Special receptacle or package – With ornamentation or simulation
Patent
1995-03-22
1997-05-27
Gehman, Bryon P.
Special receptacle or package
With ornamentation or simulation
446 73, 446 77, B65D 6900, A63H 300
Patent
active
056323778
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to containers, for example for food products such as confectionery, and concerns in particular a container comprising a casing and at least one associated auxiliary body fixed to the casing and able to give the container itself, for instance animal-like or human-like features. A container of this type is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,593,817.
The container described in the above patent generally has a fixed configuration in the sense that, while it may be opened for the removal of the products (for example chocolate eggs) contained within, it has the form of a rigid animal or puppet with no capacity for movement.
In a field of use such as that of containers for food products, and in particular containers for confectionery for children, there is a perceived need to give the containers an ever greater play potential, a requirement which is fairly difficult to satisfy with conventional containers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The aim of the present invention is to provide a container which has been improved from this point of view, particularly as regards the possibility of providing, for example, a container taking the form of a puppet or a small animal which may take up various poses chosen by the user.
According to the present invention, this object is achieved by a container having the characteristics specified in claim 1. Advantageous developments of the invention are the subject of the claims which follow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described, purely by way of non-limitative example, with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a general perspective view of a container according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded median section, taken on the line II--II of FIG. 1, showing the component parts of the container of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate in detail the characteristics of movement of the various component parts of the container; and
FIGS. 5 to 7 show the container according to the invention in various positions of use.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In the drawings, a container (for example for confectionery), which in the embodiment illustrated here takes the form of a little animal, for example a little hippopotamus, is generally indicated 1.
In a structural configuration which is generally known (See for example U.S. Pat. No. 4,593,817 mentioned earlier) the container 1 comprises essentially an egg-shaped casing formed by a (generally lower or rear) first shell 2 of rounded shape and by a further, generally front or upper, shell 3 of ogival or dome shape.
Naturally the terms "lower" and "rear", "upper" and "front" used above refer to the general posture of the animal represented by the container and are not to be interpreted in a limitative manner.
The shells 2, 3 are usually made of plastics material, preferably non transparent for the shell 2 and transparent for the shell 3, and are joined with their open ends in frontal mating relationship.
An adhesive strip 4 (See FIG. 1), applied to the container during assembly after the inner cavity defined by at least one of the shells 2 and 3 (typically the dome 3) has been filled with products such as food products, for example chocolate eggs 5, holds the shells 2 and 3 together.
The strip 4 may be removed when desired to allow the shells 2, 3 to be separated for access to the products 5 in the container.
Two shaped auxiliary bodies 6, 7 (front and rear respectively, still with reference to the posture of the animal), also usually made of plastics material, are provided to give the hollow casing formed by the shells 2 and 3 animal-like or, if required, human-like characteristics. In the selected embodiment, the front body 6 reproduces the features of the animal's face and front legs; the rear body 7 reproduces the features of the hindquarters and/or hind legs of the same animal.
Naturally, the embodiment illustrated is chosen purely by way of example.
In greater detail, it may be seen that the front body 6 is formed, i
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Gehman Bryon P.
Soremartec S.A.
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