PRESENTATION ARRANGEMENT WITH A PACKAGING FOR PRESENTING AT LEAST ONE PADLOCK

Abstract

A presentation arrangement with a packaging for presenting at least one padlock with a lock body and a U-bolt which can be selectively locked to the lock body or can be at least partially released from the lock body is disclosed. The packaging includes a base section extending in a packaging plane and a holder for the padlock which rises from the packaging plane. The holder includes at least one holder opening through which the U-bolt of the padlock can be passed through for mounting the padlock to the packaging.

Claims

1. A presentation arrangement with a packaging for presenting at least one padlock that comprises a lock body and a U-bolt that can be selectively locked to the lock body or can be at least partially released from the lock body, wherein the packaging comprises a base section extending in a packaging plane and a holder for the padlock which rises from the packaging plane, wherein the holder comprises at least one holder opening through which the U-bolt of the padlock can be passed through for mounting the padlock to the packaging.

2. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the holder comprises at least two holder openings which are arranged offset from one another and through which the U-bolt of the padlock can be passed through for mounting the padlock to the packaging.

3. A presentation arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the holder extends along a width direction of the packaging, wherein the holder openings are offset from one another along the width direction; or wherein the holder openings are offset from one another perpendicular to the packaging plane.

4. A presentation arrangement according to claim 2, wherein a lateral holder opening of the two holder openings is laterally open and comprises an insertion slot for lateral insertion of the U-bolt.

5. A presentation arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the holder comprises a plurality of pairs of holder openings, wherein at each of the pairs of holder openings a respective padlock can be mounted by passing the respective U-bolt therethrough.

6. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the holder rises with a triangular shape from the packaging plane.

7. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the at least one holder opening is at least one of oriented obliquely to the packaging plane or circular in shape.

8. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the holder comprises at least one key holder opening, into which a key shank of a key associated with the padlock can be inserted, wherein the key holder opening is configured to hold the key inserted into the key holder opening in the holder.

9. A presentation arrangement according claim 8, wherein the key holder opening is at least one of offset from the at least one holder opening perpendicular to the packaging plane, or bound by the base section on one side.

10. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a width of the packaging in the packaging plane corresponds to a packaging width, wherein the holder extends along the entire packaging width.

11. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the packaging is configured from a flat material.

12. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the packaging can be provided in at least one of a flat initial state or as a flat material, wherein the holder is transferable to have an orientation that rises from the packaging plane by folding the packaging.

13. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the holder comprises a first holder surface rising from the packaging plane and a second holder surface rising from the packaging plane which meet at a holder ridge spaced from the packaging plane, wherein at least one holder opening is configured at each of the holder surfaces, wherein the U-bolt of the padlock can be passed through both the at least one holder opening of the first holder surface and the at least one holder opening of the second holder surface for mounting the padlock.

14. A presentation arrangement according to claim 13, wherein the holder surfaces are at least one of oriented inclined to each other or rectangular.

15. A presentation arrangement according to claim 13, wherein the second holder surface is connected to a fixing section, and wherein the packaging comprises a receiver for the fixing section into which the fixing section is inserted, wherein the fixing section inserted into the receiver stabilizes the holder in an orientation that rises from the packaging plane.

16. A presentation arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the fixing section is configured with a smaller width than the second holder surface.

17. A presentation arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the packaging comprises a receiving section formed of two layers of packaging material which forms the receiver, wherein the fixing section can be positioned between the two layers of packaging material.

18. A presentation arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the holder rises from the packaging plane at a front side of the packaging, wherein the receiving section comprises an insertion recess at the front side at an entrance of the receiver, in which insertion recess a front layer of the two layers of the receiving section is recessed.

19. A presentation arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the packaging comprises a rear panel section with which a receiving section front-layer is connected via a receiving section folding-line, wherein the rear panel section and the receiving section front-layer form the two layers of the receiving section.

20. A presentation arrangement according to claim 1, further comprising the at least one padlock mounted to the holder.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0101] The invention is explained in the following purely by way of examples of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0102] There is shown:

[0103] FIG. 1A shows a perspective view of a packaging of a presentation arrangement for presenting at least one and, in this embodiment, exemplary two padlocks;

[0104] FIG. 1B shows a plan view of a packaging of the presentation arrangement for presenting at least one and, in this embodiment, exemplary two padlocks;

[0105] FIG. 2A shows a front view of the presentation arrangement with padlocks mounted in the packaging;

[0106] FIG. 2B shows a perspective view of the presentation arrangement with padlocks mounted in the packaging;

[0107] FIG. 2C shows a side view of the presentation arrangement with padlocks mounted in the packaging;

[0108] FIG. 3 shows a front view of a further embodiment of the presentation arrangement with a packaging in which a padlock is inserted for the presentation;

[0109] FIG. 4 shows a representation of a flat initial state of the packaging, from which the packaging may be transferred into a state of use by folding;

[0110] FIG. 5A shows a schematic representation of a padlock that can be mounted to the packaging with a U-bolt having two legs of equal length;

[0111] FIG. 5B shows a schematic representation of a padlock that can be mounted to the packaging with a U-bolt having one long leg and one short leg;

[0112] FIG. 6A shows a schematic representation of a further embodiment of the presentation arrangement; and

[0113] FIG. 6B shows a schematic representation of a further embodiment of the presentation arrangement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0114] FIGS. 1A and 1B show a presentation arrangement 11 comprising a packaging 13 for presenting two padlocks 15 (see also FIGS. 2A to 2C).

[0115] The packaging 13 has a base section 19 extending in a packaging plane V and a holder 21 that rises in a triangular shape 31 from the packaging plane V and the base section 19. For this purpose, the holder 21 comprises a first holder surface 45 and a second holder surface 47, which meet at a holder ridge 49 formed by a connecting line 77.

[0116] As FIGS. 2A to 2C show, two respective pairs 29 of holder openings 23 are formed at the two holder surfaces 45 and 47, through which the respective legs 18 of a respective U-bolt 17 of the padlocks 15 to be presented may be passed through, in order to mount the padlocks 15 to the packaging 13 and in the holder 21. In addition, the U-bolt 17 passing through the holder openings 23 is also inserted into a respective lock body 16 of the respective padlock 15 and may in particular be locked therein, in order to enable reliable mounting of the padlocks 15 to the holder 21. The holder openings 23 have a circular shape 33, which is adapted in particular to a cross-sectional shape of the U-bolt 17.

[0117] In addition, according to the embodiment of FIGS. 1A to 2C, respective key holder openings 35 are formed at the holder surfaces 45 and 47, exemplarily between the two pairs 29 of holder openings 23, into which at least one key 39 with a key shaft 37 associated with the respective padlock 15 can be inserted, so that the key 39 may also be mounted to the packaging 13 and received in the holder 21. As shown in particular by FIGS. 2B and 2C, the embodiment shows an exemplary three keys 39 inserted into the key holder openings 35 one behind the other, perpendicular to the packaging plane V and held therein.

[0118] With regard to the presentation of the padlocks 15 on the packaging 13, it is thus provided that the mounting and/or locking of the U-bolt 17 to the lock body 16 is also used to mount the padlocks 15 to the packaging 13 and to the holder 21. For this purpose, the legs 18 of the U-bolt 17 may be passed through the aforementioned pairs 29 of holder openings 23 and locked to the lock body 16, so that the padlock 15 may be held at the holder 21 of the packaging 13 so as to be visible from the outside. This may in particular allow the padlocks 15 on the one hand to be held securely to the packaging 13 and, on the other hand, allow them to be inspected directly from the outside without the padlocks 15 having to be arranged in a transparent and closed container for this purpose. Therefore, the packaging 13 may generally be made out of any material and in particular also out of sustainable materials such as cardboard, carton and/or paper, since the choice of material is no longer restricted by the requirement to present the padlocks 15 in a transparent and closed container. Production from recycled plastic may also be considered, for example.

[0119] In addition, in the embodiment shown with reference to FIGS. 1A to 2C, the holder openings 23 of a respective pair 29 of holder openings 23 are offset from one another along a width direction B parallel to the packaging plane V, so that the U-bolts 17 of the inserted padlocks 15 may be arranged in a bolt plane E oriented parallel to the packaging plane V. The holder openings 23 are moreover arranged perpendicular to the packaging plane V and offset from the base section 19, so that there is sufficient space for arranging the lock body 16 of a respective padlock 15 and the lock body 16 may also be oriented substantially parallel to the packaging plane V when the padlock 15 is mounted to the packaging 13 (see in particular FIG. 2C).

[0120] Alternatively, however, an arrangement of the holder openings 23 of a respective pair 29 of holder openings 23 which are offset perpendicular to the packaging plane V could also be provided, for example, in order to receive and hold a padlock 15 in the holder 21 perpendicular to the packaging plane V, as is schematically shown in FIG. 6B. Furthermore, a plurality of pairs 29 with respective holder openings 23 offset in the width direction B, could be provided offset to one another perpendicular to the packaging plane V, in order to arrange a plurality of padlocks 15 one behind the other perpendicular to the packaging plane V and oriented parallel to the packaging plane V.

[0121] In contrast to the holder openings 23 being spaced from the base section 19, the key holder openings 35 are configured directly adjacent the base section 19 and are bound on one side by the base section 19, so that the inserted keys 39 may be supported at the flat base section 19 against any tilting (see also in particular FIG. 2C). In addition, the key holder openings 35 have a rectangular basic shape, so that the key holder openings 35 are adapted to a cross-sectional shape of the key shank 35 of the keys 39 to be inserted.

[0122] Furthermore, the key holder openings 35 are arranged in such a way that the inserted keys 39 may be connected to the U-bolt 17 of one of the padlocks 15 by a key-ring 41, so that the keys 39 are reliably secured in the holder 21 via the key-ring 41 and the U-bolt 17, and against being detached from the holder 21 (see FIGS. 2A and 2B and also FIG. 3).

[0123] The aforementioned triangular shape 31 of the holder 21 also allows the holder surfaces 45 and 47 and thus also the holder openings 23 generally configured with a circular shape 33, to be oriented towards the packaging plane V, so that as FIG. 2C shows, a cross-sectional width 75 in a viewing plane of the holder openings 23 oriented perpendicular to the packaging plane V, is smaller than a diameter of the circular shape 33. In particular, the diameter of the circular shape 33 may correspond to a width of the U-bolt 17 of the padlock 15 to be received, so that the U-bolt 17 may in particular be easily clamped in the holder openings 23 and thereby stabilized.

[0124] Furthermore, in the embodiment shown with reference to FIGS. 1A to 2C, respective lateral holder openings 25 are formed open at the sides and have an insertion slot 27 for inserting a leg 18 of the U-bolt 17 of the padlock 15 to be mounted.

[0125] As shown in FIG. 5B, a padlock 15 may be provided whose U-bolt 17 is configured with a long leg 18and a short leg 18, for example, whereby only the short leg 18 can be selectively released from the lock body 16, whereas the long leg 18 remains permanently in the lock body 16. In the open position of the padlock 15 shown in FIG. 5B, the short leg 18 is released from the lock body 16 and can, for example, be pivoted about the long leg 18. On the other hand, by inserting the short leg 18 into the insertion opening 20 and locking the short leg 18 to the lock body 16, the U-bolt 17 may be secured to the lock body 16 and locked against detachment from the lock body 16.

[0126] In particular, the mounting of such padlocks 15 configured with legs 18 and 18 of different lengths may be simplified by the design of the holder 21 having laterally open holder openings 25. For example, the padlock 15 shown in FIG. 5B may be inserted from the outside into the holder 21 with the short leg 18 being released from the lock body 16, by inserting the long leg 18 still mounted to the lock body 16 into one of the insertion slots 27. For the orientation of the padlock 15 shown in FIG. 5B, the padlock 15 could thus be inserted in the position shown of the U-bolt 17 into the lateral holder opening 25 or its insertion slot 27 on the right in FIGS. 1A to 2B. After this insertion of the long leg 18, the short leg 18 may be inserted into the lock body 16 and in doing so be passed through the inner-lying holder opening 23 of the pair 29 of holder openings 23, in order to thereby easily mount the padlock 15 to the packaging 13.

[0127] FIG. 5A further shows schematically that the U-bolt 17 of a padlock 15 to be presented may also be configured with legs 18 of the same length, for example, and may be selectively completely released from the lock body 16, whereby the legs 18 may, however, also be inserted into respective insertion openings 20 of the lock body 16 and locked in the lock body 16 by a locking mechanism with a latch, which is not shown, and can be actuated, for example, by way of the keys 39 (see FIG. 5A).

[0128] FIG. 5B shows (additional to the design of the U-bolt 17 with legs 18 and 18 of different lengths) that the padlock 15 to be presented may also have a combination locking mechanism 87 as an alternative (or in addition) to actuation by a key 39, in order to be able to selectively lock the short leg 18 to the lock body 16 or release it for release from the lock body 16. The design of locking mechanisms to be actuated by a key 39 or combination locking mechanisms is fundamentally known to the skilled person, so that it is not necessary to go into this in more detail.

[0129] FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of the presentation arrangement 11 and its packaging 13, wherein the packaging 13 according to this embodiment is intended to receive and present only one padlock 15. Also for this packaging 13, a holder 21 raised from a base section 19 and a packaging plane V is provided, whose holder surfaces 45 and 47, however, only provide a respective pair 29 of holder openings 23. In addition, in the embodiment shown with reference to FIG. 3, the holder openings 23, for example, are formed completely closed and in particular circular in shape, so that the U-bolt 17 can be passed through the holder openings 23 parallel to the packaging plane V rather than from the side.

[0130] Such embodiments may be provided, in particular, for mounting a padlock 15 according to the type shown with reference to FIG. 5A, in which the U-bolt 17 can be completely released from the lock body 16, so that the released U-bolt 17 may be passed through the holder openings 23 from above for example, and then may be inserted into the lock body 16 in order to mount the padlock 15 to the packaging 13. In general, however, such a packaging 13 may also be used to receive padlocks 15 whose U-bolt 17 according to FIG. 5B has legs 18 and 18 of different lengths, whereby such a U-bolt 17 may, for example, be threaded through the two holder openings 23. In addition, in the embodiment according to FIG. 3, key holder openings 35 are arranged to the side of the holder 21 and next to the holder openings 23, so that an inner-lying holder opening 23 is arranged between the outer-lying holder opening 23 and the key holder opening 35.

[0131] Furthermore, in particular for the presentation of padlocks 15 which are to be operated exclusively by a combination locking mechanism and do not require keys 39, it may be provided for, that the holder 21 of the packaging 13 intended for the presentation does not have a key holder opening 35.

[0132] In addition, it is generally provided, both for the embodiment according to FIGS. 1A to 2C and for the embodiment according to FIG. 3, that the holder 21 extends along a width direction B of the packaging 13 over an entire packaging width 43, so that this entire packaging width 43 may be used to form the holder 21. Furthermore, both packagings 13 have a respective hanger opening 73 in order to be able to hang up the packaging 13 with the inserted padlock 15 or padlocks 15 on a sales shelf, for example, and to be able to present the padlocks 15 in this way.

[0133] A further embodiment of the presentation arrangement 11 is shown schematically in FIG. 6A, wherein the holder 21 in this embodiment has only one holder opening 23 (or mutually aligned holder openings 23) for one leg 18 of the U-bolt 17 of the presented padlock 15, whereas the other leg 18 of the U-bolt 17 is not guided through a holder opening 23. However, this padlock 15 may also be securely mounted to the holder 21 and presented visibly from the outside, without the padlock 15 having to be accommodated in a closed container. In addition, FIG. 6A shows that the holder 21 may also be configured rectangular in cross-section, whereby in this case the holder ridge 49 may be formed by a section of the holder 21 furthest away from the base section 19.

[0134] As already mentioned, the packaging 13 of the presentation arrangement 11 disclosed herein thus enables padlocks 15 to be presented in a simple manner and to be directly visible without the need for closed and transparent containers for the padlocks 15. In addition, the packaging 13 may also be produced in a simple manner in that the packaging 13, for example, may be provided in a flat initial state A and in particular as a punched part and/or as a flat material, so that it may be transferred by folding into a state of use G with the holder 21 rising from the packaging plane V.

[0135] FIG. 4 shows the packaging 13 in the flat initial state A. The packaging 13 has a rear panel section 63 to which a hanger section 69 is connected by a hanger section folding-line 71. By folding the hanger section 69 along a folding direction F towards the rear panel section 63, respective hanger openings 73, which are formed on the rear panel section 63 and the hanger section 69, may be brought into superposition with one another and the hanger section 69 may, for example, be glued to the rear panel section 63 in order to form a two-layered layer.

[0136] Opposite the hanger section folding-line 71, the rear panel section 63 is connected by a receiving section folding-line 65 to a receiving section front-layer 67 which forms a front layer 51 of a receiving section 85 formed by two layers. By folding the receiving section front-layer 67 counter to the folding direction F and towards the rear panel section 63 and, in particular, by partially gluing the receiving section front-layer 67 to the rear panel section 63, the receiving section 85 may therefore be formed in two layers, whereby a part of the rear panel section 63 forms a rear layer 53 and the folded receiving section front-layer 67 forms a front layer 51 of the receiving section 85. In addition, a receiver 83 for a fixing section 79 is formed at the receiving section front-layer 67, wherein the holder 21 may be secured in the orientation rising from the packaging plane V by inserting the fixing section 79 into the receiver 83, as will be further explained below. In particular, the receiver 83 may be formed by gluing the receiving section front-layer 67 only partially to the rear panel section 63 and not in a section defining the receiver 83.

[0137] Opposite the hanger section folding-line 71, the hanger section 69 is connected by a first folding-line 55 to the first holder surface 45, which is connected to the second holder surface 47 by a second folding-line 57. In particular, the second folding-line 57 forms the connecting line 77, which in the state of use G defines the holder ridge 49 of the holder 21. In this respect, in particular after folding the hanger section 69 relative to the rear panel section 63, the holder 21 may be transferred into the triangular shape 31 rising from the packaging plane V, by folding the first holder surface 45 about the first folding-line 55 relative to the hanger section 69 and folding the second holder surface 47 about the second folding-line 57 relative to the first holder surface 45.

[0138] In addition, opposite the second folding-line 57, the aforementioned fixing section 79 is connected to the second holder surface 47 via a further folding-line 81. The fixing section 79 does not extend over the entire width of the second holder surface 47, but is only formed at a central section of the second holder surface 47 that corresponds to the receiver 83. After transferring the holder 21 into the triangular shape 31, the fixing section 79 may therefore also be folded about the further folding-line 81 relative to the second holder surface 47 in order to be transferred into an orientation parallel to the receiving section 85 and therefore to the base section 19 and the packaging plane V, and to be able to be pushed into the receiver 83. In order to facilitate this insertion, an insertion recess 61 is formed at the receiving section front-layer 67, so that the fixing section 79 may be pushed back behind the receiving section front-layer 67, for example with a thumb, and then may be inserted into the receiver 83. The receiving section front-layer 67 may thus cover the fixing section 79 after insertion into the receiver 83 and secure it against loosening, whereby sections of the holder surface 47 projecting laterally beyond the fixing section 79 may, in addition, abut against sections of the receiving section front-layer 67 extending laterally beyond the receiver 83 in order to counteract unfolding of the holder 21.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0139] 11 presentation arrangement [0140] 13 packaging [0141] 15 padlock [0142] 16 lock body [0143] 17 U-bolt [0144] 18 leg [0145] 18 long leg [0146] 19 base section [0147] 20 insertion opening [0148] 21 holder [0149] 23 holder opening [0150] 25 lateral holder opening [0151] 27 insertion slot [0152] 29 pair [0153] 31 triangular shape [0154] 33 circular shape [0155] 35 key holder opening [0156] 37 key shaft [0157] 39 key [0158] 41 key-ring [0159] 43 packaging width [0160] 45 first holder surface [0161] 47 second holder surface [0162] 49 holder ridge [0163] 51 front layer [0164] 53 rear layer [0165] 55 first folding-line [0166] 57 second folding-line [0167] 59 entrance [0168] 61 insertion recess [0169] 63 rear panel section [0170] 65 receiving section folding-line [0171] 67 receiving section front-layer [0172] 69 hanger section [0173] 71 hanger section folding-line [0174] 73 hanger opening [0175] 75 cross-sectional width [0176] 77 connecting line [0177] 79 fixing section [0178] 81 further folding-line [0179] 83 receiver [0180] 85 receiving section [0181] 87 combination locking mechanism [0182] A initial state [0183] B width direction [0184] E bolt plane [0185] F folding direction [0186] G state of use [0187] V packaging plane