Rigid package with a hinged lid and with an inner container provided with a lower extension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11148874-B2
Application number	US-201615745734-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Priority date	Jul 29, 2015
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid having: a group of tobacco articles; an inner container which houses the group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container itself (3) to move relative to the outer container; a hinged lid; and a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container using the rotation movement of the lid and has a rigid connection tab, which connects a wall of the inner container inner to a wall of the lid; a lower wall of the inner container has an extension that is coplanar to the lower wall and extends from the opposite side of the rear wall of the inner container relative to the lower wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rigid package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles comprising:
a wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles wrapped in a wrapping sheet;
a rigid inner container ( 3 ) which houses the wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles and has a rear wall ( 17 ) and a lower wall ( 15 );
a rigid outer container ( 4 ), which comprises an open upper end, a lower wall ( 5 ), a front wall ( 6 ), a rear wall ( 7 ), and two side walls ( 8 ), and houses the inner container ( 3 ) in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container ( 3 ) to move relative to the outer container ( 4 );
a lid ( 9 ), which has an upper wall ( 11 ), a front wall ( 12 ), two side walls ( 14 ), and a rear wall ( 13 ), which is hinged to the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ), so as to allow the lid ( 9 ) to rotate relative to the outer container ( 4 ) by means of a rotation movement; and
a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container ( 3 ) relative to the outer container ( 4 ) using the rotation movement of the lid ( 9 ) and comprises a connection tab ( 19 ) which connects the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) to a wall ( 11 ; 12 ; 13 ) of the lid ( 9 );
wherein the inner container ( 3 ) is smaller than the outer container ( 4 ), so as to define, on the inside of the outer container ( 4 ), a chamber ( 24 ) that borders the inner container ( 3 );
wherein the rear wall ( 17 ) and the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) are completely arranged outside the wrapping sheet surrounding the wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles;
wherein the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) has a first extension ( 45 ), which is coplanar to the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) and extends from the opposite side of the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) relative to the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) until directly touching and crawling against the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ) so that the inner container ( 3 ) cannot perform transverse movements inside the outer container ( 4 );
wherein the inner container ( 3 ) comprises two side walls ( 18 ), each connected to the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) by means of a corresponding tab ( 30 );
wherein each side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) has at least one respective second extension ( 25 ), which is coplanar to the side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) and extends from the opposite side of the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) relative to the side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) until directly touching and crawling against the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ) so that the inner container ( 3 ) cannot perform transverse movements inside the outer container ( 4 ); and
wherein the wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles, laterally, rests in contact only with the second extensions ( 25 ) of the side walls ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ).

2. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 1 , wherein the first extension ( 45 ) makes up a local lengthening of the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) and is obtained with a corresponding “U”-shaped cut made in a panel ( 17 ′) making up the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ).

3. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 1 , wherein:
each side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) is obtained by overlapping a first flap ( 18 ′) and a second flap ( 18 ″); and
in each side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ), the second extensions ( 25 ) make up a local lengthening of the second flaps ( 18 ″) beyond a panel ( 17 ′) making up the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ), and are obtained by making corresponding “U”-shaped cuts in the panel ( 17 ′).

4. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 1 , wherein:
each side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) is obtained by overlapping a first flap ( 18 ′) and a second flap ( 18 ″); and
in each side wall ( 18 ) of the inner container ( 3 ), the second extensions ( 25 ) make up a continuous lengthening of the first flaps ( 18 ′) beyond a panel ( 17 ′) making up the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ).

5. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 1 , wherein the chamber ( 24 ) is arranged behind the inner container ( 3 ) and is delimited by two side walls ( 8 ) of the outer container ( 4 ), by the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ) and by the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) which is spaced apart from the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ).

6. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 1 and comprising a collar ( 41 ), which partially projects from an open upper end of the outer container ( 4 ), so as to engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid ( 9 ) when the lid itself ( 9 ) is arranged in the closed position, has a “U”-shaped cross section, and comprises a front wall ( 42 ) and two side walls ( 43 ).

7. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 6 , wherein:
the inner container ( 3 ) only comprises four walls: the rear wall ( 17 ), from which the connection tab ( 19 ) originates, the lower wall ( 15 ), and the two side walls ( 18 ); and
the collar ( 41 ) is integral to the outer container ( 4 ) and not constrained to the inner container ( 3 ) so that the inner container ( 3 ) moves relative to the outer container ( 4 ) and relative to the collar ( 41 ).

8. The package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles according to claim 6 , wherein:
the inner container ( 3 ) only comprises four walls: the rear wall ( 17 ), from which the connection tab ( 19 ) originates, the lower wall ( 15 ), and the two side walls ( 18 ); and
the collar ( 41 ) is integral to the inner container ( 3 ) and not constrained to the outer container ( 4 ) so that the collar ( 41 ) moves, together with the inner container ( 3 ) relative to the outer container ( 4 ).

9. A rigid package ( 1 ) for tobacco articles comprising:
a wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles wrapped in a wrapping sheet;
a rigid inner container ( 3 ) which houses the wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles and comprises a rear wall ( 17 ), a lower wall ( 15 ), and two side walls ( 18 ), each connected to the lower wall ( 15 ) by means of a corresponding tab ( 30 );
a rigid outer container ( 4 ), which comprises an open upper end, a lower wall ( 5 ), a front wall ( 6 ), a rear wall ( 7 ), and two side walls ( 8 ), and houses the inner container ( 3 ) in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container ( 3 ) to move relative to the outer container ( 4 );
a lid ( 9 ), which has an upper wall ( 11 ), a front wall ( 12 ), two side walls ( 14 ), and a rear wall ( 13 ), which is hinged to the rear wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 4 ), so as to allow the lid ( 9 ) to rotate relative to the outer container ( 4 ) by means of a rotation movement; and
a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container ( 3 ) relative to the outer container ( 4 ) using the rotation movement of the lid ( 9 ) and comprises a connection tab ( 19 ) which connects the rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) to a wall ( 11 ; 12 ; 13 ) of the lid ( 9 );
wherein the inner container ( 3 ) is smaller than the outer container ( 4 ), so as to define, on the inside of the outer container ( 4 ), a chamber ( 24 ) that borders the inner container ( 3 );
wherein the rear wall ( 17 ) and the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) are completely arranged outside the wrapping sheet surrounding the wrapped group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles;
wherein the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) has a first extension ( 45 ), which is coplanar to the lower wall ( 15 ) of the inner containe

Assignees

• Gd Spa

Inventors

• Polloni Roberto
• Ghini Marco
• Marchitto Giuseppe
• Federici Luca

Classifications

• B65D85/1009 Primary

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

• B65D85/1056

  characterized by the lid · CPC title

• B65D85/1081

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