US1582925A

US1582925A - Cigarette container

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Publication number: US1582925A
Application number: US744240A
Authority: US
Inventors: George H Gross
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-10-17
Filing date: 1924-10-17
Publication date: 1926-05-04
Anticipated expiration: 1943-05-04

Description

May 4 1926.

e. H, GROSS CIGARETTE CONTAINER Filed Oct. 17, 1924 Patented May 4, 1926.

UNITED STATES GEORGE E. eaoss, or mornxmkenses.

cleansers conramnn.

Application filed October 17, 1924. Serial No. 744,240.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. Gaoss, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in containers or wrappers for cigarettes.

Cigarettes are ordinarily wrapped in a paper wrapping which is folded and sealed at each end in such a manner that it is necessary to tear open one corner at the upper .end of the packa e in order to gain access to the cigarettes. n such a package the cigarettes are more or less closelypacked and difficulty is experienced in removing the first.

one or twocigarettes without mutilating the wrappers thereof. Such a package also pre sents the disadvantage that when once torn open, the cigarettes are exposed to the atmosphere and, unless they are consumed in a short time, they lose their aroma and become dry. present invention has as one of its objects, to provide a package or container for ciga rettes which may be more conveniently .no annoyance will be occasioned by thesmoker being required to feel about in the container for the one or two remaining cigarettes.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the container embodying the present invention in the condition in which it will be placed upon the market Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, illustratingthe container opened. I

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. j

Figure. 4 is a vertical front to rear sec tional view through the container, taken substantially on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

In view of. the foregoing, the

Figure 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of the wrapper or container is formed.

Figure 6 is a similar view illustrating the blank from which the inner wrapper for the cigarettes is folded up.

Figure '7 is a plan view of a strip which may be employed in a manner to be hereinafter described.

'In carrying out the invention, the cigarettes are first pac' ed in a wrapper which is shown in blank form in Figure -6 of the drawings and comprises a sheet 1 of parafv fined paper and a sheet 2 of tinfoil. These sheets are of rectangular form and are arranged in superposed relation with their margins in registration, and the sheets are formed with slits 3 which extend inwardly from the opposite margins ofv the sheets an equal distance and are in alinement with each other. For a purpose to be presently explained, a sheet 4 of celluloid or other relatively stiif and yet resilient material is disposed upon the central portion of the paper sheet 1, and in packing the cigarettes, the cigarettes are arranged upon the face of this sheet 4 and the wrapping comprising the sheets 1 and 2 is wrapped about the cigarettes, the wrapping being folded on the various score lines illustrated by the dotted lines 5 in Figure 6. The blank comprises an intermediate portion 7 which is the portion against which the sheet 4 is disposed, portions 8 which constitute the sides of the wrapper, and portions 9 which constitute the front ofthe wrapper, the portions 9 being of a width slightly greater-than one half the width of thB'pOltlOl'l 7, so that the margin of one of the portions 9 will overlap the margin of the other portion, and in order that this inner wrapper may be held closed. about the cigarettes packed therein, a small adhesive area 10 is provided upon the inner face of the sheet 1 -at the-margin of one of its portions 9 and is moistened at the time of wrapping, and thus united to the outer face of the corresponding portion of the sheet 2, it being understood that the sheets 1- and 2' are both folded alike and, in fact, the two may be considered to constitute a composite wrapping and protective medium for the cigarettes. The blank comprising the sheets 1 and 2 further includes upper and lower marginal portions indicated one by the numeral 11 and the other by the numeral 12, and these portions are folded, as previously I stated, so as to close the upper and lower ends of the said wrapper. As above stated, the adhesive area 10 constitutes means for closing the wrapper, but, if desired, a band such as shown in'Figure 7 of the drawings,

and indicated by .the numeral 13', may be employed, and passed about the completed wrapping and this band may be provided with adhesive 1 1' at one end, thus adapting the ends of the band to be united and the band secured in place.

At this point it will be evident that when the cigarettes are enclosed within the wrapper comprising the sheets 1 and 2, they will be effectually prevented from coming in contact with the air, but, on the other hand, when-the wrapper is torn at the point of location of the adhesive area 10, the wrapper as a whole may be opened at its vertical middle, as illustrated clearly in Figure2 of the drawings, to expose-the contents, the incisions 3 permitting of the upper and lower closed ends of the wrapper separating at their mid-portions and without disturbing the folded marginal portions 11 at the opposite sides of the incisions, sov that the cigarettes in each half of the wrapper are suitably retained in place.

The outer wrapper or container proper of the present invention is formed from a blank such as is shown in Figure 5 of the drawings, and the same comprises a portion 13 which constitutes the back of the container, portions 14- which constitute the side walls of the container, and-portions 15 which constitute the sections of the front ofthe container. The blank is formed from paper material possessing a suitable degree of stiffness, and the

portions

13, 14 and 15 are integrally united and defined .by score lines 16. The numerals 17 and 18 indicate. respectively, upper and lower closure flaps which are of trapezoidal form and are integrally connected with the upper and lower ends of the wrapper side wall portions 14 along the score line 19 and 20 respectively. As stated, the flaps 17 and 18 are of trapezoidal form. their lateral edges being'parallel, their" iuncture with the side walls 14 being on lines at right angles to their side edges, and their outer edges being obliquely disposed. The purpose of this arrangement will he presently made apparent. The blank further includes closure flap portions for the upper and lower ends of the container indicated respectively by the nu merals 21 and 22, and located beside the relatively adjacent flaps 17 and 18 respec tively and integrally connected with the upper and lower edges of the respective front wall sections 15. These flaps 21 and 22 are likewise trapezoidal and their juncture with the respective front wall sections 15 is de fined bythe score lines 2 3 which are in ali-nementr with-thescore lines 19 and 20, as

clearly shown in Figure 5. Reinforcing flaps for the rear wall 13 of the container, indicated by the numerals 24 and 25, are formed integrally with the upper and lower edges of the respective flaps 21 and 22 and are of oblong rectangular form and of a length substantially equal to the height of the wall portion 13.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, it will be observed that in 15 forming the package or container, the previously wrapped cigarettes are disposed against the face of the back wall 13, whereupon the side wall portions 14 of the blank are folded up to provide the side walls of the container, and the front wall sections 15 are folded in to provide the front of the container. At the time of folding the blank, the flaps 17 and 18 are likewise folded in to overlie the upper and lower ends of the pack- 55 age, the free end portions of the said flaps mutually overlapping as best illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings. In folding over the portions 15 of the blank to form the front wall of the container, the flaps 21 and W 2 are folded down to overlie the overlap: ping flaps 17 and 18 respectively, and at the same time, the flaps 24 and 25 are folded so as to overlap one another at the outer face. of the back 13 of the container, as best shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, they being adhesively united to one another and to the said back 13 and constituting a means for reinforcing the said back. By reference to said Figure 3, it will be observed that 10'.- the width of the flaps 24 and 25 is such that they reinforce the back wall 13 for its entire width and, furthermore, their marginzil portions overlap in such a manner as to provide a reinforcing portion 26 extending vertically indially of the back 13 and of a thickness corresponding to the combined thickness of all of the said flaps 24 and 25.

In order that the front of the package or container may be closed, a strip-like overlap 27 is provided at the free margin of one of the front wall portions 15 to overlap the free margin of the other of said portions At this point it will be evident that the front of the container is held closed by the overlapping and mutual connection of the marginal portions of the front wall sections 15, and that the upper and lower ends of the container are closed, due to the overlapping of the flaps 17 and 18 and the flaps 21 and 22, the diagonal edges of the said flap 21 registering with the corresponding edges of the flap 17, and the diagonal edges of the flap 22, in a similar manner, registering with the corresponding edges of the flap 18, the flaps at the opposite sides of the top and bottom of the container mutually overlapping, as illustrated most clearly in Figural, so as to close-the upper and lower endsof the container. It will also be evident that upon breaking the seal 27, and likewise breaking the seal 10, the con-v tainer may be opened by swinging the two halves away from each other on the reinforced back 26 as a hinge, so to speak, one half of the contents of the container being retained within one of the sections thereof and the other half of the contents in the other section. In this manner, the cigarettes may be readily removed from. the container as desired, and when the container is closed, its originally connected. and overlapping portions will again match in such a manner as to effectually protect the remaining cigarettes from the air and from foreign matter which readily enters the ordinary cigarette package. By providing the central reinforcement 26, which is considerably stifi'er than any other portion of the back wall of the container, the tendency is for the twohalves of the container to assume a closed position, and, therefore, the container may be carried about in ones pocket without fear that it will accidentally open to discharge the contents therefrom.

The sheet 4 may bear advertising matter, a picture, or any other printed matter, but its primary function is to serve as a fol lower to urge the cigarettes in the direction 7 of the front of the container, when the con tainer is open, the said sheet bein more or less resilient, due to the material of which about within the container to remove therefrom one or two remaining cigarettes.

Having thus described the invention, what ll claim is:

A. container, comprising in combination with. a commodity to be contained therein, an inner wrapper for the commodity completely enclosing the same and having front wall portions the margins of which are overlapped and initially connected to each other, the upper and lower ends of the wrapper being formed with incisions whereby to permit of the wrap er being spread open along its front and thereby expose the contents, when the connection between the mar inal portions of the front wall sections of the wrapper is broken, and an outer container comprising a back wall, side walls, and front wall sections integral with the side walls and meeting at their free edges, the container having upper and lower closed ends each comprising overlapping portions extending over and closin the said incisions of the inner wrapper, t e container being adapted to be spread open at its front by fiexure of the mid portion of its back wall.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

cnonen n. shoes.