Loose article dispensing package and blanks assembly for making a loose article dispensing package

Abstract

A loose article dispensing package including a container having a bottom wall and a top wall; an outer casing slidingly coupled to the container along a sliding direction between a raised position and a lowered position, the outer casing including a main portion and an auxiliary portion, wherein, in the raised position of the outer casing, the bottom wall of the container is substantially aligned with a free end of the auxiliary portion; a dispensing opening of the container; wherein the outer casing includes a predetermined separation line arranged between the auxiliary portion and the main portion, and wherein the auxiliary portion of the outer casing is configured to be separated from the main portion of the outer casing along said predetermined separation line.

1 . A loose article dispensing package, comprising:
 a container for containing a plurality of loose articles (A), comprising a bottom wall and a top wall;   an outer casing arranged outside the container and slidingly coupled to the container along a sliding direction between a raised position and a lowered position, a dispensing opening of the container adjacent to the bottom wall in a direction transverse to the sliding direction and spaced from the bottom wall of the container along the sliding direction when the outer casing is in the raised position;   a shutter that is active on the dispensing opening and movable between a closing configuration, in which the shutter closes the dispensing opening, and an opening configuration, in which the shutter opens the dispensing opening;   wherein the shutter is connected to the container and to the outer casing so that in the raised position of the outer casing the shutter is in the closing configuration;   wherein:   the outer casing comprises a main portion and an auxiliary portion, wherein, in the raised position of the outer casing, the bottom wall of the container is substantially aligned with a free end of the auxiliary portion;   the outer casing comprises a predetermined separation line arranged between the auxiliary portion and the main portion, wherein the auxiliary portion of the outer casing is configured to be separated from the main portion of the outer casing along said predetermined separation line.   
     
     
         2 . The dispensing package according to  claim 1 , wherein, when said outer casing is in the raised position, said dispensing opening is arranged at a first distance from the bottom wall along the sliding direction and wherein said auxiliary portion has an extension in the sliding direction equal to or less than said first distance. 
     
     
         3 . The dispensing package according to  claim 1 , wherein said outer casing comprises a cutting or weakening line at said predetermined separation line. 
     
     
         4 . The dispensing package according to  claim 1 , wherein the main portion of the outer casing comprises four walls and wherein the auxiliary portion comprises at least three walls that are coplanar to respective three walls of the main portion. 
     
     
         5 . The dispensing package according to  claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary portion comprises a tear-off appendage not connected to the main portion and configured to be grasped by a user. 
     
     
         6 . The dispensing package according to  claim 5 , wherein said tear-off appendage develops along the sliding direction between the predetermined separation line and said free end of the auxiliary portion. 
     
     
         7 . The dispensing package according to  claim 1 , wherein the main portion comprises a longitudinal end on an opposite side with respect to the auxiliary portion; said longitudinal end of the main portion being substantially aligned with the top wall of the container when the outer casing is in the raised position. 
     
     
         8 . An assembly of blanks for making a dispensing package comprising:
 a first flat blank comprising:   a main portion configured to define a container;   first appendages arranged at a first longitudinal end of the main portion and configured to define a top wall of the container;   second appendages arranged at a second longitudinal end of the main portion configured to define a bottom wall of the container;   a pair of third appendages arranged in a recess of the main portion, facing each other and longitudinally interposed between the first appendages and the second appendages; said pair of third appendages being configured to define a shutter for a dispensing opening of the container;   wherein the assembly of blanks comprises a second flat blank configured to define an outer casing which can be slidingly inserted onto said container, comprising a main portion and an auxiliary portion distinguishable from one another by a separation line.   
     
     
         9 . The assembly of blanks according to  claim 8 , wherein said separation line is parallel to a first longitudinal end of the main portion of the second flat blank. 
     
     
         10 . The assembly of blanks according to  claim 8 , wherein said auxiliary portion of said second flat blank comprises an appendage configured to define a tear-off appendage. 
     
     
         11 . The assembly of blanks according to  claim 8 , wherein said separation line is defined by a sequence of incisions in said second flat blank. 
     
     
         12 . The assembly of blanks according to  claim 11 , wherein said sequence of incisions distinguishes the main portion from the auxiliary portion of the second flat blank.