CONE COMPRISING A CASING FOR A TOY

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cone (1) provided with an additional casing volume for storing a surprise toy. Said cone (1) for providing a surprise toy comprises an edible cone (2) and a casing volume (3) having a hollow body with sidewalls (7) expanding in vertical direction (y), and said edible cone (2) comprises also a hollow body having a wall (6) which expands from its lowermost end to its uppermost end, wherein the casing volume (3) is located on the edible cone (2) such that the sidewall of the casing volume (3) and the wall (6) of the edible cone (2) provide substantially the same inclination angle with respect to the horizontal axis (x).

Claims

1. A cone accommodating a surprise toy along with a foodstuff comprising an edible cone and a casing volume for holding the toy characterized in that said casing volume is located on top of the edible cone and having a sidewall which expands in vertical direction (y), and said edible cone comprises a hollow body having a wall which expands from its lowermost end to its uppermost end, wherein; the sidewall of the casing volume and the wall of the edible cone are arranged in substantially a linear alignment such that they have substantially the same inclination angle (a) with respect to horizontal axis (x) in order to form an integral cone, and the cone further comprises a receptacle placed into the casing volume for holding a toy therein, said receptacle having a truncated cone shape with a sidewall having substantially the same inclination angle (a) with the sidewall of the casing volume, with respect to the horizontal axis (x), such that the receptacle substantially occupies the casing volume.

2. A cone according to claim 1 wherein the receptacle comprises a lid which is freely closable to a mouth portion thereof or fixed to at least one portion of the mouth of the receptacle with a connecting element.

3. A cone according to claim 1 wherein said edible cone comprises a foodstuff and said foodstuff is selected from the group of ice cream, cacao cream, chocolate, marshmallow and candy.

4. A cone according to claim 1 wherein said cone comprises a separator located between the foodstuff of the edible cone and bottom portion of the receptacle in order to isolate the foodstuff from contact with the said receptacle.

5. A cone according to claim 4 wherein said separator is in the form of a hoop having a vertically extending rim in order to form a basis for the toy's receptacle and to form a closure for the foodstuff contained in the edible cone.

6. A cone according to claim 5 wherein said separator is narrowed in vertical axis (y) from an open inlet to the lower portion in order to be introduced into the mouth portion of the edible cone.

7. A cone according to claim 1 wherein said edible cone comprises a conic or a frusto-conical shape wherein the wall of the edible cone is in a cylindrical or cornered form.

8. A cone according to claim 1 wherein the cone further comprises a wrapping material which constitutes sidewalls of the casing volume for wrapping up the receptacle.

9. A cone according to claim 1 wherein the cone further comprises a packing cover in order to close the mouth portion of the cone, which is independently provided or is fixed to the wrapping material from a portion thereof.

10. A cone according to claim 1 wherein the edible cone comprises wafer or biscuits.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION THE FIGURES

[0015] FIG. 1 shows perspective view of the cone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the cone according to the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 3 shows a representative view of the cone according to the present invention wherein the cone comprises a packaging material wrapping up the cone.

[0018] FIG. 4 shows perspective view of the toy's receptacle with a lid, for use in the present invention.

[0019] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the receptacle case without a lid.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0020] The present invention generally relates to a cone (1) comprising an edible cone (2) and a casing volume (3) located on said edible cone (2) wherein said casing volume (3) is configured to have a cone shaped hollow body as a continuation of the cone (2) to receive a toy as a surprise gift for the kids.

[0021] The cone (1) comprising the casing volume (3) and the edible cone (2) are formed to have a conic or a frusto-conical hollow body. The term conic or frusto-conical refers to a shape in which the structure has a lowermost area differing from the uppermost area such that the structure is not a cylinder. The periphery of the conic or frusto-conical cone (1) may be in a circular form or in a cornered form.

[0022] As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the casing volume (3) is of the frusto-conical shape having preferably a circular periphery which rises from mouth portion (9) of the edible cone (2) such that the sidewall (7) defining the casing volume (3) is expanding from said mouth portion (9) of the edible cone (2) to the mouth (8) of the overall cone (1) along a straight line as a continuation of the edible cone (2). The casing volume (3) is integrated with the edible cone (2) such that both the sidewall (7) of the casing volume (3) and the wall (6) of the edible cone (2) provides substantially a straight line, and therefore having substantially the same inclination angle (a) with respect to the horizontal axis (x). In addition, bottom portion (17) of the receptacle (20) may be intended to be used as a coverage on the foodstuff (5) of the edible cone (2). Therefore, the casing volume (3) as mentioned herein is designed to have a toy's receptacle (20) which has a shape of truncated cone.

[0023] As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, receptacle (20) may comprise a lid (15) for the purpose of preventing the toy (not shown) from falling wherein the lid (15) may be freely connected to the mouth (8) or may be hinged thereto with a connecting element (12) which allows opening of the lid (15). It has to be noted that the receptacle (20) is designed to fill the casing volume (3) preferably in a tight fashion such that it does not move inside the said casing volume (3). Therefore, it is designed in a geometry, i.e. truncated cone, to fill the casing volume (3) which is having substantially the same geometry with the receptacle (20). In this respect, the sidewall (16) of the receptacle (20) has substantially the same inclination angle (a) with sidewall (7) of the casing volume (3) as well as the wall (6) of the edible cone (2), with respect to the horizontal axis (x).

[0024] As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, a cone shaped body has varying cross-sectional areas throughout the vertical axis (y), and also the receptacle (20) having the shape of truncated cone will have a bottom portion (17) having an area larger than at least some certain part of the cone (1). It is therefore clear that the receptacle (20), when placed into the casing volume (3), would not need a support in order to hold this receptacle (20) above the foodstuff (5) because either of the sidewall (7) of the casing volume (3) or the wall (6) of the edible cone (2) as such will be supporting receptacle (20) in a level above the foodstuff (5) because of the narrowing of the cross-section in vertical direction (y). Therefore, it is possible to form an air insulation area between the foodstuff (5) and bottom portion (17) of the receptacle (20) without needing a supporting surface. In another embodiment, however, a separator (4) can be provided in this area to provide a further insulation of the foodstuff (5) as explained below.

[0025] Therefore, the cone (1) may further comprise a separator (4) to form bottom area of the casing volume (3) between the mouth portion (9) of the edible cone (2) and the bottom portion (17) of the receptacle (20) in order to isolate the foodstuff (5) from contact with the said receptacle (20), which clearly safeguards any harmful effect of the receptacle (20) on the foodstuff (5). Said separator (4) is preferably produced from paper, cardboard, polypropylene or any other material which is suitable for contacting with the foodstuff (5). The separator (4) is preferably coated with a polymer film to form a laminate with the separator (4) as an additional measure for safety.

[0026] In a preferred embodiment, the separator (4) may be in a cylindrical disc form or in a cornered disc form lying on the horizontal axis (x) to cover the foodstuff (5) of the edible cone (2) and isolate the foodstuff (5) from the bottom portion (17) of the receptacle (20).

[0027] As shown in FIG. 1, as a further embodiment, the separator (4) may be provided as a hoop having a vertically extending rim forming as a basis for the toy's receptacle (20). The side surface of the separator (4) isolate the foodstuff (5) of the edible cone (2) from the wrapping material (11). Said side surface of the separator (4) is narrowed in the vertical axis (y) from the open inlet (14) to the lower portion (13) in order to be introduced onto the edible cone (2) such that it would cover and isolate the foodstuff (5). Said separator is adapted to be removable when the cone (1) is unpacked.

[0028] In this embodiment, the separator (4) as a hoop serves as a closure in order to prevent air contact on the foodstuff (5) when the cone (1) is unpacked and the receptacle (20) is separated from the edible cone (2). If the consumer does not desire to eat the foodstuff (4) after removing the casing volume (3) from the cone (1) to have the toy, said closure of the separator (4) keep the foodstuff (5) covered.

[0029] The edible cone (2) may be produced by wafer, biscuits or any eatable filler material, therefore when the cone (1) is unpacked and the casing volume (3) is removed, the edible cone (2) can be completely eaten by the consumer.

[0030] The cone (1) may further comprise a packing cover (10) in order to close mouth portion (8) of the cone (1), which can be freely located on the cone (1) or can be fixed to the wrapping material (11) from a portion thereof.

[0031] Additionally, the foodstuff (5) of the edible cone (2) can be ice cream, cacao cream, chocolate, marshmallow, candy or any other confectionery food which is suitable for being offered on an edible cone (2). These foodstuff (5) may be a mixture or combination of the material mentioned above which may include a topping portion formed by addition of further foodstuff and dressing material such as dragee, pieces of hazelnut and peanut or popping candies.

[0032] The cone (1) of the present invention provides an advantage for the confectionery products, which offer a foodstuff (5) with a toy, by decreasing the size of such products while increasing the effective volume for the toy, by means of locating the casing volume (3) and toy's receptacle (20) for the surprise gift on the foodstuff (5) of the edible cone (2).

[0033] Additionally, the receptacle (20) is adapted to provide substantially the same inclination with the wall (6) of the edible cone (2) and it is located on the edible cone (2) to offer a proper packaging and providing a view of an integral cone from the outside to the customers. This arrangement is also advantageous for ensuring heat insulation of the confectionary product by virtue of the air occupying inner volume of the toy's receptacle (20). It can be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the larger area of heat transfer for a confectionary product held in a cone is actually the top portion thereof and melting starts from this portion due to the larger area exposed to ambient temperature. With the present structure of the cone (1) according to the invention, melting of the confectionary product is considerably retarded even if the product is exposed to relatively high temperatures above melting point of the foodstuff (5).