JP3087691U - Cigarette case - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modifications required) [Problem] We are often seeing a scene where a writer is sought to light a cigarette. This is not the case if there is always a lighter where the cigarette box is. The desire to have a cigarette box and a lighter is a challenge for smokers. To meet these challenges, we will come up with a simple cigarette case where there is always a lighter where the cigarette box is. SOLUTION: The storage part 1 of the cigarette box and the storage part 2 of the lighter are independent containers, and the storage part of the lighter is adjacent to and integrated with the side surface 3 or the front or back of the cigarette box storage part. Devised a tobacco case.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a case for storing cigarettes one by one, such as a commercially available cigarette or a thin cigarette.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Cigarettes and thin cigarettes are usually supplied in packs or boxes of 20 or 10 cigarettes. The former is a thin wrapping paper pack, and the latter is a slightly thicker paperboard box. The present invention is not distinguished from the former and the latter, and will be referred to as a cigarette box hereinafter.

[0003] Since a cigarette box is made of paper, it is easily crushed when a load is applied or when it is dropped. In particular, when the number of cigarettes in the box is reduced, the remaining tobacco due to the deformation of the packaging or the box may be crushed. May crack, crack, or break. Therefore, in order to protect tobacco from external force, it is common to use a case that stores the tobacco box. These include hard synthetic resin, cloth, leather such as natural leather and synthetic leather, soft synthetic resin sheet, and those with a lid.

[0004] On the other hand, portable lighters for lighting cigarettes (hereinafter simply referred to as lighters in the present invention) are classified into low-priced disposable types and high-grade types. A special case may be used. Thus, in the past, separate cases were used for cigarette boxes and lighters.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 There are various shapes of cigarette boxes, but in the case of 20 cigarette boxes, the long side is about 7 to 9 cm, the short side is about 5 to 7 cm, and the thickness is about 2 to 3 cm. As described above, a cigarette box has a certain size, but a lighter is considerably smaller than the cigarette box, so that it is often forgotten or lost. You can often see the cigarette being removed from the box and looking for a lighter to light it. If there is always a writer where cigarettes are, this will not be the case. The problem of having a cigarette box and a lighter is what smokers want.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The inventor studied diligently and came up with the idea of adding the lighter case to the cigarette box container and integrating the lighter case adjacently, which led to the idea that the cigarette box and the lighter would always be inseparable. Was. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the storage section 1 of the cigarette box and the storage section 2 of the lighter are independent containers, and the storage section of the lighter is the side surface 3 or the front or back of the cigarette box storage portion. This is the invention of a cigarette case, which is characterized by being integrated next to the tobacco.

In addition, the storage portion of the cigarette box and the storage portion of the lighter are adjacently integrated with each other via a hook-and-loop fastener in which the male surface (hook surface) and the female surface (hooked surface) are fitted. This is the invention of a tobacco case, characterized in that the parts are separable. Further, the invention provides a cigarette case, characterized in that the storage section of the cigarette box and the storage section of the lighter are adjacent and integrated via an adhesive sheet, and the storage sections are separable. Also, the invention provides a cigarette case, characterized in that the storage section of the cigarette box and the storage section of the lighter are adjacent and integrated via a magnet sheet, and both storage sections are separable. In addition, a cigarette case is characterized by having a common lid for the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part.

[0008]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 An embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an example of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a storage section for a cigarette box, and 2 denotes a storage section for a lighter. The storage section 2 of the lighter is provided on the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage section 1, and both storage sections are adjacent and integrated to form independent storage sections. In FIG. 1, the lighter storage section 2 is drawn lower than the cigarette storage section 1, but may have the same height. As described above, the present invention has a structure in which the lighter storage unit is integrally provided outside the storage unit of the cigarette box, adjacent to the storage unit of the cigarette box.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a case where the cigarette box storage section and the lighter storage section are separated. As shown in FIG. 2, the cigarette box storage unit 1 and the lighter storage unit 2 may be separated as described above. In this case, when using the cigarette case of the present invention, the cigarette box storage part 1 and the writer storage part 2 are joined and used as one. In the integration method, a joining portion 4 is provided on the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage portion 1 and a to-be-joined portion 5 is provided on the outer side surface of the lighter storage portion opposed thereto. A sheet joining member such as a sheet or a magnet sheet is used.

When a hook-and-loop fastener is used for joining, a male surface is used for the joining portion 4 of the storage portion 1 of the cigarette box and a female surface is used for the joined portion 5 of the lighter storage portion 2 in FIG. Of course, both sides can be used in reverse. When the cigarette case of the present invention is used, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage portion 1 and the outer surface of the lighter storage portion 2 are adjacent to each other via the fitted surface fastener. Use in an integrated form. When the cigarette box storage unit 1 and the lighter storage unit 2 can be separated in this way, the combination of the two can be changed as appropriate, and, for example, selection can be made easily according to the size of the cigarette box or lighter. In addition, there is an advantage that the tobacco case of the present invention does not need to be discarded in the case where one of them is damaged.

When an adhesive sheet is used for bonding, the non-adhesive side of the adhesive sheet is fixed to the bonding portion 4 on the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage unit 1 in FIG. 2 with an adhesive or the like. The adhesive surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is adhered to the joined part 5 outside the lighter storage part to be integrated with the lighter storage part, and the cigarette box storage part 1 and the lighter storage part 2 are bonded together and integrated. Conversely, the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive sheet may be fixed to the part 5 to be joined.

Further, a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet may be used as the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. In this case, no pre-treatment is necessary for the joint 4 on the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage unit 1 and the joint 5 on the outside of the lighter storage unit that is opposed to and integrated with the cigarette box storage unit 1 in FIG. . In these cases, if the combination of the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part is not changed, use a permanent adhesive strong adhesive sheet. Compared to the case where the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part are integrally formed from the beginning, the combination as shown in FIG. 1 has the advantage that the combination can be selected immediately before use.

On the other hand, if a removable type is used for the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, the combination of the cigarette box storage portion and the lighter storage portion can be changed as appropriate. When using a double-sided PSA sheet, both sides may be a permanent PSA face, or one side may be a permanent PSA face, and the other side may be a peelable PSA face, or both sides Removable types may be used. In this way, if either the cigarette box storage part or the lighter storage part is damaged, the entire cigarette case of the present invention does not need to be discarded. The effect is obtained.

When a magnet sheet is used, the magnet sheet is fixed to the joint 4 on the outer side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage 1 in FIG. A magnetic thin plate made of steel or the like is affixed to the outer joined portion 5, and the tobacco box storage portion and the lighter storage portion are suction-bonded and integrated. Conversely, a magnet sheet may be attached to the joined portion 5 and a magnetic thin plate may be attached to the joined portion 4. In addition, when a magnet sheet with an adhesive is used on one side, the use of this makes it easier to fix the magnet sheet. In this manner, the same effect as in the case of adjacent integration using a hook-and-loop fastener can be obtained as in the case of using the re-peelable type adhesive sheet.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of an example in which a lighter storage unit 6 is provided adjacent to the outer surface 7 on the front of the cigarette box storage unit 1. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the width of the side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage unit 1 is generally about 2 to 3 cm due to the shape of a commercially available tobacco box. On the other hand, in the case of generally used disposable lighters or high-grade thin type lighters for women, the width of the side surface 3 of the cigarette box storage unit 1 and the longer width of the body of the lighter roughly match, so A lighter accommodating portion can be provided at the position 3.

However, depending on the type of lighter, the width may be large. In such a case, a lighter storage section 6 may be provided on the front face 7 of the cigarette box storage section 1 as shown in FIG. In this case, in FIG. 3, the writer storage section 6 is provided at the lower center of the front face 7 of the cigarette box storage section 1. However, the writer storage section 6 may be provided at one of the left and right edges or at the upper center. Good. Further, in addition to the example in which the lighter storage section is provided in front of the cigarette box storage section, the cigarette box storage section 1 may be provided adjacent to the back surface or the back surface.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of three examples of the cigarette case of the present invention with a lid. The upper row 1 and the lower row 2 in FIG. 4 correspond to each other, and the upper rows (A1), (B1), and (C1) are schematic perspective views with the case lids open, (A2), (B2). (C2) is a schematic perspective view of the upper case with each lid closed. (A1) and (A2) are examples that can be applied to a hard cigarette case such as a molded article of a hard synthetic resin. A stopper 12 is attached to a flap (drip lid) 11 of a lid 10 and the lid is closed. Occasionally opposing stops 13 are provided. As the type of the stopper, any method known to those skilled in the art that handles boxes made of synthetic resin, such as a fitting type, can be applied.

(B1) and (B2) are cigarette cases with hard lids made of hard synthetic resin or the like, and tobacco cases with lids made of soft sheets such as soft synthetic resin sheets, synthetic leather, and cloth. In an example applicable to both, a stopper 16 is provided on a flap portion 15 of a lid portion 14, and an opposite stopper 17 is provided at a position facing the lid 16 when the lid is closed. As the types of the stoppers 16 and 17, any of the button types, snap button types, hook-and-loop fastener types, magnet types, and other types known to those skilled in the art such as the clothing industry can be applied.

(C1) and (C2) are examples applicable to a case with a lid made of a soft sheet such as a soft synthetic resin sheet, synthetic leather, artificial leather, or a woven fabric. Is a method in which a flap portion 19 is inserted under a band 21 provided on a front surface 20 of a body portion when the lid is closed without providing a stopper, and the lid is stopped. As described above, the three examples of the cigarette case with a lid of the present invention and the stopper of the lid have been described, but any type known to those skilled in the art can be applied to the type of the lid and the type of the stopper. .

The cigarette case of the present invention may be used by carrying it in a pocket or the like, but may also be used as home or office equipment, car equipment, or carried in a bag or the like. Therefore, if the largest of the cigarette boxes is designed to fit, the large and small boxes can be used for various types of tobacco packaging and boxes. By preparing several sizes, such as large, medium, and small, you can select a box that fits your favorite tobacco box or lighter.

As the material used for manufacturing the cigarette case of the present invention, any of synthetic resin sheet, woven fabric, natural leather, leather, synthetic leather, artificial leather and the like can be used. Alternatively, a molded product obtained by injection molding of a synthetic resin may be used. In the cigarette case of the present invention, the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part may be made as a single unit at the manufacturing stage. In addition, both may be used as a separate type and used in an appropriate combination, but when used, both are used as an integral unit adjacent to each other.

In the case of the separate type, the connection between the cigarette box storage section and the lighter storage section is performed by a hook-and-loop fastener, an adhesive sheet, a magnet sheet, or the like. In the case of hook-and-loop fasteners, the male surface may be of a hook type in which the root of one side of a monofilament loop pile is cut off, or a monofilament tapered cut pile type called mushroom or cherry type. For the female surface, a multifilament loop pile cloth such as a French pile cloth is generally used. However, any non-woven fabric, a crimped thread sticking sheet, or any other fiber aggregate structure that can be fitted to the male surface is used. But it can be applied.

In the case of an adhesive sheet, a paper, cloth, film, or the like is used as a substrate, and an acrylic or rubber-based adhesive is applied to the substrate. Acrylic spherical adhesives are used as the removable adhesive, and the method utilizes the fact that the spherical adhesive rotates with the peeling to become a new adhesive surface and then becomes an adhesive surface again. Any of these can be used for the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention. The adhesive surface in the separated state is protected by a release paper or the like.

The magnet sheet is also called a magnet tape, a magnet strip, a flexible rubber magnet, or the like. These are flexible sheet-like magnet rubbers having a structure in which barium ferrite or the like is mixed with nitrile rubber or the like, and is unidirectionally oriented by sheet rolling or the like and is multipolarly magnetized on both sides. Some have stickiness on one side to facilitate fixing, and are used to temporarily attach stickers and signs to magnetic plates made of steel, such as the body of an automobile, by suction.

In the application to the present invention, a magnet sheet having a thickness of about 0.7 mm to 3 mm is attached to the outside of a cigarette box container, and a thin sheet of a magnetic material such as steel is attached to the lighter container. And are used by joining them with a magnet. It is a matter of course that the magnet sheet and the magnetic thin plate may be used in reverse, or both may be used as the magnet sheet without using the magnetic thin plate. There are various types of magnet sheets in a magnetic field pattern such as anisotropic magnetization, isotropic magnetization, and interval of unit magnetization length in a manner of magnetization, and any of them may be applied to the present invention. The point is that it is only necessary to exert a magnetic attraction that does not come off during use of the tobacco case. As described above, the cigarette case of the present invention is characterized in that the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part are adjacently integrated when used.

[0026]

[Effect of the invention]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained. (1) We were able to provide a cigarette case where there is always a lighter where there is a cigarette box. In other words, you can often see the cigarette being taken out of the box and searching for a lighter to try to light it, but by using the cigarette case of the present invention, there is always a lighter where the cigarette box is located, so avoid such a situation be able to. (2) The fact that a lighter is always attached to a cigarette case several times the size of a lighter has the advantage that it is easy to find the lighter where it is used for purposes other than smoking.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cigarette case having an integrated lighter storage section adjacent to a side of a cigarette box storage section.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a case where a cigarette box storage part and a lighter storage part are separated.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a cigarette case having an adjacent integrated lighter storage section in front of a cigarette box storage section.

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a cigarette case with a lid.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Tobacco box storage part 2 Lighter storage part 3 Side surface of tobacco box storage part 4 Joining part 5 Joined part 6 Lighter storage part 7 Front of cigarette box storage part 10 Opened lid 11 Flap part 12 Stopper 13 Counterpart stop 14 Opened lid 15 Flap section 16 Stopper 17 Counterpart fastener 18 Opened lid 19 Flap section 20 Tobacco box storage section front 21 Band

Claims (5)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. The storage section of a cigarette box and the storage section of a lighter are independent containers, and the storage section of the lighter is integrally formed adjacent to the side, front or back of the storage section of the cigarette box. A cigarette case characterized by the following. 2. A storage part for a cigarette box and a storage part for a lighter are adjacent to each other via a hook-and-loop fastener in which a male surface and a female surface are fitted, and both storage parts are separable. The cigarette case according to claim 1. 3. The cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the storage section of the cigarette box and the storage section of the lighter are adjacent and integrated via an adhesive sheet, and both storage sections are separable. . 4. The cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the storage section of the cigarette box and the storage section of the lighter are adjacent and integrated via a magnet sheet, and both storage sections are separable. . 5. The cigarette case according to claim 1, wherein the cigarette case has a lid common to the cigarette box storage part and the lighter storage part.