US1892676A

US1892676A - Adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like

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Publication number: US1892676A
Application number: US276971A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph P Mcenery
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-05-11
Filing date: 1928-05-11
Publication date: 1933-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 1950-01-03

Description

Jan. 3, 1933. v.1, P. MOENERY ADAPTER OR ATTACHMENT FOR CIGARETTE PACKAGES OR THE LIKE Filed May 11, 1928 VENTOR ORNEY Patented Jan. 3, 1933 UNITED STATES.

JOSEPH P. MCENERY, OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK ADAPTER OR ATTACHMENT ,FOR CIGARETTE PACKAGES OR THE LIKE Application filed. May 11, 1923. Serial No, 276,971.

This invention relates to an adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like, and provides improvements therein. 7

Cigarette packages, as usually made, consist of a loose metal foil wrapping around a bundle of cigarettes, the foil wrapping being surrounded and confined by an outside paper pouch pasted at sides and bottom and exposing the upper end of the foil wrapper, which latter is usually torn or cut to provide an opening through which to extract the cigarettes contained in the package.

After once being opened, cigarettes are apt to be spilled from the package when the latter is carried loosely in a coat pocket.

- The present invention provides an attachment or adapter which coacts-with the paper pouch to form a cigarette case, having a closure for the opened package which is readily opened for the extraction of cigarettes and readily closed for confining the contents. The invention further provides an attachment which does not add-to the dimensions or size of the package, is of light weight, of simple construction, and is readily combined with and detached from a cigarette package.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In said drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bundle of cigarettes enclosed within a metal foil wrapper.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a paper pouch, within which thebundle of cigarettes enclosed within the wrapper, show in Fig. 1, is contained.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adapter or attachment. 7

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the adapter or attachment shown in combination with a package of cigarettes.

Fig; 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view on the line AA, Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional View on the line BB, 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view showing the fiattening of theparts of the wire which are inserted between the foil wrapper and the paper pouch. I V

Fig. '8 is a view similar to Fig. 3, illustratthereof), the contents are liable to be spilled preferably resilient, and the lower ends of usually loosely folded and wrapped around the bundle of cigarettes. The bundle of cigarettes contained in the foil wrapper 13 is contained within the pouch 15, which is usually of decorated paper, having a sealed or pasted folded bottom, and an open upper end 17.

The package of cigarettes is usually opened by tearing-01f a part or all of the metal foil wrapper at the upper end of the pouch.

After the package is opened by tearing off the upperpart 19 of the metal foil (or a part or to fall out of the package when carried loosely in the pocket. To prevent this, and

to provide for a closure which will retain the cigarettes, and admit of removal of cigarettes when desired, the attachment or adapter 11 is combined with the package.

The adapter 11 is most conveniently formed in part of wire, which is bent so as to for-ma pair of U-shaped or hairpin-

like legs

21, 22, the upper ends of the

legs

21, 22 being 0 connected at their upper ends by

cross-wires

25, 26, Fig. 3, and constituting an open frame.

In combining the adapter with the package, the

legs

21, 22 are inserted between the foil wrapper 13 and the pouch 15, these legs being slender and being readily inserted and readily sliding down between the wrapper 13 and the pouch 15, preferably to a point ap-. proximatelyat the bottom of the package.

"In order to facilitate the entry of the

legs

21,,22 between the wrapper 13 and the pouch -15,-the lower edges of the wire are preferably flattened as illustrated at 27, Fig. 7. The wire constituting the legs may, if desired, be flattened throughout the length which lies between the pouch and the metal foil wrapper. 7

The wire constituting the

legs

21, 22 is the legs preferably diverge slightly, as shown. The resilient legs are pressed together slightly in inserting the legs in the space between the wrapper 13 and punch 15, and the reaction of these resilient legs against the pouch 15 holds the pouch extended, even when the cigarettes are removed, and the pressure of the legs against the pouch 15 also holds the attachment or adapter in place when the legs are inserted between the pouch and the foil wrapper 13.

If desired, the foil wrapper may be removed, and the adapter and pouch together constitute the container for the cigarettes.

The cross-pieces or connecting wires, 25, 26 at the upper end of the adapter are connected by a sheet metal plate 30, which, when the adapter is in place, constitutes a cover or closure for the opened end of the package.

The metal plate 30 is conveniently provided with flanges 32, 33 which surround or partially surround the said cross-wires 25', 26.

The upper face of this sheet-metal piece 30 may conveniently constitute a surface for ornamental or for advertising matter.

The plate 30 is preferably made with a hinged portion 35 constituting a lid which may be opened and closed to expose and close the opening in the upper end of the package of cigarettes. This lid 35 is preferably acted upon by a spring 37 acting to move the lid to open position when it is released or free to move. Otherwise, the spring may be arranged to press the lid to closed position. and thereby maintain the lid closed without the necessity of fastening means. I

The means for holding the lid in closed position conveniently comprise flanges 38, 39, which partially surround the

legs

25, 26, but preferably to a less extent thanthe flanges 32, 33. The wires constituting the

legs

21, 22 are preferably formed so as to be under tension when held by the flanges 32, 33, 38 and 39. To release the lid, the opposite portions of the leg 21 (as here shown) are pressed together toward one another to an extent that the distance between the wires is less than the distance between the flanges, whereupon the lid may be opened, or may open automatically by the action of the spring 37.

The flanges 32, 33 are preferably formed so as not to tightly engage the

cross-pieces

25, 26, so that the said

cross-pieces

25, 26 may move slightly toward one another, from end to end, when the opposite wires of the leg 21 are pressed together to release the said lid 35.

To close the lid, it is simply pressed down until the flanges snap over the

cross-wires

25, 26, or the upper portions of the leg 21 may be pressed together to permit the lugs 38, 39 to pass over the

wires

25, 26, and the pressure upon the opposite sides of the leg 21 then released.

In the first embodiment shown in Fig, 3,

the legs are adapted to fit against the short sides of the pouch 15.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the

legs

21, 22 are adapted to fit against the long sides of the pouch 15. The closure 30, provided with lid 35, is constructed and operates similarly to the

parts

30, 35, shown in Fig. 3, except that the flanges thereon are connected to the

cross-wires

25, 26, which run the short way across the top of the package, instead of the longer way, the hinge running the long way across the top of the package instead of running the short way, as in Fig. 3.

The inventive idea may receive other embodiments and modifications than those herein specifically illustrated and described.

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette package attachment comprising spaced apart wires having angularly extending portions for insertion within a cigarette package at the corners thereof, a plate rigidly attached to said wires, and a second plate hinged to the first and having a portion for interlocking engagement with one of the wires.

2. A cigarette package attachment comprising spaced apart wires having angularly extending portions for insertion within a cigarette package at the corners thereof, a plate rigidly attached to said wires, and a second plate hinged to the first and having a portion for interlocking engagement with one of the wires. and a spring tending to move the second plate from its interlocking engagement position to a position substantially at right angles to the same.

3. A cigarette package attachment comprising spaced apart wires having angularly extending portions for insertion within a cigarette package at the corners thereof, a plate rigidly attached to said wires, and a second plate hinged to the first and designed to occupy an open and a closed position, means on the second plate for engaging one of the wires for holding the plate in its closed position. said wire having lateral movement for releasing the second plate, and a spring associated with the second plate for moving it to its open position when released.

l. An attachment for a cigarette package comprising spaced apart wires having portions for insertion within the package for retaining the attachment in place, a plate rigidly attached to the wires, a second plate hinged to the first, a spring for moving the second plate to an open position, and means on the second plate designed to snap over one of the wires and retain the second plate in closed position.

5. A cigarette package attachment comprising oppositely arranged pairs of legs, one of said pairs being resilient and the members thereof relatively movable, a plate associated with said pairs of legs, a second plate constituting a cover member movably carried by the first named plate and adapted to shift from a closed to an open position, and interlocking means for retaining the second plate in closed position adapted to be released by the movement of one of said relatively movable legs in reference to the other. 6. An adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like, comprising a resilient wire frame comprising a pair of legs, and cross Wires connecting opposite legs, and a plate attached to said cross pieces adapted to form a closure for said package'when said adapter is combined with said package, said plate having a hinged portion constituting a. lid for exposing and closing an opening pro- Vided in the upper end of said package and means for fastening said lid in closed position, said means comprising flanges on said lid adapted to engage said cross-wires, said cross-wires being yieldable under pressure to disengage said flanges. V 7 An adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like, comprising a resilient wire frame comprising a pair of legs, and cross wires connecting opposite legs, and a plate attached to said cross pieces adapted to form a closure for said package when said adapter is combined with said package, said plate having a hinged portion constituting a lid for exposing and closing an opening provided in the upper end of said package, and means for fastening said lid in closed position, said means comprising flanges on said lid adapted to engage said cross-wires, said cross-wires being yieldable under pressure to disengage said flanges, said plate also having flanges engaging said cross-pieces, said flanges permitting movement of said cross-pieces toward one another when said cross-pieces are pressed to permit engagement therewith of the flanges of said lid.

8. An adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like, comprising a resilient wire frame comprising a pair of legs adapted to be inserted within a pouch and to engage the same and retain the adapter therein, and cross wires connecting opposite legs, and a plate attached to said cross pieces adapted to form a closure for the top of said package when said adapter is combined with said package, said plate having a hinged portion constituting a lid for exposing and closing an opening provided in the upper end of said package, and means on said lid adapted to engage said cross-wires, for fastening said lid in closed position, said cross-wires being yieldable under pressure to disengage said fastening means.

9. An adapter or attachment for cigarette packages or the like, comprising a resilient wire frame comprising a pair of legs, adapted to be inserted within a pouch and to engage the same and retain the adapter therein, and cross wires connecting opposite legs, and a plate attached to said cross pieces adapted to form a closure for the top of said package when said adapter is combined with said package, said plate having a hinged portion constituting a lid for exposing and closing an opening provided in the upper end of said package, and means on said lid adapted to engage said cross-wires for fastenin said lid in closed position, said cross-wires eing yieldable under pressure to disengage said fastening means, said plate having flanges engaging said cross-pieces, said flanges permitting movement of said cross-pieces toward one another when said cross-pieces are pressed to permit engagement therewith of the fastening means on said lid.

10. A cigarette package attachment comprising oppositely arranged substantially parallel interconnected legs for insertion in a cigarette package between the contents of said package and a wrapper thereof, a hinged normally closed cover associated with said legs and means including one of said legs yieldable under pressure to permit opening of said hinged cover.

11. A cigarette package attachment comprising oppositely arranged substantially parallel interconnected legs for insertion in a cigarette package between the contents of said package and a wrapper thereof, a normally closed cover associated with said legs and means including one of said legs yieldable under pressure to permit opening of said cover.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JOSEPH P. MGENERY.