Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paperboard box – With closure for an access opening
Patent
1997-04-11
1998-09-08
Elkins, Gary E.
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paperboard box
With closure for an access opening
229 23BT, 2291233, 22912532, B65D 566
Patent
active
058033483
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to display containers. The container according to the present invention comprises a hood and a tray which are detachable from one another.
BACKGROUND
The present invention is a container intended to ease the problem of transferring consumer goods from the production facility to the shelves of the distribution outlets. Prior to this invention, the employees of distribution outlets normally had to take goods out of containers and manually place said goods onto the shelves so as to display them for the consumers. This was a rather lengthy and impractical process because each container had to be cut opened and the housed goods had to be taken out through the top of the container one by one. Said goods were hard to get out of the containers, especially when they were relatively heavy (2, 3 or more kilograms). Considering the number of containers that are usually involved in medium or large size distribution outlets, opening boxes and emptying them from the housed goods often amounted to extenuating work.
To deal with this problem, several so-called display containers have since been designed. Such containers generally comprise an inferior part usually referred to as the tray and a superior part usually referred to as the hood.
For instance, patent DE 39 40 872 A1 refers to a container with an easier opening mechanism.
Accordingly, glue points between the tray and the hood are located on flaps placed on the side of the container which can be grabbed and pulled to separate the tray and the hood. The hood is then removed to leave the tray exhibiting all housed goods. A problem with the containers in DE 30 40 872 A1 is that the opening procedure remains rather complex since one has to first open the flaps before removing the hood. The opening process of DE 39 40 872 A1 requires several steps and thus remains complicated. As one opens a single container, the fact that the opening process takes a few steps may seem irrelevant. However, when the number of containers to open escalates, a complicated opening process becomes a major problem. None of the cases of the prior art combine an single step opening process with full accessibility and maximum solidity during transportation and handling of the container. The present invention provides a display container with a single-step opening mechanism which does not undermine the solidity of the container and allows full accessibility.
In the present invention, the hood is removed from the tray by one hand movement. Once the hood is removed, the lower tray still containing the housed goods can be placed on the shelves of distribution outlets. This quicker and simpler opening process can drastically ease the employees' daily workload.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A container (1) having a top wall (2), a bottom wall (3), side walls (4;4'), a front wall (5) and a back wall (6) said container comprising a tray (7) and a hood (8) which overlap partly, characterized in that said hood is permanently fastened to said tray only in a portion (9) of said tray which consists of the whole of said front wall of said tray and, optionally, a part of said side walls of said tray connected to said front wall, said portion being delimited from the remainder of said tray by a line of weakness (10)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the container of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the hood and the tray of the container of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows the removal of the hood of the container of the present invention.
FIG. 4, 5, 6, 7 show trays with various possible portions.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The container (1) of the present invention comprises a tray (7) and a hood (8). Although this is not a limitation of the present invention, it is generally preferred that both the tray and the hood be made of cardboard, or cardboard-containing material. The tray is the bottom part, in which are placed the goods to be housed by the container. The tray therefore provides the bottom wall (3) of the co
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Andes William Scott
Elkins Gary E.
Oney , Jr. Jack L.
The Procter & Gamble & Company
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