Packaging system for food products

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging system for food products, comprising: - a shell (20) comprising a rectangular planar main wall (21), a first and a second rectangular planar side wall (22, 23), two by two intersecting along a common edge so as to form a right trihedron made around a common vertex (25), the planar main wall comprising a gripping tab (24) located at a corner opposite the common vertex of the right trihedron; - a bowl (50) having a bottom wall (51), a circumferential side wall (52) connected to the bottom wall, in which the circumferential side wall comprises a first and a second slot (60, 61), in which the gripping tab (24) of the shell is configured to be removably inserted through the first or the second slot into the bowl in an assembled state to attach the shell to the bowl. Figure for abstract: Fig. 1

Description

Title of the invention: Packaging system for food products Technical field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of food packaging. Technological background

[0002] Various food packaging is known for containing food products. Such food products may be takeaway products, for example fast food.

[0003] Conventionally, in order to be able to offer a plurality of food products simultaneously, catering outlets use packaging for each food product. These separate packages require a table, or a similar surface, to have a free hand to be able to consume one of the food products. There is room for improvement in terms of the practicality of using existing food packaging. Summary of the invention

[0004] One idea behind the invention is to provide a food packaging system that is more convenient for a user. The invention therefore aims to provide a food packaging system that allows a user to have one hand free to consume the packaged food products, while carrying them with the other hand.

[0005] According to one embodiment, the invention provides a packaging system for food products, comprising: - a shell comprising a rectangular planar main wall normal to a vertical direction, the vertical direction being parallel to the direction of gravity, a first and a second rectangular planar side wall, an internal face and an external face being defined on the planar main wall and the first and second side walls extending from the internal face of the main wall in the vertical direction, the main wall and the first and second side walls being two by two intersecting along a common edge so as to form a right trihedron made around a common vertex, the planar main wall comprising a gripping tab located at a corner opposite the common vertex of the right trihedron; - a bowl having a bottom wall, a circumferential side wall connected to the bottom wall and a cavity delimited by the circumferential side wall and the bottom wall, and opening through an opening at an end edge of the bowl on a side opposite the bottom wall.

[0006] In the food packaging system, the circumferential side wall of the bowl has a first slot, and a second slot being spaced from the first slot and being disposed below the first slot in the vertical direction.

[0007] The shell gripping tab is configured to removably insert through the first slot or the second slot into the bowl cavity in an assembled state so as to attach the shell and the bowl to each other.

[0008] Thanks to these characteristics, the two containers of the food product packaging system according to the invention, i.e. the shell and the bowl, can be handled simultaneously with one hand, or with both hands, while limiting the risks of one or other of the food products spilling. For example, the restaurant owner can load both of the products into their respective container without having to put one container down to pick up the other. The restaurant owner can also pass an order placed in the packaging system according to the invention over his counter with one hand. This practicality also benefits the restaurant owner in terms of quality of service, speed of service, and therefore image. The consumer also benefits from this practicality.The latter can in fact hold the packaging system in one hand, while eating with the other, having total freedom to consume one or the other of the food products alternately without having to put down one or the other of the containers when he wishes to alternate between the food products. Such a configuration is therefore particularly practical.

[0009] According to embodiments, such a packaging system for food products may comprise one or more of the following features.

[0010] According to one embodiment, the bowl has an arcuate section in a horizontal plane normal to the vertical direction, the circumferential wall of the bowl comprising a concave external surface, the main wall comprises a first edge and a second edge which are located on either side of the gripping tab, and, in the assembled state, the concave external surface is arranged opposite the first edge and the second edge.

[0011] Thus, the bowl advantageously envelops at least part of the shell. The packaging system for food products therefore benefits from good compactness.

[0012] According to one embodiment, the first slot and the second slot extend substantially parallel to a horizontal plane normal to the vertical direction.

[0013] According to one embodiment, the gripping tab of the flat main wall comprises a snap-fastening member projecting from the internal face, and being capable of engage by snap-fitting with the circumferential side wall of the bowl when the gripping tab is inserted into the first slot.

[0014] This snap-fastening member guarantees that the containers are held securely together, for the benefit of further improved practicality.

[0015] According to one embodiment, the shell is a first shell, the packaging system comprises a second shell identical to the first shell.

[0016] This identity between the shells advantageously allows simple manufacturing of the packaging system by limiting the number of shell references to be managed and stored, both for the manufacturer in the factory, and for the restaurateur in his point of sale.

[0017] According to one embodiment, the first shell and the second shell are stackable on top of each other in a storage state of the shells in which an inner face of the first shell is arranged against an outer face of the second shell.

[0018] According to one embodiment, the first shell and the second shell are configured to jointly form a rectangular parallelepiped closed box by reversibly nesting one with the other in a nested state, the main wall of the first shell forming the bottom wall of the box and the main wall of the second shell forming the ceiling wall of the box.

[0019] Such a configuration allows for particularly practical assembly.

[0020] According to one embodiment, for each of the first and second shells, each of the first side wall and the second side wall comprises a first edge fixed to the main wall and a second edge opposite the first edge, and each of the first shell and the second shell comprises: at least one first interlocking member on the first edge of the main wall and at least one second interlocking member on the second edge of the first side wall, and at least one third interlocking member on the second edge of the main wall and at least one fourth interlocking member on the second edge of the second side wall, the first interlocking member of the first shell, respectively of the second shell, and the second interlocking member of the second shell, respectively of the first shell, being made in matching shape and being configured so as to engage in one another by clipping, and the third interlocking member of the first shell, respectively of the second shell, and the fourth interlocking member of the second shell, respectively of the first shell, being made in correspondence of shape and being configured so as to engage in each other by clipping, and in which the interlockings of the first interlocking members with the second interlocking members, on the one hand, and of the third interlocking members with the fourth interlocking members, on the other hand, make it possible to retain the first shell against the second shell.

[0021] According to one embodiment, the closed box is a first box, the packaging system comprises a second box made identically to the first box and located on the first box in the vertical direction in a stacked state, in which the main wall of the second shell of the first box has, on an external face, first positioning means, and the main wall of the first shell of the second box has, on an external face, second positioning means, the first positioning means and the second positioning means being shaped to match their shape so as to prevent relative translational and rotational movement of the first and second boxes relative to each other in a direction normal to the vertical direction,in the stacked state of the first and second boxes in which the main wall of the second shell of the first box and the main wall of the first shell of the second box are affixed opposite each other so that the gripping tab of the first shell of the second box is located directly in the vertical direction of the common top of the second shell of the first box, and in which the first positioning means are engaged with the second positioning means.

[0022] Thus, thanks to the positioning means, the position of two stacked boxes can be guaranteed relative to each other. It is thus possible to manipulate the bowl to be hooked onto the gripping tab of one or other of the boxes without having to reposition the boxes between them.

[0023] According to one embodiment, an external face of the gripping tab is defined parallel to an external face of each main wall, and in which a dimension of the bowl in the vertical direction is greater than a dimension between the external faces of two gripping tabs located vertically to each other.

[0024] Thus, it is possible to provide that the two slots are spaced apart by a sufficient distance to position them opposite two tabs perpendicular to each other, and therefore to attach a bowl to two tabs simultaneously.

[0025] According to one embodiment, a first gripping tab of the second box is inserted into the first slot, and a first gripping tab of the first box is inserted into the second slot. According to one embodiment, the first slot is provided near the edge of the bowl, and the second slot is provided near the bottom wall of the bowl.

[0026] Thus, the bowl is particularly well attached and the risk of spilling the food product placed in the bowl is reduced. In addition, the tabs both penetrate into the bowl and neither of them interferes with the side wall of the bowl.

[0027] According to one embodiment, the bowl is a first bowl and the packaging system comprises a second bowl, in which a second gripping tab of the second box is inserted into the first slot of the second bowl, and a second gripping tab of the first box is inserted into the second slot of the second bowl.

[0028] Thus, it is possible to arrange in the same food packaging system a plurality of different products, namely: at least one per box and at least one per bowl, that is to say here at least four, while still allowing the food packaging system to be handled with one hand. Brief description of the figures

[0029] The invention will be better understood, and other aims, details, characteristics and advantages thereof will appear more clearly during the following description of several particular embodiments of the invention, given solely for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, with reference to the appended drawings.

[0030] [Fig.l] shows in perspective a food packaging system comprising a pair of shells and a bowl, assembled together;

[0031] [Fig.2] is a view of an interior space of a shell of the packaging system food of [Fig.l];

[0032] [Fig. 3] is a perspective and side view of a bowl of the food packaging system of [Fig. 1];

[0033] [Fig.4] is a perspective view of a bottom portion of the bowl of [Fig.3];

[0034] [Fig.5] is an enlargement of a slot in the bowl, visible in [Fig.4] ;

[0035] [Fig.6] is a side view of the food packaging system comprising two pairs of shells and a bowl, assembled together, according to one embodiment;

[0036] [Fig.7] is a perspective view of the food packaging system, with a view partially exploded, showing two pairs of shells and two bowls, according to one embodiment;

[0037] [Fig.8] is an enlargement of a connection area between a shell and a bowl in a food packaging system. Description of the embodiments

[0038] In the figures accompanying this text, an orthonormal XYZ reference frame is defined, in which the Z direction is a direction parallel to the direction of the gravity, and the X and Y directions two directions normal to each other and each normal to the Z direction.

[0039] A packaging system 10 comprising at least one shell 20 and at least one bowl 50 is described below, as seen in FIGS. 1, 6 and 7. An example of a shell 20 is illustrated in [Fig. 2], and an example of a bowl 50 is illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.

[0040] In the example illustrated in [Fig.l], the packaging system 10 comprises two shells 20 and a bowl 50.

[0041] The shells 20 admit a nesting state in which they are nested with each other in a reversible manner. In the nesting state, the shells 20 jointly form a box 15, that is to say a closed container. Preferably, as illustrated in figures 1, 6 and 7, the box 15 is a rectangular parallelepiped.

[0042] The shells 20 are preferably identical to one another, for the sake of simplicity and economy of manufacture, storage and use, without this being limiting.

[0043] The shells 20 are also preferably stackable, the internal face of a first shell 20 coming against the external face of a second shell 20. The same shell 20 can therefore serve indifferently as a food container, able to accommodate a first type of food product, or as a lid, able to cover and protect a food product placed in the shell serving as a food container.

[0044] The bowl 50 is also stackable with other identical bowls 50. The bowl 50 can also serve as a food container, able to accommodate, for example, a second type of food product.

[0045] Likewise, the boxes 15 are preferably identical to one another, for the sake of simplicity and economy of manufacture and use, without this being limiting.

[0046] As visible in [Fig.2], each shell 20 comprises a flat main wall 21 and two flat side walls 22 and 23.

[0047] For the purpose of describing the various parts of the packaging system 10, the planar main wall 21 is defined as being normal to the vertical direction Z. In other words, the main wall 21 extends in a horizontal plane defined by the directions X and Y.

[0048] The flat side walls 22 and 23 extend from the main wall 21. The main wall 21 and the side walls 22 and 23 are, for example, rectangular.

[0049] The main wall 21 and the side walls 22 and 23 intersect two by two along a common edge 31, 32 and 33 respectively. The edges 31 and 32 connect the main wall 21 with respectively one and the other of the side walls 22 and 23. The edge 33 connects the side walls 22 and 23 with each other. The main wall 21 and the side walls 22 and 23 thus form a right-angled trihedron around a common vertex 25.

[0050] The common edges 31, 32 and 33 may have a rounding, or fillet, at the meeting of the walls 21, 22 and 23, for simplicity of manufacture.

[0051] The main wall 21 comprises a gripping tab 24, at a corner opposite the common apex 25.

[0052] The main wall 21 comprises an internal face 26 and an external face 27. When a box 15 is formed by assembling two shells 20, the internal face 26 and the external face 27 are respectively arranged on the inner side and the outer side of the box 15.

[0053] An external face 240 of the gripping tab 24 is provided parallel to the second face 27, preferably in the plane of the second face 27.

[0054] A snap-in member 28 or stud is provided projecting from the gripping tab 24, on the side of the first face 26, as seen in [Fig. 8]. The stud 28 serves as a snap-in element for the bowl 50 with the shell 20 in an assembled state of the packaging system 10 described later.

[0055] Positioning means 29 and 30 are provided on the second face 27 of the main wall 21 of each of the shells 20. The positioning means 29 and 30 are advantageously provided with a shape correspondence between them so as to prevent relative displacement in translation and rotation of the first and second boxes relative to each other in a direction normal to the vertical direction Z in a stacked state of a plurality of boxes 15. The stacked state is described further below with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

[0056] For example, without limitation, the positioning means 29 are male members, i.e. projecting from the external face 27, and the positioning means 30 are female members, i.e. recessed from the external face 27.

[0057] The main wall 21 has a first edge 34 and a second edge 35, on either side of the gripping tab 24. The main wall 21 also has a retention groove 36 and a retention rib 39, visible in [Fig. 2] and 8. The retention groove 36 and the retention rib 39 each extend along the edges 34 and 35, here continuously. The retention rib 39 is arranged more externally than the retention groove 36. The retention rib 39 forms an insertion stop at the edges 34 and 35 of the flat main wall 21.

[0058] The side walls 22 and 23 have a respective edge 42 and 43, opposite the corresponding edge 31 and 32.

[0059] For each shell 20, interlocking members 37 are provided at the edges 34 and 35, and interlocking members 47 are provided on the edges 42 and 43. The interlocking members 37 of a first shell 20 are made in correspondence of shape with the interlocking members 47 of a second shell 20 so as to engage in each other by clipping. Thanks to this clipping, two shells 20 can be held against each other. Thus held against each other, the two shells 20 form the aforementioned closed box 15, which can be safely used to contain and transport a food product.

[0060] In the illustrated embodiment, the interlocking members 37 are presented non-limitingly in the form of female elements (here housings), while the interlocking members 47 are presented in the form of male elements (here teeth).

[0061] In the embodiment illustrated in [Fig.2], two interlocking members 37 are provided in the retention groove 36 at the edge 34 and two other interlocking members 37 in the retention groove 36 at the edge 35. In this embodiment, two interlocking members 47 are provided on the edge 42 and two interlocking members 47 are provided on the edge 43. In a variant not illustrated, for each edge 42 and 43, the number of interlocking members 37 and 47 may differ from two, and be for example equal to one, or three.

[0062] In a variant not shown, the interlocking members of the edges 34 and 35 of the main wall 21 are in the form of male elements, while the interlocking members of the edges 42 and 43 are in the form of female elements. In another variant not shown, the interlocking members of the edges 34 and / or 35 are in the form of a combination of male and female elements, while the interlocking members of the edges 42 and / or 43 are in the form of a combination of corresponding female and male elements.

[0063] A notch 38 is provided set back at the meeting of the edges 42 and 43, at the end of the common edge 33, as visible in figures 2 and 6. The notch 38 forms a grip making it easier to manually separate the shells 20 from each other when they are nested to form a box 15. The notch 38 also makes it possible to form an air evacuation orifice when two shells 20 are assembled to form a closed box 15, so as to avoid condensation in the box.

[0064] The bowl 50 comprises a bottom wall 51 and a side wall 52, visible in figures 3 and 4. The side wall 52 is circumferential. The bottom wall 51 and the side wall 52 are connected to each other. A fillet 58 is provided at the meeting between the bottom wall 51 and the side wall 52. The bottom wall 51 and the side wall 52 jointly delimit a cavity 53. The side wall 52 has an end edge 54, opposite the bottom wall 51. The end edge 54 delimits an opening 55 through which the cavity 53 opens onto the outside of the bowl 50. The end edge 54 has a step 56, in the direction of the bottom wall 51. The step 56 helps in handling the bowl 50.

[0065] In the embodiment shown, the bowl 50 has an arcuate section in a horizontal plane P, normal to the vertical direction Z, visible in [Fig. 3]. The side wall 52 thus has a concave external surface 57.

[0066] The cavity 53 here has a main pocket 65 and two side pockets 70. The side pockets 70 are here located at opposite ends of the main pocket 65. The side pockets 70 are separated from the main pocket 65 by narrowings 71 of the side wall 52 in the direction of the end edge 54.

[0067] The side pockets 70 can be used to accommodate yet another type of food product, such as a sauce, a condiment, etc.

[0068] The bowl 50 further comprises two slots 60 and 61, spaced from each other, visible in Figures 3 and 4. The slot 61 is arranged under the slot 60 in the vertical direction Z. The slots 60 and 61 are each of generally elongated and rectilinear shape. Preferably, the slots 60 and 61 each extend substantially parallel to the horizontal plane P. The slots 60 and 61 open onto the concave external surface 57.

[0069] The slot 61 can be formed through the fillet 58, as seen in [Fig. 4] and 5. The slot 61 has a lower edge 62 on the side of the bottom wall 51, and an upper edge 63, on the side of the end edge 54. The lower edge 62 has a step 620 in the direction of the bottom wall 51, seen in detail in [Fig. 5]. Thanks to the step 620, the slot 61 is locally widened. Optionally, the upper edge 63 also has a step 630 in the direction of the end edge 54.

[0070] The assembled state of the packaging system 10 is described below, for example visible in [Fig.l] or 6 in two embodiments.

[0071] In such an assembled state, the gripping tab 24 of a shell 20 is removably inserted into either of the slots 60 and 61, so that the shell 20 and the cup 50 are attached to each other.

[0072] When the gripping tab 24 is inserted into the first slot 60, the stud 28 serves as a snap-fastening element for the side wall 52 on the gripping tab 24. In other words, the stud 28 helps to hold the bowl 50 on the shell 20.

[0073] When the gripping tab 24 is inserted into the second slot 61, thanks to the aforementioned recess 620, and optionally to the recess 630, any interference between the stud 28 and the fillet 58 at the edges 62 and 63 is avoided.

[0074] In the embodiment illustrated in [Fig.l], the gripping tab 24 further extends into the cavity 53 of the bowl 40. Furthermore, in the assembled state, the shell 20 and the bowl 50 are arranged relative to each other in such a way that the concave external surface 57 is arranged opposite the first edge 34 and the second edge 35.

[0075] In variants not illustrated, the packaging system 10 may comprise a single shell 20 and a single bowl 50.

[0076] In a first variant, the gripping tab 24 of the shell 20 is inserted into the second slot 61, that is to say in the lower part of the bowl 50. The bowl 50 is then attached to the shell 20 so as to be located substantially above the main wall 21. This configuration is advantageous for a restaurant-type merchant, for example in fast food. The restaurant owner can place the packaging system 10, in particular the main wall 21 of the shell 20 and the bottom wall 51 of the bowl 50, on a flat surface before loading food products into the shell 20 and the bowl 50. The assembly of the shell 20 with the bowl 50 can be carried out optionally before or after loading the food products into one and / or the other of these.

[0077] In a second variant, the gripping tab 24 of the shell 20 can be inserted into the first slot 60, in the upper part of the bowl 50. The bowl 50 is then attached to the shell 20 so as to be located substantially below the main wall 21. This configuration is advantageous for the consumer who, in addition to being able to hold the packaging system 10 with one hand, for example with the shell 20 in the palm of his hand, also benefits from direct access to the food products placed on the shell 20, since the low position of the bowl 50 does not hinder access to the shell 20.

[0078] The restaurateur can advantageously detach the bowl 50 from the shell 20 to move from the first variant to the second variant and offer his customer his ready-to-eat food products in the packaging system 10.

[0079] The packaging system 10 also allows, when it comprises at least two aforementioned boxes 15, a stacked state, visible in FIGS. 6 and 7.

[0080] In this stacked state, a first box 15 and a second box 15 are placed one on top of the other. More precisely, the main wall 21 of a shell 20 of the first box 15 and the main wall 21 of a shell 20 of the second box 15 are placed opposite each other. The gripping tab 24 of the shell 20 of the second box 15 is then located directly in the vertical direction Z of the common top 25 of the second shell 20 of the first box 15. In addition, in this stacked state, the positioning means 29 are engaged with the positioning means 30.

[0081] In a bowl 50, a dimension H is defined in the vertical direction Z between an external surface 510 of the bottom wall 51, and the end edge 54.

[0082] In a configuration of the packaging system 10 comprising at least two boxes 15, a dimension D is defined, in the stacked state of the boxes 15, between the external faces 240 of two gripping tabs 24 located directly one above the other.

[0083] As can be seen in [Fig.6], the dimension H is preferably greater than the dimension D. This dimensional relationship advantageously makes it possible to attach a bowl 50 to the two gripping tabs 24 located one in line with the other. Such a configuration is advantageous when ordering a large quantity of food products, for example by a group of people. It is then easy to transport several boxes and several bowls from one point to another, for example to reach a table from the point of sale of the food products.

[0084] Although the invention has been described in connection with several particular embodiments, it is quite obvious that it is in no way limited thereto and that it includes all the technical equivalents of the means described as well as their combinations if these fall within the scope of the invention.

[0085] The use of the verb “comprise”, “comprise” or “include” and its conjugated forms does not exclude the presence of other elements or other steps than those stated in a claim.

[0086] In the claims, any reference sign in parentheses cannot be interpreted as a limitation of the claim.

Claims

Claims

1. Packaging system for food products, comprising - a shell (20) comprising a rectangular planar main wall (21), normal to a vertical direction (Z), the vertical direction being parallel to the direction of gravity, a first and a second rectangular planar side walls (22, 23), an internal face (26) and an external face (27) being defined on the planar main wall (21) and the first and second side walls (22, 23) extending from the internal face (26) of the main wall in the vertical direction (Z), the main wall and the first and second side walls being two by two intersecting along a common edge (31, 32, 33) so as to form a right trihedron made around a common vertex (25), the planar main wall (21) comprising a gripping tab (24) located at a corner opposite the common vertex (25) of the right trihedron;- a bowl (50) having a bottom wall (51), a circumferential side wall (52) connected to the bottom wall and a cavity (53) delimited by the circumferential side wall and the bottom wall, and opening through an opening (55) at an end edge (54) of the bowl on a side opposite the bottom wall (51), wherein the circumferential side wall (52) of the bowl has a first slot (60), and a second slot (61), spaced from the first slot and arranged below the first slot in the vertical direction (Z), wherein the gripping tab (24) of the shell is configured to be removably inserted through the first slot (60) or the second slot (61) into the cavity (53) of the bowl (50) in an assembled state so as to attach the shell (20) and the bowl (50) to each other.;

2. Packaging system according to claim 1, wherein the bowl (50) has an arcuate section in a horizontal plane (P), normal to the vertical direction (Z), the circumferential side wall (52) of the bowl having a concave external surface (57), wherein the main wall (21) has a first edge (34) and a second edge (35) which are located on either side of the gripping tab (24), and wherein, in the assembled state, the external surface concave (57) is arranged opposite the first edge (34) and the second edge (35).

3. Packaging system according to one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the first slot (60) and the second slot (61) extend substantially parallel to a horizontal plane (P), normal to the vertical direction (Z).

4. Packaging system according to one of claims 1 to 3, in which the gripping tab (24) of the flat main wall (21) comprises a snap-fastening member (28) projecting from the internal face (26), and being capable of cooperating by snap-fastening with the circumferential side wall (52) of the bowl when the gripping tab (24) is inserted into the first slot (60).

5. A packaging system according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the shell (20) is a first shell, the packaging system comprises a second shell (20) identical to the first shell, and the first shell and the second shell are configured to jointly form a rectangular parallelepiped closed box (15) by reversibly nesting one with the other in a nested state, the main wall (21) of the first shell (20) forming the bottom wall of the box (15) and the main wall (21) of the second shell (20) forming the ceiling wall of the box (15).

6. Packaging system according to claim 5, wherein, for each of the first and second shells (20), each of the first side wall (22) and the second side wall (23) comprises a first edge (31, 32) fixed to the main wall (21) and a second edge (42, 43) opposite the first edge (31, 32), and wherein, each of the first shell and the second shell comprises: at least one first interlocking member (37) on the first edge (34) of the main wall (21) and at least one second interlocking member (47) on the second edge (42) of the first side wall (22), and at least one third interlocking member (37) on the second edge (35) of the main wall (21) and at least one fourth interlocking member (47) on the second edge (43) of the second side wall (23), the first interlocking member of the first shell, respectively of the second shell, and the second interlocking member of the second shell,respectively of the first,

7. shell, being made in shape matching and being configured so as to engage in each other by clipping, and the third interlocking member of the first shell, respectively of the second shell, and the fourth interlocking member of the second shell, respectively of the first shell, being made in shape matching and being configured so as to engage in each other by clipping, and in which the interlockings of the first interlocking members (37) with the second interlocking members (47), on the one hand, and of the third interlocking members (37) with the fourth interlocking members (47), on the other hand, make it possible to retain the first shell against the second shell. Packaging system according to one of claims 5 or 6, wherein the closed box (15) is a first box, the packaging system comprises a second box (15) made identically to the first box and located on the first box in the vertical direction in a stacked state, wherein the main wall (21) of the second shell (20) of the first box (15) has, on an outer face (26), first positioning means (29), and the main wall (21) of the first shell (20) of the second box (15) has, on an outer face, second positioning means (30), the first positioning means and the second positioning means being shaped to match their shape so as to prevent a relative translational and rotational movement of the first and second boxes relative to each other in a horizontal direction (X, Y) normal to the vertical direction (Z),in the stacked state of the first and second boxes (15), wherein the main wall of the second shell of the first box and the main wall of the first shell of the second box are affixed opposite each other so that the gripping tab (24) of the first shell (20) of the second box (15) is located directly in the vertical direction (Z) of the common top (25) of the second shell (20) of the first box (15), and wherein the first positioning means (29) are engaged with the second positioning means (30).,

8. Packaging system according to claim 7, wherein an outer face (240) of the gripping tab (24) is defined parallel to an outer face (27) of each main wall (21), and wherein a dimension (H) of the bowl in the vertical direction (Z) is greater than a dimension (D) between the outer faces (240) of two gripping tabs (24) located directly above each other.

9. Packaging system according to the preceding claim, wherein a first gripping tab (24) of the second box (15) is inserted into the first slot (60), and a first gripping tab (24) of the first box is inserted into the second slot (61).

10. Packaging system according to the preceding claim, wherein the bowl (50) is a first bowl and the packaging system comprises a second bowl (50), wherein a second gripping tab (24) of the second box (15) is inserted into the first slot (60) of the second bowl (50), and a second gripping tab (24) of the first box (15) is inserted into the second slot (61) of the second bowl (50).

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