FR2596736A1 - PACKAGING, IN PARTICULAR FOR WATCH - Google Patents

Abstract

THIS PACKAGING INCLUDES A BODY SHOWING SIDE WALLS 15, 16, A BOTTOM 14 FIXED ON THESE SIDE WALLS 15, 16 AND A SUITABLE LID THAT CAN BE OPEN. THE PROBLEM IS TO AVOID A NOTICE 30 OR A FOLDER FROM BEING INDEPENDENT OF THE PACKAGING. FOLLOWING THE INVENTION, THE BODY INCLUDES AN AUXILIARY BACKGROUND FIXED ON THE SIDE WALLS 15, 16 IN PARALLEL TO THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE FIRST BACKGROUND 14, BUT AT A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE latter, SO AS TO DELIMITE A BEDROOM, THE SAID WALLS LATERALS 15, 16 CONSTITUTING THE SIDES OF THIS BEDROOM AND THE SURFACES WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST BOTTOM 14 AND THE AUXILIARY BOTTOM CONSTITUTING THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THIS BEDROOM, ONE 16 OF THE SAID SIDE WALLS PRESENTING A SLOT THAT COMMUNICATES WITH THE BEDROOM TO PERMIT TO LODGE IN THIS ROOM, IN CLOSE CONTACT TO FRICTION, NOTICE 30, WHILE THE SECOND BACKGROUND HAS AN OPENING 35 WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE ROOM AND ALLOWS A FINGER TO COME IN CONTACT WITH NOTICE 30 PROVIDED IN THIS ROOM. THE INVENTION FINDS AN ADVANTAGEOUS APPLICATION ON THE PACKAGING OF WATCH STRAPS.

Description

PACKAGING, NOTAMKENT FOR WATCH

  The present invention relates to a package, storage box or casing, of the type comprising a body having sidewalls, a bottom attached to these sidewalls and a suitable cover that can be opened, and more particularly to a package, storage box or container for holding a watch or other object or object and having a chamber for holding an easily accessible leaflet or leaflet presenting printed and / or drawn information about the contents of the package, box or container.

  Articles, such as watches, which are accompanied by notices or leaflets containing printed and / or drawn information constituting instructions, a guarantee, etc., are commonly transported, sold and stored in packages. These leaflets or leaflets are usually freely arranged inside the box at the same time as the watch or other object, or they are independent and accompany the box separately. In either case, these leaflets or leaflets are easily lost and this can cause a lot of inconvenience for the owners.

  Packs or containers for various objects have been presented which provide means for keeping notices or other articles with printed and / or related information. Typical examples of such packages or containers are those of US Patents 2,644,259 (Beadle), US 3,243,037 (Luertzing) and US 3,679,047 (Papirnyik). This is how US 2,644. 259 has a pill box or other pharmaceutical preparations which comprises a body for storing the pills and a hinged lid cooperating with it and on which are formed "buttons" for detachably holding a retaining plate transparent plastic material behind which are introduced labels or the like which provide the desired information of prescriptions concerning the contained pills, as well as information concerning the pharmacy supplying the pharmaceutical preparations. Two labels are involved, one being visible through the transparent retainer and the other facing in the opposite direction and visible through the transparent top. US Pat. No. 3,243,037 discloses a packaging for glassware, more particularly chemical glassware, this package comprising a top and a bottom in which are formed cavities or inner housings for holding tanks, condensers, funnels and the like. He is also

  provided in the top a pocket 45 "for receiving brochures and the like". US Patent 3,679,047 discloses a box for storing accessories and instructions for a sewing machine or a similar appliance. This box has a body for storing accessories and a top cover made of clear plastic to store the instructions. Inside this lid of the box, narrow edges freely support the record that is curved or bent to fit into the edges, being visible through the transparent cover to indicate the model number and to provide other printed and / or drawn information.

  Although the packages or containers presented provide arrangements for storing in the package or container the leaflets, leaflets or other articles bearing information, this storage is not safe and it is possible, more particularly in the case of leaflets, that the articles bearing the information are moved and accidentally separated from the packaging or receptacles when the object contained or when the container is tilted is placed or removed, so that the notice or other article may be lost bearing information. These packagings or containers presented constituted an improvement of the previously known packagings or containers in which a notice or leaflet or other article bearing information at the same time as the object or objects for which the box is used is freely available in the box, but there is always room for improvement, particularly from the point of view of the active and energetic, but removable, retention of a notice or leaflet presenting printed or drawn information concerning the object contained.

  Therefore, the invention aims to provide a package, box or container for the transport, sale and storage of a watch or the like, which has means for maintaining and securely retain a record or the like presenting printed and / or drawn information about the watch or other object contained in the box, while being easily accessible when desired, while otherwise this notice or article carrying information can not, once stored, be accidentally moved, the invention also relates to a package comprising a packaging element and a packaged article having printed and / or drawn information.

  For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a package of the type indicated at the beginning, characterized in that the body has an auxiliary bottom fixed on the side walls parallel to the outer surface of the first bottom, but at a certain distance from it. ci, so as to delimit between them a chamber, said side walls constituting the sides of this chamber and the surfaces facing the first bottom and the auxiliary bottom constituting the top and the bottom of this' chamber, one of said side walls having a slot which communicates with the chamber to allow accommodation in this chamber, in close frictional contact, a leaflet or leaflet containing printed or drawn information, while the second bottom has an opening which communicates with the chamber and allows a finger to come into contact with the notice arranged in this room.

  Thus, in such an arrangement, the package or container, which has a body and a lid preferably articulated on the body, has in its body a slot of limited height which is intended to maintain a notice or leaflet tightly against any slip, while providing a means to put the thumb or another finger in contact with the leaflet or leaflet to extract this article carrying information when desired.

  The invention also relates to a package having sidewalls and a bottom, and a means defining a chamber with these sidewalls and the bottom, and a leaflet of the leaflet carrying printed or drawn information contained therein. room in a safe position, but allowing extraction.

  Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the following description, given by way of nonlimiting example and with reference to the appended drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the top, the rear and the side of a watch package having the characteristic features of the invention,

  fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 2-2 of FIG. 1, fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 3-3 of FIG. 1, Fig. 4 is a bottom view of another embodiment of a package according to the invention, and

  fig. 5 is a bottom view of yet another embodiment.

  If we refer to these drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1, the reference numeral 1 generally designates a wristwatch package, which comprises a body 3 provided with a fitted cover 5 which is suitably articulated on this body 3 by any effective means of articulation ( not shown). This body 3 and cover 5 are advantageously made of a rigid plastic material, for example a phenol-formaldehyde resin or the like, which can be colored in any desired shade and be easily molded. This package 1 may be opaque or transparent, but is preferably opaque. As shown in figs. 2 and 3, the body 3 and the lid 5 are lined internally with a lining 7 which is fixed, for example by gluing, on the inner surface of the body 3 and the inner surface of the lid 5, this lining comprising a rigid central portion 9 which limits the movement of the cover 5 with respect to the body 3. A watch support support of conventional shape is represented at 12, being fixed, for example by a rivet 13, to the rigid lining 9. According to the invention, the body 3 comprises a bottom 14, front and rear walls 15 and 16 and side walls 17 and 18 and it has an auxiliary bottom 20 which is parallel to the outer surface of the bottom 14, but at a distance certain distance thereof, towards the open end of the walls 15, 16, 17 and 18, so as to define a chamber 24 in the body 3. The rear wall 16 is cut between its contact lines with the bottom 14 and the auxiliary bottom 20 so as to for sea a slot 26 which provides access to the chamber 24. Although in the embodiment shown, it is the rear wall 16 which is shown cut, it is obvious that the cut could be made in any of the other three Therefore, this would give identical access to the chamber 24. In a similar manner, if the package could have more than four walls, it was desired. So-called "front" and "rear" walls could also be

qualified "side" walls.

  When molding the packaging by molding a plastic substance as indicated above, the four side walls, the auxiliary bottom 20, a cavity intended to form the chamber 24 and a cut-out can be molded in one piece. in one of the walls, while the auxiliary bottom 20 can be shaped separately and fixed for example by gluing, on the molded block, parallel to the bottom 14. The cavity is thus closed, with the exception of the slot 26 represented on the

  Fig. 1, which thus forms the chamber 24. It is of course possible to use other ways of making the body and to spare the chamber 24.

  If we refer to figs. 1, 2 and 3, there is shown a notice 30 presenting information printed or drawn, represented by broken lines and housed in the chamber 24. It is easy to introduce this notice 30 into the chamber 24 by passing it through the slot 26. A characteristic feature of the invention is that the leaflet is securely held in the chamber 24 at any time, regardless of the orientation of the package in the space. For this purpose, the lower surface of the bottom 14 or the upper surface of the auxiliary bottom 20, or both, can be roughened or otherwise provided with a friction-enhancing feature, for example by covering them with felt , plush or rubber, or other similar product. However, it is possible to obtain an effective increase in friction by giving the slot 26 and the height of the chamber 24, that is to say the distance separating the facing surfaces of the bottoms 14 and 20, a small dimension by comparison. with the thickness of the record 30 to be stored in the chamber 24, so that it will be necessary to compress or crush on itself, this notice when introduced into the room, and it will come as well in frictional contact with the top and bottom of the chamber 24. The notice is dimensioned so as to be entirely housed inside this chamber 24.

  The user will, however, at some point wish to remove the record 30 from its storage position, securely retracted into the body 3. For this purpose, and in accordance with the invention, the auxiliary bottom 20 has an opening 35 which is preferably located midway between the walls 17 and 18, near the slot 26. This opening may be circular elongate or any desired shape, to allow the thumb or other finger of the user to come to contact the record in the chamber 24 and move it to the slot 26. A simple movement of the thumb or other finger towards this slot 26 will be used to expel the record 30 of the chamber 24, as shown in broken lines on fig. 3.

  It is thus obvious that one can open and close the package repeatedly without exposing the record 30 to a loss and that this notice will be stored effectively until the user needs it. Thus, there is a package consisting of a housing element and a leaflet or leaflet, or other article bearing

  information, which is contained therein.

  While in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1-3, the opening 35 is shown in the form of a hole located at a distance from all four sides of the auxiliary bottom 20, this opening can instead come level with one of the edges, preferably one that coincides with the slot 26, as shown in FIG. 4 on which the like parts are represented by identical reference numerals. In this fig. 4, the opening 35 comes level with the rear edge of the auxiliary bottom 20, and therefore with the neighboring slot wc 26, and thus this opening 35 has a semicircular shape. It could also have a different shape. Moreover, while the embodiments of FIGS. 1-3 and 4 have a cross section which is substantially square, it is obvious that the characteristic features of the invention can be implemented in packages, boxes or containers of another geometric cross section, in accordance with the allusion previously done. For example, they may have a cross section, and therefore an auxiliary bottom, which are of a hexagonal general shape, octagonal or rectangular non-square, for example elongated in one direction and shorter in the other. The auxiliary bottom 20 of such a package is shown in FIG. 5 on which parts identical to figs. 1-4 carry identical reference numerals. In this fig. 5, the auxiliary bottom 20 has elongated front and rear edges and short side edges and, as in the embodiment of FIG. 4, the opening 35 comes level with the rear edge of this auxiliary bottom 20, and therefore with the slot 26, and it has a semicircular shape, but as shown in Figs. 1-3, this opening 35 could be located at a distance from all four sides. She

  could also present another form.

  In the embodiments of figs. 4 and 5, the edges of the auxiliary bottom 20 and the opening 35 are provided with a ridge or projection through which the package is intended to rest. The rest of the embodiments of figs. 4 and 5 has the same structure as described above for the embodiment of figs. 1-3, for example for the side walls, the housing chamber 24, the bottom, etc ..., although the interior may differ, for example the trim, the support support of the object and the like elements , depending on the object (s)

for which the packaging is intended.

  It is obvious that various other modifications or variations could be made to the embodiments shown without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. For example, the auxiliary bottom 20 may be located at a distance from the bottom 14 over its entire extent or may only be partially spaced inwards with respect to the slot 26 or to the side walls 17 and 18, so as to delimit a chamber of depth limited inwardly from the slot 26 or limited width between side walls facing. In a similar manner, while the embodiments shown are made to contain wristwatches, they can be made to contain any other object or objects.

Claims (4)

  A package of the type comprising a body (3) having sidewalls (15, 16, 17, 18), a bottom (14) attached to these sidewalls (15, 16, 17, 18) and a suitable cover which can be open (5), characterized in that the body (3) has an auxiliary bottom (20) fixed on the side walls (15, 16, 17, 18) parallel to the outer surface of the first bottom (14), but at a certain distance therefrom, so as to delimit between them a chamber (24), said lateral walls (15, 16, 17, 18) constituting the sides of this chamber (24) and the surfaces facing the first bottom (14) and the auxiliary bottom (20) constituting the top and the bottom of this chamber (24), one (16) of said side walls (15, 16, 17, 18) having a slot (26) which communicates with the chamber ( 24) for accommodating in this chamber (24), in close frictional contact, a leaflet (30) or leaflet containing printed or drawn information, while the second bottom   (20) has an opening (35) which communicates with the chamber (24) and allows a finger to come into contact with the notice (30) disposed in this chamber (24).   2. Packaging according to claim (1), characterized in that the opening (35) is elongate in the direction of the slot (26).   3. Packaging according to claim (1), characterized in that at least one of the surfaces of the chamber (24) has means having properties increasing the friction.   4. Packaging according to claim (1), characterized in that the body (3) comprises a stiffening element (9) which limits the movement of the openable lid (5) relative to the body (3).