Composite package, package laminate and package sleeve blank for a composite package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11465799-B2
Application number	US-201716087874-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2017
Priority date	Apr 4, 2016
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

A composite package, in particular a beverage carton package for liquid foodstuffs is depicted and described which consists at least partially of a package laminate, having a package base body including package edges, an at least partially angular package base and package gable wherein the package base body defines, in an idealised manner, a package front side, package rear side and at least two lateral package sides attaching to the package rear side as well as a package laminate and a package sleeve blank for manufacturing such a composite package. In order to improve grip and ergonomy for an easy to manufacture package, provision is made for the package front side to have a positive arching at least in sections which in each case passes into a lateral package side for a grip panel to be formed at least in sections in the region of the package rear side.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite package, in particular a beverage carton package for liquid foodstuffs which at least partially consists of a package laminate, having package base body comprising package edges, an at least partially angular package base and an at least partially angular package gable comprising a curved gable front edge having two front corners, wherein the package base body defines, in an idealised manner, a package front side, a package rear side and at least two lateral package sides attached to the package rear side which spread out substantially at intended projections by way of the respective package base corners and the respective package gable corners and are delimited in the gable and base region, the intended projections being straight vertical axes extending through the package base corners and the respective gable corners, wherein the package front side has a positive arching at least in sections, which extends across the package front side leading up to the curved gable front edge and continues over the projections defining the front side of the package, the positive arching passing into a lateral package side, the curved gable front edge being curved at the front corners to enable the positive arching to pass into the lateral package side at a height adjacent to the curved gable front edge, and wherein a grip panel is formed at least in sections in the region of at least one of the projections defining the package rear side, the grip panel extending between the package rear side and a lateral package side.

2. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein grip panels are formed at least in sections in the region of both projections defining the package rear side.

3. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein package edges are formed at least in the region of the rear package base corners in both projections defining the package rear side.

4. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein package edges are formed at least in the region of the rear package gable corners in both projections defining the package rear side.

5. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein the positive arching extends over half a height of the package base body.

6. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein the package gable is chamfered with respect to the package base body.

7. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein the package gable consists of package laminate.

8. The composite package according to claim 7 , wherein the package gable comprises a transverse sealing seam and/or comprises package ears laterally connected to the package base body.

9. The composite package according to claim 7 , wherein the package gable comprises a weakening of the package laminate.

10. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein a pouring element is applied to the package gable.

11. The composite package according to claim 1 , wherein the package base comprises precisely four base corners.

12. The composite package according to claim 11 , wherein the package base is formed as a block base.

13. A package laminate having at least one carton support layer and one polymer layer, having a plurality of creases incorporated into the material in order to predefine package fold lines to form package edges, wherein a composite package can be manufactured according to claim 1 .

14. A package sleeve blank consisting of a package laminate having at least one carton support layer and one polymer layer, having a plurality of creases incorporated into the material in order to predefine package fold lines to form package edges, wherein the package laminate is cut to the interval of a composite package and is connected by a longitudinal sealing seam to a pipe, wherein a composite package can be manufactured according to claim 1 .

15. The composite package according to claim, 1 , wherein the positive arching passing into a lateral package side forms an arched contour extending between the package front side and the lateral package sides.

Assignees

• Sig Technology Ag

Inventors

• Dammers Matthias
• Gärtner Magdalena

Classifications

• B65D5/064 Primary

  Rectangular containers having a body with gusset-flaps folded outwardly or adhered to the side or the top of the container · CPC title

• B65D3/08

  having a cross-section of varying shape, e.g. circular merging into square or rectangular · CPC title

• B65D5/0209 Primary

  the tubular body having a curved or partially curved cross-section · CPC title

• B65D65/40

  Applications of laminates for particular packaging purposes {(B65D1/0215, B65D1/28, B65D3/22, B65D5/0281, B65D5/563, B65D9/30, B65D29/02, B65D31/02, B65D75/26, B65D77/2024, B65D81/1275, B65D81/3811, B65D81/3823, B65D81/3834, B65D81/3846, B65D81/3858, B65D81/3874, B65D81/3886, B65D81/3897 take precedence; laminates per se or laminated packages characterised by the composition or)} · CPC title

• B65D5/746

  Spouts formed separately from the container · CPC title