A disposable transport box for transporting large format materials, especially board materials
The cardboard transport box with a wooden base addresses the protection and loading inefficiencies of existing pallet systems, providing secure and eco-friendly transport for large format materials by integrating a deformation zone and eliminating the need for returnable pallets.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- EP2025168568
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2024-04-10
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-10-15
AI Technical Summary
Current transportation methods for large format materials, such as laminate, solid wood, and ceramics, using wooden or metal pallets, lack sufficient protection against impact, result in high damage rates and inefficient loading, and incur environmental and economic burdens due to the need for returnable pallets.
A disposable cardboard transport box with an integrated wooden base, featuring a cardboard structure and optional metal clips, provides a deformation zone for perimeter protection and eliminates the need for returnable pallets, ensuring secure and efficient transport.
The cardboard transport box offers enhanced protection against impact, reduces damage during handling, optimizes loading efficiency, and minimizes environmental impact by eliminating the need for returnable pallets, making it suitable for fragile materials like stone and glass.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a disposable cardboard transport box for transporting large format materials, in particular board materials. The board materials include laminate, compact laminate, solid wood, acrylic, artificial and natural stone, ceramics, glass and many other large format materials. The transport box is assembled from cardboard parts and a wooden base.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] At present, wooden pallets are used for the transport of large packaged materials, or alternatively, metal returnable pallets on which the goods are stacked loosely either vertically or horizontally and secured with strapping tape. This is mainly for the transport of kitchen, bathroom and other custom-made countertops, including integrated components such as sinks, washbasins and other necessary furniture fittings.
[0003] The disadvantages of the current transport packaging consist mainly in the lack of protection of the transported goods and the logistically complicated transport caused by the repeated sorting and reloading of the wooden pallets on which the goods are transported. Goods packed and stacked in this way are not sufficiently protected around their perimeter against external impact during handling and transshipment. The board materials are only protected around their perimeter by a cardboard trough with a honeycomb filling, which does not provide sufficient protection for the goods because of the insufficient deformation zone. Each pallet contains goods for multiple customers, which need to be repeatedly sorted and reloaded during transport.
[0004] In addition, there is a risk that the complete order, which is generally composed of multiple large-format materials and components, will not be delivered complete to the end user.
[0005] It is also apparent that the cost of returnable metal pallets is not only economically untenable, but creates a huge environmental burden by backhauling from the customer back to the manufacturer.
[0006] It has been found that the current method of transportation generates between 5 and 10% of the damage from transport and handling, whereby goods so damaged need to be re-manufactured and re-transported.
[0007] A further disadvantage of the current state of the art is the severely limited yield of truck loading, due to the inconsistency of pallets containing bulk goods of different sizes.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The subject of the invention is a transport box that protects the goods around the perimeter with a sufficient deformation zone and is intended to be unpacked at the end customer / user. The risk of losing the enclosed components during transport is completely eliminated. The shipping box is designed as a disposable and is completely recyclable due to the materials used.
[0009] A major advantage of the transport box according to the present invention is the fact that it comprises an integrated base, thus eliminating the need for wooden or metal returnable pallets. Preferably, the material used to form the walls of the box is cardboard, which is further preferably made of five-ply paperboard. The individual parts are fitted together to form a durable, high load-bearing transport box.
[0010] In a basic embodiment, the transport box comprises a wooden integrated base attached to the bottom of the box forming the bottom part of the box and further comprising a lid forming the top part of the box. This box is used for horizontal storage of board material.
[0011] The transport box according to the present invention is stackable and allows for efficient loading yields at the transporters. It is intended for use in industry, particularly in mass production, where it is easy and quick to assemble. The aforementioned honeycomb-filled cardboard chute located around the perimeter of each plate does not need to be used further. This box is also suitable for heavier and more fragile materials such as stone, ceramic and glass boards.
[0012] In an alternative embodiment, the box further comprises a central part formed by a spacer collar, by means of which the height of the box is increased as required.
[0013] In a further alternative embodiment, the box includes an A-shaped profile support inside the box for supporting the plate materials which are placed longitudinally diagonally on the box and supported by the walls of the support.
[0014] The bottom of the box is provided with openings for fixing the plate material stored inside the box and / or the individual parts of the box or the box as a whole. The openings may be threaded through with straps or other fixing elements.
[0015] The base of the box is preferably made of wood, but may also be made of other solid material such as plastic or metal.
[0016] The base of the box comprises at least two cross members, wherein each cross member comprises at least two connecting profiles with a U-shaped base, the base being provided with a seating foot at the tops of the base which rests against the bottom of the box when the connecting profile is inserted into the intentionally formed opening in the bottom of the box, as shown in Fig. 1.
[0017] A prism is provided inside each connection profile. The prisms of the cross member are connected to each other by a connecting bar of the profile. The individual cross members are connected by a connecting bar of the cross members, or slat, which serves as a support for the box and a contact element with the ground on which the box is placed.
[0018] A locking mechanism is formed at the top of the seating foot, which fixes the base of the box to the bottom by passing through fixing openings in the bottom of the box, as can be seen, for example, in Fig. 2 or Fig. 5.
[0019] In a preferred embodiment, the connecting profile is formed from a single piece of five-ply cardboard which is bent at appropriate points to the desired shape to form a connecting profile with a U-shaped base, the ends thereof having seating feet to rest against the surface of the base, and the ends of the seating feet having a locking mechanism to pass through the fixing openings in the base. It is therefore a flexible connecting profile.
[0020] In an alternative embodiment of the connecting profile in a rigid version, e.g. plastic or metal, it would be necessary to insert the connecting profiles into the opening of the bottom of the box from the top and only then assemble the other parts of the cross member including the prism and the connecting bar.
[0021] Fig. 5 shows a method of fixing a flexible connection profile with a locking mechanism to the bottom of a box, where the left side of the figure shows the already fixed connection profile and the right side of the figure shows the connection profile pulled through the hole in the bottom of the box, but without bending the seating feet and the locking mechanism.
[0022] Fig. 1 shows a embodiment of the locking mechanism having a tapered neck corresponding to the size of the opening in the bottom. Pulling the locking mechanism through the opening is generally achieved by temporarily deforming the locking mechanism, and after the locking mechanism is pulled through, the locking mechanism is unfolded to its original shape, with the resulting fixation being seen in Fig. 5.
[0023] Each box includes at least two cross member connecting slats. In the case of higher loads, the box may comprise a higher number of connecting slats, particularly if the cross member comprises a higher number of connecting profiles
[0024] The individual parts of the box are generally connected by connecting clips, as is common in the connection of, for example, cardboard elements.
[0025] In a preferred embodiment, the lid and / or the bottom comprises a compression cut-out on the opposing peripheral walls to achieve a higher tightness of the connection of the individual parts.DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
[0026] Fig. 1 shows an axonometric view of a cross member of the box base (without the cross member connecting slats); Fig. 2 shows an axonometric view of the transport box in the unfolded state without the spacer collar supported by four cross members and two cross member connecting slats; Fig. 3 shows an axonometric view of the transport box in the unfolded state with the spacer collar; Fig. 4 shows an axonometric view of the transport box in the unfolded state with the spacer collar and support stand; Fig. 5 shows an axonometric view of a detail of the fixation of the locking mechanism of the connecting profile to the bottom of the box. EXAMPLES OF EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Example 1
[0027] The transport box according to Fig. 2 comprises a box base 1 to which a box bottom 2 is attached and a box lid 4 is mounted on the box bottom 2. The base 1 comprises four cross members 10, which are connected to each other by two connecting slats 15. Each cross member 10 is formed by a pair of connecting profiles 13 with a U-shaped base, which is provided at each of its tops with seating feet 132. The seating feet 132 have a locking mechanism 133 at their end perpendicular to a tapered neck 134. A prism 11 is provided in each connecting profile 13. The prisms 11 of the connecting profiles 13 of each cross member 10 are connected by a connecting bar 12. The connecting profile 13 passes through a opening 210 in the bottom 2. The seating feet 132 are mounted on the inner wall of the base 2, with the locking mechanism 133 passing through the deliberately formed fixing openings 211 in the base 2 and forming, by means of a tapered neck 134, a firm connection between the cross member 10 and the base 2. The connecting slats 15 connect the cross members 10 at the location of the connecting profiles 13, i.e. generally at the edges of the cross member 10, as can be seen in Figure 2. The lid 4 of the box is provided with a compression cut-out 41 on the shorter opposing peripheral walls. Also, the bottom 2 of the box is provided with a compression cut-out 23 on the shorter opposing peripheral walls. The bottom 2 of the box further comprises fixing openings 22 for stretching the stabilizing elements, in this case the tie-down strips providing fixation of the board material stored inside the box and / or the whole box and its individual elements.Example 2
[0028] The transport box according to Example 1, except that the entire connecting profile 13 including the base 131, the seating feet 132 and the locking mechanism 133 is formed from a single piece of five-ply cardboard.Example 3
[0029] The transport box according to Figure 3 is identical to that according to Example 1, except that it comprises a spacer collar 3 which is inserted between the lid 4 and the bottom 2 of the box, thereby increasing the volume of the box.Example 4
[0030] The transport box according to Figure 4 identical to that of Example 2, except that the spacer collar 3, which is inserted between the lid 4 and the bottom 2 of the box, has a greater height and the box contains a stand 5 with an A-shaped profile which serves to support the board materials for placing them longitudinally diagonally on the box so that they rest against the side walls of the stand 5.Example 5
[0031] The transport box according to any one of the preceding examples, wherein the bottom, the lid and the spacer collar are formed of five-ply cardboard and the walls thereof are connected to each other by metal clips.INDUSTRIAL UTILIZATION
[0032] The invention is industrially utilizable in the field of transporting board materials such as, in particular, laminate, compact laminate, solid wood, acrylic, technical and natural stone, ceramics, glass and many other large format materials. The invention provides an environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative to the existing method of packaging board materials ready for the end customer. The transport box alleviates the overall environmental burden, no need to return the pellets back to the manufacturer, easy for the final recipient to dispose of in recyclable containers intended for paper and wood.LIST OF REFERENCE MARKS:
[0033] 1- base 10- cross member 11- prism 12- connecting bar of the profile 13- connecting profile 131- profile base 132- seating foot of the profile 133- locking mechanism 134- neck 15- cross member connecting slat 2- bottom 210- opening for connecting profile 211- fixing opening for the locking mechanism 22- fixing opening for stabilizing elements 23- compression cut-out 3- spacer collar 4- lid 41- compression cut-out 5- support stand
Examples
example 1
Example 1
[0027]The transport box according to Fig. 2 comprises a box base 1 to which a box bottom 2 is attached and a box lid 4 is mounted on the box bottom 2. The base 1 comprises four cross members 10, which are connected to each other by two connecting slats 15. Each cross member 10 is formed by a pair of connecting profiles 13 with a U-shaped base, which is provided at each of its tops with seating feet 132. The seating feet 132 have a locking mechanism 133 at their end perpendicular to a tapered neck 134. A prism 11 is provided in each connecting profile 13. The prisms 11 of the connecting profiles 13 of each cross member 10 are connected by a connecting bar 12. The connecting profile 13 passes through a opening 210 in the bottom 2. The seating feet 132 are mounted on the inner wall of the base 2, with the locking mechanism 133 passing through the deliberately formed fixing openings 211 in the base 2 and forming, by means of a tapered neck 134, a firm connection between the cro...
example 2
Example 2
[0028]The transport box according to Example 1, except that the entire connecting profile 13 including the base 131, the seating feet 132 and the locking mechanism 133 is formed from a single piece of five-ply cardboard.
example 3
Example 3
[0029]The transport box according to Figure 3 is identical to that according to Example 1, except that it comprises a spacer collar 3 which is inserted between the lid 4 and the bottom 2 of the box, thereby increasing the volume of the box.
Claims
1. A disposable transport box for transporting large format materials, in particular board materials, characterized in that it comprises a base (1) to which the bottom (2) of the box is attached and the top of the box is formed by a lid (4) which closes the box, wherein the base (1) comprises at least two cross members (10) which are connected to each other by connecting slats (15) and wherein each cross member (10) is formed by a pair of connecting profiles (13) with a U-shaped base (131) which is provided with seating feet (132) at each of its tops, with the feet (132) having a locking mechanism (133) with a tapered neck (134) perpendicularly mounted at their end, wherein a prism (11) is provided in each connecting profile (13) and these prisms (11) are connected by a connecting bar (12) in each cross member (10), wherein the connecting profile (13) passes through the opening (210) in the bottom (2) and the seating feet (132) are mounted on the inner wall of the bottom (2), wherein the locking mechanism (133) passes through the deliberately formed fixing openings (211) in the bottom (2) and forms a firm connection between the cross member (10) and the bottom (2) by means of the tapered neck (134), wherein the connecting slats (15) connect the cross members (10) at the location of the connecting profiles (13), wherein the bottom (2) of the box further comprises fixing openings (22) for passing through stabilizing elements, in particular the tie-down strips for fixing the board material stored inside the box and / or the whole box and its individual elements.
2. The transport box according to claim 1, characterized in that the entire connecting profile (13) including the base (131), the seating feet (132) and the locking mechanism (133) is formed from a single piece of five-ply cardboard and is subsequently bent into the desired shape.
3. The transport box according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the connecting profiles (13) are arranged at the edge of the cross member (10) as close as possible to the longer peripheral walls of the bottom (2).
4. The transport box according to any of claims 1 or 3, characterized in that the prism (11) and the connecting bars (12) and slats (15) are made of wood.
5. The transport box according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the lid (4) of the box is provided with a compression cut-out (41) on the shorter opposing peripheral walls.
6. The transport box according to any of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the bottom (2) of the box is provided with a compression cut-out (23) on the shorter opposing peripheral walls.
7. The transport box according to any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises a spacer collar (3) which is inserted between the lid (4) and the bottom (2) of the box in such a way that the volume of the box is increased.
8. The transport box according to any of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that inside the box there is longitudinally arranged a stand (5) having an A-shaped profile adapted to support board materials for placing them longitudinally obliquely on the box so that they rest against the side walls of the stand (5).
9. The transport box according to any of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the bottom (2), the lid (3) and the spacer collar (4) are formed of five-ply cardboard and the walls thereof are connected to each other by metal clips.
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