US20040251148A1 - Container for cigarette and cigarillo packs - Google Patents

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US20040251148A1
US20040251148A1 US10/495,152 US49515204A US2004251148A1 US 20040251148 A1 US20040251148 A1 US 20040251148A1 US 49515204 A US49515204 A US 49515204A US 2004251148 A1 US2004251148 A1 US 2004251148A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1045—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
    • B65D85/1056—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid
    • B65D85/10564—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid having means for holding the lid in a closed position
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F15/00—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor
    • A24F15/12—Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor for pocket use
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C13/00—Details; Accessories
    • A45C13/005—Hinges
    • A45C13/007—Hinges with spring means

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  • the invention relates to a case having an interior that snugly receives a complementary flip-top cigarette or cigarillo pack and having a cover secured by an integral hinge and fitting with the flip top of the cigarette or cigarillo pack, a spring assisting outward pivoting (opening) of the cover, and a reusable, releasable and lockable latch element for the cover.
  • Cigarillo packs have a back wall with four narrow side walls and a top that is secured to one side wall. After swinging up the top the cigarillos inside are exposed along their full lengths.
  • a partial solution to this is provided by a cigarette or cigarillo case having a metal body that can carry on its outer surface decoration, an engraved name, or the like.
  • the disadvantage of such a case is that the cigarettes or cigarillos must be transferred to it, which seems like a bother to the smoker.
  • the holding capacity of such a case often does not correspond to the number of cigarettes or cigarillos in the original pack. The extra cigarettes or cigarillos from the original pack must be carried separately.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 2,954,867 describes a case formed of two parts.
  • the first part is an upwardly open pack and the second part is a cover having at a lower edge of its back wall a full-width and downwardly projecting flexible tongue.
  • the cigarette pack is slipped into the first part and then the tongue is inserted between the inner face of the first-part back wall and the inserted cigarette pack.
  • the inner face of the front side of the cover has a sticky surface coating.
  • the disadvantage with this case is the relatively complex procedure of loading it with a pack of cigarettes and of opening the cover.
  • the entrainment element is an undercut forming a groove in which fits a lower edge of the top.
  • it can be one or more pins that engage through the cover.
  • the entrainment element can also be an adhesive surface adhering the front inner face of the cover on the front outer face of the cigarette or cigarillo top.
  • the entrainment element or elements can also be formed by springs which slide on downward pivoting of the cover on the front face of the cigarette-pack top and then engage underneath a lower edge of the cigarette-pack top.
  • the movement damper can either be a spring element that is imbedded in an elastically deformable plastic mass, preferably of silicone as damping material or a spring element that engages an inner surface of the cover and the base of the case.
  • the case interior can have at least one and preferably two spring-loaded faces as space limiters that are spring loaded so as to bear on outer faces of the pack.
  • spring-loaded faces make it possible to use the case according to the invention also for different pack sizes.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cigarillo case with an opened cover
  • FIG. 2 is a view of a detail of the cover
  • FIG. 3 is a case for holding a cigarette pack in a partly broken-away perspective view.
  • FIG. 1 shows a standard cigarillo pack with a base part 11 and a top 12 and that is held in a case according to the invention that itself has a base part 13 and a cover part 14 hinged on it.
  • the base part has four upright short side walls for snugly holding the cigarillo-pack base; similarly the cover part 14 of the case according to the invention is provided with side walls that snugly fit around the cigarillo-pack top 12 .
  • the cover part 14 has corner lips 14 at both the right- and left-hand edges that form undercuts.
  • the hinge between the base part and the cover part is provided with a torsion spring that is imbedded in an elastically deformable plastic silicone mass serving as damper.
  • This torsion bar is actuated by buttons 16 provided on both sides of the base part 13 .
  • buttons 16 In the closed condition of the case according to the invention a push on the buttons 16 releases a latch and the prestressed spring element, that is the torsion bar, is released to pivot up the cover part.
  • the buttons 16 can be pushed at the same time by two fingers of one hand so that holding and opening the case according to the invention and the subsequent extending to offer the cigarillos in the cigarillo pack can be done with one hand.
  • the rotation or hinge axis of the cigarillo pack and that of the case according to the invention are in a common plane.
  • the case according to the invention is loaded by setting the cigarillo pack 11 , 12 , after breaking the seal, in the base part and closing the case according to the invention by pivoting down the cover part 14 .
  • This pushes on the top so the cigarillo pack, unless this has already occurred, is pressed into the base part and inwardly projecting lips 15 on its side walls, which also form undercuts, engage over the front of the side wall edges of the cigarillo pack.
  • the lips 15 of the cover part 14 engage over the cover side-wall edges of the cigarillo pack.
  • the cover part 14 pivots up through at least 90°, preferably 135°, whereupon the cigarillo-pack top 12 is entrained by the lips 15 in the cover part 14 .
  • the pivoting is not abrupt, as would be the case with an unbraked spring, but is damped.
  • a kinematic blocking of the cigarillo pack and the case according to the invention, which both have hinges, is thus avoided because these hinges are immediately adjacent each other and the cigarillo pack can deform slightly and the cover part 14 can thus pivot in the joint region between the base part 13 and the cover part 14 .
  • the case according to the invention is made to be a complementary fit in its base and cover parts although limited play can be provided to allow the cigarillo pack to slide in the case according to the invention so as to avoid a kinematic blocking of the cover during opening created by the offset of the pivot axes of the cigarillo pack and the case according to the invention.
  • the case according to the invention is preferably made of a high-quality but very light and stable material, e.g. very thin steel, stainless steel, light metal, or even of fiber-reinforced plastic.
  • Carbon fibers in a fiber-reinforced plastic can provide a very nice appearance. If the case is made of injection-molded parts, the hinge is preferably formed as a membrane hinge without being a separate part. Even when of injection-molded plastic construction, decorative metallic elements can be imbedded in it, e.g. as a logo or other decoration.
  • the case according to FIG. 3 is intended to hold a standard cigarette pack.
  • the case 17 has a floor, a front wall, a back wall, and left- and right-hand side walls, the front and rear walls being of different height and the side walls connecting them having angled upper edges as is standard for a cigarette pack.
  • the upper edge of the rear wall is connected via a hinge 18 to a cover 19 that is about the same size and shape of a top of a standard cigarette pack and the fits snugly thereover.
  • In order to entrain the top of the cigarette pack there are projecting tabs 20 that form undercuts and engage under the lower edge of a cigarette-pack top when the cover part 19 is closed to engage and entrain it.
  • the height, width, and depth of the case and of the top 19 correspond closely to the cigarette pack to be held, but the height of the case 17 as well as the height of the cover 19 can be greater than the actual heights of the cigarette packs, since after fitting the top of the cigarette pack into the cover part 19 the pivot axes of the cigarette pack and between the case 17 and its cover 19 are at the same level and the tabs effectively prevent sliding of the cigarette pack on closing of the cover 19 .
  • the same is true for the width of the cigarette pack relative to the width of the case 17 and of the cover 19 so long as both tabs 20 can engage under the cigarette-pack cover edge.
  • the cigarette pack After breaking the seal and removing the foil wrap, is slipped into the case 17 and the cigarette-pack top is fitted into the cover 19 such that the lower edges of the cigarette pack can be held by the tabs 20 .
  • the cover 19 pivots as shown in FIG. 3 toward the rear whereupon the top of the cigarette pack is entrained.

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DE10156764.2 2001-11-19
DE10156764A DE10156764A1 (de) 2001-11-19 2001-11-19 Zigarren- und Zigarettenbox
PCT/DE2002/004211 WO2003045173A1 (de) 2001-11-19 2002-11-14 Behälter für zigaretten- oder zigarilloverpackungen

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