Patent Application
20180044054
The present invention relates to a container for encasement, specifically, a container for encasing a bottle.
Some containers for encasing a bottle of drinking water, sake, wine, whisky, distilled spirit, juice, or the like are unfolded in a flat shape and stacked when not used; and individually folded by a predetermined way when used. Some of these containers for encasement have a special shape to conform the size and the shape of each bottle. Furthermore, some containers for encasement used for a gift are decorated on the outer face. The material of the containers for encasement is generally a paper such as a coated board or a cardboard (refer to Patent Documents 1 and 2).
The containers for encasement that have a simple structure are vulnerable to impact, for example, drop impact. Even if resisting to impact, the containers for encasement are just used for encasing a bottle. For example, containers for encasing a bottle of sake or wine are disposed or used for accessory cases when or after sake or wine is drunk. Some of the containers for encasement may be kept together with the bottle in memory.
By the way, generally, fantastic and romantic worlds or the like are often produced variously by darkening the inside and lighting candles in a restaurant or the like to enhance the mood and to make meals more delicious. This atmosphere is created by using the flame of a candle in candle sleeves and candle holders (refer to Patent Document 3). Such creation of atmosphere is also compounded in various eating places other than restaurants, wedding receptions, parties, and general households.
In the general household, candle sleeves and candle holders should usually be purchased separately from an alcohol drink such as sake or wine. However, the sales locations for alcohol drinks and candle sleeves may be away from each other at a considerable distance, even in a same store, for example, a large-scale store. In this case, it is inconvenient to purchase both of them due to the long distance. Therefore, the inventors have invented a container for encasement in which a part of the container for encasing a bottle is formed as a candle sleeve to alleviate the inconvenience to purchase a candle sleeve separately from a bottle when drinking beverage, especially alcohol drink in a bottle while enjoying the effect of the atmosphere created by the candle sleeve. Therefore, the container for encasement can notably exert the effect of creation of the atmosphere when the part of the container is used as a candle sleeve (refer to Patent Document 4).
The container for encasement described in Patent Document 4 is vertically long, which is laid to let in and out a laid bottle. The container has a widely-formed opening to let in and out a bottle and a bottle base locking part to prevent a bottle from rolling, so that a bottle can be safely and easily inserted and withdrawn from the container.
On the other hand, assumingly, the vertically long “paper box for encasement” described in FIGS. 1 to 8 of Patent Document 1 lets in and out a bottle by using the “lid 19” in the standing position. Furthermore assumingly, the vertically long “container for a bottle” described in Patent Document 2 also lets in and out a bottle by using the “mouth of the container for a bottle 1” in the standing position. However, these containers inconveniently let in and out a bottle because the openings of the “lid 19” and the “mouth of the container for a bottle 1” that are formed in the upper part of the vertically long container are small.
Patent Document 1: JP 2007-284067 A
Patent Document 2: JP 3058154 Y
Patent Document 3: JP 3066697 Y
Patent Document 4: JP 3196409 Y
An objective of the present invention is to provide a container for encasement, specifically a container for encasing a bottle that has an internal container for encasement and an external container for encasement, so that the vertically long container can easily let a bottle in or out, or in and out in the standing position.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the container for encasement of the present invention includes:
According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the external container for encasement is formed as a candle sleeve.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the limitation part is provided in the bottom of the internal container for encasement.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the limitation part includes a flap that has an inclining side and limits the open range of the opening and closing case by attaching the flap to the opening and closing case and engaging the inclining side with the opening and closing case.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the open range of the opening and closing case is an open angle of the opening and closing case.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the open range of the opening and closing case is an amount of rotation of the opening and closing case.
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the open range of the opening and closing case is a position where the opening and closing case opens.
According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the open range of the opening and closing case is a distance where the opening and closing case opens.
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the opening and closing case includes a pair of a first and a second opening and closing cases that are placed to face each other.
According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the upper part of the opening and closing case includes a top protection part that protects the top of the encased object.
According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the container for encasement of the present invention, the internal container for encasement further includes a lid on the top and a base on the bottom, the lid locks the opening and closing case to keep the opening and closing case closed, and the base is fixed in the bottom of the internal container for encasement to protect the bottom of the object.
According to the present invention, the container for encasement provided with an opening and closing case is formed vertically long to prevent the opening and closing case from opening more than a predetermined range when the opening and closing case is opened to let a bottle in or out, or in and out in the standing position. Therefore, the container for encasement can easily let a bottle in or out, or in and out in the standing position.
Furthermore, according to the present invention, a part of the container for encasement is formed as a candle sleeve. Therefore, the container for encasement can notably exert the effect of creation of the atmosphere when the part of the container for encasement is used as a candle sleeve
The present invention will be more specifically described below with reference to preferable embodiments. The embodiment to be described below is merely example embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.
The container for encasement 1 of the present invention includes an internal container for encasement 2 and an external container for encasement 3. The internal container for encasement 2 includes an internal container main body 2a provided with a left opening and closing case 10, a right opening and closing case 20, and a bottom 30; a lid 40; and a base 50. The base 50 includes a base support 60 for height adjustment to correspond to different heights of bottles to be encased in the container. In this embodiment, all the components of the internal container for encasement 2 and the external container for encasement 3 are made from Japanese paper and of polyethylene terephthalate, respectively. However, the materials may be changed as needed. The top, the bottom, the right, and the left directions are conveniently represented by arrows to explain the attached drawings.
As shown in
The bottle mouth protector 11 is to protect the mouth of a bottle from external impact when a bottle is encased in the container for encasement 1. The bottle mouth protector 11 is formed in the upper part of the left opening and closing case 10. The sidewall 12 is to protect the base of a bottle from external impact when a bottle is encased in the container for encasement 1. The sidewall 12 is connected with the lower side of the bottle mouth protector 11. The bottom board 13 connected with the lower side of the sidewall 12 to connect with the bottom 30. As described above, the mouth and the base of an encased bottle are protected by the left opening and closing case 10 although the bottom is protected by the base 50 and the base support 60 that will be described later.
The bottle mouth protector 11 has a rectangular engaging piece 11a, an inversed, approximately-U-shaped bottle mouth protection lower face 11b, an approximately-concave bottle mouth protection front face 11c, and an approximately-rectangle bottle mouth protection upper face 11d that are serially connected through the mountain fold line 111a, the valley fold line 111b, and the mountain fold line 111c, respectively, in order from the top. A cutout is formed in a part of the right and the left sides of the bottle mouth protection lower face 11b. The right and the left sides of the bottle mouth protection front face 11c are each connected with insertion tongue pieces 11e, 11e through valley fold lines 111d, 111d, respectively. A convex piece 11f is formed on the lower side of the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d. Mountain fold lines 111j, 111j are each formed in the right and left of the lower side of the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d, respectively. The sidewall 12 is connected with the lower side of the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d.
The container for encasement 1 is creased along the fold lines to easily fold. For example, the long fold line that is hardly folded is partially or completely perforated as needed so that it is easily folded.
The vertical direction and the horizontal direction in the attached drawings are defined herein as the “length” direction and the “width direction” direction, respectively. The engaging piece 11a and the upper part of the bottle mouth protection lower face 11b and the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d are formed in a same width. The bottle mouth protection lower face 11b and the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d are formed in a same length. The lower side of the bottle mouth protection lower face 11b and the bottle mouth protection front face 11c is formed in a width less than the length of the engaging piece 11a by the thickness of the blank. “Length” will be used for the fold lines, the side, and the like regardless of the vertical and the horizontal directions.
A rectangle bottle mouth engaging part 11g is formed in the region that extends over the bottle mouth protection lower face 11b and the bottle mouth protection front face 11c. Valley fold lines 111f and 111h are formed in the top and the bottom sides of the bottle mouth engaging part 11g, respectively. A mountain fold line 111g is formed in the approximate center. Cuts 111i, 111i are each formed in the right and the left sides, respectively. In this bottle mouth engaging part 11g, a hollow that is capable to engage with the mouth of an encased bottle is formed of the valley fold lines 111f and 111h, the mountain fold line 111g, and the cuts 111i, 111i when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled, so that the mouth of the bottle can be protected.
The bottle mouth protector 11 forms a box with a hallow (bottle mouth engaging part 11g) when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled. The bottle mouth protection upper face 11d forms the upper face of this box. The bottle mouth protection lower face 11b forms the lower face. The bottle mouth protection front face 11c forms the front face. The insertion tongue pieces 11e, 11e form the side faces. The back face of the box is formed of the top front inside wall 12a and the top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b that are included in the sidewall 12.
The sidewall 12 forms three sidewalls of the right, the left, and the back faces when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled. Each sidewall is a double wall with an inside wall and an outside wall. The approximately rectangle top front inside wall 12a is connected with the lower side of the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d of the bottle mouth protector 11 through the right and the left mountain fold lines 111j, 111j. The rectangular top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b are each connected with the right and the left of the top front inside wall 12a through valley fold lines 112a, 112a, respectively. A convex cut is provided between the right and the left mountain fold lines 111j, 111j, projecting to the bottle mouth protection upper face 11d, to form the convex piece 11f. The term “outside” herein collectively includes “left side” and “right side.”
The lower sides of the right and the left top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b and the top front inside wall 12a are connected with approximately rectangle exterior outside walls 12c, 12c and a front outside wall 12d through the valley fold lines 112b, 112b, and 112c, respectively. The bottom edges 112e, 112e of the exterior outside walls 12c, 12c are formed to decline from the outside to the inside. The exterior outside walls 12c, 12c are each connected with the front outside wall 12d through valley fold lines 112d, 112d, respectively. The lengths of the exterior outside walls 12c, 12c and the front outside wall 12d are set based on the height of a bottle or the like to be encased. The widths of the exterior outside walls 12c, 12c and the front outside wall 12d are set based on the diameter of the base of a bottle or the like to be encased. Since the left opening and closing case 10 and the right opening and closing case 20 form a pair of opening and closing cases, the width of each exterior outside wall 12c and 12c only has to be about a half of that of the front outside wall 12d. The exterior outside walls 12c, 12c are the same in width.
Rectangular insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f are each formed in the right and the left of the exterior outside wall 12c, 12c through a valley fold line 112g, 112g, respectively. The top of each insertion space-forming wall 12f, 12f is formed below the tops of the top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b by twice the length of each top exterior inside wall 12b, 12b. Accordingly, when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled, the top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b and the top front inside wall 12a are folded along the valley fold lines 112b, 112c, 112b, respectively, to bring the tops of the top exterior inside walls 12b, 12b to contact with the tops of the respective insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f The insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f are formed in the approximately same width as the thickness of the blank to let in the right and the left open angle limitation pieces 33 and 34 of the bottom 30 that will be described later.
Approximately rectangle exterior inside walls 12g, 12g are each connected with the right and the left sides of the insertion space-forming wall 12f, 12f through a valley fold line 112h, 112h, respectively. Cutouts 12h, 12h are each formed in the upper parts of respective exterior insides wall 12g, 12g. The cutouts 12h, 12h are each formed to engage the right and the left edges of the engaging piece 11a of the bottle mouth protector 11 with the right and the left edges of the bottle mouth protection lower face 11b, respectively, when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled. Furthermore, the exterior outside walls 12c, 12c each form a double outside wall, and the exterior inside walls 12g, 12g each form a double inside wall.
Approximately rectangle front inside walls 12i, 12i are each connected with the right side of the right exterior inside wall 12g and the left side of the left exterior inside wall 12g through each two mountain fold lines 112i, 112i and 112i, 112i, respectively. The width of the front inside walls 12i, 12i are set to a half of that of the front outside wall 12d. Accordingly, when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled, the front outside wall 12d form a double outside wall, and the front inside walls 12i, 12i each form a double inside wall.
A convex cut is provided between the left mountain fold lines 112i, 112i, projecting to the left exterior inside wall 12g, to form a convex piece 12j. This convex piece 12j is formed in an approximately same width as that of the insertion space-forming wall 12f. Accordingly, the edge of the convex piece 12j is in contact with the exterior outside wall 12c (the inside face of the exterior outside wall 12c) when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled by folding along predetermined fold lines, so that the insertion space 12k in which the left open angle limitation piece 33 of the bottom 30 that will be described later is inserted does not collapse. In the same way as the left, a convex cut is provided between the right mountain fold lines 112i, 112i, projecting to the right exterior inside wall 12g, to form a convex piece 12j. This convex piece 12j is formed in an approximately same width as that of the insertion space-forming wall 12f. Accordingly, the edge of the convex piece 12j is in contact with the exterior outside wall 12c (the inside face of the exterior outside wall 12c) when the left opening and closing case 10 is folded along predetermined fold lines and assembled, so that the insertion space 12k in which the right open angle limitation piece 34 of the bottom 30 that will be described later is inserted does not collapse.
The upper side of each exterior inside wall 12g, 12g is connected with a lock piece 14, 14 through a mountain fold line 112j, 112j. Lock cutouts 14a, 14a are each formed in lock pieces 14, 14, respectively. Accordingly, the lock cutouts 14a, 14a are engaged with each other to lock the lock pieces 14, 14 when the left opening and closing case 10 is assembled, so that the upper part of the left opening and closing case 10 can be strengthened.
The approximately rectangle bottom board 13 is formed below the front outside wall 12d through valley fold lines 112f, 112f. A convex cut is provided between the valley fold lines 112f, 112f, projecting to the bottom board b13, to form a convex piece 12e.
The lower side of the bottom board 31 is connected with a left open angle limitation piece 33 and a right open angle limitation piece 34 in the right and the left, respectively, through a valley fold line 131b. The left open angle limitation piece 33 is an approximately trapezoidal flap, in which the left side 133a stands vertically, the right side 133b inclines, and the lower bottom is shorter than the upper bottom. The right open angle limitation piece 34 is an approximately trapezoidal flap, in which the left side 134b inclines, the right side 134a stands vertically, and the lower bottom is shorter than the upper bottom. In other words, the right open angle limitation piece 34 has the shape of the left open angle limitation piece 33 that is mirror-reversed around the centerline (not shown in the attached drawings) in the vertical direction of the bottom 30. The left open angle limitation piece 33 and the right open angle limitation piece 34 are connected with each other in their respective upper parts. The components with the reference signs 33 and 34 are named as “left open angle limitation piece” and “right open angle limitation piece,” respectively, but may be named as “left rotation amount limitation piece” and “right rotation amount limitation piece,” “left position limitation piece” and “right position amount limitation piece,” or “left distance limitation piece” and “right distance limitation piece,”
The left open angle limitation piece 33 and the right open angle limitation piece 34 on the upper side of the bottom board 31 have the shape of the left open angle limitation piece 33 and the right open angle limitation piece 34, respectively, on the lower side of the bottom board 31 that are mirror-reversed around the centerline in the horizontal direction of the bottom 30. Since the left open angle limitation piece 33 and the right open angle limitation piece 34 on the upper side have the same configuration as those on the lower side, the explanation is omitted.
The left side of the left face 42 is connected with a lower face 46 through mountain fold lines 142a, 142a. A tongue-shaped lock piece 42b is formed between the mountain fold lines 142b, 142b, projecting to the lower face 46. The left side of the lower face 46 is connected with a lower face insertion piece 46b through mountain fold lines 146a, 146a. A tongue-shaped lock piece 46a is formed between the mountain fold lines 146a, 146a, projecting to the lower face 46. The lock pieces 42b and 46a may have a same shaped tongue pieces.
The upper and the lower sides of the left face 52 are connected with a left face flap 52a, 52a through a mountain fold line 152a, 152a. The upper and the lower sides of the right face 53 are connected with a right face flap 53a, 53a through a mountain fold line 153a, 153a. The lower side of the front face 54 is connected with a front face insertion piece 54a through a mountain fold line 154a. The upper side of the back face 55 is connected with a back face insertion piece 55a through a mountain fold line 155a. The left side of the left face 52 is connected with a lower face 56 through a mountain fold line 152a. The left side of the back face 56 is connected with a back face insertion piece 56a through a mountain fold line 156a. The lid 40 forms a box that has an opening when assembled.
The base support 60 has an approximately square upper face 61. The upper face 61 is connected with a left, a right, a front, and a back faces 62, 63, 64, and 65 through mountain fold lines 161a, 161a and 161b, 161b that are provided on the right, the left, the upper, and the lower sides of the upper face 61, respectively. As described above, the base support 60 is attached to the base 50 and capable to adjust its height according to the height of an encased bottle.
Since the external container for encasement 3 is used as a candle sleeve, the sidewalls have a predetermined translucent pattern (now shown in the attached drawings). When the external container for encasement 3 is used as a candle sleeve, a candle is set in the external container for encasement 3. In this case, any one of the lid 40, the base 50, the base support 60, and the like may be used as a candle stand, or a special candle stand may be used. Changing the pattern in the sidewalls according to surroundings effectively creates various atmospheres. According to the present invention, the light radiated from the flame of a candle set in the candle sleeve projects the translucent pattern formed on the side faces of the candle sleeve to the surroundings, so that an atmosphere at the user's desire can be created. For example, if the translucent pattern is formed to tell the traditional culture of Japan, its atmosphere can be created.
How to assemble the container for encasement 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
As shown in
The base 50 and optionally the base support 60 are provided in the bottom of the internal container main body 2a that is formed of the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 and the bottom 30. Then, the external container for encasement 3 covers the internal container for encasement 2 that is formed with the lid 40 provided in the top to form the container for encasement 1 as shown in
While the container for encasement 1 is closed, the left open angle limitation piece 33 is inserted in the insertion space 12k formed of the front outside wall 12d, the exterior outside wall 12c, and the exterior inside wall 12g of the left opening and closing case 10. On the other hand, the right open angle limitation piece 34 is inserted in the insertion space 12k formed of the front outside wall 12d, the exterior outside wall 12c, the insertion space-forming wall 12f, and the exterior inside wall 12g of the right opening and closing case 20. While the left opening and closing case 10 is closed, the left side 133a of the left open angle limitation piece 33 and the front outside wall 12d (the inside face of the front outside wall 12d) are preferably in close contact with each other, but there may be a small space between them.
In this situation, the right side 133b of the left open angle limitation piece 33 is further away from the insertion space-forming wall 12f (the inside face of the insertion space-forming wall 12f) as it goes from the bottom to the top. In the same way as the left, while the right opening and closing case 20 is closed, the left side 134a of the right open angle limitation piece 34 and the front outside wall 12d (the inside face of the front outside wall 12d) are preferably in close contact with each other, but there may be a small space between them. In this situation, the left side 134b of the right open angle limitation piece 34 is further away from the insertion space-forming wall 12f (more specifically, the inside face of the insertion space-forming wall 12f) as it goes from the bottom to the top.
When the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 are opened from this closed situation, the left opening and closing case 10 is first rotated around the valley fold line 112f as the axis to the left as shown in
In the same way as the left, the right opening and closing case 20 is rotated around the valley fold line 112f as the axis to the right as shown in
The open angles of the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 (insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f) that are described above can be deemed to be replaced with the rotation amounts (or rotating amounts) of the right opening and closing cases 10 and 20 (insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f) that rotate around the centerline CL.
The range where the container for encasement 1 opens is explained above in terms of angle but can also be explained as described below in terms of position. When the left opening and closing case 10 is rotated around the valley fold line 112f as the axis to the left, and then the bottom (inside face) of the insertion space-forming wall 12f is in contact with the right side 133b at the position P1 where “the length of the bottom edge 112e of the exterior outside wall 12c” is equal to “the straight-line distance from the valley fold line 112f to the right side 133b,” and the rotation is stopped (refer to
In the same way as the left, when the right opening and closing case 20 is rotated around the valley fold line 112f as the axis to the right, and then the bottom (inside face) of the insertion space-forming wall 12f is in contact with the left side 134b at the position P1 where “the length of the bottom edge 112e of the exterior outside wall 12c” is equal to “the straight-line distance from the valley fold line 112f to the left side 134b,” and the rotation is stopped (refer to
It can also be expressed that if the position of the bottom (inside face) of each insertion space-forming wall 12f, 12f is designated as P0 while the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 are closed, the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 are prevented from opening more than the distance between the positions P1 and P0.
In addition, the rotation (rotating) amount and the position P1 of each of the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 (each insertion space-forming wall 12f, 12f) and the open angle θ and the distance P1-P0 between the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 (insertion space-forming walls 12f, 12f) are collectively herein referred to as the range where the right and the left opening and closing cases 10 and 20 open.
As described above, according to the present invention, the container for encasement provided with an opening and closing case is formed to prevent the opening and closing case from opening more than a predetermined range when the opening and closing case is opened to let a bottle in or out, or in and out in the standing position. Therefore, the container for encasement can easily let a bottle in or out, or in and out in the standing position.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-085436 | Apr 2015 | JP | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/JP2015/083497 | 11/27/2015 | WO | 00 |
