Packing box for laboratory articles

Abstract

A packing box for laboratory articles with a body ( 1 ) which has been produced from plastic material with a peripheral, preferably slightly conically shaped jacket ( 2 ) and a carrier plate ( 5 ) which is provided with insertion openings ( 3 ) for the laboratory articles, especially pipette tips, with a bottom ( 6 ) made of plastic material and with a cover ( 7 ) which is also made of plastic material. The carrier plate ( 5 ) is produced in one piece with the jacket ( 2 ) and the body ( 1 ) together with the carrier plate ( 5 ) have the shape of an inverted trough.

1 . Packing box for laboratory articles, comprising: 
 a body made of a plastic material with a peripheral jacket and a carrier plate which is provided with insertion openings configured to receive the laboratory articles,    a bottom made of plastic material,    a cover made of plastic material, and    wherein the carrier plate is formed in one piece with the jacket and is in the shape of an inverted trough.    
   
   
       2 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bottom is formed in one piece with the body and is connected to an edge of the jacket via a film hinge.  
   
   
       3 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the film hinge comprises several individual hinges which are located distributed over the length of one edge of the jacket.  
   
   
       4 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein, on other lengthwise and transverse edges of the jacket, roughly at the height of the film hinge, catch recesses are provided for catch projections which are located laterally on the bottom.  
   
   
       5 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein a peripheral base is formed on the jacket and forms the lengthwise and transverse edges.  
   
   
       6 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the edge of the jacket which has the film hinge is shortened as compared to the other edges.  
   
   
       7 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the base is shortened or absent on the edge which has the film hinge.  
   
   
       8 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, in a finished state of the packing box, the bottom is located countersunk in the jacket.  
   
   
       9 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein, in the finished state of the packing box, the bottom is located countersunk in the jacket.  
   
   
       10 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein, in the finished state of the packing box, the bottom is located countersunk in the jacket.  
   
   
       11 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the jacket of the body is provided with ribs which run from the carrier plate to opposite edges of the jacket.  
   
   
       12 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the ribs have a corrugated shape.  
   
   
       13 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the plastic material is polypropylene.  
   
   
       14 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the plastic material is polypropylene.  
   
   
       15 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness of at least the jacket is about 1.0 mm or less.  
   
   
       16 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the wall thickness of at least the jacket is about 1.0 mm or less.  
   
   
       17 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the wall thickness of at least the jacket is about 1.0 mm or less.  
   
   
       18 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a part of the hinge for the cover is molded to an edge of the jacket and the cover is pivotally coupled thereto by means of corresponding opposing part of the hinge.  
   
   
       19 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the cover is made in one piece with the jacket from the plastic material and wherein the hinge is a film hinge that is made in one piece with the cover and jacket.  
   
   
       20 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the hinge comprises several individual hinges which are arranged distributed over the length of said edge of the jacket.  
   
   
       21 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the hinge has a pivot limit.  
   
   
       22 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the pivot limit restricts pivoting motion to an opening angle of about 100°.  
   
   
       23 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the hinge of the cover is made self-opening.  
   
   
       24 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein a catch connection is provided between the cover and the jacket on an edge which is opposite the hinge.  
   
   
       25 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein the catch connection is configured for enabling one-handed opening actuation.  
   
   
       26 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 23 , a catch connection is provided between the cover and the jacket on an edge which is opposite the hinge.  
   
   
       27 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the catch connection is configured for enabling one-handed opening actuation.  
   
   
       28 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an upper edge of the body has a peripheral sealing step for the edge of the cover.  
   
   
       29 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bottom and the cover are provided with form-fitted structures on surfaces thereof which are made and arranged corresponding to one another for facilitating stacking of like packing boxes with the bottom of one packing box nesting on a cover of another packing box.  
   
   
       30 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the peripheral base is projects laterally.  
   
   
       31 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the film hinge comprises several individual hinges which are located distributed over the length of an edge of the jacket.  
   
   
       32 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the hinge has a pivot limit.  
   
   
       33 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the laboratory articles that insertion openings configured to receive are pipette tips.  
   
   
       34 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein there are three individual hinges.  
   
   
       35 . Packing box as claimed in  claim 20 , wherein the hinge comprises three individual hinges.