EP0928751A1 - Paquet de cigarettes avec un dispositif de levage - Google Patents

Paquet de cigarettes avec un dispositif de levage Download PDF

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EP0928751A1
EP0928751A1 EP98100047A EP98100047A EP0928751A1 EP 0928751 A1 EP0928751 A1 EP 0928751A1 EP 98100047 A EP98100047 A EP 98100047A EP 98100047 A EP98100047 A EP 98100047A EP 0928751 A1 EP0928751 A1 EP 0928751A1
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Jean-Michel Farce
Karim El Ghouyel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1009—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes provided with proffering means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/38—Drawer-and-shell type containers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank

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  • the present invention relates to a package for smoking articles or articles with a similar elongated shape.
  • each package typically contains about 20 or about 25 cigarettes.
  • a cigarette package is the so-called “hard pack”, “crush proof box” or “hinged lid package”.
  • Such a package has a generally cuboid-type shape and is manufactured from resilient paperboard, and preferably includes an outer wrap of transparent polypropylene film.
  • Hinged lid cigarette packages for example, are known from US patent No. 4,852,734 to Allen at al. or US patent No. 3,874,581 to Fox, et al. or 3,944,066 to Niepmann, and 5,139,140 to Burrows et al.
  • Cigarettes are removed from the so-called "hinged lid packages” by rotating the lid about its hinge such that a lid does not cover an opening of the cigarette package anymore and cigarettes arranged in this opening can be accessed.
  • the opening is arranged such that those cigarettes arranged in the opening can be accessed by gripping them at the portion of their envelope.
  • Cigarettes can also be packaged in a container having the form of a so-called "soft pack".
  • a soft pack See, for example, US patent Nos. 3,695,422 to Tripadi, 4,717,017 to Sprinkel, Jr. et al. and 5,333,729 to Wolfe Cigarettes are removed from a soft package by tearing away a portion of the top of the package, in order that cigarettes can be easily accessed from the top of the package by gripping them at a portion of their envelope.
  • a package for smoking articles or articles with a similar elongated shape comprising a body portion including a bottom and at least two walls extending from said bottom, said body portion being provided with an opening, said body portion enclosing an inner space for receiving said articles, said inner space comprising a removal zone extending from said bottom to said opening, and a lid portion hingedly connected to said body portion, said lid portion being moveable between a closing position in which said lid portion covers said opening and an open position in which said opening is uncovered
  • said package comprises a lifting device for lifting articles arranged in a lifting zone, said lifting device comprising an article lifter arranged within said body portion adjacent to said lifting zone, said article lifter being moveable between an inactive position in which said article lifter is arranged close to said bottom of said body portion and an active position in which said article lifter is arranged at a distance from said bottom which is greater than the distance of said article lifter in said inactive position, for presenting said articles arranged
  • the advantage of the present invention is that the lifting device now makes it possible to lift smoking articles arranged within a lifting zone with respect to other smoking articles in that package by actuating the lifting device so that these smoking articles are brought into an easy access position in which the smoking articles can be gripped with two fingers on both sides of their envelope and, therefore, be easily removed from the package.
  • one advantageous embodiment of the package according to the present invention comprises an actuating element connected to said article lifter for moving said article lifter from said inactive position into said active position.
  • Said actuating element can in fact be made of any design suitable for moving said article lifter.
  • said actuating element is comprised of a lifting strip.
  • Said lifting strip can, for example, be arranged in any way in said body portion.
  • a separate opening for said lifting strip can be provided in said body portion.
  • said lifting strip comprises a pulling section extending from said article lifter through said opening and having an end piece arranged outside said body portion.
  • Such a design of a lifting strip would make it possible to have said end piece of said lifting strip simply protruding beyond said opening of said body portion so that to bring said lid portion into its open position a user of said package could grip said end piece and pull said pulling section.
  • a more sophisticated solution which is also more easy to handle provides that said pulling section extends via a guide element arranged at said body portion to said end piece fixed to said lid portion, said end piece in said closing position of said lid portion being arranged closer to said guide element than in said open position of said lid portion.
  • This design enables use of the movement of the lid portion between its closed position and its opened position to effect a pulling action on said pulling section so as to actuate said article lifter.
  • said guide element can now be designed in any appropriate manner.
  • said guide element can be a separate element only arranged for guiding said lifting strip.
  • said guide element is arranged at a distance from an axis of rotation of said hinge so that movement of said lid portion from its closing position to its open position can be easily used for obtaining said pulling action.
  • One embodiment which is of very simple design provides that said guide element is supported by one of said side walls supporting said hinge so that the guide element can be easily obtained when manufacturing said respective side wall.
  • Said rim of said opening can be realized in different ways.
  • said rim can be a rim of an outer wall of said side wall itself.
  • An advantageous embodiment provides that said rim of said opening is formed by a collar of said body portion. This solution makes it possible to manufacture said hinge for said lid portion in a conventional manner, for instance, by a fold or any other well-known design for so-called "hinged lid packages”.
  • a design which can be easily manufactured similar to the designs known from the prior art provides that said collar extends beyond edges of said body portion provided for abutment of corresponding edges in said closing position of said lid portion.
  • said lifting strip comprises a fastening section extending in said inner space outside said lifting zone and being fixed to said body portion.
  • Such a design enables easy realization of a lifting action of said lifting strip if said pulling section of said lifting strip is subjected to a pulling action.
  • said fastening section can be fixed to any part of said body portion.
  • One advantageous embodiment which is in particular advantageous for filling said cigarette package, provides that said fastening section is fixed to said bottom of said body portion.
  • said lifting strip With respect to the function of said lifting strip it has not been specified above how said lifting strip can be arranged within a package according to the present invention for acting on said article lifter.
  • said lifting strip comprises a lifting section arranged between said fastening section and said pulling section. Said lifting section can then act on an article lifter provided in said body portion.
  • said lifting section forms said article lifter itself, so that simply part of said lifting strip acts on smoking articles arranged in said lifting zone for moving the smoking articles into said easy access position.
  • Embodiments discussed above and referring to the provision of a lifting strip for actuating said article lifter provide a very comfortable solution for a user of a package according to the present invention.
  • Another embodiment of the present invention comprises a manually pushable push element acting on said article lifter and being arranged within said body portion close to said bottom and an access opening in said body portion giving manual access to said push element.
  • This embodiment therefore, does not need a lifting strip due to the fact that a direct manual action on said push element through said access opening in said body portion is possible.
  • said access opening comprises a bottom opening in said bottom and an adjacent opening arranged in a front wall of said body portion adjacent said bottom. This kind of access opening makes it easy to act on the push element from outside said body portion.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the push element according to the present invention comprises a base element and at least one guide element arranged in sliding abutment with a guide surface of at least one of said opposite walls.
  • said base element and said guide element in sliding abutment with said guide surface are arranged to cover said access opening in an inactive position of said push element.
  • An embodiment which is easy to manufacture is designed such that said push element forms an insert arranged in said body portion.
  • the insert can be an insert made of flexible material which can also be an inner liner of said package.
  • an insert representing said push element which is different from an inner liner of said package.
  • One such insert is preferably designed such that said push element with said base element and said guide elements forms a U-shaped part which is separately inserted into said body portion.
  • said base element is said article lifter.
  • Such an embodiment is very simple with respect to its design and very inexpensive to manufacture.
  • said body portion comprises at least two walls extending between said bottom and the top wall and at least one side opening.
  • a side opening enables the user to feed the articles in a direction transverse to their elongated shape towards the opening of the body portion because such a side opening is usually arranged in areas of said body portion outside said removal zone defined by said opening.
  • said side opening extends between said bottom and said top wall.
  • One advantageous solution provides that said body portion receives an insert portion limiting said inner space in a region of said side opening.
  • said insert portion in its initial position extends beyond said side opening with a maximum extent and is movable towards positions having reduced extent.
  • Said insert portion can be made of various materials.
  • the insert portion is of stiff material, preferably of material similar to the material used for manufacturing said body portion.
  • An advantageous material is flexible paperboard material already used for all kinds of so-called "hard packs”.
  • an advantageous design of such a package provides that said insert portion is a drawer-like supplementary body portion movable with respect to said body portion. With this embodiment the insert portion can be moved into said body portion for reducing the volume for smoking articles when smoking articles are removed from said package.
  • said supplementary body portion and said body portion are provided with cooperating stop elements defining said maximum extent in said initial position and allowing movement towards positions having reduced extent.
  • said insert portion is a flexible material, that said insert portion has an initial shape defining a maximum extent beyond said side opening, that said shape is changeable by deformation of said flexible material so as to obtain a reduced extent beyond said side opening of said insert portion.
  • a solution which is of the type of a so-called "soft pack"
  • it is easy to reduce the volume of said insert portion and, in addition, said insert portion is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • said insert portion is an inner liner arranged within said body portion and comprises pockets which are arranged in opposite side openings and which in the initial position extend beyond said side openings.
  • a first embodiment of a package for a smoking article or articles with similar elongated shape is of the type of a so-called "hard pack", “crush proof box” or “hinged lid package”.
  • Such a package has a generally cuboid-type shape and is manufactured from resilient paperboard.
  • the first embodiment of such a package for a smoking article comprises a body portion 12 and a lid portion 14 which is connected by a hinge 16 to body portion 12, said hinge 16 defining an axis of rotation 18 about which lid portion 14 is rotatable with respect to body portion 12.
  • Body portion 12 comprises a bottom wall 20 from which a front wall 22 and a rear wall 24 extend towards a top wall 26.
  • a side wall 28 arranged opposite to hinge 16 extends from bottom 20 to top wall 26.
  • a side wall 30 arranged on a side of bottom 20 opposite to side wall 28 extends from bottom to hinge 16.
  • Top wall 26 extends from upper corner 32 over a limited distance and on its side opposite to upper corner 32 shows an edge 36 which defines a rim section of said opening.
  • side wall 30 extends from bottom wall 20 towards hinge 16 and beyond hinge 16 up to an edge 38 which defines a rim portion of said opening.
  • Both front walls 22 and 24 are provided with curved edges 42 and 44, respectively, said curved edges 42 and 44 defining further rim portions of opening 34.
  • rim portions 36, 38, 42 and 44 together form a rim 40 which encloses said opening 34.
  • rim 40 is defined by a collar 46 formed by an inner side wall 50 of said side wall 30, an inner front wall 52 of said front wall 22, an inner rear wall of said rear wall 24 and an inner top wall 56 of top wall 26, all extending beyond outer walls of said aforementioned walls, in particular an outer side wall 60 of side wall 30, an outer front wall 62 of front wall 22, an outer rear wall of rear wall 24 and an outer top wall 66 of top wall 26, whereas outer top wall 66 extends to an edge 76 arranged at a certain distance from edge 36, whereas edge 72 of outer front wall 62 and a corresponding edge of said outer rear wall extend between edge 76 and said axis of rotation 18 at a certain distance from edges 42 and 44.
  • Lid portion 14 further comprises a front wall 82 and a rear wall 84 as well as a top wall 86. Said top wall 86 together with said side wall 18 forms an upper corner of 88 of said package which in a closed position of lid portion 14 is arranged opposite to upper corner 32.
  • Front wall 82, rear wall 84 and top wall 86 all have edges 92, 94 and 96, respectively, which in the closed position of lid portion 14 are located adjacent or in abutting relationship with edge 72 of outer front wall 22, said corresponding edge of outer rear wall 24 and edge 76 of outer top wall 66.
  • Body portion 12 comprises an inner space 100 for receiving smoking articles, in particular cigarettes 102, or other articles with a similar elongated form, which with their longitudinal axis 104 extend parallel to side walls 28 and 30.
  • those cigarettes 102a which are accessible when lid portion 14 is in its open position are arranged in a removal zone 106 of inner space 100, removal zone 106 extending from bottom wall 20 towards opening 34 of body portion 12.
  • Cigarette package 10 is further provided with a lifting device 108 comprising a lifting strip 110 which comprises a fastening section 112 extending outside removal region 106 of inner space 100 and being fixed to bottom wall 20 by a spot 114 of adhesive or any other fixing element.
  • a lifting device 108 comprising a lifting strip 110 which comprises a fastening section 112 extending outside removal region 106 of inner space 100 and being fixed to bottom wall 20 by a spot 114 of adhesive or any other fixing element.
  • Adhesive spot 114 fixing fastening section 112 to bottom wall 20 is preferably arranged close or adjacent to side wall 28 on an inner surface 116 of bottom wall 20 in this area.
  • Lifting strip 110 extends from adhesive spot 114 with fastening section 112 towards side wall 30 and comprises a lifting section 120 which in its inactive position extends on inner side 116 of bottom wall 20 up to side wall 30.
  • Lifting section 120 is further followed by pulling section 122 of lifting strip 110 which extends along an inner side 124 of side wall 30 up to hinge 16 and beyond edge 38 into lid portion 14 and is preferably fixed to side wall 80 of lid portion 14 in an area close to or adjacent top wall 86 of lid portion 14.
  • Pulling section 122 comprises an end piece 126 which with a spot 128 of adhesive is fixed to inner side 130 of side wall 80. Between spot 128 of adhesive and hinge 16 pulling section 122 has the ability to extend close to inner side 130 of side wall 80 or in a raised position with respect to inner side 130.
  • pulling section 122 extends adjacent and along inner side 130 of side wall 80 of hinge 14 but as soon as lid portion 14 is rotated about said axis of rotation 18 said pulling section 122 is guided by edge 38 of rim 40 and due to a distance between edge 38 and hinge 16 a portion 132 of pulling section 122 extending between edge 38 and end piece 126 is longer in said open position of said lid portion 14 (Fig. 4) than in that closing position (Fig. 3). Consequently, a movement of lid portion 14 from its closing position towards its open position leads to a pulling action of pulling section 122 on lifting section 120 so that lifting section 120 is raised above inner side 116 of bottom wall 20 into its active position as shown in Fig. 4.
  • lifting section 120 itself represents an article lifter or acts on a separate article lifter, as is also possible, those smoking articles 102a which are arranged above lifting section 120 within a lifting zone 134 of removal zone 106 will be lifted from bottom wall 20 and therefore extend through opening 34 in an easy accessed position as shown in Fig. 4.
  • body portion 12' is designed similar to body portion 12 according to the first embodiment except that body portion 12' does not comprise side wall 28.
  • lid portion 14 in the second embodiment is designed in an identical manner with lid portion 14 of the first embodiment so that with respect to arrangement and function of lid portion 14 reference is made to explanations thereof given in connection with the first embodiment.
  • body portion 12' comprises a side opening 140 in which a drawer-like supplementary body portion 150 extends.
  • Said drawer-like supplementary body portion 150 comprises, as shown in Fig. 5, a bottom wall 160, a front wall 162 and a rear wall 164 as well as a side wall 168 and a side opening 170 arranged opposite to side wall 168 at said supplementary body portion 150 and facing side wall 30 of body portion 12', when assembled with body portion 12'.
  • Supplementary body portion 150 with part of its front wall 162 and part of its rear wall 164 extends inside body portion 12' in sliding abutment with inner sides 174 of said front wall 22 and said rear wall 24.
  • bottom wall 160 extends parallel to bottom wall 20 but preferably in sliding abutment on lifting strip 110, in particular fastening section 112 thereof.
  • top wall 166 of supplementary body portion 150 extends in sliding abutment on inner side 176 of top wall 26.
  • supplementary body portion 150 In its assembled condition supplementary body portion 150 can be arranged in a maximum extending position, as shown in Fig. 6, and can be moved with respect to body portion 12' into position having reduced extent. (Fig. 7)
  • the maximum extended position of supplementary body portion 150 is defined by stop elements 180 arranged at supplementary body portion 150 and stop elements 182 arranged at body portion 12'.
  • Each of stop elements 182 is preferably designed as a tongue 184 extending in direction 186 from side wall 30 towards opening 140 and having at its end extensions 188 and 190 extending transversely to direction 186 towards bottom wall 20 and top wall 26 beyond tongue 184 thereby forming with tongue 184 a T-shaped stop element 182.
  • T-shaped stop elements 182 are formed by a flap manufactured integrally with inner front wall 52 and the corresponding inner rear wall and folded so as to extend from side wall 30 towards opening 140.
  • Stop elements 180 comprise flap hooks 192 and 194 which are preferably manufactured as integral flap portions of front wall 162 and rear wall 164, respectively, and extend from side opening 170 towards side wall 160 of supplementary body portion 150 on an inner side of front wall 162 and rear wall 164. Flap hooks 192 and 194 are arranged such that extensions 188 and 190 can extend between said flap hooks 192 and 194 and said respective rear wall 164 or front wall 162 of said supplementary body portion 150 so that the maximum extended position of supplementary body portion 150 is defined by a position in which extensions 188 and 190 of step elements 182 are in contact with bent portions 196 and 198 of flap hooks 192 and 194, said bent portions 196 and 198 being arranged adjacent side opening 170 of supplementary body portion 150.
  • An inner space 200 arranged within body portion 12' and supplementary body portion 150 can now receive smoking articles 102 as described in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the entire inner space 200 having its maximum volume at the maximum extended position of supplementary body portion 150 can be reduced in volume by moving supplementary body portion 150 into body portion 12' in a drawer-like manner and thereby pushing smoking articles 102 into removal zone 106 for removal.
  • All smoking articles 102a which are arranged in lifting zone 134 can now be brought into their easy access position, as shown in Fig. 7, by rotating lid portion 14 from its closing position shown in Fig. 6 towards its open position shown in Fig. 7 so as to raise lifting strip 110 with its lifting section 120 above bottom wall 20 as described in connection with the first embodiment.
  • said package 210 comprises a body portion 212 and a lid portion 214 which is connected to said body portion 212 by a hinge 216 defining an axis of rotation 218.
  • the package according to the third embodiment is also designed as a so-called “hard pack”, “crush proof box” or “hinged lid package” manufactured from resilient paperboard.
  • Body portion 212 comprises a bottom wall 220, a front wall 222 and a rear wall 224 as well as side walls 228 and 230 arranged on opposite sides of said bottom wall 220 and extending between front wall 222 and rear wall 224.
  • Front wall 222 comprises an outer front wall 232 which extends up to an upper edge 242.
  • side walls 228 and 230 comprise outer side walls 238 and 240 which extend up to upper edges 248 and 250.
  • Front wall 222 also comprises an inner front wall 252 and side walls 228 and 230 comprise inner side walls 258 and 260 which are fixed to outer walls 232, 238 and 240 by a glue or any other suitable manner and extend beyond edges 242, 248 and 250 thereof.
  • rear wall 224 is also provided with an inner rear wall 254 which extends beyond hinge 216.
  • Said inner walls 252, 254, 258 and 260 with their portions extending beyond edges 242, 248 and 250 and beyond hinge 216 form a collar 270 which has an upper rim 272 defined by edges 282, 284, 288 and 290 of inner walls 252, 254, 258 and 260.
  • Rim 272 encloses an upper opening 274 which allows removal of smoking articles 280 arranged in an inner space 300 of said body portion 212.
  • Lid portion 214 comprises, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 as well as in Figs. 10 and 11, a front wall 302, a rear wall 304, which together with an outer side wall 234 forms an integral part and is rotatable about axis of rotation 218 which is defined by a fold or a similar element.
  • Lid portion 214 further comprises side walls 308 and 310 and a top wall 316 connected to front wall 302, rear wall 304 and side walls 308 and 310. Said front wall 302 and said side walls 308 and 310 extending from top wall 316 are provided with edges 322, 328 and 330 which in said closing position of lid portion 214 are arranged adjacent or in abutment with edges 242, 248 and 250 of outer walls 232, 238 and 240.
  • lid portion 214 gives free access to opening 274.
  • rear wall 304 For maintaining lid portion 214 in its open position rear wall 304 comprises a lip section 334 extending towards a side of said axis of rotation 218 opposite to rear wall 304 and during rotation of lid portion 214 from its closing position shown in Fig. 10, into its open position shown in Fig. 11, pressing against inner rear wall 254 thereby moving rear wall 254, made of resilient paperboard, away from outer rear wall 234 until lid portion 214 with rear wall 304 reaches its open position in which rear wall 304 and rear wall 234 define an acute angle with respect to each other.
  • lip section 334 prevents lid portion 214 from moving from its opened position towards its closing position.
  • Preferably lip section 334 is manufactured by providing hinge sections 216a on outer sides of said rear walls 234 and 304 close to said respective side walls 228 and 308 or 230 and 310, respectively, and interrupting said hinge between hinge sections 216a by performing a cut along a U-shaped cut line 336 between rear wall 304 and rear wall 234, said cut line 336 extending beyond axis of rotation 218 on a side of rear wall 234 so that between cut line 236 and axis of rotation 218 lip section 334 results and forms an integral part of rear wall 304.
  • Said package according to said third embodiment is provided with a lifting device 338 different from lifting device 108 according to said first and second embodiments.
  • Bottom wall 220 is further provided with a recess 340 extending from an edge line 344, formed between bottom wall 220 and front wall 222, in said bottom wall 220 towards rear wall 224 but with a limited extent so that recess 340 does not extend over the entire bottom wall 220 between front wall 222 and rear wall 224.
  • front wall 220 is provided with a recess 342 extending from edge line 344 into front wall 220 in direction towards edge 242 thereof but with a limited extent which is of the same dimensions as the extent of recess 340 from edge line 344 towards rear wall 224.
  • Recesses 340 and 342 are elements provided for lifting device 338.
  • Lifting device 338 further comprises a push element 350 arranged inside body portion 212.
  • Said push element 350 comprises two guide portions 352 and 354, one 352 of which is arranged in sliding abutment on an inner side of front wall 222 and the other 354 of which is arranged in abutment with an inner side 364 of rear wall 224.
  • Guide elements 352 and 354 are interconnected by a base element 356 which forms a base plate of push element 350.
  • Push element 350 comprising said two guide elements 352 and 354 extending from base element 356 has a U-shaped form.
  • Push element 350 is arranged within body portion 212 such that base element 356 in its inactive position is arranged close to or in abutment with an inner side 260 of bottom wall 220 so that base element 356 in said inactive position covers recess 340.
  • guide element 352 being arranged in sliding abutment on said inner side of said front wall 222 is arranged such that in said inactive position of push element 350 guide element 352 covers recess 342.
  • recesses 340 and 342 it is possible to manually contact push element 350, in particular to push base element 356 in a direction towards opening 274 so as to raise base element 356 into an active position above bottom wall 220.
  • Push element 350 can be made of resilient paperboard.
  • push element 350 it is also possible to manufacture push element 350 by using a flexible material.
  • push element 350 can be made of a strip of flexible material or an entire inner liner of body portion 212 receiving a lower portion of all smoking articles 280 extending between rim 270 and bottom wall 220.
  • body portion 212' made of resilient paperboard comprises bottom wall 220 as well as front wall 222 and rear wall 234, however, body portion 212' comprises no side walls.
  • body portion 212' comprises side openings 428 and 430 extending between said bottom wall 220 and top wall sections 436a and 436b which connect front wall 222 and rear wall 224 on opposite sides of opening 274 for fixing them relative to each other.
  • lid portion 214' Similar to body portion 212' lid portion 214' comprises front wall 302, rear wall 304 and top wall 316 but does not need side walls 308 and 310 shown in connection with the third embodiment.
  • Inner space 300' of said package is defined by an inner liner 440 thereof.
  • Inner liner 440 is preferably made of flexible material, in particular a material identical or similar to the one used in the so-called "soft packs".
  • inner liner 440 with side pockets 442 and 444 extend beyond side openings 428 and 430.
  • Pockets 442 and 444 in the case of a full package of smoking articles 280 have their maximum extent beyond side openings 428 and 430, with an increasing number of smoking articles 280 removed from said package through opening 274, pockets 442 and 444 due to the flexible material used, can be squeezed and deformed so that their extent beyond side openings 428 and 430 can be easily reduced.
  • the fourth embodiment as shown in Figs. 12 to 15 also comprises push element 350 which is designed in an identical manner as shown in connection with the third embodiment.
  • recesses 340 and 342 within bottom wall 220 and front wall 222 are shaped in an identical manner so that push element 350 has the same function as described in connection with the third embodiment.
  • lifting zone 360 has an extent limited by inner edges 438a, b of top wall sections 436a, b, which limit opening 274 in addition, to upper edge 242 of front side wall 222.
  • lid portion 214' in its open position can be fixed by lip sections 334, the function of which was already described in connection with the third embodiment.
  • the fourth embodiment of the package according to the present invention with body portion 212' and 214' comprises stiff components similar to those of the well known “hard packs” but with pockets 442 and 444 comprising flexible or “soft” components the fourth embodiment can be considered to be a "modified soft pack".
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PCT/EP1998/008490 WO1999035056A1 (fr) 1998-01-03 1998-12-29 Paquet a cigarettes pourvu d'un dispositif de soulevement
AU22765/99A AU2276599A (en) 1998-01-03 1998-12-29 Cigarette package having a lifting device
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