Secondary packaging, and method for providing it

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950847-B2
Application number	US-201415103746-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2014
Priority date	Dec 13, 2013
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A secondary packaging comprises a tray and an insert. The tray is configured to localize a lower end of primary packages and the insert is configured to localize an upper end of the primary packages. The insert is formed from the material of the tray.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A secondary packaging comprising a tray and an insert, wherein the tray is configured to localize a lower end of primary packages and the insert is configured to localize an upper end of the primary packages, wherein the tray includes a through hole, and the insert is formed from material of the tray cut-out from the tray to form the through hole in the tray the through hole possessing an inner periphery outlining a shape, the insert possessing an outer periphery outlining a shape that is the same as the shape of the inner periphery of the through hole in the tray.

2. The secondary packaging of claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises recesses for localizing an upper end of the primary packages.

3. The secondary packaging of claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises tabs formed in one piece with the insert, wherein the tabs has a free end and are pivotally associated with the insert.

4. The secondary packaging of claim 3 , wherein the tabs are arranged in recesses for localizing an upper end of the primary packages.

5. The secondary packaging of claim 4 , wherein the tabs are positioned to, in a use position, engage the primary packages.

6. The secondary packaging of claim 5 , wherein the tabs are positioned to, in the use position, engage a neck or an opening device of the primary packages.

7. The secondary packaging of claim 1 , being made from cardboard.

8. The secondary packaging of claim 1 , wherein the tray includes a central area and sub panels positioned along an outer edge of the central area, each of the sub panels being connected to the central area by crease lines along which the sub panels are foldable to an upstanding position relative to the central panel, a part of the central area including the through hole.

9. The secondary packaging of claim 8 , wherein the tray possesses four sides defining a rectangular-shaped tray, and the sub panels include four sub panels each positioned along one of the sides of the rectangular-shaped tray.

10. The secondary packaging of claim 9 , wherein the part of the central area of the tray at which is located the through hole is a center part of the central area, the central area of the tray also including a surrounding part surrounding the center part, the surrounding part of the central area of the tray including four corner regions that are each devoid of a through hole and configured to support one of the primary packages.

11. The secondary packaging of claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises a plurality of curved corner recesses each configured to receive, in a use position, an upper end of one of the primary packages, the insert also including a tab projecting outwardly away from each of the curved corner recesses and connected to the curved corner recess by a weakening line constituting a pivot axis about which the tab is pivotable when engaged by one of the primary packages.

12. An arrangement comprising:
the secondary packaging of claim 5 ; and
primary packages with which the tabs are engaged.

13. An arrangement comprising:
the secondary packaging of claim 6 ;
primary packages, each primary package including a neck or an opening device; and
the tabs each engaging the neck or opening device of a corresponding primary package.

14. A secondary packaging in combination with plural primary packages that are each filled, the primary packages each including a lower end and an upper end, the secondary package comprising a tray, the lower end of each of the primary packages resting on a main body of the tray, the main body of the tray on which the lower ends of the primary packages are resting including a cut-out portion in which material forming the main body is cut-out so that a through hole exists in the tray, the cut-out portion of the main body constituting an insert that engages the upper ends of the plural primary packages, the lower ends of the primary packages resting on the main body of the tray provided with the through hole, the through hole in the tray possessing an inner periphery outlining a shape, the insert possessing an outer periphery outlining a shape that is the same as the shape of the inner periphery of the through hole in the tray.

Assignees

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance

Inventors

• Hayton Paul
• Orremo Fredrik

Classifications

• B65D2301/10

  Blanks mutually positioned to minimise waste material upon cutting out the individual blank from a continuous or large sheet · CPC title

• B65D71/70 Primary

  Trays provided with projections or recesses in order to assemble multiple articles, e.g. intermediate elements for stacking · CPC title

• B65D71/42

  formed by folding a single blank into a single layer element · CPC title

• B65D5/5059 Primary

  Paper panels presenting one or more openings or recesses in wich at least a part of the contents are located (B65D5/5038, B65D5/5052, B65D5/5057 and B65D5/5286 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D71/10

  and provided with inserts · CPC title