Container for snus, tobacco related or smoking related articles and method

• US 9,538,785 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited (Imperial Tobacco Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited (Imperial Tobacco Group PLC)
• Inventors: Loos, Marion, Bagai, Hitesh, Novak, Slavomir
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN
• Application Number:
  US14/609,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20150216230A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/01 specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor battery charging means structurally associated with the case A24F40/95
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 23/00 Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 21/08 Containers of variable capacity containers of polygonal cross-section adapted to be of variable capacity formed by folding or erecting blanks made of paper B65D5/0005
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2209/00 Provisions for used articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/04 Partitions
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/06 adapted to be fitted in two or more alternative positions
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/28 with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials B65D51/247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 55/02 Locking devices; Means for discouraging or indicating unauthorised opening or removal of closure B65D41/32 takes precedence; protective covers for bottles B65D23/08; protective cap-like outer covers for bottle or jar closures B65D41/62; pressure-applying means B65D45/00; closures with means for discouraging unauthorised opening or removal of closures B65D50/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49881 of separate helix [e.g., screw thread]

Abstract

The invention relates to a container for tobacco related or smoking related articles, in particular snus, and a method of manufacturing such a container. The container comprises a base portion and a top portion defining a first compartment between the base portion and the top portion. The base portion or the top portion comprises a displaceable wall and a cover defining a second compartment between the displaceable wall and the cover. The displaceable wall is coupled to the base portion or the top portion by a screw thread for displacing the displaceable wall by rotating the displaceable wall.

Claims

1. A container for tobacco related or smoking related articles, the container comprising a base portion and a top portion defining a first compartment between the base portion and the top portion, the base portion comprising a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall, the top portion comprising a side wall and a cover, wherein the side wall of the top portion is coupled to the circumferential side wall of the base portion, wherein a displaceable wall is coupled to the top portion defining a second compartment between the displaceable wall and the cover, wherein the displaceable wall is coupled to the top portion by a screw thread for displacing the displaceable wall by rotating the displaceable wall, and wherein the cover is coupled to the top portion such that the first compartment and the second compartment can be accessed separately.

2. The container according to claim 1, wherein the screw thread is configured such that the volume of the first compartment is reduced if the volume of the second compartment is increased by rotating the displaceable wall in a first direction of rotation and the volume of the first compartment is increased if the volume of the second compartment is reduced by rotating the displaceable wall in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation.

3. The container according to claim 1, wherein the displaceable wall has predetermined dimensions and is made out of rigid material.

4. The container according to claim 1, being further configured such that the displaceable wall is rotated by rotating the cover when the cover is attached to the top portion.

5. The container according to claim 1, wherein the screw thread comprises a matched pair of screw threads, one screw thread of the pair of screw threads being arranged on a circumferential side wall of the top portion and one screw thread of the pair of screw threads being arranged around the displaceable wall.

6. The container according to claim 1, wherein the screw thread is such that it allows at least one complete revolution of the displaceable wall.

7. The container according to claim 2, further comprising a latching mechanism that prevents the displaceable wall from being rotated in the second direction of rotation.

8. The container according to claim 7, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a further circumferential intersected wall that is arranged between the top portion and the base portion.

9. The container according to claim 8, wherein the latching mechanism comprises a hooking mechanism at an outer circumferential side wall which extends from the displaceable wall towards the cover.