EP3981705B1

EP3981705B1 - Package for cutting tool

Info

Publication number: EP3981705B1
Application number: EP20200179.8A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Daniel KNOPF; Anna Fischer
Original assignee: Husqvarna AB
Current assignee: Husqvarna AB
Priority date: 2020-10-06
Filing date: 2020-10-06
Publication date: 2024-05-29
Anticipated expiration: 2040-10-06
Also published as: EP3981705A1; CN116368078A; FI3981705T3; CN116368078B; WO2022073654A1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a package for cutting tools. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a package for cutting tools which allows improved showcasing and packaging of the cutting tools.

BACKGROUND

Cutting tools, particularly small cutting tools, are generally packaged within a package which usually includes a vertical hanging arrangement. This allows a potential buyer to better interact with different details and specifications of the cutting tools and assess whether the cutting tool suits his/her needs. The package generally has a transparent plastic cover which covers at least some parts of the cutting tools. This transparent plastic may limit ability of the potential buyer to interact with the cutting tool. There have been numerous efforts to limit or avoid application of the plastic cover for the cutting tools.
Some packages also allow the potential buyer to perform limited operations with the cutting tools without having to completely disassemble or open up the package. However, this could pose certain security threats for the potential buyer and may also have a bearing on the life of the package or cutting edges of the cutting tool. Further, there are constraints to better market the cutting tools, preferably with better utilization of the package of the cutting tools for providing written description about the cutting tool. These issues make a case to ensure better trial, showcasing of the cutting tool within the package, while avoiding use of the transparent plastic cover.
WO 2016/173673 A1 discloses a packaging which is used for a manually operated cutting device that includes a pair of cutting blades pivotably secured to each other at a pivot j oint. The packaging includes a base member defining a plane and a cover member shaped as a cap. The cover member is secured to the base member in a packaged state. In the packaged state, the cover member covers the cutting blades but does not substantially cover the handles. The handles are accessible for manual use in the packaged state. The cutting device is secured in the packaged state exclusively by means of the cover member engaging the base member in a form fit connection. The form-fit connection is supplemented by additional securing means located at fixing points. One of the fixing points is located between the two handles of the cutting device retained in the packaged state and another fixing point is located adjacent to a front part of the cover member next to the tip of the blades. The cutting device can move forward and backward since the fixing point is located between the handles. Therefore, the handles are not fixed to the cutting tool packaging by a fastener or other securing means. Additionally, the package does not include one or more second cut-out sections which resemble a shape of the handle which includes the hole.
DE 203 14 122 U1 discloses a package comprising three holes drilled in a triangular arrangement. The holes receive a V-shaped fixture with short leg extensions with nipples. Each of the nipples engages with a respective hole in a back-plate of the package. The cutting tool is fixed to the package by hanging on the fixture. Therefore, there is no direct fixing or securing of the cutting tool to the back-plate of the package. Additionally, the package does not disclose one or more second cut-out sections which resemble a shape of the handle which includes the hole.
US 7,789,234 B2 discloses a display package for scissors having a pair of scissors attached to it. The scissors include a pair of handles each terminating in a finger ring, respectively at their distal ends. One finger ring of the scissors is attached to the top of the pedestal so it abuts against a rim by two or more permanent ties which hold this finger ring tightly against the surface of the rim. Before the finger ring is secured to the rim, the blades are slid under the arch of the package, wherein the arch restricts the movement of the blade. Therefore, the package does not disclose one or more second cut-out sections which resemble a shape of the handle which includes the hole.
Thus, there is a need of an improved package which allows to enhance appeal, and user trial of the cutting tools packaged within the package.

SUMMARY

In view of the above, it is an objective of the present invention to solve or at least reduce the drawbacks discussed above. The objective is at least partially achieved by a package. The package includes a package body for packaging a cutting tool. The package body includes one or more first cut-out sections which at least partially cover one or more cutting edges of the cutting tool. A removable fastener is provided with the package body and a cutting tool is packaged with the package, wherein the removable fastener is adapted to engage with at least one handle of the cutting tool. The removable fastener is adapted to engage with at least one handle of the cutting tool. The package is characterized in that the package body includes one or more second cut-out sections such that the removable fastener engages therewith, wherein the one or more second cut-out sections resemble a shape of the handle which includes the hole, and wherein the removable fastener allows removable coupling between the cutting tool and the package by engaging with a hole of the at least one handle of the cutting tool and the one or more second cut-out sections of the package. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the removable fastener is a pin. This allows ease of coupling between the cutting tool and the package by application of the pin.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hole of the cutting tool is provided at an end of the handle which is opposite to the cutting edges of the cutting tool. This ensures that the handle of the cutting tool is relatively free to move with respect to the cutting edge, while being assembled within the package.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hole is a wrist strap hole of the cutting tool. This allows use of the wrist strap hole to fasten or assemble the cutting tool with the package.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the one or more second cut-out sections resembles a shape of the handle which includes the hole. This shape of the second cut-out sections allows ease of engagement with the handle of the cutting tool, while the cutting tool remains within the package.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the package body includes a first body part and a second body part joined to each other at a line of weakness. This allows that the second body part is foldable or removable from the package body along the line of weakness. This provision of the removable second body part allows ease of engagement and trial of the cutting tool within the package.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cutting tool is a shear. The cutting tool maybe any portable tool such as a shear, secateurs, scissors, and the like.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a cutting tool is packaged with the package. The package allows easy and convenient handling of the cutting tool, while ensuring protection to the cutting edges thereof.
Other features and aspects of this invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the enclosed drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a front perspective view of a package which houses a cutting tool, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows a side perspective view of the package with the cutting tool, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows a rear view of the package, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view around a handle of the cutting tool with the package, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 5 shows a front perspective view of the package which houses the cutting tool for a user trial case, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which example embodiments of the invention incorporating one or more aspects of the present invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. For example, one or more aspects of the present invention can be utilized in other embodiments and even other types of structures and/or methods. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements.
Certain terminology is used herein for convenience only and is not to be taken as a limitation on the invention. For example, "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "side", "longitudinal", "lateral", "transverse", "upwards", "downwards", "forward", "backward", "sideward", "left," "right," "horizontal," "vertical," "upward", "inner", "outer", "inward", "outward", "top", "bottom", "higher", "above", "below", "central", "middle", "intermediate", "between", "end", "adjacent", "proximate", "near", "distal", "remote", "radial", "circumferential", or the like, merely describe the configuration shown in the Figures. Indeed, the components may be oriented in any direction and the terminology, therefore, should be understood as encompassing such variations unless specified otherwise.
In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed preferred embodiments and examples of the invention and, although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for the purpose of limitation of the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.
FIG. 1 illustrates a package 100 as used for packaging a cutting tool 150. The present disclosure illustrates the cutting tool 150 as a shear, however the package 100 can be readily used with any other tool (such as scissor, lopper, and the like) or even fixture as known or used in the art. Thus, the present disclosure is not to be limited by the type of the cutting tool 150 in any manner.
As illustrated in FIG. 1 , the package 100 include a package body 110 adapted to package 100 the cutting tool 150. The package body 110 includes a mounting cavity 112. The mounting cavity 112 may allow ease of hanging of the package 100. The mounting cavity 112 may be mounted with any wall hanging means such as nails, brackets, and the like. The present disclosure is not limited by choice of hanging surface in any manner.
The package body 110 includes a first body part 114 and a second body part 116. The first body part 114 and the second body part 116 are illustrated as joined to each other at a line of weakness 118 of the package body 110. The line of weakness 118 may be a series of small protrusions, holes, and the like within the package body 110. The line of weakness 118 may allow partial or complete, folding or removal of any of the first body part 114 and the second body part 116 from the package body 110, as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
In some embodiments, the package body 110 is made of a material of one or more of a cardboard, a plastic, a polymer, and the like. The material of the package body 110 may be selected based upon the cutting tool 150, or any other implementation factor.
Referring to FIGS. 1 , 2 , the package body 110 includes one or more first cut-out sections 120. The first cut-out sections 120 are adapted to at least partially cover one or more cutting edges 152, 154 of the cutting tool 150. The present disclosure illustrates a first cutting edge 152, and a second cutting edge 154 collectively referred to as cutting edges 152, 154.
The present disclosure illustrates one first cut-out section 120. The first cut-out section 120 may be obtained by cutting three sides out of rectangular portion in the first body part 114. Then, the first cut-out section 120 may be folded such that the first cut-out section 120 is generally perpendicular to the package body 110. Further, the first cut-out section 120 includes a blade hole 122. The blade hole 122 allows to receive and at least partially cover the cutting edges 152, 154 of the cutting tool 150, as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
The package body 110 includes one or more second cut-out sections 130. The present disclosure illustrates one second cut-out section 130. The one or more second cut-out sections 130 are provided such that a removable fastener 162 engages therewith. The removable fastener 162 allows removable coupling between the cutting tool 150 and the package 100 by engaging with a hole 160 (shown in FIG. 2 ) of the at least one handle 156, herein a first handle 156 of the cutting tool 150. The second cut-out section 130 may be obtained by cutting a portion in the second body part 116 which resembles a shape of a first handle 156 of the cutting tool 150. The second cut-out section 130 may be movable with respect to the package body 110, as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
In some embodiments, the one or more second cut-out sections 130 resembles a shape of the handle 156 which includes the hole 160, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 , 3 . This shape of the second cut-out sections 130 allows ease of engagement with the handle 156 of the cutting tool 150, while the cutting tool 150 remains within the package 100.
Referring to FIGS. 4 , 5 , the removable fastener 162 is adapted to engage with at least one handle 156 (i.e. the first handle 156) of the cutting tool 150. In the present disclosure, the removable fastener 162 is illustrated as engaged with the first handle 156, however the removable fastener 162 may be engaged with any of the first handle 156 or a second handle 158 of the cutting tool 150. Further, the removable fastener 162 allows removable coupling between the cutting tool 150 and the package 100 by engaging with the hole 160 of the at least one handle (i.e. the first handle 156) of the cutting tool 150 and the one or more second cut-out sections 130 of the package 100.
In some embodiments, the removable fastener 162 is a pin. However, the removable fastener 162 may be any fastening means such as nut, bolt, clip and the like, and such variations are well within the scope of the present disclosure. This allows ease of removable coupling between the cutting tool 150 and the package 100 by application of the removable fastener 162.
In some embodiments, the hole 160 of the cutting tool 150 is provided at an end of the handle 156 which is opposite to the cutting edges 152, 154 of the cutting tool 150. This ensures that the handle 156 of the cutting tool 150 is relatively free to move with respect to the cutting edges 152, 154, while the cutting tool 150 remains assembled within the package 100. In an embodiment, the hole 160 is a wrist strap hole 160 of the cutting tool 150. This allows dual-usage of the wrist strap hole 160, such as to fasten or assemble the cutting tool 150 with the package 100 and later to use a wrist strap therewith.
Referring to FIG. 5 , the cutting tool 150 which is a shear is illustrated with a user hand 170. The present disclosure provides that the second body part 116 is foldable or removable from the package body 110 along the line of weakness 118 (shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 ). As illustrated in the present figure, the second body part 116 (not visible in the present figure) of the package body 110 is removed or folded. The second body part 116 of the package body 110 may be folded along the line of weakness 118 such that only the second cut-out section 130 remains engaged to the package 100. The second cut-out section 130 of the package 100 allows engagement of the handle 156 of the cutting tool with the package 100. This engagement between the second cut-out section 130 and the handle 156 is by presence of the removable fastener 162. The package 100 thus allows the user hand 170 to properly engage with the first and second handles 156, 158 of the cutting tool 150.
The folded second body part 116 of the package body 110 provides the user hand 170 with sufficient space to engage with the first handle 156 and the second of the cutting tool 150, as desired. Further, the user hand 170 may be able to operate the cutting tool 150 within the package 100, with the folded or removed second body part 116 of the package body 110. The user hand 170 may operate the handles i.e. the first handle 156 and the second handle 158 to check suitability of the cutting tool 150, among other ergonomic preferences. Further, the first cut-out section 120 will ensure that the cutting edges 152, 154 of the cutting tool 150 remain shielded within the first cut-out section 120, while the cutting tool 150 is operated. Thus, the present disclosure provides that the cutting tool 150 is packaged with the package 100. The package 100 allows easy and convenient handling of the cutting tool 150, while ensuring protection to the cutting edges 152, 154 of the cutting tool 150.
In the drawings and specification, there have been disclosed preferred embodiments and examples of the invention and, although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for the purpose of limitation of the scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

LIST OF ELEMENTS

100: Package
110: Package Body
112: Mounting Cavity
114: First Body Part
116: Second Body Part
118: Line of weakness
120: First cut-out Section
122: Blade Hole
130: Second cut-out Section
150: Cutting Tool
152: First Cutting Edge
154: Second Cutting Edge
156: First Handle/Handle
158: Second Handle
160: Hole
162: Removable Fastener/Pin
170: User Hand

Claims

A package (100) for a cutting tool (150), comprising:
a package body (110) adapted to package the cutting tool (150), the package body (110) including one or more first cut-out sections (120) adapted to at least partially cover one or more cutting edges (152, 154) of the cutting tool (150);

a removable fastener (162) provided with the package body (110) and

the cutting tool (150) packaged with the package (100),

wherein the removable fastener (162) is adapted to engage with at least one handle (156) of the cutting tool (150),

characterized in that:
the package body (110) includes one or more second cut-out sections (130) such that the removable fastener (162) engages therewith,

wherein the one or more second cut-out sections (130) resembles a shape of the handle (156) which includes the hole (160), and

wherein the removable fastener (162) allows removable coupling between the cutting tool (150) and the package (100) by engaging with a hole (160) of the at least one handle (156) of the cutting tool (150) and the one or more second cut-out sections (130) of the package (100).
The package (100) of claim 1, wherein the removable fastener (162) is a pin (162).
The package (100) of claim 1, wherein the package body (110) includes a first body part (114) and a second body part (116) joined to each other at a line of weakness (118).
The package (100) of claim 3, wherein the second body part (116) is foldable or removable from the package body (110) along the line of weakness (118).
The package (100) of claim 1, wherein the hole (160) of the cutting tool (150) is provided at an end of the handle (156) which is opposite to the cutting edges (152, 154) of the cutting tool (150).
The package (100) of claim 1, wherein the hole (160) is a wrist strap hole of the cutting tool (150).
The package (100) of claim 1, wherein the cutting tool (150) is a shear.