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EP1331170A1
EP1331170A1 EP02425021A EP02425021A EP1331170A1 EP 1331170 A1 EP1331170 A1 EP 1331170A1 EP 02425021 A EP02425021 A EP 02425021A EP 02425021 A EP02425021 A EP 02425021A EP 1331170 A1 EP1331170 A1 EP 1331170A1
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container
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Junio Caselli
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Toscana Ondulati SpA
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/20—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form
    • B65D5/2014—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape
    • B65D5/2033—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 by folding-up portions connected to a central panel from all sides to form a container body, e.g. of tray-like form the central panel having a non rectangular shape polygonal having more than four sides, e.g. hexagonal, octogonal
    • 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
    • B65D5/64—Lids
    • B65D5/66—Hinged lids
    • B65D5/6626—Hinged lids formed by folding extensions of a side panel of a container body formed by erecting a "cross-like" blank
    • 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
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/30—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure
    • B65D2585/36—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for biscuits or other bakery products
    • B65D2585/363—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles particularly sensitive to damage by shock or pressure for biscuits or other bakery products specific products
    • B65D2585/366—Pizza

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  • the present invention relates to the food article packaging field.
  • the invention relates to a packaging container for "take-away" pizza and the like food articles.
  • Pizza is a food article of growing acceptance in Italy, but also in the rest of Europe and in countries, like Japan or the States, whose culinary traditions diverge most from the Italian tradition.
  • containers have been developed which are usually erected from cardboard diecut blanks, or diecut blanks of suitable paper-based materials to receive pizza straight out of the baking oven.
  • polygon-shaped containers particularly octagonal ones, have been proposed, whose contour is better adjusted to the round form of a pizza, thus providing improved retention and protection for the article in transit.
  • the diecut blank from which that container is erected has a set of fold lines that define a polygonal bottom panel (a), side walls or flaps (b) associated with each side of the polygonal bottom panel, and a lid panel (e) which is associated with one (d) of the side walls or flaps along a respective foldline (g); between adjacent side walls or flaps (b1, b2) to the lid-carrying side wall (d) and the bottom panel (a), there being provided foldlines to define respective triangular corner portions (h) with their base sides (i) lying next to the lid-carrying side wall or flap (d).
  • the procedure to erect a container from that diecut blank includes sequentially raising the adjacent walls or flaps to the lid-carrying wall and its opposite one, while keeping track of, and if necessary assisting manually, the simultaneous raising of the respective corner portions; then folding all the corner portions down onto the bottom panel, raising the lid-carrying side wall and the opposite one, and closing the lid after the pizza is placed into the erected container.
  • the underlying problem of this invention is to provide a container for take-away pizzas and the like articles, which fills both of the aforementioned demands to have the pizza protected in transit and the procedure of erecting the container from a diecut blank made simpler and faster.
  • a container for take-away pizza which is erected from a diecut blank of the kind outlined above, and is characterized in that at least one of said triangular corner portions is joined to the lid-carrying side wall or flap through a connecting portion.
  • the lid-carrying side wall joins each of the triangular corner portions of its adjacent side walls through a respective connecting portion.
  • the opposite side wall to said lid-carrying side wall joins the triangular corner portions of its adjacent side walls through respective connecting portions.
  • the apex angle of the triangular corner portions is 10° to 25°, advantageously about 15°.
  • the sides of said triangular portions are 1/3 to 1/2 as long as the side wall, advantageously half as long as the side wall.
  • this side wall is also pulled up automatically by the respective triangular connecting portions.
  • a diecut blank 1 from which a container for take-away pizzas can be erected in accordance with the invention, is shown to include a plurality of foldlines that describe a hexagonal bottom panel 2.
  • a respective flap 3 is associated with each side of the hexagon and adapted to form a side wall in the erected container.
  • a lid panel 6 is associated with one (5) of said side flaps or walls 3 along a foldline 5a.
  • Triangular corner portions 7, 10, whose base sides 7a, 10a adjoin said side flap 5 are defined between the adjacent side flaps or walls (3a, 3b) to said lid-carrying side flap 5 and the bottom panel 2 by foldlines 16, 19, 16a, 19a, respectively.
  • Similar triangular corner portions 8, 9 are provided between the bottom panel 2 and the adjacent side flaps 3c, 3d to the opposite side flap 4 to side flap or wall 5.
  • the diecut blank 1 includes connecting portions 11, 14 joined, on one side, to said side wall or flap 5 along respective foldlines 18, 18a, and on the other side, to the foldline defining base sides 7a, 10a of said triangular corner portions 7, 10.
  • Similar connecting portions 12, 13 are provided between the side flap or wall 4, which they join along foldlines 12a, 13a, and the triangular portions 8 and 9, respectively, which they join along foldlines 8a, 9a.
  • each triangular corner portion 7, 8, 9, 10 has an acute apex angle of about 15°.
  • FIG. 4 With reference to Figure 4, there is shown a container according to the invention, in the erected and closed state. It can be seen that the lid is closed simply by inserting a flap 6bis of the lid 6 through the gap between the wall 4 and the connecting portions 12 and 13.
  • a hexagonal box-like container capable of adequately protecting a pizza in transit is obtained by a single operation, as just described, whereby the triangular corner portions are folded down onto the bottom panel.
  • a diecut blank 101 from which a container for take-away pizza is erected according to an alternative embodiment of this invention, is formed with a plurality of foldlines defining an octagonal bottom panel 102 having, associated with each of its sides, respective flaps 103 adapted to form side walls in the erected container, and a lid panel 106 associated with one (105) of said side flaps or walls 103, which it joins along a respective foldline 105a, respective triangular corner portions 107, 110 with their base sides 107a, 110a next to said flap 105 being defined by foldlines 116, 119, 116a, 119a between the adjacent side flaps or walls (103a, 103b) to the lid-carrying flap 105 and the bottom panel 102.
  • Similar triangular corner portions 108, 109 are provided between the bottom panel 102 and the side flaps 103c, 103d adjoining the opposite flap 104 to the flap or wall 105.
  • the diecut blank 101 has connecting portions 111, 114 joined, on one side, to said flap or wall 105 along respective foldlines 118, 118a, and on the other side, to said triangular corner portions 107, 110 along foldlines coinciding with their base sides 107a, 110a.
  • Similar connecting portions 112, 113 are provided between the flap or wall 104, which they join along foldlines 112a, 113a, and the triangular portions 108 and 109, respectively, which they join along foldlines 108a, 109a.
  • Two foldlines (120a, 120d; 120b, 120c) are formed crosswise in each side flap or wall 103 to connect the side flaps 103a, 103d, and 103b, 103c to respective intermediate flaps 103e and 103f.
  • the container erected from the above diecut blank with an octagonal bottom panel is characterized by enhanced strength.
  • a major advantage of the pizza container according to the invention comes from the ease and quickness with which it can be erected. It takes but a few seconds to obtain a pizza container from a diecut blank by merely exerting a pressure simultaneously on certain portions of the blank, since the operation automatically produces a series of movements and entrainments of the various portions defined by the foldlines, which result in the blank flaps or walls being raised in a simultaneous and concerted fashion, additionally bringing the lid panel to a position close to the front wall of the erected container and ready for closing the container.
  • the container of this invention can be used not only to package pizzas, cakes, tarts, and the like bakery articles, but also to package non-food articles, such as underwear articles, foulards, spectacles, costume jewelry, etc..
  • the connecting portions could have different polygonal shapes, such as triangular, pentagonal, etc.
  • the container could be given an oblong shape to accommodate elongate food or non-food articles.
  • closure flap 6bis or 106bis located at the opposite lid side to the flap or wall 5 or 105, two or more flaps could be provided at the remaining sides, or other known closure devices in the art could be used.
  • the material from which the diecut blank is formed would be light or heavy cardboard, or a similar paper-based material, although suitable plastics for food packaging could be used instead.

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WO2007100869A3 (fr) * 2006-02-28 2007-10-18 Graphic Packaging Int Inc Boite a pizza a coins a soufflet
EP1992574A1 (fr) 2007-05-15 2008-11-19 Dietmar Fassbach Récipient de transport d'aliments chauds, en particulier pizza
WO2009149037A3 (fr) * 2008-06-02 2010-03-18 Andre Yusin Structure pliable
USD724427S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-03-17 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
USD724938S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-03-24 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
USD732383S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-06-23 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
WO2015134063A1 (fr) * 2014-03-06 2015-09-11 Medtronic Vascular Inc. Emballage pour dispositif médical
US9309022B2 (en) 2014-03-06 2016-04-12 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
DE202020101307U1 (de) 2020-03-10 2021-06-16 Klaus Paul Balser Lebensmittelumverpackung sowie Zuschnitt dafür
US20210292044A1 (en) * 2020-03-20 2021-09-23 Smart Packaging, LLC Pizza box blank and arrangement thereof

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US5419486A (en) * 1993-07-13 1995-05-30 Universal Packaging Corporation Multi-sided container
US6223978B1 (en) * 1999-06-24 2001-05-01 Packaging Corporation Of America Octagonal package

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US5118032A (en) * 1990-10-30 1992-06-02 Chesapeake Packaging Company Container and blank for a flat food product
US5419486A (en) * 1993-07-13 1995-05-30 Universal Packaging Corporation Multi-sided container
US6223978B1 (en) * 1999-06-24 2001-05-01 Packaging Corporation Of America Octagonal package

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007100869A3 (fr) * 2006-02-28 2007-10-18 Graphic Packaging Int Inc Boite a pizza a coins a soufflet
EP1992574A1 (fr) 2007-05-15 2008-11-19 Dietmar Fassbach Récipient de transport d'aliments chauds, en particulier pizza
DE102007023015A1 (de) 2007-05-15 2008-11-20 Dietmar Fassbach Behälter zum Transport von warmen Speisen, insbesondere Pizza
WO2009149037A3 (fr) * 2008-06-02 2010-03-18 Andre Yusin Structure pliable
USD724427S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-03-17 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
USD724938S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-03-24 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
USD732383S1 (en) 2014-03-06 2015-06-23 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
WO2015134063A1 (fr) * 2014-03-06 2015-09-11 Medtronic Vascular Inc. Emballage pour dispositif médical
US9309022B2 (en) 2014-03-06 2016-04-12 Medtronic Vascular, Inc. Package for a medical device
CN106103292A (zh) * 2014-03-06 2016-11-09 美敦力瓦斯科尔勒公司 用于医疗装置的包装件
JP2017507096A (ja) * 2014-03-06 2017-03-16 メドトロニック ヴァスキュラー インコーポレイテッド 医療器具用のパッケージ
CN106103292B (zh) * 2014-03-06 2018-10-02 美敦力瓦斯科尔勒公司 用于医疗装置的包装件
DE202020101307U1 (de) 2020-03-10 2021-06-16 Klaus Paul Balser Lebensmittelumverpackung sowie Zuschnitt dafür
US20210292044A1 (en) * 2020-03-20 2021-09-23 Smart Packaging, LLC Pizza box blank and arrangement thereof
US11827432B2 (en) * 2020-03-20 2023-11-28 Smart Packaging, LLC Pizza box blank and arrangement thereof

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