TW201442926A - Package for article display and retention - Google Patents

Abstract

A package includes three or more articles, a carton having a display feature and a plastics wrapper. The plastics wrapper is disposed about and retains together two or more articles of the three or more articles. At least one article in the package is not retained by the plastics wrapper and that article is positioned to be viewed through the display feature of the carton.

Description

Package display and holding

This case claims the priority of the British Patent Application No. 1208045.3 filed on May 9, 2012. The content of the case is cited as a part of this article.

The present invention relates to a package designed to display an item and securely hold the items in a group, particularly but not limited to a composite package comprising one or more display members for a piece At least a portion of the article or article may be conveyed through the display member to an outer package or carton, and a plastic film material is provided to wrap other articles to securely hold the grouped articles in the article. The encapsulated article is held within the outer package and/or in a particular orientation. In particular, the particular orientation can be optimized to ensure that the brand and advertising media are printed out on the item for promotional display.

In the packaging world, it is often necessary to provide consumers with a package consisting of multiple pieces of primary product containers. These multiple packages are suitable for shipping and distribution, as well as for the purpose of displaying promotional information. Based on cost and environmental considerations, these cartons or carriers must be constructed with as little material as possible and waste must be minimized. Another consideration is the strength of the package and the suitability of loading and transporting heavy items. In addition, it is also desirable to package the set of items so that they are held and protected, and for the purpose of promotion and marketing, the items are conspicuous in the package, in order to attract consumers at the store.

The present invention seeks to provide some improvement in the packaging world. The first aspect of the present invention is for protection, and a package is provided for this purpose comprising: three or more articles placed in a carton having a display member, and at least one plastic film material, wherein the plastic film The material system encloses at least two of the three or more items and holds them together, and wherein at least one of the three or more items is not held by the at least one film material, and Not being at least The at least one item held by a film of material is configured such that at least a portion is displayed in the display member of the carton.

In this way, the carton can be reduced in size compared to the case where it is not taken, so that the amount of paperboard required for the carton is reduced. Due to the provision of plastic coating materials, the articles can be firmly held in the package. Thus, high quality printing sites can still be provided by higher cost paperboards in order to make the packaging attractive to the consumer, whereas the reduced cost of the cheap plastic coating material, in addition to providing a benefit to the retention of the article In addition to the good method of the two ends of the carton which are substantially open at both ends, a method of orienting the articles to be fixed if necessary is also provided.

In addition, articles that are not held in the plastic film can be displayed in the display member of the package. Furthermore, the relative orientation of each item can be fixed if desired. The plurality of articles in the package are fixed by the plastic coating material, and any articles displayed in the display component are based on the main cause of friction between the articles and the plastic coating material, so The display unit is fixed.

Alternatively, the at least one plastic film material may be composed of a shrink film or the like (for example, a stretch film) and/or the carton may be composed of paperboard and may have a wound structure.

Optionally, the display member is an aperture that is pressed from one or more sheets of the carton.

Preferably, the display member is a display window including an aperture pressed from at least one of the sheets of the carton, and the edge of the aperture is one or more tongues hinged to the at least one panel.

Additionally or alternatively, the carton may belong to a wound structure having: a composite first wall panel composed of two half-locking panels; two opposite side wall panels; and a sheet and the first a second wall opposite the wall, wherein an endmost item of the three or more items is placed in the at least one coating material, and a diameter of the bottom of each outermost item is from about 10% to about 20 % protrudes from the edge of the panel of at least one of the first and second panels.

Preferably, the at least three or more items comprise two items in a row, three in each column, a total of six items, and the outermost items of each column are placed in the at least one plastic coating material and They are connected together, whereas the intermediate items of the columns are not placed in the at least one plastic film. Preferably, the carton includes two display windows, and the intermediate items of each column are displayed in one of the two display windows. More preferably, but nevertheless optionally, the at least one plastic film material is selected to have an endless loop substantially in a figure-eight configuration.

The various aspects, embodiments, examples, features, and alternatives set forth in the foregoing description, the scope of the application, and/or the following detailed description and drawings are intended to be employed individually or in combination. For example, the features illustrated in connection with a certain embodiment, unless incompatible, may be applied to all other embodiments.

10, 110‧‧ ‧ embryos

12A, 112A‧‧‧ first bottom plate

12B, 112B‧‧‧ second bottom plate

14, 114‧‧‧ first side plate

16, 116‧‧‧ top sheet

18, 118‧‧‧ second side plate

20a, 20b, 120a, 120b‧‧‧ display window tabs

22, 24, 30, 36, 136, 130‧‧‧ weakened connecting lines or cutting lines

26, 28, 126, 128‧‧‧ weakened lines or fold lines

32, 34, 132‧ ‧ holes

38, 138, 40, 140, 42, 142, 44, 144‧‧ ‧ folding line

46, 146‧‧‧ Locking holes

48, 148‧‧‧ Locking tongue

50,150‧‧‧encapsulated material

90, 190‧‧‧ Packaging

A‧‧‧ items

D, D’‧‧‧ display window

F, F’‧‧‧ finger gripping tongue

H‧‧‧through hole

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cardboard blank, which is used to form the outer casing for the packaging of the first embodiment of the present invention; BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A perspective view of a package according to a first embodiment of the present invention, showing a carton having a 2 x 3 article arrangement of the segments shown in Fig. 1 and a plastic envelope enclosing the outside of the four articles in the configuration Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of the package shown in Figure 2, showing the position of each item in the group of articles and the plastic coating material surrounding the group of articles; Figure 4 is a a plan view of a cardboard blank used to form the outer casing for the package of the second embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the package of the second embodiment of the present invention, showing the green sheet shown in FIG. The carton arranged in a 2 x 3 article configuration and a plastic wrap encased on the outside of the four articles in the configuration.

Some specific embodiments of the package, blank and carton of the present invention will now be described in detail. It is understood that the embodiments are merely illustrative of some of the ways in which certain aspects of the invention can be implemented, and thus do not represent a complete list of all ways in which the invention can be embodied. As used herein, "example" refers to various embodiments as examples, samples, models or styles. In fact, the packaging, blanks and cartons described herein can be implemented in a variety of different and alternative forms. In addition, the various drawings may not be proportionate and some features may be exaggerated or reduced. In order to show the details of some specific components. Various well-known components, materials or methods are not necessarily described in detail to avoid obscuring the invention. The specific details of the structure and function described herein are not to be considered as limiting, but are merely the basis of the patent claims and the representative basis for the application of the invention in various aspects.

In the various embodiments described in detail herein, the "carton" and "carrying device" are used to engage, carry and display, based on the description of the various features of the present invention. A container for items such as glass bottles. However, the teachings of the present invention are also contemplated as being applicable to a variety of containers that may or may not be tapered and/or cylindrical in shape. Other items include bottles made of other materials (such as metal or plastic bottles), cans (for example, aluminum cans), tin cans, pouches, and packets.

Referring now to Figures 1 through 4, the panels 10, 110 of the carton used to form the packages 90, 190 of Figures 2 and 5 are shown. The embryo sheets 10, 110 are formed from a suitable substrate. It is to be understood that the term "applicable substrate" as used herein includes a wide variety of foldable sheets such as paperboard, corrugated board, cardboard, plastic, and combinations thereof. It should also be appreciated that the number of lamellas used to create the structure of the carrier device can be, for example, one or several lamellae, as described in more detail below. Preferably, the substrate is printable so that the package can have a relatively large area for receiving high quality printing of various brands, logos, and/or other graphic media.

In the embodiment of Figures 1-4, the blanks 10, 110 are each designed to form a carton or carrier for packaging an item of a certain configuration. For example, the configuration is a matrix comprising a number of rows and columns, such as a 2 x 3 configuration bottle. Alternatively, the blanks 10, 110 can also be designed as a carrying device for packaging other items and/or different item configurations.

An advantage of the present invention is that it is a carton formed from selected paperboard, and a combination of a wrapper formed of a plastic material such as a shrink film, a stretch film, an elastic or an inelastic tape. . The wrapping materials 50, 150 as shown in Figures 2 and 5 are used to wrap the outer periphery of certain items in an article group to assist in holding the articles in the packages 90, 190, and Others are arranged to align with the display window of the carton without hindering their display. Optionally, the plastic coating material is sized to tightly wrap a portion of the cylindrical body of the beverage bottle such that the diameter within the region of the coating material is substantially uniform such that the height of the coating material used is can Uniform, and / or can avoid significant wrinkles. Preferably, the coating material 50, 150 extends from a position relatively close to the bottom of the bottle A to a half of the height of the bottle A, and ends at a considerable distance before the slanted shoulder of the bottle A (please See Figure 2). Preferably, the coating material does not extend below the article A, but in other embodiments it is contemplated that it can be implemented as such.

The cartons each having the green sheets 10 and 110 have substantially the same structure. Therefore, the green sheets 10 and 110, the coating materials 50 and 150, and the packages 90 and 190 will now be described together. Where possible, like reference numerals are used to designate similar components of packages 90, 190 and webs 10, 110, with the addition of a "100" number in the head to distinguish the components of the two embodiments.

In reading the foregoing, it will be appreciated that this advantageous combination of plastic wraps 50, 150 and cartons formed from selected paperboards can also be applied to packages made of other suitable carton patterns and structures (eg, Top holding carton). By way of example only, an embodiment of the invention employs a wrap-around carton having a composite mechanically-locked bottom plate so as to be able to tightly wrap an article set and retain it within the carton. Typically, such cartons do not include meaningful or any end wall panels. This saves on material costs and thus provides a more economical carton structure. In addition, when the wrapped carton structure holds the group of articles and holds the articles firmly together, some of the end items are still highly visible, and in order to achieve an attractive promotional display, It is also possible to have a high degree of visibility of any item placed within the display component (eg, a display window or display aperture). However, it is a disadvantage that in such and other carton structures, the relative orientation of the articles and/or the labels or other graphic media presented thereon may move or rotate during and after the packaging so that When the storefront of the retail channel is displayed, the package does not necessarily present the item to the consumer properly. Fortunately, when the plastic coating material is used in combination with the paper box, since the plastic coating material is in direct contact with at least some of the articles, friction occurs between the plastic coating material and the articles, so that the plastic coating material can be fixed. Orientation of items (and/or labels thereon). In this regard, the articles, such as the endmost article (and/or its label), encased in the plastic wrap 50, 150, may be suitably oriented, for example, facing outward. Furthermore, items placed within the display window can also be concentrated within the range of the display window and held in place by the display window such that the pieces or items of the packages 90, 190 can be viewed from the appropriate side. The location was seen.

In addition, the use of the coatings 50, 150 allows the carton structure to be constructed with less material if necessary. The reason is that the coating material 50, 150 helps hold the endmost material The product makes the carton structure the only tool that is not used to hold items together. In this regard, the bottom and/or top of the carton can be sized to reduce the length, but still retain the coated article set and any other items sufficiently.

Referring now to Figures 1 through 4, the blanks 10, 100 are available for forming a wrap-around carton. Each of the blanks 10, 110 includes a first bottom sheet 12A, 112A, first side sheets 14, 114, top sheets 16, 116, second side sheets 18, 118, and second bottom sheets 12B, 112B. The sheets are hinged from one piece to the next in a series of fold lines 38, 138, 40, 140, 42, 142, and 44, 144. The first and second backsheets 12A, 112A, 12B, 112B each include a complementary half of an optional two-part locking mechanism. For example, the first bottom plate 12A, 112A is provided with locking holes 46, 146, and the second bottom plate 12B, 112B is provided with locking tongues 48, 148. The operation of such locking mechanisms is well known and will not be described here. It will be appreciated that in other contemplated embodiments, other suitable tools may be utilized to secure the backing sheets 12A, 112A, 12B, 112B of the green sheets 10, 110 together. For example, a binder can be used. In still other embodiments of the package of the present invention constructed in other different carton designs and/or configurations, the assembled carton can be secured by a securing tool that is independent of the composite backing. In this regard, the structure shown here is for example and selection only.

Each of the blanks 10, 100 may alternatively include a display window D, D' formed on each of the first and second side panels 14, 114, 16, 116. In other embodiments, display members such as display windows D, D' may be formed only on one panel of the carton or on one or more sheets of the carton. In still other contemplated embodiments, one or more of the same or different display members may be disposed on at least one of the sheets or panels of the carton, through which at least a portion of at least one article may be At least a portion of the carton/package 90, 190 is visible.

Alternatively, a display window D, D' is provided to hold the item displayed thereon. One way to accomplish this is to provide one or more, for example, a pair of display window tabs 20a, 20b, 120a, 120b placed longitudinally so as to be hinged along their own side edges to form the display windows D, D' The first and/or second side panels 14, 114, 18, 118. Alternatively, one or more lines of weakness or fold lines 26, 28, 126, 128 may alternatively be utilized to accomplish this. The pair of display window tabs 20a, 20b, 120a, 120b can utilize a weakened connection line or cutting line 22, 24, 30, 36, 136, 130 and/or one or more apertures 32, 34, 132 are spaced apart from each other and/or separated from the first and/or second side panels 14, 114, 18, 118.

The top panel 16, 116 may optionally be provided with a finger grip tab F, F' or other suitable handle configuration for carrying the package 90, 190.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the top panel 116 and the adjacent first and second side panels 114, 118 are provided with article through holes H along adjacent fold lines 140, 142. At that time, the carton can be described as a "neck-through" type, and it should be recognized that if the safety is enhanced by the piercing hole H, the tightness of the "wrap-around" carton (tightness) ) is not so important.

The method of forming the package is to first place a group of articles A in an intended relative orientation, and then select the wrapping materials 50, 150 to enclose the group of articles that may be added by the supplementary items, thereby forming a whole group. Items to be packaged, or choose to only include those selected in the item group. In this manner, a set of coated articles and a carton containing the group of articles are formed, and then the articles of the set of films are bonded together, and finally their relative orientation is fixed. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, any item to be placed in the range of the display window D may be selected not to be enclosed by the plastic film 50, 150. However, when doing so, it may hinder the holding function of the display window tabs 20a, 20b, 120a, 120b. In this regard, the coating materials 50, 150 are formed in an "8" shape. As shown in FIG. 3, this figure is a cross-sectional view of the package 90 of FIG. 2, wherein it can be seen that the coating material 50 is disposed on the outer side of the article at the upper left of the article group; the inner side of the article in the middle of the upper row The outside of the item at the right end of the list; the outside of the item at the right end; the inside of the following middle item; and the outside of the item at the left end. The two ends of the plastic coating are joined to form an endless loop. The plastic wrap 50, 150 may optionally adopt a shrink wrap structure such that the wrap 50, 150 will wrap around when the package 90, 190 or the wrapped article group is heated. The selected group of articles shrinks and the articles are held tightly together. The heat applied to cause contraction can be applied after the group of coated articles and other uncoated articles are combined into one set and placed in a carton composed of the green sheets 10, 110.

Alternatively, the coating material 50, 150 is of a transparent and substantially colorless type. In other embodiments, the coating material may be translucent or opaque and/or colored and/or printed.

If other embodiments are provided that do not have the retaining tabs 20a, 20b, 120a, 120b, the items to be displayed within the range of the display members D, D' can be included. The enveloped article group. Additionally, this embodiment joins a selected group of articles together in a selected configuration with a single envelope 50, 150. However, other embodiments contemplate the use of one or more coatings 50, 150 within a single package structure.

As described above, the purpose of holding the endmost article in the package with a coating material is that the size of the green sheets 10, 110 can be reduced as compared with the case where the plastic coating materials 50, 150 are not used. . The length of the backing sheets 12A/12B, 112A/112B; the top sheets 16, 116 and the side sheets 14, 18, 114, 118 can be shortened (wherein the length refers to the fold lines 40, 140, 42, 142, 38) , the axial extension of 138, 44, 144). The extent to which the endmost article protrudes from the backing sheets 12A/12B, 112A/112B can be greater than in the case where the coating materials 50, 150 are not used. For example, referring to Figures 2, 3 and 5, wherein about one-sixth the diameter of the article A protrudes or protrudes from the edge of the bottom plate 12A/12B, 112A/112B.

It should be understood that variations can be made without departing from the scope of the invention, for example, the dimensions and shape of the plates and apertures can be adjusted to accommodate articles of different sizes or shapes.

The terminology used in this article, such as "top", "bottom", "before", "after", "end", "side", "inside", "outside", "up" and "down", etc. It is not intended to limit the relevant sheets to this orientation, but only to distinguish the sheets.

The coating material used in the present invention may be constructed of paper or a paper-plastic laminate in the form of a film, sheet, or strip.

As used herein, "hinged portion" and "folding line" refer to a hinge member that defines a piece of the embryo, which facilitates bending of portions of the sheet relative to each other, or indicating the proper bending position of each sheet to which the sheet belongs. A wide variety of lines. Typically, the fold line is a score line, an embossed line, or a debossed line. Any reference to the hinge or fold line shall not be construed as necessarily limited by the fold line; in fact, the hinge may be formed by one or more of the following without departing from the scope of the invention: short slit (short slit) ), fragile lines, or folding lines.

As used herein, "cut line" refers to a wide variety of lines that cause portions of the substrate to be easily separated from each other or to indicate a suitable separation. The cut line can be a cracked or otherwise weakened line, a tear line, a cut line, or a crack.

It should also be understood that the hinge, the cutting line and the folding line may each comprise an element formed on the blank substrate, such as a perforation, a perforation line, a short suture, a half-cut line, a single half-cut, a cutting line. , interrupted cutting lines, cracks, nicks, and any combination thereof. These components may be sized and configured according to the intended function. For example, the perforation lines can be sized and designed to have a degree of weakness that can define fold lines and/or cut lines. In addition, the perforation line can be designed to be easily bent and resistant to breakage, to be easily bent and to be easily broken by using a little force, or to be easily broken with a little force.

14‧‧‧First side panel

16‧‧‧ top sheet

18‧‧‧Second side panel

20a, 20b‧‧‧ display window tongue

50‧‧‧encapsulated material

90‧‧‧Package

A‧‧‧ items

F‧‧‧ finger gripping tongue

Claims (14)

A package comprising: three or more articles placed in a carton having a display member, and at least one plastic film material, wherein the plastic film material encloses at least three of the three or more articles Selecting two items and holding them together, and wherein at least one of the three or more items is not held by the at least one coating material, and is not retained by the at least one coating material The at least one item is configured such that at least a portion is displayed in the display member of the carton. The package of claim 1, wherein the at least one plastic film material is composed of a shrink film. The package of claim 1 or 2, wherein the carton is constructed of paperboard, and wherein the carton has a wound structure. A package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the display member is an aperture that is pressed from one or more sheets of the carton. The package of any of the preceding claims, wherein the display component is a display window, the display window includes an aperture pressed from at least one of the sheets of the carton, and the edge of the aperture is a piece or The tabs hinged to the at least one of the sheets of the carton. The package of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the carton has a wound structure comprising: a composite first wall panel composed of two half-locking sheets; two opposite side wall panels; And a second panel opposite the first panel, wherein an endmost item of the three or more items is placed in the at least one coating material, and wherein the outermost end of each item is From about 10% to about 20% of the diameter extends from the edge of the panel of at least one of the first and second panels. The package of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least three items obtained or above comprise two items in a row, three in each column, for a total of six items, wherein the outermost items of each column are placed in the package. At least one plastic coating material is connected and connected by the same, and the intermediate items of the respective columns are not placed in the at least one plastic coating material. The package of claim 7, wherein the carton comprises two display windows, and wherein the intermediate items of each column are displayed in one of the two display windows. The package of any one of claims 6, 7 or 8, wherein the at least one plastic film material is an endless loop substantially in a figure-eight configuration. A package according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one plastic coating comprises more than one plastic coating. The package of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display member comprises two or more apertures pressed from one or more sheets of the carton. The package of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display member comprises two or more display windows, each of the display windows comprising a press from at least one of the sheets of the carton An orifice, and the edge of the orifice is a piece of tongue that is hinged to or onto the at least one sheet of the carton. A kit of parts for forming a package, comprising a blank for forming a carton for winding a set of articles, the blank comprising a display member, the set of the kit further comprising a piece To wrap only the plastic coating material selected by the item group. A package of articles substantially as described with reference to the drawings and as shown in the accompanying drawings.