Packing container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12378050-B2
Application number	US-202418743618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2024
Priority date	Jun 21, 2023
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

A packing container includes a tray-fitted palette, a top case, a cushion member, and a slope plate. The tray-fitted palette has a tray on which a packed article is placed and a palette fixed to the bottom surface of the tray. The top case is in a tubular shape open at the bottom and covers the side and top faces of the packed article. The cushion member is placed between the packed article and the top case. When the packed article placed on the tray is moved, the slope plate is coupled to the tray-fitted palette. The cushion member is arranged as a reinforcement stand under the slope plate coupled to the tray-fitted palette.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A packing container comprising:
a tray-fitted palette including:
a tray on which a packed article is placed; and
a palette fixed to a bottom surface of the tray;

a top case in a shape of a tube open at a bottom, the top case covering a side face and a top face of the packed article;
a cushion member placed between the packed article and the top case; and
a slope plate coupled to the tray-fitted palette when the packed article placed on the tray is moved,
wherein
the cushion member is arranged as a reinforcement stand under the slope plate coupled to the tray-fitted palette.

2. The packing container according to claim 1 , wherein
the tray has a rectangular floor surface and flaps provided contiguously with four sides of the floor surface,
the flaps have a positioning hole formed therein in which a positioning projection formed on the bottom surface of the slope plate are inserted, and
engaging the positioning projection with the positioning hole permits the slope plate to be positioned relative to the palette.

3. The packing container according to claim 2 , wherein
the cushion member has an opening formed therein at positions overlapping with the positioning hole, and
inserting the positioning projection via the positioning hole into the opening permits the slope plate to be positioned relative to the tray-fitted palette and the cushion member.

4. The packing container according to claim 3 , wherein
at an opening edge of the positioning hole, an insertion tab is formed that is together with the positioning projection inserted in the opening.

5. The packing container according to claim 2 , wherein
the flaps have through holes formed therein in which fastening members for fixing together the tray-fitted palette and the top case are inserted, and
the through holes serve also as the positioning hole.

6. The packing container according to claim 2 , wherein
the slope plate is packed in a state laid on the floor surface of the tray, and
the positioning projections engage with engagement holes formed in the floor surface.

7. The packing container according to claim 6 , wherein
the tray has a pair of support plates that is laid on the floor surface along opposite two sides of the floor surface and that bears a load of the packed article, and
the slope plate is laid on the floor surface contiguously between the pair of support plates such that a top surface of the slope plate and a top surface of the support plates are flush with each other.

8. The packing container according to claim 1 , wherein
the cushion member includes:
a cushion surface in a shape of a flat plate; and
a plurality of columns including a first column and a second column provided contiguously with opposite edges of the cushion surface,

when, in a state where the cushion member is arranged as the reinforcement stand under the slope plate, a horizontal direction orthogonal to an extension direction of the slope plate is a first direction and a horizontal direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction,
brining the cushion surface either into a state folded up along a first folding line parallel to the first direction or into a state unfolded from folded-up state permits the cushion member to change shapes between
a first shape in which an interval between the first and second columns is set to suit a shape of the packed article and
a second shape in which the interval between the first and second columns is set to suit use as the reinforcement stand for the slope plate.

9. The packing container according to claim 8 , wherein
at tip ends of the first and second columns, inclined surfaces are formed that incline in a same direction, and
an inclination angle of the inclined surfaces is equal to an inclination angle of the slope plate in a state coupled to the tray-fitted palette.

10. The packing container according to claim 8 , wherein
the plurality of columns include a third column provided orthogonally to and contiguously with the first and second columns, and
when the cushion member is arranged as the reinforcement stand under the slope plate, the third column is arranged along a side edge of the slope plate and part of the third column protrudes upward beyond the slope plate.

11. The packing container according to claim 8 , wherein
when the packed article is moved, a pair of the slope plates are, with a predetermined interval therebetween, coupled to one side of the tray-fitted palette, and
the cushion member includes:
a pair of the first columns and a pair of the second columns that, when the cushion member is arranged as the reinforcement stand under the slope plate, support the pair of the slope plates respectively; and
one cushion surface as the cushion surface that couples together the pair of the first columns and the pair of the second columns.

12. The packing container according to claim 11 , wherein
bringing the cushion surface either into a state folded-up along a second folding line parallel to the second direction or into a state unfolded from the folded-up state permits the cushion member to adjust an interval between the pair of the first columns and an interval between the pair of the second columns to suit the predetermined interval.

13. The packing container according to claim 11 , wherein
the cushion member has a pair of guides formed thereon that protrudes upward beyond the second column to make contact with opposite sides of the slope plate in a width direction thereof.

14. The packing container according to claim 8 , wherein
at least one of the plurality of columns has a reinforcement member arranged therein that is formed by stacking together a plurality of cardboard sheets, and
the reinforcement member is arranged such that a grain direction of the cardboard sheets runs in a vertical direction.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Itano Atsushi

Classifications

• B65D75/58

  Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture {(B65D75/36, B65D85/1027 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D81/107

  using blocks of shock-absorbing material · CPC title

• B65D81/058

  Protectors contacting five surfaces of the packaged article, e.g. five-sided end protectors · CPC title

• B65D19/38

  Details or accessories · CPC title

• B65D75/04

  Articles or materials wholly enclosed in single sheets or wrapper blanks · CPC title