Tipping indicator and packing box including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9952069-B2
Application number	US-201514906049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2015
Priority date	Apr 28, 2014
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A tipping indicator ( 10 ) for fixing to a side surface of a packing box ( 1 ) includes an ink bag ( 11 ), an ink absorber ( 12 ), and an outer bag ( 13 ). The ink bag ( 11 ) includes an ink chamber ( 11 a ) internally filled with an ink (G). The ink absorber ( 12 ) is ink absorptive and has a different color from the ink (G). The outer bag ( 13 ) is formed from a film within which the ink bag ( 11 ) and the ink absorber ( 12 ) are enclosed. At least part of the outer bag ( 13 ) has a visual confirmation region (R 3 ) in which the ink absorber ( 12 ) is visible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tipping indicator for fixing to a side surface of a packing box, the tipping indicator comprising:
an ink bag including an ink chamber internally filled with an ink;
an ink absorber that is ink absorptive and that has a different color from the ink; and
an outer bag formed from a film within which the ink bag and the ink absorber are enclosed, wherein
at least part of the outer bag has a visual confirmation region in which the ink absorber is visible,
the outer bag includes a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber that enclose the ink absorber therein,
the ink absorber and the outer bag are foldable into an L-shape,
the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber each span across a folding position,
in the first storage chamber, the ink chamber of the ink bag is located on only one side of the folding position,
in the second storage chamber, the ink chamber of the ink bag is located on only another side of the folding position,
in the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber, the ink absorber is located on both the one side and the other side of the folding position, and
in the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber, the visual confirmation region is located on both the one side and the other side of the folding position.

2. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the ink bag includes a sealing part that seals a periphery of the ink chamber, and
the sealing part includes a weak sealing section that has a weaker sealing strength than another section of the sealing part.

3. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer bag has a printed region that has been subjected to printing and that is adjacent to the visual confirmation region, and
at least a part of the printed region that borders the visual confirmation region has substantially the same color as the ink absorber.

4. The tipping indicator according to claim 3 , wherein
the visual confirmation region includes a part therein that has been subjected to printing of substantially the same color as the ink absorber.

5. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the ink absorber is made from a non-woven fabric.

6. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the ink bag, the ink absorber, and the outer bag are foldable into an L-shape.

7. The tipping indicator according to claim 6 , wherein
the ink chamber is provided as a plurality of ink chambers that are located separately on both sides of a folding position.

8. The tipping indicator according to claim 6 , wherein
the ink absorber spans across a folding position.

9. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first storage chamber, an area of the visual confirmation region on the one side of the folding position is larger than an area of the visual confirmation region on the other side of the folding position, and
in the second storage chamber, an area of the visual confirmation region on the other side of the folding position is larger than an area of the visual confirmation region on the one side of the folding position.

10. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
an area of a part of the first storage chamber located on the one side of the folding position is larger than an area of a part of the first storage chamber located on the other side of the folding position, and
an area of a part of the second storage chamber located on the other side of the folding position is larger than an area of a part of the second storage chamber located on the one side of the folding position.

11. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
a boundary between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber is oblique to the folding position or has a stepped-shape.

12. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the ink bag includes a sealing part that seals a periphery of the ink chamber, and
the sealing part includes a weak sealing section that has a weaker sealing strength than another section of the sealing part.

13. The tipping indicator according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer bag has been subjected to printing that indicates a tipping direction.

14. A packing box having the tipping indicator according to claim 1 fixed thereto.

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Nakamura Toshiyuki

Classifications

• G01P15/06

  using members subjected to a permanent deformation · CPC title

• B65D79/02 Primary

  Arrangements or devices for indicating incorrect storage or transport ({B65D79/005 takes precedence } ; measuring devices G01) · CPC title

• G01D7/005 Primary

  Indication of measured value by colour change · CPC title