Paper-based packaging

Abstract

The present application is concerned with a paper-based packaging for a plurality of brush articles, the brush articles having a brush body and a brush head, the packaging comprising a box-like outer packaging, and at least one insert having a lower sheet of paper-based material and an upper sheet of folded paper-based material, the lower sheet and the upper sheet being secured at each other, the insert being dimensioned for fitting into the box-like outer packaging, in particular wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed from a single sheet of paper-based material, wherein the folded upper sheet is forming at least a first erected receiver element and a second erected receiver element, the first and the second erected receiver elements being aligned in a longitudinal direction, thus forming a first group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements for receiving a first brush article from the plurality of brush articles.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A paper-based packaging for a plurality of brush articles, the brush articles each comprising a brush body and a brush head, the packaging comprising:
 a box-like outer packaging; and   at least one insert comprising a lower sheet of paper-based material and an upper sheet of folded paper-based material, the lower sheet and the upper sheet being secured at each other, the insert being dimensioned for fitting into the box-like outer packaging, in particular wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed from a single sheet of paper-based material;   wherein the folded upper sheet is forming at least a first erected receiver element and a second erected receiver element, the first and the second erected receiver elements being aligned in a longitudinal direction, thus forming a first group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements for receiving a first brush article from the plurality of brush articles.   
     
     
         2 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the folded upper sheet is forming at least a third erected receiver element and a fourth erected receiver element, the third and fourth erected receiver elements being aligned in the longitudinal direction, thus forming a second group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements for receiving a second brush article from the plurality of the brush articles. 
     
     
         3 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the third erected receiver element is aligned with the first erected receiver element in a transverse direction thus forming a first group of transversely aligned receiver elements and the fourth erected receiver element is aligned with the second erected receiver element in the transverse direction thus forming a second group of transversely aligned receiver elements. 
     
     
         4 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 2 , wherein the first group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements is longitudinally aligned with the second group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements so that the first, the second, the third and the fourth erected receiver elements are all aligned in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         5 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the first erected receiver element comprises a first arm pair forming an erected triangle in the longitudinal direction and a second arm pair forming an erected triangle in the longitudinal direction so that in-between the arm pairs a first receptacle is formed that has an opening between a top peak of the first triangle and a top peak of the second triangle, the opening having a free width. 
     
     
         6 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein the first arm pair comprises a first arm and a second arm and the second arm pair comprises a first arm and a second arm such that the first arms are aligned in the transverse direction and the second arms are aligned in the transverse direction and where the first arms define in-between a first holder opening and the second arms form in-between a second holder opening, where the first holder opening has a maximum free width that is larger than the free width between the top peaks of the first and second triangles and the second holder opening has a maximum free width that is larger than the free width between the top peaks of the first and second triangles and the first holder opening and the second holder opening together define the holder opening of the first erected receiver element, in particular where the first holder opening has an area, a shape, or a diameter that is different to a respective area, shape, or diameter of the second holder opening. 
     
     
         7 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the insert has a length, a width and a height that are dimensioned such that the insert essentially gap-free fits into the inner cavity of the box-like outer packaging, alternatively wherein the insert has a length, a width and a height that are dimensioned such that a plurality of inserts essentially gap-free fit into the inner cavity of the box-like outer packaging, where the plurality of inserts are arranged in a side-by-side or transversely aligned manner and/or in an one upon the other manner and/or in a one behind the other or longitudinally aligned manner. 
     
     
         8 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein the upper sheet has a first end and an opposite second end in the longitudinal direction, the lower sheet has a first end and an opposite second end in the longitudinal direction, where at least the first end of the lower sheet extends in the longitudinal direction beyond the first end of the upper sheet when the lower sheet is in an unfolded condition, where the lower sheet has a folding line arrangement adjacent the first end of the upper sheet such that a first end portion of the lower sheet can be folded around the folding line arrangement. 
     
     
         9 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 8 , wherein at least the first end of the upper sheet is concave, further where the folding line arrangement comprises at least a concave folding line segment closely following the concave end of the upper sheet and a convex folding line segment meeting the concave folding line segment at two intersection points in the transverse direction, the concave and the convex folding lines segments defining in-between an intersection area such that in a folded state, when the first end portion of the lower sheet is bent away from the lower sheet by a first angle, the intersection area is bent away from the lower sheet by a second angle being about half of the first angle. 
     
     
         10 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein straight folding line segments extend from each of the intersection points in the transverse direction to a respective side edge of the lower sheet. 
     
     
         11 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein the box-like outer packaging comprises a bottom wall, a top wall and four side walls together forming a closed box and an inner sheet portion being secured to an inner side of the bottom wall, the inner sheet portion extending from an end of the bottom wall towards a center area and the inner sheet portion comprising at least one end tip in the longitudinal direction, the at least one end tip being arranged such that in an insertion process the center of the intersection area of the insert gets into contact with the at least one end tip. 
     
     
         12 . A paper-based brush article packaging comprising,
 a box-like outer packaging; and   at least one insert comprising a lower sheet of paper-based material and an upper sheet of folded paper-based material, the lower sheet and the upper sheet being secured at each other, the insert being dimensioned for fitting into the box-like outer packaging, in particular wherein the lower sheet and the upper sheet are formed from a single sheet of paper-based material;   wherein the folded upper sheet is forming at least a first erected receiver element and a second erected receiver element, the first and the second erected receiver elements being aligned in a longitudinal direction, thus forming a first group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements for receiving a first brush article from the plurality of brush articles; and   at least a first brush article having a brush body and a brush head, the first brush article being received by the first group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements; and   the insert being essentially gap-free disposed in the box-like outer packaging.   
     
     
         13 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein the folded upper sheet is forming at least a third erected receiver element and a fourth erected receiver element, the third and fourth erected receiver elements being aligned in the longitudinal direction thus forming a second group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements for receiving a second brush article from the plurality of the brush articles, a second brush article having a brush body and a brush head, the second brush article being received by the second group of longitudinally aligned receiver elements. 
     
     
         14 . The packaging in accordance with  claim 12 , wherein at least the first erected receiver element comprises an abutment wall against which the head of the first brush article abuts in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         15 . A planar blank made from cardboard, for forming a box-like outer packaging, the blank comprising a first side wall section, a bottom wall section, a second side wall section and a top wall section, which sections are successively arranged side by side and are separated by folding lines, wherein a first gluing strip is arranged at an outer edge of the first side wall opposite the bottom wall section and a holder section is arranged at an edge of the bottom wall section in a direction perpendicular to the side-by-side arrangement, the holder section comprising a first holder section being directly connected with the bottom wall section and a second holder section connected with the first holder section, wherein the second holder section is shaped such that when the second holder structure is folded onto the first holding structure and the bottom wall section, the first side wall section together with the first gluing strip is folded onto the bottom wall section, and the top wall section is folded onto the second side wall section and the bottom wall section such that the top wall section overlaps with the first gluing strip, then the folded blank has maximally three sheets of the cardboard lying on top of each other at any place of the folded arrangement.