EP2255703B1 - Unfoaldable display - Google Patents

Description

Field of the invention

The invention relates to a goods rack or a goods display, which is particularly suitable for storing and offering items in retail. Such displays are typically found in drugstores, retail outlets of gas stations or supermarkets, to present particular goods with particular attention. The invention also relates to a method for setting up such a merchandiser.

Background of the invention

A variety of merchandisers, especially lightweight materials, such as cardboard is known. Numerous efforts have been made to produce such goods display in a simple and inexpensive form.

The patent application EP 1 099 398 A1 (Applicant : WIMO) discloses a merchandiser that can be collapsed. For the purpose of collapsing the shelves can be folded up for the display of goods and thereby the side walls can be fed to each other. Furthermore, the back wall can also be folded in this process. A front wall is not provided. To stabilize the base area, a foldable panel is provided at the front. The stability of this merchandiser is probably not sufficient because of the missing front wall for heavy items. The construction of the individual shelves from a multi-layered special blank appears complex and consumes a lot of material.

EP 1 208 777 A1 (Michel Leblanc BVBA ) discloses a goods display of similar kind. This uses hinged goods carriers or shelves, which in Essentially made of four individual parts. This construction should allow both the folding of the goods carriers, as well as the stable presentation of goods. On a front wall is also omitted.

The European application 1 530 933 A1 (Simson Print Ltd.) discloses another variant of a foldable merchandiser. For collapsing the merchandiser not the side walls are moved towards each other here, but the front wall is moved in the direction of the rear wall. The side walls can be folded. The product carriers are made from a relatively complicated blank. The blank has a large recess in a central area. It follows that the production of the blank is relatively uneconomical, since the material which is removed from the recess, as a rule can only be disposed of.

The present invention seeks to improve the state of the art. In particular, a stable economically and ecologically producible goods display should be made available, which manages with a small amount of blank material. The stability of the merchandiser should also be high towards the front and in the base area. Incidentally, the goods display should be easy to transport and easy to install. In this respect, a simple method for stably setting up a merchandiser is also proposed. These advantages are achieved by a merchandiser according to claim 1 and a method according to claim 11.

Further description of the invention

According to the invention, the goods display device thus has a carrying structure which can be transferred from a transport position into a use position. This support structure comprises at least a first wall and a second wall. When transferring from the transport position to the use position, the second wall is rotated relative to the first wall about a rotation axis. The goods display can of course also contain more walls. These may also be part of the support structure, so floors or goods carrier support. It is also possible that the support structure has further elements, such as reinforcements in the form of struts, mounting rails, support columns and the like.

In particular, it is considered that the goods display also has a front wall. Such a front wall contributes to the stability of the merchandiser, and is particularly important because in the removal of goods and also in the filling of the merchandiser just in the front area a high stability is required.

In one aspect of the invention, it has proven advantageous to make the front wall shorter than the other walls. This can be achieved that the goods display less bulky and thus inviting acts. Furthermore, the front wall can end up with a bottom, which is then bounded by the remaining walls. This can be saved on the front wall material.

In a further aspect of the invention, the front wall may have openings for accessing goods. The number of openings is usually chosen so that each one opening corresponds to an underlying ground.

For the stability of the merchandiser, it has proven to be particularly advantageous if the lower wall sections form a pedestal. Such a pedestal is then integral with the walls, thereby providing a stable connection to the merchandiser and its support structure. As a pedestal area herein the area of the walls is called, which lies below the lowest floor. It is particularly useful if the front wall below forms a base area so that a stable support can also take place in the front.

According to the invention, the goods display comprises at least one floor (which serves as a goods carrier and is also referred to in the following text as part). This floor has at least one bend line. This bending line runs, at least in the use position, in the ground plane and is executed on the first axis of rotation. The soil is transferred when transferring the merchandiser from the transport position to the use position of a bending position in a flat position. In the buckling position, two parts of the bottom are folded, so that the buckling position represents a kind of transport position for the ground. The flat position leads at least to a partial unfolding of the soil. In the flat position, the floor is flat compared to the buckling position, but does not yet have to be completely flat. It may be that in the flat position of the soil still describes an obtuse angle and is converted by manual pressure only in a substantially planar position.

An advantageous goods display results in particular when the support structure has a cross section in the shape of a rectangle. The sides of this rectangle then form the first, the second, the third and the fourth wall of the support structure.

Special advantages arise when the bending line of the floor runs at a 45 ° angle to the sides of the rectangle. It has been shown that the goods display is then particularly easy and space-saving foldable. In a further development of the inventive concept, it has proved to be advantageous if the bottom has a recess which adjoins the first axis of rotation. If the bottom has approximately the shape of a rectangle, it can be recessed in the vicinity of the first axis of rotation by a suitable cut a corner of the rectangle. Such a recess allows easier folding of the soil. The emergence of a bead of tightly folded material is avoided.

In addition to these measures, it has proven to be simple and expedient for the floor to be connected to the support structure by means of tabs becomes. In the support structure, preferably in the first wall and in the second wall of the support structure, suitable slots for receiving the tabs may be provided. If the walls or other part of the support structure are made of two layers of material, it is advantageous for both stability and aesthetics if the inner wall has a slot for receiving the tabs but the outer wall is smooth. Alternatively or additionally, adhesive flaps may be provided for bonding to the support structure (preferably on an inner side).

It has also proven to be advantageous if floors are additionally equipped with retaining tabs. Such retaining tabs can engage in a retaining groove in the support structure in the manner of a spring. The retaining tabs thus differ from the tabs typically characterized in that they are shorter and not kinkend engage in a recess, but can be inserted flat into a recess. Such retaining tabs are called by professionals also plug. Consequently, the trays can be held in the transport position by the adhesive or insertion tabs or similar connectors, while remain in the transport position, the retaining tabs without holding function. Once the goods display is transferred to the use position, the retaining tabs can engage in appropriately positioned retaining recesses.

According to the invention, the floor has at least one connector with which it remains connected to the support structure even in the transport position. An adhesive tab or tab of the type described is suitable as such a connector. The floor may also have two or more such connectors. In the case of a merchandiser with rectangular bottoms, it is advisable to provide such a connector on the short and long rectangular legs.

Such connectors are also used in the use position as bases for the ground. In the use position according to the invention but still more Support points provided. These Stützpunke may have the form of tabs or retaining tabs. One or more support points can also be provided by a support bridge. Such a support bridge may for example also be provided on a corner of the floor. By a support bridge can be provided to bases on two edges of the floor. The support points may in particular lie on both sides of the main diagonal of a rectangular bottom and / or on both sides of the bending line. The combination of a support bridge with one or two retaining tabs is particularly advantageous for generating additional bases in the use position.

In an independent aspect, the invention also relates to a merchandiser with a blank which provides a plurality of support bridges, the merchandiser having a support structure which can be transferred from a transport position to a use position, wherein the support structure at least a first wall and a second wall comprises, wherein the second wall is rotated relative to the first wall during transfer from the transport position to the use position about a first axis of rotation

According to the invention, the claimed or another article display device can be used particularly well with a method for delivering and setting up the article stand, comprising the following steps: (a) delivering the article stand in a transport position, (b) applying pressure to the edges of the article stand, ( c) applying pressure to the top of one or more trays of the merchant.

Fig. 1

eine perspektivische Ansicht des Warenaufstellers in seiner Nutzstellung,

Fig. 2

eine Ansicht des Warenaufstellers in seiner Transportstellung,

Fig. 3

einen Zuschnitt zur Herstellung eines Bodens für den erfindungsgemäßen Warenaufsteller,

Fig. 4

eine Stützbrücke zur Stützung eines Bodens,

Fig. 5

einen Zuschnitt zur Stützung mehrerer Böden,

Fig. 6

eine perspektivische Ansicht des Warenaufstellers bei seiner Überführung von der Transportstellung in die Nutzstellung.

Other features, but also advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following drawings and the accompanying description. In the figures and in the accompanying descriptions, features of the invention are described in combination. However, these features may also be included in other combinations of an article of the invention. Each revealed feature is therefore also as in technically meaningful To view combinations with other features disclosed. In the pictures show:

Fig. 1

a perspective view of the merchandiser in its use position,

Fig. 2

a view of the merchandiser in its transport position,

Fig. 3

a blank for the production of a floor for the merchandiser according to the invention,

Fig. 4

a support bridge to support a floor,

Fig. 5

a blank to support multiple soils,

Fig. 6

a perspective view of the merchandiser during its transfer from the transport position to the use position.

Fig. 1 shows a merchandiser according to the invention. Its support structure consists of four walls, namely a first wall 12, a second wall 14, a third wall 16 and a fourth wall 18. The second wall 14 is the front wall of the merchandiser. It has openings 20 which serve to access the various shelves of the merchandiser. The merchandiser has four shelves, namely a first floor 30, a second floor 32, a third floor 34 and a fourth floor 36. The front wall has an opening 20a for accessing the second floor 32, an opening 20b for accessing the third Bottom 34 and an opening 20c for accessing the fourth floor 36. The first floor 30 can be reached without such an opening, since the front wall 14 ends approximately at the level of this floor. Towards the bottom, the front wall merges integrally into the base 22. This base 22 is adjacent to the lower portion of the front wall 14th also formed from the corresponding lower portions of the side walls 12 and 16 and the lower portion of the rear wall 18. It can also be seen in the figure that the bottoms each have inclined bending lines 40.

Fig. 2 shows the goods display in its transport position. The support structure of the merchandiser here forms a substantially flat structure. The upper part of this flat structure is formed by the second wall or front wall 14 and the third wall or side wall 16. The lowermost part is formed by the first wall 12 and the fourth wall 18. The bottoms lie between these layers of the support structure. These trays are now kinked along their bending lines 40. Furthermore, in the figure, skirt tabs are recognizable. These base flaps can be folded when setting up the merchant and then ensure the secure state of the merchant. As can be seen, the front wall 14 continues in a bendable skirt flap 24b, the wall 16 continues in the skirt flap 24c, and accordingly the first wall 12 continues in the skirt flap 24a and the fourth wall 18 seals in the skirt flap.

Fig. 3 shows a blank 38 for a floor for the merchandiser. The support structure of the merchant can hold different types of floors. However, it is also considered that the goods display only floors of the same type. Striking elements of this blank 38 are the tabs, in particular the front adhesive tab 44a and the side adhesive tab 44b. To the rear, the floor additionally has two retaining tabs 46a and 46b. Alternatively or additionally, one or more further retaining tabs could be provided on the second short side of the floor - opposite the adhesive tab 44b.

Furthermore, the floor has a bending line 40. Such a bending line can be produced by folding. Alternatively or additionally, it may also be by perforating or cutting the blank material over only a part its thickness are produced. The bending line 40 runs forward to the imaginary front right corner of the floor. The line runs towards the back edge of the floor at an angle of □ = 45 °.

This corner coincides with the first axis of rotation of the merchant. In the vicinity of this axis of rotation a recess 42 is provided.

At the opposite corner, the floor is supported by a support bridge. This support bridge can lie in the dotted area 48. It provides support points along the long and along the short edge of the ground.

Fig. 4 shows a suitable support bridge. This can be fixed with adhesive tabs 52a and 52b over corner on the insides of two walls of the goods exhibitor. Alternatively or in addition to the adhesive tabs and tabs can be used. The bending line 54 (eg in the form of a fold) ensures that the support bridge in the transport position of the goods can be folded.

Fig. 5 shows a blank 56 with which support bridges for several floors produce. The blank shown provides support bridges for four floors. The blank can be attached to an inside of the support structure of the merchandiser, for example glued. The support bridges can be folded down and secured with the tabs 52a, 52b, 52c and 52d to the adjacent wall. In order to allow collapse of the support bridges in the transport position bending lines 54 are again provided.

Fig. 6 shows the goods display in an intermediate state in the transfer from the transport position to the benefit position. As prominent elements of the merchandiser again the walls 12, 14, 16 and 18 can be seen and the bottoms 30, 32, 34 and 36. In the illustrated state, the goods display is already essentially erect. That is, from the in Fig. 2 shown transport order has been transferred by force, typically by pressure on the edges 26 and 28, in a substantially unfolded position. In this position, the walls already form a rectangle. It can also be seen that the lower base flaps have been folded inwards. The floors have been partially unfolded by their connection to the walls. As can be seen in the figure, the floors are moved to a flat position To complete this deployment and to carry the floors into their final use position (in which they are preferably flat), it is now only necessary in the area of the bending lines of the floors from above pressure exercise. This is marked for the bottom 30 by an arrow. It does not matter in which area of the soil exactly pressure is applied. However, once the floors are in a plan position, they help to stabilize the merchandiser 3 by holding the walls in the rectangular position.

The present description and the figures have made it clear how a good transportable and stably erected display stands can be produced

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10

Goods stand

12

first wall

14

second wall

16

third wall

18

fourth wall

20

Openings of the second wall

22

base

24

base tabs

26

edge

28

edge

30

first floor

32

second floor

34

third floor

36

fourth floor

38

Cutting for soil

40

elastic line

42

corner recess

44

adhesive flaps

46

retaining tabs

48

support area

50

supporting bridge

52

adhesive flaps

54

elastic line

56

Cutting for support bridges

A1

first axis of rotation

Claims (13)

1. A product display (10) with a support structure, which can be converted from a transport configuration to a usable configuration, wherein the support structure comprises at least one first panel (12) and one second panel (14), wherein the second panel (14) is rotated relative to the first panel (12) about a first rotational axis during conversion from the transport configuration to the usable configuration, wherein the product display (10) comprises at least one shelf (30; 32; 34; 36) which has a fold line (40), characterized in that in the usable configuration, the fold line (40) extends within the plane of the shelf and is directed toward the first rotational axis, and in the transport configuration, the shelf is connected via at least one connector (44) to the support structure, and in the usable configuration the shelf is supported by the connector (44) and by at least two additional support points on the side of the fold line (40) that is opposite the connector (44), and the at least one shelf or the shelves each have fold lines (40) that extend at an angle.
2. The product display (10) according to claim 1, which further has a third (16) and a fourth panel (18).
3. The product display (10) according to one of claims 1 or 2, in which the front panel is shorter than the remaining panels.
4. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the front panel has openings (20) for allowing access to products.
5. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the lower panel sections form a skirting (22).
6. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the support structure has a cross-section in the form of a rectangle.
7. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the fold line (40) extends at a 45° angle to the sides of the rectangle.
8. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the shelf has a recess adjacent to the first rotational axis.
9. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the connector is embodied in the form of an insertion flap or an adhesive flap (44).
10. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which at least one of the at least two additional support points is provided by a support bridge (50).
11. The product display (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which at least one of the at least two additional support points is provided by a holding flap (46).
12. A method for delivering and setting up a product display (10), which comprises the following steps:

    (a)
    Delivering the product display (10) in a transport configuration, wherein the product display (10) comprises at least one shelf (30; 32; 34; 36), which has a fold line (40) that extends at an angle such that in the usable configuration, the fold line (40) extends within the plane of the shelf

    (b)
    Exerting pressure on the edges (26; 28) of the product display (10) for converting the product display to an essentially unfolded position

    (c)
    Exerting pressure on the upper side of one or more shelves of the product display in the area of the fold lines of the shelves.
13. The method according to claim 12, in which in an additional step, the skirting flaps (24) of the product display (10) are placed around said display.

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