Hinge-lid box for cigarettes and blank for producing the same

• US 6,119,852 A
• Filed: 05/20/1999
• Issued: 09/19/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Focke & Company
• Original Assignee: Focke & Company
• Inventors: Buse, Henry, Focke, Heinz
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US09/315,460
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 206/96, 206/102, 206/86, 206/242, 206/264, 206/265, 206/268, 206/271, 206/273, 206/85, 206/87, 206/246, 229/87.14, 229/160.1, 229/120.08, 229/120.18
• US Class Current: 206/87
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2301/10 Blanks mutually positioned to minimise waste material upon cutting out the individual blank from a continuous or large sheet
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/109 Lighting means, e.g. matches or lighters

Abstract

Cuboidal pack made of (thin) cardboard, in particular hinge-lid box, having a box part (11) and a lid (12), it being the case that a sleeve (28) is provided on a box side wall (18), in the region of the box part (11), and encloses a lighter (27) or the like. The sleeve (28) and the parts thereof--flaps (30, 31)--are parts of a blank (10) for the pack. Furthermore, a supporting flap (29), which is also formed from the blank (10), is provided in the plane of a base wall (19).

Claims

1. A cuboidal hinge-lid cigarette box made of a single-piece of a single sheet blank (10) of cardboard comprising a lid (12) and a box part (11) which has a box front wall (16) interconnected to a box rear wall (14) by two upright side walls (17, 18), each wall having a bottom portion which is connected to a base wall (19), said box part (11) having a sleeve (28) formed from the blank (10) for carrying a cigarette lighter adjacent to at least one of the box side walls (17, 18), said sleeve comprising two sleeve flaps (30, 31, 48, 51) which are secured by securing means in an overlapped position.

2. The cigarette box of claim 1, wherein the securing means is an adhesive.

3. The cigarette box of claim 1, wherein the side wall (17, 18) to which the sleeve (28) is adjacent is comprised of an inner side tab (20) and an overlying outer side tab (22) with a sleeve (28) comprised of two flaps (30, 31, 48, 51), with one of said sleeve flaps being formed from the outer side tab (22), and the other sleeve flap bring formed from the inner side tab (20).

4. The cigarette box of claim 3, wherein the sleeve flaps (30, 31, 48, 51) are formed by cut lines (36, 37) perpendicular to the front wall (16) in strip-like regions of the mutually associated box side tabs (20, 22), and at least one sleeve flap (30, 48) has a projection (38, 39), which projects beyond the side tab (20, 22) for use in securing the sleeve flaps (30, 31, 48, 51) to one another.

5. The cigarette box of claim 3, wherein the sleeve flaps (48, 51) are of different dimensions lengths, with the longer sleeve flap (48) forming the outer sleeve flap and the other shorter sleeve flap (51) forming the inside sleeve flap, said inside flap being secured by securing means to the longer sleeve flap (48).

6. The cigarette box of claim 5, wherein the shorter sleeve flap (51) is formed from the outer side tab (22) and terminates flushed with the end of said tab.

7. The cigarette box of claim 1, wherein a supporting flap 29 is provided as a continuation of the base wall (19) adjacent the side wall to which the sleeve is adjacent, said supporting flap being capable of supporting the cigarette lighter.

8. The cigarette box of claim 7, wherein the supporting flap 29 is connected to a base corner tab (24), which in turn is connected to the inner side tab (20).

9. The cigarette box of claim 5, wherein the side wall (17, 18) opposite the side wall in which the sleeve (28) is formed has an inner side tab (21) with a recess (49) corresponding in size and position to the projection of the longer sleeve flap (48).

10. A web of a single sheet of cardboard with a plurality of blanks, each said blank having the cigarette box structure as defined in claim 9, wherein the blanks are located side-by-side in close proximity in which the shorter sleeve flap (51) is flush with the edge of the outer side tab (22) and the longer sleeve flap fits into the recess (49) of the inner side tab (21) of an adjacent blank.