Container having an inner frame with a spaced back wall, corresponding inner frame and reel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625932-B2
Application number	US-201515531086-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Dec 23, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A container for consumer goods is provided, the container including a box portion and a lid portion depending along a hinge line from a top edge of the box portion. An inner frame is slidably received within the box portion, the inner frame including an inner frame front panel, and first and second inner frame side panels each depending along an inner frame side panel fold line from first and second inner frame front panel side edges respectively. Each of the first and second inner frame side panels includes a back edge spaced apart from the respective inner frame side panel fold line. The inner frame further includes first and second inner frame back panels each depending along a respective inner frame back panel fold line from the first and second inner frame side panels respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for consumer goods, the container comprising:
a box portion comprising a box portion front wall, a box portion back wall, first and second box portion side walls, and a box portion bottom wall;
a lid portion depending along a hinge line from a top edge of the box portion, wherein the lid portion is moveable about the hinge line between an open position and a closed position; and
an inner frame slidably received within the box portion, the inner frame comprising:
an inner frame front panel comprising first and second side edges;
first and second inner frame side panels each depending along an inner frame side panel fold line from the first and second inner frame front panel side edges respectively, each of the first and second inner frame side panels comprising a back edge spaced apart from the respective inner frame side panel fold line; and
first and second inner frame back panels each depending along a respective inner frame back panel fold line from the first and second inner frame side panels respectively, wherein the first and second inner frame back panels form at least part of an inner frame back wall, and wherein a distance between each of the inner frame back panel fold lines and the respective inner frame side panel fold line is less than a maximum width of the respective inner frame side panel between the inner frame side panel fold line and the inner frame side panel back edge so that the minimum spacing between the inner frame front panel and the inner frame back wall is less than the maximum width of each inner frame side panel;
wherein a portion of the inner frame back wall is connected to the lid portion so that, when the lid portion is moved about the hinge line, the inner frame slides within the box portion between a raised position when the lid portion is in the open position and a lowered position when the lid portion is in the closed position; and
wherein the first and second inner frame back panels form a lower portion of the inner frame back wall, the inner frame further comprising:
first and second inner frame intermediate panels each extending along an inner frame intermediate panel fold line from a top edge of the first and second inner frame back panels respectively, wherein the first and second inner frame intermediate panels form an intermediate portion of the inner frame back wall; and
first and second inner frame end panels each extending along an inner frame end panel fold line from a top edge of the first and second inner frame intermediate panels respectively, wherein the first and second inner frame end panels form an upper portion of the inner frame back wall, and wherein the upper portion of the inner frame back wall is the portion of the inner frame back wall connected to the lid portion.

2. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second inner frame back panels at least partially overlap each other.

3. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second inner frame intermediate panels at least partially overlap each other, and wherein the first and second inner frame end panels at least partially overlap each other.

4. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second inner frame side panels each comprise a pair of spaced apart cut lines extending perpendicular to the inner frame side panel back edge, wherein each cut line extends between a proximal end at the inner frame side panel back edge and a distal end positioned between the inner frame side panel back edge and the inner frame side panel fold line, and wherein each inner frame back panel fold line extends between the distal ends of the respective pair of spaced apart cut lines.

5. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the lid portion comprises a lid portion back wall depending along the hinge line from a top edge of the box portion back wall, and wherein the portion of the inner frame back wall connected to the lid portion is connected to the lid portion back wall.

6. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame front panel comprises a cut-out portion at a top edge of the inner frame front panel and a tab portion at a bottom end of the inner frame front panel, wherein the cut-out portion and the tab portion have the same size and shape.

7. The container according to claim 6 , wherein the tab portion extends parallel to the box portion front wall and forms part of the inner frame front panel.

8. The container according to claim 6 , wherein the tab portion forms an inner frame bottom panel depending along an inner frame bottom panel fold line from a bottom edge of the inner frame front panel.

9. The container according to claim 8 , wherein the tab portion further forms a third inner frame back panel depending along a third inner frame back panel fold line from a back edge of the inner frame bottom panel, the third inner frame back panel connected to at least one of the first and second inner frame back panels to form part of the inner frame back wall.

10. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the inner frame further comprises at least one indicia on the inner frame front panel, wherein the at least one indicia is concealed by the box portion front wall when the inner frame is in the lowered position, and wherein the at least one indicia is revealed when the inner frame slides into the raised position.

11. The container according to claim 1 , wherein the width of each inner frame side panel between the respective inner frame side panel fold line and the inner frame side panel back edge is the same as a width of the box portion side walls between an inner surface of the box portion front wall and an inner surface of the box portion back wall.

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

13. The container according to claim 1 , further comprising a bundle of aerosol-generating articles received within the inner frame between the inner frame front panel and the inner frame back wall.

Assignees

• Philip Morris Products Sa

Inventors

• Chatelain Lucas

Classifications

• B65D5/4266

  Folding lines, score lines, crease lines · CPC title

• B65D85/1045 Primary

  having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge · CPC title

• B65D85/1081 Primary

  Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers (B65D85/1009 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D5/5035

  Paper elements (in combination with wooden elements B65D5/5095) · CPC title

• B65D5/662

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