WO2007071081A1 - Medicament pack - Google Patents

Abstract

The medicament pack, in the form of a packaging box (20) which can be opened at the front end side (25), is formed by virtue of a single punched cardboard or plastic component (19) being folded, the packaging box (20) being distinguished in that it has at least six folding edges (1­-6), about which the punched component (19) is folded transversely to the later direction of removal through the front end side (25), wherein the folds about the first four folding edges (1-4) form an inner compartment (18) which is open on both sides and serves for accommodating the actual substance or medicament, and the further two folds about the remaining folding edges (5, 6) form the box (20), which encloses said inner compartment, in which case a second, usually smaller inner compartment (21), which serves for accommodating the pack insert, is formed in the process.

Description

 drug package

This invention relates to a drug package made of cardboard or plastic, the two compartments for receiving on the one hand a drug, for example in the form of a biochar or a spray or other container and on the other hand, a leaflet in the form of a folded sheet or booklet.

Typical medicine packs made of cardboard have only a single inner compartment or compartment in which find both the actual drug and the folded leaflet place. However, this known solution shows considerable deficiencies and disadvantages in the daily use of the drugs by the consumer. Any drug, whether prescription or not, whether original or generic, will be distributed in the form of a folded leaflet along with a package leaflet. When opening the medicine pack, the end user will find both the drug and the package leaflet in the same and single internal compartment. Now that the package leaflet has been read and the medicine has been used, it must be returned to the packaging along with the package leaflet. Especially here, the normal drug package weaknesses, as the inclusion of the drug and the folded back sheet is often difficult to impossible. Both items are out of place after use in the package as the stiff, bulky package insert fills almost the entire single compartment. In such cases it happens very often that the product leaflet is simply thrown away so that at least the product itself finds room in the package again. The disposal of the package leaflet is not only annoying, but also dangerous, since the loss of the product information there is a risk that the drug is used incorrectly, ie in the worst case overdosed or to an inappropriate person such as a child or a pregnant woman is administered.

In the vast majority of cases, it would be helpful and convenient to have a packaging optimized for both the product and the product supplement for distribution to doctors and medical personnel, as well as for the sale of medicines to the end user, which ensures that the product leaflet or package leaflet with the very important information is not thrown away, but simply, quickly and effortlessly several times back into the packaging and can be taken out again.

The risk of throwing away or loss of product supplements in paper form for lack of suitable packaging exists not only in the medical field, but also in other products such as chemical substances and other dangerous goods. It is required by law that every chemical or hazardous substance includes a Technical Data Sheet (TDS) and, in particular, an MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), which must always be enclosed when shipping to dealers, customers or in-house. Especially for very small quantities and sample shipments, these supplements are often lost or are stored somewhere, where they are not easy and quick to find. It would be advantageous if the TDS and the MSDS were always to be found directly at the chemical substance or hazardous material. For this purpose, a suitable packaging would be very helpful, which guarantees the repeated collection and removal of the substance as well as the side sheets.

The present invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a simple, inexpensive packaging made of cardboard or other material such as plastic, which the repeated, simple and fast Removal and packing of a product and the accompanying supplementary sheet allows.

This object is achieved by a drug package in the form of a folded by folding from a single stamped piece, openable at one end packaging box, which is characterized in that it has at least six fold edges with intermediate seven folding sections to the punched piece transversely to the later Removal direction is folded through the one end, wherein the folds around the first four fold edges on both sides open inner compartment for receiving a drug from the first Faltabschnitten is formed, and the other three folds around the remaining fold edges that that inner compartment enclosing packaging box to form this inner compartment is formed for receiving a leaflet.

In the drawings, an embodiment of this drug package is shown and it will be described below and its function will be explained.

It shows:

Figure 1: The packaging box with open front and side flaps and double-walled lid seen in a perspective view from the front side;

Figure 2: Made of a single cardboard or plastic stamped base ("floor plan") of the packaging box seen vertically from above.

In Figure 1, the packaging box or box 20 is shown with open front and side flaps 28,30 and open, unsealed double-walled cover piece 16,17 seen in a perspective view of the front end side 25 ago. The box 20 is made of a single stamping made of cardboard, plastic or another recyclable, ie recyclable material. The stamped piece has at defined, parallel to the longitudinal edge and transverse to the subsequent removal direction extending lines on several folding edges 1-8, thereby folding defined folding sections or folding pieces arise 9-17, which define the three-dimensional shape of the packaging box 20. The folds around the first four folded edges 1-4 form an inner compartment 18 which is open on both sides of the folding sections 9-12, wherein the size and shape of the inner compartment 18 are defined by the position of the folded edges on the punching piece. As a result of the further three folds around the remaining folded edges 5, 6, the inner box 18 encloses the packaging box, wherein the folding pieces 13-15 define the outer shell of the box 20 and in this way form a second compartment 21 which is used for folded side sheets or the package insert place. The folding pieces 9 and 11 are connected to the corresponding folding pieces 13 and 15 by gluing 36, wherein the folding piece 12 forms the top box 26, at the folding edge 4, a slot 24 for receiving the lid flap 23 is present.

The figure 1 also shows the outer, open lid, consisting of the lid pieces 16 and 17, wherein these two cover pieces are glued together by bending at the end edge 8 with each other so that a double-walled lid 35 is formed, the simple and repeatedly closed and can be opened by the present at the end edge 8 cover tab 23 is inserted into the slot 24. It is now possible to print, write or stick a medical prescription or other central information and messages directly to the folding section 17. By opening the outer double-walled lid 35, the information is visible. The lid 35 may also be single-walled, if the fold 8 is dispensed with the folding piece 17. It is also possible to easily separate the outer lid 35, since the folding edge 7 can be equipped with a perforation 33 - for example, a prescription can be glued directly to the lid piece 17 by the doctor and the patient then only has to use the outer lid 35 tear off at the perforation 33 and bring this section to the pharmacy to buy a new same pack. By tearing off the outer lid 35, the actual packaging box 20 remains intact, so it will not be destroyed and can continue to be used. In Figure 1, the foldable front flaps 28 and the foldable front side 30, which are integrally formed on the front end side of the packaging box 20 to the folding pieces 13 and 15 and 14, visible to the outside in the open state. The foldable front 30 carries a closing tab 31, which closes the packaging box 20 by closing the front flaps 28 and the front side 30 with its closing tab 31 and also open again, so often necessary until the drug or a corresponding box contents is used up. The folding piece 10, which separates the inner compartment 18 from the lower inner compartment 21, has at the front end side a semicircular recess 33, which is intended to facilitate gripping a lying in the lower inner compartment 21 coming to the package insert. When folding the packaging box 20, the three-dimensional shape is stabilized such that the folding piece 9 is glued to the folding piece 13 and the folding piece 11 with the folding piece 15 with adhesive 36.

Figure 2 shows the made of a single cardboard or plastic stamped piece 19 base surface of the packaging box seen perpendicularly from above. The punching piece 19 has folding edges 1-8 at defined locations transversely to its front side, which define the three-dimensional shape of the packaging box by folding at these folded edges 1-7 by the folding sections 9-12 the upper inner compartment and the folding sections 13-15 the outer Case of the packaging box and at the same time the second compartment, below the first lying and separated by the folding piece 10 form. At the front end edge of the folding piece 10, a semicircular recess is punched out, which ensures the easy removal of the present in the second compartment Produktbeiblattes. The foldable front sides 27, 29 present on the rear end side of the stamped piece on the folding pieces 12, 14 are glued to one another after the folding operation for the packaging box by virtue of the foldable front flaps 28 present on the folding pieces 13, 15 coming under the foldable front sides 29 and 27 , Thus, for added safety and user-friendliness, it is clearly defined that the box is opened by means of tab 31. On the opposite front are on the folding pieces 13,15 also foldable front flaps 28 present, which come to lie on the folding box 14 foldable front side 30 after the folding process to the packaging, which allows thanks to the molded on her closing tab 31 a repeated opening and closing of the packaging box. Centered on the folding edge 4 a slot 24 is cut so that after the folding process for packaging the one or double-walled lid consisting of the cover piece 16 or the cover pieces 16, 17 with the aid of the cut edge 8 cut on the cover flap 23, closed and opened can be, wherein at the outer edge of the first folding piece 9 in the middle of a recess 32 for receiving the lid flap 23 is present.

Claims

_Patentansprüche A medicament package in the form of a packaging box (20) which can be opened on an end face (25) by folding from a single stamped piece (19), characterized in that it has at least six folded edges (1-6) with intervening seven folding sections (9-15 ), around which the punched piece (19) is folded transversely to the later removal direction through the one end face (25), wherein the folds around the first four folded edges (1-4) open on both sides an inner compartment (18) for receiving a medicament the first folding sections (9-12) is formed, and the other three folds around the remaining folded edges (5,6,7) the packaging box (20) enclosing that inner compartment (18) to form this inner compartment (21) for receiving a package insert formed is. 2. medicament pack in the form of a folding by a single punched piece (19) resulting, on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a seventh folding edge (7) to the another cover piece (16) is folded, which rests on the top of the box and is secured with a at the end edge (8) integrally formed tab (23) in a slot (24) in the opposite folded edge (4) of the box top (26). 3. medicament pack in the form of a folded by a single punched piece (19), on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a seventh and eighth folding edge (7,8), wherein a further cover piece (16) is folded around the seventh folding edge (7), which is double-layered by folding a further cover piece (17) by means of an eighth folding edge (8) and which rests on the top of the box (26) and with one on the eighth Folded edge, from the cover piece (16,17) punched tab (23) in a slot (24) in the opposite edge (4) of the box top (26) is secured. 4. medicament pack in the form of a fold from a single punched piece (19) resulting, on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the folding in the fourth order folding piece (12) on one side a folding front (27), the fifth folding piece (13) on both sides of a foldable front flap (28), the sixth folding piece (14) on both sides of a foldable front side (29, 30), wherein the one (30) is provided with an attachable to the outer end to her closing tab (31), and the seventh folding piece (15) is again on both sides with a foldable front flap (28) equipped. 5. medicament package in the form of a folded by a single punched piece (19), on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the first folding piece (9) on the outer edge in the center of which is a recess (32) for receiving the lid flap (23), and the fourth folding edge (12) is provided with a slot (24) for inserting this lid flap (23). 6. medicament pack in the form of a folded by a single punched piece (19), on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the seventh folding edge (7) for the additional cover piece (16) has a perforation (33). 7. medicament pack in the form of a folded by a single punched piece (19), on an end face (25) openable packaging box (20) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second folding piece (10) has a lateral recess, which is intended to facilitate gripping a lying in the second inner compartment (21) coming to lie next to the package leaflet.