DE29707604U1 - Product carrier made of foldable material - Google Patents

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Doll, Ludger

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Product carriers made of foldable material, e.g. corrugated cardboard

Product carriers of the usual design have a base that is attached to a transport pallet and on which boxes filled with goods are stacked in order to bring them within reach of the buyer during sale. The base usually has an inserted or glued-in stiffener inside that fills the interior of the base and, above all, takes the weight of the boxes of goods during the dynamic load during transport. These product carriers have the disadvantage that a lot of volume is required during transport due to the hollow space in the base and that the center of gravity of the entire structure is very high due to the goods.

Other known designs avoid this disadvantage by gluing the base flat between the goods boxes stacked on the transport pallet and the transport pallet for transport. When the goods boxes are lifted, the transport pallet remains on the floor and the base stands upright thanks to its folding mechanism so that the boxes can then be placed on the base. This known design has the disadvantage that if there are several goods boxes, all the goods have to be lifted at once to build the base.

The invention specified in claim 1 is based on the problem of creating a goods carrier which, when in transport, has the goods and thus the load center of gravity at the bottom of a transport pallet. After transport, the goods should be moved to a higher position (buyer's handle height) by simple handling and little effort.

This problem is solved with the features listed in claim 1.

The invention ensures that the goods are in the transport state inside the base (1), ideally in several goods boxes (2) stacked on top of each other. This reduces the transport volume and achieves a low load center. When setting up the goods carrier at the point of sale and after emptying and then removing the top box, a new, full box with goods can be pulled up in the base. This is possible in a way that saves energy because not all the goods boxes are pulled up at once, but

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only one box is brought into the sales position at a time. When a certain position is reached, the shoulders (4) on the inside wall of the base and the undersides of the surfaces (5) on the outside wall of the box snap into place due to the tension of the material and prevent the box from being moved downwards again by gravity.

A further advantage arises when handling a clip-on advertising sign (3), which is folded horizontally onto the topmost goods box (2) during transport and only needs to be placed in a vertical position when set up at the point of sale. In goods carriers of the usual design, the advertising sign is inserted into the topmost goods box and, when the box is sold out and cleared away, must be moved to the next box below. The invention ensures that the advertising sign is anchored in the base part (1) and therefore does not need to be moved when changing the boxes (2).

An advantageous embodiment of the invention is specified in claim 2.

The further development according to claim 2 enables the boxes (2) to be gripped for the purpose of pulling them up in the base space when certain goods are being filled into the boxes (2). Handles (8) are attached to two opposite sides (7) of the boxes (2), which can be folded inwards at a right angle to make stacking the boxes easier and which can be pushed into the side parts (7) of the boxes after use. This makes the handles invisible and does not cause any interference when they are on sale.

An embodiment of the invention is explained with reference to figures 1 to 4. They show:

Fig.! Base (1) on a transport pallet (&oacgr;) and with the top, visible box (2). The product carrier is in the sales position, i.e. the advertising sign (3) is in a vertical position. The handles (8) on the top visible box (2) are pushed into the side walls (7).

Fig.2 the goods carrier with the box removed so that the view of the step (4) on the inside wall of the base is clear.

Fig.3 removed box (2) with the two surfaces (5) folded outwards and the handles (8) that can be retracted into the side walls (7).

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Fig.4 Side view in section through the middle of the goods carrier, where two boxes (2) filled with goods (9) can be seen within the base walls (1). The lower box (2b) is in the transport position directly on the transport pallet (6). The upper box (2a) is in the sales position, where the upper edge of the goods (9) is flush with the upper edge of the base (1).

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Doll, Ludger Page Protection claims ]. Goods carrier made of foldable material, e.g. corrugated cardboard, which consists of a base (1) and one or more boxes (2) for holding goods characterized, - that on at least two opposing inner walls of the base part a step is formed by the upper edge of a glued-in plate material (4), on which the or one of the boxes (2) with its designed parts comes to rest, - and that on at least two opposite outer sides of the boxes (2) surfaces (5) are folded outwards, the lower edges of which come to rest on the shoulder (4) on the inside of the base part (1), - and that the box or boxes (2) can be pushed into the base (1) from above and are freely movable in the vertical direction within the base (1) if the outwardly folded surfaces (5) on the box outer walls fit closely against these walls. 2. Product carrier according to protection claim 1 characterized, that handles (8) are attached to the upper edge of two opposite walls (7) of the boxes (2), which after the box has been pulled up and locked into place, can be pushed into the side wall (7) so that they are no longer visible.