Bag for the distribution of goods in mail order trade

US11673716B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lidl Digital Internationial GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Köhler · Frankfurt, DE
• Falk-Johannes Schwarz · Neckarsulm, DE
• Michael Hoffmann · Neckarsulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/80
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The description pertains to a bag for shipping goods in the mail order business with a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, a bottom side and a bag opening with an opening edge for the insertion and removal of the goods. This bag should be further developed in such a way that, on the one hand, it can accommodate a variety of different and differently sized goods in a manner that is safe for shipping and transport and on the other hand that it can be used as a reusable mailing bag in order to avoid unnecessary waste. To solve this problem, it is proposed to arrange back-side closure means at a back distance from the opening edge and to arrange first closure means on the front side at a first front-side distance from the opening edge and second front-side closure means at a second front-side distance from the opening edge, wherein the first front-side distance is smaller than the second front-side distance and the back-side distance is smaller than the first front-side distance, so that the bag opening becomes closable by turning over an upper region of the back side to the front side and connecting the back-side closure means to the first front-side closure means to p…