EP2592016A1 - Pflanzenkastenelement - Google Patents

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EP2592016A1
EP2592016A1 EP12192010.2A EP12192010A EP2592016A1 EP 2592016 A1 EP2592016 A1 EP 2592016A1 EP 12192010 A EP12192010 A EP 12192010A EP 2592016 A1 EP2592016 A1 EP 2592016A1
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box
box element
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Titta Vänskä
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    • 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
    • B65D11/00—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material
    • B65D11/10—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material of polygonal cross-section and all parts being permanently connected to each other
    • 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
    • B65D65/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D65/46—Applications of disintegrable, dissolvable or edible materials
    • B65D65/466—Bio- or photodegradable packaging materials
    • 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
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/10—Transponders
    • 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

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  • This invention relates to plant boxes and especially plant boxes for accommodating or transporting plants to a planting site.
  • Plants are mainly grown in disposable cardboard boxes. In Finland alone approximately 160 million plants are cultivated of which half are transported to the planting site in disposable cardboard boxes. As a result of the use of the disposable boxes, the plant cultivation produces a considerable amount of waste. Therefore, there is a need to start using reusable plant boxes instead of the disposable ones.
  • the plant boxes according to the prior art also suffer from the disadvantage that they are difficult to assemble. Besides, the boxes are not rigid/durable enough to allow the boxes to be stacked when they are filled with plants.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate or alleviate the disadvantages of the prior art plant boxes, especially the problem that the boxes have to be thrown away.
  • the invention also aims at enhancing the logistics involved with plant cultivation.
  • the plant box element according to the invention is made from a material that is strong enough to be reused.
  • the box element is made from a natural fiber composite.
  • the plant box element according to the invention is designed to enable the use of one and the same element not only as a box bottom but as a box cover by placing the edges of the open sides of two substantially identical box elements against each other, wherein one element forms the bottom of the box and other element forms the cover of the box.
  • the edges of the box element are provided with pins at two diagonally opposite positions, such as corners, and with holes at two other diagonally opposite positions so that, when two box elements are joined together, the pins of both elements are pushed into the holes of the counterelement.
  • the edges of the box element can be provided with other kinds of fastening/positioning means.
  • the box element is designed to allow elements to be stacked within each other.
  • the sides of the box element are provided with lift holes, which lift holes also can serve as ventilation openings.
  • the box element can be provided with additional openings for defrosting the plants, for instance.
  • the box element is provided with an identifier, such as a RFID tag and/or bar code, that individualizes the box element.
  • a RFID tag is embedded into the box element's material.
  • the bar code is created during the molding of the box element.
  • a suitable carrying harness is used for carrying the box element and/or a box formed from box elements.
  • box elements are reusable, less environmentally harmful waste is produced.
  • box element can be used both as box bottom and as a box cover, no separate production molds are needed for the bottom and the cover, as a result of which the production costs are low.
  • the boxes are easy to assemble since any box element can be used both as a bottom and as a cover.
  • the box element according to the invention can be made ergonomic to carry so that the box can be carried to the planting site.
  • box elements are individualized using a RFID tag or bar code, it is possible to track the box elements using readers and a data system.
  • FIG. 1 shows the structure of a reusable box element according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the box element 100 comprises a frame 108 having a bottom and walls fixed to the edges of the bottom. Preferably, there are four walls that are fixedly connected to each other and to the bottom. However, when the box element has a round or oval bottom, the wall can be continuous, having no corners. The wall has an edge on the open side of the box element.
  • the box element is preferably made from a material that is durable and allows the box element to be reused. Preferably, the box is made from hard material, thus allowing boxes assembled from box elements to be stacked.
  • the box element is provided with a lift opening 106 for lifting the box element or the box.
  • the box element has pins 102 at its two diagonally opposite corners and holes 104 at its two other diagonally opposite corners.
  • Figure 2 shows how two box elements according to Figure 1 are placed against each other to form a box 200. When the edges of the open sides of the box elements are placed against each other, the pins 202 are pushed into the holes 204. It should be noted that the pins and the holes are not necessarily located at the corners but they can, alternatively or additionally, be located elsewhere on the edge.
  • the box elements When the box elements are not used as boxes, the box elements can be stacked by placing them within each other, with the open sides of the box elements facing in the same direction, usually upwards.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
EP12192010.2A 2011-11-11 2012-11-09 Pflanzenkastenelement Withdrawn EP2592016A1 (de)

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FI20114166U FI9533U1 (fi) 2011-11-11 2011-11-11 Taimilaatikkoelementti

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Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1221076A (en) * 1968-06-14 1971-02-03 Airfix Plastics Ltd Improvements in stacking tote boxes
DE3514796A1 (de) * 1985-04-24 1986-10-30 Hans 8500 Nürnberg Hauptmann Behaeltnis zum schutz von schnittblumen oder topfpflanzen
DE4027786A1 (de) * 1990-09-04 1992-04-09 Marcel Huder Thermoplastisch verarbeitbare komponentengemische zur herstellung von nutzungs-, gebrauchs- und verpackungsgegenstaenden
DE9208481U1 (de) * 1992-06-25 1992-09-03 Fritz Schäfer GmbH, 5908 Neunkirchen Lager-und Transportbehälter
GB2372983A (en) * 2001-03-09 2002-09-11 Smith David S Packaging Reusable container
EP1346624A1 (de) * 2002-03-20 2003-09-24 Deere & Company Methode und System zum automatischen Verfolgen eines Agrarproduktes
CA2622266A1 (en) * 2006-12-04 2008-08-26 Serge Moreau Modular cargo tray

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1221076A (en) * 1968-06-14 1971-02-03 Airfix Plastics Ltd Improvements in stacking tote boxes
DE3514796A1 (de) * 1985-04-24 1986-10-30 Hans 8500 Nürnberg Hauptmann Behaeltnis zum schutz von schnittblumen oder topfpflanzen
DE4027786A1 (de) * 1990-09-04 1992-04-09 Marcel Huder Thermoplastisch verarbeitbare komponentengemische zur herstellung von nutzungs-, gebrauchs- und verpackungsgegenstaenden
DE9208481U1 (de) * 1992-06-25 1992-09-03 Fritz Schäfer GmbH, 5908 Neunkirchen Lager-und Transportbehälter
GB2372983A (en) * 2001-03-09 2002-09-11 Smith David S Packaging Reusable container
EP1346624A1 (de) * 2002-03-20 2003-09-24 Deere & Company Methode und System zum automatischen Verfolgen eines Agrarproduktes
CA2622266A1 (en) * 2006-12-04 2008-08-26 Serge Moreau Modular cargo tray

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