Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D41/00—Caps, e.g. crown caps or crown seals, i.e. members having parts arranged for engagement with the external periphery of a neck or wall defining a pouring opening or discharge aperture; Protective cap-like covers for closure members, e.g. decorative covers of metal foil or paper
  • B65D41/02—Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
  • B65D41/16—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers
  • B65D41/18—Snap-on caps or cap-like covers non-metallic, e.g. made of paper or plastics
• • 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
  • B65D50/00—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures
  • B65D50/02—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions
  • B65D50/04—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one
  • B65D50/045—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring
  • B65D50/046—Closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal thereof, with or without indicating means, e.g. child-proof closures openable or removable by the combination of plural actions requiring the combination of simultaneous actions, e.g. depressing and turning, lifting and turning, maintaining a part and turning another one where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation

Definitions

• the invention relates to a packaging means which comprises a first part, in particular a container or a bottle, with a peripheral wall which is flexible at least in regions perpendicular to the peripheral direction.
• the invention relates in particular to a container for storing cleaning and care products.
• containers although they are often made of relatively rigid plastic materials, can, due to their shape, undergo a desired deformation or bulging under an external force in order to pressurize the product stored inside the containers, which facilitates the emptying of the containers.
• the containers can e.g. consist of relatively stiff polyolefins, such as PE or PP, and consequently mostly have smooth, hard-feeling surfaces on which product information etc. can be applied.
• the invention has for its object to provide a packaging of the aforementioned type without significantly impairing its functionality and external shape with surface areas of different surface properties.
• the invention is intended in particular to provide a packaging material which can have an outer surface, which can be hard and smooth in the desired manner in the desired areas and soft in the other desired areas.
• a second part is provided in the form of a bandage with first rear gripping means, which encompasses the complementary first rear gripping means on the circumferential wall, so that the bandage and the Circumferential wall are deformable together in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction.
• the packaging means according to the invention is therefore in two parts, wherein the parts can consist of different plastic materials that can have different surface properties. Nevertheless, both parts can be put together in such a way that they appear externally to the consumer as a part that can have the outer configuration of conventional containers and can be handled in the same way.
• the invention therefore makes it possible to provide containers with areas of hard and smooth surfaces and areas of soft and rough surfaces in an economical manner and thus fulfills a hitherto unsatisfied need for such configurations.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective exploded view of the combination of a fragmentary container and a bandage according to the invention
• FIG. 2 shows the bandage according to FIG. 1 in a longitudinally sectioned view rotated by 180 °
• FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bandage shown in FIG. 2,
• Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the container of FIG. 1, and
• FIG. 5 is a plan view of the container of FIG .. 4
• the packaging means according to the invention which may be a container such as a bottle, tube or the like, comprises a first part or container bearing the general reference number 1 and a bandage or an additional part bearing the general reference number 2.
• the container 1 is only fragmentary in the area of one of its axial ends, in the present case of the upper end.
• the invention is not limited to this region of the container 1, but, if desired, can also be provided at the other axial end region of the container or at both axial end regions.
• the container 1 has a peripheral wall 3 which in cross section is a non-circular, e.g. oval or rounded rectangular shape.
• the peripheral wall 3 has opposite broad sides 5, 6 and narrow sides 7, 8, cf. Fig. 5, wherein the broad sides 5, 6 due to their smaller curvature and larger area than the narrow sides 7, 8 have a lower dimensional stability and can therefore be easily deformed or dented radially inward under an external hand force acting thereon. This deformation is desirable since it can exert a pressure on a product stored in the container 1, which facilitates its dispensing through a dispensing opening of the container 1, not shown.
• the container 1 can be made of a suitable plastic material, such as a polyolefin, e.g. Polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) exist and are preferably blow molded in a manner known to those skilled in the art. Other plastic materials can also be used for the container 1 if desired.
• PE Polyethylene
• PP polypropylene
• a radially somewhat inwardly offset circumferential wall region 4 is delimited, which can be received by the bandage 2 and by an end wall 10, cf. , Fig. 4 is axially limited.
• rear gripping receptacles 11, 12 are provided, of which only one can be seen in FIG. 1.
• Each rear gripping receptacle 11, 12 has, as shown in FIG. 4, a groove 13 which extends in the longitudinal direction of the container 1 and has an axial insertion opening at the end wall 10.
• the cross-sectional configuration of the groove 13 is such that an L-shaped or T-shaped rear engaging web 30, 31 can be accommodated on the bandage 2, cf. 2 and 3, which will be described in more detail below.
• the groove 13 can have an extension 14 which facilitates the insertion of the rear grip web 30, 31.
• a pair of gripping recesses 15, 15 'and 16, 16' each spaced circumferentially from one another, can be provided.
• Each rear gripping recess 15, 16 is basically identical and comprises a rear surface 17 lying in an axial plane, a rear gripping surface 18 spaced radially outward therefrom in an axial plane and a bottom surface 19 which closes the rear gripping recess 15, 16 at one axial end , which is removed from the end wall 10 of the container 1, cf. Fig. 4.
• the opposite axial end of the rear gripping recess 15, 16, which is adjacent to the end wall 10, is open and enables a rear gripping element 32 or 33 on the bandage 2 to be inserted into the relevant rear gripping recess 15, 16, whereupon is discussed in more detail below.
• the rear gripping recesses 15, 16 and rear gripping elements 32, 33 help to prevent relative rotation between the container 1 and the bandage 2.
• each rear gripping recess 15, 16 there is a radially outwardly projecting locking bar 20, which can be gripped by radially inwardly projecting locking cams 34 on the rear gripping elements 32, 33 of the bandage 2 in order to position the bandage 2 axially relative to the container 1 to fix.
• the bandage 2 comprises a peripheral wall 21 which, like the peripheral wall region 4 of the container 1, has opposite broad sides 22, 23 and narrow sides 24, 25. One of the narrow sides 24, 25 can have a greater axial extent than the other narrow side.
• the peripheral wall 21 has an end edge 26 which can abut the shoulder 9 of the container peripheral wall 3 so that the outer surfaces of the peripheral wall 21 of the bandage 2 and the peripheral wall 3 of the container 1 come into alignment with each other when the upper end region of the container 1 is accommodated in the bandage 2.
• the bandage 2 also has, as shown in FIG. 2, a bottom 28 in which an opening 29 can be provided.
• each rear grip web 30 or 31 can be received in a respective rear grip holder 11 or 12 of the container 1 and has an axial length adapted to the groove 13 of the respective rear grip holder 11, 12 and a cross-sectional configuration which has a rear grip relationship in the manner of a dovetail connection between the rear grip bridge 30, 31 and the rear gripping receptacle 11, 12 allows.
• the rear grip web 30, 31 in the present case has an essentially L-shaped cross-sectional configuration and, consequently, the cross-section of the groove 13 of the rear grip holder 11, 12 of the container 1 is correspondingly L-shaped.
• a T-shaped or other head / bridge configuration could be provided if desired.
• the cross section of the rear gripping receptacle 11, 12 preferably tapers from its end wall-side to the opposite end, so that when the rear gripping webs 30, 31 are inserted into the rear gripping receptacles 11, 12, not only a positive, but also a non-positive connection is established between them.
• a pair of circumferentially spaced latching elements 32 and 33 can protrude axially from the bottom 28 of the bandage 2, which in the associated pairs have gripping recesses 15, 15 'or 16, 16' of the container 1 can be accommodated.
• Each engagement element 32, 33 has an angled cross-section and can therefore have an engagement relationship with the engagement surface 18 of the engagement recess 15, 16 kick.
• locking cams 34 protrude from the rear gripping elements 32, 33, which can enter into an interrelated relationship with the locking bar 20 of the relevant rear gripping recesses 15, 16 of the container 1 in order to axially fix the bandage 2 with respect to the container 1.
• This purpose is also served by a nose 35, which protrudes from the peripheral edge 26 of the bandage 2 in the region of a narrow side 24 and can enter into an interlocking relationship with a lower grip surface 36 on the container peripheral region 4 near the shoulder edge 9.
• the bandage 2 can be designed in any way, regardless of the peripheral wall 3 of the container, in particular with regard to its surface quality.
• the bandage 2 can consist entirely or at least on its outer circumferential surface of a plastic material that creates a softer and / or differently structured surface than that of the circumferential wall 3 of the container 1.
• the bandage 2 can be, for example, a two-component injection molded part that is produced by injection molding of different plastic materials is formed by an inner layer made of a suitable first plastic material, such as a polyolefin, for example PP or PE, an outer layer which creates the outer surface of the bandage 2, is sprayed on from a suitable softer second plastic material, such as an elastomeric material.
• a suitable first plastic material such as a polyolefin, for example PP or PE
• the invention has been described above with reference to a bandage which is designed to completely accommodate an end region of the container 1.
• the bandage could also be designed as an annular, bottom-free element and only encompass a peripheral wall region of the container. It could also be provided to design the bandage simultaneously as a cap part, with access to the inside of the bandage via the opening in the bottom of the bandage Container could be created.
• the rear gripping webs of the first rear gripping means are provided on the bandage and the rear gripping receptacles on the container, the arrangement could also be reversed, in particular if the packaging means according to the invention were an injection molded part instead of a blow molded part.
• the second rear gripping means in the form of the rear gripping recesses and rear gripping elements on the relevant parts of the packaging means.

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