ES2472302T3 - Transport and presentation box - Google Patents

Abstract

Box (10) with a base (12); at least two pairs of side walls (14a, 14b, 16a, 16b) respectively opposite each other, wherein a first of the side walls (16b) extends from the base (12) in a vertical direction (18) upwards to the less partially only at an extraction height (20), which is less than the height of one or more of the remaining side walls (14a, 14b, 16a), to define a lateral opening with a dimension that makes access possible and the extraction of products contained in the box (10) through the side opening; and a plurality of mandrels (22a, 22b), which are arranged in the base (12) of the box (10), to hold the bottles arranged in the box (10), where the mandrels are not higher at their point taller than the first side wall (16b).

Description

Transport and presentation box.

[0001] The present invention deals with boxes for the transport of goods, which make it possible to present to a consumer the products transported in the box and to facilitate access to the products in the box.

[0002] A plurality of products are transported in open boxes from above. For example, in the beverage industry, a plurality of different box shapes are known, for transporting beverage bottles or smaller packaging of beverage bottles, such as the so-called "six packs" from production to trade. retailer The boxes are usually stacked in retail, so that access can only occur from above and therefore only products that are in a box located in a lower position of the stack can be accessed if all are removed the boxes above it. This is extremely uncomfortable and requires a great deal of effort and time.

[0003] Therefore, it would be advantageous to make boxes available that make it possible to access products transported in the box more efficiently and easily. This objective is solved by a box according to claim 1.

[0004] The embodiments of the present invention therefore have a base and at least two pairs of side walls opposite each other respectively, wherein a first of the side walls is shaped in such a way that this makes possible a withdrawal of products contained in the box. For this, the first side wall extends from the base in the vertical direction upwards at least partially only at a lower extraction height, which is less than the height of one or more of the remaining side walls. The withdrawal height is set in such a way that the first side wall defines a side opening with a dimension that makes it possible to access or extract products contained in the box through the side opening. The box is limited in the vertical direction upwards by the first side wall section of lower extraction height extending from the base upwards (which can also be the entire side wall). That is, above this first side wall section there is no other non-positive connection between the adjacent side walls.

[0005] In the examples of realization of boxes according to the invention that are suitable for storage or for the transport and presentation of beverage bottles or cans, the base has a plurality of mandrels extending from the base upwards in vertical direction. The mandrels are three-dimensional objects that are on the base and are shaped in such a way that the bottles are held or fixed by means of the outer limiting surfaces of the mandrels, so that the bottles are effectively prevented from falling towards the outside. In the exemplary embodiments, the mandrels have only a small height in the vertical direction, so that they can also be called mandrel stumps. The height and exterior shape of some mandrels is chosen in such a way that these, together with the first side wall, prevent the bottles from falling outwards through the side opening. In order to guarantee the extraction even more, in the embodiments the mandrels are not at their highest point higher than the first side wall. In some exemplary embodiments, the outer limiting surfaces of the mandrels have a variable height, in order to adapt this as best as possible to the stated objectives. To make it possible to dump the bottles outwards towards the first side wall and still ensure good stability, the mandrels have a lower height in a direction parallel to the side wall than towards the first side wall, in such a way that a dump parallel to the first side wall becomes possible, however, a dump in a direction perpendicular to it is difficult and thus holding the bottles firmly.

[0006] In other words, the first side wall is at least partially less tall than the side walls that surround it or that some of those that surround it, so that the box can also be accessed laterally, thus stopping Get easy access to the products in the boxes also in the stacked state, which are in lower boxes of the stack.

[0007] For this, the height of the first side wall is still dimensioned in some exemplary embodiments so that the specific products transported in the box cannot fall out of the box during transport. In some embodiments, the box is intended for transporting bottles or bottles that are previously packaged in smaller packages, so that the first side wall has a height that is sufficient to prevent a fall of individual bottles out of the box. In some embodiments, the height takes a value between 1 and 10 cm. In some other embodiments, this height takes a value between 2 and 5 cm, or, in general, greater than 2 cm.

[0008] In some embodiments, the first side wall has two side wall sections at its edges adjacent to the adjacent side walls, which extend up to the height of the adjacent side walls, to increase the stability of the box .

[0009] In other embodiments of the present invention, the box has four side walls, where grip openings are arranged in at least the side walls adjacent to the first side wall. The gripping openings have a section that runs parallel to the base, as well as a section that runs perpendicular to the base. In some embodiments, the section that runs perpendicular to the base is arranged in the direction of the first side wall. In some embodiments, in addition to this, the first opening section that runs horizontally and substantially parallel to the base, is transformed into the vertical opening section with a radius that is large enough to be able to grab the box also by the radius. . In these exemplary embodiments of the invention it is therefore possible to grasp and lift the box also by the radius or by the vertical opening section, so that it does not tip back when it is grasped. This reduces the likelihood of objects falling outward during transport, such as the case bottles, through the openings of the first side wall.

[0010] According to some embodiments of the invention, the box also has in the base area adjacent to the first side wall a larger bearing surface for the products to be transported, than the average in the remaining area of the base . This means, in other words, that when the base is not completely flat for reasons of saving in weight, but is formed, for example, by individual crossbars, the number of crossbars per surface, that is, the density of crossbars are increased in the area adjacent to the first side wall. This results in a product placed in the box near the side wall, for example, a beverage bottle or a can being in contact with the base with a larger bearing surface. This prevents the bottle or the beverage can from sliding or tipping between the crossbars of the base, such that an undesired fall of the can or the bottle outwards during transport is prevented.

[0011] In some exemplary embodiments, in addition, the side walls adjacent to the first side wall are less high on the front face, which borders the first side wall, than on the front face opposite the side wall. That is, towards the opening, the side walls located next to the opening are lower, such that, on the one hand, the space made available for extraction is enlarged and, on the other hand, the entrance of light or the angle of vision towards the interior of the box, in order to make the objects transported in the box better visible, such as, for example, bottles or the like.

[0012] In some other embodiments, the rest of the side walls that do not correspond to the first side wall are collapsible with respect to the base, such that the box can be brought to a folded state, in which the remaining side walls rest on the base practically parallel to it or are located above the base. In this way the box can be transported in its empty state more economically and efficiently.

[0013] Some exemplary embodiments have an additional side wall movable section, which extends vertically above the first side wall, and which can either be removed or collapsed. This may have the advantage that in the unfolded state of the movable side wall section, stability or security is further increased, so that no merchandise or product can fall from the box. Also, the mobile side wall section can be used in the unfolded or folded state to present product information or the like.

[0014] In some embodiments, the movable side wall section is formed in the form of a grid or a plurality of crossbars, so that the box can be cleaned with high pressure jet, without separating the box from the box. mobile section of the side wall or release it from the box in an undesirable way due to high pressure.

[0015] In some embodiments, the rest of the side walls are also covered or laminated with a sheet on its inner face, which contains product information, which can be easily seen from the outside.

[0016] In some other embodiments, a clear sheet is provided, so that due to the reflection of the light, objects or bottles transported in the box can be better perceived optically.

[0017] In some other embodiments, the remaining side walls, which do not correspond to the lower wall, are equally tall, so that the boxes can be stacked on top of each other, where the base of a box is carried to rest on the three remaining side walls of the box below. To this end, special notches or contours may be provided both in the base and also in the upper ends of the remaining side walls, in which corresponding recesses or corresponding contours of the base, respectively of the remaining side walls, fit in, so as to make possible the possibility of stacking and guarantee a safe position.

[0018] Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in more detail below with reference to the attached figures.

[0019] Show:

fig. 1 an exemplary embodiment of a box for transporting bottles;

fig. 2 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 1 filled with “packs of six”;

fig. 3 boxes filled, stacked, according to the embodiment example of fig. one;

fig. 4 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 1 in a view from below;

fig. Another embodiment of a box according to the invention;

fig. 6 another embodiment of a box according to the invention with hinged side walls;

fig. 7 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6 in the partially folded state;

fig. 8 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6 in the fully folded state;

fig. 9 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6 filled with bottles;

fig. 10 the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6 filled with “packs of six”;

fig. 11 a top view on the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6; Y

fig. 12 a detailed view of the mandrels used in some embodiments of the invention.

[0020] Fig. 1 shows an embodiment according to the invention of a box 10 for drinks. The base 12 is shaped in the exemplary embodiment shown in a flat, non-continuous manner, but is formed by a grid-shaped structure. As can be seen from the view from below the box of fig. 3, the base 12 is formed by a plurality of ribs or ribs. These are arranged with a sufficient density, such that the product to be transported, that is, for example a bottle, cannot fall through the base of the box or tip over uncontrollably, when the edge of a Bottle overturns in one of the gaps between the nerves.

[0021] The box also has two pairs of side walls 14a, 14b and 16a, 16b facing each other respectively, extending from base 12 upwards, that is, in the vertical direction 18. A first of the four walls lateral, in this example the lateral wall 16b, extends in the vertical direction 18 only in a small extraction height 20.

[0022] The extraction height 20 is less than the height of the rest of the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a, such that a lateral opening is formed, which makes it possible to access or extract bottles or products contained and transported in the box through the side opening. Above the first side wall 16 b there is no other box structure. On the basis 12 of the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1 a plurality of mandrels are also arranged, of which, for example, the mandrel 22a and the mandrel 22b have been highlighted. The lateral opening for the extraction of the products is therefore generated by making the first side wall 16b have a lower height than the adjacent or remaining side walls. Height should be understood here, as in the following figures, the dimension in the positive vertical direction 18. The

term "above" identifies a position in the positive vertical direction 18, the term "below" a position that

it has a minor coordinate in the vertical direction 18. On the sides, any direction that delimits the box in the directions parallel to the surface of the base 12 must be understood.

[0023] By means of the first side wall 16b a side opening is defined or formed, which makes it possible to access and remove the bottles transported in the box. Of course, in other embodiments, other products can be transported in the box. In the box of fig. 1 so-called can also be transported

"Packs of six", that is, pre-packaged packages of six bottles.

[0024] In alternative embodiments not shown here, the side wall does not have the lowest extraction height 20 along its entire length, but fixed side wall sections extend from the adjacent side walls 14a and 14b towards the side opening , where the side opening is still large enough to ensure the extraction of products or bottles. These types of boxes may have greater stability.

[0025] The exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1 of a box 10 also has a movable side wall section 23, which is rotatably supported by hinges 24a to 24c with respect to a first fixed side wall 16b. The movable side wall section 23 is shown in fig. 1 in a collapsed position, in which it is folded down with respect to the first side wall 16b. In the folded up position, which will be illustrated below based on some other embodiments of the invention, the movable side wall area 23 extends in the vertical direction 18 upwards. In this way, safety can be increased in the sense that the bottles in the box 10 do not tip outwards. In addition, the moving part can be used to present product information or the like.

[0026] The side walls 14a and 14b adjoining the first side wall 16b each have a grip opening 28a and 28b, by which the box can be lifted and carried. To this end, the grip openings have both a first opening area that extends parallel to the base, as well as a second opening area that extends substantially in the vertical direction, the function of which is described in more detail below. based on fig. 3.

[0027] Also, the side walls 14a and 14b adjoining the first side wall 16b have at their end pointing towards the first side wall, beveled edge sections 30a and 30b, through which light can enter the boxes, even when they are stacked on top of each other. In the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1, the ends of the side walls 14a and 14b adjoining the first side wall 16b therefore have a lower height than at its opposite end. It is understood by itself that, although the part emptied from the side wall of the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1 is substantially triangular, any other different form can also be used for emptying in alternative embodiments. In some exemplary embodiments, the height grows continuously from the side walls 14a and 14b adjoining the first side wall 16b to the maximum height. Of course, in alternative embodiments, the height increase can also be in the form of a ladder or step.

[0028] The box shown in fig. 1 is stackable, that is, the contours of the upper ends of the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a are shaped such that they fit into the stack with the contour or the base structure of another different box (see , by way of example, fig. 3), so that the boxes can be stacked on top of each other. In spite of this, the lateral opening defined by the first side wall 16b, makes it possible to extract bottles or packagings of bottles such as six packs from inside the box, even when they are stacked.

[0029] In some embodiments of the invention, the surfaces oriented towards the inside of the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a are shaped with a light color, such that thanks to the light input caused by the openings 30a and 30b, the bottles inside the box are well recognizable to an observer who observes them from the outside. In alternative embodiments, the surfaces are coated with product or advertising indications.

[0030] The embodiment of the invention shown in fig. 1 also has at least one of the side walls (in the case shown here, of the side wall 14b) a plurality of ribs 32a to 32d which run in a vertical direction and protrude from a lateral surface inward, which prevent the bottles, which are held inside the box by means of the mandrels, come to contact the entire side surface with the side wall and make it dirty in large part of its surface. In the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1, the ribs 32a to 32d are correspondingly arranged such that the bottles are supported with the outermost radius in the positions of the ribs 32a to 32d. In this way, large surfaces of the inner surfaces of the side walls can be prevented from becoming dirty, since this is only the case for the nerves.

[0031] Fig. 2 shows the exemplary embodiment of the box 10 of fig. 1 in a state filled with 3 packs of six.

[0032] The packs of six 40a, 40b and 40c each contain six individual bottles not shown here for reasons of clarity.

[0033] The packs of six are held, in addition to the mandrels that fit from below into the packs of six opened below for this reason, by the ribs 40a and 40b, which are arranged in the base 12 of the box 10, as shown in fig. one.

[0034] As is clear from the view of fig. 3, which shows two boxes 10 and 10a in the stacked state one above the other, the products or bottles of the lower box 10 in the stacked state can also be removed. This is also of course valid for packs of six 40a, 40b and 40c, when they are transported or presented in the boxes alternately to the individual bottles. As is evident from figures 2 and 3, the special embodiment of a box represented in fig. 1 has great flexibility with regard to the bottles to be transported, since packs of six can be transported on the one hand and on the other hand individual bottles. This is obtained from the arrangement of the mandrels 22a and 22b as well as the ribs 42a and 42b shown in fig. one.

[0035] It is understood by itself that in other embodiments of the case 10, the arrangement of the mandrels can be chosen in another way. For example, in some exemplary embodiments it is possible to completely give up nerves and use only mandrels instead. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 are however both possible, since each individual bottle, which is introduced into one of the free spaces between mandrels and / or ribs, is supported respectively in four directions or by a lateral wall of a nerve, by means of a mandrel or by one of the side walls 14a, 14b, 16a or 16b of the box, such that it is held stably for transport.

[0036] As is evident from fig. 3, due to the possibility of stacking the boxes and the possibility of lateral extraction that is achieved by the first side wall 16b, it is now possible to offer different products for sale in a column of boxes stacked on top of each other. The side wall 16b prevents, in conjunction with the mandrels, that the bottles can tip over from the box 10 during transport, so that the side wall 16b is sized in such a way that it prevents a tipping of the box during transport. This still remains low enough, so that the bottles can be removed from the box ahead, even if another box 10a is on the box 10. For this, according to some embodiments, the bottles can be slightly raised and then tilted forward and outward. This is made possible in some exemplary embodiments by a special conformation of the mandrels, as will be described in more detail below on the basis of fig. 12.

[0037] Fig. 3 clearly shows another feature of some embodiments of the present invention, such as the special conformation of the grip openings 28a and 28b. The grip opening is curved and extends both horizontally and vertically. In other words, the grip opening 28a has a first opening area 50a extending parallel to the base 12 and a second opening area 50b that runs substantially in the vertical direction 18. In this, the delimitation between the opening area vertical and horizontal in fig. 3 should be understood only as an example. The grip opening 28a therefore also extends with a significant widening in the vertical direction, such that the grip opening 28a can also be used by a person in the vertical opening zone. In alternative embodiments of the invention, the grip opening 28a can be naturally shaped in another way to the embodiment shown in fig. 3. For example, it can have a square or rectangular section, so that the box can be raised both from above through the horizontal opening zone 50a and from the side through the vertical opening zone 50b.

[0038] In the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 3, the vertical opening area is located on the side assigned to the first side wall 16b and becomes the outer contour (that is, the contour oriented towards the first side wall) with a large radius in the area of horizontal opening 50a. This results in that when the box is lifted, it can also be picked up by the radius, so that the box tilts down (towards the side wall 16a) when the vertical opening zone is on the assigned side to the first side wall 16b, such that by tilting the box while carrying it, a fall of the individual bottles is further prevented.

[0039] In some embodiments of the invention, as depicted on the basis of fig. 4, which shows a perspective view from below on the box of fig. 1, and based on fig. 11, which shows a view from below of another embodiment of the invention, the security is further increased by a special conformation of the base 12 in the area 50 adjacent to the first side wall 16b.

[0040] In some embodiments of the invention, the base 12 is not completely flat, but in order to save on weight and for a simpler cleaning it is formed by means of the arrangement of a set of dishes. these cover the surface of the base 12 in such a way that the bottles rest securely with their bottle bases on the base 12. In the area 50 of the leading edge, that is, in the area 50 adjacent to the first side wall 16b, the number or surface density of the ribs is increased in comparison with the remaining area, so that the bottles that are there can not tip themselves outward, when they swing due to external influences from their position resting slightly towards the first side wall 16b. This is avoided by causing the ribs to be arranged with such density in the area 50 that delimits with the first side wall 16b, that the edge of a bottle cannot tip between the free space between two adjacent ribs. In other words, in the area 50 adjacent to the first side wall 16b, the base 12 has a support surface for the bottles that is larger than the average support surface made available along the base per unit area, in order to enable a secure hold of the bottles.

[0041] As can be seen in addition to fig. 4, the base 12 has an elevation formed by several ribs in the area adjacent to the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a, whose contour is shaped in such a way that when placed on another box inside the side walls it fits into the contour of the side walls of the other box, thus guaranteeing the possibility of stacking and a safe situation in the stacked state.

[0042] Likewise, the base of the box has in its center a crossbar 52, which extends from the side wall 16a to the first side wall 16b and whose ribs have a greater dimension in the vertical direction than the rest of the ribs of base. This cross member 52 serves to additionally support the first side wall 16b of smaller height, to increase the stability of the box. The cross member 52 is arranged in a central position, such that the cross member, which extends downwards beyond the rest of the base, does not prevent the removal of the bottles from the lower case in the stacked state.

[0043] Fig. 5 shows another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the exemplary embodiments discussed based on the preceding figures, essentially in that with the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 5 other bottle sizes can be transported. While the exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 1 is adapted for bottles with the content of 0.5 l, the embodiment of a box shown in fig. 5 is adapted to bottles with the content of 0.33 l. Therefore, the embodiment example of fig. 5 differs essentially from the exemplary embodiment of fig. 1 in the arrangement of the mandrels as well as in the thickness of the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a, which was modified to, with the same outer volume of the case, hold the bottles arranged inside the case. Thus, for example, the box shown in fig. 5 presents five mandrels 54a, 54b, 54c, 54d and 54e, which delimit with the first side wall 16b, to hold a total of six bottles of 0.33 l of content in the first row. Also, the box of fig. 5 has only one continuous rib 56 in the center of the box, so that four packs of six can alternatively be transported with the box.

[0044] Also, the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5 shows, unlike the exemplary embodiments of Figures 1 to 4, the box with a movable side wall section 23 folded up in the first side wall 16b. Since otherwise, the conformation characteristics of the box of fig. 5 correspond to those of fig. 1 and each of them presents identical functionality, a new discussion of the components that match those of the box in fig. 1. Finally it should also be mentioned here, that the box shown in fig. 5 presents, like the box shown in fig. 1, at least one opening 58 in the side wall 16a, opposite the first side wall 16b, which extends through the side wall 16a such that the box can be fixed or hung by the opening to a wall or in A shelf or similar.

[0045] To increase the security of the fixation, the exemplary embodiments shown in Figures 1 to 5 respectively also present an optional second fixing opening 60.

[0046] The exemplary embodiment shown in fig. 6 is also configured for the transport of 24 bottles with 0.33 l of content each and therefore corresponds largely to the embodiment shown in fig. 5. In the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5, however, the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a or at least parts of the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a are hingedly arranged by hinges with respect to the base. With this they are foldable in such a way that they can be folded in the direction of the base, and are in a folded state substantially parallel with respect to the base, as shown in fig. 7 for the side wall 16a, which is in the collapsed deployed state parallel to the surface of the base 12. Fig. 8 shows all the side walls 14a, 14b and 16a in the folded state, such that the box can easily be transported in the folded state to the brewery or bottler, without spending much storage space. This can significantly reduce transportation costs.

[0047] Although based on figures 6 to 8 only the folding side walls 14a, 14b and 16a are shown for a single box, which is configured to transport 24 bottles of 0.33 l each, it is understood by itself that also the box shown in fig. 1 for 0.5 l bottles can be equipped with folding side walls. In general, it applies to all the exemplary embodiments shown herein, that the characteristics that have been described or shown based on the individual exemplary embodiments, can be freely combined with one another, to arrive at other alternative examples of realization of boxes of according to the invention.

[0048] Fig. 9 represents the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5 in the loaded state, in which there are 24 bottles in the box.

[0049] As in fig. 5, the movable side wall section 23 is also here in the deployed position, to further secure the bottles in the front row or to fix product identifications for transport on the outer face of the flexible part 23, which Not relevant for product presentation.

[0050] Fig. 10 shows the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5 with an alternative form of loading, specifically with four packs of six 70a, 70b, 70c and 70d.

[0051] Fig. 11 finally shows a view from above on the exemplary embodiment of fig. 5, where it can be seen that the mandrel 54c has a different geometric conformation to the mandrels 54a, 54b and 54d or 54e, to make possible the placement of packs of six. In alternative embodiments, the central mandrel 54c can naturally have the same conformation as the rest of the mandrels, that is, for example, the mandrel 54a. Likewise, any other mandrel may have the shape of the mandrel 54c.

[0052] As can be deduced from the view from above of fig. 11, also in the case of the boxes for 24 beverage bottles, the base 12 is constructed with a larger support surface in the area 50 adjacent to the first side wall 16 than the average support surface of the entire base, for avoid an unwanted fall out of the bottles from the box.

[0053] Fig. 12 shows an enlarged representation of the mandrels 54a to 54c, so that its special shape can be observed, which in conjunction with the first side wall 16b makes it possible to hold both the bottles securely and removable forwards. To achieve this, some examples of mandrels have an outer surface whose height in the vertical direction 18 is not constant. As the outer delimiting surface of the mandrel 43a, the striped surface 70, that is, that surface or those surface elements, which laterally delimit with the mandrel, that is, in all directions orthogonally with respect to the vertical direction, should be understood below. 18.

[0054] The outer limiting surface 70 has a variable height, as indicated above. Thus, the mandrel is less high in a first side surface area 75, which runs parallel to the first side wall 16b and fixes a bottle backwards (in the direction 72 pointing from the first side wall 16b), than in a second side surface area 76, which fixes the bottle parallel to the first side wall 16b against a dump in a direction 74.

[0055] In the mandrel 54a shown in fig. 12, which has a substantially diamond-shaped section, one of whose points points towards the first side wall 16b, the function of preventing backward tipping is therefore exerted by a first area of delimiting surface 75, which closes to the mandrel substantially in the direction parallel to the first side wall 16b. A second boundary surface area 76 that delimits the mandrel 54b in the direction of the first side wall 16b, prevents the bottles from tipping parallel to the first side wall 16b.

[0056] The first side surface area 75 is smaller than the second side surface area 76, to make it possible to tip the bottles forward when they tip out, without having to lift the bottle as much as to possibly already crash against the base of another box, which is stacked on the observed box.

[0057] The second boundary surface area 76 instead prevents a turn in the direction parallel to the first side wall 16b and may therefore be higher, to increase stability. In general, both the mandrels 54a and 54b as well as the mandrel 54c provide maximum stability while allowing forward tipping, as the mandrels have a lower height in the direction parallel to the side wall, than in the direction perpendicular to the side wall.

[0058] Also, the mandrels are provided in fig. 12 with partial outer delimiting surfaces, which are concave inwardly concave between the tips of the substantially diamond-shaped basic shape, where the radius of the bulge substantially corresponds to the diameter of a bottle, in order to hold Still the bottle safely.

[0059] Although the foregoing has been discussed mainly in the context of beverage boxes, of course, other embodiments of the present invention can also be used for other types of product. For example, by means of the box according to the invention, beverage cans can be transported as well as any other cylindrical object, such as, for example, hair sprayers, deodorant cans or the like. Likewise, boxes with a side opening are also suitable for other totally different types of products that may also differ from a cylindrical basic shape. The boxes can be used universally for all possible products, which allow, in the stacked state, the products can also be extracted laterally from the box. This great advantage is not limited to the type of products transported.

Claims (15)

one.

Box (10) with a base (12); at least two pairs of side walls (14a, 14b, 16a, 16b) opposite each other respectively, where a first of the side walls (16b) extends from the base (12) in a vertical direction (18) upwards at least partially only at an extraction height (20), which is less than the height of one or more of the remaining side walls (14a, 14b, 16a), to define a lateral opening with a dimension that makes access possible and the extraction of products contained in the box (10) through the side opening; and a plurality of mandrels (22a, 22b), which are arranged in the base (12) of the box (10), to hold the bottles arranged in the box (10), where the mandrels are not higher in its point higher than the first side wall (16b).

2.

Case (10) according to claim 1, wherein the first side wall (16b) comprises one or two side wall sections, which extend towards the side opening starting from one of the adjacent side walls, and have a height which is greater than the extraction height (20).

3.

Box (10) according to claim 1 or 2, with a first pair of short side walls (14a, 14b) and with a second pair of longer side walls (16a, 16b), wherein the first side wall (16b) is one of the long side walls (16a, 16b).

Four.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 3, further presenting a movable side wall area (23) extending upward in the vertical direction (18) in the first side wall (16b), which is foldable with with respect to the first side wall (16b) towards the base.

5.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the side walls (14a, 14b) adjoining the first side wall (16b) have a grip opening (28a, 28b) respectively to lift the box (10 ), wherein each grip opening (28a, 28b) has a first opening area that extends parallel to the base and a second opening area that runs substantially in the vertical direction, which is located on the side of the grip opening (28a, 28b) opposite the first side wall (16b), where the opening areas (28a, 28b) are converted into each other on the opposite side of the base (12) by a transition zone with a curvature, which makes possible a grip of the box also in the transition zone.

6.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the base (12) has a support surface for the products to be transported in an area adjacent to the first side wall (16b), which is larger than an area medium support throughout the base (12).

7.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the side walls (14a, 14b) adjoining the first side wall (16b) have a lower first height at their ends adjoining the first side wall, than a second height at opposite ends.

8.

Box (10) according to claim 7, wherein the height of the side walls (14a, 14b) adjoining the first side wall (16b) continuously grows from the first height to the second height.

9.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the remaining side walls (14a, 14b, 16a) that do not correspond to the first side wall (16b) are arranged in a mobile manner with respect to the base (12) so that they can be folded in the direction of the base (12) from an unfolded state, in which they are substantially parallel with respect to the base (12).

10.

Case (10) according to one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the mandrels (22a, 22b) have an outer boundary surface that extends upward in a vertical direction (18) from the base (12), the height of which varies from along the outer perimeter of the mandrels.

eleven.

Case (10) according to claim 10, wherein at least one mandrel (22a) has a delimiting surface area (75) of smaller height that delimits the mandrel (22a) in a direction parallel to the first side wall (16b) , that a second delimiting surface area (76) delimiting the mandrel (22a) in the direction of the first side wall (16b).

12.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the boundary surface of the mandrel (22a) has a substantially diamond-shaped section parallel to the base, wherein one of the rhombus points points towards the first side wall (16b).

13.

Case (10) according to claim 12, wherein the outer boundary surface of the mandrel (22a) is concave inwardly concave between the tips of the diamond-shaped section.

14.

Box (10) according to claim 13, wherein the radius of the bulges approximately corresponds to the radius of a bottle body to be contained in the box.

fifteen.

Box (10) according to one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the first side wall (16b) is connected to the base (12) releasably.