Rigid pack for smoking articles provided with a hinged lid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11772882-B2
Application number	US-202017428926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2020
Priority date	Feb 6, 2019
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A pack for smoking articles having a group of smoking articles; an inner element with at least one wall; and a cup-shaped rigid outer container, housing the inner element and the group of smoking articles, and having an open upper end, a lower wall, oppositely disposed front and rear walls, and oppositely disposed side walls. A cup-shaped lid is hinged to the outer container to rotate, relative to the outer container, between open and closed positions to open and close the open upper end and has: an open lower end, an upper wall, oppositely disposed front and rear walls, and oppositely disposed side walls. The inner element is longitudinally shorter than the outer container coupled to the lid in the closed position and, keeping the lid in the closed position, can linearly slide inside the outer container along a longitudinal sliding direction, perpendicular to the outer container lower wall.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles comprising:
a group ( 25 ) of smoking articles;
an inner element ( 14 ), which has at least one wall ( 15 );
a rigid outer container ( 2 ), which is cup-shaped, houses, on the inside, the inner element ( 14 ) and the group ( 25 ) of smoking articles and has: an open upper end ( 3 ), a lower wall ( 6 ) opposite the open upper end ( 3 ), a front wall ( 7 ) and a rear wall ( 8 ) opposite one another, and two side walls ( 9 ) opposite one another; and
a lid ( 4 ), which is cup-shaped, is hinged to the outer container ( 2 ) so as to rotate, relative to the outer container ( 2 ), between an open position and a closed position and has: an open lower end, an upper wall ( 10 ), a front wall ( 11 ) and a rear wall ( 12 ) opposite one another, and two side walls ( 13 ) opposite one another;
wherein the inner element ( 14 ) is longitudinally shorter than the outer container ( 2 ) coupled to the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position and, keeping the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position, can linearly slide inside the outer container ( 2 ) along a longitudinal sliding direction (D), which is perpendicular to the lower wall ( 6 ) of the outer container ( 2 ), between a raised position, in which an upper end of the inner element ( 14 ) is at a minimum distance from the upper wall ( 10 ) of the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position, and a lowered position, in which the upper end of the inner element ( 14 ) is at a maximum distance from the upper wall ( 10 ) of the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position; and
wherein, in the raised position, the upper end of the inner element ( 14 ) is in contact with the upper wall ( 10 ) of the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position and, in the lowered position, a lower end of the inner element ( 14 ) is in contact with the lower wall ( 6 ) of the outer container ( 2 ).

2. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) has a height (H 1 ) which is smaller than a height (H 2 ) of the outer container ( 2 ) coupled to the lid ( 4 ) in the closed position.

3. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein:
in the raised position, the inner element ( 14 ) prevents the lid ( 4 ) from rotating and, therefore, prevents the lid ( 4 ) from opening; and
in the lowered position, the inner element ( 14 ) allows the lid ( 4 ) to rotate and, therefore, allows the lid ( 4 ) to open.

4. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the outer container ( 2 ) has at least one sliding through opening ( 29 ), through which a portion of the inner element ( 14 ) can be accessed from the outside in order to push the inner element ( 14 ) along the sliding direction (D).

5. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 4 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) has at least one sliding flap ( 30 ), which protrudes out of the outer container ( 2 ) through the sliding opening ( 29 ).

6. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 5 , wherein the sliding opening ( 29 ) is obtained in the area of a longitudinal corner, which is arranged between the front wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 2 ) and a side wall ( 9 ) of the outer container ( 2 ) or between the rear wall ( 8 ) of the outer container ( 2 ) and a side wall ( 9 ) of the outer container ( 2 ).

7. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 4 , wherein the sliding flap ( 30 ) is parallel to a front wall ( 15 ) of the inner element ( 14 ) and to the front wall ( 7 ) of the outer container ( 2 ).

8. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 4 , wherein the sliding flap ( 30 ) comprises a portion of a front wall ( 15 ), of a side wall ( 16 ) or of a rear wall ( 17 ) of the inner element ( 14 ) which is delimited by a “U”-shaped through incision ( 39 ) originating from a longitudinal folding line ( 35 ) in the area of a longitudinal corner.

9. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 4 , wherein the sliding flap ( 30 ) consists of at least two parts overlapping one another and glued to one another.

10. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) is rigid and is obtained by folding a rigid blank ( 34 ) having pre-weakened folding lines ( 35 , 36 ).

11. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) at least partially embraces the group ( 25 ) of smoking articles.

12. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) exclusively comprises a front wall ( 15 ) and two side walls ( 16 ) arranged on opposite sides of the front wall ( 15 ).

13. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 12 and comprising an inner wrap ( 26 ; 27 ), which wraps the group ( 25 ) of smoking articles and is glued to the inner element ( 14 ) so as to slide together with the inner element ( 14 ) relative to the outer container ( 2 ).

14. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 12 and comprising an inner wrap ( 26 ; 27 ), which wraps the group ( 25 ) of smoking articles and is glued to the outer container ( 2 ) so as to remain integral to the outer container ( 2 ) when the inner element ( 14 ) slides relative to the outer container ( 2 ).

15. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein the inner element ( 14 ) houses the group ( 25 ) of articles, is provided with an extraction opening ( 20 ) to pull out the smoking articles and has: a front wall ( 15 ) and a rear wall ( 17 ) opposite one another, two side walls ( 16 ) opposite one another, and an upper wall ( 18 ) and a lower wall ( 19 ) opposite one another.

16. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 15 and comprising a closing tab ( 21 ), which is coupled to the inner element ( 14 ) in the area of the extraction opening ( 20 ) so as to close the extraction opening ( 20 ).

17. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 16 , wherein the closing tab ( 21 ) is provided with a raising flap ( 23 ), which is glued, in a permanent and non-separable manner, to an inner surface of the front wall ( 11 ) of the lid ( 4 ).

18. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 16 , wherein the closing tab ( 21 ) is connected to the inner element ( 14 ) by means of a re-stick glue ( 22 ) so as to glue, in a releasable manner, the closing tab ( 21 ) to the inner element ( 14 ).

19. The pack ( 1 ) for smoking articles according to claim 1 , wherein, because of the friction between the inner element ( 14 ) and the outer container ( 2 ), the inner element ( 14 ) can linearly slide inside the outer container ( 2 ) only due to a thrust exerted by a user upon the inner element ( 14 ).

Assignees

• Gd Spa

Inventors

• Polloni Roberto
• Paradiso Luca
• Federici Luca
• Ghini Marco

Classifications

• B65D85/10568 Primary

  opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container · CPC title

• B65D50/06

  requiring the combination of different actions in succession · CPC title

• B65D2215/04

  requiring the combination of different actions in succession · CPC title