Grocery transport packaging system

Abstract

A rigid container (6420) to be used in an air environment, the container comprising a bottom wall (6430); and a plurality of side walls (6440); wherein said rigid container has a rim (6445) providing an opening (6450); and a lid (6460) configured to cover said opening when the lid is placed over the rim so as to provide a closed state of the rigid container (6420); and wherein the lid co-operates with the rim (6445) such that the rigid container in its closed state seals, or substantially seals, an interior storage space (6465) from the environment so as to minimize or prevent entry of air from the environment into the interior storage space.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present application relates to a system for transporting goods.[0002]The present application also relates to a container for transporting goods, such as e.g. chilled or frozen goods. The present application also relates to a collapsible handle-carryable grocery carrier bag. It also relates to a method for providing a collapsible carrier bag, and to a method for providing a carrier bag. The present application also relates to a method of delivering goods. The present application also relates to a handle-carryable grocery carrier bag package.[0003]It also relates to a kit of parts including a carrier bag, and to a grocery transport system.DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART[0004]Grocery stores are retail stores that primarily sells food. A piece of grocery, or a food item, in a modern grocery store may be provided in a separate package, the size of a grocery package being adapted to contain an amount of food intended to be convenient for the customer. ...

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Benefits of technology

[0076]Thus, whereas a collapsible handle-carryable grocery carrier bag according the state of the art, as disclosed by the German Utility Model Application DE 89 04 678 provides handles for conveniently carrying the groceries, any frozen grocery packages would appear to inherently cause vapour to condense into liquid water when the open carrier bag is transported in a warm air atmosphere environment having air humidity allowing such air to reach the dew point on a frozen grocery package surface. Such a condensation process may actually cause a rapid warming of the frozen grocery. Moreover, if the state of the art carrier bag according to DE 89 04 678 is carried by a walking person in a warm air environment, the movement would appear to inherently cause an exchange of air between the bag interior, which is chilled by the frozen groceries, and the warmer air surrounding the carrier bag, and this air exchange process will further drive the process of condensing vapour into liquid water by supplying new warm air to surfaces of the frozen groceries. Not only does this process cause thawing of initially frozen groceries and warming of initially frozen or chilled groceries, but it may also produce liquid water by condensation inside the carrier bag, which may jeopardize the integrity of the bag bottom or side wall, since it is made solely of paper, according to DE 89 04 678. Thus, the strength of carrier bag made solely of paper may decrease, and the risk of breaking increases when the paper-only-carrier bag becomes wet.

[0077]By contrast, the collapsible handle-carryable kraft paper grocery carrier bag according to the above defined solution comprises a mechanical interlock which is closable such that, in the closed expanded state of the carrier bag, the mechanical interlock cooperates with said wall panels and said bottom panel so as to close and substantially seal the interior storage space from the environment so as to minimize or prevent entry of air from the environment into the interior storage space such that when a grocery package comprising frozen food is transported in said interior storage space the grocery bag is adapted to minimize or prevent the occurrence of condensation within the interior storage space.

Problems solved by technology

Once the customer has purchased the collected food item packages, the customer faces the problem of transporting the collected grocery items from the grocery store.

Such a condensation process may actually cause a rapid warming of the frozen grocery.

Not only does this process cause thawing of initially frozen groceries and warming of initially frozen or chilled groceries, but it may also produce liquid water by condensation inside the carrier bag, which may jeopardize the integrity of the bag bottom or side wall, since it is made solely of paper, according to DE 89 04 678.

Thus, the strength of carrier bag made solely of paper may decrease, and the risk of breaking increases when the paper-only-carrier bag becomes wet.

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