WO2018019521A1

WO2018019521A1 - Outer packaging container and method for the production thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2018019521A1
Application number: PCT/EP2017/066545
Authority: WO
Original assignee: Lidl Stiftung & Co. Kg
Priority date: 2016-07-26
Filing date: 2017-07-04
Publication date: 2018-02-01
Also published as: DE102016113711A1

Abstract

The aim of the invention is that in a container (1) having a cut-out (2) in the front wall (1d) of the container, the products (P) standing in the container, which extend in the interior substantially over the entire width of the container (1), can be seen from the front as extensively as possible and, in the case of a partially emptied container (1), the frontmost product (P) does not tip forward. This aim is achieved, according to the invention, in that the cut-out (2) is drawn as far downward as possible, preferably to the lower edge of the front wall (1d), in that a placement bottom surface (1e'), which rises at an angle from the front to the rear, is provided in the container (1), on which placement bottom surface the products (P) stand at the bottom side of the products and slide along toward the front side, wherein preferably said placement bottom surface (1e') is formed by folding toward the rear the cut-out section (51) of the cardboard blank (50), which cut-out section forms the cut-out (2) during the production.

Description

Outer packaging container and method for its production

I. Field of application

The invention relates to outer packaging, usually in the form of boxes, in which plate-shaped products, such as in cup-shaped trays packaged sausage or cheese portions, standing packed and offered in the shop.

II. Technical background

If one wishes to avoid unpacking the products from the outer packaging and storing them in the sales shelf, the entire outer packaging with the products contained therein is placed on the shelves, whereby only the closed top side of the carton, which is mostly present for the transport, is removed usually also a part of the front wall, leaving only a U-shaped lateral and lower edge of the front wall, so that the underlying upright first product is visible to the customer.

This known solution has proved to be less than optimal because - on the one hand by the U-shaped edge of the front of the outer packaging, the visibility on the product, which usually fills the entire surface of the front wall is limited and thus important information in the customer this covered area is not on the product. and therefore this area on the product can not be used for at least important information by the manufacturer and

- After partial emptying of the outer packaging then relatively far back on the bottom of the carton standing foremost product tilts slightly forward and obliquely forward overhanging inclined stands in the outer packaging and thus is difficult to see for the customer.

III. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION a) Technical Problem

It is therefore the object of the invention to provide an outer packaging which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art, as well as to provide a method for easily producing such an outer packaging.

b) Solution of the task

This object is solved by the features of claims 1 and 20. Advantageous embodiments will be apparent from the dependent claims. With regard to the container, this object is achieved by a first design by on the one hand, a recess is selected in the front wall, which is open to the top of the front wall, and is pulled down as far as possible, preferably to a minimum distance from the lower edge of the front wall of less than 20 mm, better less than 15 mm, better less than 10 mm, better less than 5 mm, better less than 2 mm or even the distance is reduced to zero. As a result, the lower edge region, in which the products standing in the container are not visible and there existing labels are not to read, for example, is always smaller or completely disappears. On the other hand inside the container there is a Abstell-bottom surface on which the products are located and sloping in the direction of the back to the front side of the container, the most plate-shaped products slip forward on the sloping Abstell-bottom surface , These measures can be further optimized:

Preferably, the recess in the transverse direction does not extend over the entire width of the front wall, so that remain laterally adjacent to the recess, in particular from bottom to top, front edge of the front wall, as a stop forward for the products behind it, so the foremost product , serve, even for the foremost slipped on the sloping floor space product. The free width between the lateral front remnants is therefore preferably smaller than the width of the products to be accommodated in the container.

These front remnants can have a constant residual width in the course from bottom to top or have a greater residual width in the upper and lower regions than in the middle region and in particular these front remnants can only be present in the upper and in the lower region and completely absent in the central region. If sufficient stability of the upper front decks against bowing to the front is then no longer given, the upper front debris can preferably be fixed relative to the adjoining side wall in its angular position by means of insertion tabs or adhesive tabs.

The sloping Abstell-bottom surface preferably extends to the front wall to the front and / or to the rear wall to the rear and will be in the transverse direction usually do not extend over the entire width of the interior of the container.

The inclined storage bottom surface is preferably the top of a storage tray.

This storage floor may be identical to the container bottom wall or a part of the container bottom wall. This storage floor can also be arranged higher than the container bottom wall and in particular be arranged at least partially above the container bottom wall.

The skew angle between the Abstell-bottom surface and the underside of the container should be less than 60 °, in particular less than 50 °, in particular less than 40 °, in particular less than 30 °, in particular less than 20 °.

In order to ensure slipping of the products standing on it, the angle should be greater than 10 °, better still greater than 15 °, better still greater than 20 °, better still greater than 25 °, better still greater than 30 °.

The container is preferably made of plate-shaped material, which is preferably bendable, for example cardboard material.

Then, such a container can be inexpensively made from a flat blank by kinking individual sections of the blank against each other and certain sections of the container against each other fixed, in particular glued or locked, with along the desired kinks preferably lines of weakness in the plate-shaped Material are present, so linear thickness reductions of this material.

Especially in this case, the subsequent cut in the front wall of the container previously filling section in the flat blank form the sloping shelf by releasing this portion with its side edges from the remainder of the front wall and kinking it around the line of weakness along its lower edge opposite the front wall and bending it rearwardly into the container and with its preferably rear area opposite the rear wall and / or the side walls is fixed, for example by latching or gluing.

In order for this storage floor to be able to absorb the weight of the products standing thereon without deflection, it is preferably supported relative to the container bottom wall, if this is located below the storage floor.

For this purpose, the edge regions of the folded-back section, which has previously filled the recess in the front wall, can be folded down relative to the central region, so that they support the central region in relation to the container bottom wall underneath.

The Abstell-bottom surface, in particular the Abstell-bottom, according to a second embodiment of the container and only over the - viewed in the top view - extend the front portion of the container and in the rear region preferably parallel to the underside of the container.

The portion of the storage floor surface extending parallel to the underside of the floor may be the top of an insert body, which is particularly parallelepiped-shaped and lies as a loose part on the rear part of the container bottom wall, and preferably as a transversely extending tube designed with a rectangular cross-section.

The obliquely rearwardly extending Abstell-bottom then only extends to the front end of this insert body and is preferably fixed relative to this, in particular locked, in particular its front wall locked. Then the product standing on the horizontal part of the storage shelf will tilt forwards, and the topmost product slipped forward on the slope with its lower edge will press against the front decks at the top, so that it is vertical.

If this is not desired, center stops for products located in the rear area are provided in the depth direction in the middle region, preferably at the transition from the oblique front Abstell-bottom surface to the adjoining, parallel to the bottom Abstell- bottom surface, above the Abstell-bottom surface protrude from the side walls so far inward, that the free distance between them is less than the width of the products behind it. As a result, behind the center stops another product can be presented projecting upwards over the products in the front area.

These center stops can be formed by pivoting plates in the side walls, which are pivoted into the container and fixed in this position, in particular with the part which forms the Abstell-bottom surface, in particular the Abstell-bottom, are locked or glued.

Such a pivoting pocket formed in a wall part is generally an area that is bordered on the one hand by a straight line of weakness, and on the other hand by a mostly U-shaped perforation line, which ends with its ends at the ends of the line of weakness. Then, when pressure is applied to the pivoting lug, the perforation line can be severed and the pivoting lug can be swiveled out of the plane of the surrounding wall part about the line of weakness, usually being pivoted into the container. A special case of a pivoting lug is a support tab that also functions, but in the pivoted, activated state supports an overlying part. Therefore, such a pivoting flap in the activated state is usually vertical, and also the straight line of weakness, which indeed acts as a pivot axis, usually runs vertically.

A line of weakness is a line-shaped region in the plane of the plate-shaped material in which the material thickness is reduced from the normal to facilitate an angled position of the sections of the plate-like material opposite each other with respect to the line of weakness.

Such a container may also be used for transporting the products contained therein, including the sloping floor surface rising obliquely backwards and filled with products and with the recess in the front wall. At least the open top of this container is closed with a removable, in particular easily detachable from the rest of the container lid, which also covers the front recess in particular. The lid is preferably designed box-shaped and can be with the opening down like a hood on the container.

As a result, however, then transport volume is lost by the volume not used for products between the sloping Abstell- floor space and the angle to it - usually flat - bottom of the container, which must have despite the sloping Abstell-bottom surface parallel to each other top or bottom to allow stacking of the filled and sealed containers.

This can be avoided if the container is between a transport condition, in which the floor storage area for the products is parallel and is just above or identically to the top of the container bottom wall, can be shifted into a presentation state by the bottom shelf rises obliquely backwards, preferably, without for the change of state, the products are removed from the container have to.

This is possible in that wall parts of the container walls are displaceable, in particular pivotable or bendable, thereby raising the floor storage area to the oblique state and preferably supporting tabs in the inclined position.

In this case, the displaceable wall part may be a storage floor which is not identical with the container bottom wall or may be the container bottom wall in whole or in part.

If the container is made of a kinkable material, in particular cardboard material - for the purposes of the present application is spoken of cardboard material, without thereby limiting the invention to this material - is made, it can be in a known manner from a level, consisting of several integrally interconnected sections existing cut produce by between the individual sections preferably each weakening lines are arranged, and the individual sections are so interlocked and fixed by usually bonding against each other that the desired container is created.

In this way, the container according to the invention can be created by the blank comprising a front wall section, which is preferably approximately rectangular, and a recess section on the one hand and the remainder of this front wall section, the front of the finished container. Rest represents, is composed. Separated from each other, the two by an approximately U-shaped line on the front wall section with a pointing towards the free end of the front wall portion opening of the U-shape, wherein a transverse weakening line connecting the two free-ending legs of the U-shape Center leg forms and the free-ended lateral legs are each formed by a perforation, which adjoins one of the ends of the weakening line and extends in the direction of the free end of the front wall section and opens into one of the side edges.

In a first variant of the blank, this consists of the centrally arranged, usually rectangular, bottom portion, which later forms the container bottom wall of the container, and on the side edges in each case in one piece and usually a line of weakness therebetween on two opposite sides each joins a side section, which later forms one of the sides of the container, and the remaining side edges on the one hand, a front wall section and on the other hand, a rear wall section connects in the same manner, which in the finished container, the front wall and the rear wall form.

In some of the sections, in particular on both sides of the side sections, an adhesive section is additionally arranged, which serves in a known manner the adhering of these sections against each other. In a second variant of the blank, a side section, the front wall section, a side section and the rear wall section are arranged in a row one behind the other, again with mostly a line of weakness therebetween, and additionally an adhesive section at one end of the row so that from this row can be formed by bending each other by 90 ° of the contemplated in the supervision scope of the container. With respect to the direction of this row always on the same side of each of said sections in addition a plug-in extension is arranged as an additional section, said plug-extensions are shaped and dimensioned so that they are known in the manner of forming the circumference of Container by appropriate nesting form an almost closed container bottom wall of the container.

With regard to the procedure for producing a container according to the invention, this object is thus achieved that in a step a) first of the box-shaped, open-top, usually rectangular in plan, container is created, in particular from a flat cardboard blank, by buckling and against each other fixing, in particular bonding, of its sections. In a step b), which can be carried out before or after step a), the recess section contained in the front wall is separated by cutting at the perforation lines, the buckling of the recess section around its lower edge into the container, ie in the direction of ground. Section, enabled and performed.

In a step c) this is spent in the skew recess portion, in particular with its rear free end region, preferably against the rear wall of the container and / or against the side walls and / or against an inserted into the container insert part in this inclined position, in which it serves as a storage floor, fixed, in particular by locking against the said parts.

In order to additionally support the Abstell-floor, before or after step c) extending in the depth direction of the container side portions of this recess portion, ie the Abstell-floor, against the central region are folded down, in particular by 90 °, so that they at corresponding Sizing on the top of the bottom section, So the container bottom wall, sit up and thereby support the central area.

The step a) differs depending on the type of the selected blank:

In the first variant of the blank surrounding the bottom portion sections are each pivoted in the same direction by 90 °, so that their side edges approach each other, and the folded up, the bottom portion surrounding sections fix in this position against each other by gluing the at some of the sections existing adhesive sections with the respective adjacent section.

In the second variant of the blank, the sections arranged in series are each pivoted in the same direction by 90 ° to each other and formed and fixed by means of the existing at the end of the row adhesive portion to a rectangular cross-section tube, which viewed in the plan view the scope, So form the peripheral walls of the container.

In the formation of this tube and the existing on the individual sections plug-in extensions must be plugged into each other to form the container bottom wall.

c) embodiments

Embodiments according to the invention are described by way of example hereafter. Show it:

1: Perspective view of a first design of the

Container with products contained therein the container of Figure 1 in side view in a vertical section in the fully filled and partially filled state, the container of Figure 1 in front view, the container of Figure 1 in a rear view, partially cut, the container of Figure 1 in plan view, a second design of the container in the side view in vertical section, the container of Figure 2a in front view, a third design of the container in the side view in vertical section, the container of Figure 3a in a rear view, cut, a fourth design of the container in one rear view, cut, in different functional states, the container according to Figure 4a in the side view in vertical section, a first blank variant for producing the first design of the container, FIG. 5b shows a second blank variant for producing the first

Design of the container.

In Figures 1 to 1d, a first design of the container 1 is shown, partially filled with upright successively therein standing, approximately plate-shaped, products P, in this case upright, cup-shaped, closed containers in which, for example, cut sausage is. In the perspective view of Figure 1 is best seen that it is the container 1 is a box-shaped, above, at its top 10d open, approximately cuboid container with a lower, planar container bottom wall 1e, the underside of the bottom 10c the container 1 and the side walls 1a, b extending in the depth direction 10, and a rear wall 1c running in the transverse direction 11 and a front wall 1d parallel thereto, which define the rear side 10b and the front side 10a of the container 1.

However, only front remainders 6a, b, c are still present from the front wall 1d, since from the upper edge 1d1 of the front wall 1d a large-area recess 2 extends over almost the entire width in the transverse direction 11 of the container 1 to close to or to the lower edge 1d2 of the front wall 1d extends. The container 1 is usually made of cardboard material, which is why for the purposes of the following figure descriptions of a cardboard is spoken, without limiting the invention and the embodiments thereof thereto. For the container 1 could just as well be made of another, foldable, plate-shaped material or also be produced in its three-dimensional form from the outset, for example by plastic injection molding. As can be seen from FIG. 1 and better the sectional side view of FIG. 1a, the products P - which in this case are a thin front plate P.1 and a shell P adjacent thereto in one direction and set back from the edges of the front plate P.1 .2 have - with their lower edge, in this case the lower edge of the front panel P.1, on a sloping at an angle 4 from the front wall 1d to the rear upward rising Abstell-bottom surface 3 'and thereby form a rearwardly rising series of products P. The side walls 1a, b of the container 1 extend in a completely filled with products P container 1 up to or slightly above the upper end of the rearmost, highest standing, product P upwards, and have an upper edge, the horizontal, ie parallel extends to the generally horizontal underside of the container 1, and sloping obliquely forwards in its front region down to the front edge, the in this case ends at the level of the upper edge of the front wall 1d.

The front wall 1d extends up to the height of the upper edge of the foremost, standing in the filled container 1, product P upwards, but may also extend more or less far up.

1a shows, on the one hand, how the container 1 can be closed for transport: For this purpose, the lid 40, which is also shown in this figure only in a vertical section running in the depth direction 10, is placed on the container 1:

The lid 40 is also designed like a box with four walls and is pushed with the opening downwards from above onto the container 1, so that the container 1 protrudes with its upper end portion in the now hood-shaped cover 40, for this purpose a free inner cross has cut, which is slightly larger than that viewed in the top outer section of the container. 1

The front wall 40d of the lid 40 extends so far down that at a top 40 mounted on the top of the container 1 with overhead bottom wall 40e of the lid 40, this front wall 40d covers the entire front recess 2 of the container 1.

In contrast, the rear wall 40c may be formed significantly shorter in the vertical 12, so that side walls 40a, b may result, which have a bottom edge extending obliquely downward from the rear to the front.

FIG. 1a also shows that the storage floor surface 3 'is the upper side of a storage floor 3, which is integrally connected at its front edge to the front edge of the container bottom wall 1e and from there obliquely at an angle 4 in the depth direction 10 rises to the rear and is latched with its rear end to the rear wall 1c by extending beyond the trailing edge of the storage floor 3 also protruding lugs 3d extend through correspondingly dimensioned and positioned detent openings 3d 'in the rear wall 1c of the container therethrough , as can be seen in Figure 1c.

Likewise, in addition or instead, a locking in an analogous manner with respect to the side walls 1a, b of the container 1, as seen in Figure 1 b left half and Figure 1c left half.

There and also in the front view of Figure 1 b and the top view of Figure 1d, left half is best seen that in the rear region of the Abstell-bottom 3 of the central region 3c from the side portions 3a, b at right angles downwards and sit on the container bottom wall 1e and thus support the central region 3c. The front view of Figure 1 b shows in the left half of the figure, that the left from top to bottom extending front remainder 6a passes from the top edge 1d1 of the front wall 1d to the lower edge 1d12 and preferably slightly widened from top to bottom.

It is shown in the right-hand half of FIG. 1b that the front remainder 6b does not have to pass from top to bottom, but may be substantially narrower in the central region than in the upper and lower regions, which in this case have the same remainder -Width 7, measured in the transverse direction 11, may have.

If such an upper part of a front remainder 6a, b in its angular position to the adjacent side wall 1a, b is not stable enough, can both from each along a weakened line 61 formed, horizontally extending side edge connected to this wall remaining, otherwise with respect to their perimeter perforation 60 having support tabs 62 are folded around their lines of weakness 61 around from the wall level in the horizontal. As a result, with appropriate positioning, the two support tabs 62 in the respective wall in height can be one above the other and viewed in the plan view partially overlap and thereby fixed against each other, in particular glued, can be.

Figure 1 b also shows that the recess 2 according to the left half may extend down to the top of the container bottom wall 1 e or as in the right half at a distance 5 above it, so that in the transverse direction 11 extending, strip-shaped, preferably over the entire width is equal high, middle front remainder 6c is present.

1 a shows in a sectional side view in connection with the perspective FIG. 1 that the upright products P in the depth direction 10 in a completely filled container 1 fill substantially the entire depth of the container 1 and at the foremost product P at the front remainders 6a, b and possibly also 6c of the front wall 1d are supported, which prevent falling out to the front. FIG. 1a shows that, in the case of an already partially emptied container 1, either all or at least the foremost products P slip on the sloping shelf bottom 3 ', the upper side of the storage shelf 3, in the direction of the front wall 1d and the foremost product P also slides off the front Front left of the front wall 1d is prevented from falling out to the front.

In this case, some of the rear products P may well tilt forward, thereby pushing at least the foremost product P to the inside of the front wall 1d. It can be seen from Figure 1 that on the one hand by the concern of the foremost product P on the front wall 1d, even with only partially filled container 1, in connection with the far down-pulled recess 2 and the narrow lateral front rests 6a, almost the entire front of the standing product P is visible to the consumer including the information thereon.

FIGS. 5a, b show two possibilities of a flat cardboard blank 50 consisting of several sections from which the container 1 described above can be manufactured:

In FIG. 5 a, the central section of the blank 51 is a rectangular bottom section 55, which forms a continuous bottom wall 1 e of the container 1 in the finished container 1. At two opposite edges of this bottom portion 55 is in each case integrally each one of the two side portions 52a, b so that the direction from the one to the other side portion 52a, b defines the transverse direction 11.

At one of the two remaining edges of the bottom portion 55 integrally joins an approximately rectangular front wall section 54 at. That corner of the outwardly facing, free-ending end region of the two side sections 5a, b, which is adjacent to the front wall section 54, has a chamfer 56. In the front wall section 54 is mid-symmetrical to this front wall section 54 a U-shaped line visible, the open side facing the free end of the front wall portion 54 out, and their outwardly facing ends in each one of the two side edges of the front wall Section 54 ends.

The free-ending legs including the outwardly facing ends of this U-shaped line are formed as a perforation line 60, which allows easy cutting with little effort and without tools, and this is the two free-ending leg connecting part of this U-shaped line as Weakening line 61 is formed, which facilitates the mutual lying of the two-sided parts along this line of weakness 61.

The connecting leg of this U-shape, the weakening line 61, is parallel to or slightly parallel with the weakening line 61 located between the front wall section 54 and the bottom section 55, as well as between all other sections is arranged to be able to bend them against each other and / or out of the plane of the cardboard blank 50 out.

The area from the U-shaped line toward the free end of the front wall portion 54 constitutes a recess portion 51. About the free end edge of the recess portion 51 are three locking lugs 3d before. At the front wall portion 54 opposite side edge of the bottom portion 55 integrally connects to this rectangular rear wall portion 53, and on a line parallel to the weakening line 61 therebetween are three locking apertures 3d 'arranged, each slightly larger are as the frontal surface of one of the locking lugs 3d, and also according to these locking lugs 3d in their distance from each other and are positioned in total.

The extension length of the rear wall section 53 from the bottom section 55 to its free end corresponds to the extension length of the side edge of the side section 52a, b adjacent to the rear wall section 53, and likewise the extension length of the front wall section 54 corresponds to the bottom section 55. Section 55 to the mouth of the perforation line 61 in the side edge of the extension length of the adjacent side portion 52 a, b from the bottom portion 55 to the beginning of the bevel 56th

The preparation of the container 1 runs in such a carton -Zu cut 50 so that the side wall portions 52 a, b, the rear wall portion 53 and the front wall portion 54 in each case by 90 ° from the plane of the blank 50 and thus the floor section 55 are folded in the same direction and the adjacent side edges of these respective sections can be fixed against each other. For this purpose, a strip-shaped adhesive section 57 is arranged along both side edges of the side sections 52a, b in each case in one piece and again with a weakening line 61 therebetween. is folded over the main area of the respective side portion 52 by 90 ° about this weakening line 61, so that after folding up the portions surrounding the bottom portion 55, the adhesive portions 57 with its outer surface on the inner surfaces of the rear wall portion 53 and the front wall section 54 and rest against these fixed, in particular glued, can be.

Before or after the recess portion 51 along the perforation line 60 is separated at its sides from the rest of the front wall section 54 and folded around the two perforation lines 60 connecting weakening line 61 into the interior of the container 1 while the locking lugs 3d in the snap-in openings 3d 'inserted. Since the latching openings 3d 'in height spaced from the lower edge of the rear wall portion 53 are located, and that at a greater distance than the lower edge of the recess 2, thereby the recess portion 51 in an obliquely rising from the front to the rear position positively fixed and can be used as a storage floor 3.

For additional support can before or after the positive fixing of the recess portion 51 in its obliquely rising position as Abstell-bottom 3 with respect to its central portion 51c opposite side portions 51a, b are pivoted downwards relative to the central region and then sit with its free end on the bottom section 55 with appropriate dimensioning of these side region 51a, b, of which only one is shown in Figure 5a on the left side. In FIG. 5b, all but the bottom section 55 have the same shape as in the blank 50 of FIG. 5a, except for the adhesive sections 57: For in FIG. 5b, the rear wall section 53, the side wall section 52a, the front wall section 54 and the other side section 52b are arranged integrally with each other with one weakening line 61 therebetween in a continuous row running in the finished container 1 in the circumferential direction ,

The lines of weakness 61 therebetween form in the finished container the upright edges of the container 1 which is rectangular in plan view.

In addition, an adhesive portion 57 is arranged at the one end edge in the direction of progression of the row, so that the portions of this row can be shaped into a rectangle by bending them 90 ° in each case and in the same direction and glued together by gluing the same over 90 ° inwardly pivoted adhesive portion 57 opposite the other end of the row, whereby the viewed in the top view of the circumference of the container 1 is formed.

At each of these sections is - on the same side of the course of this series, ie the direction of circulation of the finished container 1 - each plug-in extension 59 again in one piece with a line of weakness 61 therebetween, which is dimensioned in a known manner, that, during the production of the circumference of the container 1, it interlocks and overlaps one another in a form-fitting manner, thereby forming a stable, almost closed container bottom band 1e.

For the manufacture of the container, therefore, as described, the circumference of the container 1 considered in the plan view is created by fastening the two ends of the section row by means of the adhesive portion 57 and thereby the container bottom wall 1e is produced from the plug-in extensions 59, and previously or subsequently, in turn, the recess section 51 - as described with reference to FIG. 5a - in a form-fitting manner with respect to the rear wall section 53 fixed, again optionally with additional support as described in Figure 5a.

A second design of the container 1 is shown in FIGS. 2a, b:

This second design differs from the first design on the one hand in that the storage floor 3 and thus also the storage floor surface 3 'does not rise with a uniform incline from the front side 10a to the back side 10b, but only the front area 3.1 of the storage area. Bottom 3 obliquely at an angle 4 to the bottom 10 c of the container 1 increases. The rear area 3.2 adjoining this in the direction of the rear side 10b runs horizontally, ie parallel to the lower side 10c of the container 1, as best seen in FIG. 2a.

As a result, a correspondingly folded storage floor surface 3 ', consisting of the front area 3.1' and the rear area 3.2 ', the upper sides of the respective areas 3.1 and 3.2, is formed. Preferably, the support is on the folded down side portions 3a, b only in the region of the horizontal rear portion 3.2 of the storage floor. 3

Regardless of such a design of the Abstell-bottom surface 3 'are in the figures 2a, b central stops 8 for the products P present, which are located in the depth direction 10 in the central region of the side walls 1a, b.

These are pivoting flaps, which are initially part of the side wall, but can be folded out of the side wall in a transverse direction 11 extending position and thereby protrude into the interior of the container 1. These can support the products P behind, if desired. In the case of a floor storage area 3 ', which has a substantially horizontal section 3.2', as shown in FIG. 2a, such central stops 8 would preferably be arranged in the depth direction 10 at the transition between the rising and the horizontal area of the storage floor surface 3 '. arrange.

The previously described types of container 1 must be manufactured in the form described and can be filled with products P only after that, after removal of the lid 40 in this container 1, to be able to present the products P to the customers on the shelf. The cover 40 must therefore be made relatively large in order to completely cover the front-side large-area recess 2 during the transport of the filled container. Also, the free space below the sloping Abstell- floor 3 and analog above the not standing in a horizontal, but an obliquely rising row products P is disadvantageous for transport. On the other hand, FIGS. 3a, b and 4a, b and FIG. 1d right side show solutions in which the filled container 1 can also be brought into this presentation state only in the retail store, at least as far as the storey floor rising obliquely to the rear 3, in FIG. 1d, right half, it is shown that the bottom wall 1e of the container is used as the storage bottom 3, or at least a large part thereof:

To this end, runs near the trailing edge and the two side edges of the container bottom wall 1e U-shaped circumferentially a perforation line 60, preferably to the front edge of the container bottom wall 1e, so that the main part lying therein separated from the remainder and the main part about its front edge can be raised in the desired inclination by pressure from below against this main part of the container bottom wall 1e.

In this raised position, this main part is supported by support tabs 62, at least one of which is formed in each of the side walls 1a, b so far down that by pivoting these support tabs 62 inside the container 1 about their lines of weakness 61 with respect to the rest of Side wall 1a, b around the upper narrow side of the pivoted support tab 62 is located below the tilted in the inclined position main body of the container bottom wall 1g and this is supported.

Such a support tab 62 is present on each side at least in the depth direction 10 in the rear region, however, an additional region can also be arranged in the front region.

Figures 3a, b also show a solution in which the container bottom wall 1e or at least its central region, the main part, is used as a storage base 3.

In contrast to the illustration in FIG. 1d, a perforation line 60 extends only in the depth direction 10, preferably parallel to the respective side edges, in the container bottom wall 1e, again preferably beginning at its front edge, but passes over the rear edge thereof into the rear wall 1c in and there over a defined distance upwards.

Between the upper ends of the two perforation lines 60 extends in the back wall 1c a line of weakness 61, extending in the transverse direction 11, and also in the rear region of the container bottom 1e, preferably from its trailing edge in the depth direction 10 about as far away as the distance of the weakening line 61st in the rear wall 1c of the lower edge thereof. By pressure from below-as shown in FIG. 3a-against the container bottom wall 1e in the region of the weakening line 61 and simultaneous or previously performed separation along the perforation lines 60, the area lying in front is pushed up into the desired inclined position and thereby the lower one , Under the local line of weakness lying, part of the rear wall 1c in the direction of the interior of the container 1, ie forward, pivoted. As a result, an upwardly directed buckling edge 13 in the container bottom wall 1e forms, and likewise an outwardly pointing buckling edge 14 in the rear wall 1c forms at the location of the weakening line 61 there.

The buckling edge 15 between the lower region of the rear wall 1c and the rear region of the container bottom wall 1e is also moved in the depth direction 10 forward into the container 1, and can be fixed there, for example by a below this crease edge 15 upstanding pivoting pocket 63, in its upper narrow side has a recess in which the bending edge 15 between the rear wall 1c and container bottom wall 1e is positively received.

As shown in FIG. 3b, this pivoting pocket 63 can be pivoted somewhat out of the lower area of one of the side walls 1a, b around a weakening line 61 located at the bottom of the pivoting pocket 63 into the interior of the container.

The advantage of these two solutions described is that the volume of the container 1 in the transport state is not yet increased by the inclination of a Abstell-bottom surface 3 ', and in addition the recess 2 in the front wall 1d is still closed, so that for closing the container 1 required cover 40 only side walls must have low height, for which, for example, already 10-20% of the height of the container 1 are sufficient. Part of the front wall 1d, later the Forming recess 2 is removed and disposed of for the presentation state.

In contrast, the figures 4a in a sectional view from the back and the figure 4b in a plan view of a rear right corner of a container 1, a solution in which from the beginning - as in the first design of Figures 1 - a separate Abstell-bottom third is present above the container bottom wall 1e, whose leading edges are connected to each other directly or via the central region 6c of the front-remainder.

However, initially, ie in the transport state, the Abstell-bottom 3 with a small distance above the container bottom wall 1g, which can be achieved by appropriate stops. In the side walls is in the rear region in each case at least one pivoting tab 63, the weakening lines 61 parallel to the bottom of the container 1 extending at the top of the pivoting flap 63 are at such a height in which the tilted up to the desired inclination for the presentation state Abstell-Boden 3 should be supported.

For this purpose, the pivoting plates 63 extend with their lower end to below the deep in the transport position Abstellbodens 3 down, so pushed by inwardly pressing the swivel plates 63 about the lines of weakness 61 around the Abstell-bottom 3 and on the in the horizontal position inside facing pivoting plates 63 rests, which reach close to the back wall 1c zoom.

In this position, the pivot plates 63 are held by a respective pivoted into the interior of the container 1 support tab 62, which is preferably formed in the rear wall 1c and around its vertically extending lines of weakness 61 under the pivoted, horizontally lying, pivoting flap 63 can be spent and this is supported down.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 container

1a, b sidewall

1c rear wall

1d front wall

1d1 top edge

1d2 lower edge

1e container bottom wall

1e 'storage floor area

2 recess

2 'lower edge

3 storage floor 3 ', 3.1', 3.2 'storage floor area

3a, b side area

3c middle area

3d rest nose

3d 'snap-through breakthrough 4 angles

5 distance

6a, b lateral front rest

6c lower front rest

7 remaining width

8 center stop

9 insert body

10 depth direction 10a front

10b back side

10c bottom

10d top

11 transverse direction 12 vertical

40 lids

40 a, b sidewall

40 c rear wall

40 d front wall

40 e bottom wall

50 carton blank 51 recess section

51a, b side area

51c middle area

51d end area

52a, b side section 53 rear wall section

54 front wall section

55 floor section

56 bevel

57 Adhesive Section 58

59 plug-in extension

60 perforation line

61 weakening line

62 support tab

63 swivel lug

P product

P.1 front panel

P2 shell

Claims

1. container (1) having a lower side (10c) for receiving successive, in particular plate-shaped, products (P), comprising, at least in a presentation state,

two parallel side walls (1a, b),

a back wall (1c),

a front wall (1d) with a recess (2) in the front wall (1d) which is open toward the upper edge (1d1) of the front wall (1d),

a container bottom wall (1e),

characterized in that

a) the distance (5) between the lower edge (1d2) of the front wall (1d) and the lower edge (1d2) closest to the region (2a) of the recess (2) is less than 25 mm,

b) the container (1) comprises a storage bottom surface (3 ') for the products (P), in particular from the front side (10a) of the container (1) in the direction of the rear side (10b) relative to the underside (10c) of the container (1) rises obliquely at an angle (4).

2. Container according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the Abstell-bottom surface (3 ') is the top of a Abstell-floor (3), wherein

- either the Abstell-bottom (3) over the container bottom wall (1e) is arranged, and in particular an independent, possibly with the container bottom wall (1e) is connected to the front edge, part,

- or the Abstell-bottom (3) is identical to at least a part of the container bottom wall (1e).

3. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that

the distance (5) is less than 20 mm, better less than 15 mm, better less than 10 mm, better less than 5 mm and in particular zero.

4. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the angle (4) is less than 60 °, better less than 50 °, better less than 40 °, better less than 30 °, better less than 20 °.

5. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the angle (4) is greater than 10 °, better greater than 15 °, better greater than 20 °, better greater than 25 °, better greater than 30 °.

6. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

in the transverse direction (11) on both sides laterally next to the recess (2) lateral front remnants (6a, b) of the front wall (1d) in particular from bottom to top, the

- Have in their course a constant residual width (7), and / or

in the upper and lower regions have a greater residual width (7) than in the central region, and in particular the lateral front remnants (6a, b) are present only in the upper and lower regions of the container (1),

(Variant 1) 7. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that the obliquely rising Abstell-bottom surface (3 ') in the depth direction (10) from the front over the entire extension of the container (1).

8. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

- the front edge of the Abstell-bottom (3) with either the front edge of the container bottom (1 e) or the upper edge of the transversely (11) extending lower front remainder (6 c) is connected, in particular integrally connected, and these, in particular, the weakening line (61) arranged therebetween is folded backwards.

9. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

- The Abstell-bottom (3) with its rear, free-ending end portion (51d) relative to the rear wall (1c) and / or the side walls (1a, b) is locked

and or

- Side portions (3a, b) of the Abstell-bottom (3) with respect to the central region (3c) in the, in particular right, angle are folded downwards and support the central region (3c) relative to the container bottom (1e).

(Variant 2)

10. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the obliquely rising Abstell-bottom surface (3.1 ') in the depth direction (10) only over the front region of the container (1) and in particular at its trailing edge parallel to the underside (10c) of the container (1) extending Abstell-bottom surface (3.2 ') connects:

11. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that

the storage floor surface (3.2 ') extending parallel to the underside (10c) of the container (1) is formed by the upper side of a, in particular cuboid, insert body (9) which is located on the container

Bottom wall (1e) rests,

- The obliquely rising Abstell-bottom surface (3.1 ') in particular by the top of a Abstell-bottom (3) is formed, which is pivotable about the lower edge (2') of the recess (2) around the front wall (1d) and

- The trailing edge of the Abstell-bottom (3) at the front area, in particular the front wall, the insert body (9) fixed, in particular locked, is.

12. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

- In the depth direction (10) in the central region, preferably at the transition between the inclined rising Abstell-bottom surface (3.1 ') and the parallel to the bottom (1') of the container (1) extending Abstell- bottom surface (3.2 ') of the side walls ( 1a, b) inwardly projecting

Central stops (8) are present,

- Which in particular as swivel plates (63) with upright, in particular vertically, extending weakening line (61) are formed. (Generally)

13. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the container (1) consists of cardboard material and in particular from a one-piece cardboard -Zu section (50) is made by kinking and gluing and / or latching.

14. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that

- A removable, in particular detachably on the container (1) attached, cover (40) is present, which closes in the closed state at least the open top (1d) and the front recess (2),

- Especially in that it is designed box-shaped and is turned up from the top with its open side down on the container in the closed state.

(State change)

15. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the container (1) has at least one wall part which is displaced by displacement

- From a transport state in which the storage surface bottom surface (3 ') parallel to the bottom (10c) of the container (1)

- In a presentation state transferable, in particular pivotable, is, in which the storage surface bottom surface (3 ') obliquely to the lower side (10c) of the container (1) from the front to the rear rising, and

- In particular, the inclined storage surface-bottom surface (3 ') by a pivotable support tab (62) is supported.

16. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

the displaceable wall part is a storage floor (3) or is a part, in particular the entire container bottom wall (1e). (Blanks)

17. A container according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the container (1) is made of a flat blank (50) of a plate-shaped, bendable material, in particular a cardboard material, the individual sections by pivoting about therebetween arranged weakening lines (61) relative to each other and in particular from the plane of the blank (50) can be positioned and fixed against each other so that the container (1) is formed,

characterized in that

the blank (50) comprises a front wall section (54) which comprises a recess section (51) with the shape of the storage shelf (3), which at the transition to the rest of the front wall section (54) has a transverse direction (54). 11) extending weakening line (61) which ends at a distance in front of the side edges of the front wall section (54), and at whose ends in each case a perforation line (60) connects, from there in the direction of the free end of the front wall section (54). 54) runs in each case in one of its side edges opens. (Blank variant 1)

18. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

- The blank (50) comprises a, in particular rectangular, bottom portion (55), at its side edges in each case in one piece, each having a weakening line (61) at the transition, at two opposite side edges each have a side portion (52 a, b ) and at the remaining side edges at one of them a front wall section (54) and at the opposite side a rear wall section (53),

- Wherein some of these sections, preferably on the side portions (52 a, b) respectively on both sides, each in one piece and in turn with one line of weakness (61) in between, connect one or more adhesive portions (57).

(Blank variant 2)

19. Container according to one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that

- The blank (50) in series one behind the other in each case via a respective weakening line (61) interconnected therebetween a side portion (52 a), a front wall portion (54), a side portion (52 b), a rear wall portion (53),

- Which in each case with respect to the direction of this row on the same side in one piece, with a line of weakness (61) in between, subsequent plug-in extensions (59), in the manufacture of the considered in the supervision of the circumference of the container (1) from the above A series of sections which allow the plug-in extensions (59) to be joined together by nesting into a container bottom wall (1e),

- Integrally connected at one end of the row and in turn with a weakening line (61) therebetween, an adhesive portion (57).

20. A method for producing a presentation container (1) from a plate-shaped, bendable material such as cardboard material, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, by

a) a box-shaped, in particular open at the top, container (1 ') from a flat cardboard blank (50) by kinking and fixing against each other, in particular bonding, is produced from the sections (51-57),

characterized in that

b) a recess in the front wall (1d), up to its upper edge but not all the way to its side edges Section (51) is folded around its lower edge to the rear in an inclined position,

c) the recess portion (51) in the desired inclination, in particular with its rear free end region, relative to the rear wall (1c) and / or with respect to the side walls (1a, b) and / or one in the container (1) inserted Insert part (9) fixed, in particular locked, is.

21. The method according to claim 20,

characterized in that

d) before or after step c) in the depth direction (10) of the container (1) extending side regions (51a, b) of the recess portion (51) relative to the central region (51c) in the, in particular right, angle are folded down and in particular on the container bottom wall (1 e).

(Version 1)

22. The method according to claim 20 or 21 for producing a container according to claim 18,

characterized in that

in step a) the side sections (52a, b), the front wall section (54) and the rear wall section (53) are opposite to the bottom wall section (55), to which they are all integrally connected, in the same direction Pivoted 90 ° and by means of, in particular on the side portions (52a, b) existing, adhesive portions (57) are glued against each other

(Variant 2) 23. The method according to claim 20 or 21 for producing a container according to claim 19,

characterized in that in step a)

- The successively arranged in series sections (52 a, 53,52 b, 54) each by 90 ° in the same direction against each other about the interposed line of weakness (61) entangled and means of the arranged at one end of the row adhesive portion

(57) to the rectangular in plan view of the circumference of the container (1) are formed, and

- In this case, the respectively arranged at these sections, correspondingly shaped and dimensioned, plug-in extensions (59) are inserted into each other so that they are an approximately closed container

Form bottom wall (1e).