Packet for tobacco products

• US 9,290,314 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GD SPA (Is Company SRL)
• Original Assignee: GD SPA (Is Company SRL)
• Inventors: D'Alfonso, Lorena, Ghini, Marco, Petrucci, Luca, Polloni, Roberto, Negrini, Stefano
• Primary Examiner(s): GEHMAN, BRYON P
• Application Number:
  US14/407,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20150144512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 206/256, 206/258, 206/271, 206/526, 229/87.01, 229/87.18
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/422 as an extra panel or panels folded against or inside the container B65D5/4237 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4237 located in a compartment formed by a container wall and additional panel or panels formed integrally with the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/6602 formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1063 so as to form two cigarette-compartments interconnected by a hinge-portion

Abstract

Described is a packet for tobacco products comprising two containers of tobacco products each substantially having the shape of a parallelepiped and provided with two larger side walls, two smaller side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall, the packet has an outer wrapper having at least one connection panel and at least two additional panels, in particular the containers are connected to the outer wrapper at the at least one connection panel; the packet is provided with a lid, hinged along a first hinge to one of the additional panels, which is able to rotate between a closed position and an open position of the packet and, in the closed position, keeping each of the two additional panels in contact with a respective larger side wall of each container.

Claims

1. A packet for tobacco products comprising:

at least two containers, each substantially having a shape of a parallelepiped and having two larger side walls, two smaller side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall,

an outer wrapper comprising at least one connection panel and at least two additional panels;

the containers being connected to the outer wrapper at the at least one connection panel;

a lid being hinged along a first hinge to one of the at least two additional panels and rotatable between a closed position and an open position of the packet;

wherein the lid and the at least one connection panel are hinged to a same one of the at least two additional panels

wherein, in the closed position, the lid keeps each of the at least two additional panels in face contact with one of the two larger side walls of a respective one of the at least two containers;

wherein, in the open position, each of the at least two additional panels is positioned in a position away from face contact with the one of the two larger side walls of the respective one of the at least two containers.

2. The packet according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection panel is hinged to one of the at least two additional panels additional panel by second hinges.

3. The packet according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection panel is interposed between two of the at least two additional panels;

the containers being connected to the at least one connection panel by a respective smaller side wall and being in mutual contact at a respective larger side wall.

4. The packet according to claim 1, wherein in the closed condition of the packet the at least one connection panel defines a side of the packet.

5. The packet according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection panel is subdivided into first and second connection panels;

each container being connected to a respective first connection panel by a respective larger side wall and to a respective second connection panel by a respective smaller side wall.

6. The packet according to claim 5, wherein in the closed condition of the packet the second connection panels define a side of the packet.

7. The packet according to claim 5, wherein the first connection panels are hinged to each other along a third hinge.

8. The packet according to claim 5, wherein an intermediate panel is interposed between two additional panels and is hinged to the latter by third hinges;

the second connection panels being hinged to a respective additional panel from the opposite side relative to the intermediate panel.

9. The packet according to claim 8, wherein in the closed condition of the packet the intermediate panel defines one of the sides of the packet.

10. The packet according to claim 1, and further comprising a respective hinge positioned between each of the at least two additional panels and the at least one connection panel;

wherein, in the open position of the packet, each of the at least two additional panels is positioned in the position away from face contact with the one of the two larger side walls of the respective one of the at least two containers by a rotation about the respective hinge.