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
  • B65D33/00—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags
  • B65D33/16—End- or aperture-closing arrangements or devices
  • B65D33/28—Strings or strip-like closures, i.e. draw closures
• • 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
  • B65D33/007—Details of, or accessories for, sacks or bags for facilitating the separation of the two walls, e.g. walls of inequal height, tabs; for maintaining the mouth of the sack or bag open
• • 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
  • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
  • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
• • 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

Definitions

• Retaining means which take the form of foam panels integrated into the body and the cover.
• the foam panels can, if necessary, be returned to the checkout.
• 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.
• the foam takes up a majority of the internal volume of the body.
• 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 in the internal volume of the body at the risk of being damaged.
• a disadvantage of this solution lies in the fact that the deformation of the envelope, when carried out by heating, cannot be carried out by everyone since this technique involves the use of specific heating equipment.
• the user must place the object to find a solution to maintain the opening in its widened configuration to be able to insert the object into the receiving volume, with both hands.
• a solution to this problem would be to provide the package with a bag large enough so that it overflows from the box in order to insert the object without having to handle the bag.
• a large bag requires a large cord which, when the opening is in its tightened configuration, must be rolled up in order to be preserved and stored in the package.
• - object retaining means integral with the box and defining an object receiving volume, the retaining means having an access opening to the receiving volume
• the user can use both hands to handle the objects without worrying about opening access to the receiving volume, which limits the risk of damaging the objects.
• the fact that the actuation means act against the return means makes it possible to guarantee automatic opening of the receiving volume when the actuation means are used to allow passage of the access opening of its narrowed configuration to its expanded configuration.
• Such retaining means prove to be easy to implement and offer good protection of the objects since the cover can cover the entirety of the object(s) received in the receiving volume. In addition, the cover can wrap the objects in order to place them on the bottom of the box and thus immobilize them.
• the body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape
• the retaining means comprise at least four elastically deformable rods, each rod being located in a corner of the body.
• the body has a rectangular parallelepiped shape
• the retaining means comprise at least four elastically deformable rods, each rod being located on one edge of the body.
• Such an architecture of the panels allows easy use and easy assembly of the retaining means.
• the panels are sufficient in themselves to ensure the passage of the access opening from its narrowed position to its widened position.
• the canvas of each panel is formed by an elastically deformable fabric.
• the elastic fabric makes it possible to apply a pressing force to the object in order to ensure its immobilization against the bottom of the box.
• each panel is made of a non-deformable material.
• the panels can for example have a counter shape intended to receive part of an object to be transported, in order to ensure its total immobilization without exerting force on said object.
• the combination of springs or the frame with the rods offers the advantage of a double return in an enlarged configuration of the access opening. Therefore, if the springs or the elastic frame loses its elasticity, the rods ensure the enlarged configuration of the access opening.
• FIG. 2 Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a first embodiment of the package retaining means according to the invention, the access opening being in its enlarged configuration;
• Figure 3 is a schematic representation of the first embodiment of the package retaining means according to the invention, the access opening being in its constricted configuration;
• Figure 6 is a schematic representation of a third embodiment of the package retaining means according to the invention, the access opening being in its enlarged configuration
• Package 1 conventionally includes a box 2 which can be closed with a lid 3.
• the retaining means 4 have an access opening 41 to the reception volume.
• objects O can be introduced into or extracted from the package 1.
• objects O contained in the box 2 of the package 1 are intended to be immobilized by the retaining means 4 to allow their protection during the transport of the package 1 from a first location to a second location.
• the actuation means 5 comprise, as illustrated in Figures 2 to 6, a cord 51 and a tightening member 52 cooperating with the cord 51 to hold it in the form of a loop.
• the tightening member comprises a body crossed by the cord 51, the body housing a movable member capable of adopting a blocking position in which it blocks the cord 51 inside the body, and a release position in which it leaves free the running of the cord 51 in the body.
• the cord 51 is intended to pass through openings 46 made in the retaining means 4, near the access opening 41.
• the retaining means 4 comprise panels 45.
• Each panel 45 includes an elastically deformable frame 453, and a canvas 454 stretched over the frame 453.
• the return means are formed by the armature 453.
• the return means comprise springs 6 interposed between each panel 45 and the bottom 21 of the body 2, as illustrated in Figure 7.
• the return means are formed by the rods 43 which tend to bend when the access opening 41 is in a tightened configuration, and tend to recover a straight position when the access opening 41 is in its enlarged configuration, as illustrated in Figure 6.
• the return means may comprise, in addition to the rods 43, springs 6 interposed between each panel 45 and the bottom 21 of the body 2, as illustrated in Figure 7, or be formed by the frame 453 which is then elastically deformable.
• This variant offers the advantage of a double return in enlarged configuration of the access opening 41.
• the user manipulates the actuation means 5 again to reduce the size of the loop of the cord 52.
• the object(s) O are kept immobilized on the bottom 21 of the box 2 via the rods 43 and, where appropriate, the cover 42. According to the second embodiment, these are the panels 45 which keep the object(s) O immobilized on the bottom 21 of the box 2. Finally, according to the third embodiment, the object(s) O are kept immobilized on the bottom 21 of the box 2 by means of the panels 45 and rods 43.
• the presence of the clamping member 52 of the actuating means 5 makes it possible to maintain the access opening 41 in the tightened configuration and therefore to keep the object(s) O immobilized on the bottom 21 of the box 2.
• the user can then close the package 1 by positioning the cover 3 in its closed position.
• the rods 43 tend to recover their straight position, then causing a release and a widening of the cover 42, according to the first embodiment.
• the panels 45 tend to recover a substantially vertical position allowing their clearance in relation to the object(s) O and therefore the passage of the access opening 41 from its narrowed configuration to its widened configuration.
• the passage of the access opening 41 from its tightened configuration to its widened configuration is caused by the rods 43 which tend to recover their straight position, to cause a release and a widening of the cover 42 , and by the panels 45 which tend to recover a substantially vertical position allowing their clearance in relation to the object(s) O.
• the package 1 which has just been described allows manual wedging of the objects O contained in the package 1, without significantly increasing the weight of the package 1, for the benefit of its ease of handling.
• the access opening 41 is maintained in a widened configuration by the return means, which ensures ease of insertion of the objects O into the reception volume or, on the contrary, ease of removal of the objects contained outside the reception volume. Furthermore, the simple manipulation of the actuation means 5 proves to be quick and easy for a user and promotes the retention and protection of the objects O in the package 1.
• package 1 can be folded and take up little space, making it easier to store when not in use.

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