MXPA98005669A - Container for packaging folding polimo - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a packaging container comprising: an open-faced tray member having a bottom panel of the tray member; a collapsible collapsible sleeve, dimensioned when folded to fit in a folded shape within the tray member; , and when it is open and deployed to fit in an open erect form in the bottom panel of the tray, a guide element having plural hinges that hingedly connect to the tray member and the sleeve, and which allow the sleeve, in a foldable shape, opening, unfolding, and rising guiably outwardly of the tray member in a hinge-controlled path, to an erect deployment position open in a relationship supported by the tray within the tray member and further allowing the cuff unfolding inside the open tray member

Description

PACKAGING CONTAINER FOR FOLDING POLIMODAL The present invention relates to a reusable packaging container, which is adapted with or without a shipping pallet. The container is economical, is simple to set up and fold, forms compact units for containment, storage, transportation, and stacking, and can safely accommodate a variety of products for polymodal uses, such as containment, loading and unloading, storage and transportation.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Foldable fiberboard containers for use and reuse in the shipment of bulk materials are known from US Pat. Nos. 4,691,859; 4,693,411 and 4,697,731. The containers use an inverted tray type bottom, an extraction front panel removably accommodated in the telescope at the bottom, and a three-sided U-shaped body structure accommodated in a telescope inside the bottom of the tray, or a pair of these body structures for forming the container body, which can be deployed or erected in an open container structure to receive the bulk material to be shipped, or which can be folded into a compact folded configuration for ease of boarding or storage of the empty container. However, the containers are not intended for the shipment of material that is not in bulk, and also lack elements for the automatic deployment of the package and 5 characteristics that force the folding. The containers are also not intended for the packaging of manufactured articles and products such as hardware, vehicle parts, industrial machinery, electrical equipment and * electronic, and similar items. 10 The Patent of the United States of North America No. 5,301,872 discloses a collapsible pallet container apparatus for automatically forcing the orientation of a palletized cardboard container between an articulated unfolded position of the container in which the containers can be placed. items in the container during containment, storage, and transportation of items. The patent further discloses an articulated folded position of the sleeve member to minimize the overall profile of the pallet container when not in use. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a foldable and collapsible packaging container, which comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a tray of open face having a tray bottom panel; a reversibly foldable and foldable cuff sized when folded to fit in a folded shape inside the tray, and when opened and unfolded, to fit in the erect form supported by the open tray, in the tray; and a hinge guide element having hinges integrally connecting the tray and the sleeve, and allowing the sleeve, in a folded form, to open, unfold, and lift upwardly out of the tray member, over a path controlled by the hinge, up to an erect deployed position open in a supported relationship on the tray, and which further allows the sleeve deployed after being used, to return on the hinge-controlled path, and be made to fold inside. Open tray for return, reuse, or storage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a container sleeve preform of the invention in a preferred embodiment; Figure 2A is a top view of an open sleeve deployed and assembled with peripheral edge fins; Figure 2B is an end view of a collapsible sleeve and a hinge guide in a form suitable for containment in a cavity provided by the open face and paired tray cover members, which can be telescopically coupled, of the invention (the tray being cut apart on line 2B-2B of Figure 2C, to show the sleeve and the hinge guide); Figure 2C is a side view of the folded sleeve member and the hinge guide element in a tray as in Figure 2B. Figure 3 is a top view of a packaging container of the invention, with the edge fins sealed; Figure 4 is a side view of a packaging container of the invention, showing a sleeve deployed inside a tray, with opposite edge fins sealed ends on top of the sleeve. Figure 5 is a side view of a packing container with the cover and tray members assembled; Figures 6, 6A, 6B, and 6C are plan views of the hinge guide preforms in accordance with the preferred embodiments of the invention; Figure 7 is a schematic view of a sleeve, both in the folded form and in the unfolded form erect in a tray, together with a guide member that can be pivoted in an articulated manner at one end, and secured in a face with the bottom portion of a tray shown in cross section on the line 2B-2B of Figure 2C, and also, which can be pivoted in an articulated manner at the other end, this other end being secured on its face with the segment of the bottom panel of the sleeve; Figure 8 is a view illustrating, in * a preferred embodiment, the assembly of a tray open, with the base and link panels of a guide member completely covering the bottom of the tray and the guide arm panel joining to the outer bottom margin of the sleeve of the open container; Figure 9 is a plan view of a container tray preform in a preferred embodiment, providing both a tray function and a double hinge guide function for a container sleeve which can be guided by hinge. Figure 10 is a side view of a packaging container of the invention, made of a tray preform as in Figure 9, to support an erect or unfolded sleeve, and the union of its base panel with a pallet of underlying support.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED MODALITIES.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is provided an improved container sleeve preform 10 (Figure 1), having first and second top panels 12a, 12b, first and second end panels 14a, 14b, and a bottom panel 15 which includes segment 15c. The preform of the sleeve has a lower margin 11b, and is formed in an open sleeve Ia having internal and external surfaces, joining or securing together the opposite ends 12a, 12b of the first and second top panels, preferably by a 12c / 12d transplant, with 12c over 12d as illustrated in Figure 2A, using fasteners, such as staples 13 , adhesive, or other elements conventional or combinations thereof. The sleeve formed from the preform 10 has a bending line or peripheral marking line 16, intersected at right angles by the marginal fold lines 17, 18. The mark / fold line makes it possible to fold the fins from panel edge 12c, 12d, 14c, 14d, 15a at right angles away from the respective top, side, and bottom panels 12a, 12b, 14a, 14b, 15, as illustrated in Figure 2A. Figure 2A shows the edge fin 15a, and the edge fins 12c, 12d serving respectively as transverse reinforcing members, to provide stability, and to prevent the open sleeve from collapsing. The sleeve 11 includes foldable end panels 14a, 14b, each bisected by a fold line or marked line 17. 5 Certain margins (12a ', 12b', 15a ') of the sleeve preform have ridges to facilitate bending of the respective shore fin panels. Corrugated fiber board or equivalent material is a preferred material # for the preform of the container sleeve. In a preferred embodiment, an improved packing container (Figure 2B) is provided which contains a folded sleeve 11c, a hinge guide 40, in an open face tray 20. The tray has internal and external surfaces, and the sleeve includes a top panel 12a, 12b, end panels 14a, 14b a bottom panel 15, including a bottom panel segment 15c, and a hinge guide 40 having hinges 41, 42 folded into a cavity enclosed by the tray, and a tray cover optional that can be attached telescopically 30. As seen in Figure 2C, the height of the folded sleeve 11c, and of the folded hinge guide 40, is the same as that of the sleeve and the hinge guide of the end view of Figure 2B, the total height of both being inside. of the depth of the open tray, for example, 7.62 centimeters. The view The side of Figure 2C is that of the side of the length of the tray that is longer than the width of the tray of Figure 2B, which measures, for example, 40.64 x 50.8 centimeters. The folded sleeve 11c is of a size that can be conveniently guided by hinging in and out of the inner cavity of the tray. A preferred width of the hinge guide 40 is approximately 30.48 centimeters, pivoted out of the middle width, and centered over the average length of the tray cavity, as shown in FIG. # illustrates. A lid deployed sleeve packing container, in the preferred embodiments, is provided with unfolded and secured package reinforcement ribs 12c, 12d and top edge fins 14c, 14d (Figure 3). The container is presented, in a side view (Figure 4) as an erect sleeve with unfolded edge fins 14c, 14d in a telescope inside a tray 20, such that the lower margin 11b of the sleeve (Figure 1) is in contact with the perimeter of the bottom of the tray. Figure 5 shows a similar view of a lid deployed container in telescope inside a tray 20, and a tray cover 30. In a preferred embodiment, a hinge guide preform 40 (Figure 6) is provided, having a hinge guide comprising a guide arm panel 40a, a guide base panel 40b, and a guide link panel 40c, hinges 41, 42, and the mark / fold lines of panels 44, 45. Another preferred hinge guide preform 40 (Figure 6A) is provided which it has a guide arm panel 5 40a, a guide base panel 40b, and a link panel 40c, comprising mark / fold lines Kl, K2, K3 that divide the link panel into many Cl panel segments, C2, C2, C4. In turn, the segments can be pivoted with respect to the panels that can be joined, in such a way that, when joins the hinge guide arm panel to the sleeve in the bottom segment of the sleeve 15c (Figure 1), and the base panel is attached to the bottom of the tray, the length of the link panel can normally be adjusted to achieve the desired degree of horizontal deployment of the cuff of container, by pivoting the panels. Accordingly, without "some pivoting of the linking panel, the container sleeve can be installed by hinge guide in a full deployment in the available width of the container tray. pivoting of each segment of the linking panel Cl, etc., the degree of deployment of the open sleeve in stages can be decreased, and therefore can be selectively controlled to accommodate the width dimension of the article to be packed in the container . This serves to facilitate the packing and shipping of items of * different widths inside the container sleeve. In Figure 6/1 where the link segment panels C1-C4 are not pivoted, the full width of the tray is provided, for example, 38.73 centimeters. Where successive combinations of arm segments are pivoted, the following dimensions of width of the resulting partial folded sleeve in the tray are, for example, as follows: View Width Panel Segments resulting from the Of the Arm Sleeve of the Fiqura 6C Pivoted Unfolded Container 6C-2 Cl, C2 27.94 cm 6C-3 Cl, C2, C3 24.13 cm 15 6C-4 Cl, C2 more than C3, C4 19.05 cm 6C-5 Cl, C2, C3 20 more than C4 8.89 cm Still another preferred hinge guide 40 is provided (Figure 6B), which has two or more parallel hinge guide strips illustrated with arm panels 40a, 40a ', panels of base 40b, 40b ', and link panels 40c, 40c'. In a preferred embodiment, the link panels may not be divided, or may be divided into segments, for example, segments C1-C4, C'l-C'4, by marking / folding lines, whose function was described above . The base panels of hinge guide 40b, 40b 'are attached to a bottom of the container tray 20b, such that the hinges 41, 41a coincide with the center line of the bottom length of the tray, and further, in such a manner that preferably a container sleeve is attached in a fully open deployment to the outer surface of the arm panels 40a, 40a ', with the lower margin of the sleeve 11b in close alignment with the hinge bend lines 42, 42a. The length of the hinge guide base panel and the link panels of the pair of guide strips mentioned above is the same and leaves sufficient space inside the perimeter of the bottom of the tray, to make possible the folding and unfolding of the sleeve of the guide. container; the outermost width of the pair of guide strips, for example, 30.48 centimeters, may be equal to the preferred width of the hinge guide 40 of Figure 6A. Conveniently, for the container to pack larger or taller items, using a suitably high sleeve for a given size coupling tray, the connection guide hinge must have a link panel element that is segmented , as described, and must have a sufficient number of segments in the link panel element, such that the open sleeve can be lifted high enough on the open tray, to allow the article or articles in question to be put on inside the tray without obstructions of the sleeve. For example, the link panel, instead of having four link panel segments as described, must have eight link panel segments, and the base panel must agree with the link panel on its length. The guide hinge material of preference is any suitable fibreboard or board material, and may be a synthetic / board composite panel material • fiber / cardboard, or an equivalent material. The material can be single layer or multi layer. A two-layer corrugated fiber board is preferred. The packaging containers of the invention, as specified, may have a unitary or non-unitary vane support, but do not require a pallet for their support.

Non-pallet containers can be lifted with a machine by means of a reflecting sheet or other conventional element. The containers, in a preferred embodiment, are used with a support pallet 50. Preferably, the pallet is secured to the container by suitable elements such as adhesive, staples, or other conventional elements or equivalents. These packages or packaging containers fully deployed, can be stacked in multiples (2,3, etc.), depending on the sizes and weight limits, but still requiring only a pallet under the bottom package. Conventional package containers can not be handled in this way. In a preferred embodiment, a collapsible collapsible packaging container sleeve a, is attached in its panel segment at the bottom of the sleeve 15c (FIG. 7) to the arm panel 40a of the hinge guide element, which comprises the arm panel. , a base panel, and a link panel element. The sleeve of the container, by attaching its bottom panel 15c to the hinge guide arm panel 40a, makes it possible to open and deploy the sleeve from a folded shape 11c inside the tray, to a raised position and erecta lid, inside the periphery of the tray. As shown in Figure 7, when the guide element is first hinged from the folded shape to a position of "2 o'clock", the bottom panel segment 15c is disposed above the arm panel 40a, which continuing the movement, it articulates with the position of the "10 o'clock", where the panel segment 15c is inverted, and now it is below the arm panel, due to the possibility of inverted hinge of the hinge structure. Accordingly, this makes it possible for the arm panel 40a to be finally lowered to the desired packet setting position, abutting bottom panel segments 15c with the end wall of the tray 20d in such a way that the sleeve assumes the position of deployment. If appropriate, the open packing container is then covered with a tray cover for boarding or storage. Another preferred embodiment of the invention is a packaging container comprising, in assembly, a tray 20, a tray bottom 20b, a hinge guide comprising an arm panel 40a, a base panel 40b, and a link panel 40c, a first hinge 41, a second hinge 42, and a container sleeve , shown in the schematic view (Figure 8). The container sleeve has surfaces internal and external. The base panel 40b and the link panel 40c, are dimensioned to completely cover, i.e. adjust by coupling the dimensions of the bottom of the tray 20b, and the panels 40b, 40c are dimensioned to mate with each other when they are folded together on the line of bending 41. The inner surface of the shaded area 40a of the arm panel is adhesively bonded to the external shaded area of the sleeve, coinciding with the full length of the side margin of the lower sleeve. The shaded area 40b of the base panel, in assembly, adheres or is staples to the bottom of the tray, and may include staples through the bottom of the tray 40b to a support pallet liftable by the underlying machine (not shown). In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a packing container (Figures 9 and 10) is provided which comprises a tray preform, a bottom panel of the tray member comprising an arm panel 40a, a base panel 40b, and a link panel 40c, a reversibly foldable and deployable sleeve 11, sized when folded to fit in a folded shape inside the tray assembled in the preform, and to adjust, when deployed, in an open erect form in its lower sleeve margin 11b peripherally seated inside the tray. The bottom panel of the tray member 15 is formed as a sleeve guide containing hinges 41, 42 that loosely connect the tray and the sleeve, and which allow the sleeve, in the folded shape on the tray, to open, deployment, and rising safely out of the tray on a controlled hinge path, to an open erect or raised position, in a supported relationship inside the tray (for package establishment and shipment), and when appropriate, it also allows the unfolded sleeve of the onboard subassembly to be emptied, and is returned on the controlled path, and is caused to fold inside the open tray. If desired, the open tray can be closed with a tray cover, and can be set aside to be stacked and reused. The tray preform and the sleeve each have internal and external surfaces, and the interior of the arm panel 40a for assembly of the container is attached to the exterior of the bottom segment of the sleeve, such that, for full deployment of the sleeve in the formed tray, the arm panel 40a is coupled fit within the opening established by the cross member 40t and the support columns 40cp, 40cp, as illustrated in Figure 10. Another preferred embodiment of the invention is the tray preform of the container itself (Figure 9). The tray preform which is preferred as a two-layer fiberboard panel, comprises a tray bottom, which includes a base panel, 40b and unitary side panels 40s, 40s. The bottom of the tray is joined in a guide hinge fold line 44, enabling a first hinge 41 with a flap or tab position comprising a link panel 40c, which in turn is joined in a second line of guide hinge fold 45 (making a second hinge 42 possible) with an arm panel 40a. The arm panel is intended to be joined by suitable elements with a container sleeve that can be hingedly guided, sized to fit snugly within the perimeter of the tray when set from the tray preform, for deployment and successive pleats of the sleeve . These panels 40a, 40b, and 40c are hingedly hinged to one another as part of the tray member, which allows repeated cycles of unfolding and folding the sleeve of the container according to the invention. Separated by the fold lines of the bottom portion of the tray are the unitary tray end panels 40e, 40e, the foldable side panels 40cs, the column panels 40cp, 40cp, and a panel of 5 crossbar 40t. The fold lines are respectively 17e, 17cs, 17cp, and 17t. The end panels 40e each include a transplant panel 40ol, which is bent at right angles to the fold line 17ol. When # the sleeve is guided reliably towards the margin external 17cs of the base panel 40b, the sleeve is caused to fold inside the tray. When the sleeve is articulated to the outer margin of the link panel 40c, the sleeve is caused to deploy in an open erect form supported from the perimeter of the sleeve. tray. As indicated, the end panels of the tray 40e, 40e, each have opposed overlapped panels 40ol, and include fold lines that make it possible for the end panels 40e, 40e, and side panel 40cs, to be set at angles straight with the bottom portion of the tray, to form a partial tray, and also make it possible to fold the overlapping panels 40ol again at right angles as the opposite corners of the box, to laminate the overlapping panels to the outer surface of the adjacent tray column panel members 40cp , and the side panel 4O is, by means of a suitable connection, preferably with adhesive. Those skilled in the art will be able to see that, in the light of the above disclosure and the drawings, many alterations and modifications are possible in the practice of the invention, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, defined in the following claims.

Claims (32)

1. CLAIMS 1. A packaging container, comprising: an open-faced tray member, having a panel of the bottom of the tray member; a collapsible and foldable sleeve, sized when folded to fit in a folded shape inside the tray member, and to fit, when open and unfolded, in an open erect form in the bottom panel of the tray; a guide element having plural hinges that loosely connects the tray member and the sleeve, and which allow the sleeve, in a folded form, to open, unfold, and lift guiably out of the tray member, over a hinge-controlled path, to an erect deployed position open in a relationship supported by the tray, the tray member further allowing the deployed sleeve to be retracted on said path, and causing it to fold into the open tray member. A packaging container as in claim 1, which comprises an open face cover member, wherein the cover member and the tray member engage to engage with each other, in a face-to-face relationship, to provide an internal cavity * large enough to accommodate the enclosure inside it, of the sleeve when it is folded. A packaging container as in claim 1, wherein the sleeve, when folded, 5 has a bottom panel, a top panel, and opposite end panels closely folded together in a panel-to-panel relationship, and when it unfolds, has an open configuration supported by the erect tray which engages the opening of the open tray member. 4. A packaging container as in claim 3, wherein the guide hinge element comprises a panel member having a first fold line conforming to one edge of the sleeve, and a second folding line centered on to the bottom panel of the 15 tray, and parallel to the first fold line, such that, in a containment, storage, or transport mode, the sleeve, by means of the guide hinge element, can be deployed centrally on, and engaged snugly in an erect record supported by 20 the tray open on the tray member. A packaging container as in claim 3, wherein the hinge element comprises a fold line for pivotally accommodating pivoting, centering, lowering, and folding the 25 cuff inside the tray member. 6. A packaging container as in claim 3, wherein the end panels of the fiber board sleeve are each bisected by a fold line, such that the sleeve can be compressed from an open to a folded form . A packaging container, as in claim 3, wherein the deployed sleeve panels comprise a peripheral edge fin fold line, and a edge fin formed on the fold line of at least one of the panels, by bending the edge fin at right angles to the respective panel, such that the opposite ends of the edge fin abut on, and keep the upper and lower panels opposite, so that they do not fold. A packaging container as in claim 7, wherein four edge fins are formed, and their respective ends abut on, and prevent the opposing panels from folding. 9. A packaging container as in claim 8, covered by an open face cover member. 10. A packaging container as in claim 2, wherein the cover member engages with the tray member in a telescopic relationship. $ 11. A packaging connector as in claim 1, wherein the tray member comprises an open face panel, and the guide element comprises an arm panel, a base panel, and a link panel. 12. A packaging container as in claim 11, wherein the base panel and the link panel are coupled in a folded shape. 13. A packaging container as in claim 12, wherein the base panel and the panel of The links are dimensionally coupled with the open face of the bottom panel of the tray when the sleeve is in the folded shape inside the tray member. 14. A packaging container as in claim 11, wherein the arm panel, in its 15 inner surface, connects with the external surface of the sleeve. 15. A packaging container as in claim 11, wherein the base panel is joined to the bottom panel of the tray. 16. A packaging container as in claim 11, wherein the tray member is mounted on a pallet. 17. A packaging container, comprising: an open-faced tray member, and a panel 25 of the bottom of the tray member; a reversibly collapsible and foldable sleeve, sized when folded to fit in a folded shape inside the tray member, and when deployed, to fit in an open erect form 5 supported by the tray, on the tray member, the bottom panel being formed as a sleeve guiding element, having first and second hinges that hingedly connect to the tray member and the sleeve, and which allow the sleeve, in FIG. a folded shape, opening, unfolding, and rising guiably out of the tray member, on a hinge controlled path, to an open erect deployment position, in a relationship supported by the tray on the tray member, and that also allows the cuff deployed 15 returns on said path, and causes it to fold inside the open tray member. A packaging container as in claim 17, which comprises an open face cover member, wherein the cover member and the member 20 of the tray are engaged to engage together in a face-to-face relationship, to provide an internal cavity large enough to accommodate the enclosure therein, of the sleeve when collapsed. 19. A packaging container as in claim 17, wherein the sleeve, when collapsed, has a bottom panel, a top panel and opposite end panels, and when unfolded, has an open erect perimeter configuration that matches with the opening of the tray member open. 20. A packaging container as in claim 17, which comprises a pallet. 21. A container as in claim 17, wherein the pallet is attached to the tray member. 22. A container as in claim 21, wherein the pallet is adhesively attached to the tray member. 23. A container as in claim 21, wherein the pallet is stapled to the tray member. 24. A packaging container tray preform, comprising a tray bottom including a base panel and unitary side panels; unitary panels for the bottom of the sharola that include a foldable side panel, end panels, column panels, and a cross-member panel; guide hinge elements comprising link panel elements and arm panel elements, the link and arm panels being joined to the base panel by mutually parallel hinge bending lines, and when the preform is established as a tray of the container, and is attached to a container sleeve folded into the tray, the tray is adapted to hingedly articulate the sleeve, away from the plane of the base panel, to enable its opening and deployment in an open erect form supported by the tray , on the tray, and in turn makes it possible to fold the sleeve deployed inside the tray. 25. A packaging container tray preform as in claim 24, wherein the end panels comprise overlapping panels, which include fold lines that make it possible for the end panels and the »Folded side panel set at right angles to the bottom of the tray, and furthermore make it possible for the overlapping panels to be set at right angles to the end panels, to be secured to the column panels and the folded side panel, in an open tray relationship. 26. A packaging container as in claim 1, wherein the link panel comprises link panel segments. 27. A packaging container as in claim 1, wherein the linking panel comprises parallel guide link panels. 28. A packaging container as in claim 1, wherein the sleeve of the container is attached to the external surface of the link panel. 29. A packaging container as in claim 1, wherein the link panel element of The hinge guide is segmented, and includes sufficient segments in the link panel, to allow the sleeve to be lifted guiably out of the tray, to a position that allows the contents of the container to be placed on the tray without obstruction of the sleeve . 30. A container hinge guide preform, comprising a hinge guide arm panel, a hinge guide base panel, and hinge guide link panel elements. 31. A hinge guide preform as in claim 30, wherein the link panel element comprises panel segments. 32. A hinge panel preform as in claim 31, wherein the link panel comprises parallel guide link panels.