IP Library Granted Patent US 11,807,431
Granted Patent B2
US 11,807,431 · App. 18/032,483 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Packaging item comprising means for retaining an object

Inventors: Pierre-Alain Cotte (Amberg, DE); Damien Limousin (Saint Etienne de Montluc, FR); Denis Mourrain (Vertou, FR); Charles Colas (Nantes, FR); Ronan Affre De Saint Rome (Oudon, FR)
Assignee: PA. COTTE SA
B65D5/5028B65D2581/051
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Patent No.
US 11,807,431
App. No.
18/032,483
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a package comprising a crate having a bottom, the package further comprising retaining means comprising an elastically deformable skin for holding at least one object (O) against the bottom of the crate, characterized in that the elastically deformable skin has a central elastic area and a peripheral elastic area around the central elastic area, the central elastic area having a lower elasticity than the peripheral elastic area, and in that the elastically deformable skin also comprises at least one elastic tertiary area extending the central elastic area in the direction of an edge of the elastically deformable skin while being bordered by the peripheral elastic area, said elastic tertiary area having an elasticity lower than or equal to the elasticity of the central elastic area.

Claims (13)

1. A package comprising a crate with a bottom, the package further comprising retaining means for holding, in the crate, at least one object, the retaining means comprising an elastically deformable skin intended to cover the object(s) positioned on the bottom, wherein the elastically deformable skin has a central elastic area and a peripheral elastic area around the central elastic area, the central elastic area having a lower elasticity than the peripheral elastic area, and in that the elastically deformable skin also comprises at least one elastic tertiary area extending the central elastic area in the direction of an edge of the elastically deformable skin while being bordered by the peripheral elastic area, said elastic tertiary area having an elasticity lower than or equal to the elasticity of the central elastic area.

2. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the central elastic area and each elastic tertiary area are made of a first material, the peripheral elastic area being made of a second material different from the first material, the first material having a lower elasticity than that of the second material.

3. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the central elastic area and each elastic tertiary area have a plurality of first cutouts, the peripheral elastic area having a plurality of second cutouts, the density and the size of the first cutouts being lower than the density and the size of the second cutouts.

4. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable skin has a rectangular shape, and comprises four elastic tertiary areas each extending towards one of the corners of the rectangular shape.

5. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable skin has a rectangular shape, and comprises eight elastic tertiary areas whose four elastic tertiary areas each extend towards one of the corners of the rectangular area and four other elastic tertiary areas each extend towards one of the sides of the rectangular shape.

6. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the elastically deformable skin also comprises at least one subsidiary area among:

a ring surrounding the central elastic area and the peripheral elastic area;

a plurality of V-shapes each extending from the edge of the elastically deformable skin and pointing towards the central elastic area.

7. The package according to claim 1 , wherein the crate comprises a rigid frame inside which the elastically deformable skin extends.

8. The package according to claim 7 , wherein the crate comprises a peripheral rim extending the bottom, the rigid frame being rotatably mounted on the peripheral rim.

9. The package according to claim 8 , wherein it also comprises:

a lid rotatably mounted on the peripheral rim,

a connecting rod rotatably mounted on the lid on the one hand, and rotatably mounted on the rigid frame on the other hand, the peripheral rim, the lid, the connecting rod and the rigid frame together forming a deformable parallelogram.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: COTTE, PIERRE-ALAIN
To: PA. COTTE SA
Reel/Frame 063364/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: LIMOUSIN, DAMIEN; AFFRE DE SAINT ROME, RONAN
To: PA. COTTE FRANCE
Reel/Frame 063364/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: MOURRAIN, DENIS; COLAS, CHARLES
To: LIVINGPACKETS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 063364/0286 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: PA. COTTE FRANCE; LIVINGPACKETS FRANCE
To: PA. COTTE SA
Reel/Frame 063364/0428 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2010712 · Oct 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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