Food packaging system
The food packaging system addresses the inconvenience of separate packaging by enabling one-handed handling and consumption through a shell-bowl attachment, improving service efficiency and reducing spillage.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- FR · FR
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-03-12
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-27
Abstract
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 types of food packaging are known for containing food products. Such food products can be takeaway items, for example, fast food.
[0003] Traditionally, in order to offer a variety of food products simultaneously, food service outlets use separate packaging for each food item. These separate packages require a table, or similar surface, to allow customers to have a free hand to consume one of the food items. There is room for improvement in terms of the ease of use of existing food packaging. Summary of the invention
[0004] One idea underlying the invention is to provide a more practical food packaging system for the 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 in the other hand.
[0005] According to one embodiment, the invention provides a packaging system for food products, comprising: - a shell comprising a rectangular flat main wall normal to a vertical direction, the vertical direction being parallel to the direction of gravity, a first and a second rectangular flat side walls, an inner face and an outer face being defined on the flat main wall and the first and second side walls extending from the inner face of the main wall in the vertical direction, the main wall and the first and second side walls being secant in pairs along a common edge so as to form a right trihedron made around a common vertex, the flat main wall having a gripping tab located in a corner opposite the common vertex of the right trihedron; - a basin 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 basin 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 arranged below the first slot in the vertical direction.
[0007] The gripping tab of the shell is configured to be inserted removably through the first slot or the second slot into the cavity of the bowl in an assembled state so as to attach the shell and the bowl to each other.
[0008] Thanks to these features, the two containers of the food packaging system according to the invention, namely the shell and the tray, can be handled simultaneously with one hand or with both hands, while limiting the risk of spillage of either food product. For example, the restaurant owner can load either product into its 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 the counter with one hand. This practicality also benefits the restaurant owner in terms of service quality, speed of service, and therefore image. The consumer also benefits from this practicality.The user can hold the packaging system with one hand while eating with the other, having complete freedom to consume either food product alternately without needing to put down either container when switching between items. Such a configuration is therefore particularly practical.
[0009] According to embodiments, such a food packaging system may include one or more of the following characteristics.
[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 having a concave external surface, the main wall has a first edge and a second edge which are located on either side of the gripping tongue, and, in the assembled state, the concave external surface is arranged opposite the first edge and the second edge.
[0011] Thus, the bowl advantageously encloses at least part of the shell. The food packaging system 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 main flat wall comprises a latching member projecting from the inner face, and being adapted to cooperating by snapping with the circumferential side wall of the bowl when the gripping tab is inserted into the first slot.
[0014] This snap-fit element ensures that the containers are securely held together, resulting in even greater practicality.
[0015] According to one embodiment, the shell is a first shell, the packaging system includes a second shell identical to the first shell.
[0016] This identity between the shells advantageously allows a 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 one on top of the 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 closed rectangular parallelepiped box by reversibly interlocking one with the other in an interlocking 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 a particularly convenient assembly.
[0020] According to one embodiment, for each of the first and second shells, each of the first and second side walls comprises a first edge fixed to the main wall and a second edge opposite the first edge, and each of the first and second shells 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 with 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 correspondence of shape and being configured so as to engage with each other by clipping, and in which the interlocking 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, allows the first hull to be held against the second hull.
[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 the form so as to prevent a relative translational and rotational displacement of the first and second boxes with respect 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 placed opposite each other such that the gripping tab of the first shell of the second box is located vertically aligned with the common vertex 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 therefore possible to manipulate the tray to be hooked onto the gripping tab of either box without having to reposition the boxes relative to each other.
[0023] According to one embodiment, an external face of the gripping tongue 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 tongues located vertically above each other.
[0024] Thus, it is possible to provide that the two slots are spaced far enough apart to position them opposite two tabs that are vertically aligned with 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 spillage of the food product placed in the bowl is reduced. In addition, both tabs penetrate into the bowl and neither interferes with the side wall of the bowl.
[0027] According to one embodiment, the tray is a first tray and the packaging system includes a second tray, in which a second gripping tab of the second box is inserted into the first slot of the second tray, and a second gripping tab of the first box is inserted into the second slot of the second tray.
[0028] Thus, it is possible to have in the same food packaging system a plurality of different products, namely: at least one per box and at least one per tray, i.e. at least four here, while still allowing the handling of the food packaging system with one hand. Brief description of the figures
[0029] The invention will be better understood, and other objects, details, features and advantages thereof will become more apparent from the following description of several particular embodiments of the invention, given solely by way of illustration and not limitation, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0030] Fig. 1 shows in perspective a food packaging system comprising a pair of shells and a bowl, assembled together;
[0031] Figure 2 is a view of an interior space of a shell of the packaging system. food of the [Fig.l];
[0032] The [Fig.3] is a perspective and side view of a bowl of the food packaging system of the [Fig.1];
[0033] Fig. 4 is a perspective view of part of the bottom of the basin in Fig. 3;
[0034] Figure 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] Figure 7 is a perspective view of the food packaging system, in view of partially exploded, showing two pairs of shells and two bowls, according to one embodiment;
[0037] Fig. 8 is an enlargement of a bonding area between a shell and a bowl in a food packaging system. Description of the implementation methods
[0038] In the figures accompanying this text, an orthonormal coordinate system XYZ is defined, in which the Z direction is a direction parallel to the direction of the gravity, and the X and Y directions are 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 cup 50, as seen in Figures 1, 6 and 7, is described below. An example of a shell 20 is illustrated in [Fig.2], and an example of a cup 50 is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.
[0040] In the example illustrated in [Fig.1], the packaging system 10 comprises two shells 20 and a cup 50.
[0041] The shells 20 admit a nesting state in which they are reversibly nested with one another. In the nested state, the shells 20 together form a box 15, that is, a closed container. Preferably, as illustrated in Figures 1, 6, and 7, the box 15 is rectangular parallelepiped-shaped.
[0042] The shells 20 are preferably identical to each other, for the sake of simplicity and economy of manufacture, storage and use, without this being limiting.
[0043] The shells 20 are also preferably stackable, with the inner face of a first shell 20 coming against the outer face of a second shell 20. The same shell 20 can therefore serve interchangeably as a food container, capable of holding a first type of food product, or as a lid, capable of covering and protecting 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, capable of holding, for example, a second type of food product.
[0045] Similarly, the boxes 15 are preferably identical to each other, for the sake of simplicity and economy of manufacture and use, without this being limiting.
[0046] As can be seen in [Fig.2], each shell 20 comprises a main flat wall 21 and two flat side walls 22 and 23.
[0047] For the purposes of describing the different parts of the packaging system 10, the main flat 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 lateral walls 22 and 23 intersect in pairs along a common edge 31, 32, and 33, respectively. The edges 31 and 32 connect the main wall 21 with each of the lateral walls 22 and 23, respectively. The edge 33 connects the lateral walls 22 and 23 to each other. The main wall 21 and the lateral walls 22 and 23 thus form a right trihedron around a common vertex 25.
[0050] The common edges 31, 32 and 33 may have a rounded or fillet at the meeting of the walls 21, 22 and 23, for simplicity of manufacture.
[0051] The main wall 21 has a gripping tongue 24, in a corner opposite the common apex 25.
[0052] The main wall 21 has an inner face 26 and an outer face 27. When a box 15 is formed by assembling two shells 20, the inner face 26 and the outer face 27 are respectively arranged on the inner and outer sides of the box 15.
[0053] An external face 240 of the gripping tongue 24 is provided parallel to the second face 27, preferably in the plane of the second face 27.
[0054] A snap-on member 28 or nipple is provided projecting on the gripping tab 24, on the side of the first face 26, as seen in [Fig. 8]. The nipple 28 serves as a snap-on element for the cup 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 arranged to correspond in shape to each other so as to prevent a relative translational and rotational displacement of the first and second box with respect 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 later with reference to Figures 6 and 7.
[0056] For example, but not limited to, the positioning means 29 are male organs, i.e. protruding from the external face 27, and the positioning means 30 are female organs, 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 [Fig. 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 positioned 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 at the edges 42 and 43. The interlocking members 37 of a first shell 20 are shaped to correspond with the interlocking members 47 of a second shell 20 so as to engage with each other by clipping. Thanks to this clipping, two shells The two halves 20 can be held together. Thus held together, the two halves 20 form the aforementioned closed box 15, safe for use in containing and transporting a food product.
[0060] In the illustrated embodiment, the interlocking members 37 are non-limitedly in the form of female elements (here housings), while the interlocking members 47 are 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 an alternative embodiment 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 alternative embodiment 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 recessed at the intersection of the edges 42 and 43, at the end of the common edge 33, as seen in Figures 2 and 6. The notch 38 forms a grip to facilitate manual separation of the shells 20 from each other when they are nested to form a box 15. The notch 38 also provides an air vent when two shells 20 are assembled to form a closed box 15, so as to prevent condensation inside the box.
[0064] The basin 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 junction between the bottom wall 51 and the side wall 52. The bottom wall 51 and the side wall 52 jointly define a cavity 53. The side wall 52 has an end edge 54, opposite the bottom wall 51. The end edge 54 defines an opening 55 through which the cavity 53 opens to the outside of the basin 50. The end edge 54 has a notch 56, directed towards the bottom wall 51. The notch 56 facilitates the handling of the basin 50.
[0065] In the embodiment shown, the bowl 50 has an arched section in a horizontal plane P, normal to the vertical direction Z, visible in [Fig.3]. The lateral wall 52 thus has a concave external surface 57.
[0066] The cavity 53 here has a main pocket 65 and two lateral pockets 70. The lateral pockets 70 are located at opposite ends of the main pocket 65. The lateral pockets 70 are separated from the main pocket 65 by constrictions 71 of the lateral wall 52 towards the end edge 54.
[0067] The side pockets 70 can be used to hold 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 apart, visible in Figures 3 and 4. Slot 61 is located below slot 60 in the vertical direction Z. Slots 60 and 61 are each generally elongated and straight. Preferably, slots 60 and 61 each extend substantially parallel to the horizontal plane P. Slots 60 and 61 open onto the concave external surface 57.
[0069] The slot 61 can be formed through the fillet 58, as shown in [Fig. 4] and [Fig. 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 towards the bottom wall 51, shown 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 towards the end edge 54.
[0070] The assembled state of the packaging system 10, for example visible in [Fig.1] or 6 in two embodiments, is described below.
[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 nipple 28 acts as a snap-on element of the side wall 52 onto the gripping tab 24. In other words, the nipple 28 helps to keep the cup 50 on the shell 20.
[0073] When the gripping tab 24 is inserted into the second slot 61, thanks to the aforementioned notch 620, and optionally to the notch 630, any interference between the nipple 28 and the chamfer 58 at the edges 62 and 63 is avoided.
[0074] In the embodiment illustrated in [Fig.1], the gripping tongue 24 further extends into the cavity 53 of the cup 40. Moreover, in the assembled state, the shell 20 and the cup 50 are arranged relative to each other in such a way that the concave external surface 57 is positioned opposite the first edge 34 and the second edge 35.
[0075] In variants not shown, the packaging system 10 may comprise a single shell 20 and a single bowl 50.
[0076] In a first embodiment, the gripping tab 24 of the shell 20 is inserted into the second slot 61, i.e., in the lower part of the tray 50. The tray 50 is then attached to the shell 20 so as to be substantially above the main wall 21. This configuration is advantageous for a restaurant owner, for example, in the fast food sector. 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 tray 50, on a flat surface before loading food products into the shell 20 and the tray 50. The assembly of the shell 20 with the tray 50 can be carried out either before or after loading the food products into one or both of them.
[0077] In a second embodiment, the gripping tab 24 of the shell 20 can be inserted into the first slot 60, in the upper part of the tray 50. The tray 50 is then attached to the shell 20 so as to be 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 their hand, also benefits from direct access to the food products arranged on the shell 20, since the low position of the tray 50 does not obstruct access to the shell 20.
[0078] The restaurateur can advantageously detach the bowl 50 from the shell 20 to switch 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 admits, when it comprises at least two of the aforementioned boxes 15, a stacked state, visible in figures 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 vertically in the Z direction, directly above the common vertex 25 of the second shell 20 of the first box 15. Furthermore, 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], dimension H is preferably larger than dimension D. This dimensional relationship advantageously allows a tray 50 to be attached to the two gripping tabs 24 located directly above each 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 trays from one point to another, for example, to 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 clearly evident that it is by no means limited to them and that it includes all 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", "comprendre" 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 shall not be interpreted as a limitation of the claim.
Claims
Demands
1. Food packaging system, comprising - a shell (20) having a rectangular flat 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 flat side walls (22, 23), an inner face (26) and an outer face (27) being defined on the flat main wall (21) and the first and second side walls (22, 23) extending from the inner face (26) of the main wall along the vertical direction (Z), the main wall and the first and second side walls being in pairs secant along a common edge (31, 32, 33) so as to form a right trihedron realized around a common vertex (25), the flat main wall (21) having a gripping tab (24) located in 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) into an end edge (54) of the bowl on a side opposite the bottom wall (51), in which 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), in which the gripping tab (24) of the shell is configured to be inserted removably 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 arched cross-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) 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 any 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 any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the gripping tab (24) of the main flat wall (21) has a snap-on member (28) projecting from the inner face (26), and being able to cooperate by snap-on with the circumferential side wall (52) of the cup when the gripping tab (24) is inserted into the first slot (60).
5. Packaging system according to any 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 closed rectangular parallelepiped box (15) by reversibly interlocking one with the other in an interlocking 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 top 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 and second shells 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 the interlocking element of the first shell, respectively of the second shell, and the second interlocking element of the second shell,respectively of the first,
7. shell, being made in matching shape and being configured so as to engage with 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 matching shape and being configured so as to engage with each other by clipping, and in which the interlocking 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 any 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 external face (26), first positioning means (29), and the main wall (21) of the first shell (20) of the second box (15) has, on an external face, second positioning means (30), the first positioning means and the second positioning means being shaped to match the form so as to prevent relative translational and rotational displacement of the first and second boxes with respect 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 placed opposite each other such that the gripping tab (24) of the first shell (20) of the second box (15) is located vertically in the (Z) direction of the common vertex (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 external face (240) of the gripping tab (24) is defined parallel to an external face (27) of each main wall (21), and wherein a dimension (H) of the cup in the vertical direction (Z) is greater than a dimension (D) between the external faces (240) of two gripping tabs (24) located vertically 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 tray (50) is a first tray and the packaging system comprises a second tray (50), wherein a second gripping tab (24) of the second box (15) is inserted into the first slot (60) of the second tray (50), and a second gripping tab (24) of the first box (15) is inserted into the second slot (61) of the second tray (50).