Package comprising means for retaining an object
A package including: a case having a bottom and a peripheral rim which can adopt: a stowing position in which the peripheral rim extends substantially parallel to the bottom; a use position in which the peripheral rim extends from the bottom; a cover; and holding means for maintaining in the case an object to be transported. The holding means includes: a first part secured to the case; and a second part secured to the cover. At least one of the first part and the second part is relaxed in the stowing position of the peripheral rim, and tensioned in the use position of the peripheral rim.
1. A package comprising:
a case having a bottom and a peripheral rim which can adopt:
a stowing position in which the peripheral rim extends substantially parallel to the bottom;
a use position in which the peripheral rim extends from the bottom;
a cover movable relative to the case and able to adopt:
a closed position in which the cover covers the peripheral rim;
an open position, in which the cover is removed from the peripheral rim; and
holding means for maintaining in the case an object to be transported, inserted into the case,
wherein the case comprises means for blocking the peripheral rim in its use position, and wherein the holding means is deformable and comprises:
a first part secured to the case; and
a second part secured to the cover,
wherein at least one of the first part and the second part is relaxed in the stowing position of the peripheral rim, and tensioned in the use position of the peripheral rim.
2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral rim comprises:
a front panel;
a rear panel; and
two side panels connecting the front panel and the rear panel,
each panel being articulated to the bottom, the panels being substantially perpendicular to the bottom in the use position of the peripheral edge.
3. The package according to claim 2 , wherein each side panel is connected to the front panel and to the rear panel by junction means, the displacement of the side panels when switching the peripheral edge from its stowing position to its use position, causing the displacement of the front panel and the rear panel.
4. The package according to claim 2 , wherein the means for blocking the peripheral rim in its use position belong to the following group:
by magnetism;
by insert;
by deformation;
by bracing.
5. The package according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first part and the second part of the holding means has at least one elastically deformable portion.
6. The package according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first part and the second part of the holding means has an adherent coating.
7. The package according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first part and the second part of the holding means has a sliding coating, the adherent coating being located between two portions of the sliding coating.
8. The package according to claim 7 , wherein the adherent coating is centered relative to the bottom of the case in the closed position of the cover.
9. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the first part and the second part of the holding means are distinct from each other, and wherein:
the first part is spaced from the bottom of the case in the use position of the peripheral edge; and
the second part is in the form of a foam secured to a lower face of the cover turned towards the bottom of the case in the closed position of the cover.
10. The package according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cover comprises a plate and a jamb extending in the direction of the bottom and having a free end in the vicinity of the bottom of the case in the closed position of the cover;
the first part of the holding means is formed by the bottom of the case; and
the second part of the holding means is flexible and is secured to the bottom of the case or to the peripheral edge in the vicinity of the bottom of the case by a first end, and to the free end of the jamb by a second end, the first end and the second end of the holding means being distant from each other and delimiting therebetween, on the bottom, an area for receiving the object to be transported in the closed position of the cover.
11. The package according to claim 10 , wherein the holding means comprise at least one strap.
12. The package according to claim 11 , wherein the or each strap has an inner face turned towards the bottom of the case, the inner face having an adherent coating.
13. The package according to claim 11 , wherein the or each strap has an X or Y shape, a first portion of the X or of the Y having the first end of the holding means and an opposite second portion having the second end of the holding means.
14. The package according to claim 10 , wherein the holding means comprise a film intended to at least partially cover the bottom of the case in the closed position of the cover.
15. The package according to claim 10 , wherein the jamb is pivotally mounted on the plate.
16. The package according to claim 10 , wherein the bottom of the case has a cavity forming a housing for receiving the object to be transported.
17. The package according to claim 10 , wherein the cavity has a base having an adherent surface intended to cooperate with the object to be transported in order to maintain it in position.
18. The package according to claim 16 , wherein the cavity is centered on the bottom of the case.
19. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the case comprises means for locking the cover in its closed position, the locking means including a first part secured to the case and a second part secured to the cover.
20. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the case carries an electronic dialogue interface.