Secondary packaging, and method for providing such secondary packaging
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsPaul HAYTON, Fredrik ORREMO
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Abstract
A secondary packaging comprises a tray and an insert. The tray is configured to localize a lower end of primary packages and the insert is configured to localize an upper end of the primary packages. The insert is formed from the material of the tray.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- removing an insert from cardboard material to result in the insert made of the cardboard material and a tray made of the cardboard material, the tray made of the cardboard material including a through hole produced by the removing of the insert;
- positioning a plurality of primary packages on the tray so that at least a part of a bottom surface of a body portion of each of the primary packages overlies a portion of the through hole in the tray, each of the primary packages also including an upper portion positioned above the bottom surface;
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- positioning the insert so that portions of the insert engage the upper portion of respective ones of the primary packages so that the insert localizes the upper portions of the primary packages.
A method for providing a secondary packaging having a tray for localizing a lower end of a plurality of primary packages and an insert for localizing an upper end of primary packages, the method comprising:
- providing a piece of raw material;
- cutting the raw material to form the insert in an area of the raw material while a remainder of the raw material surrounds the insert, the insert being configured to be separated from the remainder of the raw material so that a through hole exists in the remainder of the raw material, the cutting of the raw material to form the insert including cutting the raw material so that the insert is configured to engage the upper ends of the primary packages and so that the insert possesses an outer periphery outlining a shape when separated from the remainder of the raw material that is the same as the shape of the inner periphery of the through hole in the tray;
- forming, from the area of the raw material at which the insert is cut, the tray for receiving the lower end of the primary packages.
An insert for use in a secondary packaging, the insert possessing an outer periphery and being obtained by cutting out the insert from raw material to produce a through hole in the raw material whose inner periphery is of a same shape as the outer periphery of the insert and so that the raw material with the through hole forms a tray configured to receive a set of primary packages, the insert comprising recesses that are spaced apart around the outer periphery of the insert to localize an upper end of the set of primary packages when the insert is positioned in engagement on and pivotable tabs for localizing the insert in relation to the upper end of the primary packages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.