JP7418972B2 - packaging container - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a hanger type packaging container.

Hook display is one of the display formats for products in stores. Hook display is a method of displaying a product package (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "packaging container") containing a product body by hanging it from a rod-shaped hook. Packaging containers for hook display are called hanger type packaging containers, and examples of hanger type packaging containers include blister packs.

Figure 1 shows an example of a hanger type blister pack. FIG. 1A is an external view of the blister pack 101, and FIG. 1B shows a state in which a plurality of blister packs 101 are displayed on hooks. As shown in FIG. 1A, the blister pack 101 consists of a hollow cup-shaped support 111 made of sheet-like or film-like resin, cardboard, etc., which is formed to fit the shape of the product to be stored. It includes a container part 112. Products are stored in a region formed by one main surface of the support body 111 and the inner surface of the container portion 112 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "storage space 113"). The blister pack 101 is provided with a hanging part 114 for hanging the blister pack 101 from the hook 2 at a predetermined position on the support 111 where the container part 112 is not arranged. In the blister pack 101 shown here, a hole 141 is formed as the hanging part 114. When displaying the blister pack 101 shown in FIG. 1A with a hook, the hook 2 is inserted into the hanging part 114 formed by the hole 141, as shown in FIG. 1B.

Note that Patent Document 1 below describes an example of a general hanger-type packaging container and a method for displaying the same. Further, the following non-patent document 1 describes hook display and characteristics of packaging containers suitable for hook display.

JP2017-88236A

Seiwa Co., Ltd., “How to choose a package according to the display method”, [online], [searched on February 21, 2019], Internet <URL: https://opening-support.net/column/display.php>

The packaging container 101 shown in FIG. 1A and equipped with the hanging part 114 consisting of the hole 141 is hung from the hook 2, and a plurality of containers are arranged in a line along the hook 2, as shown in FIG. 1B. will be displayed. By the way, at a store, there are cases where packaging containers 101 containing the same product but with different attributes, such as products of different colors, are mixed and hung on one hook 2. In some cases, the packaging container 101 of a product having the attributes that the user wants to purchase is located in the middle of the product line. Alternatively, the user may wish to purchase the product in the packaging container 101 located in the middle of the line rather than the packaging container 101 displayed at the head of the line, which is likely to be touched by many people. .

In such a case, if the packaging container 101 of the desired product is not at the head of the row, the user selects the desired packaging container 101 in the middle of the row from the plurality of packaging containers 101 arranged in a row on one hook 2. will be taken out. That is, the user needs to take out all the packaging containers 101 that are displayed closer to the tip of the hook 2 than the target packaging container 101. After the desired packaging container 101 is taken out, it is necessary to hang another packaging container 101 from the hook 2 again. Some hanger-type packaging containers, such as the packaging case described in Patent Document 1, have hanging portions formed in the shape of a hanger by cutting out a portion of the support. . It is true that when multiple product packages are displayed on hooks using such packaging containers, other product packages displayed at the tip of hook 2 can be displayed in the middle of the line without removing them. Product packaging can be easily removed. Furthermore, if the packaging container is a hanger type, the removed packaging container can be returned to its original position while packaging containers for other products are still displayed on the hook 2.

However, in a hanger type packaging container, in order to remove it from a hook or hang it on a hook, in addition to the space below the hook 2, a space is also required in the in-plane direction of the support. In stores, a plurality of hooks 2 are usually installed side by side in the surface direction of the support. may interfere with other packaging containers on display.

Furthermore, even if a conventional packaging container is equipped with a hanging part consisting of a hole, when it is hung on the hook 2, it swings within the plane of the support body using the hanging part as a fulcrum. When a packaging container is attached to or removed from one hook, there is a possibility that the packaging container interferes with the packaging containers of other products displayed on the adjacent hooks. If the packaging containers interfere with each other, there is a risk that the surface of the support will be damaged. If the distance between hooks is increased to prevent packaging containers from interfering with each other, the display density of products will be reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hook display packaging container that can be easily attached and detached regardless of the display position along the hook, and that can increase the display density of products.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a packaging container for displaying products while being hung from a hook, comprising:
It has a hanging part configured to be hung on the hook,
The hanging part has a flat plate shape, and includes a cutout part formed by cutting out a part of the surface whose normal line is the front and back direction, and two ends arranged on both sides of the cutout on the open end side of the cutout part. It consists of a total of two rotating bodies, one attached to each part,
The two rotating bodies are rotatably mounted around a rotating shaft extending in the front and back directions of the flat hanging part, and the peripheral edges of the two rotating bodies can be suspended from the hook. close to each other,
The notch is elastically deformed by stress applied in a direction that separates the gap between the two ends,
The rotating body is made of an elastically deformable material.
The packaging container is characterized by:

The rotating body is held between two disc-shaped members in the front and back directions of the hanging part, and the two disc-shaped members are rotatably supported on the end part about the rotation axis. It is preferable.

According to the present invention, there is provided a hook display packaging container that can be easily attached and detached regardless of the display position along the hook, and that can increase the display density of products. In addition, other effects will be clarified in the following description.

It is a figure showing a general blister pack. FIG. 3 shows a blister pack attached to a hook. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a blister pack according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a blister pack according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the vicinity of the hanging portion of the blister pack according to the above embodiment in a state where it is attached to a hook. It is a figure which shows the notch part of the blister pack based on another Example. It is a figure which shows the notch part of the blister pack based on another Example.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the drawings used for the following explanation, duplicate explanation may be omitted by assigning the same reference numerals to the same or similar parts. Further, depending on the drawings, unnecessary symbols may be omitted in the description.

===Example===
FIG. 2 shows the appearance of a packaging container 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the packaging container 1 is a blister pack, and similarly to the packaging container 101 shown in FIGS. It is something. Roughly speaking, a hollow cup-shaped container portion 12 formed to follow the shape of the product to be stored is provided on one main surface of a flat support 11 made of cardboard or plastic.

Here, it is assumed that the direction of the vertical line is the up-down direction, and that there is a normal to one main surface of the support body 11 in any direction perpendicular to the vertical line, and that the normal direction is the front-back direction, and the support It is assumed that the container 12 is provided on the front side of the body 11, and the front and rear directions are defined. Further, the hook 2 is arranged in a plane including the front-rear direction and the vertical direction, and is generally along the front-rear direction. It is also assumed that the tip of the hook 2 is in front. When the packaging container (hereinafter sometimes referred to as blister pack 1) is suspended from the hook 2, it is assumed that the hanging portion 14 is formed on the upper end side of the support 11. shall be stipulated. Furthermore, the direction perpendicular to the front-rear, up-down directions is defined as the left-right direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the blister pack 1 includes two approximately disc-shaped rotating bodies (15a, 15b) having rotating shafts (100a, 100b) extending in the front-rear direction, and a support body 11 formed on the upper end side. The hanging portion 14 is formed by a cutout 41 that is formed by a cutout 41 . The two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) are formed by coaxially supporting the support body 11 while being held between the two disc-shaped members (16, 17) in the front-rear direction. The two disc-shaped members (16-16, 17-17) arranged side by side on the front side and the rear side of the support body 11 are symmetrically arranged with their outer peripheral surfaces in contact with each other. It is located. Thereby, the upper end side of the notch 41 is in a closed state. The hanging portion 14 is formed by the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) and the notch 41. Note that the two disc-shaped members (16, 17) do not have to be in contact with each other, and the distance between the two disc-shaped members (16, 17) must be close enough to be hung from the hook 2. Bye. In other words, even when there is a gap between the two disc-shaped members (16, 17), the distance between the two disc-shaped members (16, 17) is determined from the front-rear direction, such as the diameter of the hook 2. It is sufficient that the width is smaller than the horizontal width of the hook 2 when viewed.

When displaying products using the blister pack 1 shown in FIG. 2, the hook 2 is inserted through the hanging portion 14. At this time, the hook 2 and the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) are in line contact with each other in the direction of the axis (100a, 100b).

FIG. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of the blister pack 1. FIG. 3 shows the blister pack 1 when the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) are removed from the support 11. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper end side of the support body 11 is a cutout portion 20 formed in a C-shape with an open upper end due to a cutout 41 when viewed from the front-rear direction.

Two C-shaped end portions 18 facing each other in the left-right direction are formed on the open end side of the notch portion 20 . Further, each of the two end portions 18 is formed with a shaft hole 19 that penetrates in the front-rear direction. Then, the two disc-shaped members (16, 17) constituting each of the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) sandwich the end 18 of the C-shaped notch 20 in the front and back direction, and It is rotatably attached to the shaft hole 19 by, for example.

Further, in the support body 11, at least the region on the upper end side where the cutout portion 20 is formed has elasticity and is configured to be deformable by stress in the left and right direction. That is, when stress in the left and right outward directions is applied to each of the left and right ends 18 of the notch 20, the ends 18 are separated from each other in the left and right direction. Therefore, when the blister pack 1 suspended from the hook 2 is pulled downward, the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) rotate due to the frictional force generated at the contact surface between the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) and the hook 2. At the same time, the notch 20 is deformed in the left-right outward direction so that the gap between the ends 18 widens, and the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) that were in contact with each other are separated from each other by a distance greater than the diameter of the hook 2. As a result, the hook 2 is guided to the outside of the hanging part 14, and the blister pack 1 can be removed from the hook 2. In other words, even if a plurality of blister packs 1 are hung on the hook 2 in a row, it is possible to hang the blister packs 1 in the middle of the row without removing other blister packs 1 displayed on the tip side or swinging them from side to side. A certain blister pack 1 can be removed. Then, when the blister pack 1 is removed from the hook 2, the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) recover from the left and right separated state due to the elasticity in the notch 20, and return to the state where they are in contact with or close to each other again. .

In addition, when attaching the blister pack 1 that has been removed from the hook 2 to the hook 2, the rotation axis (100a, 100b) of the rotating body (15a, 15b) and the extending direction of the hook 2 are parallel to each other. Then, the blister pack 1 may be pushed upward so that the contact points between the hook 2 and the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) are lined up in the vertical direction when viewed from the front and rear directions. Thereby, the hook 2 is guided to the inside of the hanging part 14 by an operation opposite to that when the blister pack 1 was removed. Thereby, with the plurality of blister packs 1 attached to the hook 2 in a line, the blister pack 1 removed from the hook 2 can be returned to the middle of the line.

In this way, the blister pack 1 according to the embodiment can be easily removed from or attached to the hook 2 by simply moving it up and down in the vertical direction. Further, by using the blister pack 1 according to the embodiment when displaying products on hooks, it is possible to increase the display density of products.

Note that the distance by which the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) can be separated from each other in the left and right directions is determined according to the yield point of the support body 11 in the region of the notch 20 to which the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) are attached. Ru. In other words, when the upper side of the hanging part 14 is deformed in the horizontal direction at least in the region of the cutout part 20, the support body 11 is rotated (15a , 15b) may be made of a material or having a thickness that allows them to be separated from each other by a distance longer than the diameter of the hook 2. FIG. 4 shows the blister pack 1 when viewed from the front. FIG. 4 shows the periphery of the hanging part 14 of the blister pack 1 when it is displayed on a hook. As shown in FIG. 4, in the blister pack 1 displayed on the hook, the hook 2 is in line contact in the front-back direction with each of the two rotating bodies (15a, 15b) arranged symmetrically. . Thereby, it is possible to prevent the blister pack 1 from swinging in the left-right direction and the front-back direction, and it is possible to increase the display density of products. In particular, in the packaging container 1 according to the example, the disc-shaped members (16, 17) are arranged on both the front and rear surfaces of the support body 11, and the hook 2 and the rotating body (15a, 15b) are moved back and forth over a longer distance. Line contact can be made in the direction. Therefore, the blister pack 1 displayed on the hook is further suppressed from swinging in the front-back direction, and furthermore, from rotating around the axis in the vertical direction. Therefore, when the blister pack 1 according to the embodiment is displayed on hooks, the products are not tilted when viewed from the front and back, and the products can be displayed in an aesthetically pleasing state.

===Other Examples===
The embodiments for implementing the present invention have been described above. The above embodiments are provided to facilitate understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to be interpreted as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention may be modified and improved without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention also includes equivalents thereof. The embodiments of the present invention can be modified, for example, in the following points.

In the above embodiment, the packaging container has a hollow cup-shaped container portion 12 formed on one main surface of a support 11 made of sheet-like or film-like resin, cardboard, etc., so as to follow the shape of the product to be stored. Although the blister pack 1 has been described as having The method of fixing with 12 can be changed as appropriate. For example, the container part 12 may be fixed to a part of one main surface of the support body 11 with a fastener, or the container part 12 may cover the entire one main surface of the support body 11.

In the above embodiment, the notch 20 is formed in a C-shape with an open upper end when viewed from the front and rear directions, but the width of the notch in the left and right direction is determined from the front and back direction by, for example, the diameter of the hook 2. It is sufficient that the notch 41 is larger than the horizontal width of the hook 2 when viewed, and its shape is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be changed as appropriate. The shape of the notch when viewed from the front and rear directions may be such that the left and right sides of the notch 41 protrude upward, as shown in FIG. 5A, for example, or the upper end may be open, as shown in FIG. 5B, for example. It may be U-shaped.

The shape, size, position, etc. of the hanging part 14 are not limited to the above embodiments, and can be changed as appropriate.

In the above embodiment, the packaging container is described as the blister pack 1, but the packaging container is not limited to the blister pack 1, and various other packaging containers can be used. The packaging container may be, for example, a box-like container made of sheet-like or film-like resin or cardboard, or a flat bag-like container whose support is made of a laminate film. In any case, it is sufficient that the upper end side of the support body 11 is elastically deformable and provided with the hanging portion 14 consisting of the notch 41 and the rotating bodies (15a, 15b).

Regarding the size of the rotating bodies (15a, 15b) in the above embodiments, the specific diameter, thickness, etc. can be determined as appropriate as long as the above-mentioned remarkable effects are achieved.

The rotating body (15a, 15b) may be composed of one disc-shaped member disposed on one main surface of the support body 11.

The rotating bodies (15a, 15b) may be made of a material that itself has cushioning properties and is elastically deformable, such as foamed plastic made of polystyrene or polyolefin, or polychloroprene rubber. Thereby, fatigue of the support body 11 due to deformation and damage to the surface of the hook 2 due to contact with the rotating body (15a, 15b) can be reduced.

1 blister pack (packaging container), 2 hook, 11,111 support,
12,112 container part, 14,114 hanging part, 15a, 15b rotating body,
16, 17 disk-shaped member, 18 end of notch, 19 shaft hole, 20 notch,
41 Notch, 141 Through hole, 100 Rotating shaft

Claims (2)

A packaging container for displaying products while hanging from a hook,
It has a hanging part configured to be hung on the hook,
The hanging part has a flat plate shape, and includes a cutout part formed by cutting out a part of the surface whose normal line is the front and back direction, and two ends arranged on both sides of the cutout on the open end side of the cutout part. It consists of a total of two rotating bodies, one attached to each part,
The two rotating bodies are rotatably mounted around a rotating shaft extending in the front and back directions of the flat hanging part, and the peripheral edges of the two rotating bodies can be suspended from the hook. close to each other,
The notch is elastically deformed by stress applied in a direction that separates the gap between the two ends,
The rotating body is made of an elastically deformable material.
A packaging container characterized by: 2. The packaging container according to claim 1, wherein the rotating body is held between two disc-shaped members in front and back directions of the hanging part, and the two disc-shaped members are arranged around the rotation axis. A packaging container, characterized in that the container is rotatably supported by the end portion.

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