Package Including A Tray Which Contains a Group of Flanged Containers

摘要

The package (1) comprises a cardboard tray (T) with a bottom panel and side panels (31, 32, 33, 34) and a plurality of flanged containers (2) arranged in the tray in a plurality of rows (4a-4f). Each of the containers comprises a body (2a), an opening defined by the body upper face, and an annular flange (5) extending in a plane outwardly from the opening completely around the periphery of the opening. At least in an external row (4a), at the row ends, the flanges (5a) comprise a corner portion (5a) having one of a rounded shape and an oblique shape. The panels of the tray (T) may extend from the bottom panel and include two first side panels (31, 32), two second side panels (33, 34) that extend perpendicularly to the first side panels, and oblique corner panels (35, 36, 37, 38).

主权项

1. A package for transportation of dairy product, comprising:
a cardboard open top tray that comprises a bottom panel and side panels to define an internal volume, the bottom panel having a lower surface and an upper surface; a group of flanged containers arranged in said internal volume in a plurality of rows each composed of at least two adjacent containers, said plurality of rows comprising a first row located at one front end of the package, the containers being distributed on the upper surface of the bottom panel, each of the containers comprising:
a body, which has a base in contact with said bottom of the tray, and which extends along a longitudinal axis from the base as far as an upper face;an opening provided on the upper face of the body; andan annular flange surrounding the opening, said flange comprising an upper face, a lower face and four sides, the flange extending in a plane outwardly from said opening completely around the periphery of the opening, at least two of the four sides of the flange defining each rectilinear edges, each of said rectilinear edges facing one of the side panels; wherein said side panels of the tray comprise:
two first side panels that extend from the bottom panel,two second side panels that extend from the bottom panel perpendicularly to said first side panels, andoblique corner panels at least at said front end of the package, each extending between one of the first side panels and one of the second side panels;and wherein at least in said first row, the flanges are each provided with a corner portion having at least one of a rounded shape and an oblique shape, each of said oblique corner panels at said front end being directly facing one of said corner portions,each of the flanges defining an external perimeter, said flange corner portion defines a rounded rim portion having an external perimeter portion when said corner portion has a rounded shape, the length of the external perimeter portion corresponding to at least 0.1 of the length of said external perimeter.