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WO2026008142A1 - Boîte de mouchoirs en papier - Google Patents

Boîte de mouchoirs en papier

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WO2026008142A1
WO2026008142A1 PCT/EP2024/068763 EP2024068763W WO2026008142A1 WO 2026008142 A1 WO2026008142 A1 WO 2026008142A1 EP 2024068763 W EP2024068763 W EP 2024068763W WO 2026008142 A1 WO2026008142 A1 WO 2026008142A1
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Prior art keywords
tissue paper
flap
edge portion
opening
housing
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Jerene CHEE YIM PENG
Kevin BURKHALTER
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Essity Hygiene and Health AB
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/08—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing thin flat articles in succession
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2565/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/381—Details of packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/385—Details of packaging materials of special type or form especially suited for or with means facilitating recycling

Definitions

  • the present disclosure relates to a tissue paper box comprising a housing with a tissue holding space provided therein and with a tissue paper opening, through which tissue paper is displaceable from inside to outside of the tissue paper box or vice versa .
  • Packaging plays a prominent role in consumer products and is used for many purposes . It ensures the safe delivery of products ( transport packaging) , serves as containers , protects goods ( sales packaging) and is sometimes also used to improve the presentation of products ( secondary packaging) .
  • Packaging waste is a maj or factor in overall global waste . Throwaway culture may in fact be considered one of the driving factors of the pollution of the environment of our planet .
  • Tissue paper boxes are an important every day consumer good . They are used, for example , to hold consumer tissues , hankies , or facial tissues . In addition, tissue paper boxes are also used to hold products for professional hygiene .
  • tissue paper boxes are re-usable .
  • plastic outer coverings may be used and are thrown away upon first use even of a refillable tissue paper box.
  • there are hygiene problems associated with refillable tissue paper boxes as they do not close properly when being re-used after a large opening was opened and accessed in order to allow refiling the box.
  • tissue paper box comprising a housing with a tissue holding space provided therein .
  • the dispensing opening is an opening through which tissue papers are dispensed.
  • a consumer/user thus takes tissue papers out of the tissue paper box through the dispensing opening.
  • tissue papers There are, for examples, conventional technique of folding separate tissue papers into one another so that when a tissue paper is pulled out of the dispensing opening, the subsequent tissue paper is pulled into the dispensing opening so that the latter can be easily grabbed.
  • the content of a tissue paper box may be continuous tissue paper or a pile of separate sheets lying on top of on another, etc.
  • the tissue paper holding space may, e.g., hold separate tissue paper sheets (e.g., individually folded hankies, and, for example, 30, 60, or 120 sheets, or a different number of sheets) or a continuous tissue paper (e.g., a roll or a folded continuous sheet ) , etc .
  • the housing protects the tissue papers and thus provides a hygiene barrier towards the outside .
  • the housing may comprise cardboard . Alternatively, it may even consist of cardboard . This may promote environmentfriendliness (use of little or no plastic ) .
  • the housing may comprise a main body including a tissue paper opening through which tissue paper is displaceable from inside to outside of the tissue paper box or vice versa .
  • the housing may comprise a movable cover flap that is movable with respect to the main body and, in a closing position, covers the tissue paper opening and, in an opening position, exposes the tissue paper opening to provide access to the tissue holding space .
  • the movable cover flap may of fer good hygiene for tissue papers also after the tissue paper opening has been opened once or several times ( after having been closed again) , as the moveable cover flap may be moved back into the closing position, so that the tissue papers are protected from the outside environment .
  • the movable cover flap may, for example , be movable by being hingeable or foldable back and forth between the closing position and the opening position .
  • the moveable cover flap may comprise a flap edge portion that forms a circumferential edge of the moveable cover flap when the moveable cover flap is in the opening position .
  • the main body may comprise a housing edge portion that forms a circumferential edge of the main body that circumscribes a part of the tissue paper opening when the movable cover flap is in the opening position .
  • the circumscription of the tissue paper opening may be described as a partial circumscription in the sense of the housing edge portion not fully surrounding the tissue paper opening, but , for example , surrounding it except for the part of the tissue paper opening to which the movable cover flap attaches .
  • the tissue paper opening when the movable cover flap is in the opening state , may be fully circumscribed by the combination of the attachment part of the movable cover flap and the housing edge portion .
  • the flap edge portion and the housing edge portion may be arranged and dimensioned such that , when the movable cover flap is in the closing position, the flap edge portion overlaps with the housing edge portion .
  • the overlap may be along a part of the housing edge portion or along the entire housing edge portion .
  • the overlap may be along at least 50% , at least 70% , 80% , 90% , 95% , 97 % , or at least 98 % of the housing edge portion .
  • At least a part of the housing may comprise at least two layers , wherein one of the at least two layers extends further out into ( or in) the housing edge portion than another of the at least two layers , to define an overlap portion that , when the movable flap is in the closing position, forms an overlap between the flap edge portion and the housing edge portion .
  • the entire housing may comprise the at least two layers .
  • the two layers may be present only in some part or parts of the housing, for example , in one or several regions neighboring the housing edge portion .
  • I f there are three or more layers one layer or two or more layers may extend out further into the housing edge portion than one or several other layers .
  • the at least one layer that extends out into the housing edge portion and forms a part of the overlap portion may extend right out to the end edge of the housing edge portion .
  • the at least one layer that extends out into the flap edge portion and forms a part of the overlap portion may extend right out to the end edge of the flap edge portion .
  • the overlap portion may signi ficantly promote hygiene , as the tissue paper opening may be sealed much better than in comparable tissue paper boxes without an overlap portion upon being closed again, also after multiple opening and/or closing operations .
  • the overlap portion may extend along at least a part of the housing edge portion and/or the flap edge portion .
  • the overlap portion may extend fully along the housing edge portion and/or the flap edge portion .
  • the full extension may further promote the hygiene / sealing ef fect .
  • the overlap portion may extends further towards the end edge of the housing edge portion and/or to the end edge of the flap edge portion than the another of the at least two layers by a distance in a range of 2 mm to 25 mm, optionally 2 mm to 20 mm, or 2 mm to 15 mm, or 3 mm to 10 mm, or 3 . 5 mm to 8 mm, or 3 . 8 mm to 7 mm, or 4 mm to 6 mm .
  • an additional extension by 4 . 5 mm or 5 mm or more may particularly promote the hygiene / sealing ef fect .
  • the housing edge portion may comprises a housing-side overlap portion .
  • the housing-side overlap portion is a portion that overlaps the movable cover flap when the latter is in the closing position .
  • the flap edge portion may comprise a flap-side overlap portion .
  • the flap-side overlap portion is a portion that overlaps the housing when the movable cover flap is in the closing position .
  • the one of the at least two layers that extends further out into the housing edge portion or the flap edge portion, to define the overlap portion may be glued onto a further layer of the at least two layers of the housing edge portion or the flap edge portion .
  • One of the main body and the moveable flap may comprise a latch part
  • the other one of the main body and the moveable flap may comprise a latch receiving part , with the latch part receivable in the latch receiving part , to fix the moveable cover flap in the closing position .
  • This may further promote hygiene as the fixation may prevent an unintentional partial or full opening of the tissue paper opening and/or any other opening that the housing may comprise ( e . g . , a dispensing opening, a refill opening, etc . ) .
  • the overlap portion may be provided on the movable cover flap and, when the moveable cover flap is in the closing position, the overlap portion may be facing towards outside of the refillable tissue paper box .
  • the overlap portion may comprise a latch for grasping the moveable cover flap and moving it from the closing position into the opening position . This may promote user convenience .
  • the movable cover flap may be hingeable back and forth between the closing position and the opening position with respect to at least one hinge line that forms a part of the contour of the tissue paper opening when the movable cover flap is in the opening position . In combination with the overlap portion, this may provide a particularly simple and convenient mechanism, which nevertheless provides good hygiene and sealing functionality .
  • the contour of the tissue paper opening when the movable cover flap is in the opening position may comprise or consist of the housing edge portion combined with the at least one hinge line .
  • the at least one hinge line may be exactly one hinge line . This may simpli fy the construction, reduce the af finity for wear, and it may simpli fy handling for a user .
  • the contour of the tissue paper opening may have an arch-shaped portion on a top surface of the main body and/or an arch-shaped portion on a side surface of the main body .
  • the main body and/or the movable cover flap may comprise one layer less than in at least a part of the overlap portion and, optionally, than in a portion adj acent to the overlap portion, in at least one other portion . This may allow saving material overall , while ensuring that the additional layer is present where it is most relevant to the hygiene and sealing function after opening and closing of the tissue paper box .
  • the overlap portion may comprises a layer of paper and/or a tape .
  • the tape (when present ) may be provided with an adhesive to be attachable and re-attachable to the main body .
  • the adhesive may be partially or fully biodegradable . This may further promote environment friendliness .
  • the tape may have an adhesive function on both sides and may be removably held adhesively to a neighboring layer on the moveable cover flap as well as to a neighboring layer on the main body .
  • the tissue paper box may comprise or consist of partially or fully biodegradable material . This may further promote environment friendliness .
  • a surface area of the moveable cover flap may be between 2 % and 25% larger, or between 5% and 25% larger, between 5% and 25% larger , between 5% and 20% larger, between 5% and 15% larger, or between 5% and 10% larger than a surface area of the tissue paper opening .
  • the tissue paper box may be refillable .
  • the tissue paper opening may be a refill opening, through which tissue paper may be refilled into the tissue holding space .
  • the housing of the tissue paper box may comprise a dispensing opening, through which tissue paper may be dispensed (without opening the refill opening) .
  • the tissue paper opening may be completely separate from the dispensing opening .
  • the tissue paper opening and the dispensing opening may be the same opening .
  • the tissue paper opening and the dispensing opening may overlap, but not be identical , that is , distinguishable .
  • the dispensing opening may be smaller than the tissue paper opening, but may be a part thereof .
  • the main body and/or the moveable cover flap may comprise at least one of the materials selected from the following list : cardboard, paper, cellulosed-based material , polyester-based material , a hygiene barrier including dust , dirt , and/or liquid, wood cellulose , recycled cellulose , recycled fibers , fast regrowing fibers , PCR film, recycled waste material , and bio-polymer material .
  • the overlap portion may define an overlap along an entire circumferential edge portion of the tissue paper opening when the moveable cover flap is in the closed position .
  • Fig . 1A is a three dimensional perspective view of a part of a tissue paper box in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure ;
  • Fig . IB is a three dimensional perspective view of a part of a tissue paper box in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure ;
  • Fig . 2 is a plan view of a tissue paper box in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure ;
  • Fig . 3 is a plan view of a tissue paper box in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure .
  • Fig . 1A is a three dimensional perspective view of a part of a tissue paper box 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure .
  • the tissue paper box comprises a housing 2 that houses a tissue holding space 21 provided therein .
  • the housing may further comprise a dispensing opening (not shown in Fig . 1A; it would, for example , be located in the top surface of the box ) .
  • the housing 2 is made of cardboard .
  • the housing 2 comprises a main body 3 , including a tissue paper opening through which tissue paper is displaceable from inside to outside the tissue paper box and vice versa, and a movable cover flap 4 that is movable with respect to the main body 3 .
  • the movable cover flap 4 can hinge back and forth between a closing position and an opening position .
  • Fig . 1A shows the movable cover flap 4 in its opening position .
  • the movable cover flap 4 In the closing position, the movable cover flap 4 covers the tissue paper opening and, and in the opening position, it exposes the tissue paper opening to provide access to the tissue holding space 21 .
  • tissue paper can be taken out of the tissue paper box, or the tissue paper box can be refilled by providing tissue paper into the tissue holding space 21 .
  • the moveable cover flap 4 comprises a flap edge portion 40 that forms a circumferential edge of the moveable cover flap 4 when in the opening position ( as shown in Fig . 1A) .
  • the main body 3 comprises a housing edge portion 30 that forms a circumferential edge of the main body 3 that circumscribes a part of the tissue paper opening, when the movable cover flap 4 is in the opening position ( as shown in Fig . 1A) .
  • the flap edge portion 40 overlaps with the housing edge portion 30 of the housing 3 .
  • the movable cover flap 4 comprises two layers .
  • One of the layers namely, the layer that faces the outside when the tissue paper box 1 is closed, i . e . , when the movable cover flap 4 is in the closing position
  • the overlap portion 41 in the case of the embodiment of Fig . 1A does not extend along the entire circumference of the flap edge portion 40 . However, in other embodiments , the overlap portion may run along the entire circumference .
  • At least a part of the housing 3 may comprise at least two layers , wherein one of the at least two layers extends further out into the housing edge portion 30 than another of the at least two layers , to define an overlap portion that , when the movable cover flap 4 is in the closing position, forms an overlap between the flap edge portion 40 and the housing edge portion 30 .
  • both the housing 3 and the movable cover flap 4 comprise respective overlap portions , these may also be referred to as a housing-side overlap portion and a flap-side overlap portion .
  • the overlap portion 41 extends further towards the flap edge portion 40 than the other layers (the inside layer when the tissue paper box 1 is closed) by a distance in a range of 2 mm to 25 mm .
  • the moveable cover flap 4 comprises a latch part 42
  • the main body 3 comprises a latch receiving part 31 .
  • the latch part 42 is receivable in the latch receiving part 31 , to fix the moveable cover flap 4 in the closing position .
  • the latch part and the latch receiving part made be distributed oppositely onto the main body 3 and the movable cover flap 4 .
  • the overlap portion 41 comprises a latch 410 for grasping the moveable flap 4 and moving it from the closing into the opening position .
  • the movable cover flap 4 is hingeable back and forth between the closing position and the opening position with respect to at least one hinge line 43 that forms a part of the contour of the tissue paper opening when the movable cover flap 4 is in the opening position .
  • the contour of the tissue paper opening of the tissue paper box 1A has an arch-shaped portion on a top surface of the main body and an arch-shaped portion on a side surface of the main body .
  • the surface area of the moveable cover flap 4 is between 5% and 25% larger than a surface area of the tissue paper opening . This allows for an improved hygiene function, as the inside of the tissue paper box 1 is closed of f a lot better than without the discussed overlap between the flap edge portion 40 and the housing edge portion 30 .
  • Fig . IB is a three dimensional perspective view of a part of a tissue paper box 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure .
  • Figs . 1A and IB share a large number of features . Repetition of the description of those features will be avoided, but reference is instead made to the corresponding descriptions pertaining to Fig . 1A.
  • the di f ference between the embodiments of a tissue paper bol in accordance with Fig . 1A and Fig . IB lies in the tissue paper opening .
  • the tissue paper opening is shaped di f ferently in the edge portion ( as illustrated by the encircling in Fig . 1A) .
  • Fig . 2 is a plan view of a rectangular tissue paper box 1 before it is manufactured into its final shape .
  • This embodiment of a tissue paper box 1 is made as a one single continuous piece of cardboard, wherein the plan view of Fig . 2 shows folding lines along which the cardboard is folded when the tissue paper box 1 is put together into its use shape . The latter also requires gluing together a number of edges , as will readily become apparent .
  • the tissue paper box 1 is double layered over most of its surface , but not at the edge portion of the movable flap 4 (this is not visible in the Fig . 2 ) .
  • the embodiment has an analogous construction regarding the double layering as the embodiments of Figs . 1A and IB .
  • Fig . 3 shows a plan view of a di f ferently shaped tissue paper box 1 before it is manufactured into its final shape .
  • This embodiment of a tissue paper box 1 is made as a one single continuous piece of cardboard, wherein the plan view of Fig . 2 shows folding lines along which the cardboard is folded when the tissue paper box 1 is put together into its use shape . The latter also requires gluing together a number of edges , as will readily become apparent .
  • the tissue paper box 1 is double layered over most of its surface , but not at the edge portion of the movable flap 4 (this is not visible in the Fig . 3 ) .
  • the embodiment has an analogous construction regarding the double layering as the embodiments of Figs . 1A and IB .

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Abstract

La présente divulgation concerne une boîte de mouchoirs en papier comprenant un boîtier pourvu d'un espace de maintien de mouchoirs en papier disposé à l'intérieur de celui-ci. Le boîtier comprend un corps principal, pourvu d'une ouverture pour mouchoirs en papier à travers laquelle des mouchoirs en papier peuvent être déplacés de l'intérieur vers l'extérieur de la boîte de mouchoirs en papier ou vice versa, et un rabat de couvercle mobile qui est mobile par rapport au corps principal et, dans une position de fermeture, recouvre l'ouverture pour mouchoirs en papier et, dans une position d'ouverture, libère l'ouverture pour mouchoirs en papier pour fournir un accès à l'espace de maintien de mouchoirs en papier. Le rabat de couvercle mobile comprend une partie de bord de rabat qui forme un bord circonférentiel du rabat de couvercle mobile, lorsqu'il est dans la position d'ouverture. Le corps principal comprend une partie bord de boîtier qui forme un bord circonférentiel du corps principal qui circonscrit une partie de l'ouverture pour mouchoirs en papier lorsque le rabat de couvercle mobile est dans la position d'ouverture. Lorsque le rabat de couvercle mobile est dans la position de fermeture, la partie de bord de rabat chevauche la partie de bord de boîtier. Au moins une partie du boîtier et/ou une partie du rabat de couvercle mobile comprend au moins deux couches, l'une desdites au moins deux couches s'étendant plus loin dans la partie de bord de boîtier ou la partie de bord de rabat qu'une autre desdites au moins deux couches, pour définir une partie de chevauchement qui, lorsque le rabat mobile est dans la position de fermeture, forme un chevauchement entre la partie de bord de rabat et la partie de bord de boîtier.
PCT/EP2024/068763 2024-07-03 2024-07-03 Boîte de mouchoirs en papier Pending WO2026008142A1 (fr)

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4967909A (en) * 1989-12-29 1990-11-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Package with sliding closure/sheet product elevator
EP0925053B1 (fr) * 1996-08-09 2003-01-29 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Emballage pour articles hygieniques a rabat pouvant etre referme
EP1466843A1 (fr) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Emballage pour mouchoirs en papier
CN112520165A (zh) * 2020-11-16 2021-03-19 浙江理工大学 一种可阶梯分装的一纸成型包装盒

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4967909A (en) * 1989-12-29 1990-11-06 The Procter & Gamble Company Package with sliding closure/sheet product elevator
EP0925053B1 (fr) * 1996-08-09 2003-01-29 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Emballage pour articles hygieniques a rabat pouvant etre referme
EP1466843A1 (fr) * 2003-04-07 2004-10-13 The Procter & Gamble Company Emballage pour mouchoirs en papier
CN112520165A (zh) * 2020-11-16 2021-03-19 浙江理工大学 一种可阶梯分装的一纸成型包装盒

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