EP1375359B1 - Carton and carton blank - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body
- B65D5/0245—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body with end closures formed by inward folding of flaps, to form a sunken or hollow end wall, e.g. for the packaging of books
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- the aperture's position is such that it is in communication with the internal area of the tubular structure so that the insider surface, or void, of the tubular structure is accessible by the user's finger through the aperture.
- the tubular structure is moved to a collapsed position shown in Figure 10 to reveal an opening for removing the articles.
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Abstract
Description
- The invention relates generally to a carton or sleeve, having an open-ended sleeve and an access closure structure as described for example in the preamble of
claim 1, for accommodating one or more articles for example pharmaceutical preparations, foodstuff or the like formed from one or more blanks of paperboard or other suitable foldable sheet material and more particularly to a sleeve capable of being formed into a sealed compartment comprising an inner tray and outer sleeve. - It is desirable for cartons containing articles such as foodstuff or pharmaceutical preparations to be enclosed to protect the or each article. Furthermore, the carton should preferably be reclosable to allow it to be reused. Document US 2365739 discloses a carton according to the preamble of
claim 1. - One example of reclosable sleeves formed from one or more blanks of cardboard is found in US 3,078,030 which illustrates a carton having an integral hinged top which is reclosable. The top is provided by a front cover panel and a spacer panel secured to one side of the front cover panel to interfit with a mating upper portion of the front panel of a box. Fastening means is formed from a detached double layer portion of the font panel. However, the detached portion is attached to the inside surface of the cover flap resulting in a stepped non-flat front surface.
- In cartons where articles are positioned next to one another in abutment, it can be difficult to gain access to the interior of the carton. One known solution is to open the carton from the side or end but this is undesirable because it tends to destroy the integrity of the carton. Another solution is to use a tear panel with a pull tab which is undesirable because it can be inadvertently pulled or removed completely. Examples of this general carton type are illustrated in US 2 122 480 and US 3 745 914.
- The present invention and its preferred embodiments seek to overcome or at least mitigate the problems of the prior art.
- A first aspect of the invention provides a carton comprising a plurality of sleeve panels for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element disposed inside the sleeve and wherein the closure structure has a second locking element for engagement with the first clement to lock the closure structure in the closed position, the closure structure further comprising a collapsible tubular structure that is transformable to take an erected tubular form when in the closed position and a collapsed form when in the opened position, the tubular structure is formed from a plurality of panels hingedly connected one to the next in series, and the second locking element comprises a tab formed from one of the said panels forming the tubular structure, characterised in that the sleeve is provided with an aperture for receiving a user's finger to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements and the aperture is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger through the aperture.
- Preferably, the tab forming the second locking element is disposed out of the plane of the one panel and extends to the first locking element when the closure structure is in the closed position.
- According to an optional feature of this aspect of the invention, the aperture is defined in the portion of the sleeve defining at least in part the closure structure.
- According to an optional feature of this aspect of the invention, the aperture is defined by a tear element formed from the body and detachably connected at least in part to the body along a frangible line.
- Alternatively, the aperture is defined in one of the sleeve panels to allow a user's finger to access the inside surface of another one of the tube panels adjacent said one tube panel.
- A second aspect of the invention provides a blank comprising a plurality of sleeve panels for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve in a set up carton, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element hinged to one of the sleeve panels forming the sleeve and the closure structure has a second locking element for engagement with the first element in a set up carton, wherein the closure structure comprises a plurality of tube panels hingedly connected one to the next in series for forming a collapsible tubular structure, and the second locking element comprises a tab formed from one of the said tube panel, characterised in that the sleeve has an aperture for receiving a user's finger to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements from each other in a set up carton, and the aperture is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger through the aperture.
- Preferably, the aperture is defined in one of the panels forming the sleeve.
- Preferably, the aperture is defined by a tear element formed from one of the panels forming the sleeve and detachably connected at least in part to the sleeve along a frangible line.
- Preferably, the aperture is defined in one of the sleeve panels to allow a user's finger to access the inside surface of another one of the tube panels adjacent said one tube panel in a set up carton.
- A third aspect of the invention provides a package comprising a plurality of articles, held within a carton comprising a plurality of sleeve panels for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element disposed inside the sleeve and wherein the closure structure has a second locking element for engagement with the first element to lock the closure structure in the closed position, the closure structure further comprising a collapsible tubular structure that is transformable to take an erected tubular form when in the closed position and a collapsed form when in the opened position, the tubular structure is formed from a plurality of tube panels hingedly connected one to the next in series, and the second locking element comprises a tab formed from one of the said tube panels forming the tubular structure, characterised in that the sleeve is provided with an aperture for receiving a user's finger to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements and the aperture is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger through the aperture.
- Exemplary embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank for forming a carton according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
- FIGURES 2 and 3 illustrate views of the blank of Figure 1, shown during the folding process;
- FIGURES 4 and 5 are perspective views of the carton formed from the blank of Figure 1 in a set up and loaded condition;
- FIGURES 6 and 7 are perspective views of the carton of Figure 1 showing the end wall structure being opened to allow access to the contents of the carton; and
- FIGURES 8, 9 and 10 are cross-sectional views shown through X-X shown in Figure 4 illustrating the opening of the access structure.
- Referring to the drawings, and in particular Figure 1, there is shown a blank 10 for forming a carton (or sleeve) made up from one or more blanks of paperboard or similar foldable sheet material, for example plastic or the like. The blank 10 comprises a plurality of panels forming a sleeve. In this embodiment, there comprises an inner first
side wall panel 12, atop wall panel 14, a secondside wall panel 16, abase wall panel 18 and an outer firstside wall panel 20 hingedly connected one to the next alongfold lines - The end wall structures are provided along opposing ends of the sleeve whereby, in the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, there comprises a first
end wall panel 30 hingedly connected toside wall panel 14 alongfold line 32 and a secondend wall panel 34 hingedly connected to side wall panel alongfold line 36. - In one class of embodiments there further comprises end support flaps which are used to support the
end wall panels end flaps side wall panels fold lines - An access structure A (Figure 8) is provided to the interior of the carton. In this embodiment, the access structure is provided with a first locking element disposed inside the sleeve and a
closure structure 50 including a second locking element for engagement with the first element to lock theclosure structure 50 in the closed position. In the embodiment of Figure 1, the first locking element is provided by the inner free edge E of anengaging flap 46 which is hingedly connected to thetop wall panel 14 alongfold line 48. - The
closure structure 50 is provided by a plurality of panels incorporating asecond locking element 69 struck from one of the panels. Preferably, the plurality of panels are adapted to form a collapsible structure that is transformable to take an erected tubular form when in the closed position and a flat collapsed form when in the open position. - Thus, the tubular structure is formed by a plurality of panels hingedly connected one to the next in series: in this embodiment there comprises a
first closure panel 52, asecond closure panel 54, athird closure panel 56 and afourth closure panel 58 hingedly connected one to the next alongfold lines access structure 50 is hingedly connected tobase wall panel 18 alongfold line 66. The second locking element comprises atab 69 formed from one of the four panels and is defined at least in part bycut line 68. - Preferably, there further comprises a
flap 70 struck frombase wall panel 18 bycut line 72 and hingedly connected thereto alongfold line 74. In use, theflap 70 is pushed inwardly to define an aperture for receiving a user's finger to facilitate disengagement of the locking elements from each other, described in more detail below. - In order to form the completed carrier in flat collapsed condition from the blank, a series of sequential folding and gluing operations are required and will be described further with reference to Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings. The folding and gluing operations can be performed in one or more straight line machines, so that the tray is not required to be rotated or inverted to complete its construction. The folding process is not limited to that described below and can be altered according to particular manufacturing requirements.
- The first stage in the construction of the carton from the blank 10 shown in Figure 1, is to form the access structure. The first locking element is constructed by
folding panel 46 aboutfold line 48 and into face contacting arrangement withtop wall panel 14. Preferably,panel 46 is secured by glue or other suitable means known in the art. Theclosure structure 50 is also constructed by folding theclosure panels fold line 64 so as to bring the aforementioned panels into face contacting arrangement withclosure panel 58 andbase wall panel 18. Preferably, theclosure panel 52 is secured tobase wall panel 18 so that the carton is at the stage of construction illustrated in Figure 3 in a flat collapsed form. - In order to complete construction of the carton shown in Figures 4 and 5, the sleeve is constructed, whereby
side wall panel 12,top wall panel 14, secondside wall panel 16 and outer firstside wall panel 20 are folded out of alignment alongfold lines side wall panels end flaps fold lines end wall panels fold lines - Finally the articles are inserted and the
closure structure 50 is erected to form a tubular structure. This is achieved byfolding closure panels fold lines - In order to gain access to the interior of the carton, a user presses a
tab 70 in an inward direction D, shown in Figures 6 and 9, whichtab 70 is separated frombase wall panel 18 alongfrangible fold line 72. The user's finger U is inserted into the void V created by the tubular structure closure and is then used to push against theclosure panel 58 to cause the first and second locking elements for example edge E andtab 69 to become disengaged from each other. - It will be seen from Figure 7 that the aperture's position is such that it is in communication with the internal area of the tubular structure so that the insider surface, or void, of the tubular structure is accessible by the user's finger through the aperture. Finally, the tubular structure is moved to a collapsed position shown in Figure 10 to reveal an opening for removing the articles.
- If the end user wishes to reclose the carton, the outlined steps may be reversed and the
closure structure 50 is closed by pushing up theclosure panel 58 which causes the access opening to close by reconstructing the collapsible tubular structure. The user continues to push on thepanel 58 until the first and second locking elements are interengaged which is determined by when the tubular structure is in the position illustrated in Figure 8. - In some embodiments, a noise is emitted, for example a clicking sound, caused by the
tab 69 which is deformed as it comes into contact withpanel 46, is then released once it gets beyond the free end edge E and comes into contact with another of the adjacent panels to emit a noise thereby indicating the first and second locking elements are engaged. Beneficially, this offers an aural indication that the pack is locked and is particularly suitable where, for example, from the articles are pharmaceutical preparations. - It will be recognised that as used herein, the terms "top", "bottom", "side", "end", "inner", "outer", "upper" and "lower" with respect to the panels of the carton (or carton blank) are relative terms, and that the carton (formed from the blank) may be re-oriented as necessary or as desired. It will be further recognised that rather than the bottom wall being formed from the interlocked panels, the carton blank may be rearranged whereby some other wall such as a top wall or a side wall is formed from the interlocked panels. Any reference to hinged connection should not be construed as necessarily referring to a single fold line only: indeed it is envisaged that hinged connection can be formed from one or more of one of the following, a score line, a frangible line or a fold line, without departing from the scope of invention.
- The invention and its preferred embodiments relate to a carton or a sleeve which is shaped to provide satisfactory rigidity to hold items with a degree of flexibility. The shape of the blank minimises the amount of paperboard required for the carton. The carton can be constructed from a flat collapsed condition to position of use and/or loaded by hand or automatic machinery. It is anticipated the invention can be modified without departing from the scope of the invention: for example, side and end panels can be increased in height or width to provide a carton to receive one or more articles of different shapes and/or sizes. Furthermore, the tearing structure, end wall structure, and re-closable closure structure shown in the drawings can be applied to other known carton types, for example fully enclosed cartons for beverage containers or for foodstuffs, without departing from the scope of invention.
- Beneficially the embodiment of the invention hereinbefore described provides a structure that is sufficiently strong to retain articles and to provide an integral sleeve. In particular, the end walls of the tray provide additional strength to the carton as they act as support members between top and base panels of the outer shell or cover portion. The use of paperboard material provides an "environmentally" friendly alternative and the sleeves made from paperboard can include printed matter for marketing purposes.
Claims (10)
- A carton comprising a plurality of sleeve panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure (50) hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element (E) disposed inside the sleeve and wherein the closure structure has a second locking element (69) for engagement with the first element (E) to lock the closure structure (50) in the closed position, the closure structure further comprising a collapsible tubular structure that is transformable to take an erected tubular form when in the closed position and a collapsed form when in the opened position, the tubular structure is formed from a plurality of panels (52, 54, 56, 58) hingedly connected one to the next in series, and the second locking element (69) comprises a tab formed from one of the said panels forming the tubular structure, characterised in that the sleeve is provided with an aperture (A) for receiving a user's finger (U) to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements (E, 69) and the aperture (A) is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger (U) through the aperture (A).
- The carton according to claim 1 wherein the tab forming the second locking element (69) is disposed out of the plane of the one panel and extends to the first locking element (E) when the closure structure is in the closed position.
- The carton according to either of claims 1 or 2 wherein the aperture (A) is defined in the portion of the sleeve defining at least in part the closure structure (50).
- The carton according to any preceding claim wherein the aperture (A) is defined by a tear element (70) formed from the body and detachably connected at least in part to the body along a frangible line (72).
- A carton according to claim 3 wherein said aperture (A) is defined in one of the sleeve panels to allow a user's finger (U) to access the inside surface of another one of the tube panels adjacent said one tube panel.
- A blank (10) comprising a plurality of sleeve panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure (50) hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve in a set up carton, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element (E) hinged to one of the sleeve panels forming the sleeve and the closure structure has a second locking element (69) for engagement with the first element (E) in a set up carton, wherein the closure structure (50) comprises a plurality of tube panels (52, 54, 56, 58) hingedly connected one to the next in series for forming a collapsible tubular structure, and the second locking element (69) comprises a tab formed from one of the said tube panels, characterised in that the sleeve has an aperture (A) for receiving a user's finger (U) to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements (E, 69) from each other in a set up carton, and the aperture (A) is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger (U) through the aperture (A).
- A blank according to claim 6 wherein the aperture (A) is defined in one of the panels forming the sleeve.
- A blank according to claim 7 wherein the aperture (A) is defined by a tear element (70) formed from one of the panels forming the sleeve and detachably connected at least in part to the sleeve along a frangible line (72).
- A blank according to claim 9 wherein said aperture (A) is defined in one of the sleeve panels to allow a user's finger (U) to access the inside surface of another one of the tube panels adjacent said one tube panel in a set up carton.
- A package comprising a plurality of articles, held within a carton comprising a plurality of sleeve panels (12, 14, 16, 18, 20) for forming an open-ended sleeve with an access closure structure (50) hingedly connected to the sleeve for opening and closing an access opening of the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a first locking element (E) disposed inside the sleeve and wherein the closure structure has a second locking element (69) for engagement with the first element (E) to lock the closure structure in the closed position, the closure structure further comprising a collapsible tubular structure that is transformable to take an erected tubular form when in the closed position and a collapsed form when in the opened position, the tubular structure is formed from a plurality of tube panels (52, 54, 56, 58) hingedly connected one to the next in series, and the second locking element (69) comprises a tab formed from one of the said tube panels forming the tubular structure, characterised in that the sleeve is provided with an aperture (A) for receiving a user's finger (U) to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the locking elements (E, 69) and the aperture (A) is positioned to allow access to the inside surface of the tubular structure by a user's finger (U) through the aperture (A).
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