EP3089923A1 - Topper for a container - Google Patents
Topper for a containerInfo
- Publication number
- EP3089923A1 EP3089923A1 EP14828487.0A EP14828487A EP3089923A1 EP 3089923 A1 EP3089923 A1 EP 3089923A1 EP 14828487 A EP14828487 A EP 14828487A EP 3089923 A1 EP3089923 A1 EP 3089923A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- container
- topper
- perforation
- perforation platform
- platform
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Definitions
- the invention generally concerns sealed containers, in particular containers for liquids, for example beverages.
- the invention relates to a topper for such a sealed container.
- Yogurt is a milk based product which is eaten using a spoon or drunk.
- Drinkable yogurts as well as various beverages, are generally sold in containers such as small plastic bottles comprising a neck, sealed with a lid or a screwed cap.
- the seal or cap is to be removed by a user to drink the content of the bottle.
- the operation of removing the lid is generally impractical, as the lid is glued to a flange of the container, and the liquid content may be spilled when removing the lid. This operation can be even more critical if a container has a large opening, for example if the container is a cup.
- the beverage can be easily drunk everywhere and in any circumstances, including when walking or when having only one free hand.
- the Utility Model ES 1079052 describes a flat accessory with a perforation funnel which can be applied to a container for perforating it.
- a hole in the accessory enables drinking through the opening consequently created within the lid.
- Such accessory is efficient, but it requires being manually placed on the lid at first, and then carefully handled by the user, which is detrimental for the handiness of the product. Furthermore, the accessory may be lost.
- JP2004123155 and JP2003327266 disclose two accessories for containers, each presenting a moveable part with a cutting edge. These accessories must securely engage the container before using the edge, which improves their reliability. However such accessories still require inconvenient manual handling. Moreover, these accessories are complex, bulky and expensive.
- all said known perforation accessories may create excessively large openings in the container if handled without the necessary caution, and the beverage may be spilled.
- the present invention proposes in a first aspect a topper for a container having an upper surface, the topper including:
- a body adapted to engage an upper surface (10) of the container, and a movable perforation platform having at least one protruding perforating element, the perforation platform being movable with respect to the body between:
- the body includes a top part and a skirt, the skirt being adapted to engage the upper surface of the container, and the perforation platform being connected to the top part;
- the skirt when the skirt engages the upper surface of the container, the skirt defines a inner recess extending between the top part and the upper surface, the perforating element fitting in said inner recess when in resting position; • the perforation platform is further connected to the top part though at least one hinge;
- the perforation platform is connected to a joint part by a first hinge, and the joint part is connected to the top part by a second hinge;
- the hinge is located at a distal end of an arm protruding from the top part in said inner recess;
- the top part is at least partially covered by a sticker at least hiding the perforation platform
- the perforation platform further comprises at least one orifice cooperating with the perforating element when the perforating element perforates the upper surface of the container;
- the perforation platform comprises two perforation elements and two corresponding orifices.
- the present invention proposes in a second aspect an assembly including a topper according to the first aspect and a container, wherein the topper engages an upper surface of the container.
- the upper surface of the container comprises a lid sealing the container, the lid being perforated by the perforating element when the perforation tab is in working position;
- the at least one breakable portion of the topper is adapted to break when a force sufficient for the perforation element to perforate said lid is applied on the perforation platform, so as to enable the perforation element to perforate the lid;
- the container is filled with a liquid, for example edible or drinkable liquid, preferably a beverage, preferably a milk-based liquid composition.
- a liquid for example edible or drinkable liquid, preferably a beverage, preferably a milk-based liquid composition.
- the present invention proposes in a third aspect a method of using the assembly according to the second aspect, the method including steps of: - moving the perforation platform from the resting position to the working position;
- FIGS. 1 a-b are schematic views of a transversal section of an assembly of a container and a topper according to a first embodiment the invention in a resting position and a working position;
- FIGS. 2a-d are schematic views of a transversal section of an assembly of a container and a topper according to a second embodiment of the invention in a resting position and a working position;
- FIGS. 3a-c are views under different angles of embodiments of a topper according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a view of a perforation platform of an embodiment of a topper according to the invention.
- the invention proposes a topper 2 for a container 1 having an upper surface 10.
- the container 1 is for example a substantially cylindrical (and/or slightly conical) hollow piece made of glass, carton or plastic, in particular, polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polylactic acid (PLA).
- PS polystyrene
- PP polypropylene
- PE polyethylene
- PLA polylactic acid
- the upper surface 10 is intended to be perforated.
- This upper part 10 preferably includes a lid sealing the container 1 , the lid being for example made of aluminium, paper, plastic, or an association thereof.
- the container 1 may have a drinking glass shape or yogurt cup shape.
- the container may thus comprise an opening, which is to be covered by the upper surface (10), a bottom, and side walls.
- the opening and/or the side walls can have, horizontally a square cross section or a square with rounded corners cross section, or round cross section or an oval cross section.
- the walls might form a cylinder shape or conical shape
- the walls (perpendicular to the cross section) may be provided with elements such as stickers or banderoles. Elements such as banderoles can contribute to re-enforcing the mechanical resistance of the container.
- the largest dimension of the cross section, for example the diameter of the cross section is circular, of the opening is herein referred to as "D" or "width".
- the height of the walls is herein referred to as "H”. In some embodiments 0.5H ⁇ D ⁇ H. In some embodiment 0.5D ⁇ H ⁇ D.
- the container does not present a neck with a narrowed opening compared to the side walls cross section.
- the container has a bottle shape with a neck.
- the container 1 can be filled with a liquid, preferably a milk-based composition.
- the liquid in the container 1 can be any liquid, for example an edible or drinkable liquid, often referred to as foods liquids. It can be for example a sauce, a soup or a beverage: herein beverage include waters, juices, sodas, milk-based compositions such as milk, optionally flavored, and fermented milk products, for example yogurt or kefir.
- the container may be for example a container of 50 ml (or 50 g), to 1 L (or 1 kg), for example a container of 50 ml (or 50 g) to 80 ml (or 80 g), or 80 ml (or 80 g) to 100 ml (or 10Og), or 100 ml (or 100 g) to 125 ml (or 125 g), or 125 ml (or 125 g) to 150 ml (or 150 g), or 150 ml (or 150 g) to 200 ml (or 200 g), or 250 ml (or 250 g) to 300 ml (or 300 g), or 300 ml (or 300 g) to 500 ml (or 500 g), or 500 ml (or 500 g) to 750 ml (or 750 g), or 750 ml (or 750 g) to 1 L (or 1 kg).
- the topper 2 is for instance a piece crowning the container 1 . It can be made of a similar or different plastic material as container 1 , for example polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polylactic acid (PLA). PP is found to present a good flexibility and breakability compromise.
- the topper 2 includes a body adapted to engage the upper surface 10 of the container 1 , in particular in a secure way.
- the body includes a top part 2a and a skirt 2b, wherein the skirt 2b engages the upper surface 10 of the container 1 .
- the top part 2a can be a flat part, and the skirt 2b can be cylindrically shaped.
- a reverse cross-section of the topper 2 is "U"- shaped.
- the upper surface 10 is preferably engaged according to its periphery. In other words, by engaging it is meant cooperating with this periphery of this upper surface 10 so as to assemble the container 1 and the topper 2.
- the skirt 2b includes at least one tab 21 which protrudes from the inner surface of the skirt 2b and extends radially towards the center of the topper 2.
- This tab 21 cooperates with at least one further tab 1 1 protruding from the edge of the container 1 (i.e. at the periphery of the upper surface 10), said further tab 1 1 extending radially toward the exterior of the container 1 .
- the skirt 2b deforms (in particular through an elastic deformation) until the tabs 1 1 of the container 1 reach beyond the tabs 21 of the skirt 2b, so as to "clip" the topper 2 on the container 1 .
- the skirt 2b When the skirt 2a engages the upper surface 10, the skirt 2b defines an inner recess V (in particular a cylindrical volume) between the top part 2a and the container 1 .
- the topper 2 is 12 mm tall, and the inner recess V defined is nearly 8 mm deep.
- the topper 2 is provided with a movable perforation platform 3 having at least one protruding perforating element 4a, 4b. As represented by figure 3a, this perforation platform 3 is connected (directly or not, at it will be explained) to the top part 2a.
- the perforation platform 3 includes at least one orifice 5a, 5b, preferably a main orifice 5a and an auxiliary orifice 5b.
- the main orifice 5a is a drinking orifice
- the auxiliary orifice 5b is a breathing orifice (it allows air entrance within the container 1 to replace the drunk liquid).
- the perforation platform 3 is movable with respect to the top part 2a between a resting position and a working position in which the perforating element 4a, 4b perforates the upper surface 10 of the container 1 .
- the perforation platforms 3 has two corresponding perforating elements 4a, 4b.
- Each perforating element 4a, 4b cooperates with an orifice 5a, 5b so as to create an opening lined up with the orifice 5a, 5b in the upper surface 10 when perforated.
- fluidic connection is enabled between the inside and the outside of the container 1 through the perforated upper surface 10 and the perforation platform (via orifices 5a, 5b).
- Figure 3b represents examples of perforating elements 4a, 4b.
- both perforating elements 4a and 4b can be sharp pieces of various shapes.
- the main piercing element 4a (cooperating with the main orifice 5a) is U-shaped
- the auxiliary piercing element 4b (cooperating with the auxiliary orifice 5a) is H-shaped.
- the resting position is represented on figure 1 a
- the working position is represented on figure 1 b
- the resting position is represented on figure 2a
- the working position is represented on figure 2d (figures 2b and 2c represents intermediate positions).
- the resting position is an "up" position
- the working position is a "down” position.
- the movement for switching to working position comprises a rotation of the perforation platform 3 according to an axis sensibly parallel to the top part 2a (by approximately 12° in the exemplary embodiment of figure 1 a).
- At least one hinge 7a connecting the perforation platform 3 to the top part 2a allows this rotation.
- the first hinge 7a is the only hinge, and therefore the aforementioned rotation is the only one.
- the exemplary embodiment of figures 2a-2d presents another hinge 7b.
- the top part 2a is connected to the perforation platform 3 through a joint part 30. More precisely, the perforation platform 3 is connected to a joint part 30 by the first hinge 7a, and the joint part 30 is connected to the top part 2a by a second hinge 7b.
- the joint part 30 can be seen as an extension of the perforating platform 3, which only acts as an articulation enabling the global movement of the perforation platform 3 to be closer to a translation than a rotation.
- first and the second hinges 7a, 7b advantageously present parallel axis. It is to be noted that it is possible to have more than two hinges (and consequently more than one joint part 30).
- the movement for switching to working position begins in this embodiment with only rotation according to the first hinge 7a, up to the perforating element 4a, 4b (and especially the first perforating element 4a) perforating the upper surface 10, and a distal end of the perforation platform 3 touching the container 1 .
- the joint part 30 and the perforation platform 3 are not lined up, i.e. the hinge 7b defines an angle inferior to 180° so as to slightly protrude.
- the second hinge 7b begins to operate (as the distal end of the perforation platform 3 already touches the container 1 , an exclusive rotation according to the first hinge 7a is no more possible) so as to open the angle between the joint part 30 and the perforation platform 3.
- the second perforating element 4b continues perforating the upper surface 10. The angle between the joint part 30 and the perforation platform 3 reaches 180° (see figure 4c).
- the angle between the joint part 30 and the perforation platform 3 exceeds 180° (see figure 4d), i.e. the angle starts to open inwards. Therefore, the perforation platform perfectly fits the shape of the upper surface 10, which prevents leaks (see below). Furthermore, this position acts as a self-lock because of the over-180° angle, and these is no risk for the perforation platform 3 to unexpectedly go back to resting position.
- a user just has to press the perforation platform 3 with one finger. The user can for example grasp the container 1 with a hand, and press the perforation platform 3 with the thumb. The applied pressure is transmitted to the perforating elements 5a, 5b, which consequently perforate the upper surface 10.
- the present invention is not limited to any kind of action for switching from resting position to working position.
- some architectures may propose to translate the perforation platform 3, or even pulling it (for example if the perforation platform 3 is linked to the top part 2a by a rotation axis arranged between the first and the second openings 5a, 5b (instead of at least one hinge), pulling the rear part of the perforation platform (near the second opening 5b) leads to the first perforating element 4a perforating the upper surface 10).
- the perforation platform 3 is further held in the resting position by at least one breakable portion 6 connecting the perforation platform 3 to the topper 2.
- a plurality (six in the example) of breakable portions 6 may be arranged around the perforation platform 3.
- a breakable portion is a physical link between the perforation platform 3 and the top part 2a (for instance a thin plastic thread), which is intended to irreparably break when subjected to a force which is above a given threshold.
- the breakable portions 6 may be seen as "weak points" of the topper 2: if a stress is applied between the perforation platform 3 and the top part 2a, the rupture always takes place at the breakable portions 6, and not in the perforation platform 3 or in the top part 2a.
- the breakable portions 6 have two effects:
- the breakable portions 6 keep the perforation platform 3 in the resting position. There is no risk of accidentally switching to working position and unexpectedly perforating the upper surface 10.
- the accessory had to be placed on the lid at the very last moment (to avoid unwanted perforation), while in the present invention the topper 2 may be early mounted on the upper surface 10 of the container 1 .
- the perforating element 4a, 4b advantageously fits in said inner recess V when the perforation platform 3 is in resting position.
- the inner recess V is large enough to contain at least the whole perforation platform 3 (in particular when connected to the top part 2b via an arm 20, see after). Therefore, as long as the perforation platform
- the breakable portions 6 break as soon as the given threshold is reached.
- This threshold can be easily controlled by changing the number of breakable portions 6, their thickness, etc. Therefore, the breakable portions 6 of the topper 2 can be configured so as to break when a force sufficient for the perforating element 4a, 4b to perforate the upper part 10 of the container 1 is applied on the perforation platform 3.
- the threshold can be chosen in function of the resistance of the lid, for example in the range 100-150% of the force needed for the perforating element 3 to perforate the upper part 10 of the container 1 .
- the lid (the upper part 10) is effectively pierced without being torn.
- the perforating platform 3 may be linked to the top part 2a only with breakable portions 6 (i.e. without hinges 7a, 7b nor axis). In such a configuration, the switching movement of the perforation platform 3 is a full translation. When in working position (after the breakable portions 6 are broken), the perforation platform 3 is physically detached from the top part 2a.
- the perforation platform 3 and the at least one breakable portion 6 are integral to the top part 2a.
- the limit between the perforation portion 3 and the top part 2a thus forms a "dotted line", the dots of which are the breakable portions 6 spaced apart one from the other.
- the hinge(s) 7a, 7b is(are) also integral to the top part 2a.
- the whole topper 2 can therefore be cast in one piece (for example of polypropylene). The cost and the production time are therefore greatly reduced.
- the first hinge 7a is preferably located at a distal end of an arm 20 protruding from the top part 2a through said inner recess V, so as to bring this first hinge 7a close to the upper surface 10.
- the distal part of the arm 20 comes to contact the upper surface 10, as represented on figures 1 and 2.
- the perforation platform 3 and the joint part 30 if there is one
- the top part 2a may be at least partially covered by a sticker 22 (as represented on figures 2 and 3c), so that the sticker 22 hides at least the perforation platform 3.
- This sticker 22 prevents any contamination of the orifice 5a.
- This sticker 22 acts as a tamper- evident element, as it has to be removed or split by the user before moving the perforation platform 3 into working position.
- the sticker 22 may be provided with a dotted line (defining a weakness line) in particular following a contour of the perforation platform 3.
- the sticker 22 breaks according to the dotted line when pulled by the user, so as to unveil the perforation platform 3, which can be consequently moved for drinking.
- a protection lid is provided in the inner part of topper to protect the perforation platform, for example to prevent children from being hurt by the perforating element(s).
- the protection lid can for example be a disc positioned on a shoulder to the skirt. This protection lid is perforated when the perforation platform in moved to the working position.
- the invention proposes an assembly including a topper 2 as previously described, and a container 1 of which an upper surface 10 is engaged with the topper 2.
- the upper surface 10 of the container 1 is preferably a lid sealing the container 1 .
- the invention proposes a method of using the assembly according to the second aspect of the invention, the method including steps of:
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