ANTI-THEFT PACKAGE FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS

Abstract

An anti-theft package for carrying one or more promotional items may include a base body, a first fastening device which can be pulled over the neck of a bottle, and a second fastening device disposed at a distance from the first fastening device and which can be secured around the neck and/or body of the bottle. The second fastening device may be reversibly or irreversibly locked around the bottle by means of a hole or an eye in or a lug on the base body of the package. The first fastening device may also be reversibly or irreversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle. In other cases, the first fastening device may be an open or closed sleeve that possibly includes projections directed towards the neck of the bottle for clamping. The base body may comprise a chamber in which a promotional item can be disposed.

Description

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates to an anti-theft package for promotional items for use with a container, such as a bottle, comprising at least one base body and at least one first fastening device, which can be pulled over the neck of a bottle.

An anti-theft package for promotional items is known, for example, from DE 202 13 205 U1, according to which a sleeve is pulled over the neck of a bottle.

Such known packages, however, have the disadvantage that they can be removed from a bottle neck without great effort and nearly free from destruction, so that the promotional items can be easily stolen. The desire for anti-theft attachment of advertising gifts and accessories is also due to the fact that such promotional items are no longer only inexpensive items that can be procured in large quantities without great expense, but are instead increasingly valuable products.

For these reasons it is desirable to be able to showcase promotional items and accessories to a potential buyer in a relatively theft-proof manner together with the actual product that is being sold.

It is, therefore, an object of the present disclosure to provide a theft-proof package for promotional items, which can be attached to a product relatively easily and securely and which does not impair the aesthetic presentation of the product, wherein reliable theft protection is provided both during transport and during display in sales locations.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein is anti-theft packaging with at least one second fastening device, which is disposed at a distance from a first fastening device and which can be secured around the neck and/or body of a container, such as a bottle. The second fastening device may be added and locked reversibly or irreversibly around the neck or body of the bottle.

An anti-theft package according to the present disclosure may be configured to be easily pulled over the neck of the bottle. Thereafter, by tightly pulling the fastening device together, the package is then firmly held against the neck of the bottle. In some implementations, the second fastening device may be tightened, particularly irreversibly, around the bottle neck so that it can no longer be pulled over the outer bulge at the opening of the bottle or over a screwed-on or snapped-on lid on the bottle.

Advantageously, the second fastening device may be a cable tie, pipe clamp or the like. In particular, cable ties made of plastic provide good theft-proof attachment of a package for promotional items according to the present disclosure.

Furthermore, a preferred embodiment may be characterized in that at least one second fastening device can be provided at a distance further from the opening of a bottle than the first fastening device. In this embodiment, the attachment of the package to a bottle is very simple and may be automated without difficulty.

Furthermore, an embodiment of a package for promotional items according to the present disclosure is preferably characterized in that at least one second fastening device is or can be attached to the package for promotional items using at least one hole or an eye in or a lug on the base body of the package.

Of course, the first fastening device may be configured identical or similar to the second fastening device. Therefore, according to a further development, the first fastening device may be a fastening device that can be placed around the neck and/or body of a bottle and which can be added and locked reversibly or irreversibly around the neck or body of the bottle. As with the second fastening device, the first fastening device may be a cable tie, a pipe clamp or the like.

It is preferable if the first fastening device is configured as an open or closed sleeve. When an open or closed sleeve is attached to the upper end of the package for promotional items, meaning in the vicinity of or on the bottle opening, the attachment of the package to the bottle is particularly easy. This additionally applies to such packages according to the present disclosure, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of projections directed towards a bottle neck for clamping the same to the bottle neck or a lid on the bottle. In some implementations, the sleeve may have three or more inwardly directed projections.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is furthermore provided that the base body of the anti-theft package comprises at least one first and/or at least one second fastening device made at least in part of plastic.

It is particularly advantageous if the first and second fastening devices are both made of pure plastic or plastics that can recycled together. Pure plastics are such materials that can be reused through recycling. When using pure plastic material, a particularly efficient recycling of the packaging can be achieved.

A particularly advantageous embodiment finally is characterized in that the base body of the anti-theft package has at least one chamber in which a promotional item can be disposed.

Embodiments described herein are based on the surprising realization that a package for promotional items comprising at least one first fastening device and at least one second fastening device may provide secure and simple theft protection. The second fastening device may be disposed at a distance from the first fastening device and can be secured around the neck and/or body of the bottle. Further, the second fastening device can be added and locked reversibly or irreversibly around the neck or body of the bottle, for example in the form of a cable tie. In addition, the material expenses for such anti-theft packaging are reduced, and it is not necessary to design new packages for promotional items for different bottle necks since the fastening device is suited to pull and hold together packaging for a variety of bottle diameters.

Since the one or more fastening devices are easily attached to the neck of a bottle, the assembly of the package for promotional items requires little effort. This may result in significant cost savings. Furthermore, the second fastening device, particularly in the form of a cable tie, provides a secure and resilient connection. In addition, releasing the fastening device requires more time and/or additional resources, such as a side cutter. An advantage of a second fastening device for the purpose of pulling and holding the arrangement together is that the package for promotional items can be added very closely to the bottle neck and accordingly requires very little additional space.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further characteristics and advantages of the embodiments disclosed herein will be apparent from the description provided hereinafter, which explains two exemplary implementations of the invention in more detail with reference to schematic illustrations, wherein:

FIG. 1 depicts a first implementation of an anti-theft package for promotional items according to a first aspect of the invention; and

FIG. 2 depicts a second implementation of an anti-theft package for promotional items according to another aspect of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 shows a first implementation of an anti-theft package 1 for promotional items, which package can be pulled over a neck of a bottle (not shown). The package 1 comprises a first fastening device in the form of a sleeve 3 that is closed at the top with a cover 13. The inside diameter of the sleeve 3 is preferably adjusted according to the diameter of the bottle neck, the bottle opening or the bottle closure over which the sleeve 3 is supposed to be pulled. The sleeve 3 may furthermore comprise a plurality of inwardly directed projections 5, which allow the sleeve to be affixed to the bottle neck and/or the bottle closure even better. Furthermore, the base body 6 of the package 1 comprises chamber 7 for accommodating one or more promotional items therein.

The package 1 furthermore comprises a second fastening device, for example in the form of a cable tie 9, which is attached via an eye 11 defined in the package 1. The cable tie 9 is wrapped around the bottle neck (not shown) during attachment and tightened to ensure that it cannot detach again. This way, the package 1 for promotional items can be securely attached to a bottle neck and is extremely difficult to remove from the bottle without destroying the package and perhaps the contents of the same. Removal of the package 1 is typically only possible with the use of a tool since cable ties, for example, are generally very robust and have high tensile strength.

FIG. 2 shows a second implementation of an anti-theft package 1′ for promotional items according to the present disclosure. The package 1′ has a first fastening device in the form of an open sleeve 3′ on a first lug of the body 6′ of the package 1′, which sleeve 3′ is placed over a bottle neck (not shown). The package 1′ according to the second implementation has a flat chamber 7′, in which one or more promotional items (not shown) can be accommodated. A second lug 10′ comprising two holes 11′ is disposed on the lower end of the chamber 7′, through which holes 11′ a cable tie 9′ is pulled for attachment of the package 1′ to a bottle neck (not shown). As is true for the first implementation described above, the cable tie 9′ may be pulled tightly around the neck of the bottle (not shown) so that removing the package 1′ from the bottle requires great effort.

Therefore, as with the first implementation, removal of the package 1′ according to the second implementation may only be possible by destroying the same.

Since the package 1 or 1′ for promotional items can be made of transparent plastic material, a customer is able to determine the content of the package, meaning the advertised or promotional items, without difficulty.

Consequently, the package 1, 1′ provides an easy, yet theft-proof attachment of a promotional item to a bottle neck.

Of course it is also conceivable to combine a plurality of base bodies of packages, for example in order to securely provide a group of bottles with one or more advertising gifts.

The characteristics and features of the implementations disclosed in the above description, in the claims and in the figures—either alone or in any combination with each other—may be used in each of the various embodiments.

REFERENCE NUMERAL LIST

1, 1′ Package for promotional items
3, 3′ Sleeve
5     Projection
6, 6′ Package base body
7, 7′ Vessel
9, 9′ Cable tie
10′   Lug
11    Eye
11′   Hole
13    Cover

Claims

1. An anti-theft package for promotional items for use with a bottle, comprising:

at least one base body;

at least one first fastening device which can be pulled over a neck of the at least one bottle; and

at least one second fastening device which is disposed at a distance from the first fastening device and which can be secured around the neck and/or body of the bottle.

2. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device is reversibly locked around the neck or body of the bottle.

3. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device is irreversibly locked around the neck or body of the bottle.

4. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device comprises a cable tie, a pipe clamp or the like.

5. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device is disposed on the neck or body of the bottle further away from an opening of the bottle than the first fastening device.

6. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device is or can be attached to the package by means of at least one hole or an eye in the base body of the package.

7. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fastening device is or can be attached to the package by means of a lug on the base body of the package.

8. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening device is a fastening device that can be placed around the neck and/or body of the bottle.

9. An anti-theft package according to claim 8, wherein the first fastening device is reversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle.

10. An anti-theft package according to claim 8, wherein the first fastening device is irreversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle.

11. An anti-theft package according to claim 8, wherein the first fastening device comprises a cable tie, a pipe clamp, or the like.

12. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening device is a closed sleeve.

13. An anti-theft package according to claim 12, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of projections directed towards the neck of the bottle for clamping the sleeve to the neck or a lid of the bottle.

14. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening device is an open sleeve.

15. An anti-theft package according to claim 14, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of projections directed towards the neck of the bottle for clamping the sleeve to the neck or a lid of the bottle.

16. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first and/or second fastening devices are made of plastic.

17. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first and second fastening devices are made of pure plastic material that can be recycled together.

18. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the base body of the package comprises at least one chamber in which a promotional item can be disposed.

19. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the base body, the first fastening device and the second fastening device are made of pure plastic material which can be recycled together.