PACKAGE FOR ACCOMMODATING PRODUCTS

• US 20170325500A1
• Filed: 05/12/2017
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fontem Ventures BV (Imperial Tobacco Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 BV (Imperial Tobacco Group PLC)
• Inventors: Senftleben, Sebastian, Biel, Stefan, Collins, Fiona, Halbertsma, Reinier
• Granted Patent: US 11,044,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/02 Cigar or cigarette holders mouthpieces A24F7/00
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/08 with special devices, e.g. spikes or grippers, for holding the cigars or cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 13/14 Protecting cases
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/01 specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor battery charging means structurally associated with the case A24F40/95
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/12 for pocket use A24F15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 11/12 of drawer-and-shell type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2215/02 requiring the combination of simultaneous actions
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/046 and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/10 for cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1054 combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1081 Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers B65D85/1009 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a package for accommodating products. The package comprises an inner tray, a cover and a removable sleeve. The inner tray comprises a plurality of protrusions. The package comprises a plurality of cavities and protrusions, wherein the respective cavities interlock with the protrusions. The package comprises further a plurality of unlocking elements adapted such that in the coupled state of the package, the respective cavity unlocks from the respective protrusion When a pressure is applied to the respective unlocking element.

Claims

1. A package adapted for accommodating products, comprising:

an inner tray comprising at least one recess formed at an upper side of the inner tray and being adapted for accommodating a product, the upper side of the inner tray having a first portion and a second portion adjoining the first portion,

a cover adapted for covering at least the first portion, wherein the cover is movable between an open state of the package in which the at least one recess is accessible to a user and a closed state of the package in which the at least one recess is inaccessible to a user,

a removable sleeve adapted to be reversibly fixed on the inner tray and to be removed from the inner tray, wherein the sleeve is movable between a coupled state of the package in which the cover is fixed by the sleeve to the inner tray and an uncoupled state of the package in which the cover can move in relation to the inner tray,

at least one pair of a cavity and a protrusion, the at least one protrusion is formed in the second portion of the inner tray and the at least one cavity is formed on an inner surface of the removable sleeve, wherein the cavity interlocks with the protrusion in the coupled state of the package,

wherein the at least one pair further comprises an unlocking element adapted such that, in the coupled state of the package, the cavity unlocks from the protrusion when a pressure is applied to the unlocking element.

2. The package according to claim 1, wherein a number of pairs of protrusions and cavities is greater than 2.

3. The package according to claim 1, wherein a number of pairs of protrusions and cavities is 3.

4. The package according claim 1, wherein a first protrusion is located on an outer surface of a top panel of the inner tray, a second protrusion is located on an outer surface of a second side panel of the inner tray and a third protrusion is located on an outer surface of a third side panel of the inner tray, the second side panel being opposite to the third side panel.

5. The package according to claim 4, wherein a first cavity is located on an inner surface of a top sleeve panel of the removable sleeve, a second cavity is located on an inner surface of a second sleeve side panel of the removable sleeve and a third cavity is located on an inner surface of a third sleeve side panel of the removable sleeve.

6. The package (according to claim 4, wherein a first unlocking element is located on the top panel on the first portion of the inner tray, a second unlocking element is located on the second side panel on the first portion of the inner tray and a third unlocking element is located on the third side panel on the first portion of the inner tray.

7. The package according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the removable sleeve comprises an additional layer in which the at least one cavity is formed.

8. The package according to claim 7, wherein a material of the additional layer differs from a material of an out surface of the removable sleeve.

9. The package according to claim 1, wherein the removable sleeve comprises a first window section arranged on a top panel of the removable sleeve and the cover comprises a second window section arranged on a top panel of the inner tray, wherein the first window section and the second window section are formed of an optically translucent material, wherein the first window section and the second window section overlap with each other in the closed state of the package.

10. The package according to claim 9, wherein the first window section and second window section have the same shape.

11. The package according to claim 9, wherein the first window section and second window section have the same size.

12. The package according to claim 1, wherein a force required to be applied onto the unlocking element for unlocking a cavity from a respective protrusion is greater than 0.5 N, 1 N, 1.5 N, 2 N or larger than 3 N.

13. The package according to claim 5, wherein a first force is required to unlock the first cavity from the first protrusion, a second force is required to unlock the second cavity from the second protrusion and a third force is required to unlock the third cavity from the third protrusion, the second force and the third force being larger than the first force.

14. The package according to claim 1, wherein a minimum distance between adjacent unlocking elements is larger than 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm or larger than 5 cm.

15. The package according to claim 1, wherein a maximum distance (d) between unlocking elements is larger than 5 cm, 7 cm, 9 cm or larger than 11 cm.

16. A package adapted for accommodating products, comprising:

an inner tray comprising at least one recess formed at an upper side of the inner tray and being adapted for accommodating a product, the upper side of the inner tray having a first portion and a second portion adjoining the first portion,

a cover adapted for covering at least the first portion, wherein the cover is movable between an open state of the package in which the at least one recess is accessible to a user and a closed state of the package in which the at least one recess is inaccessible to a user,

a removable sleeve adapted to be reversibly fixed on the inner tray and to he removed from the inner tray, wherein the sleeve is movable between a coupled state of the package in which the cover is fixed by the sleeve to the inner tray and an uncoupled state of the package in which the cover can move in relation to the inner tray,

at least one pair of a cavity and a protrusion, wherein the at least one cavity is formed in the second portion of the inner tray and the at least one protrusion is formed on an inner surface of the removable sleeve, wherein the cavity interlocks with the protrusion in the coupled state of the package,

wherein the at least one pair further comprises an unlocking element adapted such that, in the coupled state of the package, the cavity unlocks from the protrusion when a pressure is applied to the unlocking element.

17. The package according to claim 16, wherein a number of pairs of protrusions and cavities is greater than 2.

18. The package according to claim 16, wherein a number of pairs of protrusions and cavities is 3.

19. The package according to claim 16, wherein the removable sleeve comprises a first window section arranged on a top panel of the removable sleeve and the cover comprises a second window section arranged on a top panel of the inner tray, wherein the first window section and the second window section are formed of an optically translucent material, wherein the first window section and the second window section overlap with each other in the closed state of the package.

20. The package according to claim 19, wherein the first window section and second window section have the same shape.

21. The package according to claim 19, wherein the first window section and second window section have the same size.

22. The package according to claim 16, wherein a force required to be applied onto the unlocking element for unlocking a cavity from a respective protrusion is greater than 0.5 N, 1 N, 1.5 N, 2 N or larger than 3 N.

23. The package according to claim 16, wherein a minimum distance between adjacent unlocking elements is larger than 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm or larger than 5 cm.

24. The package according to claim 16, wherein a maximum distance (d) between unlocking elements is larger than 5 cm, 7 cm, 9 cm or larger than 11 cm.