Packaging unit

Abstract

The packaging unit comprising a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a pocket which is arranged on the receiving chamber on the outside and is square in ground plan and is dimensioned such that a beverage cup can be inserted in a clamp seat into the pocket is characterized in that on the lower end portion of the pocket at least one strip-shaped wall section, preferably two strip-shaped wall sections are cut free laterally from the side walls of the pocket, the incisions extending in parallel with the lower edge of the pocket each time at both sides of the corners of the pocket, which are spaced apart from the receiving chamber, the incisions extending at the same height of the pocket, and that at the two ends of the strip-shaped wall sections fold lines are respectively formed extending in a direction perpendicular to said sections, so that the strip-shaped wall sections can be bent around the fold lines into the interior of the pocket.

1 . A packaging unit comprising a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a pocket which is arranged on the receiving chamber on the outside thereof and is square in ground plan and is dimensioned such that a beverage cup can be inserted in a clamp seat into the pocket, the pocket has a lower end portion and sidewalls, wherein on the lower end portion of the pocket at least one strip-shaped wall section is partially cut free laterally from the side walls of the pocket by at least one incision, the incision extending in parallel with a lower edge of the pocket at a corner of the pocket which is spaced apart from the receiving chamber, and that at the two ends of the strip-shaped wall section fold lines are respectively formed extending in a direction perpendicular to said section, so that the at least one strip-shaped wall section can be bent around the fold line into the interior of the pocket. 
   
   
       2 . The packaging unit according to  claim 1 , comprising two strip-shaped wall sections, the at least one incision of each section extending at the same height of the pocket. 
   
   
       3 . The packaging unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the strip-shaped wall sections are each cut free by a single incision spaced apart from the lower edge of the side walls. 
   
   
       4 . The packaging unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the strip-shaped wall sections are each cut free by two incisions spaced apart from each other and from the lower edge of the side walls. 
   
   
       5 . The packaging unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the laterally cut-free wall sections extend each over about half the width of the side walls of the pocket adjoining the receiving chamber and over about a third of the interposed side wall. 
   
   
       6 . The packaging unit according to  claim 2 , wherein the receiving chamber and the pocket are made from a one-part blank, the blank consisting of a number of side parts of the receiving chamber and a number of adjoining side parts of the pocket, and the innermost side part of the receiving chamber in the blank passing into the innermost side part of the pocket, and the outermost side parts of the receiving chamber and the pocket passing each over a fold line into fastening tongues, that the fastening tongue of the receiving chamber is mounted on the inside of the innermost side part, and that the fastening tongue of the pocket is mounted on the outside on the outermost side part of the receiving chamber such that the outermost side part of the receiving chamber forms a side part of the pocket. 
   
   
       7 . The packaging unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the receiving chamber has a cornered shape, preferably a rectangular or square shape, when viewed in ground plan, and that the pocket is secured in the area of a corner of the receiving chamber. 
   
   
       8 . The packaging unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the beverage container is a cup which is slightly conically enlarged upwards and which is insertable into the pocket in a clamp seat. 
   
   
       9 . The packaging unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is formed of side parts passing into one another via fold lines. 
   
   
       10 . The packaging unit according to  claim 9 , wherein the fold lines extend in parallel with one another. 
   
   
       11 . The packaging unit according to  claim 9 , wherein the lower edges of the side parts of the pocket are in alignment with one another. 
   
   
       12 . The packaging unit according to  claim 11 , wherein the lower edges of the side parts of the pocket are in alignment with the bottom edges of the receiving chamber. 
   
   
       13 . The packaging unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the pocket has a smaller height than the receiving chamber. 
   
   
       14 . A packaging unit comprising a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a pocket which is arranged on the receiving chamber on the outside thereof and is square in ground plan and is dimensioned such that a beverage cup can be inserted in a clamp seat into the pocket, the pocket having a lower end portion and sidewalls, wherein on the lower end portion of the pocket two strip-shaped wall sections are cut free laterally from the side walls of the pocket by incisions extending in parallel with a lower edge of the pocket at corners of the pocket that are spaced apart from the receiving chamber, the incisions extending at the same height of the pocket, and the ends of each of the strip-shaped wall sections having fold lines respectively formed extending in a direction perpendicular to said sections, so that the strip-shaped wall sections can be bent around the fold lines into the interior of the pocket.