Patent Publication Number: US-2022227526-A1

Title: Container for cosmetic products and production method therefor

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a container for perfumery or cosmetic products. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Containers are known for perfumery or cosmetic products of the type comprising a box-shaped body, inside which there is a plastic tray containing a cavity for the partial housing of the products. 
     Multi-laying trays are known to contain multiple cavities, each of which can alternatively contain a plurality of objects. This allows making an individual mold of the tray and use it for an entire set of boxes, instead of making one mold for each box. 
     The multi-laying trays therefore allow saving on mold costs. 
     DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The technical aim underlying the present invention is to devise a container for perfumery or cosmetic products able to allow a correct housing of the products and to make, at the same time, an elegant and pleasant package. 
     The technical aim and the specified objects are substantially achieved by a container comprising the technical characteristics set out in one or more of the following claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Further characteristics and advantages of the present invention will appear clearer from the indicative, and therefore non-limiting description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of a container, as illustrated in the attached drawings in which: 
         FIGS. 1 and 5  show containers according to the present invention; 
         FIGS. 2 and 3  show components of a container according to the present invention or to be applied to a container according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  shows a side view of the component in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIGS. 5 and 6  show components of a container according to the present invention or to be applied to a container according to the present invention. 
     
    
    
     EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION 
     In the attached figures, reference numeral  1  globally indicates a container for perfumery or cosmetic products. 
     This container  1  comprises a first box-shaped body  21  delimiting a first compartment  41 . The container  1  comprises a first tray  31 , placed in said first compartment  41 . The first tray  31  is appropriately a single monolithic body. 
     The first box-shaped body  21  can comprise e.g. a bottom  211 , at least one side wall  212  (which extends transversely, orthogonally to the bottom). 
     The first box-shaped body  21  can comprise an access  213  to the first compartment  41 . It is located on one side opposite the bottom  211 . Appropriately, the first box-shaped body  21  can comprise a lid  214  that closes said access  213 . 
     In an alternative embodiment that is not shown, the first box-shaped body  21  can have a side opening that allows the first tray  31  to be pulled out laterally (like a drawer). 
     The first tray  31  comprises at least a first cavity  51 . The first tray  31 , appropriately, comprises a flat area  312 , from which the first cavity  51  extends. 
     The first cavity  51  is in a single monolithic body with the remaining parts of the first tray  31 . The first cavity  51  is multi-laying, i.e. of at least partial housing alternatively of a first or of a second product of different shapes. 
     Appropriately, the first tray  31  is made of natural fibre material, e.g. paper material or comprising paper material. Specifically, the first tray  31  is made of paper pulp. If necessary, it can also be made of plastic or other material. 
     Appropriately, the first tray  31  comprises a plurality of cavities (including the first cavity  51 ). In particular, it has a plurality of multi-laying cavities. 
     An area surrounding the first cavity  51  is preferably flat. 
     From this flat area  312  the first cavity  51  extends towards the bottom  211 . 
     Appropriately, the flat area  312  surrounds at least the first cavity  51 . 
     Conveniently, the area placed between a plurality of cavities is flat. 
     The container  1  comprises a first tray cover  61 , which is placed between said access  213  and the first tray  31 . Appropriately, the first tray cover  61  comprises/is a sheet  611  applied to the first tray  31  (the sheet  611  can also consist of multiple layers/foils assembled together). 
     The sheet  611  is made of paper material, e.g. paper or cardboard. 
     It can have graphic signs or decorations that embellish the product. The first tray cover  61  is locked together with the first tray  31 , in contact along an extended surface. The first tray cover  61  is therefore immovably connected to the first tray  31 . 
     The first tray cover  61  surmounts a first part  511  of the first cavity  51  and defines an opening  612  surmounting a second part  512  of the first cavity  51 . 
     This way the opening  612  allows viewing the product behind or the product to project itself outside the first cavity  51  through the first tray cover  61 . 
     Similarly, the first tray cover  61  manages to cover at least part, or all parts, of the first cavity  51  which are not occupied by the first product  71 . 
     This makes it possible to embellish the package by hiding the unused part of the multi-laying container. Conveniently, the first tray cover  61  is opaque or, anyway, not completely transparent. 
     Advantageously, the first and the second parts  511 ,  512  have different widths and/or depths. 
     Appropriately, an empty space is placed between the first tray cover  61  and the first part  511  of the first cavity  51 . The opening  612  crosses the thickness of the first tray cover  61  completely. 
     The empty space placed between the first tray cover  61  and the first part  511  of the first cavity  51  has a variable volume depending on the specific application. 
     Typically it is greater than 10% (appropriately greater than 25%) of the volume of the first cavity  51 . 
     Appropriately, the first tray cover  61  comprises a first portion surmounting the first part  511  of the cavity  51  and contains an imaginary square of 1 cm 2 . 
     The first tray cover  61  is conveniently connected to the tray  31  (in particular to the flat area of the first tray  31 ) by means of a layer of adhesive. 
     Advantageously, the first tray  31  comprises a second cavity  510 . 
     What has been described with reference to the first cavity  51  can be repeated for the second cavity  510 . In particular, the second cavity  510  is also multi-laying. 
     The first tray cover  61  surmounts a part of said second cavity  510  and defines an additional opening that surmounts a further part of said second cavity  510 . 
     The present invention also relates to a package  11 . 
     This package  11  comprises a container  1  having one or more of the characteristics described above. 
     In addition, the package  11  comprises a first product  71  which is at least partly housed in said first cavity  51 . Preferably, the first product  71  protrudes externally to the first cavity  51 . 
     Appropriately, a portion of the first cavity  51 , behind said first tray cover  61  and not occupied by the first product  71 , remains empty. 
     The objective of the first tray cover  61  is, in fact, to hide the parts of the first cavity  61  not occupied by the first product  71 . 
     At least one part of the perimeter of the opening  612  of the first tray cover  61  extends by overlapping on the perimeter of a port  311  of said first cavity  51 . 
     Preferably, the perimeter of the opening  612  of the first tray cover  61  overlaps by at least 30% of its length on the perimeter of the port  311 . 
     In the preferred embodiment the first product  71  comprises a compressible bottle or tube containing a cream. 
     The present invention also relates to a set of packages. 
     This set comprises a first package  11  that has one or more of the technical characteristics described above. 
     The set also comprises a second package  12  comprising:
         a second box-shaped body  22 , advantageously identical in shape and/or in the material to the first box-shaped body  21 ;   a second tray  32 .       

     The second tray  32  is identical in shape to the tray  31  and also the material can be the same. Appropriately, the second tray  32  is a single monolithic body. 
     The second tray  32  is placed in the second body-shaped box  22 . 
     The second tray  32  comprises a multi-laying seat  52 , which allows the alternative housing of the first and of a second product  71 ,  72 . 
     The multi-laying seat  52  allows a stable positioning of the first and of the second product  71 ,  72 . 
     Conveniently, the multi-laying seat  52  allows the alternative positioning of the first and of the second product  71 ,  72 , placing the first and the second product parallel to the bottom of the box-shaped body  22 . 
     The second product  72  is housed in the seat  52 . The seat is identical in shape and size to the first cavity  51  (appropriately, the first and the second trays  31 ,  32  are also in the same material). 
     The second package  12  also comprises a second tray cover  62 . 
     The second tray cover  62  comprises a sheet  621  applied to the second tray  32 . 
     This sheet  621  is appropriately made of paper material, e.g. paper or cardboard. 
     The sheet  621  can also be an overlapping of several layers. It is usefully less than 3 mm thick. 
     The second tray cover  62  is immovably connected (glued) to the second tray  32 . 
     Appropriately, the second tray cover  62  is applied to a flat portion of the second tray  32 . 
     The second tray cover  62  surmounts a first part  521  of the seat  52  and defines an opening  622  that surmounts a second part  522  of the seat  52 . 
     An empty space is placed between the second tray cover  62  and the first part  521  of the seat  52 . The second product  72  is housed in the second part  522  of the seat  52 . 
     The opening  622  of the second tray cover  62  is different in shape or size or position to the opening  612  of the first tray cover  61 . 
     The second tray  32  can comprise a second seat  520 , also multi-laying. The second tray cover  62  can comprise an additional opening that surmounts the second seat  520  when said opening surmounts the seat  52 . 
     When the second tray cover  62  is missing, the seat  52  is suitable for housing the first product  71 , as an alternative to the second product  72 . 
     The present invention also relates to a production method of a package having one or more of the characteristics described above with reference to the first package. 
     The method comprises the phases of:
         assembling said first box-shaped body  21 ;   providing said first tray cover  61  comprising an opening  612 , at least one part of the perimeter of the opening  612  of the first tray cover  61  corresponding to a first stretch of the perimeter of a port  311  of the first cavity  51 ;   providing a second tray cover  62  comprising an opening  622 , different in shape and/or size and/or position to the opening  612  of the first tray cover  61 ;   assembling to said first tray  31  the first tray cover  61  and the first product  71 , or the second tray cover  62  and the second product  72 ;   fitting the first tray  31  inside the first box-shaped body  21 .       

     The present invention achieves important advantages. 
     First of all, it allows reducing the cost for making a set of packages. In fact, an individual mold can be used to make a plurality of packages intended to house different products. 
     The use of tray covers makes it possible to hide spaces from the end user&#39;s sight that are not occupied by the product in the tray (and that would be used to house an alternative product). 
     This way the same tray shape can always be used, which can be adapted to the specific needs by simply changing the shape of the tray cover.