# US 2019/0168917 A1 · Package for a plurality of products, in particular confectionery products > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0168917 A1 - Document ID: US20190168917A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/207,481 - Filed: 2018-12-03 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-04 - Assignees: Soremartec S.A. - Applicants: Soremartec S.A - Inventors: Sara CARPINELLO; Marco ROSELLA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168917A1 ## CPC - B65D 25/38: Devices for discharging contents ({containers formed by folding or erecting paper blanks B65D5/72} ; incorporated in removable or non-permanently secured closure members B65D47/00; for discharging thin flat articles B65D83/08) - A63F 5/048: {with symbols viewable through holes or windows} - A63F 9/001: {Games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game} - A63F 9/0098: {Word or number games (A63F3/0415, A63F3/0421, A63F3/0423 take precedence)} - A63F 9/18: Question-and-answer games - B65D 5/4204: {Inspection openings or windows} - B65D 5/503: {Tray-like elements formed in one piece (formed by folding a blank B65D5/5038)} - B65D 5/724: {Internal fittings facilitating the discharge of contents, e.g. guiding panels, movable bottoms or lifting strips} - B65D 25/04: Partitions - B65D 83/0454: {the whole forming a circular container with rotating parts (B65D83/0463 takes precedence)} - B65D 85/60: for sweets or like confectionery products - A63F 2009/0012: {the other object being a container or part thereof} - B65D 2203/12: Audible, olfactory or visual signalling means (B65D51/248, B65D55/028, B65D79/02 and B65D81/24 take precedence) - 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 - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Package for plurality of products, preferably foodstuff products, more preferably confectionery products. The package includes: an outer container; and a tray, which is provided with a plurality of housings containing the products and rotatably mounted within the container. Provided on the tray is an array of game indications. An opening or an opening and a transparent portion, for rendering accessible a product contained in a housing so that it can be removed, and for rendering visible from outside an indication of the game. A shaped portion is provided, which faces, or projects on, the outside of the container and which the consumer can get hold of. The tray is configured for being rotated, via the shaped portion, so as to render accessible a new product and, simultaneously, render visible from outside a new game indication, through the at least one opening or else the opening and the transparent portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A package for a plurality of products, preferably foodstuff products, even more preferably confectionery products, comprising: an outer container (2); and a tray (4), which is provided with a plurality of housings (6) containing said products (P) and is rotatably mounted within said container (2); wherein provided on said tray (4) is an array of game indications (X); wherein said outer container is provided with at least one opening (22, 24) or else an opening (22) and a transparent portion, which is or are configured for rendering accessible a product contained in a housing (6) so that it can be taken out, and for rendering visible from outside an indication (X) of said game; and wherein said tray (4) is provided with a shaped portion (12), which faces, or projects on, the outside of the container (2) and which the consumer can get hold of, and wherein said tray is configured for being rotated, via said shaped portion (12), so as to render accessible a new product (P) and, simultaneously, render visible from outside a new game indication (X), through said at least one opening (22, 24) or else said opening (22) and said transparent portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said container is constituted by a box (2) obtained from a sheet of dinked and folded card material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said tray (4) is constituted by thermoformed plastic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The package according to claim 3, wherein said tray (4) is constituted by a single body of thermoformed plastic material, which identifies an annular array of said housings (6) along the peripheral region, a plane surface (8), of an annular shape, which is delimited by said array of housings (6), and a central gripping element (12), which constitutes said portion that the consumer can get hold of. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said container comprises a first opening (22) overlying said array of housings and configured for rendering accessible the product of a single housing (6) so that it can be taken out, and wherein said container (2) comprises a second opening (24) overlying said array of game indications (X) and configured for rendering visible from outside a number of indications of said array, preferably a single indication (X). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein provided between said tray (4) and the surrounding walls of said container (2) is a gap or clearance, so that said tray will be free to turn with respect to said walls of said container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The package according to claim 2, wherein said at least one opening (22, 24), or said opening (22) and said transparent portion, and said shaped portion (12) are positioned at a top wall of said box (2), and wherein printed on the outer side of said wall are instructions regarding the rules of the game of said package. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said at least one opening (22, 24) or said opening (22) is closed by a removable covering element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The package according to claim 2, wherein said at least one opening (22, 24) or said opening (22) are initially closed by a tab (26) that is identified on said box (2) through a perforated line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said tray (4) has a central gripping element (12) and said container has an opening (21) that enables said gripping element to project from said container, wherein said gripping element (12) and said opening (21) have corresponding circular profiles and are mutually engaged according to a rotatable coupling, so that said tray (4) will be coupled in a rotatable way to said container (2). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, wherein said array of game indications (X) is reproduced on a disk (14) that is applied on said tray (4) in a removable way. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The package according to claim 11, which is provided with a plurality of disks presenting game indications, which can be applied on said tray in an interchangeable way.