EP2755895B1 - Drinking cup made of foldable flat material - Google Patents

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EP2755895B1
EP2755895B1 EP12765989.4A EP12765989A EP2755895B1 EP 2755895 B1 EP2755895 B1 EP 2755895B1 EP 12765989 A EP12765989 A EP 12765989A EP 2755895 B1 EP2755895 B1 EP 2755895B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
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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
    • B65D3/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines
    • B65D3/02—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines characterised by shape
    • B65D3/08—Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies or peripheral walls of curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper without folding along defined lines characterised by shape having a cross-section of varying shape, e.g. circular merging into square or rectangular

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  • the invention relates to a drinking cup.
  • Drinking cups are available for hot and cold drinks, for multiple use and for disposal, and accordingly made of various materials such as ceramic, glass, metal, plastic, with waterproof or water-repellent coating or impregnated paperboard and combinations thereof.
  • a cup in the widest sense according to the invention are understood vessels that can grab and lift up according to size and weight with one hand as intended and having an opening (drinking opening) with a shape of its edge, which allows a drip-free drinking, and a standing surface or Stand device that allows the placement of the cup on a horizontal plane, so that then liquid still remains in the cup.
  • vessels (as intended parked on a horizontal plane) at least in the region of the opening about a vertical axis are rotationally symmetric and at least in the region of the opening at least with its inner wall from the edge axially downwardly tapered.
  • lids and cups are known to cover, which can prevent spilling the drinking liquid therein, cover the drinking opening.
  • Such lids and cups, and also the inventive, are particularly intended for keeping ready in restaurants, where drinks (also) are served for consumption on the way.
  • the known lids are preferably made of plastic such as recyclable polypropylene and usually have a snap structure, which is suitable for snappingly encompassing an edge region of the drinking opening of a cup.
  • cups for disposal in particular made of plastic or cardboard usually have a drinking rim surrounding the drinking rim, which has a circular outwardly flared cross-section. This is then gripped by known snap structures known generic lid snapping form-fitting.
  • These lids are known both in the diameter of the lid edge-near snap structure and in the snap-opening width of the Cup geometry, for which they are intended, adapted and in particular also standardized.
  • the cup walls consist at least partially of foldable flat material.
  • Foldable means according to the invention only that the flat material (immediately at the beginning of a load or possibly only from a certain Grenzverformungsgrad) not only elastically but also plastically deformed, said Grenzverformungsgrad on a piece of flat material of the size, which is installed in the respective cup, with Achieve hand strength.
  • the walls of known cups made of foldable flat material are usually optimized to make the flat material as thin as possible in order to save material (and thus to throw away as little as possible thereof).
  • this material saving is done, as has been found to be detrimental to the price, that the cups are slightly pushed in even slightly too tight access. And this deformation then carries the risk that deforms, for example, the underside of the cup base and makes the cup tilted.
  • An additional risk also exists that, along creases or creases that may be created when impressed, the wall not only plastically deforms but also leaks, for example because it breaks brittle.
  • the invention is based on the object to provide a drinking cup of foldable flat material, which can handle more trouble-free.
  • a drinking cup with the features of claim 1.
  • Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims.
  • a cup made of foldable flat material has at least one desired folding line, along which a convex wall of the cup can be impressed in a form-stable concave manner.
  • convex wall means a wall curved convexly to the outside of the cup, at least in regions and at least and preferably simply (around at least one axis of curvature) curved.
  • the flat material is, for example, cardboard, preferably with a waterproof or water-repellent, in particular cup-inside coating, or plastic, for example polypropylene.
  • the desired fold line in the beaker wall is a line of thinner wall thickness and / or an embossed and / or a prefolded line. If a user now loads a (convex) beaker wall, for example, with his thumb and / or forefinger in the immediate vicinity of the desired fold line, this is pressed in as in the prior art, but does not deform undirected, as is the case, but is pressed in a concave, dimensionally stable manner along the desired fold line , Dimensionally stable means according to the invention only that the flat material immediately at the beginning of the load or possibly only above a certain Grenzverformungsgrad along the Sollfaltline not only elastically but also plastically deformed, this limit deformation on the cup according to the invention can be achieved with manual force.
  • the pressed-in area according to the invention can serve the beaker wall as a structural reinforcement.
  • the Sollfaltline in the beaker wall is closed annular, and more preferably mirror-symmetrical to a plane which is oriented vertically when the cup is intended on a horizontal plane.
  • annular Sollfaltline a depressible according to the invention area which annularly surrounded by the Sollfaltline and, pressed in convex, forms a trough, which in turn can serve the beaker wall as a structural reinforcement and can be particularly preferably used as a recessed grip.
  • the desired folding line according to the invention can additionally serve advantageously by the well-known simple cup shapes especially disposable cups namely mostly frusto-conical, so in their lateral surface then exclusively convex shape by the curved and / or bent as desired Sollfaltlinien according to the invention an additional design element get in which the lateral surface after the impressions also provides concave design elements - and even allowed to produce a waisted cup shape.
  • a plurality of desired fold lines are equal and although particularly preferably evenly distributed on a circumference of the cup and / or arranged at the same height of the cup, a regular circumferential pattern of concave Aussteifungseind Wegungen arise.
  • a cup shape can arise with particularly strong waisted appearance.
  • a drinking cup 2 for warm or cold drinks to throw away from inside with plastic coated cardboard has (intended parked on a horizontal plane 4) above a drinking opening 6 and below an annular stand edge 8, which allows the placement of the cup 2 on a horizontal plane 4 so that the drinking liquid 10 remains in the cup.
  • the cup 2 is rotationally symmetrical about a vertical axis 12 and tapers not only in the region of the drinking opening 6 but in total with its peripheral wall 14 from the edge of the drinking opening 6 axially (in the direction of the vertical axis 12) downwards conically.
  • the drinking opening 6 is surrounded by a drinking rim 16, which has a circular cross-section flared to the outside.
  • the cups 2 are the same design in all figures - and therefore despite their diversity regarding each different Sollfaltlinien 22 according to the various figures with the same reference numerals for the same features.
  • Each of the cups 2 according to all figures has at least two Sollfaltlinien 22, along which in each case one or two convex walls 24 of the respective cup 2 are concave form-stable pressed. Except in FIG. 5b are the walls 24 of the respective cup 2 all pressed concave dimensionally stable.
  • Each of the illustrated Sollfaltlinien 22 is in the peripheral wall 14 of the respective cup a line 22 thinner wall thickness, here an embossed line 22.
  • a user for example, with his thumb and / or index finger in the vicinity of the Sollfaltline 22 a (initially convex prior to this pressing in) cup wall 24 pressure-loaded, this is deformed along the desired fold line 22 in a form-stable manner, that is pressed into the respective cup 2 into a curved manner.
  • each two Sollfaltlinien run in the cup wall 24 closed annular - in Fig. 3 and 4 Both are oriented vertically when the respective cup 2 is intended and on the horizontal plane 4 as shown.
  • the U-shaped Sollfaltlinien 22 after Fig. 3 and 4 these are each directly above ( Fig. 4 ) or below ( Fig. 3 ) from the edge of the drinking opening 6 down and back to the edge of the drinking opening. 6
  • the desired folding lines 22, each curved as shown in the figure, are an additional design element which produces a waisted cup shape in the lateral surface 14 after being pressed in, in which the respective recess 26 forms the waist.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen Trinkbecher.The invention relates to a drinking cup.

Trinkbecher gibt es für warme und kalte Getränke, zum mehrfachen Gebrauch und zum Wegwerfen, und dem entsprechend aus verschiedenem Material wie Keramik, Glas, Metall, Kunststoff, mit wasserdichter oder wasserabweisender Beschichtung oder Imprägnierung versehener Pappe und Kombinationen daraus. Als Becher im weitesten erfindungsgemäßen Sinne verstehen sich Gefäße, die sich nach Größe und Gewicht mit einer Hand bestimmungsgemäß greifen und emporheben lassen und die eine Öffnung (Trinköffnung) mit einer Gestalt ihres Randes aufweisen, die einem Menschen tropffreies Trinken ermöglicht, und die eine Standfläche oder Standvorrichtung aufweisen, die das Abstellen des Bechers auf einer horizontalen Ebene ermöglicht, so dass dann Flüssigkeit noch in dem Becher verbleibt. Insbesondere aber verstehen sich als Becher im engeren erfindungsgemäßen Sinne Gefäße, die (bestimmungsgemäß auf einer waagerechten Ebene abgestellt) mindestens im Bereich der Öffnung um eine senkrechte Achse rotationssymmetrisch sind und sich mindestens im Bereich der Öffnung mindestens mit ihrer Innenwand vom Rand axial abwärts verjüngen.Drinking cups are available for hot and cold drinks, for multiple use and for disposal, and accordingly made of various materials such as ceramic, glass, metal, plastic, with waterproof or water-repellent coating or impregnated paperboard and combinations thereof. As a cup in the widest sense according to the invention are understood vessels that can grab and lift up according to size and weight with one hand as intended and having an opening (drinking opening) with a shape of its edge, which allows a drip-free drinking, and a standing surface or Stand device that allows the placement of the cup on a horizontal plane, so that then liquid still remains in the cup. In particular, however, understood as a cup in the narrower sense of the invention, vessels (as intended parked on a horizontal plane) at least in the region of the opening about a vertical axis are rotationally symmetric and at least in the region of the opening at least with its inner wall from the edge axially downwardly tapered.

Für solche und insbesondere die zum Wegwerfen vorgesehenen Becher gibt es bekanntlich auch Deckel, die zum Verhindern, die Trinkflüssigkeit darin zu verschütten, die Trinköffnung abdecken können. Solche Deckel und Becher, und auch die erfindungsgemäßen, sind insbesondere zum Bereithalten in Gastronomien vorgesehen, wo Getränke (auch) zum Verzehr unterwegs ausgeschenkt werden. Die bekannten Deckel sind vorzugsweise aus Kunststoff wie zum Beispiel Recycling-fähigem Polypropylen hergestellt und weisen üblicherweise eine Schnappstruktur auf, die zum schnappend formschlüssigen Umgreifen eines Randbereichs der Trinköffnung eines Bechers geeignet ist. Insbesondere Becher zum Wegwerfen insbesondere aus Kunststoff oder Pappe haben üblicherweise einen die Trinköffnung umgebenden Trinkrand, der einen nach außen kreisförmig umgebördelten Querschnitt hat. Dieser wird dann von bekannten Schnappstrukturen bekannter gattungsgemäßer Deckel schnappend formschlüssig umgriffen. Dazu sind die Deckel bekanntlich sowohl im Durchmesser der Deckelrand-nahen Schnappstruktur als auch in der Schnappöffnungs-Weite an die Bechergeometrie, für die sie vorgesehen sind, angepasst und insbesondere auch genormt.For such and in particular provided for disposal cups are known to cover, which can prevent spilling the drinking liquid therein, cover the drinking opening. Such lids and cups, and also the inventive, are particularly intended for keeping ready in restaurants, where drinks (also) are served for consumption on the way. The known lids are preferably made of plastic such as recyclable polypropylene and usually have a snap structure, which is suitable for snappingly encompassing an edge region of the drinking opening of a cup. In particular cups for disposal, in particular made of plastic or cardboard usually have a drinking rim surrounding the drinking rim, which has a circular outwardly flared cross-section. This is then gripped by known snap structures known generic lid snapping form-fitting. These lids are known both in the diameter of the lid edge-near snap structure and in the snap-opening width of the Cup geometry, for which they are intended, adapted and in particular also standardized.

Bei den bekannten Bechern, und zwar insbesondere denen zum Wegwerfen zum Beispiel aus Kunststoff oder mit wasserdichter oder wasserabweisender Beschichtung oder Imprägnierung versehener Pappe bestehen die Becherwandungen mindestens bereichsweise aus faltbarem Flachmaterial. Faltbar heißt erfindungsgemäß nur, dass das Flachmaterial (sofort zu Beginn einer Belastung oder möglicherweise erst ab einem gewissen Grenzverformungsgrad) sich nicht nur elastisch sondern auch plastisch verformt, wobei dieser Grenzverformungsgrad an einem Stück Flachmaterial der Größe, die im jeweiligen Becher verbaut ist, sich mit Handkraft erreichen lässt.In the known cups, in particular those for disposal, for example made of plastic or paper provided with waterproof or water-repellent coating or impregnation, the cup walls consist at least partially of foldable flat material. Foldable means according to the invention only that the flat material (immediately at the beginning of a load or possibly only from a certain Grenzverformungsgrad) not only elastically but also plastically deformed, said Grenzverformungsgrad on a piece of flat material of the size, which is installed in the respective cup, with Achieve hand strength.

Die Wandungen bekannter Becher aus faltbarem Flachmaterial werden üblicherweise dahin optimiert, das Flachmaterial, um Material zu sparen (und also möglichst wenig davon wegzuwerfen), möglichst dünn auszugestalten. Diese Materialeinsparung erfolgt aber, wie sich nachteilig erwiesen hat, um den Preis, dass die Becher bei auch nur geringfügig zu festem Zugreifen leicht eingedrückt werden. Und diese Verformung birgt dann das Risiko, dass sich zum Beispiel die unterseitige Standfläche des Bechers mit verformt und den Becher kipplig macht. Ein zusätzliches Risiko besteht auch, dass entlang von Knicklinien oder -stellen, die bei dem Eindrücken entstehen können, die Wandung sich nicht nur plastisch verformt, sondern auch undicht wird, zum Beispiel weil sie spröde bricht.The walls of known cups made of foldable flat material are usually optimized to make the flat material as thin as possible in order to save material (and thus to throw away as little as possible thereof). However, this material saving is done, as has been found to be detrimental to the price, that the cups are slightly pushed in even slightly too tight access. And this deformation then carries the risk that deforms, for example, the underside of the cup base and makes the cup tilted. An additional risk also exists that, along creases or creases that may be created when impressed, the wall not only plastically deforms but also leaks, for example because it breaks brittle.

Aus US 2 134 321 ist ein Becher bekannt, dessen Wand mittels Faltlinien geformte konkave Teile aufweist.Out US 2,134,321 For example, a cup is known whose wall has concave parts formed by fold lines.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zu Grunde, einen Trinkbecher aus faltbarem Flachmaterial zu schaffen, der sich störungssicherer handhaben lässt.The invention is based on the object to provide a drinking cup of foldable flat material, which can handle more trouble-free.

Diese Aufgabe wird von einem Trinkbecher mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Bevorzugte Ausgestaltungen sind in den Unteransprüchen angegeben. Erfindungsgemäß weist ein Becher aus faltbarem Flachmaterial mindestens eine Sollfaltlinie auf, an der entlang eine konvexe Wandung des Bechers konkav formstabil eindrückbar ist.This object is achieved by a drinking cup with the features of claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the subclaims. According to the invention, a cup made of foldable flat material has at least one desired folding line, along which a convex wall of the cup can be impressed in a form-stable concave manner.

Im Sinne der Erfindung bedeutet "konvexe Wandung" eine konvex nach außerhalb des Bechers gekrümmte Wandung, und zwar mindestens bereichsweise und mindestens und vorzugsweise einfach (um mindestens eine Krümmungsachse) gekrümmt. Das Flachmaterial ist zum Beispiel Pappe, vorzugsweise mit wasserdichter oder wasserabweisender insbesondere Becher-innenseitiger Beschichtung, oder Kunststoff, zum Beispiel Polypropylen.For the purposes of the invention, "convex wall" means a wall curved convexly to the outside of the cup, at least in regions and at least and preferably simply (around at least one axis of curvature) curved. The flat material is, for example, cardboard, preferably with a waterproof or water-repellent, in particular cup-inside coating, or plastic, for example polypropylene.

Vorzugsweise ist die Sollfaltlinie in der Becherwandung eine Linie dünnerer Wandstärke und/oder eine geprägte und/oder eine vorgefaltete Linie. Belastet nun ein Benutzer zum Beispiel mit seinem Daumen und/oder Zeigefinger in naher Nachbarschaft der Sollfaltlinie eine (konvexe) Becherwandung, wird diese zwar wie im Stand der Technik eingedrückt, verformt sich aber nicht wie dort ungerichtet, sondern wird entlang der Sollfaltlinie konkav formstabil eingedrückt. Formstabil heißt erfindungsgemäß nur, dass das Flachmaterial sofort zu Beginn der Belastung oder möglicherweise erst ab einem gewissen Grenzverformungsgrad sich entlang der Sollfaltlinie nicht nur elastisch sondern auch plastisch verformt, wobei dieser Grenzverformungsgrad an dem erfindungsgemäßen Becher sich mit Handkraft erreichen lässt. Der erfindungsgemäß eingedrückte Bereich kann der Becherwandung als strukturelle Aussteifung dienen.Preferably, the desired fold line in the beaker wall is a line of thinner wall thickness and / or an embossed and / or a prefolded line. If a user now loads a (convex) beaker wall, for example, with his thumb and / or forefinger in the immediate vicinity of the desired fold line, this is pressed in as in the prior art, but does not deform undirected, as is the case, but is pressed in a concave, dimensionally stable manner along the desired fold line , Dimensionally stable means according to the invention only that the flat material immediately at the beginning of the load or possibly only above a certain Grenzverformungsgrad along the Sollfaltlinie not only elastically but also plastically deformed, this limit deformation on the cup according to the invention can be achieved with manual force. The pressed-in area according to the invention can serve the beaker wall as a structural reinforcement.

Vorzugsweise verläuft die Sollfaltlinie in der Becherwandung geschlossen ringförmig, und zwar besonders bevorzugt spiegelsymmetrisch zu einer Ebene, die senkrecht orientiert ist, wenn der Becher bestimmungsgemäß auf einer horizontalen Ebene steht. So ergibt sich eingegrenzt durch die ringförmige Sollfaltlinie ein erfindungsgemäß eindrückbarer Bereich, der von der Sollfaltlinie ringförmig umgeben und, eingedrückt konvex, eine Mulde bildet, die der Becherwandung wiederum als strukturelle Aussteifung dienen kann und sich besonders bevorzugt als Griffmulde nutzen lässt. Zum ästhetischen Gestalten des Bechers kann die erfindungsgemäße Sollfaltlinie zusätzlich vorteilhaft dienen, indem die bekanntlich verbreiteten einfachen Becherformen insbesondere von Wegwerfbechern nämlich zumeist kegelstumpfförmiger, also in ihrer Mantelfläche dann ausschließlich konvexer Gestalt durch die wie auch immer geschwungen und/oder geknickt verlaufenden erfindungsgemäßen Sollfaltlinien ein zusätzliches Gestaltelement erhalten, welches in der Mantelfläche nach dem Eindrücken auch konkave Gestaltelemente bereitstellt - und sogar eine taillierte Becherform zu erzeugen erlaubt.Preferably, the Sollfaltlinie in the beaker wall is closed annular, and more preferably mirror-symmetrical to a plane which is oriented vertically when the cup is intended on a horizontal plane. Thus, limited by the annular Sollfaltlinie a depressible according to the invention area which annularly surrounded by the Sollfaltlinie and, pressed in convex, forms a trough, which in turn can serve the beaker wall as a structural reinforcement and can be particularly preferably used as a recessed grip. For aesthetically designing the cup, the desired folding line according to the invention can additionally serve advantageously by the well-known simple cup shapes especially disposable cups namely mostly frusto-conical, so in their lateral surface then exclusively convex shape by the curved and / or bent as desired Sollfaltlinien according to the invention an additional design element get in which the lateral surface after the impressions also provides concave design elements - and even allowed to produce a waisted cup shape.

Insbesondere wenn nämlich an einem erfindungsgemäßen Becher vorzugsweise mehrere Sollfaltlinien gleich sind und zwar besonders bevorzugt gleichmäßig auf einem Umfang des Bechers verteilt und/oder auf gleicher Höhe des Bechers angeordnet sind, kann sich ein regelmäßiges Umfangsmuster von konkaven Aussteifungseindrückungen ergeben. Insbesondere wenn solche ein- oder mehrfach einander paarweise (um 180° auf dem Umfang verteilt) einander auf dem Umfang gegenüber liegen, kann eine Becherform mit besonders stark taillierter Anmutung entstehen.In particular, if in particular on a cup according to the invention preferably a plurality of desired fold lines are equal and although particularly preferably evenly distributed on a circumference of the cup and / or arranged at the same height of the cup, a regular circumferential pattern of concave Aussteifungseindrückungen arise. In particular, if such one or more times in pairs (distributed by 180 ° on the circumference) are opposite each other on the circumference, a cup shape can arise with particularly strong waisted appearance.

Diese und weitere Vorteile und Merkmale der Erfindung werden anhand der folgenden Abbildungen von Ausführungsbeispielen der Erfindung weiter beschrieben. Darin zeigen

Fig. 1
a und b eine Vorderansicht und Seitenansicht eines erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eingedrückten Becherwandungen,
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a und b eine Vorderansicht und Seitenansicht eines alternativen erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eingedrückten Becherwandungen,
Fig. 3
a und b eine Vorderansicht und Seitenansicht eines alternativen erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eingedrückten Becherwandungen,
Fig. 4
a und b eine Vorderansicht und Seitenansicht eines alternativen erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eingedrückten Becherwandungen,
Fig. 5
a und b je dieselbe räumliche Ansicht eines alternativen erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eindrückbaren und dann mit eingedrückten Becherwandungen und
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a und b zwei verschiedene räumliche Seitenansichten eines alternativen erfindungsgemäßen Bechers mit konkav formstabil eingedrückten Becherwandungen.
These and other advantages and features of the invention will be further described with reference to the following figures of embodiments of the invention. Show in it
Fig. 1
a and b show a front view and a side view of a cup according to the invention with concave dimensionally stable pressed-in cup walls,
Fig. 2
a and b show a front view and a side view of an alternative cup according to the invention with concave, dimensionally stable pressed-in cup walls,
Fig. 3
a and b show a front view and a side view of an alternative cup according to the invention with concave, dimensionally stable pressed-in cup walls,
Fig. 4
a and b show a front view and a side view of an alternative cup according to the invention with concave, dimensionally stable pressed-in cup walls,
Fig. 5
a and b are each the same spatial view of an alternative cup according to the invention with concave dimensionally stable depressible and then pressed with Becherwandungen and
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a and b two different spatial side views of an alternative cup according to the invention with concave dimensionally stable pressed cup walls.

Ein Trinkbecher 2 für warme oder kalte Getränke zum Wegwerfen aus innenseitig mit Kunststoff beschichteter Pappe weist (bestimmungsgemäß auf einer waagerechten Ebene 4 abgestellt) oben eine Trinköffnung 6 und unten einen kreisringförmigen Standrand 8 auf, der das Abstellen des Bechers 2 auf einer waagerechten Ebene 4 ermöglicht, so dass die Trinkflüssigkeit 10 in dem Becher verbleibt. Der Becher 2 ist insgesamt um eine senkrechte Achse 12 rotationssymmetrisch und verjüngt sich nicht nur im Bereich der Trinköffnung 6 sondern insgesamt mit seiner Umfangswand 14 vom Rand der Trinköffnung 6 axial (in Richtung der senkrechten Achse 12) abwärts kegelförmig. Die Trinköffnung 6 ist von einem Trinkrand 16 umgeben, der einen nach außen kreisförmig umgebördelten Querschnitt hat.A drinking cup 2 for warm or cold drinks to throw away from inside with plastic coated cardboard has (intended parked on a horizontal plane 4) above a drinking opening 6 and below an annular stand edge 8, which allows the placement of the cup 2 on a horizontal plane 4 so that the drinking liquid 10 remains in the cup. The cup 2 is rotationally symmetrical about a vertical axis 12 and tapers not only in the region of the drinking opening 6 but in total with its peripheral wall 14 from the edge of the drinking opening 6 axially (in the direction of the vertical axis 12) downwards conically. The drinking opening 6 is surrounded by a drinking rim 16, which has a circular cross-section flared to the outside.

Insoweit sind die Becher 2 in sämtlichen Figuren gleich gestaltet - und daher auch trotz ihrer Verschiedenheit betreffend jeweils verschiedener Sollfaltlinien 22 gemäß den verschiedenen Figuren mit gleichen Bezugsziffern für die gleichen Merkmale versehen.In that regard, the cups 2 are the same design in all figures - and therefore despite their diversity regarding each different Sollfaltlinien 22 according to the various figures with the same reference numerals for the same features.

Jeder der Becher 2 gemäß sämtlichen Figuren weist mindestens zwei Sollfaltlinien 22 auf, an denen entlang jeweils eine oder zwei konvexe Wandungen 24 des jeweiligen Bechers 2 konkav formstabil eindrückbar sind. Außer in Figur 5b sind die Wandungen 24 der jeweiligen Becher 2 sämtlich konkav formstabil eingedrückt.Each of the cups 2 according to all figures has at least two Sollfaltlinien 22, along which in each case one or two convex walls 24 of the respective cup 2 are concave form-stable pressed. Except in FIG. 5b are the walls 24 of the respective cup 2 all pressed concave dimensionally stable.

Jede der abgebildeten Sollfaltlinien 22 ist in der Umfangswand 14 des jeweiligen Bechers eine Linie 22 dünnerer Wandstärke, hier nämlich eine geprägte Linie 22. Hat nun ein Benutzer (nicht dargestellt) zum Beispiel mit seinem Daumen und/oder Zeigefinger in naher Nachbarschaft der Sollfaltlinie 22 eine (zunächst noch vor diesem Eindrücken nach außen konvexe) Becherwandung 24 druckbelastet, wird diese entlang der Sollfaltlinie 22 konkav formstabil verformt, also in den jeweiligen Becher 2 hinein gewölbt eingedrückt.Each of the illustrated Sollfaltlinien 22 is in the peripheral wall 14 of the respective cup a line 22 thinner wall thickness, here an embossed line 22. Now has a user (not shown), for example, with his thumb and / or index finger in the vicinity of the Sollfaltlinie 22 a (initially convex prior to this pressing in) cup wall 24 pressure-loaded, this is deformed along the desired fold line 22 in a form-stable manner, that is pressed into the respective cup 2 into a curved manner.

In Fig. 1 und 2 verlaufen die jeweils zwei Sollfaltlinien in der Becherwandung 24 geschlossen ringförmig - in Fig. 3 und 4 spiegelsymmetrisch zur Zeichungsebene sowie zur Ebene senkrecht auf der Zeichungsebene durch die Symmetrieachse 12. Beide sind senkrecht orientiert, wenn der jeweilige Becher 2 bestimmungsgemäß und wie abgebildet auf der horizontalen Ebene 4 steht. So ergibt sich eingegrenzt durch die ringförmige (Fig. 1 und 2) oder U-förmige (Fig. 3 und 4) Sollfaltlinie 22 ein erfindungsgemäß eingedrückter Bereich, der von der Sollfaltlinie 22 umgeben und, eingedrückt konvex, eine Mulde 26 bildet, die der Umfangswand 14 als strukturelle Aussteifung dient und sich besonders bevorzugt zudem als Griffmulde nutzen lässt. Bei den U-förmigen Sollfaltlinien 22 nach Fig. 3 und 4 verlaufen diese jeweils oben direkt (Fig. 4) oder unterhalb (Fig. 3) vom Rand der Trinköffnung 6 nach unten und wieder zurück zum Rand der Trinköffnung 6.In Fig. 1 and 2 each two Sollfaltlinien run in the cup wall 24 closed annular - in Fig. 3 and 4 Both are oriented vertically when the respective cup 2 is intended and on the horizontal plane 4 as shown. This results in limited by the annular ( Fig. 1 and 2 ) or U-shaped ( Fig. 3 and 4 ) Sollfaltlinie 22 an inventively depressed area, surrounded by the Sollfaltlinie 22 and, pressed in convex, a trough 26 forms, which serves the peripheral wall 14 as a structural reinforcement and can be particularly preferably also used as a recessed grip. At the U-shaped Sollfaltlinien 22 after Fig. 3 and 4 these are each directly above ( Fig. 4 ) or below ( Fig. 3 ) from the edge of the drinking opening 6 down and back to the edge of the drinking opening. 6

Zum ästhetischen Gestalten des Bechers sind die jeweils wie abgebildet geschwungen verlaufenden Sollfaltlinien 22 ein zusätzliches Gestaltelement, welches in der Mantelfläche 14 nach dem Eindrücken eine taillierte Becherform erzeugt, bei der die jeweilige Mulde 26 die Taille bildet.For aesthetically shaping the cup, the desired folding lines 22, each curved as shown in the figure, are an additional design element which produces a waisted cup shape in the lateral surface 14 after being pressed in, in which the respective recess 26 forms the waist.

Dadurch dass an den Bechern 2 nach Fig. 1 bis 5 die mehreren Sollfaltlinien 22 gleichmäßig auf einem Umfang des Bechers verteilt und/oder auf gleicher Höhe des Bechers angeordnet sind, ergibt sich ein regelmäßiges Umfangsmuster von konkaven Aussteifungseindrückungen 26. Wenn wie in Fig. 1 bis 5 solche (paarweise um 180° auf dem Umfang verteilt) einander auf dem Umfang gegenüber liegen, ist die taillierte Becherform besonders gut erkennbar. Aber auch beim Becher 2 nach Fig. 6 ergibt sich eine Taille 26. Hier verlaufen die Sollfaltlinien vom Rand der Trinköffnung 6 oben am Becher 2 in mehreren Schwungen nach unten zum Standrand 8, wobei die Schwunglinien ein Emblem 28 geschwungen umgeben und betonen. Die Schwunglinien können auch sogar Elemente eines Logos oder Emblems (zum Beispiel des Logos (nicht dargestellt) eines sehr bekannten schwarzen, nicht alkoholischen Erfrischungsgetränks) sein, das im Übrigen mindestens teilweise auch aufgedruckt sein kann.Thus that at the cups 2 after Fig. 1 to 5 The plurality of Sollfaltlinien 22 evenly distributed on a circumference of the cup and / or are arranged at the same height of the cup, there is a regular circumferential pattern of concave Aussteifungseindrückungen 26. If Fig. 1 to 5 those (distributed in pairs by 180 ° on the circumference) are opposite each other on the circumference, the waisted cup shape is particularly well recognizable. But also the cup 2 after Fig. 6 This results in a waist 26. Here, the Sollfaltlinien run from the edge of the drinking opening 6 at the top of the cup 2 in several turns down to the edge of the stand 8, the swing lines an emblem 28 swinging surrounded and emphasize. The swing lines may even be elements of a logo or emblem (for example, the logo (not shown) of a very well-known black, non-alcoholic soft drink) which, incidentally, may at least partially be printed.

Die Besonderheit des Bechers 2 nach Fig. 5 gegenüber den übrigen abgebildeten besteht in insgesamt acht Sollfaltlinien 22, die von oben deutlich unterhalb vom Rand der Trinköffnung 6 oben am Becher 2 beginnend in einer Welle nach unten zum Standrand 8 (um einen quadratischen Boden 30 mit verrundeten Ecken herum) laufen, und zwar paarweise um 180° verdreht auf dem Umfang verteilt, also einander paarweise auf dem Umfang gegenüber liegend sowie paarweise symmetrisch zueinander um zwei senkrecht auf der Horizontalebene 10 stehende Spiegelebenen, die jeweils durch einander diagonal gegenüberliegende Ecken des quadratischen Bodens 30 (mit gerundeten Ecken) hindurch verlaufen. Diese "Eckkanten" 32 (Fig Z 5 a) sind eindrückbar und (wie in Fig 5b dargestellt) eingedrückt.The peculiarity of the cup 2 after Fig. 5 Compared with the rest shown there is a total of eight Sollfaltlinien 22, which from above clearly below the edge of Drinking opening 6 at the top of the cup 2 starting in a wave down to the standing edge 8 (around a square bottom 30 with rounded corners around) run, in pairs by 180 ° twisted distributed on the circumference, so in pairs opposite each other on the circumference and in pairs symmetrical to each other about two perpendicular to the horizontal plane 10 mirror planes, each extending through diagonally opposite corners of the square bottom 30 (with rounded corners) therethrough. These "corner edges" 32 (FIG. 5 a) can be pressed in and (as in FIG Fig. 5b shown) pressed.

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  1. A cup made of foldable flat material with a conical wall, a drinking opening above and an annular standing edge below,
    and with at least one desired fold line (22), characterised in that, by means of the desired fold line (22), the cup is arranged so that it can be pressed in with the thumb and/or index finger of a user along the desired fold line in a concave stable shape as a convex cup wall (24),
    wherein the concavely impressed cup creates a waisted cup shape and wherein the desired fold line surrounds the concavely impressible cup, and does so:
    - in a closed annular shape or
    - a U-shape from above directly or below from the edge of the drinking opening (6) downward and back to the edge of the drinking opening (6) again or
    - as a curved line paired with a second curved line, each from above from the edge of the drinking opening (6) downward to the standing edge (8).
  2. The cup according to the previous claim, characterised in that the desired fold line (22) in the cup wall (24) is a line of thinner wall thickness and/or a stamped and/or a prefolded line.
  3. The cup according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that the desired fold line (22) in the cup wall (24) runs symmetrically mirrored across a plane that is oriented vertically when the cup stands on a horizontal plane (4) according to the invention.
  4. The cup according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that a plurality of desired fold lines (22) are equivalent.
  5. The cup according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that a plurality of desired fold lines (22) are evenly distributed on a perimeter of the cup (2).
  6. The cup according to one of the previous claims, characterised in that a plurality of desired fold lines (22) are arranged at the same height of the cup (2).
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