Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
  • A47G7/00—Flower holders or the like
  • A47G7/02—Devices for supporting flower-pots or cut flowers
  • A47G7/06—Flower vases
  • A47G7/063—Flower vases foldable
• • 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
  • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
  • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
  • B65D5/4279—Joints, seams, leakproof joints or corners, special connections between panels
  • B65D5/4283—Connections formed by separate elements, e.g. clips, bands, straps
  • B65D5/4287—Connections formed by separate elements, e.g. clips, bands, straps the container being formed by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides, adjacent sides being interconnected by gusset folds and the container being maintained in erected condition by means of the separate connectors coacting with the gusset folds
• • 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
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
  • B65D85/505—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for cut flowers
• • 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
  • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
  • B65D85/50—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage
  • B65D85/52—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for living organisms, articles or materials sensitive to changes of environment or atmospheric conditions, e.g. land animals, birds, fish, water plants, non-aquatic plants, flower bulbs, cut flowers or foliage for living plants; for growing bulbs

Definitions

• the demand presence relates to a light, disposable container, which is obtained by a simple folding of a sheet of paper or cardboard according to pre-folding lines formed in said sheet.
• the invention relates in particular to a watertight container which can act as a vase to accommodate in particular a bouquet of flowers.
• vases are receptacles made of breakable material and which occupy a lot of space, when not in use.
• the blank £ in semi-rigid material for example corrugated cardboard coated on at least one face with a hydrophobic material, has an outer contour substantially in the shape of a regular polygon.
• Several series of fold lines, formed in the semi-rigid material delimit: a) a polygonal central zone with N sides, intended to constitute the bottom of the container, b) N rectangular zones adjacent to the N sides of the central zone, c ) 2 N triangular zones arranged two by two between the N rectangular zones.
• the rectangular areas form the interior uprights of the container.
• the triangular areas are folded against each other and folded down on the outside of the rectangular areas, against which they are glued.
• holes are drilled along the fold lines, said holes defining shoulders by which the container can come to bear on a support.
• the object of the present invention is to remedy this drawback.
• This object is perfectly achieved by the container which, in known manner, is obtained by folding a sheet of a semi-rigid material such as paper or cardboard, along pre-folding lines formed in said sheet and by closing with a link passing through holes drilled towards the extreme edges of said sheet.
• the pre-folding lines delimit: a) a first central zone of polygonal shape with N sides, b) N second zones, substantially rectangular, adjacent to the
• each assembly there are third folding zones, n being an even number, each consisting of an angular portion whose apex is approximately one of the apices of the polygonal central zone; moreover there are as many holes as there are third folding zones; finally the holes are located in said third folding zones so that 7 ie the container is folded, the n holes of the same set of third folding zones are aligned and outside the developed volume by the N second zones.
• the third folding zones are at least partially formed towards the outside of the volume delimited by the second rectangular zones, which correlatively increases the available internal volume of the container.
• the central zone is a square and the number n of third folding zones is equal to 6.
• a notch is made between two adjacent holes so as to allow the introduction of the link after folding of the third folding zones.
• the notch is completed by a cut, for example triangular, in each third folding zone on either side of the corresponding folding line.
• said container further comprises 2 N pre-folding lines delimiting, towards the interior of the N second substantially rectangular zones, 2N fourth folding zones, non-perforated, each consisting of an angular portion, the apex of which is approximately one of the vertices of the polygon constituting the first central zone and having a common side with a second zone, substantially rectangular.
• the particularity of the presence of these fourth zones is on the one hand to modify the configuration of the amounts internally delimiting the volume of the container, said uprights no longer being the N substantially rectangular zones but therefore N zones having the configuration of an isosceles trapezium whose large base is one of the sides of the polygon of the first central zone.
• the container therefore has a pyramidal shape.
• the N sets of third folding zones when the container is shaped, therefore have a part which is inside the interior volume of the container, that which is opposite the fourth folding zones. .
• the 2 N complementary pre-folding lines delimiting the fourth folding zones are such that they are flush with the aligned holes, when the third and fourth folding zones are in the folded position.
• the link when the link is put in place for closing the container, it encloses the outer faces of the N uprights of the container as closely as possible.
• the semi-rigid material, of the paper or cardboard type has at least one side which is treated hydrophobic.
• the sheet of semi-rigid material in particular paper or cardboard, is not hydrophobic or hydrophobic treated and the container has an interior hydrophobic pocket.
• this pocket may consist of a flat sheet, which will be shaped on the occasion or at the end of the shaping of the container.
• the sheet of hydrophobic material constituting said pocket is bonded locally on the sheet of semi-rigid material constituting the container, towards the upper edges of the N second substantially rectangular zones.
• n of third folding zones is high, in particular equal to or greater than 6, this can cause a certain embrittlement of the sheet of semi-rigid material nearby.
• different vertices of the polygon of the first central zone intended to constitute the bottom of the container. Indeed, it is this vertex which is the starting point of said fold lines.
• you want a container that is waterproof you must necessarily add an inner pocket in a hydrophobic material.
• Each of the n third folding zones is an angular portion having as apex substantially one of the vertices of the polygon constituting the first central zone. All these third folding zones are identical to each other.
• the outer contour of the semi-rigid sheet, at the level of these third folding zones is either an arc of a circle or a succession of broken lines so that each third folding zone has the configuration of an isosceles triangle.
• FIG. 1 is a flat representation of the cardboard sheet making it possible to obtain the container by folding
• FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view in section of the container along the axis II-II of FIG. 3, and
• Figure 3 is a side view of the mounted container.
• the container 1 which is illustrated in FIG. 3 is obtained by removing and folding the portion 2 of the cardboard sheet 3 which is illustrated in FIG. 1.
• This sheet 3 is a rectangular sheet which, for reasons of presentation and size is preferably folded back on itself along the two axes Dl and D2.
• the upper part 4 of the sheet 3, above the axis Dl is intended to receive, by printing, the assembly instructions and all explanations desirable.
• the axis D2 is in turn a folding axis, necessary for mounting the container as will be understood on reading the description below.
• the portion 2 of the cardboard sheet 3, which is the only one useful for making the container 3, is easily detachable from the rest of the sheet 3, in particular by semi-continuous or even dotted pre-cuts made in said sheet 3.
• portion 2 will be referred to as the sheet.
• Sheet 2 comprises a plurality of zones, delimited by pre-folding lines, preformed in said sheet 2.
• the first zone is a central zone 6 which is polygonal in shape, with a number N of sides. In the example illustrated, this number N is equal to 4, the central zone 6 being square. This central zone is intended to constitute the bottom of the container 1.
• the second zones 7 are N in number; they are rectangular in shape and extend each of the N sides of the central zone 6. They are intended to constitute, at least in part, the uprights, delimiting the interior volume of the container 1.
• n folding zones 8 which are in the form of angular portions whose apex is substantially at the level of each of the vertices 9 of the polygonal central zone 6. All these third zones 8 have the same configuration, with, in the example illustrated, an external contour 8a which is in an arc of a circle.
• the central zone 6 being a square
• the n third folding zones 8 between two second zones 7 form a quarter of a circle.
• the number n is an even number, so as to allow two folding zones to be applied one against the other, during assembly of the container 1.
• This number n is chosen as a function of the number N of sides of the first zone 6 as a function of the space required for container 1.
• a number n equal to 6, as in the example illustrated, so that the six third folding areas 8 occupy a reduced space compared to the external volume of the container 1, as illustrated in FIG. 3 when they are folded one on the other in accordion.
• the central zone is a hexagon or an octagon
• the number n could be less than 6 and be equal to 4 or even 2.
• each third folding zone 8 could be straight and not in an arc, without prejudice to the formation of the container but simply for aesthetic reasons.
• Each third folding zone 8 is pierced with a hole 10 intended to allow the passage of a link 11 whose function is to carry out the final shaping and the blocking in position of the container 1, as illustrated in FIG. 3.
• the different holes 10 are located near the outer contour 5 of the sheet 2, so that the link 11 encloses the entire upper periphery of the container 1.
• notches 12 connect two holes 10, two by two, belonging to 2 third folding zones 8 adjacent.
• a diamond cutting 14 is also provided, which, when the two said folding zones 8 are folded one against the other, delimit a introduction cone 15 for the passage of the link 11 in the notch 12 to the hole 8 as shown in FIG. 3.
• the container is assembled using the following steps.
• the sheet portion 2 having been taken from the rectangular sheet 3, the user takes advantage of the pre-folding lines already formed in said sheet 2 on the one hand to raise, relative to the first central region 6 two of the four second zones 7 thanks to the pre-folding lines 18 corresponding to two adjacent sides of the central zone 6 and on the other hand to arrange the third folding zones 8 against each other, in accordion, according to the pre-folding lines 13.13.
• the pre-fold lines 13 which include a cutout 14 are turned towards the outside of the container 1 while the other pre-fold lines 13 'which do not include such cutouts are turned towards the inside of the container 1 Similarly, the pre-folding line 17 which constitutes one of the sides of the second zone 7 is also turned towards the interior of the container 1.
• the user holds the different folds obtained, takes hold of the link, introduces it thanks to the conical cutouts 14, through the notches 12 to the holes 10 of the different folds and performs, preferably as illustrated in FIG. 3, a double passage of the link in the same holes after forming a loop around the outer contour 5 of the sheet, so as to keep locked in position the third zones 8 and fourth zones 16 against each other.
• the holes 10 are arranged in a median manner, that is to say along the bisector of the angular portion constituting each third folding zone 8. This embodiment is not exclusive . Two conditions must be met.
• the first is that the holes 10 are aligned when the different third folding zones 8 are applied against each other, in an accordion fashion, so as to allow either easy threading of the link 11 through the continuity of the superimposed holes 10 or allow easy introduction thanks to the notches 12 as indicated above.
• the second condition in the case of a container with a pyramidal structure as described above, it is important that the holes 10 are, after folding of the fourth folding zones 16 along the pre-folding line 17, still accessible to the user, that is to say are located towards the outside of the volume of the container delimited by the four uprights. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, it can be seen that the hole 10 is always outside the pre-folding line 15 of the fourth folding zone 16.
• Such a container can be waterproof if it is made from a material of which at least the inner face has been treated so as to make it hydrophobic.
• another solution is to introduce inside the container, once it is preformed or during its folding, a bag which is itself made of a hydrophobic material or made hydrophobic by treatment.
• a material capable of form a waterproof pocket a material such as that which is the subject of document WO.99 / O8784.
• the sheet intended to constitute the interior hydrophobic pocket can be a pocket having the same external configuration as the aforementioned sheet 52. It can possibly, in this case, be secured to the second zones 7, in the upper part thereof. It can optionally be formed and added once the container 1 is shaped.
• Figure 2 there is shown a pocket 21. Due to the presence of a portion of the third folding zones 8 facing inwardly of the interior volume of the container 1, it is created between the pocket 21 and the container itself says 1 of the free spaces 22, for the passage of air. An air circulation can in particular be supplied by these passages over the entire height of the container thanks to the recessed cutouts 20, which causes air circulation by chimney effect.
• the present invention is not limited to the embodiment which has been described by way of non-exhaustive example.
• the link is preferably made of raffia, which is biodegradable and completes the rustic side of the container, being a vase for flowers.
• the container can accommodate flowers, 5 but also a potted plant or any other object.
• the bottom of the container can be consolidated by superimposing on it, during assembly, a reinforcement piece having the same configuration as the central polygonal zone in a material more rigid than that of the sheet.
• the link can of course be passed through the holes on the flat sheet, 0 before mounting, and help with folding. But this leads to a long and expensive handling, which is preferable to avoid.

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