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EP1711404A1 - A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice - Google Patents

A cubical beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice

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EP1711404A1
EP1711404A1 EP05704788A EP05704788A EP1711404A1 EP 1711404 A1 EP1711404 A1 EP 1711404A1 EP 05704788 A EP05704788 A EP 05704788A EP 05704788 A EP05704788 A EP 05704788A EP 1711404 A1 EP1711404 A1 EP 1711404A1
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closure element
packaging unit
box
opening
tubular part
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Erik Nilsson
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Cubis Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0209—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together one-upon-the-other in the upright or upside-down position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/04—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps
    • B65D47/20—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge
    • B65D47/26—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts
    • B65D47/261—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement
    • B65D47/265—Closures with discharging devices other than pumps comprising hand-operated members for controlling discharge with slide valves, i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by sliding over a port, e.g. formed with slidable spouts having a rotational or helicoidal movement between planar parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0081—Bottles of non-circular cross-section

Definitions

  • a beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice
  • the present invention relates to a beverage packaging unit.
  • people drink a large number of different sorts of beverage, for instance aerated or carbonated beverages, juices, milk, milk-based beverages, but also packaged beer, ale and wine, for instance portion-wise packaging units.
  • the most common packaging units for present day beverages are bottles of varying sizes each with its characteristic appearance, i.e. a cylindrical package which narrows at its top to form an orifice from which the beverage can be drunk or poured, wherewith the orifice can be re-sealed with the aid of a screw-threaded cork or screw cap.
  • the bottles are normally made of plastic, such as PET or glass.
  • Another type of common packaging unit is an aluminium can of cylindrical shape, so as to enable such cans to be mutually stacked, and comprising a characteristic can opening procedure in which part of the aluminium tab is broken away from the upper side of the can and therewith create a hole from which the contents of the can be drunk or poured.
  • Tetra Pak Another common type of packaging unit is the Tetra Pak with which a plastic wrapped drinking straw is glued to one of the two largest side surfaces of the Tetra Pak unit.
  • the contents of this packaging unit are typically drunk by .removing the straw from the unit and then removing the plastic wrapping and inserting the straw down through a hole provided in the upper side of the Tetra Pak packaging unit and covered with aluminium foil. The contents of the Tetra Pack unit can then be drunk through the straw.
  • Another common beverage packaging unit is a glass bottle that includes a cap fitted over the neck orifice of the glass bottle and a hole from which the bottle contents can be drunk or poured.
  • packaging units have certain positive and nega- tive aspects. Generally speaking, some packaging units are not transport effective because they cannot be packed tightly together, while others cannot be re-sealed. These drawbacks are described in more detail hereinafter.
  • cylindrical beverage packaging units prevents optimal use of the freight volume of the vehicle.
  • the typical PET bottles are usually placed in crates which are then stacked firmly one upon the other. This means that large volumes of space around the bottles and above and beneath respective bottles goes unused.
  • This problem thus also exists with all cylindrical packaging units that have a tapering upper part where either a screw cork, or a screw cap is affixed.
  • Another packaging unit that constitutes a part of this problem is the typical aluminium can. This can is also cylindrical and therewith results in unused freight volume around the cans .
  • beverage packaging units can not be re-sealed.
  • a packaging unit has been opened on a given occasion, in order to drink its contents, its either necessary for the person concerned to empty the unit of its contents at one and the same time or to throw away beverage that he/she does not wish to drink at that particular time subsequent to having opened the unit.
  • the person drinking from the packaging unit will normally wish to drink a small amount, often at different times, and be able to re-seal the unit so that its content can be drunk later on.
  • One solution to this problem exists in the bottle that is sealed with a screw-on cork, for instance the PET- bottle, although these bottles have less effective freight- volume properties, as mentioned above.
  • Other typical beverage packaging units such as aluminium cans, glass bottles provided with caps or Tetra Pak packaging units cannot be re- sealed.
  • Tetra Pak packaging unit that includes a drinking straw
  • the Tetra Pak unit is deformable, meaning that when the unit has been opened with the aid of the straw and while gripping the Tetra Pak unit with unaccustomed fingers, the unit is often squeezed together to such an extent that liquid will gush from the Tetra Pak unit like a fountain and therewith land outside the unit.
  • a beverage packaging unit that includes an opening from which the liquid contents of the unit can be drunk or poured, wherewith said opening can be closed and sealed with the aid of a closure element
  • the packaging unit is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body and said closure element; in that said parallelepipedic hollow box-like body has a bevelled corner at which there is formed a three-sided or triangular surface that connects with said box-like body; in that there projects out from said surface a tubular part that includes said opening;
  • said closure element includes a generally pyramidal body which is shaped so that when in abutment with said bevelled corner of said box-like body it forms, together with said body, said parallelepipedic packaging unit; in that said closure element includes a cavity for receiving said tubular part; and in that the packaging unit includes co- acting fasteners on said tubular part and also in said cavity for pivotally retaining said closure element at said tubular part, so that said box
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of the packaging unit with the closure element, including the opening, in abutment with the box-like body;
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging unit
  • Figure 3 illustrates the bevelled corner of the box-like body, including the outwardly protruding tubular part and its opening;
  • Figure 4 illustrates the closure element and its orifice
  • Figure 5 illustrates a beverage packaging unit in a closed and an open state respectively.
  • Figure 1 shows a beverage packaging unit 1 which includes an opening 5 from which the beverage can be drunk or poured, which opening 5 is resealable by means of a closure element 3.
  • the packaging unit 1 is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body 2 and the closure element 3.
  • One of the corners of the parallelepipedic hollow body 2 is bevelled to provide a three-sided, or triangular, surface 9.
  • This three-sided surface 9 connects with the box-like body 2.
  • the closure element 3 includes a generally pyramidal body that is configured so that when the closure element 3 is in abutment with the three-sided surface 9 at the bevelled corner of the box-like body 2, said pyramidal body will form said parallelepipedic packaging unit 1 together with the boxlike body 2.
  • the closure element 3 includes a cavity 6 which is intended to receive the tubular part 4.
  • Mutually co-acting fasteners 11 for instance snap fasteners or screw threads, are provided on both the tubular part 4 and in the cavity 6. These co-acting fasteners 11 retain the pivotal closure element 3 on the tubular part 4, so that the box-like body 2 and the closure element 3 will form said parallelepipedic packag- ing unit 1 in given pivoted positions of the closure element 3.
  • the cavity 6 extends through the closure element 3 out to an orifice 7 on one of the outer sides 13 of said closure element.
  • the unit 1 is open when the closure element 3 has been pivoted or turned to a position in which said opening 5 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are centrally opposite one another.
  • Respective top and bottom sides of the packaging unit 1 or the sides of said unit 1 are defined in figure 1.
  • the box- like body 2 is shown standing on its bottom side in figure 1.
  • the side opposite to the bottom side is referred to as the top side of the unit 1.
  • the bevelled corner of the box-like body 2 is located at one of the upper corners of the body.
  • the closure element 3 is therewith placed at one of the cor- ners of said body 2 that is in contact with the top side of said body.
  • the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is placed on the top side of said element 3.
  • the fastener 11 is a snap fastener.
  • the snap fastener is preferably comprised of an edge 8 located externally on the tubular part 4 and a recess 10 placed within the cavity 6 of the closure element 3.
  • the fastener 11 is adapted so that the closure element 3 can be pivoted or turned about the tubular part 4.
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging unit 1.
  • the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubu- lar part 4 and also with the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4.
  • the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the three- sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2.
  • the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubular part 4 and the top surface 12, and also with the three-sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2.
  • the packaging unit 1 is in a closed and sealed state when the opening 5 of the box-like body 2 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are not registered centrally opposite one another; see figure 3, 4, 5.
  • This non-registered state is achieved by pivoting or turning the closure element 3, en- abled by the fastener means 11 of said packaging unit, to a position in which the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is positioned centrally over the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4, instead of positioning the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 centrally over the opening 5 of the tubular part 4; see above.
  • the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 will be positioned on the upper side of said packaging unit.
  • the beverage contained in the packaging unit 1 is therewith retained until a person wishes to drink from the unit and therewith turns the unit 1 so as to enable beverage to run from the packaging unit.
  • This construction enables the unit 1 to be filled to its full capacity. If the orifice 7 is placed on the outer sides 13 of the closure element 3 that do not form an upper side of the unit 1, the beverage will be able to run out from the unit 1.
  • the unit 1 cannot then be filled to its full capacity.
  • Plastic bridges 14 are preferably fastened between the boxlike body 2 and closure element 3 in abutment with said body 2, regardless of the embodiment concerned. When turning the closure element 3 relative to the box-like body 2 and therewith open the unit 1, theses bridges 14 will be broken, therewith indicating that the unit has been opened.

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  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
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  • Filling Of Jars Or Cans And Processes For Cleaning And Sealing Jars (AREA)

Abstract

The parallelopiped drink container has a rotatable closure (7) and a hollow box-shaped body (1) with a closure part. A corner of the body is bevelled and at it a three-sided (13) surface (3) is formed which connects to the box-shaped body. From the surface extends a tubular part which includes the opening. The closure part incorporates a pyramidal body which connects against the bevelled corner. The closure part has a hollow space for receiving the tubular part. The hollow space runs through the closure part to its outer sides and to an issuing mouth. The package is in an open position when the box-shaped body is turned so that the opening and closure part mouths are central to each other.

Description

A beverage packaging unit that includes a pouring orifice
The present invention relates to a beverage packaging unit. In present day society people drink a large number of different sorts of beverage, for instance aerated or carbonated beverages, juices, milk, milk-based beverages, but also packaged beer, ale and wine, for instance portion-wise packaging units.
The most common packaging units for present day beverages are bottles of varying sizes each with its characteristic appearance, i.e. a cylindrical package which narrows at its top to form an orifice from which the beverage can be drunk or poured, wherewith the orifice can be re-sealed with the aid of a screw-threaded cork or screw cap. The bottles are normally made of plastic, such as PET or glass.
Another type of common packaging unit is an aluminium can of cylindrical shape, so as to enable such cans to be mutually stacked, and comprising a characteristic can opening procedure in which part of the aluminium tab is broken away from the upper side of the can and therewith create a hole from which the contents of the can be drunk or poured.
Another common type of packaging unit is the Tetra Pak with which a plastic wrapped drinking straw is glued to one of the two largest side surfaces of the Tetra Pak unit. The contents of this packaging unit are typically drunk by .removing the straw from the unit and then removing the plastic wrapping and inserting the straw down through a hole provided in the upper side of the Tetra Pak packaging unit and covered with aluminium foil. The contents of the Tetra Pack unit can then be drunk through the straw.
Another common beverage packaging unit is a glass bottle that includes a cap fitted over the neck orifice of the glass bottle and a hole from which the bottle contents can be drunk or poured.
All types of packaging units have certain positive and nega- tive aspects. Generally speaking, some packaging units are not transport effective because they cannot be packed tightly together, while others cannot be re-sealed. These drawbacks are described in more detail hereinafter.
One problem with respect to some packaging units is that they are transported over long distances, most often in large freight vehicles . The shape of cylindrical beverage packaging units prevents optimal use of the freight volume of the vehicle. The typical PET bottles are usually placed in crates which are then stacked firmly one upon the other. This means that large volumes of space around the bottles and above and beneath respective bottles goes unused. This problem thus also exists with all cylindrical packaging units that have a tapering upper part where either a screw cork, or a screw cap is affixed. Another packaging unit that constitutes a part of this problem is the typical aluminium can. This can is also cylindrical and therewith results in unused freight volume around the cans .
Another problem with many beverage packaging units is that they can not be re-sealed. When such a packaging unit has been opened on a given occasion, in order to drink its contents, its either necessary for the person concerned to empty the unit of its contents at one and the same time or to throw away beverage that he/she does not wish to drink at that particular time subsequent to having opened the unit.
The person drinking from the packaging unit will normally wish to drink a small amount, often at different times, and be able to re-seal the unit so that its content can be drunk later on. One solution to this problem exists in the bottle that is sealed with a screw-on cork, for instance the PET- bottle, although these bottles have less effective freight- volume properties, as mentioned above. Other typical beverage packaging units, such as aluminium cans, glass bottles provided with caps or Tetra Pak packaging units cannot be re- sealed.
One further drawback and problem encountered with the Tetra Pak packaging unit that includes a drinking straw is that the Tetra Pak unit is deformable, meaning that when the unit has been opened with the aid of the straw and while gripping the Tetra Pak unit with unaccustomed fingers, the unit is often squeezed together to such an extent that liquid will gush from the Tetra Pak unit like a fountain and therewith land outside the unit.
All of the aforesaid problems associated with known beverage packaging technology are solved by means of the present invention, which provides a stackable and re-sealable beverage packaging unit .
Accordingly there is provided in accordance with the invention a beverage packaging unit that includes an opening from which the liquid contents of the unit can be drunk or poured, wherewith said opening can be closed and sealed with the aid of a closure element, wherein the invention is characterized in that the packaging unit is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body and said closure element; in that said parallelepipedic hollow box-like body has a bevelled corner at which there is formed a three-sided or triangular surface that connects with said box-like body; in that there projects out from said surface a tubular part that includes said opening; in that said closure element includes a generally pyramidal body which is shaped so that when in abutment with said bevelled corner of said box-like body it forms, together with said body, said parallelepipedic packaging unit; in that said closure element includes a cavity for receiving said tubular part; and in that the packaging unit includes co- acting fasteners on said tubular part and also in said cavity for pivotally retaining said closure element at said tubular part, so that said box-like body and said closure element will form a parallelepiped in given pivoted positions of the closure element; in that said cavity extends through the closure element out to an opening on one of the outer sides of said closure element; and in that the packaging unit is open when the closure element has been pivoted or turned to a position in which said opening and the orifice in the closure element are centrally opposite one another.
The invention will now be described in more detail partly with reference to exemplifying embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of the packaging unit with the closure element, including the opening, in abutment with the box-like body;
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging unit; Figure 3 illustrates the bevelled corner of the box-like body, including the outwardly protruding tubular part and its opening;
Figure 4 illustrates the closure element and its orifice; and
Figure 5 illustrates a beverage packaging unit in a closed and an open state respectively.
Figure 1 shows a beverage packaging unit 1 which includes an opening 5 from which the beverage can be drunk or poured, which opening 5 is resealable by means of a closure element 3.
According to the invention, the packaging unit 1 is parallelepipedic and comprises a hollow box-like body 2 and the closure element 3. One of the corners of the parallelepipedic hollow body 2 is bevelled to provide a three-sided, or triangular, surface 9. This three-sided surface 9 connects with the box-like body 2. An outwardly projecting tubular part 4, which includes an opening 5 and top surface 12, is located on the three-sided surface 9.
The closure element 3 includes a generally pyramidal body that is configured so that when the closure element 3 is in abutment with the three-sided surface 9 at the bevelled corner of the box-like body 2, said pyramidal body will form said parallelepipedic packaging unit 1 together with the boxlike body 2. The closure element 3 includes a cavity 6 which is intended to receive the tubular part 4. Mutually co-acting fasteners 11 for instance snap fasteners or screw threads, are provided on both the tubular part 4 and in the cavity 6. These co-acting fasteners 11 retain the pivotal closure element 3 on the tubular part 4, so that the box-like body 2 and the closure element 3 will form said parallelepipedic packag- ing unit 1 in given pivoted positions of the closure element 3. The cavity 6 extends through the closure element 3 out to an orifice 7 on one of the outer sides 13 of said closure element. The unit 1 is open when the closure element 3 has been pivoted or turned to a position in which said opening 5 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are centrally opposite one another.
Respective top and bottom sides of the packaging unit 1 or the sides of said unit 1 are defined in figure 1. The box- like body 2 is shown standing on its bottom side in figure 1. The side opposite to the bottom side is referred to as the top side of the unit 1. The bevelled corner of the box-like body 2 is located at one of the upper corners of the body. The closure element 3 is therewith placed at one of the cor- ners of said body 2 that is in contact with the top side of said body. The orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is placed on the top side of said element 3.
In one embodiment of the invention, the fastener 11 is a snap fastener. The snap fastener is preferably comprised of an edge 8 located externally on the tubular part 4 and a recess 10 placed within the cavity 6 of the closure element 3. The fastener 11 is adapted so that the closure element 3 can be pivoted or turned about the tubular part 4.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the packaging unit 1. In one embodiment of the invention, the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubu- lar part 4 and also with the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4. In another embodiment of the invention, the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the three- sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2. In a further embodi- ment of the present invention, the closure element 3 is designed for sealing abutment with the opening 5 of the tubular part 4 and the top surface 12, and also with the three-sided surface 9 of the box-like body 2.
The packaging unit 1 is in a closed and sealed state when the opening 5 of the box-like body 2 and the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 are not registered centrally opposite one another; see figure 3, 4, 5. This non-registered state is achieved by pivoting or turning the closure element 3, en- abled by the fastener means 11 of said packaging unit, to a position in which the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 is positioned centrally over the top surface 12 of the tubular part 4, instead of positioning the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 centrally over the opening 5 of the tubular part 4; see above.
Preferably, when the packaging unit 1 is in an open state, the orifice 7 of the closure element 3 will be positioned on the upper side of said packaging unit. The beverage contained in the packaging unit 1 is therewith retained until a person wishes to drink from the unit and therewith turns the unit 1 so as to enable beverage to run from the packaging unit. This construction enables the unit 1 to be filled to its full capacity. If the orifice 7 is placed on the outer sides 13 of the closure element 3 that do not form an upper side of the unit 1, the beverage will be able to run out from the unit 1. The unit 1 cannot then be filled to its full capacity. Plastic bridges 14 are preferably fastened between the boxlike body 2 and closure element 3 in abutment with said body 2, regardless of the embodiment concerned. When turning the closure element 3 relative to the box-like body 2 and therewith open the unit 1, theses bridges 14 will be broken, therewith indicating that the unit has been opened.
Although a number of embodiments have been described above, it will be understood that the outwardly projecting tubular part 4 of the box-like body 2, the opening 5, the cavity 6 of the closure element 3, and the orifice 7 may be designed in some other appropriate manner without departing from the basic concept of the invention.
The present invention shall not therefore be considered to be limited to the described and illustrated exemplifying embodiments thereof, since variations can be made within the scope of the accompanying claims.

Claims

Claims
1. A beverage packaging unit (1) that includes an opening (5) through which the beverage can be drunk or poured, wherein the opening (5) is sealable by means of a closure element ( 3 , c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that said unit ( 1 ) is parallelepipedic and includes a hollow box-like body (2) and said closure element (3) ; in that one corner of said parallelepipedic box-like body (2) is bevelled such as to form a three-sided surface (9) which is intended to abut said box-like body (2) ; in that the unit includes a tubular part (4) which projects out from said surface (9) and which includes said opening (5) ; in that said closure ele- ment (3) includes a generally pyramidal body which is configured so that when in abutment with said bevelled corner of said box-like body (2) it forms, together with said closure element (3), said parallelepipedic packaging unit (1); in that said closure element (3) includes a cavity (6) for receiving said tubular part (4); and in that the unit includes mutually co-acting fastener means (10), partly on the tubular part (4) and partly in said cavity (6) said fasteners functioning to pivotally retain said closure element (3) on said tubular part (4) such that said box-like body (2) and said closure element (3) will together form a parallelepiped in given pivoted positions of the closure element (3) ; in that said cavity (6) extends through the closure element (3) out to an opening (7) on one of the outer sides (13) of said closure element (3) ; and in that the packaging unit (1) is open when the box-like body (2) has been pivoted or turned to a position in which said opening (5) and the orifice (7) of the closure element (3) are centrally opposite one another.
2. A beverage packaging unit according to claim 1, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that said fastener means (11) comprise a snap-lock.
3. A beverage packaging unit according to claim 1 or 2, c h a c t e r i z e d in that said closure element (3) is designed for sealing abutment with the opening (5) and the top surface (12) of the tubular part (4) and/or with said three-sided surface (9).
4. A beverage packaging unit according to claim 1, 2 or 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that the packaging unit (1) is in a closed and sealed position when the opening (5) of the box-like body (2) and the orifice (7) of the closure element (3) are not positioned centrally opposite one another.
5. A beverage packaging unit according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, c h a r a c t e r i z e d in that, when the packaging unit (1) is in an opened position, the orifice (7) of the closure element (3) is positioned on the top side of the packaging unit.
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