Box for smoking articles in the form of cigarettes or the like
First Claim
1. Box for smoking articles in the form of cigarettes or the like, comprising a four-walled outer box, open on top and on the bottom, made from a first blank of stiff cardboard, and into which an inner box is inserted, the inner box being made from a second blank of stiff cardboard, having opposed side walls and a back wall whose upper part provides a folding lid (top) formed by means of inclusions on both side walls and a fold on the back wall joining these, and a tongue punched from the back wall of the inner box, said tongue being attached to the outer box by its free lower end so that it moves the folding lid backward when the inner box is lifted upward, said box being further characterized in that the free end of the tongue (19) is glued to the outer box (2) and the tongue (19) has a flexible area (22) which, when the inner box (1) is inserted forms a loop (23) which is opened when the inner box is pushed upward.
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Abstract
A box having inner and outer components made from individual cut blanks, the inner component including an integral tongue member arranged to form a loop which functions to actuate a folding lid.
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- 1. Box for smoking articles in the form of cigarettes or the like, comprising a four-walled outer box, open on top and on the bottom, made from a first blank of stiff cardboard, and into which an inner box is inserted, the inner box being made from a second blank of stiff cardboard, having opposed side walls and a back wall whose upper part provides a folding lid (top) formed by means of inclusions on both side walls and a fold on the back wall joining these, and a tongue punched from the back wall of the inner box, said tongue being attached to the outer box by its free lower end so that it moves the folding lid backward when the inner box is lifted upward, said box being further characterized in that the free end of the tongue (19) is glued to the outer box (2) and the tongue (19) has a flexible area (22) which, when the inner box (1) is inserted forms a loop (23) which is opened when the inner box is pushed upward.
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