PACKAGE OF SMOKING ARTICLES WITH A SLIDING OPENING AND A HINGED LID

• US 20140238877A1
• Filed: 05/07/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
• Original Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
• Inventors: PETRUCCI, Luca, SQUARZONI, Michele
• Granted Patent: US 9,211,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/255
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1009 provided with proffering means B65D85/1054 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1054 combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid

Abstract

A package (1) of tobacco articles, having: an inner container (3), which houses a group (2) of tobacco articles, has an open top end (5), and has a lid (6) hinged to close the open top end (5), an outer container (4) housing the inner container (3) to allow the inner container (3) to slide with respect to the outer container (4) between a closed configuration and an open configuration, and a sealing flap (22) hinged to a top edge of a front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and movable between a work position, in which the sealing flap (22) is perpendicular to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and located beneath a top wall (12) of the lid (6) of the inner container (3), and a rest position, in which the sealing flap (22) is parallel to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4).

Claims

1. A package (1) of tobacco articles, comprising:

an inner container (3), which houses a group (2) of tobacco articles, has an open top end (5), and comprises a lid (6) hinged to the inner container (3) along a hinge (7) to close the open top end (5);

an outer container (4) housing the inner container (3) to allow the inner container (3) to slide with respect to the outer container (4) between a closed configuration, in which the inner container (3) is inserted inside the outer container (4), and an open configuration, in which the inner container (3) is partly extracted from the outer container (4); and

a sealing flap (22) hinged to a top edge of a front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and movable between a work position, in which the sealing flap (22) is perpendicular to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and located beneath a top wall (12) of the lid (6) of the inner container (3), and a rest position, in which the sealing flap (22) is parallel to the front wall (17) of the outer container (4).

2. The package as claimed in claim 1, wherein the package (1) includes a first actuating tab (23) integral with a front wall (9) of the inner container (3) and projecting towards the front wall (17) of the outer container (4), and a second actuating tab (24), which is connected mechanically to the sealing flap (22), is located between the front wall (17) of the outer container (4) and the front wall (9) of the inner container (3), and is engaged by the first actuating tab (23), when the inner container (3) moves into the closed configuration, to draw the sealing flap (22) into the work position, using the movement of the inner container (3).

3. The package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second actuating tab (24) has a central through opening (25) which is engaged by the first actuating tab (23).

4. The package as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first actuating tab (23) engages the through opening (25) in the second actuating tab (24) to lock onto and draw the second actuating tab (24).

5. The package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second actuating tab (24) is connected to the sealing flap (22) by a connecting flap (26) hinged on one side to the second actuating tab (24), and on the opposite side to the sealing flap (22).

6. The package as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second actuating tab (24) has a central through opening (25) which is engaged by the first actuating tab (23), which is engaged by the first actuating tab (23) and also extends through the connecting flap (26).

7. The package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first actuating tab (23) is defined by a portion of the front wall (9) of the inner container (3), which is separated from the rest of the front wall (9) of the inner container (3) by a U-shaped through cut (27), and by a fold line (28) joining the two ends of the U-shaped through cut (27).

8. The package as claimed in claim 7, wherein the inner container (3) comprises a lift tab (29) separated from the first actuating tab (23) by the fold line (28).

9. The package as claimed in claim 8, wherein the lift tab (29) is folded 180°

about the fold line (28) onto an inner surface of the front wall (9) of the inner container (3).