Packaging for a plurality of individual products packed in individual packagings

Abstract

A pack, especially a retail pack, for a plurality of individual products packed in separate individual packs, characterized in that each individual pack has a retaining section which is firmly joined to a common pack carrier and from which a remaining portion of each individual pack can be separated in order to remove it from the pack carrier so that an individual product can be removed from the remaining portion.

1 . A pack, especially a retail pack, for a plurality of individual products packed in separate individual packs, comprising: 
 individual packs each having a retaining section which is firmly joined to a common pack carrier and from which a remaining portion of each individual pack can be separated in order to remove it from the pack carrier, so that an individual product can be removed from the remaining portion.    
   
   
       2 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the individual packs are arranged in one plane.  
   
   
       3 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each individual pack has at least two flat outer surfaces.  
   
   
       4 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the individual packs are polygonal and/or sectoral in shape.  
   
   
       5 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the retaining section forms a part of an individual pack, said part being lid-like and at a top portion of the pack.  
   
   
       6 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the retaining section extends over about 10% to 30% of the height of an individual pack.  
   
   
       7 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a perforation or some other kind of material weakening extending over at least part of the periphery of the individual pack is disposed between the retaining section and the remaining portion of an individual pack.  
   
   
       8 . A pack as claimed in claims  1 , wherein the pack carrier has a flat carrier section and a peripheral edge section which overlaps the carrier sections of the individual packs.  
   
   
       9 . A pack as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the edge section substantially overlaps the retaining sections.  
   
   
       10 . A pack as claimed in claims  1 , wherein each individual pack has an inner pack for receiving the individual product.  
   
   
       11 . A pack as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein, the inner pack is an air-tight pack or vacuum pack.  
   
   
       12 . A pack as claimed in either of  claim 10  wherein the inner pack is releasably joined to the individual pack.  
   
   
       13 . A pack as claimed in  claim 10  wherein the inner pack has a breaking line.  
   
   
       14 . A pack as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the breaking line is disposed in a region corresponding to the perforation.  
   
   
       15 . A pack as claimed in  claim 13  wherein a security strip is placed over the breaking line.  
   
   
       16 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pack carrier and/or the individual packs are made of paper, paperboard, cardboard or plastic.  
   
   
       17 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pack carrier is made from a blank of material.  
   
   
       18 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the pack carrier is provided with carrying tabs capable of being folded outwardly.  
   
   
       19 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein individual packs in the common pack carrier are releasably joined together.  
   
   
       20 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the retaining sections of the individual packs are joined to the pack carrier by adhesive.  
   
   
       21 . A pack as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the inner pack or the individual pack his filled with a product.  
   
   
       22 . A pack as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the individual packs arranged in one plane are in a row or a circle.  
   
   
       23 . A pack as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the shape is a block or prism.  
   
   
       24 . A pack as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the inner pack is releasably joined to the individual pack by means of adhesive points.  
   
   
       25 . A pack as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the individual packs are releasably joined together by means of adhesive points.  
   
   
       26 . A pack as claimed in  claim 21 , wherein the product is a pourable or flowable product.