Secondary packaging, and method for providing it
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.
Claims14
A secondary packaging comprising a tray and an insert, wherein 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, wherein the tray includes a through hole, and the insert is formed from material of the tray cut-out from the tray to form the through hole in the tray the through hole possessing an inner periphery outlining a shape, the insert possessing an outer periphery outlining a shape that is the same as the shape of the inner periphery of the through hole in the tray.
A secondary packaging in combination with plural primary packages that are each filled, the primary packages each including a lower end and an upper end, the secondary package comprising a tray, the lower end of each of the primary packages resting on a main body of the tray, the main body of the tray on which the lower ends of the primary packages are resting including a cut-out portion in which material forming the main body is cut-out so that a through hole exists in the tray, the cut-out portion of the main body constituting an insert that engages the upper ends of the plural primary packages, the lower ends of the primary packages resting on the main body of the tray provided with the through hole, the through hole in the tray possessing an inner periphery outlining a shape, the insert possessing an outer periphery outlining a shape that is the same as the shape of the inner periphery of the through hole in the tray.
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