Container for consumer articles with tamper-evident lid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10173832-B2
Application number	US-201515503537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2015
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A container for consumer articles comprises a box for housing the consumer articles. The box comprises a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall. A lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible. The container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall. The inner front panel is configured to releasably keep the lid in a closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for consumer articles, the container comprising:
a box for housing the consumer articles and comprising a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall;
wherein a lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible;
wherein the container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall, wherein the lid is releasably reclosable to the inner front panel, keeping the lid in the closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box; and
wherein the box top wall is formed from an inner top panel and an outer top panel, the inner and outer top panels overlapping and being attached to one another, the outer top panel depending along a fold line from the box back wall, and the inner front panel depending along a fold line from the inner top panel, the separation lines extending at least across the outer top panel.

2. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the box comprises a box bottom wall and the inner front panel depends along a fold line from the box bottom wall.

3. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the box top wall is formed from an inner top panel and an outer top panel, the inner and outer top panels overlapping and being attached to one another, the outer top panel depending along a fold line from the box back wall, and the inner front panel depending along a fold line from the inner top panel, the separation lines extending at least across the outer top panel.

4. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the container is formed from a single laminar blank.

5. A container according to claim 1 further comprising an inner frame, wherein the inner front panel is defined at least partly by a front panel of the inner frame.

6. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner front panel comprises a slit or slot formed in the inner front panel and wherein the slit or slot is adapted to releasably receive and retain a distal end of the lid.

7. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner front panel comprises a hook-and-loop fastener.

8. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner front panel comprises means comprise a magnetic member.

9. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner front panel comprises a cut out adjacent the first lid top panel, thus at least partly defining the access opening.

10. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner top panel comprises lines of weakness for separating the lid from the remainder of the inner top panel.

11. A container according to claim 1 , containing one or more smoking articles.

12. A laminar blank for forming a container for consumer articles according to claim 1 , the blank comprising:
a box-defining blank portion for forming a box portion of the container;
the box-defining blank portion comprising a back wall panel for forming a box back wall of the container, a front wall panel for forming a box front wall of the container, a top wall panel for forming a top wall of the container and a bottom wall panel for forming a bottom wall of the container;
wherein the box-defining portion comprises separation lines extending across the front wall panel and the top wall panel such that a tab is detachable from the box-defining portion to form a lid depending along a hinge line from the back wall panel,
and wherein the blank further comprises a second front panel, wherein the distal end of the lid is releasably reclosable to the second front panel.

13. A blank according to claim 12 , wherein the second front panel depends along a fold line from the bottom wall panel.

14. A blank according to claim 12 , wherein the second front panel comprises a slit or slot formed in the second front panel and wherein the slit or slot is adapted to releasably receive and retain a distal end of the tab.

Assignees

• Philip Morris Products Sa

Inventors

• Chatelain Lucas
• Pitton David

Classifications

• B65D5/544

  and defining after rupture a lid hinged about a line located in the top surface of the container · CPC title

• B65D85/10

  for cigarettes · CPC title

• B65D85/1054

  combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid · CPC title

• B65D5/542 Primary

  the lines of weakness being provided in the container body · CPC title

• B65D85/1036 Primary

  Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank · CPC title