SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS FOR SUBSTANCES FOR MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL OR COSMETIC APPLICATIONS, COMBINED SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT AND PACKAGING CONTAINER COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

The invention discloses a supporting structure for supporting a plurality of medication containers (5), comprising an upper side (10) and a bottom side opposite to the upper side, a plurality of cup-shaped receptacles (13) for accommodating the containers, and a plurality of resilient positioning devices (18) for positioning and centering the containers in the receptacles, wherein the receptacles (13) extend in a direction perpendicular to the upper side (10), and supporting protrusions (22) are provided at the bottom ends of the receptacles for retaining the containers in their axial direction when accommodated in the receptacles.;According to the invention, the positioning devices are formed as resilient webs (18) protruding from inner side walls of the receptacles (13) radially inwards into the receptacles, each of the receptacles comprising at least two resilient webs (18) disposed at equiangular distances to each other and distributed along the inner side wall (15) of the receptacles, for centering the containers in the receptacles.;The supporting structure is configured for supporting a variety of medication containers of different outer diameters. Two or more supporting structures can be stacked on above the other if no medication containers are accommodated, which helps to save space during processing.