Package having a slide actuated closure member

• US 3,977,520 A
• Filed: 10/07/1974
• Issued: 08/31/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (British American Tobacco PLC)
• Original Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (British American Tobacco PLC)
• Inventors: Grimm, Wolfgang H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lowrance, George E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Farrow, Douglas B.
• Application Number:
  US05/512,957
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 206/264, 206/268, 206/270, 229/44 CB, 229/20, 229/19
• US Class Current: 206/270
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1054 combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid

Abstract

A package for cigarettes or other articles comprised of a receptacle for housing the cigarettes or other articles and defining an open top for removal of said articles and an integral slide actuated lid structure including a closure member operatively connected to the receptacle and a slide member portion reciprocally movable vertically of the receptacle to open and close the package the slide portion including folding panels positioned between the receptacle and the slide portion permitting reciprocal movement of the slide portion.

Claims

1. A package for cigarettes or other articles comprising:

a. a receptacle for housing cigarettes or other articles having front, rear and side wall panels and a bottom panel and defining an open top for removal of said articles,

b. a slide actuated integral lid structure comprised of;

1. a slide portion disposed about the receptacle and reciprocally slidable vertically of the receptacle,

2. a closure member, receivable within the slide portion, for closing the open top of the receptacle,

3. cooperative means on the closure member and the rear wall panel of the receptacle for operatively connecting the closure member to the rear wall panel, and

4. a rolling hinge portion connected to the slide portion and the closure member by respective score lines and comprising at least two folding panels positioned between the slide portion and the receptacle, the folding panels being foldable to a first position to permit the movement of the slide portion away from the top of the receptacle to open a closure member and to a second position to actuate the closure member into closing relation to the open top of the receptacle, in the second position, the slide portion is moved to the top of the receptacle and encompasses the closure member.

2. A package as recited in claim 1 wherein the cooperative means is comprised of a glue flap connected to the top edge of the rear panel of the receptacle by a score line and adhered to the closure member.

3. A package as recited in claim 2 wherein the rolling hinge portion includes a hinge panel connected by a first score line to the folding panels and to the closure member by a second score line on the opposite edge from the first score line, and wherein the closure member comprises a top panel connected to the hinge panel by the first score line and a pair of side panels operatively connected to said top panel by respective score lines on the sides of the top panel adjacent the second score line, said side panels being positioned normally to said top panel, and side panel glue flaps operatively connected to respective side panels by score lines extending along the edges of the side panels adjacent the score lines connecting the side panels to the top panel, said flaps being positioned perpendicular to said top panel and the side panels and adhered to the glue flap on the receptacle.

4. A package as recited in claim 3 wherein the side wall panels of the receptacle have a diagonally disposed upper edge extending from a lower point at the top edge of the rear wall panel to a higher point at the top edge of the front wall panel and wherein the side walls of said closure member have a correspondingly diagonal lower edge, so that when the closure member is moved into closed relation to the receptacle, the diagonal edges of the respective side panels of the closure member and receptacle are generally in opposed relation.

5. A package as recited in claim 4 wherein the front panel of the receptacle has a top edge on each side thereof adjacent the higher point of the side panels and said front panel is recessed centrally thereof to provide access to the articles within the package.

6. A package as recited in claim 3 wherein a top panel glue flap is connected to the top panel by a third score line opposite the second score line connecting the hinge panel and the top panel, and the top panel glue flap is positioned in underlying relation to the top panel and extends between the side panels, the top panel glue flap is adhered to the undersurface of the top panel.

7. A package as recited in claim 3 wherein said rolling hinge portion is comprised of a fold-over panel operatively connected to the rear wall panel of the slide portion by a first score line and to the fold-over panel by a second score line on the opposite side of the fold-over panel from the hinge panel by a third score line.