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• US 8,191,708 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2010
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seda S.p.A.
• Original Assignee: Seda S.p.A.
• Inventors: D'Amato, Gianfranco
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US12/881,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20100326870A1
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 206/459.5, 206/459.1, 206/831, 206/217, 403/06, 403/10, 403/12, 403/24, 220/592.2, 220/738, 220/739, 229/400, 229/402, 229/403, 229/939, 229/116.1, 283/100, 283/103, 283/105
• US Class Current: 206/459.5
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/00 Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators see also B65D5/4212, B65D33/004
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/205 Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like; cards or coupons for the other types of rigid or semi-rigid containers B65D25/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 3/28 Other details of walls
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3869 formed with double walls, i.e. hollow
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/831 Detachable coupon

Abstract

The present invention refers to a multi-layered package, and particularly to a container including a container opening and a container bottom. Preferably, at least one outer wall includes a predetermined removable wall section, revealing an information. The feature of the package according to the present invention is that the package is formed with at least one inner wall and one outer wall. Thereby, the wall section is as part of the outer wall a removable card.

Claims

1. A cardboard container having

an inner side wall,

an outer side wall spaced apart from the inner side wall,

an opening at the top, and

a bottom connected to the inner side wall only at the container bottom

a stiff wall section comprising an integrated component of the outer side wall at a predetermined location on the outer side wall and inclined at an angle with respect to the peripheral direction of the container, the stiff wall section defined by a predetermined tearing line or perforation, and being removable from said outer side wall along said tearing line or perforation

an information on the outer surface of the inner side wall opposite the stiff wall section

an edge at one side of the stiff wall section facilitating the separation and removal from the outer side wall of the stiff wall section by a user and a fluid filled insulation space formed between the inner and outer walls, and the edge of the stiff wall section projects essentially in the envelope direction of the container forming a handle for removal of the stiff wall section from the outer side wall.

2. Container according to claim 1, wherein at least said stiff wall section is sufficiently stiff to facilitate unhinging of the stiff wall section from the outer side wall.

3. Container according to claim 1, wherein said stiff wall section is arranged between the opening and the bottom.

4. Container according to claim 3 wherein the stiff wall section is midway between the opening and the bottom.

5. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stiff wall section is substantially rectangular and has a length and a width, the length of the stiff wall section extends in the envelope direction and the width of the stiff wall section extends in the peripheral direction of the container.

6. Container as claimed in claim 4, wherein the length of the stiff wall section is larger than the width.

7. Container according to claim 1 wherein the fluid comprises a gas.

8. Container according to claim 1, wherein at least the outer side wall is formed of paper, cardboard, or plastic and the outer side wall is sufficiently rigid to facilitate unhinging of the stiff wall section from the outer side wall.

9. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the size, shape and position of the stiff wall section is determined by a predetermined tearing line.

10. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shape of the stiff wall section is substantially square, rectangular, round, oval or trapezoidal.

11. Container as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined tearing line is supplemented by a bending line, which connects both ends of the predetermined tearing line with one another.

12. Container as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined tearing line of the stiff wall section comprises a perforated part.

13. Container as claimed in claim 9, wherein the tearing line comprises a non-perforated part.

14. Container according to claim 13, wherein the non-perforated part is rounded.

15. Container as claimed in claim 13, wherein the non-perforated part projects to form the handle.

16. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stiff wall section is provided with an imprint on an inner and/or outer side.

17. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information comprises a substantially peripheral imprint arranged on the outer side of the inner side wall.

18. Container as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least the outer side wall of the container is composed of a two-dimensional pre-cut part, which can be connected with itself when the container is assembled.

19. Container as claimed in claim 18, wherein the stiff wall section is located at an edge of the pre-cut part.

20. Container as claimed in claim 18, wherein the stiff wall section projects over an edge of the pre-cut part in an overlapping manner and forms a flap which comprises the handle.

21. Container as claimed in claim 18, wherein an access section is connected to the wall section at an overlapping portion of the pre-cut part, to facilitate removal of the stiff wall section by the user.

22. Container as claimed in claim 18, wherein the pre-cut part comprises the handle for removing the stiff wall section.

23. The container of claim 1 wherein the information is located on the inner surface of the outer wall and is revealed upon at least partial removal of the stiff wall section from the outer side wall.