US1588104A

US1588104A - Cigarette container

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Publication number: US1588104A
Application number: US737408A
Authority: US
Inventors: George H Gross
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-09-12
Filing date: 1924-09-12
Publication date: 1926-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 1943-06-08

Description

June 8 1926.

G. H. GROSS CIGARETTE CONTAINER Filed Sepf. 12,

Patented June 8, 19 26.

UNITED STATES 1,588,104 PATENT OFFICE.

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- Application fled September 12, 1924. Serial No. 787,400.

Th1s 1nvent1on relates to contamers and more particularly to a container for cigarettes. p

Ordinarily, paper wrapping folded and sealed at each end, and in opening the package it becomes necessary to tear open at least one corner of the upper end of the package, in order to gain access to the cigarettes. As the ciga- 'rettes are more or less tightly packed within the wrapping, the removal of the first and even the second cigarette is seldom accomplished without mutilating the end of the cigarette which is, of course, a disadvantage.

Furthermore, if, a package of cigarettes is' tained therein.

Another object of the inventlon is to provide a container for cigarettes embodyin means whereby the cigarettes will he can to assume a most accessible position when the container is o ned so that no annoyance will be occasione b the smoker being required to feel about 1n the container for one or two remaining cigarettes.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article embodying the lnvention in the condition in w 'ch it will be placed upon the market.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the article after removal of 'the outer wrapping Figure 6 1s a similar view taken on the line 6-6 of Figural, looking in the direction indicated the arrows. Figure 7 1s a. view similar to Figure 5 illustrating a modification of theinvention.

cigarettes are wrapped a As illustrated in the drawings, the container embodying the invention com rises a pair of sections which are substantially ofcounterpart form and one of which is bestillustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings.

Each of these sections, which is indicated 1n general by the numeral-1, comprises a frontwall 2, a rear wall 3, a s1de wall 4, a top 5, and a bottom 6, the side of the section opposite the wall 4 being entirely open. The

wall 4 occupiesa plane at right an les to the walls 2 and 3, which latter'wa ls are located in arallel planes, the edges of the walls 2 an 3 and the top 5 and bottom 6 being located all in a. common plane at the open sideof the section. The top and

bottom walls

5 and 6 are of trapezoidal form and the front wall 2 is, therefore, of less width than the rear wall 3. In assembling the two sections, the open sides of the sections are presented toward each other, adhesive 1s applied to either the inner surface of therear wall 3 of the one section or the ends of the top and

bottom walls

5 and 6 of the sections overlapping as.,shown in Figures 2 and 3. The sectlons of the container may be made of any suitable material such as cardboard, where, the container is to constitute an original package, or even heavy paper might serve the purpose, but if the container is to constitute a novelty to be placed upon the market as a cigarette case, the sections may be formed of leather, celluloid, or any other material found suitable for the purpose. In any event, it will be obvious that.inasmuch as the united portions of. the sections define a thickened back portion, the tendency will be forthe sections to remain in closed relation with each other. Likewise, the frictional contact of the surfaces of the top and

bottom walls

5 and 6 of the sections, where they mutually overla will tend to prevent accidental opening of the container, although it may be readily opened, as shown in Figures 3 and 5 of the drawlngs, by swinging the sections 1 backwardly or away from each other about the united portions of their rear walls, thereby expos ng the cigarettes contained within the container in such a manner that a cigarette may be conveniently removed without any damage to its wrapper.

In order that the container may be held closed and suitably protected after it has been packed with cigarettes and while it is on the market, and likewise in order to preserve the aroma of the tobacco and a desired degree of humidity which it possesses at the time of manufacture of the cigarette, the container will be wrapped in a Wrapping 8 of some suitable paper such, for example, as para-fin paper, and as best shown in Fig ures l and 6 of the drawings.

As heretofore stated, the invention contemplates the provision of means whereby the cigarettes, even though they be few in number, will be so presented, at the time of opening the container, that they may be readlly removed therefrom without the necessity of feeling about within the container, and accordingly a rectangular sheet 9 of, celluloid, or any other resilent or semiresilient material possessing a suitable degree of stiffness, is arranged within the container prior to the packing of the cigarettes therein and against the rear wall of the container. By reference to Figure 5, it will be observed that when the container is opened, there will be a tendency to flex the sheet 9 substantially at its vertical middle, with the result that the free side portions thereof will, in tending to maintain the plane of the intermediate portion of the sheet, urge the cigarettes which are resting against them, toward .the opening provided at the front of the container when the sections are relatively swung open, and thus the cigarettes are made readily available. Said sheet 9 may constitute a picture, a coupon, a premium card, or it may simply serve its purpose as a follower or partial ejector for the cigarettes.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 7 w of the drawings, the rear or back wall of the container, which wall is indicated by the numeral 10, is integral throughout its width, so that this wall comprises a single piece of material as distinguished from the corresponding wall of the previously described form of the invention which is formed in sections having overlapped and united mar inal portions. In this modified form a stiffening strip 11 is adhesively or otherwise secured to the inner face of the wall 10, and imparts to the vertical mid portion of said wall a suflicient degree of stiffness to ada the container to be opened and ClOSEdlIithG same manner as the container embod ing the first described princinaeaioe 'ples of the invention. Likewise this stiffening strip constitutes a backing for the follower sheet 12 which corresponds to the sheet 9 previously described. Except in the respects noted, the form shown in Figure 7 does not differ materially from the form shown in the other figures of the drawings.

' Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: v

1. A container of the class described comprising a pair of sections each closed except at one side, the Walls of the container being resiliently flexible, the open sides of the sections being diagonally disposed, and the sections at their-said sides being interfitted with the marginal portions of their rear walls overlapped and united together.

2. A. container ofthe class described comprising a pair of sections each closed except at one side, the walls of the container 1 being resiliently flexible, the open sides of the sections being diagonally disposed, and the marginal portions of the rear walls of the sections belng overlapped and un ted together to form a vertical medial portion less flexible than the remainder of the rear wall.

3. A container of the class described comprising a pair of sections each closed except at one side, the walls of the container being resiliently flexible, the to and bottom walls of each section being 0 trapezoidal form whereby the rear wall of each section is of greater width than the front wall of said section, the open sides of the sectlons being interfitted with the marginal rtions of their rear walls overlapped an united together to form a vertical medlal portlon less flexible than the remainder of the rear wall, and the said top and bottom walls at their free ends being mutually overlapped.

4. A container of the class described comprising a pair of sections each closedexce t at one side, the walls of the conta1ner belng resiliently'fiexible, one section of the container being fitted at its open side into i the other section of the container, the top and bottom .walls of the. sections bemg of trapezoidal form whereby to be mutually overlapped at their free ends, the marginal portions of the rear walls of the sections be- 1 mg overlapped and united together to: form a vertical medial portion less flexlble tha the remainder of the wall.

5. A container of theclass described comv prising a pair of sections each closed except at one side, the sections being arranged with their open sides confronting each other and with their rear walls united substantiallyvertically medially of the back of the container, and a backing sheet arranged withm the container against the inner side of the said back, and constituting means for" projecting the contents of the container towarda the container 1s the front thereof when spread open.

prisin 6. A-container of theclass described com a pair of sections closed except -at one si e, the Walls of the container being re siliently flexible, the open sides of the sections being diagonally disposed, the sections at their said sides bein interfitted with the marginal portions of ti eir rear walls overlapped and united together, and resilient means disposed within the container tending to occupy a-plane regardless of relative movement of the said sections away from each other about their united marginal rear wall portions. x

7. A container of the class described comprising front, rear, side and top and bottom walls of resiliently flexible material, the said a front Wall being divided vertically medially and the saidtopand bottomwalls being divided along lines diverging from the front wall toward the rear Wall whereby to provide overlapping portions at the top and bot-tom walls of the container, and a resilient sheet of material disposed within the container against the inner side of the back wall thereof and tending to occupy a plane regardless of relative movement of the divided halves of the container away froni each other about the vertical medial portion of the back wall and constituting means for projecting the contents of the container toward the front thereofwhen the container is spread open.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' GEORGE H. GROSS. [L. 8.]