EP0351119A2 - Behälter für Geld, Wertmünzen oder Sparbons - Google Patents

Behälter für Geld, Wertmünzen oder Sparbons Download PDF

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EP0351119A2
EP0351119A2 EP89306751A EP89306751A EP0351119A2 EP 0351119 A2 EP0351119 A2 EP 0351119A2 EP 89306751 A EP89306751 A EP 89306751A EP 89306751 A EP89306751 A EP 89306751A EP 0351119 A2 EP0351119 A2 EP 0351119A2
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container
tokens
money
feed means
body portion
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Benny Leong
Alan Derek Rolf
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ANGAL COLLECTING BOXES AND DEVICES Ltd
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ANGAL COLLECTING BOXES AND DEVICES Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C1/00—Purses; Money-bags; Wallets
    • 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
    • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags

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  • This invention relates to a container for money, tokens or savings stamps.
  • the collecting apparatus usually comprises a rigid container made of a metal or a plastics material. Because the container is rigid, it will be appreciated that considerable storage space is occupied by the collecting apparatus. The required storage space may not always be available. Furthermore, if it is desired to send lots of the containers to a central charity for distribution, then mailing and shipping problems can become involved due to the bulk of the package that has to be sent.
  • this invention provides a container for money, tokens or savings stamps, which container comprises a body portion for receiving the money, tokens or savings stamps, and feed means through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are fed to the body portion, the container being such that it is foldable and unfoldable to a flat condition and an erect condition, and the feed means being such that in the erect condition of the container the feed means has at least one primary opening through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are inserted, and baffle means for at least hindering the return passage of the money, tokens or savings stamps from the body portion through the primary opening.
  • the container of the present invention is thus such that it may be folded flat for despatch, for example for despatch through the post.
  • the container may also be folded flat for storage thus providing advantageous savings on space as compared with a rigid container that does not collapse.
  • the container of the present invention is easily erected for use, for example for fund raising for charities or other causes.
  • the feed means is able to provide demonstrable security so that members of the public can see that their donations are secure and so that collectors are not put in the invidious position of their integrity being questionable.
  • the body portion is provided with creases which render the container foldable and unfoldable by a hand squeezing action.
  • the creases may define size of the body portion when the container is in its erect condition.
  • the creases extend in a longitudinal direction of the container. Also preferably, the creases are made on the inside of the container.
  • the body portion is preferably made from cardboard. Other materials may however be employed. A presently preferred type of material is that known as boxboard.
  • the grain of the material from which the body portion is made extends traversely of the direction in which the creases extend.
  • the feed means is foldable and unfoldable.
  • the feed means may be provided with creases which render the feed means foldable and unfoldable by a hand squeezing action.
  • One of the primary openings may then be situated on each of two opposing sides of the container.
  • the or each primary opening will usually be a slot but other types of primary opening may be employed if desired.
  • the baffle means may comprise a funnel portion and a secondary opening which is positioned at the bottom of the funnel portion and which communicates with the inside of the body portion.
  • the secondary opening will usually be a slot but other types of opening may however be employed if desired.
  • the feed means preferably has stiff sides when the container is in the erect condition.
  • the feed means may be made from cardboard and, generally the feed means may be made from the same material as the material from which the body portion is made.
  • the feed means may have limp sides when the container is in the erect condition.
  • the feed means may be a sleeve made from a floppy material such for example as a textile material. This sleeve may thus be made from cotton,rayon or any desired synthetic or natural floppy material.
  • the container 2 for money, tokens or savings stamps.
  • the container 2 comprises a body portion 4 for receiving the money, tokens or savings stamps, and feed means 6 through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are fed to the body portion 4.
  • the container 2 is such that it is foldable and unfoldable from a flat condition to an erect condition.
  • the erect condition is shown in Figures 1 and 3 whilst the flat condition is shown in Figure 2.
  • the feed means 6 is such that in the erect condition of the container 2, the feed means 6 has a pair of primary openings in the form of primary slots 8 through which the money, tokens or savings stamps are inserted.
  • the primary slots 8 are arranged one in each of two opposite sides 10,12 of the container 2.
  • the feed means also comprises baffle means 14 for at least hindering the return passage of the money, tokens or savings stamps from the body portion 4 through the primary slots 8.
  • the container 2 is such that it is able to fold flat for storage and for despatch, for example through the post.
  • the container 2 is easily erected for fund raising purposes, with the feed means 6 providing the required security.
  • the body portion 4 is provided with creases 16 as shown.
  • the creases 16 enable the container 2 to be foldable and unfoldable by a hand squeezing action.
  • the creases 16 define opposite sides 18,20 of the container 2.
  • the creases 16 extend in the longitudinal direction of the container 2 as can be seen from the drawings.
  • the creases are made from the inside of the container so that the sides 18,20 deform inwardly as the sides 18,20 are squeezed by hand and the container unfolds from its flat condition as shown in Figure 2 to its erect condition as shown in Figures 1 and 3.
  • the body portion 4 is preferably made of boxboard but various types of thin cardboard may be employed together with other suitable and appropriate materials.
  • the grain of the boxboard is arranged to extend tranversely of the direction in which the creases 16 extend.
  • the feed means 6 is foldable and unfoldable.
  • the feed means 6 is provided with creases 22 which render the feed means 6 foldable and unfoldable by a hand squeezing action. This is the same hand squeezing action that folds and unfolds the body portion 4 of the container 2.
  • the feed means 6 includes the baffle means 14 as mentioned above.
  • the baffle means 14 comprises a funnel portion 24 and a secondary opening in the form of a secondary slot 26 which is positioned at the bottom of the funnel portion 24 and which communicates with the inside of the body portion 4.
  • the feed means has stiff sides when the container is in the erect condition.
  • the feed means may be made from the same material as the body portion 4.
  • the container 2 as formed has a top tag portion 28 and a bottom portion 30.
  • Figure 4 shows how a sheet of material needs to be creased to provide the creases 16.
  • Two side portions 32,34 can then be folded inwardly about three lines 16A to form the rear side 12 of the container 2.
  • the side portion 32 folds on top of the side portion 34 and is stuck thereto by a strip of adhesive 36.
  • a tag 38 can be folded upwardly and stuck over the top of the side portions 32, 34 by means of strips of adhesive 40,42.
  • apertures 44,46 come together to form part of one of the primary slots 8.
  • the other part of the primary slot 8 is formed in the adjacent side of the baffle means 14 as will be appreciated from the drawings.
  • the side portion 34 has a top part 48 which is narrower than the remainder of the side portion 34 and which does not have the strip of adhesive 36.
  • This top part 48 is stuck in position, along with a similar top part 50 on the side portion 32 by means of two strips of adhesive 52,54 as shown.
  • the container 2 may be of a different shape and different patterns for the creases 16 may be employed.
  • the feed means 6 may be of a different shape than has been shown.
  • the container 2 may be sold under the trade mark PAKFLAT.
  • the present invention also extends to the various component parts of the container, taken separately or in any combination.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
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EP89306751A 1988-07-11 1989-07-03 Behälter für Geld, Wertmünzen oder Sparbons Expired - Lifetime EP0351119B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT89306751T ATE83362T1 (de) 1988-07-11 1989-07-03 Behaelter fuer geld, wertmuenzen oder sparbons.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB888816481A GB8816481D0 (en) 1988-07-11 1988-07-11 Container for money tokens/savings stamps
GB8816481 1988-07-11

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EP0351119A2 true EP0351119A2 (de) 1990-01-17
EP0351119A3 EP0351119A3 (en) 1990-09-12
EP0351119B1 EP0351119B1 (de) 1992-12-16

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EP (1) EP0351119B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE83362T1 (de)
DE (1) DE68903898D1 (de)
GB (2) GB8816481D0 (de)
IE (1) IE62959B1 (de)

Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002078482A1 (de) 2001-03-30 2002-10-10 Jung Silvia Werbung Und Marketing Behälter zum sammeln von wertsachen, insbesondere geld und herstellung des behälters

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GB879696A (en) * 1958-12-02 1961-10-11 Cussons Sons & Company Ltd Improvements in or relating to wrappers for soap and other tablets
NL250380A (de) * 1959-04-11
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GB1600348A (en) * 1978-05-31 1981-10-14 Angal Collecting Boxes & Devic Containers for coins and closure members for such containers
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2002078482A1 (de) 2001-03-30 2002-10-10 Jung Silvia Werbung Und Marketing Behälter zum sammeln von wertsachen, insbesondere geld und herstellung des behälters

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GB2220638B (en) 1992-11-18
DE68903898D1 (de) 1993-01-28
EP0351119B1 (de) 1992-12-16
EP0351119A3 (en) 1990-09-12
GB2220638A (en) 1990-01-17
IE62959B1 (en) 1995-03-08
ATE83362T1 (de) 1993-01-15
IE892212L (en) 1990-01-11
GB8816481D0 (en) 1988-08-17
GB8915243D0 (en) 1989-08-23

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