GB2204022A

GB2204022A - A container

Info

Publication number: GB2204022A
Application number: GB08710131A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Eduard Jacob Regoor
Original assignee: FRED BEHEER BV
Current assignee: FRED BEHEER BV
Priority date: 1987-04-29
Filing date: 1987-04-29
Publication date: 1988-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2007-04-29
Also published as: GB8710131D0; HK126295A; GB2204022B

Abstract

A hollow cuboidal box formed from a blank has upper and lower walls, two side walls, two end walls, windows (21, 22) in the side walls extending into the upper wall, a handle upstanding from the upper wall intermediate the windows and a platform (13) within the box. The handle comprises panels (10, 11) foldable against one another, with upper wall portions (18, 19) on opposite sides of the handle and flaps (36, 38) connected to each upper wall portion (18, 19) at opposite ends of the box. One of the flaps (38) at each end of the box is extended to overlap and be adhered to the other flap (36) when the box is in an assembled condition. <IMAGE>

Description

A Container The invention relates to a container made from a blank.

The invention provides a container made from a blank, the container being in the form of a hollow cuboidal box having upper and lower walls, two side walls and two end walls, and a handle upstanding from the upper wall intermediate the two side walls, wherein the region of the blank defining the upper wall and handle comprises first and second adjoining panels foldable against one another to define the handle, first and second upper wall portions on opposite sides of the handle, respectively, which upper wall portions define the upper wall of the box and two flaps connected to each upper wall portion at opposite ends, respectively, of the box, one of the two flaps at each end of the box being extended when considering the box in blank form to lie alongside the adjacent first or second panel, the underside of a first of said two flaps being adhered to the upper surface of the second of said two flaps with the box in an assembled condition.

Preferred and/or optional features of the invention are set forth in claims 2-10.

The invention will now be more particularly described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which one embodiment of a box according to the invention can be made, Figure 2 is a perspective view of a box made from the blank of Figure 1, from the top, one side and one end, and Figure 3 is the same perspective view of the box of Figure 2 with an end cover open.

Referring to the drawings, the blank shown in Figure 1 is formed of printed cardboard and comprises panels 10 and 11 which form a handle of the box of Figures 2 and 3, panels 12 and 13 which form a lower wall of the box and an internal platform, respectively, strip portions 14 and 15 which support the platform in an elevated position with respect to the lower wall of the box, side wall portions 16 and 17, and upper wall portions 18 and 19. Fold lines 20 a-i are provided between adjoining parts of the blank referred to above.

All parts referred to above have a generally rectangular outline with the exception of the side and upper wall portions 16 to 19. The side wall portion 16 and the ajoining upper wall portion 18 have a single generally rectangular window 21 curved at its corners and covered with a transparent plastics film. Indeed the film may overlay the entire blank. The side wall portion 17 and adjoining upper wall portion 19 have a like window 22.

All of the aforesaid parts are folded with respect to adjoining parts into the plane of the paper, in order to make the box, with the exception of panels 10 and 11 which are folded out of the plane of the paper with respect to adjoining upper wall portions 18 and 19, respectively, about fold lines 20b and 20d.

The panels 10 and 11 each have an aperture 23 therein. The apertures 23 come into register when the undersides of panels 10 and 11 are folded against one another so that the box can be suspended, for example, from a display stand.

Wing portions 24 are connected by fold lines 30 to opposite ends of the panel 13 and wing portions 25 are connected by fold lines 31 to opposite ends of the side wall portion 16. Narrow flaps 26 are connected by fold lines 32 to the distal ends of wing portions 24 and narrow flaps 27 are connected by fold lines 33 to the distal ends of wing portions 25.

Fold lines 30 and 32 are perforated for ease of folding and as will be seen panel 13 is not as long as panels 10, 11 and 12, strips 14 and 15 and side and upper wall portions 16 to 19.

Narrow flaps 28 are connected by fold lines 34 to opposite ends of side wall portion 17 and wider flaps 29 are connected by fold lines 35 to opposite ends of the panel 12.

Flaps 36 are connected by fold lines 37 to the upper wall portion 18 and flaps 38 are connected by fold lines 39 to the upper wall portion-19.

The flaps 36 are confined within extensions of fold lines 20a and 20b but flaps 38 are extended along the blank to lie alongside the panel 11.

The blank is firstly folded along lines 20a.-i with flaps 38 partly overlying respective flaps 36.,. and the strips 14 and 15 and the panel 13 within the box. Strips 14 and 15 are adhered to the inner surfaces of side wall portions 16 and 17, respectively, to support panel 13 at or near to the lower edge of the windows 21 and 22. The undersides of panels 10 and 11 are adhered together to form the handle of the box and the undersides of flaps 38 are adhered to the upper surfaces of respective flaps 36. The apertures 23 in the panels 10 and 11 are aligned enabling the completed box to be suspended, for example, from a display stand.

Wing portions 24 are folded upwardly, after insertion of an object to be displayed in the box, so that the upper surfaces of flaps 26 make contact with the undersides of the upper wall portions 18 and l9j the wing portions forming upstanding internal walls of the box arranged in generally parallel spaced relationship to adjacent ends of the box to support the object behind the windows 21 and 22. The wing portions 24 and flaps 26 could, however, be omitted altogether.

Flaps 28, 29 and joined flaps 36 and 38 are then folded into the ends of the box and the ends are closed by wing portions 25 and flaps 27.

The box described above is relatively easy to fabricate and can contain an object such as for example a toy or model vehicle in a convenient manner for display. The handle is symmetrically arranged with respect to opposite side walls of the box and both windows extend into the top of the box so that the box can be suspended from a display stand either way round.

The box described above is given by way of example only and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims. For example, one or both windows could be omitted.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1. A container made from a blank, the container being in the form of a hollow cuboidal box having upper and lower walls, two side walls and two end walls, and a handle upstanding from the upper wall intermediate the two side walls, wherein the region of the blank defining the upper wall and handle comprises first and second adjoining panels foldable against one another to define the handle, first and second upper wall portions on opposite sides of the handle, respectively, which upper wall portions define the upper wall of the box and two flaps connected to each upper wall portion at opposite ends, respectively, of the box, one of the two flaps at each end of the box being extended when considering the box in blank form to lie alongside the adjacent first or second panel, the underside of a first of said two flaps being adhered to the upper surface of the second of said two flaps with the box in an assembled condition.

2. The container of claim 1, wherein the handle has an aperture therein by which the box can be suspended from a support.

3. The container of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the first and second flaps are contained wholly within end covers of the box.

4. A container as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims, further comprising a transparent plastics window in at least one side wall of the container.

5. A container as claimed in claim 4, wherein the or each window extends into an adjacent upper wall portion.

6. A container as claimed in claim 5, wherein there are two windows, one in each side wall and the two windows extend into adjacent upper wall portions, respectively.

7. A container as claimed in anyone of claims 4 to 6, further comprising a platform within the box for supporting an object to be displayed in an elevated position with respect to the lower wall of the box.

8. A container as claimed in claim 7, wherein the platform is formed from a further panel of the blank attached by a short upstanding strip portion to yet another panel which defines the base, the further panel having wing portions at opposite ends and flaps connected to the distal ends of the two wing portions, there being fold lines between the further panel and the two wing portions and between the wing portions and respective flaps, the wing portions extending upwardly within the box between the platform and the underside of the upper wall of the box at positions which are spaced inwardly from adjacent ends of the box and the flaps connected to the wing portions lying against the underside of said upper wall.

9. A container as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fold lines between the further panel and the two wing portions and between the wing portions and respective flaps are perforated.

10. A container as claimed in anyone of the preceding claims, wherein the handle is upstanding from the upper wall of the box in a plane midway between the sides of the box.

11. A container substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

12. A blank for making the container of claim 11, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.