Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes

• US 5,558,217 A
• Filed: 12/12/1994
• Issued: 09/24/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Focke & Company
• Original Assignee: Focke & Company
• Inventors: Focke, Heinz, Sporing, Heido
• Primary Examiner(s): FIDEI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US08/355,343
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 206/86, 206/87, 206/268, 206/265, 206/271, 206/273
• US Class Current: 206/268
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6691 the container being provided with an internal frame or the like for maintaining the lid in the closed position by friction
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1045 having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/109 Lighting means, e.g. matches or lighters

Abstract

Hinge-lid packs for cigarettes have a standard structure. To increase the functional value, a lighter (33) is disposed within a chamber (32) which is separated from the cigarette block (10). The walls for delimiting the chamber (32) are formed from the same blank as the collar (28) such that, as in a conventional hinge-lid pack, outer front edges (38, 39) are formed for supporting or guiding the lid (12) in the closing position. Because of the lesser height of the lighter (33), a base (44) is formed in the chamber (32) on a bottom wall (17).

Claims

1. A hinge-lid pack for cigarettes for the accommodation of a cigarette block (10), said pack comprising:

a box part (11);

a lid part (12) which is hingedly connected to a rear wall (14) of the box part (11);

a collar (28) fixed in the box part (11) and having a collar front wall (29) and two collar side tabs (30,

     31); and

a chamber (32) for the accommodation of a lighter (33) and arranged next to the cigarette block (10);

wherein the chamber (32) is delimited against the cigarette block (10) by one (31) of the collar side tabs which is adjacent the chamber;

wherein in a region of the collar, the chamber (32) is delimited by a chamber front wall (34), a chamber outer side wall (35) and said one collar side tab (31),

wherein the chamber front wall (34) is flush with the collar front wall (29),

wherein an upright first front edge (38), formed by the chamber front wall (34) and a chamber side wall (35), corresponds to an opposite upright front edge (39) which is formed by the collar front wall (29) and the other collar side tab (30) which is located opposite the chamber (32), and

wherein the chamber (32) has a depth which corresponds to that of the box part (11).

2. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein projections (40) for fixing the lid (12) in a closed position are arranged in a region of the front edges (38, 39).

3. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chamber outer side wall (35) rests against an inside of a pack side wall (16) of the box part (11), said pack side wall being formed from an inner (19) and an outer (21) side tab of a blank from which the pack is formed.

6. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chamber (32) is additionally limited by a chamber inner side wall (36) which abuts the adjoining said one collar side tab (31) and which is connected thereto via a folding edge (37) facing towards said rear wall (14) of the pack.

7. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 6, wherein the collar (28) and said front and side walls of the chamber (32) are made from a one-piece blank in which said one collar side tab (31) and said chamber inner side wall (36) are connected to one another via said folding edge (37).

8. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 3, wherein a base (44) for supporting the lighter (33) is formed in the chamber (32) in a region of a common bottom wall (17) by an angularly folded corner tab (45) which is connected to the inner side tab (19) of the pack side wall (16).

4. A hinge-lid pack for cigarettes for the accommodation of a cigarette block (10), comprising:

a box part (11);

a lid (12) which is hingedly connected to a rear wall (14) of the box part (11);

a collar (28) fixed in the box part (11) and having a collar front wall (29) and two collar side tabs (30,

     31); and

a chamber (32) for the accommodation of a lighter (33), being next to, and delimited from, the cigarette block (10) by one (21) of the collar side tabs;

wherein the chamber (32) for the accommodation of the lighter (33) is delimited at least by a chamber front wall (34) and a chamber outer side wall (35), the chamber front wall (34) being flush with the collar front wall (29),

wherein the chamber (32) is additionally delimited by a chamber inner side wall (36) which abuts the adjoining said one collar side tab (31) and which is connected thereto via a folding edge (37) facing towards said rear wall (14) of the pack,

wherein the collar (28) and said front and side walls of the chamber (32) are made from a one-piece blank in which said one collar side tab (31) and said chamber inner side wall (36) are connected to one another via said folding edge 37, and

wherein the chamber front wall (34) is provided on one side with an upper depression (41) and, below on the other side, with a projection (42) correspondingly formed such that the entire one-piece blank can be severed from a continuous web of material without waste.

5. The hinge-lid pack as claimed in claim 4 wherein the chamber outer side wall (35) abuts an inside of a side wall (16) of the box part (11).