Receptacles – Compartmented container – Compartments accessible from different planes
Patent
1995-11-13
1998-02-10
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Compartmented container
Compartments accessible from different planes
215 6, 220524, 220526, B65D 104, B65D 2504
Patent
active
057159696
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of PCT/DK94/00120 filed Mar. 23, 1994, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The invention relates to containers for health care products, which containers comprise a container vessel having a mainly rectangular cross section and being at one end closed by a wall molded integrally with the container, which is at its other end provided with a filling opening which corresponds to the cross section of the container and which can be closed by a closing part.
Such containers may be used for pills, tablets, or a powdery or granular product. Often the product should be accompanied by a description of the product and examples of its use or other kinds of information exceeding what may be written on the label. This problem has been overcome by further packing the container in a cardboard box also accommodating a pamphlet or a folder with the necessary information. Alternatively, the pamphlet or folder may be packed in a separate container attached to the container for the product.
However, the above mentioned solutions are unsatisfactory for various reasons. The use of a further cardboard box is contrary to the existing wish of reducing the use of packaging material. Further, if the container is removed from the cardboard box and this box is disposed of, another place for storing the pamphlet must be found. Where the pamphlet is stored in a separate container, this container may remain coupled to the product container, but still the risk exists that the instruction may not be found in close relation to the product.
It is the object of the invention to provide an integral container for a product as well as a pamphlet or a folder.
This is obtained by a container as the one described in the opening of this specification, and which according to the invention is characterized in, that the container has an internal partition which is integral with the container and parallel with one of its side walls, and which divides the container into a first and second compartment, each compartment being at its one end closed by said wall and being open at its other end, and that the closing part is so designed that it sealingly closes the first compartment at its open end, but leaves access to the second compartment, the sealed compartment being a product containing compartment which is provided with a dispensing opening.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,838,424 discloses a container for various chemicals such as fungicides, wherein a brochure is made separately accessible from the outside of the container and is stored in this container in a compartment separated from the compartment containing the chemical. The compartment for the chemical is formed by a bag shaped liner inserted in a cardboard box, and the container for the brochure is provided between the liner and a side wall of the cardboard box. The brochure is glued to its compartment to keep it in position therein, and once it is removed from this compartment it is difficult to put it back again, as the product will press the liner against the cardboard wall. The container is obviously designed for a product which is used at once or during a short time when the lining compartment is opened, and it will not be suited for health care products which are dispensed in small doses during a long period, during which period it should be possible to take out the information brochure and put it back again, as long as product is left in the product compartment.
According to the invention the partition is preferably parallel with the long side wall of the container, so that the need for folding the pamphlet to store it in the compartment is minimized. Further, the compartment accommodating the pamphlet may be narrow, so that the compartment accommodating the product occupies most of the space in the container.
The second compartment accommodating the pamphlet is closed by a lid part which may be opened to give access to this accessible second compartment without influencing the closure of the product compartment.
According
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Seeberg John
Seerup S.o slashed.ren
Ferrosan A/S
Kopsidas Niki M.
Shoap Allan N.
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