Package with ramp element and lid flap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11273948-B2
Application number	US-202017030527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2020
Priority date	Dec 29, 2016
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

The package includes a box configured to hold and display a consumer good, the box including a top wall, bottom wall, front wall, back wall, first side wall, second side wall and ramp element, the ramp element being connected to an edge of the first side wall, the ramp element extending into the box and towards the bottom wall, the ramp element being configured to support the consumer good between the ramp element and the top wall, the top wall defining an access opening extending over at least part of the ramp element, and a lid flap connected to the box along a hinge line, the lid flap including a closed and opened position, the lid flap at least partially covering the access opening in the closed position, and the lid flap exposing the access opening and allowing the consumer good to be removed from the box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A package, comprising:
a box configured to hold and display at least one first consumer good, the box including a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a ramp element, the ramp element being connected to a first edge of the first side wall, the first edge of the first side wall at least partially supporting the top wall, the ramp element extending into the box and towards the bottom wall, the ramp element being configured to support the at least one first consumer good between the ramp element and the top wall, the top wall defining an access opening extending over at least a part of the ramp element; and
a lid flap connected to the box along a hinge line, the lid flap including a closed position and an opened position, the lid flap at least partially covering the access opening in the closed position, and the lid flap exposing the access opening and allowing the at least one first consumer good to be removed from the box in the opened position.

2. The package of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the ramp element extends diagonally from the first edge of the first side wall toward the bottom wall.

3. The package of claim 1 , wherein a second edge of the first side wall is connected to the bottom wall, the first edge and the second edge opposing each other on the first side wall.

4. The package of claim 1 , wherein the first edge of the first side wall is configured to at least partially support the lid flap, if the lip flap is in the closed position.

5. The package of claim 1 , wherein the lip flap includes
a first lid panel, the first lid panel at least partially covers the access opening if the lid flap is in the closed position, and
a second lid panel connected to the first lid panel.

6. The package of claim 5 , wherein the second lid panel includes a third edge connected to the bottom wall and a fourth edge connected to the first lid panel, and the third edge is part of the hinge line.

7. The package of claim 1 , further comprising:
a closure structure connected to at least a portion of a second surface of the lid flap, the closure structure being configured to retain the second surface of the lid flap on a third surface of the top wall in the closed position.

8. The package of claim 7 , wherein the closure structure includes a microsuction structure.

9. The package of claim 7 , wherein the closure structure includes a closure tab extending along the lid flap.

10. The package of claim 9 , wherein the box defines a slit, the slit being configured to receive the closure tab to retain the lid flap in the closed position.

11. The package of claim 1 , wherein the top wall includes a removable portion, the removable portion being defined by one or more lines of weakness.

12. The package of claim 11 , wherein the top wall is configured so that the removable portion at least partially covers the access opening.

13. The package of claim 12 , wherein the removable portion is configured to be removed to at least partially expose the access opening.

14. The package of claim 1 , wherein the access opening is a cut out in the top wall.

15. The package of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one dust flap on ends of the first side wall and the second side wall.

16. A package, comprising:
a box configured to hold and display at least one first consumer good, the box including a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a ramp element, the ramp element being connected to a first edge of the first side wall, the ramp element extending into the box and towards the bottom wall, the ramp element being configured to support the at least one first consumer good between the ramp element and the top wall, the top wall defining an access opening extending over at least a part of the ramp element; and
a lid flap connected to the box along a hinge line, the lid flap including a closed position and an opened position, the lid flap at least partially covering the access opening in the closed position, and the lid flap exposing the access opening and allowing the at least one first consumer good to be removed from the box in the opened position,
the ramp element including
a first ramp panel, the first ramp panel extending diagonally from the first edge of the first side wall toward the bottom wall, and
a second ramp panel, a first surface of the second ramp panel lying against a first portion of the bottom wall.

17. The package of claim 16 , wherein the first ramp panel is at an angle of at least 30 degrees relative to the top wall.

18. The package of claim 16 , wherein
the access opening has a first depth that spans from the first side wall toward the second side wall, along a longitudinal length of the top wall, and
the first ramp panel extends toward the second side wall and beyond the first depth.

19. A package, comprising:
a box configured to hold and display at least, one first consumer good, the box including a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall, a second side wall and a ramp element, the ramp element being connected to a first edge of the first side wall, the ramp element extending into the box and towards the bottom wall, the ramp element being configured to support, the at least, one first consumer good between the ramp element and the top wall, the top wall defining an access opening extending over at least a part of the ramp element;
a lid flap connected to the box along a hinge line, the lid flap including a closed position and an opened position, the lid flap at least partially covering the access opening in the closed position, and the lid flap exposing the access opening and allowing the at least, one first consumer good to be removed from the box in the opened position; and
an item contained within the package, the item is at least one of an aerosol-generating article or an aerosol-generating article element, the at least one first consumer good including the item.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Rodrigues Luiz Andre
• Thesing Onesio Luis

Classifications

• B65D5/5273 Primary

  Containers provided with an inclined surface on which the contents are located (B65D5/5213, B65D5/5266 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D85/07

  for compressible or flexible articles (for wearing apparel B65D85/18) · CPC title

• B65D5/6602

  formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body · CPC title

• B65D47/08

  having articulated or hinged closures {(B65D55/16 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D2313/02

  of hook-and-loop type · CPC title