Patent Description:
Particularly, the container and package object of the present invention can be used for housing food type products, e.g., confectionery products, biscuits, crackers, snacks.

As it is known the packaging field offers multi-piece pans used for cooking food products, e.g., as the ones described in the U. patent application No. <CIT>. These pans comprise a perforated sheet of paper material to which a plurality of distinct baking cups are engaged and configured to receive the dough. While the pans enable, due to the presence of distinct baking cups, to house products having a predetermined height, such pans have a complex multi-piece structure negatively weighing on the manufacturing costs and consequently on the product.

Moreover, cups of paper material are available on the market which comprise a plurality of distinct seats distanced from each other, each of them being provided of a base and a lateral wall developing away from the base in order to define a cavity housing a food product. Such cups are made by stamping a single flat sheet of paper material. Such cups, due to limitations given by the employed manufacturing process, have a limited vertical extension, preventing the cups from containing products having a determined vertical extension; furthermore, this manufacturing process does not enable to make some shapes, this condition negatively weighs on the flexibility in using the same.

patent application No. <CIT> describes instead single seat containers, configured to house a food product; such containers are obtained by folding a single paper sheet material. While the containers described in the U. patent application No. <CIT> have a structure capable of ensuring to contain products having a substantial vertical development, these are limited by the presence of a single seat and therefore they are provided of different compartments for housing food products. Single seat containers similar to the one described in the U. patent application No. <CIT> are also described in the following patent applications: <CIT>, <CIT>.

Moreover, from the patent application No. <CIT>, are known packages consisting of an outer container suitable to house inside it a tray supporting one or more articles. The tray is formed by three hollow elements aligned along a single direction and integrally joined at an upper flange of each hollow element; the tray is made by folding a blank of paper sheet material. A similar multi-seat tray is described in the patent application <CIT>.

While the containers of paper material described in patent applications <CIT> and <CIT> have a multi-seat structure and a height of the single seat suitable to contain products with a high vertical development, the Applicant has observed that such containers have some drawbacks and therefore the same are improvable in some aspects. Particularly, the beforehand described containers have a low rigidity preventing the same from correctly supporting products with a determined weight. The Applicant has further noted that the containers described in patent applications <CIT> and <CIT> are not capable of closing the product inside a seat; in order to close a product inside a seat, each container requires a distinct cover suitable to cooperate with the container or an outer package suited to receive the entire container, this condition negatively weighs on the manufacturing costs and on the product.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to solve at least one of the inconveniences and/or drawbacks of the preceding solutions.

A first object of the present invention consists of providing a multi-compartment container suitable to enable to house products having a high vertical development; particularly, a goal of the present invention consists of providing a container comprising a plurality of compartments distinct from each other, each of them is suitable to contain one or more products and protect the integrity thereof.

A further object of the present invention consists of providing a container having a simple and compact structure having also an optimal strength from the structural point of view. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a container which can be easily and reversibly closed after being opened for the first time.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a container which can be used many times by a consumer and then disposed of by recycling it, as soon as its function is exhausted, without particular issues intrinsic to a no-biodegradability of the material composing it.

These objects and others, which will better appear in the following description, are substantially met by a container according to the attached claim <NUM>, the process according to claim <NUM> and the package according to claim <NUM>.

Some embodiments and some aspects of the invention will be described in the following with reference to the attached drawings given only in an indicative and therefore non-limiting way, wherein:.

It is worth noting that in the present detailed description the parts illustrated in the different figures are indicated by the same numeral references. The figures could illustrate the object of the invention by not-to-scale representations; consequently, parts and components illustrated in the figures regarding the object of the invention, could only refer to schematic representations.

The term "product" means an article or a composition of articles of any kind. For example, the product can be in a solid, liquid or gel state, in other words as two or more of said aggregation states. Moreover, the product can be understood as a package, for example a blister, containing a plurality of articles. The product can comprise: drugs, beauty products, dishwasher and washing machine capsules, house cleaning products and laundry cleaning products (e.g., detergents), foodstuff, and cigarettes.

The term "paper material" means paper or paperboard, for example featuring at least <NUM>% by weight, optionally at least <NUM>% by weight of an organic material comprising one or more among cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, derivatives of lignin. The paper material can be a sheet material having a grammage comprised between <NUM> and <NUM>/m<NUM>. The sheet paper material can be coated at least partially by a plastic material coating, for example a film, destined to: reinforce the paper sheet material, define a water and/or humidity barrier. The coating can have a thickness varying between <NUM> and <NUM> and can be made by one or more of the following materials: LDPE, HDPE, PP, PE.

The term "blank" refers to a semi-finished product of sheet material, for example of paper sheet material, foldable on itself for completing a container. The blank can be in a single piece and obtainable by die cutting a single sheet.

The term "folded configuration of the blank" means a configuration in which the blank is folded to form a container.

The term "sheet material" means a material featuring two dimensions, for example the length and width, substantially greater than a third dimension, such as the thickness.

The reference number <NUM> generally indicates a container of paper material for housing at least one food product P made by the steps of folding a single flat sheet of paper material.

The container <NUM> shown in <FIG> comprises a plurality of hollow elements <NUM> in a substantially prismatic quadrangular shape, each of them can comprise a base <NUM> featuring a quadrangular shape delimited by a peripheral edge and developing along a horizontal plane, each hollow element <NUM> comprises at least one lateral wall <NUM> emerging from the base <NUM> and defining with this latter a seat <NUM> configured to receive at least one product P. Each lateral wall <NUM> has a quadrilateral shape, optionally squared, rectangular or trapezoidal one, engaged, on one side, to the peripheral edge of the base <NUM> and defining, oppositely, a free edge <NUM> suitable to define an opening configured to allow the introduction and withdrawal of at least one product P from the seat <NUM>. The at least one lateral wall <NUM> has an inclination with respect to the base <NUM> of the hollow element <NUM> itself equal to an angle comprised between <NUM>° and <NUM>°, optionally between <NUM>° and <NUM>°, measured inside the seat <NUM> of the respective hollow element <NUM>. The inclination of the lateral walls <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM> allows the same to receive inside a further hollow element <NUM> of a different container <NUM>; consequently, due to the inclination of the lateral walls <NUM>, the container <NUM> according to the present invention, can be stacked as illustrated in <FIG> in order to make easier the storage and transport.

The free edge <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM>, has a distance with respect to the base, which is considered equal to the length of the lateral wall <NUM>, greater than <NUM>, optionally comprised between <NUM> and <NUM>. Moreover, it is useful to note, as shown in the attached figures, that the base <NUM> and free edge <NUM> of each hollow element lie on respective planes substantially parallel to each other, in which the minimum distance between said lying plane of the base and free edge define a depth of the seat of each hollow element <NUM> equal to or greater than <NUM>, optionally comprised between <NUM> and <NUM>.

In a first embodiment (not illustrated in the attached figures), the container <NUM> comprises at least a series of hollow elements <NUM> defined by at least one first and one second hollow elements 2a, 2b aligned along a predetermined trajectory A, optionally rectilinear, in which at least a lateral wall <NUM> of the first hollow element 2a is distanced from at least one lateral wall <NUM> of the second hollow element 2b. Indeed, in the first embodiment, the container comprises only two hollow elements placed side by side.

<FIG>, <FIG> show a second embodiment of the container <NUM> comprising three hollow elements <NUM> aligned along the predetermined trajectory A. In particular, <FIG> shows a plurality of containers <NUM> according to the second embodiment, which are vertically stacked, in which each hollow element <NUM> of a container is housed inside the seat <NUM> of a hollow element <NUM> of an underlying container.

A third embodiment , shown in Figures from <NUM> to <NUM>, on the contrary refers to a container <NUM> comprising at least one first and one second series of hollow elements <NUM> respectively aligned along a first and second trajectories A, B, optionally rectilinear, substantially parallel to each other. Indeed, each series of the container <NUM> according to the third series comprises a plurality of hollow elements <NUM> so that the container substantially defines an array of hollow elements <NUM>. Figures from <NUM> to <NUM> show in a non-limiting way a container comprising only two series of hollow elements, each of them comprises three hollow elements aligned along a predetermined direction; it is not excluded the possibility of providing a greater number of series (in other words greater than two) in which each series comprises a number of hollow elements <NUM> equal to or greater than two (for example comprised between <NUM> and <NUM>).

In each embodiment , the hollow elements <NUM> are engaged with each other in correspondence of at least part of the respective free edges <NUM>. In particular, the first hollow element 2a can comprise at least one flange <NUM> extending outside the seat <NUM> from the free edge <NUM> of the same first hollow element 2a, joined in one piece to at least to the second hollow element 2b. In other words, the flange <NUM> is interposed between the lateral walls <NUM> respectively of the first and second hollow elements 2a, 2b. Still in other words, the lateral wall <NUM> of the first hollow element 2a is interposed between the flange <NUM> and base <NUM> of the same first hollow element 2a. Analogously to the first hollow element 2a, the second hollow element 2b comprises also a flange <NUM> extending outside the seat <NUM> from the free edge <NUM> of the same second hollow element 2b, towards the first hollow element 2a, joined in one piece to the flange <NUM> of the first hollow element 2a. Moreover, it is useful to observe, as shown for example in <FIG>, <FIG>, and <FIG>, the flange <NUM> of the first and second hollow elements 2a, 2b lies on a plane parallel to the lying plane of the base <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM>. The above cited has of the first and second hollow elements 2a, 2b, illustrated in the second embodiment of the container <NUM>, are typical of all the embodiments of the container <NUM> ; in other words, the features of the first and second hollow elements 2a, 2b are typical of each pair of immediately adjacent hollow elements <NUM> of the container and are joined in one piece to each other. In addition, the container <NUM>, according to the third embodiment, comprises an intermediate flange 14a which joins in one piece two series of hollow elements <NUM> placed side by side to each other (see <FIG>, for example).

The container <NUM> shown in the attached figures further comprises an outer perimetral edge <NUM>, which has a substantially quadrilateral shaped closed profile opposite to the bases <NUM> of the plurality of hollow elements <NUM>. The outer perimetral edge <NUM> delimits an upper access to the seats <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM>, which are completely defined inside the same outer perimetral edge <NUM>. In detail, the outer perimetral edge <NUM> can be defined by at least part of the free edges <NUM> of the lateral walls <NUM> of the plurality of hollow elements <NUM>, developing on a lying plane parallel to the lying plane of the bases of the hollow elements <NUM>.

The container <NUM> further comprises at least one panel <NUM> joined in one piece to at least one segment of the outer perimetral edge <NUM> of the container <NUM> and arranged at least partially outside each seat <NUM> of a hollow element <NUM>. As it will better outlined in the description of a process of making the container <NUM>, each panel <NUM> can be formed by at least two elementary panels <NUM> (<FIG>) each of them extends respectively from the free edge <NUM> of the first and second hollow elements 2a, 2b. The elementary panel <NUM> of the first hollow element 2a can therefore comprise at least one joining portion <NUM>, which is configured to engage, optionally by gluing, a respective joining portion <NUM> of the elementary panel <NUM> of the second hollow element 2b, for defining the panel <NUM>.

In a first configuration, the panel <NUM> is arranged next to a lateral wall <NUM> of at least one hollow element <NUM>, optionally is engaged with a lateral wall <NUM>; in such configuration, overlapping the panel <NUM> on at least part of the lateral wall <NUM> allows to increase the structural rigidity of the container <NUM>.

In particular, in the first configuration, the panel <NUM> extends from the outer perimetral edge <NUM> towards the bases <NUM> of the plurality of hollow elements <NUM> of the container along a predetermined extension direction. The container <NUM> can comprise a plurality of panels <NUM> extending from each side of the perimetral edge <NUM> towards the base <NUM>. Along the predetermined extension direction, it is therefore possible to define a height of the panel <NUM>, which is lower than a distance present between the free edge <NUM> and base <NUM> of each hollow element measured in the same way along the same extension direction. In other words, the ratio of the height of panel <NUM> and the lateral wall <NUM>, directly joined in one piece to the panel, is lower than <NUM>, optionally is lower than <NUM>, still more optionally is comprised between <NUM> and <NUM>.

The panel <NUM>, according to the first configuration, is for example illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>, associated to the container <NUM> according to the second embodiment; obviously, it is not excluded the provision of the panel <NUM> as in the first configuration, associated to the container according to the above described first and/or third embodiments.

According to a second configuration, the at least one panel <NUM> is engaged with the outer perimetral edge <NUM> and is movable with respect to this latter by rotating at least between a first and second operating positions. In the first operating position, the panel <NUM> allows the communication between the openings of the hollow elements <NUM> and the outer environment, in order to define an open condition of the container <NUM> suitable to enable the withdrawal and insertion products P. Viceversa, in the second operating position, the panel <NUM> is arranged at least partially above the openings of the plurality of hollow elements <NUM>, occluding at least partially them, for defining a closed condition of the container suitable to prevent the products P from being withdrawn.

The panel <NUM> can comprise at least one first and one second panels 9a, 9b, connected to and emerging from opposite sides of the outer perimetral edge with respect to the predetermined aligning trajectory A of the hollow elements <NUM>. However, the container <NUM> can comprise at least one panel <NUM> for each side of the outer perimetral edge <NUM>. The first and second panels 9a, 9b are movable between a first operating position, illustrated in <FIG> and <FIG>, in which they are configured to enable to insert the products P inside the seats <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM> (<FIG>), and a second operating position in which they are at least partially overlapped on each other and configured to completely occlude the openings of the plurality of hollow elements <NUM> (<FIG> and <FIG>).

Moreover, it is useful to note as the second panel 9b, arranged in the second operating position of <FIG>, is at least partially interposed between the first panel 9a and at least one hollow element <NUM> completely occluding the openings of each hollow element <NUM>.

The container <NUM> can comprise only a panel <NUM> according to the first configuration, as illustrated in <FIG> for example, or can comprise the panel <NUM> according to the second configuration (movable panel). It is not excluded the possibility of providing a container <NUM> comprising at least one panel <NUM> according to the first configuration and at least one panel <NUM> according to the second configuration; for example, <FIG>, <FIG>, <FIG>, and <FIG> illustrate a container <NUM> comprising the first and second panels 9a, 9b according to the second configuration (movable with respect to the perimetral edge <NUM>) engaged on the opposite sides of the perimetral edge <NUM> and a further pair of opposite panels <NUM> according to the first configuration, in other words fixed to a lateral wall <NUM> of at least one hollow element <NUM>; particularly, the pair of panels <NUM> fixed to the lateral wall <NUM> placed side by side to the first and second movable panels 9a, 9b. In other words, two opposite sides of the perimetral edge <NUM> stably support the first and second panels 9a, 9b are movable, while the other two opposite sides of the perimetral edge stably support the panel <NUM> in the first configuration, in other words fixed to the lateral wall <NUM> of a hollow element <NUM>. The container <NUM> can further comprise at least one first and one second coupling portions <NUM>, <NUM> configured to engagingly cooperate with each other, enabling the panel <NUM> to remain in the second operating position and therefore to maintain the container <NUM> in the closed condition.

The first coupling portion <NUM> can comprise at least one tab 12a and is stably supported by the at least one panel <NUM>. In particular, the tab 12a emerges from an outer profile of the panel <NUM>. Specifically, the first coupling portion <NUM> is supported by the panel <NUM> according to the second configuration, in other words when the panel <NUM> is relatively movable with respect to the outer perimetral edge <NUM> of the container <NUM>. For example, the first coupling portion <NUM>, particularly the tab 12a, can be joined in one piece to the first panel 9a as illustrated in <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, for example.

The second coupling portion <NUM> can comprise a slot 13a configured to receive through it the tab 12a and enable to lock the tab. The slot 13a can be for example defined on a lateral wall <NUM> of the container <NUM> (this condition is not illustrated in the attached figures) or can be defined on at least one panel <NUM>. For example, in <FIG> the tab 12a is supported by the first panel 9a while the slot 13a is defined on the second panel 9b, in particular at a central zone of the second panel 9b. The slot 13a supported by the second panel 9b is configured to enable, in the second operating position of the first and second panels 9a, 9b, to insert the tab 12a in the first coupling portion <NUM> inside a seat <NUM> of a hollow element <NUM> (<FIG>). In such configuration, the second coupling portion <NUM> is configured to lock the first panel 9a above the second panel 9b in order to keep the container in the closed condition.

As an alternative, the second coupling portion <NUM> can be defined on the intermediate flange 14a joining in one piece two series of hollow elements <NUM> placed side by side. Also in this configuration, the second coupling portion <NUM> comprises a slot 13a carried by the intermediate flange 14a and configured to enable, in the second operating position of the first and second panels 9a, 9b, to position the tab 12a of the first coupling portion <NUM>, outside the seats <NUM> of the hollow elements <NUM> between the lateral walls <NUM> of hollow elements <NUM> adjacent to each other and respectively belonging to the first and second series of hollow elements (see <FIG>, <FIG>, for example). With reference to this latter embodiment described and illustrated in <FIG>, the second panel 9b can comprise a recess <NUM> configured to enable the first panel 9a, at least in the second operating position of the first and second panels 9a, 9b, to directly face the second coupling portion <NUM> carried by the intermediate flange 14a. The recess <NUM> can have a convex profile, optionally opened, configured to enable to arrange the second coupling portion <NUM> inside the recess <NUM> itself.

Moreover, it is an object of the present invention a process of making a container <NUM> according to the attached claim <NUM>.

The process of making a container according to the first and second embodiments can comprise at least the following steps:.

It is useful to observe the blank <NUM> can have at least one first surface defining, after the step of folding the at least one lateral sheet <NUM> and central sheet <NUM>, respectively of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b, a surface of the seat <NUM> of the hollow element <NUM> suitable to receive a product P, and also a second surface defining, after the same folding step, an outer surface of the container <NUM>.

The central sheets <NUM> of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b define the bases <NUM> of each hollow element <NUM>. Particularly, the central sheets <NUM>, respectively of the first and second sheets 50a, 5b, has a polygonal quadrangular shape, wherein from each side of the same quadrangular polygon, emerges at least one lateral sheet <NUM>. In other words, the central sheets <NUM> of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b are reciprocally divided by at least one lateral sheet <NUM> of the first sheet 50a and by a lateral sheet <NUM> of the second sheet 50b.

As it is visible in <FIG>, the first sheet 50a can comprise a plurality of lateral sheets <NUM> emerging from the respective central sheet <NUM>.

The lateral sheets <NUM> of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b, after the above cited folding steps, define the lateral walls <NUM> of the hollow elements <NUM>. Each lateral sheet <NUM> of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b is therefore arranged between its central sheet <NUM> and peripheral sheet <NUM> respectively of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b, these latter will be better described in the following detailed description.

Moreover, the first sheet 50a comprises at least one lateral connecting sheet <NUM> carried by at least one of the lateral sheets <NUM> of the first sheet 50a and featuring a triangular shape.

Following the step of folding the lateral sheets <NUM> with respect to the central sheet <NUM> of the first sheet 50a, the lateral connecting sheet <NUM> can be constrained, optionally by gluing, to an adjacent lateral sheet <NUM> in order to stably keep the tridimensional configuration of the hollow element <NUM>.

Further, the first sheet 50a can comprise at least one peripheral sheet <NUM> joined in one piece to at least one lateral sheet <NUM> of the first sheet 50a itself, in order to define, after the step of folding this latter, the at least one panel <NUM> of the container. Specifically, according to the first and second embodiments of the container (<FIG>), the first sheet 50a can comprise a plurality of peripheral sheets <NUM> emerging oppositely to the central sheet <NUM> of the first sheet 50a. Consequently, the process can comprise, after or simultaneously with the step of folding the lateral sheets <NUM>, a step of folding each peripheral sheet <NUM> of the first sheet 50a with respect to the lateral sheet <NUM>, so that the second surfaces of the peripheral sheet <NUM> and of the lateral sheet <NUM> face and are at least partially in contact with each other.

Moreover, the process can comprise the step of predisposing a tab <NUM> carried by at least one peripheral sheet <NUM> and emerging from a perimetral edge delimiting this latter. The tab <NUM> can be configured to define, after the step of folding the blank, the first coupling portion of the container <NUM>.

Analogously to what was hereinbefore described, the second sheet 50b can comprise a plurality of lateral sheets <NUM> emerging from the respective central sheet <NUM>, and also at least one lateral connecting sheet <NUM> featuring a triangular shape and carried by at least one of the lateral sheets <NUM> of the second sheet 50b. After the step of folding the lateral sheets <NUM> with respect to the central sheet <NUM> of the second sheet 50b, the lateral connecting sheet <NUM> can be constrained, optionally by gluing, to an adjacent lateral sheet <NUM> in order to stably keep the hollow element <NUM> in its tridimensional configuration.

Moreover, the second sheet 50b can comprise at least one peripheral sheet <NUM> joined in one piece to at least one lateral sheet <NUM> of the same second sheet 50b, for defining, after the step of folding this latter, the at least one panel <NUM> of the container.

After the step of folding each peripheral sheet <NUM> of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b, the process can further comprise the steps of:.

The process further comprises the step of predisposing at least one opening <NUM> obtained after a step of cutting a peripheral sheet <NUM> of the second sheet 50b opposite to the peripheral sheet <NUM> supporting the tab <NUM>. The cutting step, performed after the step of folding the blank, defines the slot 13a of the second coupling portion <NUM>.

Moreover, the blank <NUM> can comprise at least one central connecting sheet <NUM> configured to define, after the step of folding the at least one lateral sheet <NUM>, at least part of a flange <NUM> of the hollow element <NUM>. The central element <NUM> can be delimited by a perimetral edge and is joined in one piece to two lateral sheets <NUM> respectively of the first and second sheets 50a, 50b along respective opposite segments of the perimetral edge of the connecting sheet <NUM>.

The blank <NUM> can further comprise at least one third and fourth sheets 50c, 50d made according respectively to the first and second sheets 50a, 50b of the same blank <NUM>, and also at least one joining sheet <NUM> configured to join in one piece the first, second, third and fourth sheets 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d to each other along a perimetral edge delimiting the same joining sheet <NUM>. Specifically, the joining sheet <NUM> comprises a first and second joining sheets 58a, 58b respectively joined in one piece to the first and third sheets 50a, 50c and to the second and fourth sheets 50b, 50d. The first joining sheet 58a is joined in one piece to respective lateral sheets <NUM> of the first and third sheets 50a, 50c along a first segment of the perimetral edge of the joining sheet <NUM>. Viceversa, the second joining sheet 58b is joined in one piece to respective lateral sheets <NUM> of the second and fourth sheets 50b, 50d along a second segment of the perimetral edge of the joining sheet <NUM>, opposite to the first segment, in order to define, after the step of folding each lateral sheet <NUM>, the intermediate flange 14a. Moreover, the at least one joining sheet <NUM> can comprise an opening <NUM> obtained after at least one step of cutting this latter, for defining the slot 13a of the second coupling portion <NUM>.

Moreover, the process comprises the step of cutting a peripheral sheet <NUM> of the blank <NUM> for defining the recess <NUM>.

It is also an object of the present invention a package <NUM> for housing a container <NUM> according to the attached claim <NUM>.

The package <NUM> can comprise at least one case of sheet material, optionally made of at least one among: plastics, aluminum, or paper, featuring a housing compartment <NUM> having a substantially closed volume, configured to hold the container <NUM>. As it is visible in <FIG>, the case <NUM> comprises at least one end closure portion <NUM> joined in one piece by a lateral wall <NUM> for defining a tubular element receiving inside said container <NUM>. In particular, the at least one end closure portion <NUM> of the case <NUM> comprises a first and second end closure portions 18a, 18b opposite to each other and configured to engage each other in order to occlude the housing compartment <NUM> of the case and to prevent the container <NUM> from being withdrawn from this latter.

It is useful to observe, as for example shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, that the container, once arranged inside the housing compartment <NUM>, contains at least one product P, optionally of a food type.

Claim 1:
Container (<NUM>) for housing at least one product (P), said container (<NUM>) comprising a plurality of hollow elements (<NUM>) being joined together in one piece, each hollow element (<NUM>) of said plurality of hollow elements comprising:
- a base (<NUM>),
- at least one lateral wall (<NUM>) emerging from the base (<NUM>) and defining with this latter a seat (<NUM>) configured to receive at least one product (P), the lateral wall (<NUM>) defining at least one opening delimited by a free edge (<NUM>) and configured to allow the introduction and withdrawal of at least one product (P) from said seat (<NUM>),
wherein the container (<NUM>) is made by folding a single flat blank made of paper sheet material,
wherein the container comprises an outer edge (<NUM>) with a closed profile, opposed to the bases (<NUM>) of the plurality of hollow elements (<NUM>) and delimiting an upper access of the container (<NUM>), wherein the seats of the plurality of hollow elements are defined within said outer edge (<NUM>),
wherein the container further comprises at least one panel (<NUM>) joined in one piece to at least one part of the outer edge (<NUM>) of the container (<NUM>),
characterized by the fact that the panel (<NUM>) is fixed, optionally by gluing, at least to the lateral wall (<NUM>) at an area distinct and distanced from the perimetral outer edge (<NUM>).