Special receptacle or package – Convertible to or from display configuration – With cover convertible to easel or receptacle support
Patent
1992-09-24
1994-03-15
Fidei, David T.
Special receptacle or package
Convertible to or from display configuration
With cover convertible to easel or receptacle support
206 44R, 206 44110, B65D 7558
Patent
active
052939910
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a combined shipping and presentation package for holding flatly packed goods or flat containers, in particular plastic containers.
Such goods or flat containers are currently packed in two rows next to each other in flat cartons open at the top. These cartons open at the top have sidewalls sloped to the front in order to present the goods packed in them or their imprints better To prevent the goods from falling out of the carton during transport, the carton along with the goods is wrapped around with a plastic band running lengthwise to the container rows. A package, closed in this way is sent to the retail trade, where the merchandise is presented in display windows.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Since the sidewalls of the carton are constructed sloping to the front side for better visibility, it happens during shipping and even directly after the packing of the goods, that despite the plastic band used for security the goods fall out of the carton to the side. In addition, the flat plastic containers are unprotected on their top and it frequently occurred that these containers became damaged and thus unusable. Since the plastic band is slit open with a knife and then removed for the purpose of presentation, the danger also exists, that when the plastic band is cut open with the knife or with a sharp blade, the goods located below or their packages are damaged and can no longer be sold. The danger of injury to the personnel through use of a sharp blade for cutting open the plastic band must not be underestimated either.
The invention is based on the problem of creating a combined shipping and presentation package of the type mentioned above, which has advantages both for the shipping and for the presentation over previously known packages and avoids the disadvantages described.
According to the invention this problem is solved with a combined shipping and presentation package according to the generic part of claim 1, which is characterized by the features of claim 1.
The combined shipping and presentation package according to the invention shows the particular advantage that the flat containers or the flatly packed goods can be protected in the presentation trays against damage during shipping by a slipover cover. Furthermore, the combined shipping and presentation package according to the invention has the advantage, that it can be opened by loosening of a retaining device for the slipover cover, for example only through tearing open a retaining strip and through pulling off the slipover cover without having to use a knife in the process. After taking off the slipover cover, the consumer-attractive presentation trays are obtained immediately, in which the flatly packed goods or flat containers are accommodated easily accessible and with good visibility.
Finally, good ventilation can be achieved for goods to be cooled, since two opposite sides of the slipover cover are not extended down to the bottom.
A useful embodiment of the combined shipping and presentation package provides that the presentation trays each have a long and a short flank and therefore are L-shaped in side view. During the storage and the shipment of the package the presentation trays are arranged standing on the short flank under the slipover cover. Since the plastic containers accommodated in the package are frequently dairy products, these containers must be stored standing so that no whey escapes through possibly leaky spots between the plastic container rim and its lid. In this case, the plastic containers stand on top of each other on the short flank of the presentation trays and thus face upward with their closed opening during storage and during shipment. After the slipover cover has been removed, the presentation trays are stored on the long flank for display on the sales shelves. As a result, particularly advantageous visibility and accessibility of the plastic containers are achieved, without having to remove the merchandise from a carton or having
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Neumann Franz
Schlicht Rainer
Fidei David T.
Grim Linn I.
Kraft General Foods R&D, Inc.
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