JP2015503494A - Pocket size box for storing small products - Google Patents

Abstract

A container (11) having a plurality of walls (15, 16, 18, 19) defining an internal compartment suitable for containing small articles, and slidably coupled to the container (11) Pocket size box with lid (12, 112). The tongue-like portion (25) is slidably connected to the upper side (26) of the container (11).

Description

  The present invention relates to a box for storing small products, such as sweetness, tablets or tobacco products (eg cigarettes).

  In the field of pocket-sized boxes, typically made with cardboard shaped pieces, it is necessary to have a sufficiently rigid storage body to place the product and closure element (ie lid). is there. The closure element is pivotally connected to the container and is easily movable between a closed position and an open position. Also, the lid should be able to close more easily and better if the hand holding the container can be used.

  The main problem in making such a type of box is to make a box with a large free surface that can be used in combination with advertising slogans, graphic patterns, and messages for users. .

  Especially in the boxes used for cigarettes, it is even more imminent and important to find advertising blanks, given the large gaps that the law says should be devoted to health messages.

  Some of the many known pocket-sized boxes are described in WO 2011/010185 (WO'185). The pocket-sized box described therein is rather complex and expensive to make because the reinforcing folds on the sides that define the gap range are present in the lid. Furthermore, the known pocket-sized box is not provided with safety means for preventing the lid from being opened unintentionally without any intentional action on the part of the user.

  In addition, Applicants have identified that there is a space that can be reserved using a specific strategy that Application WO'185 does not have because of the type of teaching proposed.

  Other boxes of cigarettes are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,438,564, International Publication No. 2110/063569, JP-A-49-083121, U.S. Pat. No. 3,794,238, International This is known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 2006/090246 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-117314.

  Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to create and give new text that is used for advertising and promotional text, or for specific messages.

  Another object of the present invention is to realize a pocket-sized box with the maximum surface for its size, which can add text, designs, design letters, trademarks or any other information for the user It is to be.

  Another object of the present invention is to realize a reliable and simple pocket-sized box whose lid is opened only when the user wishes to open it.

  Another object of the present invention is to produce a pocket-sized box in which the product contained therein is protected at the top, not only when the lid is closed.

  A further object of the present invention is to create a pocket-sized box that can be opened and handled with one hand.

  Applicants have devised, verified, and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to achieve these and other objects and advantages.

  The invention is set out and characterized in the independent claims, and the dependent claims describe other features of the invention or variations of the main idea of the invention.

  A novel and original technical solution that achieves all the above objectives in a way that is unpredictable, surprising and advantageous to the person skilled in the art is the production of a pocket-sized box comprising a ket-sized container according to the present invention. Enable.

  The container is an internal compartment in which small products (eg, cigarettes, sweets or tablets, etc.) can be placed, either by accident or in a mass as would normally occur for cigarettes or similar smoking products. And a plurality of walls defining the wall. A pocket-sized box has a lid that is slidably coupled to the lid or is optionally connected to the container by a joint.

  The lid is movable between a closed position and an open position allowing access to the internal compartment, for example by rotation.

  The container comprises a top element that is suitable for cooperating with the lid when the lid is in the closed position.

  According to the main features of the present invention, the lid includes a top having side elements configured to cooperate with the top element of the container when in the closed position, and the lid to the container. Has both a lower part having a flat wall which is slidably connected.

  In this way, the flat wall of the lid has two sufficiently large inner and outer surfaces parallel to each other that are used for promotional or advertising texts or specific messages.

  Furthermore, in accordance with another feature of the invention, the upper element includes a tongue that is slidably coupled to the upper end of the container, the tongue also being at least one of the upper portion of the inner compartment. Between a closed position where the tongue covers the part and an open position where the tongue does not prevent access to the internal compartment. According to one variant, the tongue is suitable for cooperating with the lid to prevent unintentional opening of the lid when both are in the closed position.

  Furthermore, according to a secondary feature of the present invention, the size of the tongue is substantially equal to the bottom surface of the container so that the inner compartment can be selectively closed even when the lid is in the open position. Or slightly smaller than the bottom surface.

  In particular, according to another sub-feature of the invention, the tongue in the closed position only slightly interferes with the two side elements of the lid, even when the lid is in the closed position, Suitable for working together.

  Thus, the tongue has a triple function advantageously. When the tongue is in the closed position and the lid is also in the closed position, the tongue cooperates with the lid to maintain the lid in the closed position. The tongue can cover the opening at the top of the container and protect the stored product even when the lid is in the open position. Also, the inner surface as well as the outer surface can be used as needed to increase the blank space in which information for the user can be written.

  In one form of embodiment, the tongue is slightly more than the distance between the side elements of the lid to prevent unintentional opening of the lid when both the tongue and the lid are in the closed position. Have a large width.

  These and other features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of alternative forms of embodiments given as non-limiting examples with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is a three-dimensional front view of the pocket-sized box according to the present invention in the closed position. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional rear view of the pocket-sized box shown in FIG. 1 according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the pocket-sized details in FIG. 1 according to the present invention in a closed position. 2 is a three-dimensional front view of the pocket-sized box in FIG. 1 according to the present invention in an open position; FIG. FIG. 2 is a three-dimensional front view of a first variant of the pocket-sized box in FIG. 1 in a closed position. FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional front view of a pocket-sized box in an open position according to the deformation in FIG. 5. FIG. 6 is a reduced three-dimensional front view of a second variation of the pocket-sized box in FIG. 1 in an open position. FIG. 8 is a plan view of two shaped sheets that can be made along the sides indicated using dashed lines and glued together to produce the pocket-sized box of FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is a plan view of one variation of the two sheets formed in FIG. 8.

  For ease of understanding, the same reference numbers refer to the same elements in the different embodiments described.

  Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a pocket-sized box 10 according to the present invention includes a container 11 and a lid 12 that is slidably coupled to the container 11 along a side 13 that is oscillated. Container 11 and lid 12 may be, for example, a sheet of sufficiently hard material that can be easily folded (eg, cardboard, metal sheet that is suitably shaped, folded and glued or affixed along the sides) , A plastic material) and can be produced by any known method.

  In the example shown here, the container 11 is accompanied by a front wall 15, a rear wall 16, two side walls 18 and a bottom wall 19 that define an internal compartment 20 that opens towards the top. It has a parallelepiped shape. The side 13 on which the lid 12 swings is disposed at a portion of the front wall 15 that intersects the bottom wall 19. Also, the swinging element between the lid 12 and the container 11 can be a simple fold of the sheet from which they are made.

  The lid 12 is a simple flat wall 21 of rectangular shape, without reinforcing ribs or ridges, an upper wall 22 disposed at the opposite end of the swinging side 13, and the upper wall 22 with the flat wall 21. It has two sides or collars 23 on the triangular side, which are kept at right angles.

  The tongue 25, which in this example has a substantially rectangular shape with one or more rounded or beveled corners, is relative to the upper side 26 of the rear wall 18. It is connected so that it can be moved. Conveniently, the tongue 25 is made from the same same sheet of material from which the container 11 and lid 12 are made.

  Also, the tongue 25 meets the side wall 18 of the container 11 and is between a closed or lowered position that closes the opening of the internal compartment 20 and an open position that allows access to the internal compartment 20. It is movable by rotating about the upper side 26.

  The size of the tongue 25 is substantially equal to the size of the bottom wall 19 or slightly smaller than the wall 19. In particular, the width of the tongue 25 (i.e. the wider side in this case) is slightly less than the internal distance between the two side surfaces 23 on the side of the lid 12 (e.g. one tenth of a millimeter). Wide (Figure 4).

  In this way, the tongue 25 and the lid 12 are deflected slightly and exert a slight pressure on the sides of the lid 12 and thus contribute to holding the lid 12 in the closed position. There is slight interference of the tongue 25 to the side surface 12 on the side of the lid 12 when both are in the closed position. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the lid 12 to open without someone applying a certain force to the lid 12 that exceeds the force exerted by the tongue 25 on the side 23 on the side (ie, In any case is extremely unlikely). Obviously, such a force need not be so large that even the same hand holding the box 10 can apply it with one finger.

  5 and 6, the pocket-sized box 110 according to the present invention includes a lid 112 different from the lid 12 only at the lower portion. Actually, the lid 112 is shaped like a trapezoid instead of a rectangle, and is not slidably connected to the side 13 that swings, but is slidably connected to the inclined side 113. A flat wall 121 is provided, and the inclined side 113 is inclined by a certain angle α (eg, configured as desired at 30 ° -50 ° with respect to the front side of the bottom wall 19). . In practice, in this case of a triangular shape, the lower part 121a of the flat part 121 is equivalent to being attached to the lower part of the front wall 15 of the lid 11, for example by gluing.

  The remaining members of the box 110 are the same as the members of the box 10 described above.

  Also, according to the second variant shown in FIG. 7, the pocket-sized box 210 according to the present invention has a length and width equal to the length and width of the tongue 25, It comprises a tongue 225 which is made up of two members 225a and 225b, which are evident in FIG. 8 and are identical to each other, eg from cardboard, a first shaped sheet 230 Have been made. The two members 225a and 225b are suitable to be folded and attached to each other as much as possible, but not necessarily, eg by gluing. The second shaped sheet is suitable for making the front wall 15 and part of the side wall 18.

  Furthermore, in order to reinforce the flat wall 21 of the lid 12, the first shaped sheet 230 according to the invention is attached to the flat wall 21 as much as possible but not necessarily, for example by gluing. , Each having two fins 232 and 233 on the sides which are half the width of the flat wall 21.

  According to another variant shown in FIG. 9, a fin located on the side with a width equal to the width of the flat wall 21 is attached to the flat wall 21 as much as possible but not necessarily, for example by gluing. A shaped part 333 is provided on the shaped thin plate 330.

  It will be appreciated that modifications and / or additions of members can be made to pocket-sized boxes 10 and 110 as described hereinabove without departing from the scope and scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, the degree to which the lid swings for the container may differ from the degree described above.

  Furthermore, the shape of the container may be different from the shape of the parallelepiped.

  Also, although the invention has been described with reference to certain specific examples, those skilled in the art will arise within the scope of protection as set forth in the claims and thus defined thereby. Obviously, many equivalent other forms of pocket-sized boxes having features can be realized.

Another box of cigarettes, US Pat. No. 3,438,564, International Publication No. 2010 / 063,569, JP-A-49-083121, JP-US Pat. No. 3,794,238, International This is known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 2006/090246 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 02-117314.

Claims (12)

A container (11) having a plurality of walls (15, 16, 18, 19) defining an internal compartment (20) suitable for containing small articles, and said internal compartment of said container (11) Peristaltic relative to the container (11), which is movable from a closed position in which access to (20) is prevented to an open position allowing access from above to the internal compartment (20) or vice versa A lid (12, 112) that is operatively connected, and the upper element (25, 225) of the container (11) is adapted to move the lid (12, 112) when the lid (12, 112) is in the closed position. 112), a pocket-sized box suitable for cooperating with
The lid (12, 112) is configured on two sides configured to cooperate with the upper element (25, 225) of the container (11) when the lid (12, 112) is in a closed position. The upper part having a part element (23) and the lower part having a flat wall (21, 121) by which the lid (12, 112) is slid by the container (11). A pocket-sized box characterized by that.   The upper element includes a tongue-like portion (25, 225) that is slidably connected to the upper side (26) of the container (11), and the tongue-like portion (25, 225) An open position where the tongues (25, 225) do not obstruct access to the internal compartment (20) from a closed position where at least a portion (25, 225) covers the top of the internal compartment (20) The pocket-sized box according to claim 1, which is movable up to or vice versa.   The width of the tongue (25, 225) is slightly larger than the internal distance between the side elements (23) and both the lid (12, 112) and the tongue (25, 225) are closed. 3. Pocket-sized box according to claim 2, characterized in that it prevents the lid (12, 112) from accidentally opening when in position.   The plurality of walls (15, 16, 18, 19) comprise at least a bottom wall (19) to selectively select the inner compartment (20) even when the lid (12, 112) is in the open position. The size of the tongue (25, 225) is equal to or slightly smaller than the size of the bottom wall (19) so as to close Pocket size box.   The side element (23) defines two corresponding sides of the lid (12, 112) in communication with the top wall (15) of the lid (12, 112). The pocket-sized box according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The plurality of walls (15, 16, 18, 19) include at least a front wall (15) and a bottom wall (19), and the flat wall (21) of the lid (12) Peristaltic side (13) having substantially the same size as part wall (15) and arranged at a portion of said front wall (15) intersecting with said bottom wall (19) The pocket-sized box according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and 5, wherein the box is connected in a possible manner.   The plurality of walls (15, 16, 18, 19) include at least a bottom wall (19), and the flat wall (121) of the lid (12, 112) has a substantially trapezoidal shape. 6, wherein the front side of the bottom wall 19 is slidably connected to an inclined side 113 that is inclined by a certain angle (α). A pocket-sized box as described in the section.   The tongue (25, 225) is made up of two members 225a and 225b, which are made from a thin plate (230) that is equal to each other and is formed into a single piece. A pocket-sized box according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that it is suitable for folding and being attached to each other.   Two side fins (232, 233) are integrated with the flat wall of the lid (12), each half the width of the flat wall (21) and the flat 9. A pocket-sized box according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is suitable for folding against a rigid wall (21).   10. A pocket-sized box according to claim 9, wherein the two side fins (232, 233) are affixed to the flat wall (21).   A single side fin (333) has a width equal to the width of the flat wall (21) and is integrated with the flat wall of the lid (12). 9. A pocket-sized box according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is suitable for folding against a rigid wall (21).   10. A pocket-sized box according to claim 9, wherein the side fins (333) are affixed to the flat wall (21).

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