Special receptacle or package – Convertible to or from display configuration – With folding easel or receptacle support
Patent
1997-06-04
1999-07-20
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
Convertible to or from display configuration
With folding easel or receptacle support
47 84, 206423, 220669, 229 45, 426122, B65D 8552, B65D 8560
Patent
active
059245603
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a package for flowers, candy or other consumables or objects according to the preamble of claim 1.
Such a package for flowers is known from FR-A-2 073 247. This citation teaches a package for carrying one single flower, which package has a lower part which is acute angled and a spherical upper part. The package can be transformed into a stationary configuration by inverting the upper spherical part, and then placing the lower part on top thereof. This is, however, rather bothersome due to the fact that according to this citation, the lower part requires inversion and truncation prior to placing same on the spherical part. In view thereof, separate handling of the flower is also required.
Other known packages that are used for flowers, are set forth below. EP 0 240 628 for instance teaches a package for flowers which, in a first configuration, can be used essentially as a conventional package for use when transporting flowers. The package can be transformed into a second, stationary configuration in which it forms a free-standing vase.
A problem of this known package is, that it is relatively cumbersome to transform it from the first, transport configuration into the second, stationary configuration, because this involves folding in and out several leg portions.
Another problem of this known package is, that it is relatively unstable in stationary configuration unless very rigid material is used, because the support legs are of flat material. However the use of rigid material makes transforming the package into the stationary configuration even more cumbersome.
A third problem of this known package is, that it comprises an inflexible bottom insert, which increases the cost of the package and the space occupied by a multiple of the packages before use.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,270,554 (Rubel) discloses a combination shipping box and vase which includes generally two portions, pinned together and separable for recombination as a vase. The apparatus comprises two separate portions, a top portion and a bottom portion, both of which are tapered. The two portions are secured by a pair of screws or pins. With the pins or screws removed, the top portion is removed from the bottom portion, and the bottom portion is then inserted into the top portion in an inverted manner. The top portion then becomes a bottom or stand for the apparatus, and the apparatus can then be used as a vase.
A problem of this known package is that conversion from the first into the second configuration is rather cumbersome due to the required application of screws or pins for securing the connection of the lower and upper parts in the first configuration.
It is an object of the present invention, to provide a package for flowers, candy or other consumables which can be brought from a first configuration into a second configuration more easily, which is more stable in its second, stationary configuration and which can be manufactured exclusively out of thin walled material, such as (biodegradable) plastic board or fibre board.
According to the invention, this object is achieved by providing a package of the type defined in the opening paragraph with the characterizing features of claim 1.
The package can for example be manufactured out of a single or two-part blank.
In the first configuration the package is dimensioned so as to be able to laterally enclose a complete bunch of flowers in order that the flowers are protected from being damaged.
Transformation of the package from the first configuration into the second configuration can easily be accomplished by detaching the upper part from the lower part, for example along a weakened line delimiting the upper and the lower part when the package is in the first configuration. Then the upper part has to be inverted so that the generally relatively wide upper end of the upper part in the first configuration faces downward and forms the lower end in the second, stationary position. Thereafter the lower part is inserted into the upper part until the lower part is supported by the upp
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