EP1712491A2 - Rigid, hinged-lip package for tobacco articles - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a rigid, hinged-lid package for tobacco articles.
- the present invention may be used to particular advantage in a rigid cigarette packet, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- Rigid, hinged-lid cigarette packets are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce, practical and easy to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.
- a rigid, hinged-lid cigarette packet comprises a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open and a closed position opening and closing the open end respectively.
- a U-folded collar is normally fitted inside the container, and projects partly outwards of the open end to engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
- a retaining member is provided to produce further mechanical interaction between the collar and the lid (or to produce mechanical interaction between the container and the lid, if no collar is provided), so that a certain amount of force is required to open the lid.
- the most commonly used retaining member is defined by two projections, which project laterally from the collar to engage the lid with a given amount of interference when the lid is in the closed position.
- projections have the drawback of producing local deformation of the lateral walls of the lid when the lid is in the closed position, thus impairing the overall appearance of the packet, by ruining the flatness of, and frequently producing unsightly creases in, the lateral walls of the lid.
- Number 1 in Figures 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a rigid cigarette packet containing an orderly, parallelepiped-shaped group of cigarettes (not shown for the sake of clarity) wrapped in a sheet of foil wrapping material.
- Packet 1 comprises a cup-shaped container 2 having an open top end 3; and a cup-shaped lid 4 hinged to container 2 along a hinge 5 to rotate, with respect to container 2, between an open position ( Figure 3) and a closed position ( Figures 1 and 2) opening and closing open end 3 respectively.
- Container 2 is cup-shaped to house the orderly group of cigarettes (not shown for the sake of clarity), is parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises a rear wall 6, a front wall 7, two lateral walls 8, a bottom wall 9, and said open top end 3.
- Lid 4 is cup-shaped, is hinged to container 2 along hinge 5 on rear wall 6 of container 2, and comprises a rear wall 10, a front wall 11, two lateral walls 12, and a top wall 13.
- Container 2 has four longitudinal edges 14 defined between lateral walls 8 and front wall 7 and rear wall 6; and four transverse edges 15 defined between bottom wall 9 and lateral walls 8, front wall 7, and rear wall 6.
- Lid 4 has four longitudinal edges 16 defined between lateral walls 12 and front wall 11 and rear wall 10; and four transverse edges 17 defined between top wall 13 and lateral walls 12, front wall 11, and rear wall 10.
- Hinge 5 is normally located between rear wall 6 of container 2 and rear wall 10 of lid 4, and is parallel to the major transverse edges 15 and 17 of container 2 and lid 4.
- hinge 5 of lid 4 is located between a lateral wall 8 of container 2 and a lateral wall 12 of lid 4, and is parallel to the minor transverse edges 15 and 17 of container 2 and lid 4.
- hinge 5 of lid 4 is located between a lateral wall 8 of container 2 and a lateral wall 12 of lid 4, and is parallel to longitudinal edges 14 and 16 of container 2 and lid 4.
- Longitudinal edges 16 and transverse edges 17 of lid 4 are normally the same shape and size as longitudinal edges 14 and transverse edges 15 respectively of container 2.
- longitudinal edges 14 and 16 and transverse edges 15 and 17 are all square.
- at least some of longitudinal edges 14 of container 2 and the corresponding longitudinal edges 16 of lid 4 are rounded or bevelled, or at least some of transverse edges 15 of container 2 or 17 of lid 4 are rounded or bevelled.
- all the longitudinal edges 14 and 16 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges, or (as in the cigarette packet described in Patent Application EP-A1-0764595), some transverse edges 15 and 17 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges.
- some longitudinal edges 14 and 16 and some transverse edges 15 and 17 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges, so as to have both non-square, rounded or bevelled longitudinal edges 14, 16 and non-square, rounded or bevelled transverse edges 15, 17.
- packet 1 may resemble the cigarette packet described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066205; in which case, rear wall 6 of container 2, front wall 7 of container 2, rear wall 10 of lid 4, and front wall 11 of lid 4 are all outwardly convex, and each have a respective flat central portion, and two curved creased lateral bands connecting the flat central portion to lateral walls 8 or 12 at respective sharp, non-square longitudinal edges 14 or 16.
- Container 2 has an integrated collar 18 forming a seamless unit with container 2.
- Integrated collar 18 projects outwards of open top end 3 to engage a corresponding inner surface of lid 4, when lid 4 is in the closed position, and provides for keeping lid 4 in the closed position by requiring application of a certain amount of force to open lid 4.
- collar 18 preferably comprises two projections 19, which project outwards to engage lid 4 with a given interference when lid 4 is in the closed position. In a different embodiment not shown, collar 18 has no projections 19.
- Collar 18 comprises a front wall 20 parallel to, connected to, and defining a continuation of, front wall 7 of container 2; and two lateral walls 21, each parallel to, connected to, and defining a continuation of, a lateral wall 8 of container 2.
- Projections 19 are preferably an integral part of front wall 20 of collar 18, and project laterally on opposite sides of front wall 20.
- lid 4 has two seats 22 (only one shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6), each formed at a lateral wall 12 and having an opening 23 facing container 2 and parallel to lateral walls 12.
- a top portion 24 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 is designed for insertion inside a seat 22, through opening 23 of seat 22, when lid 4 is in the closed position; and the friction between top portion 24 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 and the inner surfaces of respective seat 22 calls for the application of a certain amount of force to open lid 4, and so contributes towards holding lid 4 in the closed position.
- Opening 23 of each seat 22 and a top edge 25 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 are preferably designed so that, as lid 4 is rotated into the closed position, top edge 25 is inserted gradually (e.g. scissor-fashion) inside opening 23, thus preventing jamming of top edge 25 and respective seat 22 as lid 4 is rotated into the closed position.
- Figures 4 and 6 show lid 4 in an open position, in which top portion 24 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 is located outside respective seat 22 formed at a lateral wall 12; and Figure 5 shows lid 4 in a closed position, in which top portion 24 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 is located inside respective seat 22 formed at lateral wall 12.
- Lateral walls 21 of collar 18 are therefore substantially coplanar with, and form a natural extension of, lateral walls 8 of container 2
- front wall 20 of collar 18 is therefore substantially coplanar with, and forms a natural extension of, front wall 7 of container 2.
- container 2 may have no clearly identifiable collar 18, and the functions of collar 18 may be performed by the end portions of front wall 7 and lateral walls 8 of container 2.
- collar 18 is intended as the end portions of front wall 7 and lateral walls 8 of container 2, which are positioned contacting an inner surface of lid 4 when lid 4 is in the closed position.
- the rigid cigarette packet 1 in Figures 1 to 6 is formed from a flat blank 26 substantially in the form of an elongated rectangle, and the parts of which are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of rigid cigarette packet 1.
- Blank 26 comprises two longitudinal fold lines 27, and a number of transverse fold lines 28 defining, between the two longitudinal fold lines 27, a panel 7' forming front wall 7 of container 2; a panel 9' forming bottom wall 9 of container 2; a panel 6' forming rear wall 6 of container 2; a panel 10' forming rear wall 10 of lid 4 (in this case, hinge 5 coincides with a transverse fold line 28); a panel 13' forming top wall 13 of lid 4; a panel 11' forming front wall 11 of lid 4; and an inner tab 29 for reinforcing front wall 11 of lid 4.
- Panel 7' has two tabs 8', which form respective outer portions of lateral walls 8 of container 2, are located on opposite sides of panel 7', and are separated from panel 7' by longitudinal fold lines 27.
- Panel 6' has two tabs 8", which form respective inner portions of lateral walls 8 of container 2, are located on opposite sides of panel 6', and are separated from panel 6' by longitudinal fold lines 27. Each tab 8" is connected along a transverse fold line 28 to an inner tab 30 for reinforcing bottom wall 9 of container 2.
- Panel 10' has two tabs 12", which form respective inner portions of lateral walls 12 of lid 4, are located on opposite sides of panel 10', and are separated from panel 10' by longitudinal fold lines 27. Each tab 12" is connected along a transverse fold line 28 to an inner tab 31 for reinforcing top wall 13 of lid 4.
- Panel 11' has two tabs 12', which form respective outer portions of lateral walls 12 of lid 4, are located on opposite sides of panel 11', and are separated from panel 11' by longitudinal fold lines 27.
- each seat 22 is formed by folding a tab 12" over corresponding tab 12', while leaving a certain distance between tab 12" and corresponding tab 12', so that seat 22 is defined between tab 12' (which forms an outer portion of a lateral wall 12 of lid 4) and tab 12" (which forms an inner portion of a lateral wall 12 of lid 4).
- collar 18 is integrated in, i.e. forms an integral part of, blank 26.
- collar 18 is separate from blank 26, and is glued to container 2, at panel 7' and tabs 8', when forming container 2.
- front wall 20 of collar 18 integrated in blank 26 is coplanar with front wall 7 of container 2, and lateral walls 21 are coplanar with respective lateral walls 8 of container 2; in which case, top wall 13 of lid 4 is slightly larger than bottom wall 9 of container 2, so that, when lid 4 is in the closed position, front wall 11 of lid 4 is positioned over front wall 20 of collar 18 (and therefore over front wall 7 of container 2), and lateral walls 12 of lid 4 are positioned over respective lateral walls 21 of collar 18 (and therefore over respective lateral walls 8 of container 2).
- front wall 20 of collar 18 integrated in blank 26 is parallel to and slightly offset with respect to front wall 7 of container 2, and lateral walls 21 are parallel to and slightly offset with respect to respective lateral walls 8 of container 2. This is achieved using a debossing technique to depress front wall 20 and lateral walls 21 with respect to the rest of blank 26, i.e. with respect to panel 7' and tabs 8' (corresponding to front wall 7 and lateral walls 8 of container 2).
- Rigid cigarette packet 1 as described above has several advantages. It is fast and easy to produce, and provides for holding lid 4 in the closed position by virtue of the friction between top portion 24 of each lateral wall 21 of collar 18 and the inner surfaces of respective seat 22. Seats 22 are substantially concealed, and so in no way impair the appearance of rigid cigarette packet 1. And, by virtue of seats 22, projections 19 may be either eliminated or at any rate small, by only having to generate a small part of the force required to keep lid 4 in the closed position.
- packet 1 may also be applied integrally to the manufacture of other types of rigid packages for tobacco articles, such as cartons of packets of cigarettes or a cigar packet.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a rigid, hinged-lid package for tobacco articles.
- The present invention may be used to particular advantage in a rigid cigarette packet, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- Rigid, hinged-lid cigarette packets are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce, practical and easy to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.
- A rigid, hinged-lid cigarette packet comprises a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open and a closed position opening and closing the open end respectively. A U-folded collar is normally fitted inside the container, and projects partly outwards of the open end to engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
- To hold the lid in the closed position and prevent it from opening inadvertently, a retaining member is provided to produce further mechanical interaction between the collar and the lid (or to produce mechanical interaction between the container and the lid, if no collar is provided), so that a certain amount of force is required to open the lid.
- The most commonly used retaining member is defined by two projections, which project laterally from the collar to engage the lid with a given amount of interference when the lid is in the closed position. Though effective and easy to produce, such projections have the drawback of producing local deformation of the lateral walls of the lid when the lid is in the closed position, thus impairing the overall appearance of the packet, by ruining the flatness of, and frequently producing unsightly creases in, the lateral walls of the lid. It should be pointed out that the more pronounced the projections are, i.e. the greater the closing force produced by the projections, the more noticeable the deformation of the lateral walls of the lid is.
- Numerous alternatives to the projections have been proposed to eliminate the above drawbacks, but have all proved either ineffective (i.e. in terms of retaining force) or complicated and expensive to produce. Examples of alternative solutions to the projections are to be found in Patents US4294399A1 and US5896984A1 and Patent Application W02004028926 A1.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a rigid package for tobacco articles, which is easier to use than known packages, has none of the aforementioned drawbacks, and, at the same time, is cheap and easy to produce.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a rigid package for tobacco articles, as claimed in the accompanying Claims.
- A number of non-limiting embodiments of the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Figure 1 shows a front view in perspective of a rigid cigarette packet in accordance with the present invention and in a closed configuration;
- Figure 2 shows a rear view in perspective of the Figure 1 rigid cigarette packet in a closed configuration;
- Figure 3 shows a front view in perspective of the Figure 1 rigid cigarette packet in an open configuration;
- Figure 4 shows a view in perspective of a detail of the Figure 1 packet;
- Figures 5 and 6 show two side views of the Figure 4 detail in two different lid positions;
- Figure 7 shows a plan view of a blank by which to form the Figure 1 rigid cigarette packet.
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Number 1 in Figures 1 to 3 indicates as a whole a rigid cigarette packet containing an orderly, parallelepiped-shaped group of cigarettes (not shown for the sake of clarity) wrapped in a sheet of foil wrapping material. -
Packet 1 comprises a cup-shaped container 2 having anopen top end 3; and a cup-shaped lid 4 hinged tocontainer 2 along ahinge 5 to rotate, with respect tocontainer 2, between an open position (Figure 3) and a closed position (Figures 1 and 2) opening and closingopen end 3 respectively. -
Container 2 is cup-shaped to house the orderly group of cigarettes (not shown for the sake of clarity), is parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises arear wall 6, afront wall 7, twolateral walls 8, abottom wall 9, and said opentop end 3.Lid 4 is cup-shaped, is hinged tocontainer 2 alonghinge 5 onrear wall 6 ofcontainer 2, and comprises arear wall 10, afront wall 11, twolateral walls 12, and atop wall 13. -
Container 2 has fourlongitudinal edges 14 defined betweenlateral walls 8 andfront wall 7 andrear wall 6; and fourtransverse edges 15 defined betweenbottom wall 9 andlateral walls 8,front wall 7, andrear wall 6.Lid 4 has fourlongitudinal edges 16 defined betweenlateral walls 12 andfront wall 11 andrear wall 10; and fourtransverse edges 17 defined betweentop wall 13 andlateral walls 12,front wall 11, andrear wall 10. - Hinge 5 is normally located between
rear wall 6 ofcontainer 2 andrear wall 10 oflid 4, and is parallel to the majortransverse edges container 2 andlid 4. In a different embodiment not shown,hinge 5 oflid 4 is located between alateral wall 8 ofcontainer 2 and alateral wall 12 oflid 4, and is parallel to the minortransverse edges container 2 andlid 4. In a further embodiment not shown,hinge 5 oflid 4 is located between alateral wall 8 ofcontainer 2 and alateral wall 12 oflid 4, and is parallel tolongitudinal edges container 2 andlid 4. -
Longitudinal edges 16 andtransverse edges 17 oflid 4 are normally the same shape and size aslongitudinal edges 14 andtransverse edges 15 respectively ofcontainer 2. In the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings,longitudinal edges transverse edges longitudinal edges 14 ofcontainer 2 and the correspondinglongitudinal edges 16 oflid 4 are rounded or bevelled, or at least some oftransverse edges 15 ofcontainer lid 4 are rounded or bevelled. For example, all thelongitudinal edges transverse edges longitudinal edges transverse edges longitudinal edges transverse edges - In a different embodiment not shown,
packet 1 may resemble the cigarette packet described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066205; in which case,rear wall 6 ofcontainer 2,front wall 7 ofcontainer 2,rear wall 10 oflid 4, andfront wall 11 oflid 4 are all outwardly convex, and each have a respective flat central portion, and two curved creased lateral bands connecting the flat central portion tolateral walls longitudinal edges -
Container 2 has an integratedcollar 18 forming a seamless unit withcontainer 2. Integratedcollar 18 projects outwards ofopen top end 3 to engage a corresponding inner surface oflid 4, whenlid 4 is in the closed position, and provides for keepinglid 4 in the closed position by requiring application of a certain amount of force to openlid 4. For which purpose,collar 18 preferably comprises twoprojections 19, which project outwards to engagelid 4 with a given interference whenlid 4 is in the closed position. In a different embodiment not shown,collar 18 has noprojections 19. -
Collar 18 comprises afront wall 20 parallel to, connected to, and defining a continuation of,front wall 7 ofcontainer 2; and twolateral walls 21, each parallel to, connected to, and defining a continuation of, alateral wall 8 ofcontainer 2.Projections 19 are preferably an integral part offront wall 20 ofcollar 18, and project laterally on opposite sides offront wall 20. - As shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6,
lid 4 has two seats 22 (only one shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6), each formed at alateral wall 12 and having an opening 23 facingcontainer 2 and parallel tolateral walls 12. Atop portion 24 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 is designed for insertion inside aseat 22, through opening 23 ofseat 22, whenlid 4 is in the closed position; and the friction betweentop portion 24 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 and the inner surfaces ofrespective seat 22 calls for the application of a certain amount of force to openlid 4, and so contributes towards holdinglid 4 in the closed position. -
Opening 23 of eachseat 22 and atop edge 25 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 are preferably designed so that, aslid 4 is rotated into the closed position,top edge 25 is inserted gradually (e.g. scissor-fashion) inside opening 23, thus preventing jamming oftop edge 25 andrespective seat 22 aslid 4 is rotated into the closed position. - Figures 4 and 6 show
lid 4 in an open position, in whichtop portion 24 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 is located outsiderespective seat 22 formed at alateral wall 12; and Figure 5 showslid 4 in a closed position, in whichtop portion 24 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 is located insiderespective seat 22 formed atlateral wall 12. -
Lateral walls 21 ofcollar 18 are therefore substantially coplanar with, and form a natural extension of,lateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2, andfront wall 20 ofcollar 18 is therefore substantially coplanar with, and forms a natural extension of,front wall 7 ofcontainer 2. In a different embodiment not shown,container 2 may have no clearlyidentifiable collar 18, and the functions ofcollar 18 may be performed by the end portions offront wall 7 andlateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2. In other words, theterm collar 18 is intended as the end portions offront wall 7 andlateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2, which are positioned contacting an inner surface oflid 4 whenlid 4 is in the closed position. - As shown in Figure 7, the
rigid cigarette packet 1 in Figures 1 to 6 is formed from a flat blank 26 substantially in the form of an elongated rectangle, and the parts of which are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts ofrigid cigarette packet 1. -
Blank 26 comprises twolongitudinal fold lines 27, and a number oftransverse fold lines 28 defining, between the twolongitudinal fold lines 27, a panel 7' formingfront wall 7 ofcontainer 2; a panel 9' formingbottom wall 9 ofcontainer 2; a panel 6' formingrear wall 6 ofcontainer 2; a panel 10' formingrear wall 10 of lid 4 (in this case,hinge 5 coincides with a transverse fold line 28); a panel 13' formingtop wall 13 oflid 4; a panel 11' formingfront wall 11 oflid 4; and aninner tab 29 for reinforcingfront wall 11 oflid 4. - Panel 7' has two tabs 8', which form respective outer portions of
lateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2, are located on opposite sides of panel 7', and are separated from panel 7' bylongitudinal fold lines 27. - Panel 6' has two
tabs 8", which form respective inner portions oflateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2, are located on opposite sides of panel 6', and are separated from panel 6' bylongitudinal fold lines 27. Eachtab 8" is connected along atransverse fold line 28 to aninner tab 30 for reinforcingbottom wall 9 ofcontainer 2. - Panel 10' has two
tabs 12", which form respective inner portions oflateral walls 12 oflid 4, are located on opposite sides of panel 10', and are separated from panel 10' bylongitudinal fold lines 27. Eachtab 12" is connected along atransverse fold line 28 to aninner tab 31 for reinforcingtop wall 13 oflid 4. - Panel 11' has two tabs 12', which form respective outer portions of
lateral walls 12 oflid 4, are located on opposite sides of panel 11', and are separated from panel 11' bylongitudinal fold lines 27. - As shown in Figures 4-7, each
seat 22 is formed by folding atab 12" over corresponding tab 12', while leaving a certain distance betweentab 12" and corresponding tab 12', so thatseat 22 is defined between tab 12' (which forms an outer portion of alateral wall 12 of lid 4) andtab 12" (which forms an inner portion of alateral wall 12 of lid 4). - In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings,
collar 18 is integrated in, i.e. forms an integral part of, blank 26. In a different embodiment not shown,collar 18 is separate from blank 26, and is glued tocontainer 2, at panel 7' and tabs 8', when formingcontainer 2. - In one possible embodiment,
front wall 20 ofcollar 18 integrated in blank 26 is coplanar withfront wall 7 ofcontainer 2, andlateral walls 21 are coplanar with respectivelateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2; in which case,top wall 13 oflid 4 is slightly larger thanbottom wall 9 ofcontainer 2, so that, whenlid 4 is in the closed position,front wall 11 oflid 4 is positioned overfront wall 20 of collar 18 (and therefore overfront wall 7 of container 2), andlateral walls 12 oflid 4 are positioned over respectivelateral walls 21 of collar 18 (and therefore over respectivelateral walls 8 of container 2). - In an alternative embodiment,
front wall 20 ofcollar 18 integrated in blank 26 is parallel to and slightly offset with respect tofront wall 7 ofcontainer 2, andlateral walls 21 are parallel to and slightly offset with respect to respectivelateral walls 8 ofcontainer 2. This is achieved using a debossing technique to depressfront wall 20 andlateral walls 21 with respect to the rest of blank 26, i.e. with respect to panel 7' and tabs 8' (corresponding tofront wall 7 andlateral walls 8 of container 2). -
Rigid cigarette packet 1 as described above has several advantages. It is fast and easy to produce, and provides for holdinglid 4 in the closed position by virtue of the friction betweentop portion 24 of eachlateral wall 21 ofcollar 18 and the inner surfaces ofrespective seat 22.Seats 22 are substantially concealed, and so in no way impair the appearance ofrigid cigarette packet 1. And, by virtue ofseats 22,projections 19 may be either eliminated or at any rate small, by only having to generate a small part of the force required to keeplid 4 in the closed position. - In view of the many advantages of
packet 1 as described above, the form ofpacket 1 may also be applied integrally to the manufacture of other types of rigid packages for tobacco articles, such as cartons of packets of cigarettes or a cigar packet.
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- A rigid package for tobacco articles, comprising:at least one container (2), which is cup-shaped to house a group of tobacco articles, is parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises a rear wall (6), a front wall (7), two lateral walls (8), a bottom wall (9), and an open top end (3); anda lid (4), which is cup-shaped, is hinged to the container (2) along a hinge (5) to rotate between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open top end (3), and comprises a rear wall (10), a front wall (11), two lateral walls (12), and a top wall (13);the package (1) being characterized in that the lid (4) has two seats (22), each located at a respective lateral wall (12) of the lid and having an opening (23) facing the container (2) and parallel to the lateral walls (12) of the lid; and a top portion (24) of each lateral wall (8) of the container (2) is designed for insertion inside a respective seat (22), through the opening (23) of the seat (22), when the lid (4) is in the closed position.
- A package as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the opening (23) of each seat (22) and a top edge (25) of each lateral wall (8) of the container (2) are so formed that the top edge (25) is inserted gradually inside the opening (23) as the lid (4) is rotated into the closed position.
- A package as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein a collar (18) defines an extension of the lateral walls (8) of the container (2), engages a corresponding inner surface of the lid (4) when the lid (4) is in the closed position, and comprises two lateral walls (21) having top portions (24) which engage the seats (22) on the lid (4).
- A package as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the container (2) is formed from a flat blank (26) in which the collar (18) is integrated.
- A package as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the collar (18) is separate from the container (2), and is connected, folded into a U, to the inside of the container (2), so as to project partly outwards of the open top end (3).
- A package as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 5, wherein two projections (19) project outwards to engage the lid (4) with a given interference when the lid (4) is in the closed position.
- A package as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 6, wherein the container (2) comprises four longitudinal edges (14) defined between the lateral walls (8) and the front wall (7) and rear wall (6) of the container, and four transverse edges (15) defined between the bottom wall (9) and the lateral walls (8), front wall (7) and rear wall (6) of the container; and the lid (4) comprises four longitudinal edges (16) defined between the lateral walls (12) and the front wall (11) and rear wall (10) of the lid, and four transverse edges (17) defined between the top wall (13) and the lateral walls (12), front wall (11) and rear wall (10) of the lid.
- A package as claimed in Claim 7, wherein at least some of the longitudinal edges (14) of the container (2) and the corresponding longitudinal edges (16) of the lid (4) are rounded or bevelled.
- A package as claimed in Claim 7, wherein at least some of the transverse edges (15) of the container (2) or of the lid (4) are rounded or bevelled.
- A package as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 10, wherein the package (1) is formed from a flat blank (26) having two longitudinal fold lines (27), and a number of transverse fold lines (28) defining between the longitudinal fold lines (27) :a first panel (7') forming the front wall (7) of the container (2);a second panel (9') forming the bottom wall (9) of the container (2);a third panel (6') forming the rear wall (6) of the container (2);a fourth panel (10') forming the rear wall (10) of the lid (4);a fifth panel (13') forming the top wall (13) of the lid (4);a sixth panel (11') forming the front wall (11) of the lid (4); anda first inner tab (29) for reinforcing the front wall (11) of the lid (4).
- A package as claimed in Claim 10, wherein the first panel (7') has two first tabs (8'), which form respective outer portions of the lateral walls (8) of the container (2), are located on opposite sides of the first panel (7'), and are separated from the first panel (7') by the longitudinal fold lines (27); the third panel (6') has two second tabs (8"), which form respective inner portions of the lateral walls (8) of the container (2), are located on opposite sides of the third panel (6'), and are separated from the third panel (6') by the longitudinal fold lines (27); the fourth panel (10') has two third tabs (12"), which form respective inner portions of the lateral walls (12) of the lid (4), are located on opposite sides of the fourth panel (10'), and are separated from the fourth panel (10') by the longitudinal fold lines (27); the sixth panel (11') has two fourth tabs (12'), which form respective outer portions of the lateral walls (12) of the lid (4), are located on opposite sides of the sixth panel (11'), and are separated from the sixth panel (11') by the longitudinal fold lines (27).
- A package as claimed in Claim 11, wherein each second tab (8") is connected along a transverse fold line (28) to a second inner tab (30) for reinforcing the bottom wall (9) of the container (2); and each third tab (12") is connected along a transverse fold line (28) to a third inner tab (31) for reinforcing the top wall (13) of the lid (4).
- A package as claimed in Claim 11 or 12, wherein each seat (22) is defined between a fourth tab (12') and the corresponding third tab (12"), and is formed by folding the third tab (12") over the fourth tab (12'), while leaving a certain distance between the third tab (12") and the fourth tab (12').
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