Special receptacle or package – Retainer enters opening in article
Patent
1986-05-06
1987-04-28
Moy, Joseph Man-Fu
Special receptacle or package
Retainer enters opening in article
206806, 206497, B65D 8102
Patent
active
046607234
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a device for hanging and spacing packages which are presented on pegs, and to a packaging box equipped with this device.
In order to hang packages, it is known to utilize perforated tabs which are sewn or adhesive-bonded to the upper portions of transparent bags containing products, or which are molded with the bag, or it is known to extend the product presentation cards upwards in instances where the products are covered with a film which is thermoformed and hot adhesive-bonded, or to have the cardboard cover adhesive-bonded to the edge of a box-shaped molded plastic case containing the products.
This method of hanging gives perfect results when the abovementioned packages are presented on horizontal pegs, but the situation is different when the pegs are inclined in order to bring about the continuous return of the packages towards the tip of the peg: by gravity when the pegs are inclined downwards, or under the action of a spring when the pegs are horizontal or inclined upwards: the object being to obtain a continuous sales front, which makes it easier both to seek particular products, and to grasp them.
In reality, the shape of these packages does not lend itself well to a good distribution of the push force which induces the return movement, and the result is that an unbalanced condition prevails, which manifests itself thru the packages leaving the pegs in an untimely manner when the push force is too high, which necessitates the voluntary limitation of the peg length, or voluntary abstention from loading the pegs fully.
As regards the packaging boxes which are currently in existence, the design of which has been mentioned above, these necessitate the use of special and rather expensive molds in order to produce the box-shaped case by thermoforming; a disadvantage which adds to the one already indicated above.
Package-hanging and spacing devices corresponding to the preamble of claim 1 have already been disclosed, namely those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,254,761 and 4,291,807, the former describing the hanging of a package via a triangular-section tab obtained by expansion, the width of its upper portion, forming the base of the triangle, equalling the package thickness, while the latter describes a package-hanging tab which is back-folded over a portion of its width.
These devices were designed with a view to achieving a definite spacing of packages presented on horizontal pegs, and they would therefore require special configuration in order to be presented on inclined pegs.
The object of the invention is to remedy this disadvantage. This invention, as characterized in the claims, solves the problem implicit in achieving regular spacing of packages which, when presented on pegs, are continuously returned towards the tip of the peg, either by gravity or by means of a spring.
This device is composed of a perforated tab which is provided with a spacing flange, set in place at the level of the upper edge of the aperture thru which the peg passes, the peg itself forming part of the sales display facility. The packaging box is composed of a box-shaped cardboard case, provided with edge areas on which a heat-sealable plastic film is fixed, this film also being utilized for attaching the perforated tab to the upper edge area of the box-shaped cardboard case.
The length of the spacing flange exceeds the depth of the box-shaped case, divided by the cosine of the inclination angle of the pegs fitted to the sales display facility. This flange is extended by a small tab, its width corresponding to the limb-spacing of the type of twin-limb peg fitted to the sales display facilities, but being amenable to modification to suit other types.
In a preferred embodiment, the perforated tab and the spacing flange are made in a single piece, by folding and gluing.
The box-shaped cardboard case is produced by cutting, folding, and glueing.
The folding both of the spacing flange and of the box-shaped case is facilitated by pre-perforation along appropriate lines.
The upper and lower sides of the bo
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Man-Fu Moy Joseph
Societe Vynex SA
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