Classifications

• • 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
  • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D25/02—Internal fittings
  • B65D25/10—Devices to locate articles in containers
  • B65D25/101—Springs, elastic lips, or other resilient elements to locate the articles by pressure
• • 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
  • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
  • B65D81/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
  • B65D81/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
• • 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
  • B65D11/18—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected
  • B65D11/1833—Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of plastics material collapsible, i.e. with walls hinged together or detachably connected whereby all side walls are hingedly connected to the base panel
• • 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
  • B65D43/00—Lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D43/14—Non-removable lids or covers
  • B65D43/16—Non-removable lids or covers hinged for upward or downward movement
• • 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
  • B65D2543/00—Lids or covers essentially for box-like containers
  • B65D2543/00009—Details of lids or covers for rigid or semi-rigid containers
  • B65D2543/00018—Overall construction of the lid
  • B65D2543/00064—Shape of the outer periphery
  • B65D2543/0012—Shape of the outer periphery having straight sides, e.g. with curved corners
  • B65D2543/00175—Shape of the outer periphery having straight sides, e.g. with curved corners four straight sides, e.g. trapezium or diamond
• • 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
  • B65D2581/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
  • B65D2581/02—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage
  • B65D2581/05—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents specially adapted to protect contents from mechanical damage maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
  • B65D2581/051—Details of packaging elements for maintaining contents at spaced relation from package walls, or from other contents
  • B65D2581/052—Materials
  • B65D2581/055—Plastic in general, e.g. foamed plastic, molded plastic, extruded plastic

Definitions

• Package comprising means of retaining at least one object
• the field of the invention is that of logistics.
• the invention relates to a package, or a means of logistical packaging, that is to say a container, for the transport of objects between two destinations, by means of a package.
• packages such as boxes or cardboard boxes are known.
• packages comprise a box having a bottom and a peripheral rim which together define an internal volume in which the object to be transported is housed.
• the peripheral rim can be movable relative to the bottom of the box. As such, it includes several folding panels on the bottom or in the extension of the bottom of the box.
• the packages also include a movable lid relative to the crate. These lids can in particular adopt a closed position in which the lid closes off the internal volume of the box.
• some packages include retaining means to keep the object to be transported in position in the box.
• Retaining means which take the form of foam panels integrated into the box and the lid.
• the foam panels can, if necessary, be brought back to the checkout. In other words, the foam panels can be integrated into the body only if their presence is required.
• the foam panels are secured to the bottom of the box, possibly to its peripheral edge, and to the lid.
• the object to be transported is then inserted into the internal volume so as to come into contact with the foam and to be blocked by the bottom foam and the cover foam.
• This type of retaining means has the major drawback of its thickness, or, in other words, the size it takes up in the internal volume of the box. Indeed, the foam takes up a major part of the internal volume of the box. However, the foam has elastic characteristics so as to form deformable retaining means to match the contour of the object to be transported.
• the same box cannot be used.
• the foam is not properly deformed in contact with the small object, and the latter may then move around in the internal volume of the body at the risk of being damaged.
• the package may become unusable for lack of insufficient space in the internal volume, the lid therefore not being able to not be closed properly so as to completely block the internal volume of the body.
• the result is that the object is not really protected and is visible to anyone carrying the package, which can lead to a risk of theft of the object.
• Carriers or packaging professionals must therefore have packages of different sizes depending on the size of the objects to be transported.
• the retaining means are in the form of a plastic envelope inside which the object to be transported is slipped, the envelope is then deformed so that its walls come into contact with the object to be transported and hold it in its position.
• the envelopes can be secured to the bottom of the box and their deformation can be carried out for example by heating so as to retract the material, generally a plastic material, so that it stiffens in contact with the object.
• a disadvantage of this solution lies in the fact that the deformation of the envelope, when it is carried out by heating, cannot be carried out by everyone since this technique involves the use of specific heating equipment. Indeed, heating means, such as heat guns for example, must be used and may require special training so that only professionals can deform the envelope.
• the envelope can also be integral with a tray intended to be housed in the box.
• the object is introduced inside the envelope then, in order to secure and hold the object, the envelope is deformed by folding the edges of the plate, so as to stretch the two walls of the envelope to imprison the object.
• the folded tray can be inserted into the crate and then the movable lid can be closed on the crate.
• the insertion of the object in the envelope does not pose a problem, however the deformation of the plate, in particular the folding of its edges represents a complicated handling, even impossible to carry out when the object is voluminous and that the The envelope to be deformed offers significant resistance to deformation.
• the deformation of the envelope can then become time-consuming and put off the professionals who will then make a deformation partial or even offer a larger package generating a higher transport cost for the end consumer.
• Another technique has been developed to meet the need for retaining an object in a package, while offering a simplified mode of operation compared to known techniques.
• the retaining means are integral with the lid and comprise an elastically deformable skin which comes into contact with the object contained in the package, to cover it and hold it against the bottom of the box.
• the flexible skin has a tension applied to the object which could damage said object, especially if it is particularly fragile.
• some objects may have complex shapes for which the elastically deformable skin cannot provide good support.
• the elastically deformable skin cannot provide good support.
• the objects are removed and the package can be reused while the spacer is no longer useful and is then discarded. This then leads to a environmental impact, in particular if the spacer is not thrown into a recycling circuit or its recycling is not possible.
• the object of the invention is in particular to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art.
• the object of the invention is to propose a solution allowing the wedging of at least one object by automatically adapting to the characteristics of each object, in particular in terms of mechanical resistance with respect to its geometry, without damaging said object.
• the invention also aims to provide such a solution which is simple to implement for a sender of the parcel.
• the invention also aims to provide such a solution which has a small footprint when the package is stored between two uses.
• a package comprising a box having a bottom and means for retaining at least one object on the bottom, the means retainer including:
• the plate comprises:
• central part connected to the frame by means of at least one flexible connection, and in that the central part comprises a plurality of plates, each plate being connected to the frame by the flexible connection on the one hand and at least another plate by a joint on the other hand.
• Such a tray can thus be deformed to best match the shape of each object to be held on the bottom of the package.
• each flexible connection is in the form of at least one elastically deformable gutter.
• an elastically deformable gutter makes it possible to vary the position of the central part with respect to the frame in order to deform the central part, which has the result of marrying as well as possible the contour of each object to be retained on the bottom of the package.
• the shape of a gutter makes it possible to create a beginning of deformation allowing an unrolling of the flexible connection in order to ensure the mobility of each plate relative to the frame.
• At least one of the flexible connections comprises a plurality of gutters butted to each other forming an alternation of hollows and crests.
• each of the gutters can be deformed independently of the others in an elastic manner so as to adapt the positioning of the plate connected to the plate via it, and ensure good retention of each object on the bottom of the package.
• each joint is in the form of at least one elastically deformable gutter.
• an elastically deformable gutter makes it possible to vary the position of the central part in relation to the frame in order to deform the central part to best match the contour of each object to be retained on the bottom of the package.
• the shape of a gutter makes it possible to create a beginning of deformation allowing an unrolling of the flexible connection in order to ensure the mobility of each plate relative to the frame.
• At least one of the joints comprises a plurality of gutters abutting each other forming an alternation of hollows and crests.
• each of the gutters can be deformed independently of the others in an elastic manner, so as to adapt the positioning of the plate connected to the plate by its intermediary, and ensure good retention of each object on the bottom of the package.
• the frame has a rectangular shape and the central part of the top comprises:
• central band including two rectangular plates connected by a central hinge, and extending between two opposite edges of the frame, and
• Such an architecture of the central part of the tray thus ensures a vault-shaped deformation of the tray to retain one or more objects on the bottom of the package.
• the central joint can be deformed to fold the two rectangular plates towards each other, and the triangular plates can be oriented relative to each other so as to close to configure a dome shape, while this by using substantially flat plates.
• each object is perfectly retained on the bottom of the package.
• the plate is symmetrical according to a plane of symmetry passing through the central articulation.
• This symmetry makes it possible to control the deformation of the plate and in particular to deform the plate into a dome when it is intended to match the shape of an object to be retained on the bottom of the package.
• the symmetry of the tray makes it possible to center the object in relation to the tray and so as to guarantee its good maintenance.
• the central strip extends in a first plane and the triangular plates extend in a second plane offset with respect to the first plane.
• the offset between the first plane and the second plane makes it possible to ensure that the tray is in contact with the object.
• the object to be retained on the background has height differences, then these height differences can be compensated by the height difference between the foreground and the second plane.
• the difference in height between the central band and the triangular plates makes it possible to ensure that the object will be correctly held since the at least one of the parts of the plate will be in contact with the object.
• the plate is made of polypropylene.
• polypropylene makes it possible to achieve adequate support for each object on the bottom of the package by offering good rigidity without considerably increasing the weight of the package.
• polypropylene makes it possible to obtain good retention of the objects on the bottom of the package without weighing down the package, which would affect its ease of handling.
• the box comprises a peripheral rim extending from the bottom, the package also comprising a lid rotatably mounted on the peripheral rim by a junction edge, the lid being able to adopt a closed position of the box, the package further comprising a leg rotatably mounted on the lid, at a distal end opposite the joining edge, the leg having a free end intended to come close to the bottom in the lid closed position, the plate being movable along the leg, and the return means being positioned between the free end of the leg and the plate.
• leg makes it possible to position the tray as close as possible to the bottom when the cover is in its closed position of the box.
• the central part can deform while tending to recover its initial position to press each object against the bottom of the package.
• the positioning of the return means between the free end of the leg and the plate makes it possible to attract the plate in the direction of the bottom of the package, which ensures the retention of the objects against the bottom of the package by the deformation of the part center of the board.
• Figure 1 is a schematic view of a package according to the invention, the package comprising means for retaining an object on its bottom;
• Figure 2 is a perspective view from below of a tray of the package retaining means according to the invention.
• Figure 3 is a bottom view of the tray of the package retaining means according to the invention.
• figure 4 is a cross-sectional detail view according to section plane IV-IV of figure 3, this view comprising a first detail medallion on an enlarged scale illustrating for a flexible connection, and a second detail medallion to enlarged scale illustrating an articulation of the means of the plate of the package retaining means according to the invention;
• Figure 5 is a detail view in longitudinal section along section plane V-V of Figure 3, illustrating an articulation of the plate of the package retaining means according to the invention.
• a package 1 according to the invention is shown.
• Package 1 includes:
• the box 2 comprises a bottom 21 and a peripheral rim 22 extending from the bottom.
• peripheral rim 22 and the bottom 21 together define a storage volume internal to the box 2.
• Peripheral rim 22 comprises a plurality of panels 221 butted together so as to define a closed contour.
• Each panel 221 is pivotally mounted on the bottom 21 of the box 2.
• Each panel 221 can thus adopt a position of use in which it extends substantially perpendicular to the bottom 21, and a storage position in which it extends substantially parallel to the bottom 21.
• the cover 3 is rotatably mounted on one of the panels 221 of the peripheral rim 22.
• the cover 3 is connected to one of the panels 221 by a joining edge 31 by which it is rotatably hinged to said panel 221.
• the lid 3 Opposite the joining edge 31, the lid 3 has a distal end 32.
• the cover can pivot relative to the panel 221 between a first position in which it is substantially perpendicular to the panel 221 on which it is mounted, and a second position in which it is substantially parallel to said panel 221.
• cover 3 In its first position, cover 3 obstructs access to the internal storage volume of box 2. In other words, in its first position, cover 3 closes package 1.
• cover 3 leaves free access to the internal storage volume of box 2. In other words, in its second position, cover 3 opens package 1.
• the cover 3 is part of a sealing assembly integrating the panel 221 on which it is mounted.
• the panel 221 in its use position, and in the second position of the cover 3, the panel 221 is in its storage position.
• Restraint means include:
• package 1 has at least one leg 6 rotatably mounted on cover 3 at its distal end 32.
• the leg 6 has a free end 61 intended to come close to the bottom 21 in the closed position of the lid 3, that is to say in the second position of the lid
• the return means 5 take for example the form of an elastic cord and are positioned between the free end of the leg 6 and the plate 4.
• the plate 4 is thus rotatable relative to the leg 6.
• the plate 4 is, moreover, guided in translation along the leg 6 by ad-hoc means.
• package 1 comprises two legs 6 positioned at the distal end 32 of the cover and rotatably mounted on cover 3.
• the two legs 6 are positioned so as to be located on either side of the top
• the package 1 comprises means for guiding the plate 4 in displacement on the panel 221 on which the cover 3 is rotatably mounted.
• These means for guiding the plate 4 in displacement comprise at least one slide 7 in which the panel 4, or at the very least a part of the panel 4, takes place allowing the panel 4 to be guided in translation along the panel 221 secured to the edge junction 31 of cover 3.
• the panel 4 is thus movable in translation along a direction of movement perpendicular to the bottom 21 of the box 2 and can move away from the bottom 21 and be brought back towards the bottom 21 using the return means 5.
• Tray 4 includes:
• the frame 41 has a substantially rectangular shape. At each of its corners, the frame 41 has at least one hole 410 for fixing the return means 5.
• the central part 42 comprises a plurality of plates 44.
• Each plate 44 is connected to the frame 41 by the flexible connection 43 on the one hand, and to at least one other plate 44 by a hinge 45 on the other hand.
• the central part 42 of the plate 4 can thus be deformed to adapt to each object to be retained in the package 1 as explained below.
• the central part 42 of the plate 4 comprises:
• central strip including two rectangular plates 441 connected by a central joint 451, and
• the triangular plates 442 more specifically have a right triangle shape.
• the triangular plates 442 are arranged two by two so as to reconstitute a rectangle together.
• the triangular plates 442 are positioned so as to form a rectangle extending over the entire length of the central strip.
• the triangular plates 442 are grouped together in fours on either side of the central band and are arranged so that two triangular plates 442 are contiguous with each other by their hypotenuse, via a hinge 45.
• two triangular plates 442 are contiguous to one another, via a hinge 45, at their side of shorter length.
• the flexible connection 43 is discontinuous on the periphery of the central part 42.
• the flexible connection 43 has a plurality of recesses 431 at each junction with a hinge 45.
• each joint 45 when it meets a second joint 45, has a slot 452.
• the openings 452 and the recesses 431 make it possible on the one hand to facilitate the manufacture of the plate 4 but also to facilitate the deformation of the central part 42 as explained below without risk of tearing due to a concentration of stresses of the flexible connection 43 or joints 45.
• the plate 4 is symmetrical along a plane of symmetry P passing through the central joint 451.
• the central part 42 of the plate 4 has a rectangular plate 441 and, on either side of the rectangular plate 441 two plates triangular 442.
• the central strip formed by the two rectangular plates 441 extends in a first plane P1 and the triangular plates 442 extend in a second plane P2 offset from the first plane P1 .
• the rectangular plates 441 of the central strip are intended to be closer to the bottom 21 of the package 1 than the triangular plates 442.
• the plate 4 is made of polypropylene.
• each flexible connection 43 is in the form of at least one elastically deformable gutter.
• At least one of the flexible connections 43 comprises a plurality of gutters butted together forming an alternation of hollows 46 and ridges 47.
• the flexible connection 43 has successively from the frame 41 to the central plate 42, a first hollow 46, a first peak 47, a second hollow 46, a second peak 47, and finally, a third hollow 47.
• the flexible connection 43 comprises two steps.
• each joint 45 is in the form of at least one elastically deformable gutter.
• the joint 45 located between two triangular plates 442 and which extends along the plane of symmetry P is a simple joint.
• the simple joint is made up of a single gutter.
• At least one of the joints 45 comprises a plurality of gutters abutting each other forming an alternation of hollows 46 and ridges 47.
• the illustrated joint 45 has, from the frame 41 to the central part 42, a first hollow 46, a crest 47, and finally a second hollow 46.
• joint 45 comprises a single step.
• each rectangular plate 441 carries hooking means 48.
• These attachment means 48 are intended to cooperate with each object to be retained in the package 1 to prevent their sliding relative to the plate 4.
• attachment means 48 consist for example of a strip of material fixed on the rectangular plates 441.
• the hooking characteristic of the hooking means 48 can be obtained either by the use of a material having a roughness offering the desired grip, or by the use of an anti-friction material having anti-friction characteristics retaining the objects , or by using a material having a repositionable adhesive layer.
• the package 1 according to the invention makes it possible to retain one or more objects against the bottom 21 of the box 2 via the plate 4 of the retaining means.
• a user positions the object to be transported on the bottom 21 of the box 2 then positions the cover 3 in its closed position (that is to say its first position)
• the plate 4, which is connected to the leg 6 then rises in the direction of the lid 3 being separated from the bottom 21 of the box 2 by the presence of the object to be retained in the box 2.
• the return means 5 then tend to exert a displacement force of the plate 4 in the direction of the bottom 21 to hold each object between the bottom 21 of the box 2 and the plate 4.
• This deformation of the central part 42 is in particular obtained using the joints 45 and the or each flexible connection 43.
• the plates 44 are oriented according to the shape of the object or objects to be retained independently of each other, which allows the plate 4 and in particular its central part 42 to fit and press against the bottom 21 of the crate 2 the object(s) to be retained.
• the package 1 which has just been described thus offers effective retention of each object inside the package 1 during their transport, which ensures their integrity.

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