Packet for tobacco products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9402419-B2
Application number	US-201314377709-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2013
Priority date	Mar 7, 2012
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

A packet for tobacco products, includes a mobile container to receive the tobacco products, and a box-shaped body, housing the mobile container such that the mobile container can slide relative to the box-shaped body between a position in which the mobile container is completely inserted in the box-shaped body and a position in which a part of it is extracted from the box-shaped body. Each mobile container includes an inner container housing a group of tobacco products, and an outer container housing the inner container slidably in parallel with axes of the tobacco products, thus allowing the inner container to slide between a retracted position, and an extracted or raised position, in which the inner container is positioned close to a top wall of the outer container and a portion of a tobacco product is accessible through an opening in the outer container.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A packet for tobacco products with facilitated extraction of the tobacco products, comprising:
at least one mobile container for receiving the tobacco products, and
a box-shaped body, housing the at least one mobile container such that the mobile container can slide relative to the box-shaped body between a closed position, in which the at least one mobile container is completely inserted in the box-shaped body, and an open position, in which a part of the at least one mobile container is extended from the box-shaped body;
a stop for limiting sliding of the at least one mobile container relative to the box-shaped body to prevent separation of the at least one mobile container from the box-shaped body,
the at least one mobile container comprising:
an inner container substantially shaped as a parallelepiped, housing a group of elongate tobacco products which are positioned side by side in at least one row, each tobacco product comprising a pickup end portion which can be manually gripped and a second end portion opposite the pickup end portion, the inner container also comprising a bottom wall positioned at the second end portions of the tobacco products; and
an outer container shaped as a parallelepiped, housing the inner container slidably in parallel with axes of the tobacco products, thus allowing the inner container to slide between a retracted position, in which the inner container bottom wall is adjacent to a bottom wall of the outer container and all of the tobacco products are completely contained in the inner container, and an extended position, in which the inner container is positioned close to a top wall of the outer container;
the bottom wall of the inner container forming a supporting portion for abutting the second end portion of at least one of the tobacco products present in the inner container;
the top wall of the outer container comprising an opening; and
each sliding action of the inner container towards the extended position causing an axial movement towards the top wall of the outer container of the at least one tobacco product abutting the supporting portion and causing the pickup end portion of the at least one tobacco product abutting the supporting portion to extend out through the opening in the outer container.

2. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the stop comprises at least a first tab, projecting from a respective larger side wall of the at least one mobile container towards an exterior of the at least one mobile container, and a second tab, projecting from a respective larger side wall of the box-shaped body towards an interior of the box-shaped body and positioned close to a corresponding opening in the box-shaped body; the first and second tabs being positioned such that the first tab couples with the second tab during extraction sliding of the at least one mobile container from the box-shaped body.

3. The packet according to claim 2 , wherein the first tab is located in a position such that one of its edges makes contact with a corresponding edge of the second tab of the box-shaped body during extraction sliding of the at least one mobile container from the box-shaped body.

4. The packet according to claim 1 , and further comprising a pickup device associated with the at least one mobile container to allow a manual action which causes the at least one mobile container to partly come out of the box-shaped body.

5. The packet according to claim 4 , wherein the pickup device comprises a wing integral with the at least one mobile container and projecting towards the exterior of the body of the packet.

6. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one side wall of the box-shaped body includes a portion which can be at least partly removed, defined by lines of weakness which can be torn, to allow a manual pulling action to cause the at least one mobile container to partly come out of the box-shaped body.

7. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the box-shaped body includes a hole with shape and size such that it allows the passage of a finger of a user for applying a thrust on the at least one mobile container, for causing the at least one mobile container to partly come out of the box-shaped body.

8. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one side wall of the box-shaped body includes, close to an opening through which the at least one mobile container comes out of the box-shaped body, at least one recess to allow a user manual access to the at least one mobile container for partly extracting the at least one mobile container from the box-shaped body.

9. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting portion of the inner container of the at least one mobile container has a width smaller than a width of the inner container, and a remaining portion of the bottom of the inner container, which can be occupied by the second end portions of the tobacco products of the group and positioned close to the supporting portion, is open and allows the tobacco products which do not abut the supporting portion to be positioned adjacent a bottom wall of the related outer container.

10. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the outer container of the at least one mobile container includes a further opening through which a user can manually act on the inner container to cause sliding actions of the inner container between the retracted position and the extended position.

11. The packet according to claim 10 , wherein the inner container of the at least one mobile container comprises a grip element integral with the inner container and extending out of the outer container through the further opening.

12. The packet according to claim 11 , wherein the grip element comprises a tab integral with the inner container; the further opening comprising a vertical slit made in the outer container.

13. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the inner container of the at least one mobile container houses an elastic element for pushing the tobacco products transversally towards the supporting portion.

14. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the box-shaped body houses two mobile containers, with larger side walls of the two mobile containers being positioned side by side; the two mobile containers able to slidingly extend out of the box-shaped body in respective opposite directions and parallel with each other, through respective side portions of the box-shaped body which are opposite one another.

15. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the box-shaped body houses two mobile containers, with larger side walls of the two mobile containers being positioned side by side; the two mobile containers able to slidingly extend out of the box-shaped body in a same direction, through a side portion of the box-shaped body.

16. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the box-shaped body houses the at least one mobile container which is able to partly extend out of the box-shaped body through a side portion of the box-shaped body.

17. The packet according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting portion abuts only a single one of the tobacco products present in the inner container and each sliding action of the inner container towards the extended position causes an axial movement towards the top wall of the outer container of the single one of the tobacco products abutting the supporting portion and causes the pickup end portion of the single one of the tobacco products abutting the supporting portion to extend out through the opening in the outer container.

Assignees

• Gd Spa

Inventors

• Roila Patrizio
• Polloni Roberto
• Ghini Marco
• Negrini Stefano

Classifications

• A24F15/12 Primary

  for pocket use {(A24F15/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D85/1009

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

• B65D5/38 Primary

  Drawer-and-shell type containers · CPC title

• B65D85/1036 Primary

  Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank · CPC title

• B65D85/10

  for cigarettes · CPC title