HK1224641B - Advent calendar - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an advent calendar (1) comprising: a central axis (10), from which at least three side parts (2) extend substantially radially outwards, wherein i) the side parts are joined together, preferably in the region of the central axis, ii) at least one side part is removable or can be swung or folded over onto an adjacent side part and can preferably be attached to the adjacent side part, iii) there are distributed over the side parts at least 24 pre-punched recess fields (3), which can be removed from the side parts and, after removal, each provide recesses (4) in the side parts, each of which has a first suspension device (5), for example a hook (6, 7) for hanging an article in the recess and/or wherein there are distributed on fields of the side parts at least 24 pre-punched second suspension devices, which can preferably be folded or bent out of the fields.

Description

Advance festival calendar

Technical Field

The invention relates to an Advance calendar.

Background

An Advent calendar (additive calendar) is a seasonal product that runs from 12 months 1 to 12 months 24 days and typically contains twenty-four small packages of gifts, one from which can be taken each day and the package opened in order to count down the number of days to a safe night.

Ready-to-use calendar dates filled with various items, such as chocolate, are commercially available. However, homemade clinical calendars are generally more unique and may express a deeper sentiment if this type of clinical calendar is given to someone as a gift.

Not only does the content of a uniquely designed clinical calendar express deeper sentiment, but also the construction and filling of clinical calendars helps create a christmas atmosphere at an early stage. This is comparable to building a perfect christmas tree shortly before day 24 of 12 months, thereby enabling users to emotionally participate to a very similar degree. Thus, the user can not only set the Advent calendar by himself, but can also fill up with a very wide range of products/items (e.g., special items) at 12 months 6 (san Niglas festival) and 12 months 24 (peace night).

A common disadvantage of homemade calendar entries is that they cannot be used with great variability, for example, they can only be used as vertical calendar entries or can only be hung on a wall or from a ceiling. Attaching small gifts to an approaching festival calendar tends to be problematic if different hanging and mounting mechanisms for the calendar need to be considered.

Disclosure of Invention

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an Advance calendar that overcomes the drawbacks of the state of the art, in particular being able to install different gifts to the Advance calendar with more flexible variability and to easily attach different gifts to the Advance calendar. Furthermore, the clinical calendar of the invention should be easy to assemble and disassemble, while being suitable for storage as compact as possible for the rest of the year, and it should be easy to transport for the end user. Furthermore, it is particularly preferred that the Advent calendar of the present invention can be handled in a manner without difficulty.

This problem is solved by an upcoming holiday calendar comprising:

a central axis from which at least three side members extend generally radially outward, wherein:

i) the side parts are preferably joined together in the region of the central axis;

ii) at least one side member is removable or swingable or foldable onto an adjacent side member and is preferably attachable to the adjacent side member;

iii) at least twenty-four pre-blanked recess areas (recessfield) are distributed on the side part, which recess areas are removable from the side part and, after removal, each recess area provides a recess in the side part, each recess having first suspension means for suspending an item in the recess, and/or wherein at least twenty-four pre-blanked second suspension means are distributed on the area of the side part, which second suspension means are preferably foldable or bendable out of these areas.

Most preferably, pre-punched recess areas and/or pre-punched second suspension means are distributed over all side parts of the calendar of the rising date, wherein said recess areas are areas of pre-perforated eye lines (pre-perforated) which can be removed or pressed out of the side parts.

The clinical calendar is preferably made of cardboard. If the Advance calendar of the present invention is made of cardboard only, additional components made of other materials for securing the gifts to the Advance calendar are not required. Calendars made of a single material are easy to handle.

It is also preferred that the angle between adjacent side members extending radially outwardly should be substantially the same. Thus, if a total of three side parts are used, they each form an angle of about 120 ° with respect to one another. On the other hand, if a total of four side members are used, they should form an angle of about 90 ° between adjacent side members.

It is particularly preferred that the side parts should be insertable into each other in a releasable manner, preferably in the region of the central axis, preferably with a tongue and groove system, a hook system, a hinge mechanism or some other insertion system.

It is most preferred that the clinical calendar should have four side members.

It is preferably contemplated that the first suspension means should be formed like a hook in a recess.

Preferably, the approaching calendar should comprise fixing means for attaching the approaching calendar to a wall or ceiling, preferably in the upper region of at least one of the side parts, preferably in the form of eyelets.

The recesses are preferably numbered on the side members with a number from 1 to 24.

Finally, it is preferred that at least one side part can be folded onto an adjacent side part via a hinge mechanism. Other mechanisms for folding one side member onto an adjacent side member are known to those skilled in the art. For example, it is conceivable to apply an eyelet line to the side part, via which the side part can be removed, but which can again be coupled via a hooking system or the like in order to maintain flexibility.

It has been surprisingly found that the clinical calendar of the present invention has great variability so that it can be used, for example, as a three-dimensional vertical clinical calendar or can be attached to a wall or ceiling.

The clinical calendar of the present invention can be assembled and filled with gifts in a simple manner, with great variability in the manner of setting and filling with gifts.

In addition, since the clinical calendar of the present invention is preferably constructed of a material such as cardboard, it is simple to handle because once the gift is removed, there is no mixture of materials left which would make it difficult to separate and dispose of the individual materials.

The size and shape of the recesses in the side members of the clinical calendar of the present invention may be defined as desired. The size and shape of the recess can also be changed accordingly in advance, especially if a gift hanging on the calendar of the holiday is to be sold together with the holiday.

Drawings

Further advantages and features of the Advance calendar of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of one embodiment of an approaching calendar of the present invention having four side members, a recessed area and a first suspension arrangement;

figure 2 shows a schematic view of a recess with a first suspension arrangement;

figure 3 shows a schematic view of a recess with a further alternative first suspension arrangement;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a pocket area with a second suspension arrangement;

FIG. 5 shows a cross-section taken through an approaching section calendar of the present invention having four side members; and

FIG. 6 shows an approaching segment calendar with one side member folded in cross-section according to FIG. 5;

figure 7 shows another schematic view of one embodiment of an approaching festival calendar of the present invention in the form of a snowman with side members, a recessed area and a first suspension device.

Detailed Description

Figure 1 shows an approaching calendar 1 of the invention in the form of a christmas tree. The approaching calendar 1 comprises four side members 2, three of which are visible in fig. 1, while the fourth side member 2 is largely hidden. The side members 2 extend radially outwardly from the central axis. The side parts 2 may be joined together by means known to the person skilled in the art. The individual side parts 2 can be joined together, for example, by means of a tongue and groove system, but it is also conceivable, for example, to glue the side parts together, in particular if the individual parts are not intended to be separable from one another after assembly.

Each side member 2 has six pre-punched recessed areas 3, which recessed areas 3 can be easily pressed out or otherwise removed from the side members 2 by a user when assembling the adjacent segment calendar 1. After the pre-blanked recess area 3 has been removed from the side member 2, a first suspension arrangement 5 (see fig. 2 and 3) remains formed in the recess 4 for receiving an article (gift, not shown) in the recess 4.

The recess 4 shown in figure 1 is substantially square. However, it is obvious that any other shape of recess 4 suitable for hanging items/gifts may be provided, as long as the first suspension means is arranged within the recess 4.

Fig. 2 shows the first suspension device 5 in an enlarged view. In fig. 2, in the upper region of the recess 4, a first suspension device 5 is shown in the form of a hook, the lower part 6 of which can be folded substantially upwards at the dashed line to provide a hook.

In another embodiment of this first suspension arrangement it is conceivable that the lip 9 protrudes into the upper region of the recess 4. A hook 7, which can be bent or folded out, can be provided on this lip so that a package, such as a pet food package, can be hung on it. Such an embodiment is shown in fig. 3.

In this way, when the pre-blanked recess areas 3 are taken out, the article/gift can be hung in the respective recess using the first suspension means. In the case of the present invention's adjacent section calendar 1, particularly if the adjacent section calendar is used as a standing adjacent section calendar, the pre-punched recessed area 3 may be removed.

However, when the calendar 1 is used, it may not be necessary to remove the pre-punched recess area 3. Removal of the pre-punched recess area 3 may be omitted, for example if the approaching calendar is to be placed against a wall. In this case, it is not advantageous to hang the article/gift in the recess. Alternatively, if the approaching calendar 1 is placed against a wall, it is preferable to hang the item/gift on the second suspension means 8, the second suspension means 8 being pre-punched on the side member 2. This is illustrated in fig. 4, where the side face 2 is schematically shown with pre-blanked second suspension means 8. When setting the day, the second suspension device 8 may simply be bent or folded out from the side member area by the user, similarly to provide a hook or the like on which an item/gift may be hung. When these second hanging means 8 are used, the approaching section calendar 1 can be used as a wall-type approaching section calendar without any problem. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the second suspension means 8 are arranged on the pre-blanked recess area 3. If these second suspension means 8 are not needed, these second suspension means 8 can easily be removed by removing the pre-blanked recess area 3. In alternative embodiments, it is of course likewise conceivable to arrange the second suspension device 8 on a non-removable region of the side part 2.

The user can easily choose between using as a standing and wall-type calendar, as the user can swing or fold at least one side member 2 of the calendar onto an adjacent side member 2, as shown in cross-section in fig. 5 and 6.

The clinical segment calendar 1 shown in fig. 5 has four side parts 2 which are joined together in the area of a central axis 10. The side members 2 are able to fold/swing and are shown by broken lines in fig. 5.

If the approaching calendar 1 is used as a wall calendar, the hatched side members 2 may simply be folded/swung onto the adjacent side members 2 so as to enable the approaching calendar to be fixed to a wall. The person skilled in the art knows various possibilities for configuring the side part such that it can be folded/swung, for example by means of a hinge. If only one side member 2 is folded when it is used as a hanging, it is self-evident that the side member 2 of the four side members initially used protrudes approximately perpendicularly from the wall into the room. For side members projecting substantially perpendicularly from the wall into the room, preferably twelve suspension devices 8 are required to evenly distribute the gift. When two (preferably opposite) side members 2 are folded onto adjacent side members 2 in the calendar 1 of the present invention, an approaching section calendar in the form of a substantially two-dimensional plane is obtained.

Finally, fig. 7 shows another embodiment 1 'of the present invention in the form of a snowman's clinical segment calendar with side members 2', recessed areas 3' and suspension means 5', which highlights the flexibility of possible blanks and shapes of the present invention's clinical segment calendar. Other blanks and shapes are readily available, such as an approaching calendar in the shape of a star, ski, angel, Santa Claus, etc.

The features of the invention disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the drawings may be essential to the implementation of the invention both individually and in any combination.

Claims (8)

1. An Advance calendar, comprising:

at least three side members extending generally radially outward from a central axis, wherein,

i) the side members being joined together adjacent the central axis;

ii) at least one side part is removable or foldable relative to at least one other side part;

iii) the side member defines at least twenty-four pre-blanked recess regions;

iv) each pre-blanked recess area is an area of one side member defined by a perforation of that side member;

v) the side members defining a plurality of first suspension means, each first suspension means being adjacent an upper portion of one of the recessed regions, the first suspension means being for suspending an article in the aperture formed when the respective one of the recessed regions is removed; and

vi) a second suspension means arranged on the at least one pre-blanked recess region.

2. An Advance calendar according to claim 1, made of cardboard.

3. An approaching segment calendar according to claim 1, wherein the angles between adjacent radially outwardly extending side members are substantially the same.

4. An Advent calendar according to claim 1, wherein at least one side member is releasably insertable into at least one other side member adjacent the central axis.

5. An Advance calendar according to claim 1, having four side members.

6. An Advance calendar according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first hanging means comprises a hook.

7. An Advance calendar according to claim 1, comprising fixing means for attaching the Advance calendar to a wall or ceiling in the upper region of at least one side member.

8. An Advent calendar according to claim 1, comprising a hinge mechanism joining at least one side member to at least one other side member.