WO2018087334A1 - Récipient refermable renforcé pour articles de consommation - Google Patents

Récipient refermable renforcé pour articles de consommation Download PDF

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WO2018087334A1
WO2018087334A1 PCT/EP2017/078960 EP2017078960W WO2018087334A1 WO 2018087334 A1 WO2018087334 A1 WO 2018087334A1 EP 2017078960 W EP2017078960 W EP 2017078960W WO 2018087334 A1 WO2018087334 A1 WO 2018087334A1
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Philippe Bourgoin
Anthony GOGUELET
Reto KLAUSER
Elke Rutzinger
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Philip Morris Products S.A.
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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
    • B65D85/10568—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge characterized by the lid opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container
    • 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
    • B65D85/1081—Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers

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  • the present invention relates to a container for consumer goods comprising a sealing reclosable cover member.
  • Containers in accordance with the present invention find particular application as containers for elongate consumer good items, such as smoking articles.
  • Smoking articles are typically packaged in rigid hinge-lid containers comprising a box and a lid hinged to the box along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the container.
  • the bundle of smoking articles housed in the box is commonly wrapped in an inner liner, or package, of metallised paper, metal foil or other flexible sheet material.
  • Containers are known, for example from international patent application WO-A- 2008/142540, wherein the smoking articles are enclosed in an inner package with an extraction opening removably closed by a cover label that is releasably affixed to the inner liner.
  • Such packages may be received in a hinge-lid container, the cover label being glued permanently and non-removably to an inner surface of the front wall of the lid so that opening and closing of the lid simultaneously opens and closes the cover label, thus revealing the extraction opening.
  • One such container is at times referred to as 'auto-reclosable'.
  • a reinforcing member is often provided as a stiffener arranged inside the inner package. Thus, the mechanical strength of the container is increased.
  • a container for consumer goods comprising an outer housing comprising a box and a lid, the lid being hinged to the box along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing.
  • the lid comprises a lid front wall and a lid reinforcement panel depending from the lid front wall along a fold line and folded into the lid.
  • the container comprises a resealable package of consumer goods within the box, the package comprising an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed and a reclosable cover member occluding the access opening of the package and extending beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package.
  • the cover member is movable from a closed position, wherein the cover member overlies at least the access opening, and an open position, wherein the cover member is lifted at least partially off the outer surface of the package.
  • a front portion of the reclosable cover member is permanently affixed to the lid reinforcement panel, such that upon opening the lid the reclosable cover member is moved from the closed position towards the open position to at least partly reveal the access opening.
  • the container further comprises an inner frame comprising: an inner frame front panel arranged parallel to a front wall of the package; inner frame side panels depending from the inner frame front panel; and at least one inner frame back panel depending from a respective inner frame side panel.
  • the at least one inner frame back panel is arranged parallel to a package back wall and at least a projecting portion of the inner frame front panel extends above a top edge of a front wall of the box.
  • a container for consumer goods comprising an outer housing comprising a box and a lid, the lid being hinged to the box along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing; wherein the lid comprises a lid front wall and a lid reinforcement panel depending from the lid front wall along a fold line and folded into the lid.
  • the container comprises a resealable package of consumer goods within the box, the package comprising an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed and a reclosable cover member occluding the access opening of the package and extending beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package.
  • the cover member is movable from a closed position, wherein the cover member overlies at least the access opening, and an open position, wherein the cover member is at least partially lifted off the outer surface of the package.
  • a front portion of the reclosable cover member is permanently affixed to the lid, such that upon opening the lid the reclosable cover member is moved from the closed position towards the open position to at least partly reveal the access opening.
  • the container further comprises an inner frame comprising: an inner frame front panel arranged parallel to a package front wall; inner frame side panels depending from the inner frame front panel; and at least one inner frame back panel depending from a respective inner frame side panel; the at least one inner frame back panel arranged parallel to a package back wall.
  • the inner frame comprises a cut out extending over the whole width of the inner frame front panel and at least part of the width of the inner frame side panels, such that the cut out is limited laterally by the at least one inner frame back panel.
  • the terms “front”, “back”, “upper”, “lower”, “top”, “bottom” and “side”, refer to the relative positions of portions of containers according to the invention and components thereof when the container is in an upright position an access opening of the container at the top of the container.
  • these terms are used irrespective of the orientation of the container being described. It will be understood that components of the container described by a same one of such terms are substantially parallel to one another.
  • a panel of the reinforcing member will be parallel to a corresponding package wall.
  • a reinforcing member side panel is parallel to a package side wall.
  • the back wall of the outer hinge-lid housing is the wall comprising the hinge line.
  • longitudinal refers to a direction from bottom to top or vice versa
  • transverse refers to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
  • a “longitudinal axis of the container” is an axis extending from bottom to top or vice versa.
  • width is used to describe the dimension of an element, such as a panel of a blank or a wall of a container as measured in the transverse direction.
  • panel is used throughout this specification to refer to a portion of the blank that is used to form a wall in the assembled container.
  • a panel may depend along one or more fold lines from one or more other panels.
  • fold line refers to a fold between two adjacent panels. When forming the container, adjacent panels are folded along their common fold line, which may come to define an edge of the container or of a portion of the container.
  • a “wall” may be formed of one or of several overlying panels. Where there are several overlying panels, these may be attached to each other, for example by means of an adhesive. Further, a wall may be formed from two or more abutting or overlapping panels.
  • the term "height" is used to describe the dimension of one such element as measured in a direction perpendicular to the width of the element.
  • inner surface is used throughout the specification to refer to the surface of a component of the assembled container that is facing towards the interior of the container, for example towards the consumer goods, when the container is in the closed position.
  • outer surface is used throughout the specification to refer to the surface of a component of the container that is facing towards the exterior of the container.
  • the front wall of the container has an inner surface that is facing the inside of the container and the consumer goods, and an outer surface facing away from the consumer goods.
  • the inside or outside surface is not necessarily equivalent to a certain side of a blank used in the assembly of the container. Depending on how the blank is folded around the consumer goods, areas that are on the same side of the blank can either face towards the inside or the towards the outside of the container.
  • hinge line refers to a line about which the lid may be pivoted in order to open the hinge-lid housing.
  • a hinge line may be, for example, a fold line or a score line in the panel forming the back wall of the container.
  • depending is used herein to describe a physical connection between two elements of a container in accordance with the invention.
  • the term “depending” is used to indicate that there is a material continuity between two elements, such as two walls or panels of a container or blank. This encompasses both cases wherein a wall or panel depends directly from an adjacent wall or panel as well as cases wherein an intermediate wall or panel effectively connects two walls or panels.
  • the reinforcement member back panel lies in a plane substantially parallel to a plane defined by a back wall of the package. This is regardless of whether the reinforcement member back panel depends directly from a reinforcement member side panel or the reinforcement member comprises an intermediate panel connecting the reinforcement member back panel and the reinforcement member side panel.
  • a side wall or panel may depend directly from an adjacent front wall or panel. In such case, the wall or panel typically depends along a fold line from the adjacent wall.
  • a side wall or panel may depend indirectly from a front wall or panel. In such case a curved or bevelled edge wall or panel connects the side wall or panel and the front wall or panel.
  • both side wall or panel and front wall or panel may depend from the connecting bevelled edge wall or panel along respective fold lines. This also applies to component of a container in accordance with the invention, for example to an inner frame.
  • lines of weakness is used herein to describe a portion of a surface of the package (or the blank from which the package is formed) wherein the structural strength of the material, from which the package (or blank) is formed has been weakened by any suitable technique, for example with respect to bending, folding or tearing along the line of weakness.
  • a line of weakness may be formed as a scoring line, a creasing line, an ablation line, or a perforation line. Lines of weakness can be created by removal of material, by displacement of material, by compression of material, by locally reducing the forces that hold the material together, such as by breaking fibres in a fibrous material, as well as by combinations of all the above.
  • a line of weakness may be straight, curved, segmented or continuous or a combination thereof. In many instances, a line of weakness is used to assist in positioning a fold line in a blank. A line of weakness can also be used to strengthen the material in a direction perpendicular to the line of weakness, for example by compression. Further, a line of weakness can be used for decorative purpose.
  • scoring line is used to describe a line formed by partially cutting into the material of the blank.
  • a scoring line may be formed by removing material from the blank (in which case the scoring line forms a groove or trough in the blank).
  • a scoring line may be formed without removing any material from the blank, typically involving a partial sideways displacement and compression of material, caused by a knife with a non-zero thickness penetrating the material. The depth of the scoring line will be less than the thickness of the blank.
  • creasing line is used to describe a line formed by displacing a portion of the material vertical to the plane of the blank, forming a groove or trough in the blank.
  • the displacement may involve compression and typically involves the use of a compression tool, such as a roller.
  • the material in the creasing line may be displaced so as to at least partially protrude from the opposite side of the blank. Generally, no material is removed when a creasing line is formed.
  • ablation line is used to describe a line formed by removing material from a surface of the blank to a predetermined depth by way of ablation (for example, by way of a laser beam or a blade).
  • perforated line is used to describe a line or sequence of discrete holes or slots in the blank.
  • the holes may be formed by pushing an object through the blank. This may result in material being removed from the blank, for example by punching.
  • the holes could be created without removing material, and instead simply using the object to push the material outwardly from the centre of the hole.
  • the holes may be formed by way of a laser beam.
  • fold line is used to describe any line of a blank about which the blank is folded.
  • the fold line may be defined by a line of weakness to assist with the folding action.
  • a fold can be formed without the presence of a weakening line, depending for example on the pliability of the blank material and other material characteristics.
  • An 'auto-reclosable' container for consumer goods comprises an outer housing and a resealable package of consumer goods received within a box of the housing.
  • a reclosable cover member occludes an access opening of the package and is permanently affixed to the reinforcement panel of the lid, such that upon opening and closing the lid, the reclosable cover member is moved to reveal and occlude the access opening.
  • the containerfurther comprises an inner frame comprising: an inner frame front panel arranged parallel to a front wall of the package; inner frame side panels depending, for example along respective longitudinal first fold lines, from the inner frame front panel; and at least an inner frame back panel depending, for example along a respective longitudinal second fold line, from a respective inner frame side panel.
  • the inner frame is effectively adapted to embrace at least partially a parallelepiped package on all four sides.
  • the at least one inner frame back panel is arranged parallel to a package back wall and a projecting portion of the inner frame front panel extends above a top edge of a box front wall.
  • an inner surface of the lid reinforcement panel lies against an outer surface of the projecting portion of the inner frame front panel.
  • An 'auto-reclosable' container for consumer goods comprises an outer housing and a resealable package of consumer goods received within a box of the housing.
  • a reclosable cover member occludes an access opening of the package and is permanently affixed to the reinforcement panel of the lid, such that upon opening and closing the lid, the resealable adhesive label is moved to reveal and occlude the access opening.
  • the containerfurther comprises an inner frame comprising: an inner frame front panel arranged parallel to a front wall of the package; inner frame side panels depending, for example along respective longitudinal first fold lines, from the inner frame front panel; and at least an inner frame back panel depending, for example along a respective longitudinal second fold line, from a respective inner frame side panel.
  • the inner frame is adapted to embrace at least partially a parallelepiped package on all four sides.
  • the inner frame comprises a cut out extending over the whole width of the inner frame front panel and at least part of the width of the inner frame side panels, such that the cut out is limited laterally by the at least one inner frame back panel.
  • containers in accordance with the present invention are easier to use. Because the user may more effectively direct the opening load longitudinally, and does not need to compress the lid front wall in order to apply the necessary opening load onto the lid, the efficiency of the 'automatic' opening and re-sealing mechanism is improved, and damages or deformation of the lid are less likely to occur.
  • containers according to the invention when the lid is in the closed position the inner frame projecting portion is effectively located between the lid front wall and a resealing surface of the reclosable cover member, which is affixed to the lid by an affixing portion of the cover member.
  • the cover member it is advantageously possible to prevent the cover member to become accidentally stuck to a surface of the lid at locations other than the affixing portion of the cover member.
  • containers according to the present invention are easy to manufacture and do not require any extensive modification of existing packaging machinery.
  • Containers according to a first aspect of the invention comprise an outer housing and a resealable package of consumer goods received within a box of the housing.
  • the outer housing comprises a box and a lid, the lid being hinged to the box along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing. Further, the lid comprises a lid front wall and a lid reinforcement panel depending from the lid front wall along a fold line and folded into the lid.
  • the resealable package comprises an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed and a reclosable cover member occluding the access opening of the package.
  • the cover member extends beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package, and is movable from a closed position, wherein the cover member overlies at least the access opening, and an open position, wherein the cover member is lifted at least partially off the outer surface of the package.
  • a front portion of the reclosable cover member is permanently affixed to the reinforcement panel, such that upon opening the lid the reclosable cover member is moved from the closed position towards the open position to at least partly reveal the access opening.
  • the cover member preferably forms an S- shaped fold when opening the lid.
  • S-shaped is used herein to refer to a shape that has the form of a curve with one inflexion point.
  • the cover member is affixed to the lid in such a way that the cover member is substantially inwardly concave when the lid is in the closed position and becomes outwardly concave when the lid is in the open position. This is generally desirable in that it allows the cover member to be moved away from the package gradually during opening of the lid, the force applied on the cover member via the lid reinforcement panel.
  • the cover member may be affixed to the lid in such a way that the cover member is substantially inwardly concave when the lid is in the closed position and remains substantially concave as the lid is moved to the open position.
  • the containerfurther comprises an innerframe, which comprises: an innerframe front panel arranged parallel to a front wall of the package; inner frame side panels depending from the inner frame front panel; and at least one inner frame back panel depending from a respective inner frame side panel.
  • the at least one inner frame back panel is arranged parallel to a package back wall.
  • a projecting portion of the inner frame front panel extends above a top edge of a front wall of the box.
  • the reclosable cover member comprises a body portion extending distal from the cover member front portion, the cover member body portion having a width greater than a width of the cover member front portion.
  • the cover member front portion is tapered relative to the longitudinal direction from a greater width at the body portion end to a smaller width at the front end.
  • the inner frame comprises a cut out defining a top edge of side end portions of the inner frame front panel, such that the side end portions at least partially form the inner frame front panel projecting portion.
  • the inner frame front panel projection portion is defined by the upper parts of the side end portions. This is advantageous in that, particularly where the cut out is substantially symmetrical relative to a longitudinal axis of the container, the inner frame provides a particularly balanced support for the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
  • the cut out in the inner frame extends over the whole width of the inner frame front panel and at least part of the width of the inner frame side panels, such that the cut out is at least partially limited laterally by the inner frame back panels.
  • a height of the top edge of the inner frame side panels increases continuously across the whole width of each inner frame side panel from a height of the top edge of a respective side end portion to a height of the top edge of a respective inner frame back panel.
  • a highest point of the top edge of the inner frame is at a location along an inner frame back panel.
  • the cut out in the inner frame defines a top edge of the inner frame front panel, and a distance between a front edge of the cover member and the top edge of the inner frame front panel in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel varies by no more than 10 millimetres along the length of the top edge of the inner frame front panel.
  • the front edge of the cover member is adapted such that is has a shape that substantially follows the shape of the top edge of the inner frame along at least the front of the container, within a tolerance of 10 millimetres.
  • the term "orthogonal" indicates that the distance between the top edge of the inner frame front panel and the front edge of the cover member is measured perpendicular to the top edge of the inner frame front panel, in the plane of the inner frame front panel. Where the top edge of the inner frame front panel is curved, the distance between said top edge and the front edge of the cover member at any point along the curved portion of the top edge is measured perpendicularly to a tangent of the curve at that point.
  • the distance between the front edge of the cover member and the top edge of the inner frame front panel in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel is less than about 8 millimetres. Even more preferably, the distance between the front edge of the cover member and the top edge of the inner frame front panel in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel is less than about 5 millimetres.
  • the distance between the front edge of the cover member and the top edge of the inner frame front panel in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel is at least about 2 millimetres. In particularly preferred embodiments, the distance between the front edge of the cover member and the top edge of the inner frame front panel in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel is from about 2 millimetres to about 5 millimetres.
  • the cut out defines top edges of an inner frame central front panel portion and inner frame lateral front panel portions extending transversely from the inner frame central front panel portion, the top edge of the inner frame central front panel portion being above the top edges of the inner frame lateral front panel portions.
  • the inner frame central front panel portion defines a tab by which it is easier for the inner frame to be handled during packaging. This applies not only to the inner frame in its folded state, but also to the corresponding blank and during all phases of the packing process.
  • the top edge of the inner frame central front panel portion is below the top edge of the side end portions of the inner frame front panel.
  • the top edge of the inner frame central front panel portion is below the top edge of the front wall of the box. This will generally facilitate the gluing operation by which the reclosable cover member is affixed to a surface of the lid during manufacturing. Further, because the inner frame front panel covers less of the surface of the resealable package front wall, this may be used to increase the size of the access opening for easier removal of the consumer goods or the available consumer communication space.
  • the visible surface of the insert can be advantageously increased. This can facilitate removal of the insert by the consumer. Further, it can facilitate the handling and placement of the insert during production of the pack.
  • the top edge of the inner frame central front panel portion is about as high as the top edge of the front wall of the box or less.
  • Containers in accordance to another aspect of the present invention comprise an outer housing and a resealable package of consumer goods received within a box of the housing.
  • the outer housing comprises a box and a lid, the lid being hinged to the box along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing.
  • the lid comprises a lid front wall and a lid reinforcement panel depending from the lid front wall along a fold line and folded into the lid.
  • the resealable package comprises an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed and a reclosable cover member occluding the access opening of the package.
  • the cover member extends beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package, and is movable from a closed position, wherein the cover member overlies at least the access opening, and an open position, wherein the cover member is lifted at least partially off the outer surface of the package.
  • a front portion of the reclosable cover member is permanently affixed to the lid, such that upon opening the lid the reclosable cover member is moved from the closed position towards the open position to at least partly reveal the access opening.
  • the containerfurther comprises an innerframe, which comprises: an innerframe front panel arranged parallel to a front wall of the package; inner frame side panels depending, for example along respective longitudinal first fold lines, from the inner frame front panel; and at least one inner frame back panel depending, for example along a respective longitudinal second fold line, from a respective innerframe side panel; the at least one innerframe back panel arranged parallel to a package back wall. At least a projecting portion of the inner frame front panel extends above a top edge of a front wall of the box. When the lid is in the closed position, an inner surface of the lid reinforcement panel lies against an outer surface of the projecting portion of the innerframe front panel.
  • a height of the top edge of the inner frame side panels increases substantially across the whole width of each innerframe side panel from a height of the top edge of a respective side end portion to a height of the top edge of a respective inner frame back panel.
  • a highest point of the top edge of the inner frame is at a location along an inner frame back panel. Even more preferably, an end point of the top edge of the back panel is less high than the highest point of the inner frame top edge.
  • the resealable package may be formed by folding a blank of a web material around of group of consumer articles and sealing, for example heat sealing, overlapping portions of the folded blank.
  • the resealable package is preferably a rectangular parallelepiped comprising two wider walls spaced apart by two narrower walls.
  • the web material of the resealable package comprises metal foil or metallised paper.
  • the web material may be formed as a laminate of a metallised polyethylene film, and a liner material.
  • the web material is a laminate comprising a layer of aluminium sandwiched between two layers comprising oriented polypropylene.
  • the aluminium layer provides desirable barrier properties to the resealable package and, as such, helps maintain the required moisture content within the resealable package.
  • the web material may also be a super-calendered glassine paper.
  • the web material may be provided with a print-receptive top coating.
  • the sealing cover member may be provided as a reclosable adhesive label extending beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package.
  • the reclosable adhesive label is permanently affixed to the resealable package by a permanent adhesive provided on a back hinge area of the inner surface of the reclosable adhesive label.
  • the reclosable adhesive label is at least partly releasably affixed to the package by a resealable adhesive provided on a second area of the inner surface of the reclosable adhesive label extending at least about a front edge of the access opening.
  • the access opening in the package may be defined by a cut-out.
  • lines of weakness - such as creased, scored, ablated, perforated, pre-cut lines - may be formed in the package to delimit a package portion of the sealing cover member such that the package portion of the sealing cover member is partly separable from the remainder of the package to effectively form the access opening.
  • the reclosable adhesive label is permanently affixed to the package portion of the sealing cover member by permanent adhesive provided on a first area of the inner surface of the reclosable adhesive label extending over at least part of the package portion of the sealing cover member.
  • the sealing cover member may comprise a reclosable adhesive label comprising at least a bottom layer and a top layer of label material.
  • the bottom layer comprises a cut-out portion at least partly aligned with the access opening of the package, and is affixed to the package by means of a first, permanent adhesive provided on a first area of the inner surface of the bottom layer extending about the periphery of the access opening.
  • the top layer is partly permanently affixed to the bottom layer by means of a permanent adhesive provided on a back hinge area of the inner surface of the top layer.
  • the top layer is at least partly releasably affixed to the bottom layer by means of a second adhesive provided on a peeling area of the inner surface of the top layer extending distal from the hinge area, such that the top layer is movable from a closed position, wherein the top layer overlies at least the access opening, and an open position, wherein the top layer is lifted off the bottom layer to reveal the cut-out portion.
  • the package may be formed from a multi-layer laminate material and the sealing cover member may be formed in the outermost layer of the laminate material.
  • one such laminate comprises at least an outer layer and an inner layer.
  • weakened lines are formed in all the layers of the laminate structure. The weakened lines in the outer layer delimit an outer panel of the cover flap and the weakened lines in the inner layer delimit an inner panel of the cover flap, the outer panel of the cover flap directly overlying and being affixed to the inner panel of the cover flap.
  • the weakened lines in the outer layer and the inner layer are arranged such that the outer panel of the cover flap extends beyond a periphery of the inner panel of the cover flap. Accordingly, an access opening defined in the inner layer when the cover flap is moved into the open position has a smaller surface area than an access opening defined in the outer layer when the cover flap is moved into the open position.
  • a peripheral portion of the outer panel of the cover flap extends around the access opening defined in the inner layer when the cover flap is moved into the open position.
  • the outer housing is preferably a rectangular parallelepiped comprising two wider walls spaced apart by two narrower walls, and may be formed from a laminar blank of any suitable material or combination of materials, including, but not limited to, cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.
  • the blank is a laminar cardboard blank having a weight of between about 100 grams per square metre and about 350 grams per square metre.
  • the container may optionally comprise an outer wrapper, which is preferably a transparent polymeric film of, for example, high or low density polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented polypropylene, polyvinylidene chloride, cellulose film, or combinations thereof and the outer wrapper is applied in a conventional manner.
  • the outer wrapper may include a tear tape.
  • the outer wrapper may be printed with images, consumer information or other data.
  • Containers according to the invention find particular application as containers for elongate smoking articles such as, for example, cigarettes, cigars, or cigarillos or other aerosol generators that rely on heating rather than burning tobacco, for example through an electrical heat source or carbon heat source. It will be appreciated that through appropriate choices of the dimensions thereof, containers according to the invention may be designed for different numbers of conventional size, king size, super-king size, slim or super-slim cigarettes. Alternatively, other consumer goods may be housed inside the container.
  • containers according to the invention may be designed to hold different total numbers of smoking articles, or different arrangements of smoking articles.
  • containers according to the invention may be designed to hold a total of between ten and thirty smoking articles.
  • the smoking articles may be arranged in different collations, depending on the total number of smoking articles.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic top view of a container in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a schematic top view of a reclosable cover member of a container in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 3 is a schematic top view of a blank for forming the inner frame of a container in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic top view of the blank of Figure 3 showing the position of the inner frame blank relative to a portion of a blank for forming the outer housing of a container in the accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a container 10 in accordance with the present invention.
  • the container 10 comprises an outer housing 12 which is a rectangular parallelepiped and includes a box 14 and a lid 16.
  • the lid 16 is hinged about a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing 12 and is pivotable between an open position (shown in Figure 1 ) and a closed position.
  • the lid 16 comprises a lid front wall 18 and a reinforcement panel 20 depending from the lid front wall 18 folded into the lid.
  • the reinforcement panel 20 is substantially folded against the inner surface of the lid front wall 18 and secured to the lid front wall by means of adhesive.
  • the container 10 comprises a resealable package 22 of smoking articles housed in the box 14.
  • the package 22 comprises an access opening 24 extending across the top wall and the front wall of the inner package. The smoking articles contained in the inner package 22 can be removed through the access opening when the lid 16 is in the open position.
  • the package 22 further comprises a reclosable cover member 26 occluding the access opening 24 of the package and extending beyond the periphery of the access opening 26.
  • the cover member 26 is movable from a closed position, wherein the cover member overlies at least the access opening 24, and an open position, wherein the cover member 26 is lifted at least partially off the outer surface of the package.
  • a front portion 262 of the reclosable cover member 26 is permanently affixed to the reinforcement panel 20.
  • the reclosable cover member 26 is moved from the closed position towards the open position, so as to at least partly reveal the access opening 24.
  • the reclosable cover member 26 is provided as an adhesive label extending beyond the periphery of the access opening 24 of the package 22.
  • the reclosable cover member 26 comprises a body portion 264 extending distal from the cover member front portion 262.
  • the cover member body portion 264 has a width greater than a width of the cover member front portion 262.
  • the cover member front portion 262 is tapered.
  • the container 10 further comprises an inner frame 30.
  • the inner frame 30 comprises an inner frame front panel 32 arranged parallel to a front wall of the package 22; inner frame side panels 34, 36 depending from the inner frame front panel 32; and a pair of inner frame back panels 38, 40, each depending from a respective inner frame side panel 34, 36.
  • the inner frame back panels 38, 40 are arranged parallel to a package back wall.
  • a projecting portion 42 of the inner frame front panel 32 extends above a top edge of a front wall of the box.
  • the inner frame 30 comprises a cut out defining a top edge 44 of side end portions 46, 48 of the inner frame front panel 32, such that the side end portions 46, 48 at least partially define the front panel projecting portion 42.
  • the cut out in the inner frame 30 extends over the whole width of the inner frame front panel 32 and at least part of the width of the inner frame side panels 34, 36, such that the cut out is at least partially limited laterally by the inner frame back panels 38, 40.
  • a height of the top edge of the inner frame side panels 34, 36 increases continuously across the whole width of each inner frame side panel 34, 36 from a height of the top edge of a respective side end portion 46, 48 to a height of the top edge of a respective inner frame back panel 38, 40. More particularly, a highest point of the top edge of the inner frame 30 is at a location along an inner frame back panel 38, 40.
  • a distance between a front edge of the reclosable cover member 24 and the top edge of the inner frame front panel 32 in a direction orthogonal to the top edge of the inner frame front panel 32 varies by less than about 5 millimetres along the length of the top edge of the inner frame front panel 32.
  • the cut out in the inner frame front panel 32 defines top edges of an inner frame central front panel portion 50 and inner frame lateral front panel portions 52, 54 extending transversely from the inner frame central front panel portion 50. As illustrated in Figure 3, the top edge of the inner frame central front panel portion 50 is above the top edges of the inner frame lateral front panel portions 52, 54.
  • Figure 4 shows the position of the inner frame 30 relative to the blank for forming the outer housing 12.
  • Figure 4 illustrates how the top edge of the side end portions 46, 48 of the inner frame front panel 32 is higher than a top edge of the box front wall, such as to define the inner frame front panel projecting portion 42.
  • the top edge of an inner frame central front panel portion is below the top edge of the side end portions of the inner frame front wall and below or about as high as the top edge of the box front wall.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un récipient à couvercle articulé 'auto-refermable' (10) pour des biens de consommation comprenant un emballage intérieur (22) ; et une structure intérieure (30) comprenant : un panneau avant (32) disposé parallèlement à une paroi avant de l'emballage (22) ; des panneaux latéraux (34, 36) reliés en porte-à-faux au panneau avant (32) ; et au moins un panneau arrière (38, 40) relié en porte-à-faux à un panneau latéral (34, 36) respectif. Le ou les panneaux arrière (38, 40) de la structure intérieure sont disposés parallèlement à une paroi arrière de l'emballage et au moins une partie saillante (42) du panneau avant (32) de la structure intérieure (30) s'étend au-dessus d'un bord supérieur d'une paroi avant de la boîte du récipient. Lorsque le couvercle (16) se trouve dans la position fermée, une surface intérieure d'un panneau de renforcement relié en porte-à-faux à la paroi avant du couvercle et plié dans le couvercle repose contre une surface extérieure de la partie saillante (42) du panneau avant (32) de la structure intérieure.
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