Food packaging comprising clip elements

Abstract

Foodstuffs packaging, such as an egg carton, having a bottom part which has at least one row of shaped depressions for accommodating eggs or separate articles and a lid part, which is arranged for swing action on the bottom part, the bottom part or the lid part being provided with complementary clamping elevations and clamping openings, the clamping openings being arranged on the other of the lid part or the bottom part offset in relation to the clamping elevations. The offset arrangement of the clamping elevations and of the clamping openings allows the units to be connected with clamping action such that they are offset in relation to one another. The clamping openings may be connected to a trough which produces an accommodating space for items which are to be inserted therein, it being possible for the accommodating space to be closed off using a sticker as a cover.

1 . A packaging for foodstuffs, comprising a bottom part having at least one row of shaped depressions formed therein for accommodating separate articles, and a lid part configured for swing action on the bottom part, the bottom part and the lid part being provided with complementary clamping elevations and clamping openings, 
 wherein the clamping openings are arranged on one of the lid part or bottom part and the clamping elevations are arranged on the other of the lid part or the bottom part, the clamping openings being offset in relation to the clamping elevations.    
     
     
         2 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1 , wherein the clamping elevations and the clamping openings are respectively no higher or deeper than a maximum nesting height of 4 to 15 mm.  
     
     
         3 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the clamping openings are arranged approximately centrally over adjacent clamping elevations.  
     
     
         4 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the top edge of the lid part is configured such that the spacing of the nearest clamping opening is less than or equal to the free spacing between two adjacent clamping elevations.  
     
     
         5 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the clamping elevations and the clamping openings have a conicity of 2° to 15°.  
     
     
         6 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein at least six clamping elevations arranged in a double row are provided.  
     
     
         7 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the lid part has a trough, which is open in the upward direction and a cover which closes off the trough in the upward direction.  
     
     
         8 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 7 , wherein the cover is a sticker.  
     
     
         9 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 7 , wherein the lid part is provided with retaining depressions connected to the trough.  
     
     
         10 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 9 , wherein the trough and the retaining depressions have approximately the same depth.  
     
     
         11 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 7 , wherein the trough or the retaining depressions has a depth which is no greater than a maximum nesting height of the foodstuffs packaging.  
     
     
         12 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 9 , wherein the retaining depressions are offset laterally in relation to the shaped depressions.  
     
     
         13 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 9 , wherein the retaining depressions have an indent on their floor.  
     
     
         14 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 9 , wherein the clamping openings are formed by the retaining depressions.  
     
     
         15 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the articles being packaged are eggs.  
     
     
         16 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the clamping elevations and the clamping openings are respectively no higher or deeper than a maximum nesting height of 7 to 9 mm.  
     
     
         17 . The foodstuffs packaging according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the clamping elevations and the clamping openings have a conicity of 7° to 9°.