Box with lid

• US 7,455,182 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2002
• Issued: 11/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Philip Morris USA Incorporated (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Philip Morris USA Incorporated (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Merckell, Rudiger
• Primary Examiner(s): ACKUN, JACOB K
• Application Number:
  US10/479,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20040232015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,359 Days
• Field of Search: 206/242, 206/259, 206/261, 206/271, 206/273, 206/265, 206249-251, 206751-755, 206759-762, 206/817, 206/756, 206/747, 229/87.13, 229/14
• US Class Current: 206/754
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5213 Internal elements supporting the contents and movable for displaying them, e.g. movable bottoms or trays
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/10 for cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/817 Follower

Abstract

The application relates to a flat box (10) with a bottom container part (20), a top lid (30) and with an insert (40) which serves to raise the pack contents when the box (10) is opened. The lid (30) and the container part (20) are connected to each other via the rear side walls of the box (10). The insert (40) is connected to the inside of the rear lid side wall and extends into the container part (20) so that it and the pack contents placed on the insert (40) are automatically raised when the box (10) is opened.

Claims

1. Box with a bottom container part which has a bottom wall and front, rear, right-hand and left-hand container-part side walls, with a top lid, which has a lid wall and a front, rear, right-hand and left-hand lid side walls, and with an insert fixed in the lid, which extends into the container part and serves to raise a product or a product housing when the box is opened, the insert having a base area and a side-wall area, which are separated from each other by a fold line, the length of the side walls being a multiple of their height and the container part and the lid being hinge-connected to each other along the rear side walls,

wherein

the container part and the lid are hinge-connected to each other via the rear container-part side wall and the rear lid side wall and the insert is connected to the inside of the rear lid side wall, but not to the container part, the product or the product housing placed on the insert;

and

wherein when the box is closed, the base area of the insert extends to near the front container-part side wall and essentially extends over the entire bottom wall, the side-wall area of the insert extends parallel to the rear lid side wall and the rear container-part side wall, and the fold line rests essentially against a line between the rear container-part side wall and the bottom wall.

2. Box according to claim 1, wherein the hinge-connection between the rear container-part side wall and the rear lid side wall is in a middle of the rear wall of the box, such that the height of the rear container-part side wall is equal to the height of the rear lid side wall.

3. Box according to claim 1, further comprising a product-housing box.

4. Box according to claim 3, wherein the product-housing box has a recess in its top side.

5. Box according to claim 3, wherein the product-housing box is connected to the inside of a front collar side wall or the inside of the front container-part side wall.

6. Box according to claim 1, containing smokable articles.

7. Box according to claim 6, wherein the smokable articles are wrapped into an inner liner.

8. Box according to claim 4, wherein the product-housing box is connected to the inside of a front collar side wall or the inside of the front container-part side wall.

9. Box according to claim 3, wherein an entirety of the product-box housing rests on the insert.

10. Box according to claim 1, wherein the insert is made of paper, paperboard, cardboard, plastic or wood.

11. Box according to claim 1, wherein the insert is comprised of one or more parallel strips.

12. Box according to claim 1, wherein when the box is in an opened position, the side area of the insert is essentially parallel to the rear lid side wall.

13. Box with a bottom container part which has a bottom wall and front, rear, right-hand and left-hand container-part side walls, with a top lid, which has a lid wall and a front, rear, right-hand and left-hand lid side walls, and with an insert fixed in the lid, which extends into the container part and serves to raise a product or a product housing when the box is opened, the insert having a base area and a side-wall area, which are separated from each other by a fold line, the length of the side walls being a multiple of their height and the container part and the lid being hinge-connected to each other along the rear side walls,

wherein

the container part and the lid are hinge-connected to each other via the rear container-part side wall and the rear lid side wall and the insert is connected to the inside of the rear lid side wall, but not to the container part, or the product or the product housing placed on the insert;

a collar with front and right-hand and left-hand collar side walls is attached to the inside of the front, left-hand and right-hand container-part side walls; and

wherein when the box is closed, the base area of the insert extends to near the front container-part side wall and essentially extends over the entire bottom wall, the side-wall area of the insert extends parallel to the rear lid side wall and the rear container-part side wall, and the fold line rests essentially against a line between the rear container-part side wall and the bottom wall.

14. Box according to claim 13, wherein the collar projects over the front, left-hand and right-hand container-part side walls.

15. Box according to claim 14, wherein a projection is provided on the front collar side wall and a corresponding recess is provided on the inside of the front lid side wall.

16. Box according to claim 13, wherein the collar projects over the front, left-hand and right-hand container-part side walls by the height of the front, left-hand and right-hand lid side walls.

17. Box according to claim 13, further comprising a product-housing box.

18. Box according to claim 17, wherein the product-housing box has a recess in its top side.

19. Box according to claim 17, wherein the product-housing box is connected to the inside of the front collar side wall or the inside of the front container-part side wall.

20. Box according to claim 19, wherein the base area is without fold lines when the box is opened.

21. Box according to claim 17, wherein an entirety of the product-box housing rests on the insert.

22. Box according to claim 13, wherein the insert is made of paper, paperboard, cardboard, plastic or wood.

23. Box according to claim 13, wherein the insert is comprised of one or more parallel strips.

24. Box according to claim 13, wherein when the box is in an opened position, the side area of the insert is essentially parallel to the rear lid side wall.