Bottle securing device in packaging

Abstract

The invention relates to a bottle (500) support device (100), intended to be installed against the bottom (210) of a container (200) and made from a pre-cut paper or cardboard blank, said blank being folded to define a groove (101) for receiving the bottle. According to the invention, the support device comprises at least one folding and / or cutting line allowing adjustment of the usable length of the groove and / or the height of the groove relative to the bottom. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 2

Description

Title of the invention: Bottle securing device in packaging. Technical field of the invention

[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of packaging.

[0002] It relates more particularly to a bottle support device, intended to be installed against the bottom of a package and made from a pre-cut paper or cardboard blank, said blank being folded so as to delimit a groove for receiving the bottle.

[0003] It also relates to a transport crate comprising packaging and a securing device as mentioned above installed in the packaging. State of the art

[0004] To protect a bottle during transport, it is known to use cardboard packaging and additional cushioning devices placed inside the packaging around the bottle.

[0005] It is indeed essential to keep the bottle firmly in place in its packaging during transport, and to provide means to cushion any shocks caused to the packaging in order to avoid breakage of the bottle.

[0006] The objective is indeed to avoid any breakage, which would cause financial losses, could prove dangerous when opening the packaging and would also harm the company's reputation and customer satisfaction.

[0007] For this purpose, crepe tissue paper, polystyrene, or corrugated cardboard are generally placed inside the packaging to protect and hold the bottle in place. When the packaging is designed to hold several bottles, centering dividers or pre-formed pallets are used to protect the bottles from each other.

[0008] However, the proposed solutions are costly, sometimes environmentally unfriendly, and do not always guarantee optimal bottle positioning. Above all, they require significant labor and are not necessarily adaptable to the different bottle shapes available on the market. Presentation of the invention

[0009] In order to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention proposes an inexpensive and effective securing device for a very wide variety of bottle shapes, making it possible to prevent any damage by ensuring optimal protection during transport.

[0010] More particularly, the invention proposes a securing device as defined in the introduction, which therefore has a groove for receiving the bottle, and in which is provided a set of at least one folding and / or cutting line allowing adjustment of a useful length of the groove and / or a height of the groove relative to the bottom.

[0011] The "folding and / or cutting line(s)" are thus provided in such a way that the blank can be folded along these lines to adjust the shape of the support device to that of the bottle, thus ensuring a perfect fit of the bottle within its packaging.

[0012] These lines allow, for example, the cushioning device to be folded or cut so that it is located more or less deep in the packaging, taking into account the diameter of the bottle.

[0013] They also allow, for example, the formation of stops in the groove, so that the bottle is blocked axially in this groove by these stops (the stops can be deployed or not, depending on the length of the bottle).

[0014] Thus, thanks to the invention, the proposed support device offers better stability to bottles, regardless of their size. It is also economical, since it is made from a single piece of cardboard, and environmentally friendly.

[0015] Other advantageous and non-limiting features of the chocking device according to the invention, taken individually or in all technically possible combinations, are as follows: - the blank has three main parallel folding lines along which it is folded to form an M, with two side panels and two central panels delimiting said groove; - said assembly includes at least one first fold line located on one of the two side panels and preferably extending parallel to said three main fold lines; - two initial folding lines are planned, respectively located on the two side panels; - each first folding line comprises an alternation of folding line sections and cutting line sections, the cutting line sections being parallel and offset from the folding line sections by a distance less than or equal to twice the thickness of the blank; - said assembly includes at least one second cutting line located straddling at least part of each central panel; - at least two second cutting lines are planned, distributed on either side of the center of the throat; - one of the two second cutting lines is straight and the other is wavy; - at least two second cutting lines are planned, located on the same side of the center of the throat and having different lengths; - each second cutting line has ends through which secondary folding lines pass.

[0016] The invention also proposes a transport case comprising packaging and a securing device as mentioned above.

[0017] Other advantageous and non-limiting features of the transport crate according to the invention, taken individually or in all technically possible combinations, are as follows: - the packaging includes a body which houses the cushioning device, and at least one lid which is adapted to be closed on the body and of which at least a part is adapted to be inserted between the body and the cushioning device; - at least one lug is cut into said body in such a way that it is attached to the rest of said body by at least one fold line and that it is adapted to come to rest against the securing device; - at least two lugs are planned; - the body of the packaging comprises a bottom panel and two simple side panels, and each lug is made through one of the two side panels so as to be accessible from outside the packaging; - the body of the packaging comprises a base panel and two side walls, each formed of an inner panel and an outer panel, and each lug is made through one of the inner panels.

[0018] Of course, the various features, variants, and embodiments of the invention can be combined with one another in various ways, provided they are not incompatible or mutually exclusive. Detailed description of the invention

[0019] The following description with regard to the attached drawings, given by way of non-limiting examples, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be carried out.

[0020] On the attached drawings:

[0021] [Fig-1] is a schematic perspective view of a transport crate comprising packaging and a device for securing a bottle;

[0022] [Fig.2] is a cross-sectional view along plane AA of [Fig.1], on which a lid of the packaging is being closed;

[0023] [Fig.3] is a plan view of a blank allowing the setting device of the [Fig.1] to be formed;

[0024] [Fig.4] illustrates three perspective views of the [Fig.1] positioning device, shown in various ways;

[0025] [Fig.5] is a plan view of a blank used to form the packaging of [Fig.1];

[0026] [Fig.6] is a schematic perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the transport case of [Fig.1], comprising packaging designed to accommodate several bottles and several securing devices;

[0027] [Fig.7] is a plan view of a blank used to form the packaging of [Fig.6].

[0028] In [Fig. 1], a first embodiment of a box is shown. transport 10, comprising a packaging 200 inside which is located a securing device 100 allowing to hold and protect a bottle 500 of any shape.

[0029] In [Fig.6], a variant embodiment of the transport case 10 is shown, comprising a larger packaging 300 inside which several cushioning devices 100 as above can be placed and therefore several bottles.

[0030] Here, the term bottle will be used in its broadest sense, meaning that it can refer to any type of container for holding liquid. Preferably, it will refer to bottles suitable for holding an alcoholic liquid, for example, wine. These bottles will preferably be made of glass. Alternatively, it could refer, for example, to perfume bottles, chemical containers, or ampoules for medical products...

[0031] Figures 3, 5 and 7 show three pre-cut cardboard sides 100', 200', 300' which, once folded and put into volume, allow us to obtain respectively the cushioning device 100 and the packaging 200, 300.

[0032] As a preliminary point, it should be noted that on these plans, solid lines represent cutting lines while dashed lines represent pre-folding lines, hereinafter referred to as "folding lines".

[0033] A cutting line is a line along which the material is cut through.

[0034] A fold line is an area of ​​least resistance that ensures the fold between two panels occurs at the desired position. It can be created in various ways. When the panels are made from a multi-layered cardboard sheet, it can be created by creasing, using a press, or by half-cutting. The creasing operation consists of pressing the multi-layered cardboard sheet along the desired line. The half-cutting operation consists of cutting only a portion of the cardboard sheets along this line.

[0035] The folding line can alternatively be made in other ways, typically by alternating creasing or half-cut lines with cutting or pre-cut lines.

[0036] The term "panel", which will be defined as a portion of a blank, will preferably be used to designate a part of that blank when the latter is flat. Such a panel will correspond to a part of the blank entirely delimited by cutting or folding lines on its edges. In the following, the terms "flap", "return" and "ear" will refer to different types of panels.

[0037] Conversely, we will speak of "walls" to designate parts of the packaging put into volume.

[0038] In the following description, the terms "exterior" and "interior" will be used in relation to figures 3, 5 and 7, the interior side of an element designating the side turned towards the center of the blank while the exterior side will designate the opposite side.

[0039] The 100', 200', 300' blanks are here cut from cardboard panels of uniform thickness.

[0040] Here they are cut from multi-layered cardboard panels (with three, five or even seven superimposed layers, a corrugated layer being sandwiched between two flat layers): we can then speak of simple or multi-flute corrugated cardboard.

[0041] Preferably, they are all made of multi-flute panels (comprising at least five superimposed layers).

[0042] Advantageously, the multi-layered cardboard panels used to manufacture the cushioning device 100 and the packaging 200, 300 will be of different types, the one used for manufacturing the packaging being thicker than the one used for manufacturing the cushioning device.

[0043] In practice, the blank used for manufacturing the packaging 200, 300 will be of type BC or EB while that used for manufacturing the cushioning device 100 will be of type EB.

[0044] It should be noted that type BC has a total thickness of 6.5 to 7 mm, the groove of type C being thicker than that of type B.

[0045] It should also be noted that type EB has a total thickness of approximately 4 mm, the groove of type B being thicker than that of type E.

[0046] The use of multi-fluted panels will allow better shock absorption, and therefore better safety for the 500 bottle.

[0047] The packaging 200 (figures 1, 2 and 5) will here delimit a parallelepiped chamber to accommodate a single cushioning device 100 and a single bottle 500.

[0048] In the embodiment illustrated in figures 6 and 7, the packaging 300 will delimit a parallelepiped chamber of larger volume, to accommodate several cushioning devices 100 and several bottles 500 (here three).

[0049] In all cases, the packaging 200, 300 comprises a body 201, 301 and at least one lid 202, 203, 302.

[0050] The body 201, 301 has a rectangular bottom wall 210, 310 from the edges of which rise two side walls 204, 304 and two end walls 205, 305. It is open at the front (opposite the bottom wall), and the cover 202, 203, 302 is provided to close it from the front.

[0051] The shimming device 100 used will then be designed to be installed in the housing delimited by the walls of the body 201, 301.

[0052] In both embodiments illustrated in Figures 1 and 6, the positioning device 100 used will be the same. We can therefore begin by describing this positioning device 100.

[0053] As shown in [Fig.3], this 100 support device is formed by the volumizing (i.e. folding) of a pre-cut blank 100' which preferably has a rectangular (and here square) shape.

[0054] This blank 100' has three main fold lines L100 which are parallel to each other, including a central fold line (which passes through the center of the blank) and two lateral fold lines located at equal distances from the central line. These three lines extend from one side of the blank 100' to the other.

[0055] As shown in Figures 2 and 4, for its shaping into volume, the blank 100' is folded along these three main fold lines L100 so as to form an "M". In other words, the blank is folded in one direction along the central fold line, and in the opposite direction along the two other lateral fold lines.

[0056] Thus, the blank 100' comprises two central panels 110, 120 located on either side of the central fold line, and two lateral panels 130, 140 located outside the two lateral fold lines.

[0057] The angle formed between the two central panels 110, 120 once the support device 100 is in volume is approximately 90° (within 45°), so that these two panels delimit between them a groove 101 for receiving the bottle 500.

[0058] The angle formed between each side panel 130, 140 and the central panel 110, 120 to which it is attached (once the shimming device 100 is in volume) is approximately 45°.

[0059] The two side panels 130, 140 are then designed to extend parallel to each other, so as to be able to apply themselves against the side walls of the packaging 200.

[0060] They are further designed to rest against the bottom wall 210, 310 of the packaging 200, 300, in order to keep the two central panels 110, 120 away from this bottom, thus ensuring the protection of the bottle 500.

[0061] According to a particularly advantageous feature of the invention, the shimming device 100 comprises a set of at least one folding and / or cutting line allowing a part of the blank 100' to be folded so as to adjust a useful length of the groove 101 and / or a height of the groove 101 relative to the bottom 210, 310.

[0062] The "usable length" of the throat is defined herein as the length of the portion of the throat, measured parallel to its base, within which the 500 bottle can be placed. As will be described in detail later, tabs may for this purpose they are folded so as to extend into the groove 101 and thus form stops adapted to block the bottle longitudinally in the groove (that is to say along the axis of the bottom of this groove).

[0063] The "height" of the throat 101 relative to the bottom 210, 310 of the packaging 200, 300 is for example measured between the lowest point of the throat 101 and the bottom wall 210, 310 of the packaging 200, 300. Alternatively, it could be considered that it is measured between the axis of the bottle 500 held in the throat and the bottom wall 210, 310 of the packaging 200, 300.

[0064] It could be envisaged that the shimming device 100 allows adjustment only of the useful length of the groove 101, or only of the height of the groove 101 in relation to the bottom wall 210, 310. Here, and preferably, it allows adjustment of both of these parameters.

[0065] As shown in [Fig.3], to adjust the height of the groove 101, it includes at least one first fold line L102 located on one of its two side panels 130, 140. This first fold line L102 is made in such a way that the height of the side panel, measured relative to the bottom of the packaging 200, 300, is lower when the panel is folded along this line than when it is flat.

[0066] In practice, this first fold line L102 extends on average parallel to the three main fold lines L100. It could have a wavy shape. But preferably, it is straight.

[0067] Preferably, the positioning device 100 comprises two first folding lines L102 respectively located on the two side panels 130, 140, here equidistant from the two lateral folding lines. These two lines extend from one side to the other of the blank 100'.

[0068] As shown in the various views of [Fig.4], the two side panels 130, 140 can then be folded into two parts 131, 132, 141, 142, which allows the height of the chocking device 100 to be adjusted between a maximum height (without folding both side panels 130, 140), an intermediate height (by folding only one of the two side panels 130, 140), and a minimum height (by folding both side panels 130, 140).

[0069] The possible folding of each of the two side panels 130, 140 is done here at 90°, so that the inner part 131, 141 of each panel remains applied against the corresponding side wall 204, 304 of the packaging 200, 300 and that the folded outer part 141, 142 applies against the bottom wall 201, 301 of the packaging 200, 300 (face to face).

[0070] As clearly shown in [Fig. 3], each first bend line L102 comprises an alternation of several bend line segments L102a and several cutting line segments L102b, these segments extending parallel to each other and being positioned respectively along two axes offset by a distance less than or equal to twice the thickness of the blank 100'. Orthogonal cutting segments L102c are provided at the ends of each cutting line segment L102b, between these ends and the folding line segments L102a.

[0071] Thus, once folded at 90° into two parts, each of the side panels 130, 140 is automatically held in position.

[0072] Indeed, once the side panels 130, 140 are folded, the cutting segments L102c and the cutting line sections L102b form notches which remain in the plane of the inner parts 131, 141 of the panels, and on which the folded outer parts 141, 142 of the panels clip (the outer parts of these panels having at the level of the cutting line sections 102b edges which come to apply against these notches).

[0073] As shown in [Fig.3], to adjust the useful length of the groove 101, the shimming device 100 includes at least a second cutting line L103, L104, L105 located straddling the two central panels 110, 120.

[0074] In practice, several second cutting lines L103, L104, L105 are planned. They are understood to be substantially orthogonal to the three main folding lines L100.

[0075] If we consider the central point of the bottom of the groove 101, there are second cutting lines L103, L104, L105 planned on either side of this central point.

[0076] Preferably, several are provided on each side of this central point.

[0077] These second cutting lines L103, L104, L105 allow a part of the central panels 110, 120 to be folded in the opposite direction to the rest of these central panels, so that this part forms a tongue 109 extending through the groove 101 and thus delimits a stop for the bottle 500 (see [Fig.4]).

[0078] In other words, when no tab 109 is bent so as to extend through the groove 101, the usable length of the groove 101 corresponds to its total length (i.e., the length of the cushioning device 100, which is substantially equal to the distance separating the two end walls 205, 305 of the packaging 200, 300). However, when a tab 109 is bent so as to extend through the groove 101 ([Fig. 4]), the usable length of the groove 101 is limited on one side by this tab.

[0079] In order that these tabs 109 do not protrude above the rest of the shimming device, the second cutting lines L103, L104, L105 extend over less than 75% of the width of each central panel 110, 120.

[0080] As shown in [Fig. 3], to facilitate the folding of these tabs 109, secondary folding lines L106 are provided at the ends of the second cutting lines L103, L104, L105, which extend parallel to the three main folding lines. L100. Thus, when the operator folds the blank 100' along the center line in one direction, he can easily push back in the opposite direction the tab(s) 109 he wants.

[0081] Among all the second cutting lines, some (lines L103) are designed to form stops for the base of the bottle 500. These lines could be straight, but here they are corrugated, which allows them to conform to the generally curved shape of bottle bases. Here, there are four of these lines, so that it is possible to form four tabs 109 at distinct longitudinal positions in the groove 101.

[0082] The other second cutting lines (lines L104 & L105) are designed to form stops for the neck of the bottle 500. These lines are straight. In the example shown, there are five of these lines, making it possible to form five tabs 109 at distinct longitudinal positions. Among these lines, those closest to the center point of the groove 101 are shorter than the others. Thus, the tabs 109 can have different heights in the groove 101, this height being greater the longer the bottle (which proves particularly advantageous for sparkling wine bottles).

[0083] We can now describe the first embodiment of the packaging 200, which is illustrated in figures 1, 2 and 5 and which is designed to receive a single bottle 500 and a single cushioning device 100 as above.

[0084] This 200 package has a parallelepiped shape. It could be in the form of a simple American-style box.

[0085] But here, as the figures show, it has a different shape which gives it better resistance to shocks.

[0086] This packaging 200 comprises a body 201 and two lids 202, 203 which are adapted to be closed over the body 201, to form two layers of protection.

[0087] It can be described, with the help of [Fig.5], how it is formed more precisely.

[0088] It comprises here three main rectangular panels (210, 220, 230), articulated to each other by fold lines parallel to a first axis Y so that these panels, once folded at right angles in pairs, form the bottom wall 210 and the two side walls 204 of the packaging 200.

[0089] On each of these two side walls 204 are articulated a lower flap 221, 231 rectangular, and an upper flap 222, 232 rectangular, around folding lines parallel to a second axis X orthogonal to the first axis Y. One of the two lower flaps 231 and one of the two upper flaps 232 each have two tabs 236, 237, 238, 239 articulated with respect to it around folding lines parallel to the first axis X.

[0090] These flaps and ears are intended to be folded to form the two end walls 205 of the package 200.

[0091] The securing device 100 is then intended to be installed in the housing delimited by the bottom wall 210 and the side walls 204, between the two end walls 205 of the packaging 200.

[0092] The two covers 202, 203 are each formed of two rectangular panels 251, 252, 261, 262 articulated to each other by a fold line parallel to the first axis Y. These two covers 202, 203 are themselves articulated to the side walls 204 by fold lines parallel to the first axis Y.

[0093] A first of the covers 202 is intended to be closed before the other. Its outer panel 251 is then intended to engage inside the body 201, between a first of the side walls 204 and the securing device 100.

[0094] It is understood that its insertion between these two panels may prove difficult, since the first side wall 204 of the packaging 200 and the side panel 130 of the cushioning device 100 naturally tend to press against each other.

[0095] To facilitate this insertion, at least one lug 290 is provided here which is cut into the first side wall 204 of the body 201 of the packaging 200, so that it is attached to the rest of this side wall by a fold line L290 and is adapted to come to rest against the support device 100. Here, this fold line L290 is parallel to the first axis Y.

[0096] As clearly shown in [Fig.2], when the operator (or the folding machine) wishes to insert the outer panel 251 of the first lid 202 between the first side wall 204 of the body 201 of the packaging 200 and the side panel 130 of the securing device 100, he can then start by pressing on this lug 290 from the outside towards the inside of the packaging 200, so as to push back the side panel 130 of the securing device 100 and thus free up a space to insert this outer panel 251.

[0097] Here, the cushioning device 100 being reversible in the sense that it can be installed head-to-tail in the packaging 200, the outer panel 251 of the first lid 202 can alternatively be inserted between the first side wall 204 of the body 201 of the packaging 200 and the side panel 140 of the cushioning device 100.

[0098] The second lid 203 is designed to be positioned on the outside of the packaging 200. Its inner panel 261 is then designed to be folded over the inner panel 252 of the first lid 202. Its outer panel 262 is designed to be applied against the outer face of one of the side walls 204 of the packaging. To hold it in this position, it has, on its free end edge, a tab 263 designed to engage in a corresponding notch 223 located at the junction between the bottom wall 210 and the opposite side wall 204 of the body 201.

[0099] A single lug 290 could be provided in a central position in the side wall 204 of the body 201 of the packaging 200.

[0100] However, this lug 290 is preferably offset towards one of the end walls 205 of the body 201 in order to facilitate its access.

[0101] Preferably, two lugs 290 are provided, offset respectively towards the two end walls 205 so that the operator can easily access them, whether left-handed or right-handed.

[0102] We can now describe the variant embodiment of the packaging 300, which is illustrated in figures 6 and 7 and which is designed to receive three bottles and three cushioning devices 100 such as that described above.

[0103] This 300 package has a parallelepiped shape. It could be in the form of a US-style box.

[0104] But here again, as the figures show, it has a different shape which gives it better resistance to shocks.

[0105] This packaging 300 comprises a body 301 and a single lid 302 which is adapted to be closed on the body 301.

[0106] We can describe, with the help of [Fig.7], how the 300' blank is more precisely formed.

[0107] It comprises a central panel forming the bottom wall 310 of the packaging 300, on which other panels are hinged.

[0108] It thus comprises five panels 310, 320, 330, 340, 350 (including the central panel) hinged to each other by fold lines parallel to a first axis Y, so that the two panels located on each side of the central panel can be folded against each other to form a doubled side wall 304. Each side wall 304 of the packaging 300 is therefore formed of a proximal panel 320, 340 attached to the central panel and a distal panel 330, 350. The two side walls 304 are folded at right angles to the bottom wall 310.

[0109] The side 300' also comprises five panels 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 (including the central panel) hinged to each other by fold lines parallel to a second axis X orthogonal to the first axis Y. This time, there is a single panel on one side of the bottom wall 310 and three panels on the other. The two panels 311, 314 that are attached to the bottom wall 310 are designed to be folded at a right angle to it to form the two end walls 305 of the package 300. The other two panels 312, 313 form the lid 302 of the package 300.

[0110] One of these panels 312 is intended to close the packaging 300 from the top and the other of these panels 313 is intended to engage between the three securing devices 100 and one of the end walls 305.

[0111] On each of the four panels 311, 312, 313, 314 forming the lid and the end walls 305 are articulated two flaps 321, 341, 322, 342, 323, 343, 324, 344 around folding lines parallel to the first axis Y.

[0112] The flaps carried by the panels 311, 314 forming the two end walls 305 are provided to engage between the two thicknesses of the side walls 304 of the packaging 300, so as to lock the packaging in a position where the body 301 has a parallelepiped shape.

[0113] The flaps carried by the inner panel 312 of the lid 302 are provided to engage each between one of the side walls 304 of the packaging 300 and one of the securing devices 100. The flaps carried by the outer panel 313 of the lid 302 are provided to engage each between the two layers of the side walls 304 of the packaging 300, from the outside of the packaging 300, to lock the lid 302 in the closed position.

[0114] It is understood that inserting the flaps carried by the inner panel 312 of the lid 302 between the side walls 304 of the packaging 300 and the cushioning devices 100 may prove difficult, as they naturally press against each other.

[0115] To facilitate this insertion, at least one lug 390 is provided here in each side wall 304 of the body 301, so that it is attached to the rest of said body 301 by a fold line L390 and is adapted to come to rest against the shimming device 100.

[0116] Here, a lug 390 is provided in each distal panel 330, 350. The fold lines L390 of these lugs are inclined with respect to the first and second axes X, Y, for example at an angle of 45°.

[0117] The lugs 390 can then be used in the following way.

[0118] As clearly shown in [Fig.6], before the operator (or the bending machine) To insert the flaps 322, 342 of the inner panel 312 of the lid 302 between the side walls 304 of the body 301 and the support devices 100, the tabs 390 are folded inwards into the packaging 300 so as to push the side panels of the support devices 100 away from the side walls 304 of the packaging 300, and thus create a space to insert these flaps 322, 342. In practice, the folding of the tabs 390 will be carried out before the body 301 of the packaging 300 is formed into volume, since in this variant, these tabs 390 are not accessible from outside the packaging 300.

[0119] Preferably, the packaging 300 has internal partitions between which the cushioning devices 100 are laterally blocked, which ensures that they all have the same width in the packaging 300. Otherwise, one cushioning device 100 could laterally push another one aside and collapse, which would then no longer guarantee the protection of the bottles 500.

[0120] To achieve this locking mechanism, the two distal panels 330, 350 each have two tabs 331, 334, 351, 354 hinged around fold lines parallel to the second axis X. Each of these tabs itself has, opposite the distal panel to which it is attached, a flap 352, 355, 332, 335 hinged around a fold line parallel to the second axis X. While the tabs are designed to bear against one of the end walls 305 of the package 300, the flaps are designed to be folded at 90° to their tabs, inwards towards the package 300, to form part of a partition ([Fig. 6]). Each partition is thus formed of two coplanar flaps. Here these flaps are of such lengths that they remain situated at a distance from each other, but they could be of greater lengths to be placed end-to-end.

[0121] The chocking device 100 is then intended to be installed in the housing delimited by the packaging 300, either in a central location between the two partitions, or in a lateral location between one of the partitions and one of the two distal panels 330, 350.

[0122] It should be noted here that two small independent square panels 333, 353 are cut out of the blank 300' ([Fig.7]). They are intended to be placed in the packaging 300, respectively against one and the other of the end walls 305, between the two partitions, in order to help lock these partitions in position and to allow the same usable width in the three locations mentioned above.

[0123] Still with the aim of blocking the partitions, the flaps 352, 355, 332, 335 forming these partitions have protruding tabs designed to engage in slots cut into the bottom wall 310 of the packaging.

[0124] Thus, the transport case 10, formed by the packaging 300 and the three securing devices 100, can accommodate three bottles 500 in a side-by-side position, which may or may not be identical. For example, they may be bottles of Alsatian, Bordeaux, or Burgundy wine, sparkling wine, or even a bottle of rum or whisky.

[0125] The present invention is in no way limited to the embodiments described and represented, but a person skilled in the art will be able to make any variation in accordance with the invention.

[0126] Typically, the securing device could be folded differently, provided that it defines a groove for receiving the bottle. Thus, it could be folded to present a V-shaped, H-shaped, U-shaped, or any other possible cross-section.

[0127] It could even be folded so as to delimit several receiving grooves for several bottles.

[0128] The packaging could also have different shapes from those illustrated in the figures. For example, it could have several tiers, allowing to accommodate, for example, six or twelve bottles in juxtaposed and superimposed positions.

Claims

Demands

1. A securing device (100) for a bottle (500), intended to be installed against the bottom (210, 310) of a package (200, 300) and made from a blank (100') of pre-cut paper or cardboard, said blank (100') being folded so as to delimit a groove (101) for receiving the bottle (500), characterized in that it comprises a set of at least one folding and / or cutting line allowing adjustment of a useful length of the groove (101) and / or a height of the groove (101) relative to the bottom (210, 310).

2. A shimming device (100) according to claim 1, in which the blank (100') has three main fold lines (L100) parallel to each other and along which it is folded so as to form an M, with two side panels (130, 140) and two central panels (110, 120) delimiting said groove (101).

3. A shimming device (100) according to claim 2, wherein said assembly comprises at least one first fold line (L102) located on one of the two side panels (130, 140) and preferably extending parallel to said three main fold lines (L100).

4. A shimming device (100) according to claim 3, wherein two first folding lines (L102) are provided, respectively located on the two side panels (130, 140).

5. A positioning device (100) according to claim 3 or 4, wherein each first folding line (L102) comprises an alternation of folding line segments (102a) and cutting line segments (102b), the cutting line segments (102b) being parallel and offset from the folding line segments (102a) by a distance less than or equal to twice the thickness of the blank (100').

6. A shimming device (100) according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein said assembly comprises at least one second cutting line (L103, L104, L105) located straddling at least a part of each central panel (110, 120).

7. A shimming device (100) according to claim 6, wherein at least two second cutting lines (L103, L104, L105) are provided, distributed on either side of the center of the groove (101).

8. A shimming device (100) according to claim 7, wherein one of the two second cutting lines (L103, L104, L105) is straight and the other is wavy.

9. A shimming device (100) according to claims 6 to 8, wherein there are at least two second cutting lines (L104, L105) located on the same side of the center of the groove (101) and having different lengths.

10. A shimming device (100) according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein each second cutting line (L103, L104, L105) has ends through which secondary folding lines (L106) pass.

11. Transport crate (10) comprising packaging (200, 300) and at least one securing device (100) conforming to any one of claims 1 to 10.

12. A transport case (10) according to claim 11, wherein the packaging (200, 300) comprises a body (201, 301) which houses the securing device (100), and at least one lid (202, 203, 302) which is adapted to be closed onto the body (201, 301) and of which at least a portion (251, 322, 342) is adapted to be interposed between the body (201, 301) and the securing device (100), and wherein at least one lug (290, 390) is cut into said body (201, 301) so that it is attached to the remainder of said body (201, 301) by a fold line (L290, L390) and is adapted to bear against the securing device. calibration (100).

13. Transport crate (10) according to claim 12, wherein at least two lugs (290, 390) are provided.

14. Transport case (10) according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the body (201) of the packaging (200) comprises a bottom panel (210) and two simple side panels (220, 230), and wherein each lug (290) is made through one of the two side panels (220, 230) so as to be accessible from outside the packaging (200).

15. Transport crate (10) according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the body (301) of the packaging (300) comprises a bottom panel (310) and two side walls each formed of an inner panel (330, 350) and an outer panel (320, 340) and wherein each lug (390) is made through one of the inner panels (330, 350).

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