# US 2018/0105298 A1 · Method for producing a pallet-less packaging unit and a packaging unit produced according to the method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0105298 A1 - Document ID: US20180105298A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/785,990 - Filed: 2017-10-17 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-18 - Assignees: Maschinenfabrik Mollers GmbH - Applicants: Maschinenfabrik Mollers GmbH - Inventors: Norbert Frenzel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180105298A1 ## CPC - B65B 11/585: {to stacked articles, e.g. pallettised loads} - B65B 9/135: {for palletised loads} - B65B 11/00: Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material (bundling articles by applying narrow strips or bands of flexible material B65B13/00) - B65B 35/50: Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging - B65B 53/02: by heat - B65D 71/0088: {Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck} - B65D 75/004: {with auxiliary packaging elements, e.g. protective pads or frames, trays} - B65B 59/001: {Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged} - B65D 2571/00012: Bundles surrounded by a film - B65D 2571/00092: formed by specially placed articles or parts thereof - B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A method for producing a pallet-less packaging unit has multiple packaging objects stacked to a stack of goods. The objects are stacked with a special layer that forms at least two encroachment areas for fork legs of a lift truck in at least one stack level. The special layer is first stacked on a normal layer larger than the special layer. The stack of goods is wrapped with its encroachment areas with a first film, the stack of goods that is wrapped on one side is turned around so the part of the stack of goods that has the special layer comes downwards and the stack of goods is wrapped with a second film that reaches up to the first film. In embodiments, second encroachment areas extend essentially at a right angle to first encroachment areas. The method provides a pallet-less packaging unit that can be handled more easily. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for producing a pallet-less packaging unit that comprises multiple packaging objects that are stacked to a stack of goods and in which the packaging objects are stacked in such a way that a special layer, which forms at least two encroachment areas for fork legs of a lift truck, is formed on at least one stack level, wherein the special layer is stacked at first to a normal layer that is larger in relation to said special layer, the stack of goods is wrapped in any case with its encroachment areas with a first film; the stack of goods that is wrapped on one side is turned around so that the part of the stack of goods that has the special layer comes downwards and that the stack of goods is wrapped with a second film that reaches up to the first film, wherein, the special layer forms two first encroachment areas for the fork legs and two second encroachment areas for the fork legs, wherein the second encroachment areas extend essentially in a rectangular way in relation to the first encroachment areas. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein at least some packaging units that form the special layer are smaller than the packaging units that form the normal layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein all packaging units that form the special layer are smaller than the packaging units that form the normal layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the packaging units that form the normal layer are formed with identical sizes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the normal layer is formed with five packaging units and the special layer with four packaging units. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the packaging units that form the special layer are bags with a base area whose width is 440 mm+/−30 mm and whose length is 510 mm+/−30 mm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the special layer has a base area whose width (SB) is 880 mm+/−60 mm and whose length (SL) is 1020 mm+/−60 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the normal layer has a base area whose width (NB) is 1100 mm+/−60 mm and whose length (NL) is 1300 mm+/−60 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein bags with different sizes are produced and filled in a bagging facility, which stacks to bags as packaging units to a stack of goods, and fed to a palleting device via a conveying track. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the palleting device stacks the bags of the normal layer and the bags of the special layer at a palleting position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the palleting device stacks the bags of the normal layer at a first palleting position and that the bags of the special layer are laid via a laying device of the special layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the bags of the normal layer and the bags of the special layer are made of the same film material by means of a form-fill-seal method. ### Claim 13 A method for producing a pallet-less packaging unit that comprises multiple packaging objects that are stacked to a stack of goods and in which the packaging objects are stacked in such a way that a special layer, which forms at least two encroachment areas for fork legs of a lift truck, is formed on at least one stack level, wherein the special layer is stacked at first to a normal layer that is larger in relation to said special layer, the stack of goods is wrapped with its encroachment areas with a first film; the stack of goods that is wrapped on one side is turned around so that the part of the stack of goods that has the special layer comes downwards and that the stack of goods is wrapped with a second film that reaches up to the first film, wherein, the packaging units that form the special layer are bags with a base area whose width (B) is 440 mm+/−30 mm and whose length (L) is 510 mm+/−30 mm, the special layer has a base area whose width (SB) is 880 mm+/−60 mm and whose length (SL) is 1020 mm+/−60 mm, the normal layer has a base area whose width (NB) is 1100 mm+/−60 mm and whose length (NL) is 1300 mm+/−60 mm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein bags with different sizes are produced and filled in a bagging facility, which stacks to bags as packaging units to a stack of goods, and fed to a palleting device via a conveying track. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the palleting device stacks the bags of the normal layer and the bags of the special layer at a palleting position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein the palleting device stacks the bags of the normal layer at a first palleting position and that the bags of the special layer are laid via a laying device of the special layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein the bags of the normal layer and the bags of the special layer are made of the same film material by means of a form-fill-seal method. ### Claim 18 A method for producing a pallet-less packaging unit that comprises multiple packaging objects that are stacked to a stack of goods and in which the packaging objects are stacked in such a way that a special layer, which forms at least two encroachment areas for fork legs of a lift truck, is formed on at least one stack level, wherein the special layer is stacked at first to a normal layer that is larger in relation to said special layer, the stack of goods is wrapped with its encroachment areas with a first film; the stack of goods that is wrapped on one side is turned around so that the part of the stack of goods that has the special layer comes downwards and that the stack of goods is wrapped with a second film that reaches up to the first film, wherein, all packaging units that form the special layer are smaller than the packaging units that form the normal layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein the packaging units that form the normal layer are formed with identical sizes.