WO2009148033A1

WO2009148033A1 - Hinge-lid package

Info

Publication number: WO2009148033A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/060018
Authority: WO
Inventors: 上杉裕之; 吉村一浩; 時田秀久; 福井政弘; 齊藤章弘
Original assignee: 日本たばこ産業株式会社
Priority date: 2008-06-06
Filing date: 2009-06-02
Publication date: 2009-12-10
Also published as: JP2009292515A; JP5077563B2; TW200951033A

Abstract

Disclosed is a hinge-lid package (2) comprising a box body (4) which is provided with an outer box (10) having an opening end (11) at the top and an inner frame (12) partially projecting from the opening end (11), and a lid (6) which is rotatably connected to the rear edge of the opening end (11) through a hinge. The lid (6) has a recess (40) in the outer surface of a front wall (36).

Description

Hinge lid type package

The present invention relates to a package, and more particularly to a hinge-lid type package.

Various packaging containers that take into account the properties of the goods have been developed. When the goods contained in the packaging container are foods such as confectionery or tobacco products, the packaging container is required to be hygienic and to have a structure that does not alter the goods. The Moreover, although these goods may remain without being consumed at once, in such a case, the packaging container which accommodates these goods is used for a while as a case of the remaining goods. When the packaging container is used as an article case, the packaging container is preferably provided with a lid so that the inside article can be blocked from the outside.
Here, as a packaging container with a lid, for example, a hinge lid type package shown in Patent Document 1 has been proposed.

A conventionally known hinge lid type package includes a box-shaped outer body, and the outer body has an open end at an upper end thereof. The outer body accommodates an inner pack therein, and the inner pack includes a bundle of cigarettes and an inner packaging material that wraps the bundle of cigarettes.
The opening end of the outer body has a box-shaped lid via a hinge at its rear edge, and the lid can rotate about the hinge to open and close the opening end.

JP-A-8-58777

By the way, in a conventionally well-known hinge lid type package, since it is almost a simple box type, a design is uniform and lacks the charm which promotes consumers' willingness to purchase.
The present invention has been made based on the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a package that can stimulate the consumer's interest and promote purchase intention with a simple configuration.

In order to achieve the above object, a hinge lid type package of the present invention has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is connected to a box body having an open end on the upper part and a rear edge of the open end via a hinge so as to be rotatable. The lid has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes a lid that opens and closes the opening end, and the lid has a recessed portion on an outer surface thereof.
Specifically, the lid includes a rear wall connected to the box body via the hinge, an upper wall, a front wall, and two side walls, and the recessed portion is formed on the front wall. It is provided in the upper center.
Preferably, the hollow portion has a substantially triangular shape when the front wall is viewed from the front, two vertices on a boundary edge between the front wall and the upper wall, one vertex on the front wall, and a space between the vertices. It has three sides to be connected, and each side has an arc shape that bulges outward. More preferably, the said hollow part has a rough area | region on the surface.

The above-mentioned dent conforms to the shape of the consumer's thumb, so that it can fit into the consumer's hand, and the consumer can easily open the package by placing the thumb on the dent and lifting the lid. it can. And since this hollow part has a rough | crude area | region on the surface, it can suppress that a consumer's finger | toe slips.
The box body may include an inner frame that guides opening and closing of the lid, the inner frame being partly protruding from the opening end.
The inner frame reinforces the opening end of the box body and smoothly opens and closes the lid.

According to the hinge lid type package of the present invention, a package having a lid having a recess is obtained. For this reason, the package of the present invention provides a unique appearance as compared with a normal package and has an excellent aesthetic appearance, so that the consumer's interest can be stimulated and the purchase intention can be promoted.

It is a perspective view shown in the state where the hinge lid type package of Example 1 was closed. It is a perspective view shown in the state which opened the package of FIG. It is the perspective view seen from the back wall side lower side in the state which closed the package of FIG. It is the front view which looked at the lid from the arrow A direction in FIG. It is the top view which looked at the lid from the arrow B direction in FIG. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. FIG. 3 is a development view of a main blank of Example 1. It is an expanded view of a sub blank. It is a perspective view shown in the state where the hinge lid type package of Example 2 was closed. FIG. 6 is a development view of a main blank of Example 2.

The hinge lid type package to which the present invention is applied is not particularly limited. For example, a case where the present invention is applied to a hinge lid type package of tobacco products such as filter cigarettes and cigarettes will be described as an example.

As shown in FIG. 1, the package 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes a box body 4 and a lid 6. The package 2 has a size that can accommodate the inner pack 8 of tobacco products. Here, the inner pack 8 is obtained, for example, by wrapping 20 tobacco products having a length of 95 mm with an inner packaging material. More specifically, the inner packaging material includes paper and an aluminum film deposited on the surface of the paper. The aluminum film of the inner packaging material not only protects the bundle of tobacco products from moisture, but also prevents the bundle of tobacco products, that is, the fragrance from individual tobacco products from being released to the outside. Instead of the above-described aluminum vapor-deposited paper, laminated paper can be used as the inner packaging material, and this laminated paper has a shielding layer for preventing passage of moisture and fragrance therein.
As apparent from FIG. 2, the box body 4 includes an outer box 10 and an inner frame 12.

The outer box 10 is a box whose upper end is cut off obliquely. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the outer box 10 includes a rectangular front wall 14, a rear wall 16 higher than the front wall 14, a pair of side walls 18, and a bottom wall 20. Yes. Here, the upper end edge 18 a of the side wall 18 is inclined so as to connect the upper end of the front wall 14 and the upper end of the rear wall 16. Therefore, the outer box 10 has an oblique open end 11 at the top. A hinge 22 is provided at the upper end of the rear wall 16. More specifically, the hinge 22 extends between the rear portions of the upper end edges 18 a of the side walls 18 and connects the rear wall 16 and the lid 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 12 has a substantially U shape, and includes a front frame 24 and side frames 26 connected to both side edges of the front frame 24. The inner frame 12 is bonded to the inner surface of the outer box 10, that is, the inner surfaces of the front wall 14 and the side wall 18 of the outer box 10 in a state of partially protruding from the opening end 11 at the top of the outer box 10. The inner frame 12 reinforces the opening end 11 of the outer box 10 and also functions as a guide for guiding the opening and closing of the lid 6. Here, as is apparent from FIG. 2, the front frame 24 has a substantially rectangular cutout 28. The notch 28 opens the front portion of the inner frame 12 to facilitate the removal of tobacco products. Further, a corner 30 between the front frame 24 and the side frame 26 is provided with a stopper 30 that protrudes slightly to the side. The stopper 30 contacts the inner surface of the lid 6 when the lid 6 is closed, and functions to prevent the lid 6 from opening carelessly.

The lid 6 has a box shape and includes a rear wall 32 connected to the hinge 22, an upper wall 34, a front wall 36, and a pair of trapezoidal side walls 38, as shown in FIGS. Yes. The lid 6 is rotatable around the hinge 22. When the lid 6 is closed, the oblique side of the side wall 38 of the lid 6, that is, the inclined lower end edge 38 a of the side wall 38 coincides with the upper end edge 18 a of the side wall 18 in the outer box 10 described above.
In the case of the present embodiment, the lid 6 has a recess 40 across the upper wall 34 at the center upper portion of the front wall 36. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, when the front wall 36 is viewed from the front, the recess 40 has a substantially triangular shape having two apexes at the boundary edge 37 between the front wall 36 and the upper wall 34. Each side connecting the apexes has an arc shape that bulges outward. Further, as is apparent from FIGS. 5 and 6, the depression 40 gradually increases in depth from each side toward the deepest position so that the center of the side connecting the two apex portions becomes the deepest position. It is a concave curved surface. Such a recess 40 has a side connecting the two apexes recessed toward the rear wall 32 as is apparent from FIG. 1, and accordingly, the upper wall 34 has an upper surface of the upper wall 34 at the center of the front edge. It has the top part 35 which protruded slightly from (refer FIG. 6).

In order to clarify the existence of the depression 40, the depression 40 is exaggerated in FIGS.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, corrugation processing is applied to the recess 40 over the entire curved surface. That is, the entire curved surface of the recess 40 is a corrugated surface 40a. Specifically, the corrugated surface 40a is formed of a large number of protrusions, and these protrusions extend along the curved surface of the recess 40 in the width direction of the lid 6 and are adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. A uniform interval is secured between them.
Since the recess 40 is curved as described above, it conforms to the shape of the finger compared to a flat surface, so that the consumer applies a thumb when opening the lid 6. And since this hollow part 40 is the corrugated surface 40a, the anti-slip effect of a finger | toe is also exhibited.

The package 2 can be formed from a main blank 42 that molds the outer box 10 and the lid 6 and a sub-blank 44 that molds the inner frame 12.
As shown in FIG. 7, the main blank 42 has an outer box area 46 that becomes the outer box 10 and a lid area 48 that becomes the lid 6.
The outer box section 46 includes a front wall panel 50 that becomes the front wall 14 of the outer box 10, and

side wall panels

52 and 52 that become the side walls 18 of the outer box 10 are connected to both side edges of the front wall panel 50. ing. Further, a bottom wall panel 54 that is the bottom wall 20 of the outer box 10 is connected to the upper edge of the front wall panel 50. The bottom wall panel 54 is connected to a rear wall panel 56 that is located on the opposite side of the front wall panel 50 and serves as the rear wall 16 of the outer box 10. Inner side flaps 58 and 58 for the side wall panel 52 are connected to both side edges of the rear wall panel 56. Further, an inner bottom flap 60 is connected to the lower end of each inner side flap 58. The bottom wall 20 is reinforced by the inner bottom flaps 60 being superimposed on the bottom wall panel 54.

The lid section 48 includes a rear wall panel 62 that becomes the rear wall 32 of the lid 6, and the lower end edge of the rear wall panel 62 is connected to the rear wall panel 46 of the outer box section 46 through a hinge line 64 that becomes the hinge 22. 56. The rear wall panel 62 is connected to an upper wall panel 66 that is located on the opposite side of the rear wall panel 56 of the outer box section 46 and serves as the upper wall 34 of the lid 6. Further, inner side flaps 68 that are part of the side wall 38 of the lid 6 are connected to both side edges of the rear wall panel 62. An inner top flap 70 is connected to the upper end of each inner side flap 68. The upper wall 34 is reinforced by the inner top flap 70 being superimposed on the upper wall panel 66. Further, the front wall panel 72 that is a part of the front wall 36 of the lid 6 and the inner front flap 74 that is the remaining part of the front wall 36 are sequentially arranged on the upper wall panel 66 on the side opposite to the rear wall panel 62. It is lined up. Further, side wall flaps 76 that are the remaining portions of the side wall 38 of the lid 6 are connected to both side edges of the front wall panel 72.

Here, in the lid section 48, a central portion 78a of a fold line 78 (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 7) between the upper wall panel 66 and the front wall panel 72 projects downward as seen in FIG. Is curved. On the other hand, the inner front flap 74 has a convex portion 80 that is curved so as to protrude upward as seen in FIG. The convex portion 80 has a shape that matches the central portion 78a.
Further, the front wall panel 72 includes a region (depression forming portion 82) that is predetermined to form the recess 40 of the lid 6. The depression forming portion 82 is depressed by being pressed in advance, and the entire area is formed as a corrugated surface 40a having a large number of protrusions by molding. Further, the inner top flap 70 has a notch portion 70a that matches the shape of the central portion 78a at a part of the corresponding side edge in order to avoid overlapping with the central portion 78a described above when the inner top flap 70 is overlapped with the upper wall panel 66. I have.

As shown in FIG. 8, the sub blank 44 has a front panel 84 that becomes the front frame 24 of the inner frame 12, and side flaps 86 that become the side frames 26 of the inner frame 12 are formed on both side edges of the front panel 84. Each is connected. Further, in the sub-blank 44, cuts 88 are provided on both sides of the cutout recess 28 of the front panel 84, respectively. These cuts 88 are formed so as to be overlapped with the folding line between the front panel 84 and the side surface flap 86 shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. This notch 88 has a vertically long C-shape opened toward the front panel 84 side. The notch 88 slightly protrudes outward from the side frame 26 when the sub blank 44 is folded along the folding line, and becomes the above-described stopper 30.

In the case of the present embodiment, the

blanks

42 and 44 are made of a paper material, their weight is 180 to 270 g / m ² , and their thickness is 0.2 to 0.5 mm. Specifically, the

blanks

42 and 44 may be card paper, Manila cardboard, or the like.
The above-described

blanks

42 and 44 are respectively folded from the folding lines indicated by the one-dot chain lines in FIGS. 7 and 8 to form the box body 4 and the lid 6, respectively. By this folding, the lid 6 as shown in FIG. Thus, the package 2 in a closed state is obtained.
More specifically, first, in the main blank 42, the inner pack 8 including the inner frame 12 is placed on the

rear wall panels

56 and 62. Here, the inner frame 12 is formed by folding the above-described sub-blank 44 around the inner pack 8 and is bonded to the inner pack 8.

Thereafter, the inner side flaps 58 and 68, the inner bottom flap 60, the bottom wall panel 54, and the inner top flap 70 are folded with respect to the inner pack 8, and the inner side flap 58 is glued to the inner frame 12 or the inner pack 8. Is done.
On the other hand, when the lid section 48 is folded, the inner front flap 74 is first folded, and the inner front flap 74 is overlaid on the inner surface of the front wall panel 72. Here, the convex portion 80 of the inner front flap 74 overlaps the central portion 78 a of the folding line 78 of the front wall panel 72.

Thereafter, when the upper wall panel 66 is folded, the front wall panel 72 and the inner front flap 74 are folded along the folding line 78 so as to sandwich the inner pack 8 described above between the rear wall panel 62, The central part 78a of the fold line 78 and the convex part 80 of the inner front flap 74 have a curved shape, and the front wall panel 72 is recessed in advance, so that the central part 78a and the convex part 80 are the rear wall panel. A depression 40 is formed on the front wall panel 72 along with the depression on the 62 side.
Here, it should be noted that the formation of the recess 40 is allowed by the presence of the cutout recess 28 of the inner frame 12.
Thereafter, the side wall panel 52 and the side wall flap 76 are folded, and the panel 52 and the flap 76 are glued to the inner side flaps 58 and 68, respectively, so that the lid 6 is provided and the inner pack 8 is accommodated in FIG. The package 2 shown is molded.

When the tobacco product is packaged in the hinge lid type package 2 as described above, thereafter, the individual packages are packaged with a transparent film, for example.
A consumer who has purchased the package 2 first opens the outer packaging film and opens the lid 6 by placing a thumb on the recess 40 of the front wall 36 of the lid 6. Then, the exposed inner pack 8 is opened and the tobacco product is taken out from the inside. After the tobacco product is taken out, the lid 6 is closed to suppress a decrease in freshness of the remaining tobacco product.
The hinge lid type package 2 according to the present embodiment has a recessed portion 40 in the lid 6 so that a consumer can easily place a finger. The recessed portion 40 is formed as a corrugated surface 40a having a large number of protrusions. Therefore, the effect of suppressing finger slipping when the consumer opens the lid 6 is exhibited. For this reason, the consumer can open the lid 6 of the package 2 easily.

Next, the hinge lid type package 3 of Example 2 will be described. In the description of the second embodiment, members and parts that exhibit the same functions as those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof is omitted, and only the differences are described. To do.
FIG. 9 shows the hinge lid type package 3 according to the second embodiment.
In the case of the second embodiment, the lid 6 has a recess 41 across the rear wall 32 at the center of the upper wall 34. The hollow portion 41 has substantially the same shape as the hollow portion 40 in the first embodiment, and the entire curved surface is a corrugated surface 41a. That is, the hinge lid type package 3 in the second embodiment has a configuration in which the recess 40 in the first embodiment is shifted from the front wall 36 to the upper wall 34.

Next, a main blank 43 for molding the outer box 10 and the lid 6 of the package 3 is shown in FIG.
Here, in the lid area 48, a central portion 79a of a folding line 79 (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 10) between the upper wall panel 66 and the rear wall panel 62 is convex downward as viewed in FIG. Is so curved. The upper wall panel 66 includes a region (depression forming portion 83) that is determined in advance so that the depression 41 of the lid 6 is formed. The depression forming portion 83 is depressed by being pressed in advance, and the entire area is formed as a corrugated surface 41a having a large number of protrusions by molding. Further, when the inner top flap 70 is overlapped with the upper wall panel 66, the inner top flap 70 has a notch portion that matches the outer edge shape of the recess forming portion 83 at a part of the corresponding side edge in order to avoid overlapping with the recess portion 41 described above. 70b.

In the hinge lid type package 3 according to the second embodiment, the consumer puts his / her finger on the recess 41 provided on the upper wall 34 of the lid 6 and pulls the lid 6 diagonally downward on the rear side of the package 3. It can be opened easily.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made.
For example, in this embodiment, the recess is provided on the front wall or the rear wall, but the position where the recess is disposed is not limited to these, and may be provided on another part of the lid. In this case, the form of the package becomes unique and contributes to incentives of consumers and promotion of purchase intention. Further, in the present embodiment, the shape of the

recesses

40 and 41 is substantially triangular, but the shape of the

recesses

40 and 41 is not limited to this, and a circular shape, an elliptical shape, or the like follows the finger. Any shape may be used as long as it is in a shape.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the entire surface of the

recesses

40 and 41 is formed on the corrugated surface, but the corrugated surface may be formed only on a part of the

recesses

40 and 41. That is, it is only necessary to suppress the sliding of the consumer's finger. Further, the

depressions

40 and 41 can have, for example, circular bumps or dimples distributed over the entire surface or a part of the

depressions

40 and 41, and a logo of a product to be accommodated on the surface of the

depressions

40 and 41, etc. May be raised by embossing. In this case, the raised trademark exhibits an anti-slip effect in addition to the original function, and in this case, it can appeal to consumers more strongly.
Further, in the present embodiment, a description has been given of a package of a size that wraps the inner pack 8 that accommodates 20 tobacco products having a length of 95 mm. However, the size corresponds to a tobacco having a length of about 85 mm. It does not matter.
Moreover, the package of this invention is not limited to the package for tobacco goods, In addition to tobacco goods, it can be employ | adopted also with various goods, such as a package of foodstuffs, such as confectionery.

2 Package 3 Package 4 Box body 6 Lid 8 Inner pack 10 Outer box 11 Open end 12 Inner frame 22 Hinge 32 Rear wall 34 Upper wall 36 Front wall 38 Side wall 40 Depression 41 Depression 40a Corrugated surface 42 Main blank 43 Main blank 44 Sub blank

Claims

A box body having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and having an open end at the top;
A lid having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape rotatably connected to a rear edge of the opening end via a hinge, the lid opening and closing the opening end,
The lid is a hinge lid type package having a recess on an outer surface thereof.
The lid includes a rear wall coupled to the box body via the hinge, an upper wall, a front wall, and two side walls,
The hinge lid type package according to claim 1, wherein the recess is provided at an upper center portion of the front wall.
The concave portion has a substantially triangular shape when the front wall is viewed from the front, and connects two vertices on a boundary edge between the front wall and the upper wall, and one vertex on the front wall. The hinge lid type package according to claim 2, wherein the hinge lid type package has one side and each side has an arc shape that bulges outward.
The hinge-lid type package according to claim 3, wherein the recess has a rough region on a surface thereof.
The hinge lid type package according to claim 4, wherein the box body includes an inner frame that guides opening and closing of the lid, and a part of the inner frame projects from the opening end.