US1859772A - Cigarette case - Google Patents

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This invention relates-to a cigarettecaseby means of which cigarettesmay be carried packages in which they,

'tially uniform size and shape, which are such as to enable the packages to be conveniently carried in the pockets of clothing or in womens handbags. The cigarettes are tightly packed into the paper packages by machines, andin order to extract a cigarette, it is usually necessary to jar the package by shaking to loosen. the cigarettes. This practice is objectionable as the jarring of the package also loosens the tobacco in the cigapaper packages are of insufiicient'strength to protect the cigarettes from breakage or crushing.

It is'anobject of this invention to provide a case in which a paper package of cigarettes may be placed to protect'the cigarettes from breaking and crushing. T

A further object is the provision of a cigarette package holding case having a two-part cover adapted to open the length of the top of a package of cigarettes, to expose the entire contents of the package and enable the cigarettes to be conveniently extracted therefrom.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings constituting a material part of this disclosure and in which;

Figure 1 represents a perspective view showing the package'holding case in aclosed condition.

Figure 2- represents a partial cross-sec tional elevational view of the case.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the upper portion ofthe case when the latter is in an open condition.

Referring to the drawings, the cigarette package holding case is shown to have end walls 4, with right-angularly bent flanges 4',

' to serve as the front and rear walls of the 50 case. As shown in Figure 1, the front and rear of the case is open so that contents of the caseand the front and rear thereof are substantially entirely exposed. The walls 4 are joined by an inte ral bottom memberb,

having right-angular u turned flanges 5', which assist in properly olding a package 1n the case, the walls and bottom being -formed by bending a single strip of material.

\ The flanges 4' are enlarged at 6 near the upper portion of the case, and the part 6 is cut and bent over to provide bearings 7, 8, 9 and 10 for a pivot pm.

The vertical front side portion of a cover 12 also has portions 13, 14 and 15 cut and bent to provide bearings for the pivot pin 16, the

latter passing through all of the bearings.

described above. Encircling the pin 16 between the bearings 8 and 13, is a coiled spring 17, one extremity 18 of which engages I the inner surface of cover wall 11, while the other extremity 19 engages the flange portion 6, the efl'ect of the spring being to normally move the cover to an open position as shown in Figure 3. I

The end'vertical 'wall- 20 of the cover 12 is provided with-a slot 21 which cooperates with a lug 22 to hold the cover in a closed position.

. It will be seen that the cover 12 extends only one half of the .upper portion of the case. The other. half of the case is covered by' a cover 23 which is of a structure similar in all respectsto cover 12. v

A flat spring 24 is secured to the end wall 4 by means of a rivet 25, the lugs 22 being formed integral with the upper extremity of the flat spring 24.. Slightly below the covers 12 and 23, the spring 1s provided with a button 26 which extends through an aperture in wall 4.

In operation, a paper package 27 of cig-' arettes is placed in the case as shown in the drawings, the top of the paper package being torn off. The covers 12 and 23 are then moved to the positions shown in Figure 1, and held in a closed condition by means of the lugs 22 on spring 24 engaging .the slots 21.

Whenit is desired to open the case, pres sure on button 26 will move the spring backwards to disengage the lugs 22, and the coil springs 17 will cause the covers 12 and 23 to automatically open. I

The case herein described properly protects 'the cigarettes from damage, the arrangement of the covers enables access to the cigarettes 28, regardless of their position in the paper package 27. The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which, obviousl an embodiment may be constructed including modifications without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cigarette package holding case, comprising end walls and a bottom, right-anguarly in-turned flanges integral with said walls and bottom, a two-part cover opening longitudinally of the mouth of the case, means for hingedly connecting the parts of 25 the cover to the freeends of the end wall flanges, spring controlled means for holding the cover in a closed position, and means to normall urge the parts of the cover to open outwar 1y, said cover being parallel to the 30 bottom when in a closed position.

2. A cigarette package holding case, comprising end walls and a bottom, right angularly inturned flanges integral with said walls and bottom, a two-part cover opening longitudinally of the mouth of the case, and means for hingedly connecting the parts of the cover to the free ends of the end wall' flanges.

This specification signed this 23rd day of September, 1929.

WILLIAM C, HIERING.

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