This application claims the benefit of Chinese Application No. 202021538976.1, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present utility model relates to a packaging box, and in particular relates to a packaging box suitable for accommodating various types of blocks.
As the standard of living has continued to increase, people have higher packaging requirements for certain block-shaped food products or medicines (referred to as “blocks”) that need to be consumed regularly. Various types of blocks are commercially available, and these blocks may have any shape, such as a cuboid shape, a spherical shape, an ellipsoidal shape, and an annular shape, or may be pellets having irregular shapes. A surface of the block may be smooth or non-smooth, for example, the surface has granules such as sugar. In addition, the block may be a hard block (for example, a chocolate block) or a soft block (for example, a soft candy).
Currently, commercially available packaging boxes for accommodating blocks, such as chewing gum packaging boxes, are relatively simple in design. Such a packaging box generally adopts a box body having a single cavity, and the box body is provided with a single outlet for accessing blocks. However, as an example, confectionery products are available in various types, and each type of confectionery products generally has a different flavor. If the packaging box is configured with a single cavity and a single outlet, if a consumer wants to taste different types of confectionery products or confectionery products having different flavors, the consumer needs to purchase multiple boxes of confectionery products, thereby resulting in inconvenience to the consumer. Furthermore, since a large number of products are purchased, it may be difficult to completely consume the products in a short time, and the products are prone to expire.
On the other hand, with regard to an existing packaging box for a confectionery product, it is generally difficult for a consumer to access the confectionery product by performing an operation on the packaging box with one hand, and it is also difficult to control the number of the confectionery products being accessed at a time. This is particularly troublesome for consumers in some use scenarios (such as during driving).
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a packaging box suitable for accommodating various types of blocks and facilitating access to the blocks so as to solve the above-mentioned problems.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present utility model provides a packaging box. The packaging box comprises: an upper cover; and a lower cover, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover can be combined together to form an internal packaging space therebetween. The packaging box further comprises at least one spacer provided in the interior of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover. When the upper cover and the lower cover are combined, the spacer divides the internal packaging space into at least a left cavity and a right cavity. The left cavity and the right cavity have a left outlet and a right outlet, respectively, and at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover is provided with at least one flip cover. The at least one flip cover can be flipped vertically to close or open the left outlet and/or the right outlet.
In some embodiments, the spacer may be a ridge provided at a position in the interior of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover, and when the upper cover and the lower cover are combined, the ridge divides the internal packaging space into the left cavity and the right cavity.
In some embodiments, the packaging box may be a rectangular box, and the upper cover and the lower cover respectively have a pair of parallel long edges and a pair of parallel short edges perpendicular to the pair of parallel long edges.
In some embodiments, the spacer may be a straight ridge provided at a position in the interior of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover; the ridge is parallel to the short edges; and when the upper cover and the lower cover are combined, the ridge divides the internal packaging space into the left cavity and the right cavity.
In some embodiments, the spacer may be a straight ridge provided at a middle position in the interior of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover, and when the upper cover and the lower cover are combined, the ridge divides the internal packaging space into the left cavity and the right cavity having identical sizes.
Those skilled in the art could understand that, in other embodiments of the present utility model, specific implementation aspects of the packaging box can be adjusted according to actual requirements. For example, the packaging box may be a packaging box having other suitable shapes, comprising but not limited to a circular box, an elliptical box, a cylindrical box, etc., and the shape and the position of a spacer can also be flexibly configured according to actual requirements; and the present utility model is not limited thereto.
In some embodiments, a portion of a long edge on a side of the upper cover comprising an end of the ridge is provided with an upper notch, and a position on the lower cover corresponding to the upper notch of the upper cover is provided with a lower notch; when the upper cover and the lower cover are combined, the upper notch of the upper cover, the lower notch of the lower cover, and the ridge may together form the left outlet of the left cavity and the right outlet of the right cavity. Those skilled in the art could understand that, in other embodiments of the present utility model, the spacer may not serve as a portion forming the left outlet of the left cavity and the right outlet of the right cavity.
In some embodiments, the left outlet and the right outlet may have identical or different shapes.
In some embodiments, the left outlet and the right outlet may have identical or different sizes.
In some embodiments, the at least one flip cover may be one flip cover; the one flip cover simultaneously closes or opens the left outlet and the right outlet; and the one flip cover is provided on one of the upper cover and the lower cover.
In some embodiments, the at least one flip cover may comprise two flip covers; the two flip covers close or open the left outlet and the right outlet, respectively; and the two flip covers are provided on one of the upper cover and the lower cover or are provided on the upper cover and the lower cover, respectively.
In some embodiments, the at least one flip cover may be connected by a hinge to at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover. However, the present utility model is not limited to hinge connection, and any suitable connection method that can implement a connection between the flip cover and the cover can be adopted.
In some embodiments, a gradually inclined left guide rail extending from a left edge of the left outlet to a left short edge of one of the upper cover and the lower cover may be provided in the left cavity, and a gradually inclined right guide rail extending from a right edge of the right outlet to a right short edge of the one of the upper cover and the lower cover may be provided in the right cavity. The left guide rail and the right guide rail are used to guide blocks accommodated therein to the left outlet and the right outlet, respectively, so as to facilitate access to the blocks.
In some embodiments, either one of the left guide rail and the right guide rail may be provided on at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover.
In some embodiments, the lower cover, the spacer, the left guide rail, the right guide rail, and the flip cover may be integrally formed.
In some embodiments, the lower cover has a height greater than that of the upper cover.
In some embodiments, the left outlet and the right outlet may be adjacent to each other. Preferably, a distance between the left outlet and the right outlet is not greater than 1/10 of the length of a long edge of the packaging box. More preferably, a distance between the left outlet and the right outlet is not greater than 1/20 of the length of the long edge of the packaging box.
In some embodiments, the left outlet and the right outlet may be provided on a side of the packaging box. Preferably, the left outlet and the right outlet may be provided on the same side of the packaging box.
In some embodiments, the packaging box may be flat.
In some embodiments, an outer surface of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover may be provided with a recess; a free end of the at least one flip cover may be provided with a protruding portion; and the protruding portion is configured to be engageable with a side of the recess such that the at least one flip cover closes the left outlet and the right outlet.
In some embodiments, a side edge of the upper cover may be provided with an upper dovetail structure; a side edge of the lower cover may be provided with a lower dovetail structure; and the upper dovetail structure and the lower dovetail structure are configured to be engageable with each other so as to combine the upper cover with the lower cover.
In some embodiments, one of the upper dovetail structure and the lower dovetail structure may be a protruding dovetail structure, and the other one of the upper dovetail structure and the lower dovetail structure may be a recessed dovetail structure.
According to the technical solutions of the present utility model, a spacer is provided in the packaging box, so that the internal packaging space of the packaging box is divided into a plurality of cavities, thereby allowing various types of blocks to be stored in one packaging box and greatly improving user experience of a consumer. Furthermore, a rounded corner of the lower cover of the packaging box is configured to be greater than a rounded corner of the upper cover of the packaging box, so that the consumer can easily hold the packaging box with one hand. Moreover, by means of the design allowing the flip cover to be flipped vertically, the consumer could easily access products in the packaging box with one hand, thereby expanding application scenarios of the packaging box.
The present utility model can be better understood by referring to the illustration and description of embodiments of the present utility model, wherein in the accompanying drawings:
In the following description, for the purpose of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a comprehensive understanding of the present utility model. However, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present utility model may be implemented without these specific details. In other examples, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagrams. In this regard, the illustrative exemplary embodiments presented herein are merely for the purpose of explanation, and are not intended to limit the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited by the above specific embodiments, and is subject only to the scope of the appended claims.
Firstly, it should be noted that although the embodiments of the present utility model exemplarily describe a packaging box having a left cavity and a right cavity, those skilled in the art could understand that the number of cavities can vary with a change in the configuration of a spacer. For example, the number of cavities may be three, four, or more, and the present utility model is not limited thereto. In other words, those skilled in the art could flexibly configure the number, shapes, and positions of spacers according to actual use conditions so as to meet the requirement of storing various types of products.
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In this embodiment, the left cavity and the right cavity have a left outlet and a right outlet, respectively, and at least one of the upper cover 11 and the lower cover 12 is provided with at least one flip cover 14. The at least one flip cover 14 can be flipped vertically to close or open the left outlet and/or the right outlet. As shown in
It should be noted that in this embodiment, the left flip cover 141 and the right flip cover 142 are connected by a hinge to the lower cover 12. However, the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any suitable connection method that can implement a connection between the flip cover and the cover falls within the protection scope of the present utility model. In addition, in this embodiment, description is provided on the basis that the left flip cover 141 and the right flip cover 142 have approximately identical configurations. However, those skilled in the art could understand that the left flip cover 141 and the right flip cover 142 may have slightly different configurations, and the present utility model is not limited thereto.
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In the embodiments of the present utility model, preferably, a gradually inclined left guide rail extending from a left edge of the left outlet to a left short edge of one of the upper cover and the lower cover is further provided in the left cavity, and a gradually inclined right guide rail extending from a right edge of the right outlet to a right short edge of the one of the upper cover and the lower cover is further provided in the right cavity. The left guide rail and the right guide rail are used to guide blocks accommodated therein to the left outlet and the right outlet, respectively, so as to facilitate access to the blocks. As shown in
In the embodiments of the present utility model, one or more of the lower cover 12, the spacer 132, the left guide rail 151, the right guide rail 152, the left flip cover 141, and the right flip cover 142 may be independent components. Alternatively, the lower cover 12, the spacer 132, the left guide rail 151, the right guide rail 152, the left flip cover 141, and the right flip cover 142 may be integrally formed. In addition, those skilled in the art could understand that any material meeting environmental protection and food/pharmaceutical standards can be used in processing any one of the cover, the spacer, the guide rail, and the flip cover, and the material includes, but is not limited to, metal, plastic, a paper product, etc.
In the embodiments of the present utility model, one of the upper cover and the lower cover may further be provided with a plurality of first positioning columns, and the other of the upper cover and the lower cover may be provided with a plurality of corresponding second positioning columns. The upper cover and the lower cover are combined by means of the plurality of first positioning columns and the plurality of second positioning columns. Specifically, as shown in
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In the technical solutions of the present utility model, a spacer is provided in a packaging box, so that the internal packaging space of the packaging box is divided into a plurality of cavities, thereby allowing various types of blocks to be stored in one packaging box and greatly improving use experience of the consumer. Furthermore, the rounded corner of the lower cover of the packaging box is configured to be greater than the rounded corner of the upper cover of the packaging box, so that the consumer can easily hold the packaging box with one hand. Moreover, by means of the design allowing the flip cover to be flipped vertically, the consumer could easily access products in the packaging box with one hand, thereby expanding application scenarios of the packaging box.
Although the exemplary embodiments have been described in detail above, the embodiments disclosed are exemplary only and are not limiting, and those skilled in the art could readily appreciate that many other modifications, changes, and/or substitutions are possible in the exemplary embodiments without substantially departing from the novel teachings and advantages of the present disclosure. Therefore, all of these modifications, changes, and/or substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure as defined in the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202021538976.1 | Jul 2020 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/US2021/043268 | 7/27/2021 | WO |