Package for flowable goods, in particular comestibles, and use of such package during transportation, presentation and consumption

摘要

The invention relates to a package for flowable goods, in particular liquid, viscous and/or granular comestibles, such as baby food, pudding, sauce, oatmeal or the like. The package comprises a shallow tray and a cover which in closed condition slants towards a bottom wall of the tray thereby providing the package with a substantially wedge-shaped appearance. The package furthermore comprises two support faces to stand on alternately. A first support face is located at the bottom wall of the tray and a second support face is located at a bottom-surrounding wall of the tray, at the higher end of the wedge.;During use, the package can be positioned on its second support face for presentation purposes, on its first support face for consumption purposes. During transport, pairs of packages may placed with their slanting covers against each other, in opposite lengthwise direction so that a high end of a wedge-shaped first package borders a low end of a wedge-shaped second package.

主权项

1. Package for flowable goods, the package having a height and comprising a shallow tray, an opening, a flange at the opening and a cover which in closed condition slants towards a bottom wall of the tray thereby providing the package with a substantially wedge-shaped appearance, the package furthermore comprising two support faces, on which the package can be placed alternately, a first support face comprising the bottom wall of the tray and a second support face comprising a bottom surrounding wall of the tray near a high end of the wedge-shaped package and the flange, with the height (H) being defined in a direction perpendicular to the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall is of elongated shape, surrounded by two sidewalls and two end walls, wherein a first end wall is higher than the second end wall and forms part of the second support face, characterized in that a radius of curvature (R2) between the second end wall and the bottom wall is larger than a radius of curvature (R1) between the first end wall and the bottom wall, wherein the radius of curvature (R1) between the first end wall and the bottom wall ranges between about 5-30 mm and the first end wall or a tangent plane thereof includes an angle (α) with the bottom wall which is smaller than 90° and the flange projects an amount (S) from the first end wall such that the cover is slanted backward and the bottom wall extends substantially perpendicular to the second support face when the package is placed on its second support face, whereas the radius of curvature (R2) between the second end wall and the bottom wall ranges between about 10-40 mm, and the first end wall and second end wall diverge from one another such that the tray is of nestable design, so that a series of such empty trays can be nested one into the other.