This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 201820360955.1, filed on Mar. 16, 2018. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to a packing box, and particularly relates to a packing box with a top cover adapted to be flipped over relative to a box body for open and close.
Generally, goods are placed in packing boxes when being delivered, and the packing boxes are used for protecting the goods and providing an appearance decoration. Along with increase of consumer's demand on quality of the goods, quality of the packing box is also required to be improved, however, manufacturing cost of the packing box is also increased along with increase of design complexity thereof. Therefore, how to improve the quality of the packing box without increasing its manufacturing cost is one of the targets for various manufacturers.
The invention is directed to a packing box with good quality and low cost.
The invention provides a packing box including a box body and a cover body. The box body includes a bottom plate and a plurality of first side plates connected to the bottom plate. The bottom plate and the first side plates collectively encircle an accommodation space. One of the first side plates includes a first tongue piece extending out of the accommodation space. The first tongue piece includes a fixing end and a free end opposite to each other. The fixing end of the first tongue piece is connected to one side of the first side plate away from the bottom plate. The cover body includes a top plate and a second side plate connected to the top plate. The top plate is pivotally connected to the box body, such that the top plate is adapted to be opened or closed to expose or shield the accommodation space. The second side plate includes a first inner layer and a first outer layer stacked with each other. The first inner layer has a notch, and the notch is close to one side of the top plate and corresponds to the first tongue piece. During a process that the cover body is closed to the box body, the first tongue piece of the first side plate is pushed by the first inner layer of the second side plate, and the free end is gradually approached to an outer surface of the first side plate until the free end moves into the notch and is rebounded back to an inner surface of the first outer layer.
In an embodiment of the invention, the first inner layer of the second side plate of the packing box has two slits extended from the notch, and a part of the first inner layer located between the two slits is adapted to be folded to serve as a second tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, in a first phase that the cover body of the packing box is lifted up from the box body, the free end of the first tongue piece of the first side plate is moved into a space between the second tongue piece and the first outer layer, and the first tongue piece contacts to interfere the second tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, in a second phase that the cover body of the packing box is lifted up from the box body, the second tongue piece is folded in a direction away from the first outer layer, and drives the free end of the first tongue piece to rotate in a direction away from the outer surface of the first side plate until leaving a moving path of the second tongue piece, so as to release the interference on the second tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, a length of the slit of the first inner layer of the second side plate of the packing box is equal to a length of the first tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, a width of the first tongue piece of the packing box is greater than a length of the first tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, dimensions of a length and a width of the notch of the second side plate of the packing box are greater than or equal to dimensions of a length and a width of the first tongue piece, respectively.
In an embodiment of the invention, in the packing box, the first side plate having the first tongue piece includes a second inner layer and a second outer layer stacked with each other, the second inner layer has a U-shape slit, and the first tongue piece is formed by folding a part of the second inner layer surrounded by the U-shape slit towards an outer surface of the second outer layer.
In an embodiment of the invention, a shape of the notch of the second side plate of the packing box corresponds to a shape of the first tongue piece.
In an embodiment of the invention, the packing box further includes an inner separation member disposed in the accommodation space, and leaning against the first side plate having the first tongue piece.
According to the above description, in the packing box of the embodiment of the invention, the cover body is adapted to be flipped over relative to the box body for open and close, the first side plate of the box body is configured with the first tongue piece, the second side plate of the cover body has the inner layer and the outer layer stacked with each other, and the inner layer is configured with the notch corresponding to the first tongue piece. During a process of closing the cover body to the box body, the first tongue piece is first pushed by the inner layer and slightly deformed, and is then moved into the notch of the inner layer and rebounded back, such that the free end impact the part of the outer layer of the second side plate of the cover body corresponding to the notch. Since the first tongue piece is first pushed and deformed and is then rebounded back, when the first tongue piece of the box body is rebounded back to impact the cover body, a loud sound is produced, such that the user learns that the cover body has completed closing. The above sound made by the first tongue piece is similar to a sound produced by a buckling member when it is buckled. Namely, the packing box of the embodiments of the invention is unnecessary to install a buckling member but still has a quality similar to the existing packing box using the buckling member, so that effects of simplifying a production process and reducing manufacturing cost are achieved.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention comprehensible, several exemplary embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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Moreover, in the embodiment, the first side plate 112 includes a second outer layer 112a and a second inner layer 112b which can be stacked with each other, and the first side plate 113 includes a second outer layer 113a and a second inner layer 113b which can be stacked with each other. To be specific, in the embodiment, the first side plates 111, 112, 113 are rotatably connected to the bottom plate 10 through the second outer layers 111a, 112a and 113a, respectively. Namely, the first side plates 112, 113 are respectively double layer structures. Certainly, in other embodiments, the first side plate 112 and/or the first side plate 113 may also be single layer structures.
Moreover, the box body 110 further includes a plurality of first wing plates 115a, 115b having slits 118, where the two first wing plates 115a are rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the second outer layer 111a, respectively, and two first wing plates 115b are rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the first side plate 114, respectively. In the embodiment, the first side plates 111, 112, 113 further respectively include leaning plates 111c, 112c, 113c, where the leaning plates 111c, 112c, 113c are rotatably connected to the second inner layers 111b, 112b, 113b, respectively, though the invention is not limited thereto.
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Moreover, in the embodiment, the first tongue piece 116 of the first side plate 111 respectively has a length L11 and a length L12 in a first direction D1 and a second direction D2. In the embodiment, the length L12 of the first tongue piece 116 in the second direction D2 is greater than the length L11 in the first direction D1, though the invention is not limited thereto. Moreover, in the embodiment, a shape of the notch 125 of the second side plate 121 corresponds to a shape of the first tongue piece 116 of the first side plate 111, and the shapes are all trapezoids, though the invention is not limited thereto. The notch 125 of the second side plate 121 respectively have a length L21 and a length L22 in the first direction D1 and the second direction D2, the length L22 of the notch 125 in the second direction D2 is greater than the length L21 in the first direction D1. Moreover, in the embodiment, the lengths L21 and L22 of the notch 125 of the second side plate 121 are respectively greater than the lengths L11 and L12 of the first tongue piece 116 of the first side plate 111. However, the invention is not limited thereto, and in another embodiment, the lengths L21 and L22 of the notch 125 of the second side plate 121 are respectively equal to the lengths L11 and L12 of the first tongue piece 116 of the first side plate 111.
Then, an assembling method of the packing box 100 of the embodiment is described below. It should be noted that only one assembling order is introduced below, and the invention is not limited thereto. Referring to
Then, the second outer layers 112a, 113a are folded towards the bottom plate 10 to positions contacting the connection portions 115, and the second inner layers 112b, 113b rotatably connected to the second outer layer 112a, 113a are folded towards the inner surface 117a of the second outer layers 112a, 113a, such that the first side plate 112 wraps the connection portion 115 through the second outer layer 112a and the second inner layer 112b, and the first side plate 113 wraps the connection portion 115 through the second outer layer 113a and the second inner layer 113b. Then, the leaning plates 112c, 113c are respectively folded towards the inner surface 117a of the second inner layers 112b, 113b, while the second inner layers 112b, 113b are respectively moved closer to the second outer layers 112a, 113a, such that the leaning plates 112c, 113c are flatly attached to an inner surface 10a of the bottom plate 10, in this case, the two first side plates 112, 113 respectively and stably stand on two opposite sides of the bottom plate 10.
Moreover, the second inner layer 111b of the first side plate 111 is folded towards the inner surface 117a of the second outer layer 111a, and the leaning plate 111c is folded towards the inner surface 117a of the second inner layer 111b, while the second inner layer 111b is moved closer to the second outer layer 111a, such that the leaning plates 111c is flatly attached to the inner surface 10a of the bottom plate 10, in this case, the first side plates 111 may stably stand on side of the bottom plate 10 opposite to the first side plate 114. In this way, the first side plates 111, 112, 113, 114 and the bottom plate 10 of the box body 110 construct the accommodation space 12. Moreover, a part of the second inner layer 111b surrounded by the U-shape slit 119 is folded towards the outer surface 117b of the second outer layer 111a to form the first tongue piece 116.
Then, two wing plates 124 rotatably connected to two opposite sides of the first outer layer 121a are folded towards an inner surface 127a of the first outer layer 121a, and the first outer layers 121a, 122a, 123a of the second side plates 121, 122, 123 are respectively folded towards an inner surface 20a of the top plate 20, such that the first outer layers 122a, 123a are respectively overlapped to the two second wing plates 124. Then, the first inner layers 122b, 123b rotatably connected to the first outer layer 122a, 123a are folded towards the inner surface 127a of the first outer layers 122a, 123a, such that the second side plate 122 wraps the second wing plate 124 through the first outer layer 122a and the first inner layer 122b, and the second side plate 123 wraps the second wing plate 124 through the first outer layer 123a and the first inner layer 123b. Then, the leaning plates 122c, 123c are respectively folded towards the inner surface 127a of the first inner layers 122b, 123b, while the first inner layers 122b, 123b are respectively moved closer to the first outer layers 122a, 123a, such that the leaning plates 122c, 123c are flatly attached to the inner surface 10a of the bottom plate 10, in this case, the two second side plates 122, 123 respectively and stably stand on two opposite sides of the top plate 20.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the first inner layer 121b of the second side plate 121 further includes two slits 125a extended from the notch 125, and the part of the first inner layer 121b located between the two slits 125a is adapted to be folded to serve as a second tongue piece 126, and a length L31 of the two slits 125a in the first direction D1 is equal to the length L11 of the first tongue piece 116 in the first direction D1, though the invention is not limited thereto.
Then, the first inner layer 121b rotatably connected to the first outer layer 121a is folded towards the inner surface 127a of the first outer layer 121a, and the leaning plate 121c is folded towards the inner surface 127a of the first inner layer 121b, while the first inner layer 121b is moved closer to the first outer layer 121a, such that the leaning plate 121c is flatly attached to the inner surface 20a of the top plate 20, in this case, the second side plate 121 may stably stand on one side of the top plate 20. At this point, assembling of the box body 110 and the cover body 120 of the packing box 100 is completed. It should be noted that during the process of assembling the packing box 100 of the embodiment, no adhesion is required, so that a production flow is simplified and manufacturing cost is saved.
It should be noted that in the embodiment, if the box body 110 of the packing box 100 is not filled with goods or is not configured with the inner separation member 200 (referring to
Moreover, although in the second phase that the cover body 120 of the packing box 100 is lifted up from the box body 110, a flipping angle the first tongue piece 116 is larger than that of the second tongue piece 126, in other embodiments, the flipping angle of the second tongue piece 126 may be greater than that of the first tongue piece 116. In the embodiment that the flipping angle of the second tongue piece 126 is greater than that of the first tongue piece 116, when the inner separation member 200 (shown in
In summary, in the packing box of the embodiment of the invention, the first side plate of the box body is configured with the first tongue piece, the second side plate of the cover body has the inner layer and the outer layer stacked with each other, and the inner layer is configured with the notch corresponding to the first tongue piece. During the process of closing the cover body to the box body, the first tongue piece is first pushed by the inner layer and slightly deformed, and is then moved into the notch of the inner layer and rebounded back, such that the free end strikes the part of the outer layer of the second side plate of the cover body corresponding to the notch. Since the first tongue piece is first pushed and deformed and is then rebounded back, when the first tongue piece of the box body is rebounded back to strike the cover body, a loud sound is produced, such that the user learns that the cover body has completed closing. The above sound made by the first tongue piece is similar to a sound produced by a buckling member when it is buckled. Namely, the packing box of the embodiments of the invention is unnecessary to install a buckling member but still has the quality similar to the existing packing box using the buckling member. Moreover, the second tongue piece is selectively configured beside the notch of the first inner layer, and during the process of closing the cover body to the box body, the free end of the first tongue piece pushed by the upwarped second tongue piece may be more deformed, such that when the first tongue piece enters the notch of the inner layer, the first tongue piece may strike the cover body in a larger rebound force to make a louder sound, and/or during the process of lifting up the cover body from the box body, second tongue piece disposed beside the notch of the first inner layer may be flipped in large angle to facilitate retreat of the first tongue piece. It should be noted that during the manufacturing process, no adhesion is required or configuration of extra buckling member is unnecessary, so that effects of simplifying a production process and reducing manufacturing cost are achieved.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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