Packaging

Abstract

Packaging (10), preferably reusable bag, with a receiving body (21) formed by a front wall (12), a rear wall (14) and two side walls (16) for receiving objects to be packaged with the packaging (10), wherein the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) can be placed over the receiving opening (18) to close a receiving opening (18) of the receiving body (21).

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a packaging.

[0002] Disposable packaging, such as cardboard boxes, is often used for transporting, especially shipping, items. One problem with this is the high resource consumption during both the production and disposal of the packaging.

[0003] Furthermore, reusable packaging for transporting objects exists. The disadvantage of this is that this reusable packaging is designed for specific objects, especially specific object dimensions.

[0004] Packaging often has closable lids for closing the openings. Bags, especially rigid bags such as handbags, often have flaps that fold over the opening and are secured with a fastener, for example, at the front. The bag is generally still accessible from the sides. Other bags are also closed with a zipper. Rigid bags generally require a zipper that is longer than the width of the opening to ensure both access and complete closure. This results in the zipper overhanging at the sides.

[0005] The object of the invention is to provide a package with an improved closing device for closing the package.

[0006] The object is achieved according to the invention by a packaging according to claim 1.

[0007] The invention relates to packaging, in particular reusable packaging. The packaging is preferably designed as a bag, particularly preferably as a reusable bag. The packaging is in particular transport packaging, e.g. for parcel shipping. The packaging has a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, each arranged laterally between the front wall and the rear wall, in particular connected thereto. These walls and preferably a bottom wall form a receiving body for receiving objects to be packaged with the packaging. For inserting and preferably removing the objects from the receiving body, the receiving body has a receiving opening, formed in particular between the front wall, the rear wall and the side walls. The bottom wall is in particular connected to the front wall, the rear wall and the side walls and is preferably arranged opposite the receiving opening.The rear wall and the side walls can be laid over the receiving opening to close the receiving opening, in particular can be folded and / or folded. Preferably, the rear wall and the side walls can be laid over the entire receiving opening, preferably beyond the receiving opening, for example extending beyond the front wall. The rear wall and in particular the side walls, in particular sections of the rear wall and the side walls that can be laid over the receiving opening, preferably form a closure flap of the packaging. These layable sections of the rear wall and the side walls are in particular folding sections. The folding sections are in particular designed as one piece with the rear wall and the front wall, respectively. The rear wall and the side walls in particular project beyond the receiving bodies. The rear wall and side walls that can be laid over the receiving opening particularly advantageously ensure a preferably mechanical, tight closure of the packaging.In particular, because the side walls can be placed over the receiving opening, no objects can be removed from the packaging or placed into it. The packaging is preferably dimensionally stable. The packaging preferably spans a three-dimensional receiving space, particularly in an initial position and / or an expanded form, particularly preferably dimensionally stable. The rear wall and the side walls are in particular the same length. The side walls are connected to the rear wall, for example, over their entire length. Preferably, the front wall has a shorter length than the side walls and the rear wall. The front wall can in particular be connected to the side walls over their entire length. Preferably, the packaging and / or the receiving space has a cuboid shape, particularly in the expanded state.

[0008] It is preferred that the rear wall and the side walls be able to be placed over the front wall, covering the receiving opening, e.g., by being hinged and / or foldable. In particular, the rear wall and the side walls can be folded over the front wall.

[0009] It is preferred that the side walls and / or the bottom wall are collapsible, in particular to form an interior of the receiving body.

[0010] It is preferred that the side walls and / or the base wall form a bellows. The bellows, which is preferably aligned towards the interior of the receiving body, has in particular one or more folds. The bellows makes the packaging particularly collapsible and expandable. The inwardly foldable side walls and / or the inwardly foldable base wall, in particular the inwardly folding bellows, preferably advantageously ensure that the external dimensions of the packaging do not increase upon expansion and / or collapse. It is particularly possible for the bellows to be pretensioned in the direction of a collapsed state, for example by means of an elastic and / or spring-loaded tension element.

[0011] It is preferred that the side walls, in the folded state, in particular in the folded state of the bellows of the side walls, can be laid over the receiving opening and in particular over the front wall.

[0012] It is preferred that the packaging has at least one, in particular mechanical, closure for securing the rear wall and the side walls when placed over the receiving opening. The closure is connected in particular to the front wall, the rear wall, and one of the side walls, wherein the closure preferably interacts with these walls, particularly preferably fixing these walls to one another. For example, the closure can be opened and closed, in particular multiple times. It is preferred that the packaging has at least two closures.

[0013] It is preferred that the closure comprises at least one fixing element, which is connected, in particular, permanently, to one of the walls comprising the front wall, the rear wall, and the side walls. Furthermore, the closure comprises, in particular, a fixing counterpart connected to at least one, preferably two, of the remaining walls and cooperating with the fixing element. The fixing element and fixing counterpart preferably cooperate with one another for fixing, particularly preferably for closing.

[0014] It is preferred that the front wall have at least one fixing element, and the rear wall and one of the side walls each have a fixing counterpart that interacts with the fixing element. The front wall preferably has at least one fixing element that interacts, in particular engages, with a fixing counterpart of the rear wall and / or a fixing counterpart of one of the side walls for fixing. In particular, the front wall has two fixing elements, each of which interacts, for fixing, with a fixing counterpart of the rear wall and / or a fixing counterpart of one of the side walls. It is preferred that the fixing elements interact with a fixing counterpart of each of the side walls.

[0015] It is preferred that the fastener has or consists of a button fastener with a button and at least one buttonhole. In particular, the fixing element is a button. The button is, for example, a slip-on button. Preferably, the fixing counterpart is a hole, in particular a buttonhole. The hole is designed to connect to the button, in particular to be slipped over the slip-on button. It is possible, for example, for the front wall to have a button and the back wall and one of the side walls to have at least one buttonhole for fixing to the button. Particularly preferably, the front wall has another button, the back wall has another buttonhole and the other side wall has at least one buttonhole for fixing with the another button. Instead of or in addition to the button fastener, it is possible for the fastener to have another, e.g.a Velcro fastener, a hook-and-eye fastener, a magnetic fastener and / or a buckle fastener.

[0016] It is preferred that the closure is designed to fix the rear wall to the front wall.

[0017] It is preferred that the closure is designed to fix at least one of the side walls to the front wall and / or the rear wall. Preferably, at least one fixing element is provided for fixing each of the side walls to the front wall and / or the rear wall.

[0018] It is preferred that the closure be sealable and / or lead-sealable. Preferably, the closure has a seal and / or a lead seal.

[0019] It is preferred that the portion of the rear wall that can be placed over the receiving opening and / or a portion of the front wall that can be placed over the rear wall and the side walls has a reinforcement. Preferably, the portion of the rear wall and / or the front wall that has the closure, e.g., the fixing element or the fixing counterpart, has the reinforcement. The reinforcement is, for example, a reinforcing plate, e.g., made of plastic, cardboard, or metal. Alternatively or additionally, the reinforcement can be formed by multiple layers of the rear wall and / or the front wall, in particular folded over one another.

[0020] It is preferred that the packaging has a rectangular cross-section. In particular, several, for example all, walls are connected to each other at right angles. The packaging is preferably octagonal.

[0021] It is preferred that the packaging, in particular the walls, e.g. the front wall, the rear wall, the side walls and / or the bottom wall, of the packaging, comprises or consists of fabric, e.g. cotton fabric; woven fabric; polypropylene, e.g. polypropylene fabric; film, in particular plastic film, e.g. PP film; paper; cardboard, e.g. corrugated cardboard; and / or leather. It is possible, for example, that the packaging, in particular one or more of the walls, such as the front wall and / or the rear wall, has a panel attached to the outside and / or inside to ensure dimensional stability of the packaging. The panel serves, in particular, to stiffen the respective wall. It is possible, for example, that the panel comprises a plate, e.g. a plastic or metal plate. It is preferred that the front wall and / or the rear wall is, at least partially, dimensionally stable and flexible.In particular, these walls retain their shape under normal and / or unloaded loads and return to their original shape after deformation. However, it is possible, for example, that the front wall and / or the rear wall bend under the application of force without breaking or remaining permanently deformed. The side walls and / or the folding sections and / or the base wall are particularly flexible and, for example, not dimensionally stable.

[0022] In a preferred embodiment, the packaging has a label surface arranged on an outer surface, in particular the front wall, the rear wall, and / or the bottom wall, for attaching shipping labels. The label surface has, in particular, a different surface, preferably with different adhesive properties, than the remaining outer surface. This facilitates the removal of the labels and simultaneously ensures their secure hold during transport.

[0023] The invention is explained in more detail below using a preferred embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0024] They show: Fig. 1 a perspective view of an embodiment of a package according to the invention in an opened state, Fig. 2 the packaging Fig. 1 in side view, and Fig. 3 Packaging from Fig. 2 in a closed state.

[0025] Similar or identical elements are identified by the same reference numerals in the figures. For the sake of clarity, elements are not provided with reference numerals in all figures.

[0026] Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show an embodiment of a packaging 10 according to the invention, which is a reusable bag. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 the packaging is shown in an opened and expanded state.

[0027] The rectangular packaging 10 has a receiving body 21 formed by a front wall 12, a rear wall 14, a bottom wall 11, and two side walls 16, each arranged laterally between the front wall 12 and rear wall 14, for receiving objects (not shown). Objects can be inserted into and removed from the receiving body 21 through a receiving opening 18.

[0028] The front wall 12, rear wall 14, bottom wall 11, and side walls 16 are made, in particular, of fabric and / or woven material. For reinforcement, a panel 23; 29 is attached to the outside of each of the front wall 12 and the rear wall 14. The panels 23, 29 extend only over a partial area in the vertical direction of the packaging 10, so that the area of ​​the receiving opening 18 is designed to be flexible.

[0029] The side walls 16 and in particular the bottom wall 11 are designed as bellows, shown with a fold 15 each, for folding the packaging inwards.

[0030] The side walls 16 and rear wall 14, which are connected to each other over their entire length, are longer than the front wall 12 in the vertical direction shown.

[0031] To close the receiving opening 18, the side walls 16, at least the portion of the side walls 16 located in the region of the receiving opening 18, are folded together and placed together with the rear wall 14. The side walls 16 are then folded together with the rear wall 14, partially overlapping the front wall 12. In this case, a portion of the rear wall 14 and the side walls 16 are folded together in front of the front wall 12. In this state, the folded side walls extend toward the interior of the receiving body 21.

[0032] The closed state of the packaging 10 is in Fig. 3 shown.

[0033] For securing the bag in the closed state, a closure 20 is provided on each side. Each of the closures 20 has a button 22, which is in particular a slip-on button. The button 22 is in particular connected to the reinforcement 13 of the front wall 12. The reinforcement 13 is in particular arranged in a section of the front wall 12 that is in the region of the receiving opening 18. Furthermore, each of the closures 20 has buttonholes 26 on each side that are connected to the side walls 15 and in particular extend through the side walls 16, preferably in all bellows elements 17 of the side walls 16. Furthermore, the closures shown have a buttonhole 24 on each side that is connected to the rear wall 14 and in particular extend through the rear wall 14. The buttonholes 24 are in particular connected to the reinforcement 19 of the rear wall 14.The reinforcement 19 is arranged in particular in a section of the rear wall 14 which is in the region of the receiving opening 18 and preferably corresponds to the region which is guided over the receiving opening 18 and folded over the front wall 12, in particular the reinforcement 13 of the front wall 12.

[0034] The reinforcements 13, 19 may, for example, be reinforcement plates connected to the front wall 12 or the rear wall 14, or the reinforcements 13, 19 may be formed by two or more layers of the material of the front wall 12 or the rear wall 14.

[0035] When folded over the front wall 12, the buttonholes 26 of the side walls 16 and the buttonholes 24 of the rear wall 14 are connected to the respective button 22 on each side, in particular, they are slipped over it. This fixes the side walls 16 and the rear wall 14 to the front wall 12 in the closed state.

[0036] Because the side walls 16 are folded over with the rear wall 14, no access to the interior of the receiving body 21 is possible from the side, so that when the receiving body 21 is closed, no objects can be removed from or inserted into the receiving body 21. The fixation of the side walls 16 prevents lateral opening.

[0037] Shown is a label surface 28 arranged on the front wall 12, in particular the panel 23 of the front wall 12. The label surface 28 has, for example, a surface-optimized surface, allowing for simplified removal of shipping labels (not shown).

[0038] It is possible in particular (not shown) that the side walls 16 and / or the bottom wall 11 are pretensioned in the direction of the folded state, for example by means of an elastic and / or spring-loaded tension element.

[0039] Fig.3 shows the packaging 10 in a state in which the packaging 10 has a triangular shape. This state corresponds in particular to an unloaded state of the packaging 10. On the other hand, it is particularly possible for the packaging 10 to have a cuboid shape, preferably in a fully expanded and / or fully loaded state.

Claims

[1] Packaging (10), preferably reusable bag, with a receiving body (21) formed by a front wall (12), a rear wall (14) and two side walls (16) for receiving objects to be packaged with the packaging (10), wherein the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) can be placed over the receiving opening (18) to close a receiving opening (18) of the receiving body (21). [2] Packaging (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) can be laid over the front wall (12) so as to cover the receiving opening (18). [3] Packaging (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by that the side walls can be folded together, in particular to form an interior of the receiving body (21). [4] Packaging (10) according to claim 3, characterized by that the side walls form a bellows. [5] Packaging (10) according to claim 3 or 4, characterized bythat the side walls (16) can be placed over the receiving opening (18) when folded. [6] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the packaging (10) has a closure (20) for fixing the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) in the state placed over the receiving opening (18). [7] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the closure (20) has a fixing element connected to one of the walls consisting of the front wall (12), the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) and a fixing counterpart connected to at least one, preferably two, of the remaining walls and cooperating with the fixing element. [8] Packaging (10) according to claim 7, characterized by that the front wall (12) has at least one fixing element and the rear wall (14) and one of the side walls (16) each have a fixing counterpart which cooperates with the fixing element. [9] Packaging (10) according to one of claims 6-8, characterized by that the closure (20) has a button closure with a button (22), in particular as a fixing element, and at least one buttonhole (24), in particular as a fixing counterpart. [10] Packaging (10) according to one of claims 6-9, characterized by that the closure (20) is designed to fix the rear wall (14) to the front wall (12). [11] Packaging (10) according to any one of claims 6-10, characterized by that the closure (20) is designed to fix at least one of the side walls (16) to the front wall (12) and / or to the rear wall (14). [12] Packaging (10) according to one of claims 6-11, characterized by that the closure (20) is sealable and / or lead-sealable. [13] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the section of the rear wall (14) which can be placed over the receiving opening (18) and / or a section of the front wall (12) which can be placed over by the rear wall (14) and the side walls (16) has a reinforcement (13, 19). [14] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the rear wall (14) and side walls (16) are connected to each other over the entire length. [15] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the packaging (10) has a rectangular cross-section. [16] Packaging (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the packaging (10), in particular the walls of the packaging (10), comprises or consists of fabric; woven fabric; polypropylene, e.g. polypropylene fabric; film, in particular plastic film, e.g. PP film; paper; cardboard, e.g. corrugated cardboard; and / or leather.

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