wall (3), is pivotable relative to the lateral wall (3), is movable approximately parallel to the lateral wall (3) or can be set on/at/into a lateral wall (3) and has an activated and an inactivated position, wherein in the activated position the piece goods (2) are prevented from rolling or slipping down.

Description

Transport and presentation container with protective element

The invention relates to a transport and presentation container for cargo comprising four side walls and a bottom plate.

General cargo is often stored in a container and usually offered for sale in this and should therefore be presented to the customer appealing. In the stores of retail chains and also on markets, the goods, in par- ticular general cargo (mainly fruit and vegetable products), which is delivered in single and returnable packaging, are usually presented on store shelves. The packaging is usually made of plastic, cardboard or wood.

During transport, the goods are relatively deep in these transport packaging, so that it is not damaged when stacked on the pallet. On the shelves, however, the goods should come to the fore. Therefore, it is very often on the shelves additional goods on the already in the transport packaging goods arranged. This is intended to give the impression of a wealth of goods, which means that the customer can, so to speak, "draw from the solid." This so-called oversizing of goods, combined with the fact that most shelves fall off towards the front, ie to the consumer, can do so It is therefore an object of the present invention to prevent that packaged goods presented in an inclined position for sale fall out of the transport or presentation container ,

The object of the present invention is achieved by a transport and presentation container with a protective element, which is arranged on that of the bottom plate opposite end of at least one side wall, wherein the protective element relative to the side wall pivotally, approximately parallel to the side wall slidably or on / on / in a Side wall is pluggable, whereby a rolling down / slipping of the piece goods can be prevented. It proves advantageous here that the protective element when not in use, on or can be stowed next to the transport and presentation container and thus the transport packaging can also be stacked. Even when not filled, the transport and presentation container, if it is a folding container, folded and stored or transported to save space. When activated, the transport and presentation container according to the invention prevents a rolling down of piece goods, provided it is placed obliquely on a sales shelf or a Verkausfinsel.

In one possible embodiment, it is provided that the protective element is made of plastic, in particular transparent plastic, whereby on the one hand the stored in the transport and presentation container cargo can be seen and on the other hand also a label, in particular product name and / or advertising message, mounted behind the protective element and still be read. It proves advantageous that the protective element has at least one means for pivoting, at least one guide means for displacement or at least one extension for insertion or insertion, whereby between the presentation position, ie during the presentation of the piece goods, and the storage or transport position, ie during transport or storage, and can be adapted to the required conditions. In the presentation position, the protective element is activated and protects the piece goods from falling out of the transport and presentation container. In the storage or transport position, the protective element is inactivated and disappears in, on or next to the transport and presentation container. At the transport or presentation container a complementary design to the guide means or extension is arranged, whereby an interaction between the transport and presentation container and the protective element takes place and thus the protective element with respect to the transport and presentation container can be relatively moved. In a further development, it is provided that at least one detent is arranged on the protective element and / or on the transport or presentation container, as a result of which the protective element and the transport and presentation container can be fixed to one another in a desired position. In a possible embodiment variant, the pivotable protective element can be designed to be movable relative to the transport and presentation container via an axle and, if appropriate, can be fastened by a holding element on the transport and presentation container, in particular on a side wall of the transport and presentation container, whereby the protective element in the respective required or desired activated or inactivated position brought and also can be fixed.

In an alternative embodiment, it is provided that the displaceable protective element can be fixed by a projection, in particular a latching lug, whereby the protective element disappears in the inactivated, in particular the storage and transport position, more or less in or on the transport and presentation container.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the protective element can be arranged on an arranged in the transport or presentation container element, in particular an insert, which advantageously the goods stored in the transport and presentation containers can be presented by the insert according to sale-stimulating the customer and Nevertheless, the general cargo does not fall out of the transport and presentation container. Furthermore, the protective element can be arranged by means of an adapter on the transport and presentation container or the insert, whereby even more variability in the design of the protective element is given and, for example, a deflection of the protective element can take place. It also proves advantageous that the protective element can be formed bow-shaped, whereby the handle opening of the transport and presentation container is not blocked or cramped in the inactivated position of the protective element.

In the activated position, the protective element may form an extension of the at least one side wall or be arranged at an obtuse angle thereto, wherein, for example, information mounted on the protective element can be better perceived by the customer. In one embodiment of the invention, the protective element may be designed in several parts, and, for example, modularly plugged together, whereby many design options of the protective element are given.

The parts of the multi-part protective element can be designed to be movable relative to one another, whereby, for example, the protective element can extend completely over one side wall and at least partially over the two adjacent side walls and thus also a lateral rolling down or falling of the piece goods from the transport and presentation container Prevents tilting.

For a better understanding of the invention, this will be explained in more detail with reference to the following figures.

In each case, in a highly simplified and schematic representation:

Figure 1 shows a transport and presentation container according to the invention with protective element in the activated and inactivated position.

2 a pivotable and sliding embodiment of the protective element of

Transport and presentation container;

Fig. 3 is a plug-in embodiment of the protective element of the transport and

Presentation container;

Fig. 4 is a plug-in variant of the protective element of the transport and

Presentation container;

Fig. 5 is a bow-shaped embodiment of the protective element of the transport and

Presentation container;

Fig. 6 6a to 6g different training variants of the protective element of the transport and presentation container; Fig. 7 7a to 7c multi-part variants of the protective element of the transport and presentation container.

By way of introduction, it should be noted that in the differently described embodiments, the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals or the same component names, wherein the disclosures contained in the entire description can be mutatis mutandis to the same parts with the same reference numerals or component names. Also, the location information chosen in the description, such as top, bottom, side, etc. related to the immediately described and illustrated figure and are to be transferred to the new situation mutatis mutandis when a change in position. Furthermore, individual features or combinations of features from the different exemplary embodiments shown and described can also represent independent, inventive or inventive solutions. All statements on ranges of values in the description of the present invention should be understood to include any and all sub-ranges thereof, e.g. the indication 1 to 10 should be understood to include all sub-ranges, starting from the lower limit 1 and the upper limit 10, i. all subregions begin with a lower limit of 1 or greater and end at an upper limit of 10 or less, e.g. 1 to 1.7, or 3.2 to 8.1 or 5.5 to 10.

Fig. 1 shows a transport and presentation container 1 according to the invention for piece goods 2 with four side walls 3 and a bottom plate 4, wherein a protective element 5 at that the bottom plate 4 opposite end portion 6 of at least one side wall 3 is arranged. The transport and presentation container 1 may be a simple container but also a hinged box, as known from the prior art.

The protective element 5 can be pivotable relative to the side wall 3, displaceable approximately parallel to the side wall 3 or pluggable on / on / in a side wall 3 and has an activated and inactivated position, wherein in the activated position a rolling down / - slipping of the piece goods 2 is prevented. FIG. 1 shows the activated position in full lines and the inactivated position in the dashed form of a pivotable protective element 5. The transport and presentation container 1 according to the invention is located on a sloping shelf 7. It is shown in Fig. 1, a pivotable protective element 5, which is a plastic plate, which is mounted on the inside of the transport and presentation container 1. When transporting the piece goods 2, the protective element 5 is in the inactivated position, ie below, so that the transport and presentation container 1 can also be stacked.

Further details and an alternative embodiment of the protective element 5 are shown in FIG. On the left half of Fig. 2, the pivotable about a means for pivoting, in particular an axis 8, embodiment of the protective element 5 is shown. The right-hand half of the figure shows an embodiment of the protective element 5 configured with at least one guide means, in particular via a longitudinal guide 9, which can be pushed up and down.

Depending on the design, the protective elements 5 can be pivoted or displaced and can also be locked in the inactivated (lower) position and / or activated (upper) position. For the presentation of oversized cargo 2 in transport and presentation containers 1 in the shelves, the protective element 5 is brought either via the axis 8 in the swivel variant or on the longitudinal guide 9 in the up and abschiebbaren variant in the activated position. In the respective activated and inactivated positions, the protective element 5 is fixed via at least one detent 10, wherein the detent 10 can be arranged both on the protective element 5 and on the transport and presentation container 1.

The pivotable protective element 5 is movable about an axis 8 relative to the transport and presentation container 1 and optionally by a lock 10, in particular a holding element 11 on the transport and presentation container 1, in particular on a side wall 3 of the transport and presentation container 1, fastened. In the pivotable variant, the protective element 5 can be unlocked via a round hole 12 of the side wall 3, wherein this can be done by pushing away with a finger, if the protective element 5 is disposed on the inside of the transport and presentation container 1. In an alternative embodiment, the protective element 5 can also be connected via a special anchor at the bottom by releasing a finger.

The displaceable protective element 5 can be fixed by a projection 14, in particular a latching nose. In the variant which can be pushed on and pushed off, the unlocking and displacement can be unlocked via a slot 15, provided the protective element 5 is located on the inside, but also by means of special notches or bulges 13 in the protective element 5 by engagement with a finger. By pivoting back or pushing back the protective element 5, this is brought back into the inactivated starting position. There it locks again via latches 10.

Furthermore, the protective element 5 can also be made pluggable. 3, the transport and presentation container 1, in particular at least one of the side walls 3, on the surface or the inner or outer side surface on one or more openings 16, which square, rectangular, round, oval, etc., in which the protective element 5 engages with at least one extension 17. These openings 16 may also be formed like an eye. Thus, for example, a not directly connected to the transport and presentation container 1 and thus external protective element 5 can be inserted with the extension 17 in the complementary opening 16 and locked accordingly. The protective element 5 can therefore also be removed at any time by pulling it back out of the transport and presentation container 1. In order to store the protective element 5 in the non-activated position, it can for example be mounted on a side wall 3 by being inserted in the reverse direction with the at least one projection 17 in the eye-like openings 16 of the side wall 3 and is thus available at any time when needed ,

In Fig. 4, the attachable variant of the protective element 5 is shown. In the attachable variant, the protective element 5 is attached and locked by correspondingly shaped extensions 17, in particular connecting elements 18, such as claws, on the side wall 3 of the transport and presentation container 1. This protective element 5 can therefore, as already described under FIG. 3, also be removed again at any time by removing it. The connection Elements 18 are designed so that they can be fitted to ready existing transport and presentation container 1 fitting.

Preferably, the transport and presentation container 1 and the protective element 5 have complementary configurations to the guide means, e.g. Longitudinal guide 9, or extension 17, whereby a targeted interaction between the protective element 5 and transport and presentation container 1 takes place. In the attachable variant by claws, the protective element 5 does not necessarily interact with complementary formations in the transport and presentation container 1.

The protective element 5 can also be designed in the form of a bracket 19, as shown in Fig. 5. The bow-shaped protective element 5 can be arranged and fastened laterally of the handle opening 20 of the transport and presentation container 1, whereby it does not collide with the handle opening 20. Furthermore, in the embodiment in the form of a bow 19, the view of the piece goods 2 stored and presented in the transport and presentation container 1 is less restricted. The bracket 19 can be used both in the pivotable, the up and down sliding variant of FIG. 1, such. via a slot 15 or a guide rail of a longitudinal guide 9 slidably and in the plug-in according to FIG. 3 or attachable variant shown in FIG. 4 are used.

FIGS. 6a to 6g show possible embodiments of the protective element 5 instead of the plate and ironing shape described above.

FIGS. 6a and 6b each show the arrangement of a bow-shaped protective element 5, whereby this can be arranged in a U-shape, as shown in FIG. 6a, as well as in a C-shape, as shown in FIG. 6b.

A plate-like configuration of the protective element 5, as mentioned above, can also be reduced to a web-shaped configuration, as shown in FIG. 6c.

6d shows a comb-shaped and FIG. 6e shows a wave-shaped design of the protective element 5. In Fig. 6 f, a motif-like design of the protective element 5 is shown, wherein depending on the item to be presented the motif can be selected accordingly and is not limited to the selected in Fig. 6f motif. In the motif-like design of the protective element 5, this can also be constructed in several parts and modular and designed, for example, as a plug-in system.

Furthermore, a grid-like protective element 5 is shown in Fig. 6 g, whereby, for example, a better ventilation of the piece 2 is ensured. However, the cited embodiments of the protective element 5 should by no means be limited to the embodiments of FIGS. 6a to 6g cited here.

In one development of the invention, the protective element 5 can also be designed in several parts, wherein the parts 21 of the multi-part design of the protective element 5 can also be movable relative to one another. In Fig. 7a, a possible embodiment of a multi-part protective element 5 is shown, wherein the protective element 5 also extends partially over the adjacent to the frontal side wall 3 side walls 3 and thus the lateral dropping down of the present in the transport and presentation container 1 piece goods 2 can be prevented. The mobility of the individual parts of the multi-part design of the protective element 5 can be achieved by arranging joints (shown schematically) or by weakening the material.

The transport and presentation container 1 and the protective element 5 may be formed of plastic, wood or cardboard. In one possible embodiment variant, the protective element 5 may be formed of transparent plastic, whereby piece goods 2 arranged behind the protective element 5 are better visible. If the protective element 5 is designed to be transparent, information 22, in particular an advertising message, can also be attached behind the protective element 5 or between a pocket-shaped protective element 5, wherein in the case of a pocket-shaped protective element 5, in particular the front part of the protective element 5 should be designed to be transparent , In Fig. 7b is a multi-part, in particular pocket-shaped, design of the protective element 5 with the possibility of attaching an information 22, such as product name, advertising message, etc. shown. A possible embodiment variant of a multipart protection element 5 is shown in FIG. 7c. If in a transport and presentation container 1, a display device, in particular insert 23, which is used to lift the present in the transport and presentation container 1 piece goods 2, can also be attached to the insert 23, a protective element 5, wherein the protective element 5 preferably via an adapter 24 is arranged on the protective element 5 or transport and presentation container 1. However, only the insert 23 and the protective element 5 can be used. The adapter 24 is connected via latching elements 25 with the insert 23 and the protective element 5. In Fig. 7c, the connection of the adapter 24 is shown with the insert 23 with a possible embodiment of a locking element 25 and the connection of the adapter 24 with the protective element 5 with another embodiment of the locking element 25 shown. Of course, the locking elements 25 may also be the same or vice versa as shown in Fig. 7c executed. Other embodiments of the locking elements 25 are possible. In the multi-part design of the protective element 5, for example, the insert 23 made of colored, especially black, plastic, but the adapter 24 and the protective element 5 made of transparent plastic. The adapter 24 may also have a different form from the plate-shaped configuration shown in Fig. 7c.

The embodiments of the protective element 5 described in FIGS. 6a to 6g and FIGS. 7a to 7c can be used both for pivotable, slidable, openable and pluggable protective elements 5.

Regardless of the design of the protective element 5, this can be arranged both inside and / or outside or in the upper end region 6 of at least one side wall 3 on the transport and presentation container 1.

Each variant of the protective element 5 may have an inclination to better read information, such as advertising message. The embodiments show possible embodiments of the transport and presentation container 1, which should be noted at this point that the invention is not limited to the specifically illustrated embodiments thereof, but also various combinations of the individual embodiments are mutually possible and this variation possibility due to the teaching technical action by objective invention in the skill of working in this technical field expert. So are all conceivable embodiments, which are possible by combinations of individual details of the illustrated and described embodiment variant, includes the scope of protection.

In Fig. 3; 4; 5; FIGS. 6a to 6g, 7a to 7c show further and, if appropriate, separate embodiments of the transport and presentation container 1, with the same reference numerals and component designations being used again for the same parts as in the preceding FIGS. 1 and 2. To avoid unnecessary repetition, reference is made to the detailed description in the preceding figures.

For the sake of order, it should finally be pointed out that, for a better understanding of the construction, the transport and presentation container 1 or its components have been shown partly out of scale and / or enlarged and / or reduced in size.

The task underlying the independent inventive solutions can be taken from the description. Above all, the individual embodiments shown in FIGS. 6a to 6g can form the subject of independent solutions according to the invention. The relevant objects and solutions according to the invention can be found in the detailed descriptions of these figures. REFERENCE NUMBERS

1. Transport and presentation container

2. general cargo

3rd sidewall

4. base plate

5. Protection element

6th end area

7. Shelf

8th axis

9. longitudinal guide

10. Locking

11. retaining element

12. Round hole

13th bulge

14th lead

15th slot

16. Opening

17th extension

18. Connecting element

19. Temple

20. Handle opening

21st part

22. Information

23. Deposit

24. Adapter

25. latching element

Claims

Patent claims

1. transport and presentation container (1) for piece goods (2) comprising four side walls (3) and a bottom plate (4), characterized in that a protective element (5) on that of the bottom plate (4) opposite end portion (6) at least one side wall (3) is arranged, wherein the protective element (5) relative to the side wall (3) is pivotable, approximately parallel to the side wall (3) displaceable or plugged on / on / in a side wall (3) and an activated and inactivated position in which, in the activated position, a rolling down / sliding down of the piece goods (2) can be prevented.

2. transport and presentation container (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the protective element (5) made of plastic, in particular transparent plastic, is formed.

3. Transport and presentation container (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the protective element (5) has at least one means for pivoting, at least one guide means for moving or at least one extension (17) for mounting or plugging.

4. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the transport or presentation container (1) has a complementary design for means, guide means or extension (17) is arranged.

5. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that at least one detent (10) on the protective element (5) and / or on the transport or presentation container (1) is arranged.

6. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the pivotable protective element (5) via an axis (8) relative to the transport and presentation container (1) is movable and optionally by a holding element ( 11) on the transport and presentation container (1), in particular on a side wall (3) of the transport and presentation container (1), can be fastened.

7. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the displaceable protective element (5) by a projection (14), in particular a latching nose, can be fixed.

8. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the protective element (5) on a transport or presentation container (1) arranged element, in particular an insert (23) is arranged.

9. transport and presentation container (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that the protective element (5) by means of an adapter (24) on the transport and presentation container (1) or the insert (23) is arranged.

10. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the protective element (5) is formed bow-shaped.

11. Transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the protective element (5) in the activated position forms an extension of the at least one side wall or is arranged at an obtuse angle thereto.

12. transport and presentation container (1) according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the protective element (5) is designed in several parts.

13. transport and presentation container (1) according to claim 12, characterized in that the parts (21) of the multi-part protective element (5) are movable relative to each other.