Container for consumer goods with sliding portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10421602-B2
Application number	US-201615579287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 24, 2019
Grant date	Sep 24, 2019

Abstract

There is provided a container (10) for consumer goods, the container (10) comprising an outer housing comprising a box portion (12) and a lid portion (14) depending from the box portion (12) along a hinge line. The container (10) further comprises a plurality of consumer goods (18) received within the box portion (12) and an inner frame (16) slidably received within the outer housing. The inner frame (16) comprises an inner frame front wall (22) underlying a box portion front wall (17) and a tab portion (28) positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the consumer goods, the tab portion (28) depending along a first weakening zone (30) from the inner frame front wall (22). The tab portion (28) is arranged so that sliding the inner frame (16) away from a box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion (28) with the selection of consumer goods and lifts them away from the box portion bottom wall. An inner wrapper (20) is wrapped around the consumer goods (18), the inner wrapper (20) comprising an aperture (48) underlying the selection of consumer goods and overlying the inner frame tab portion (28).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for consumer goods, comprising:
an outer housing comprising a box portion and a lid portion depending from the box portion along a hinge line;
a plurality of consumer goods received within the box portion;
an inner frame slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods and the box portion, the inner frame comprising an inner frame front wall underlying a box portion front wall, and a tab portion positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the plurality of the consumer goods, the tab portion depending along a first weakening zone from a bottom edge of the inner frame front wall, wherein the tab portion is arranged such that sliding the inner frame away from the box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion with the selection of consumer goods and lifts the selection of consumer goods away from the box portion bottom wall; and
an inner wrapper wrapped around the plurality of consumer goods, the inner wrapper comprising an aperture underlying the selection of consumer goods and overlying the inner frame tab portion so that the inner frame tab portion can contact the selection of consumer goods through the aperture when the inner frame slides away from the box portion bottom wall.

2. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame further comprises:
an inner frame back wall opposite the inner frame front wall, wherein the plurality of consumer goods are positioned between the inner frame front wall and the inner frame back wall; and
first and second inner frame side walls each extending between the inner frame front wall and the inner frame back wall;
wherein the inner frame back wall is connected to the lid portion so that rotation of the lid portion about the hinge line from a closed position to an open position automatically slides the inner frame away from the box portion bottom wall.

3. A container according to claim 1 , further comprising a retaining mechanism configured to limit the range of sliding motion of the inner frame to prevent the inner frame from sliding entirely out of the box portion when the inner frame slides away from the box portion bottom wall.

4. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame further comprises a cut-out in the inner frame front wall and extending from a top edge of the inner frame front wall, the cut-out having substantially the same size and shape as the inner frame tab portion.

5. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame tab portion is folded about the first weakening zone through an angle of between 85 degrees and 95 degrees with respect to the inner frame front wall so that the inner frame tab portion is substantially parallel to the box portion bottom wall.

6. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture in the inner wrapper is substantially the same size as the box portion bottom wall so that none of the inner wrapper is positioned between the plurality of consumer goods and the box portion bottom wall.

7. A container according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the inner wrapper is positioned between some of the plurality of consumer goods and the box portion bottom wall to define an inner wrapper bottom wall, and wherein the aperture is an aperture in the inner wrapper bottom wall.

8. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame further comprises second and third weakening zones each extending from the first weakening zone and across a portion of the inner frame front wall.

9. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum height of the inner frame front wall is between 70 percent and 130 percent of the maximum height of the box portion front wall.

10. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the box portion and the lid portion are formed from a first folded laminar blank, and wherein the inner frame is formed from a second folded laminar blank.

11. A container according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of consumer goods comprises a plurality of aerosol-generating articles.

Assignees

• Philip Morris Products Sa

Inventors

• Chatelain Lucas

Classifications

• B65D85/1054 Primary

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

• B65D85/1009 Primary

  provided with proffering means (B65D85/1054 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D5/6691

  the container being provided with an internal frame or the like for maintaining the lid in the closed position by friction · CPC title

• B65D85/1056 Primary

  characterized by the lid · CPC title

• B65D5/4266

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title