Hinged-lid packaging
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsPranav Kulkarni, Oleksandr Zhurba
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Abstract
A container for consumer goods includes a box for receiving goods, the box having an open end; a lid rotatable between open and closed positions for respectively opening and closing the open end of the box; a hinged connector that connects the lid to the box, where the hinged connector is connected to the lid at a connector-lid hinge line and connected to the box at a connector-box hinge line; and, a resilient mechanism arranged between the box and the connector such that, during lid opening, the resilient mechanism causes relative movement of the box to the connector.
Claims14
A container for consumer goods, comprising:
- a box for receiving goods, the box comprising an open end;
- a lid rotatable between open and closed positions for respectively opening and closing the open end of the box;
- a hinged connector that connects the lid to the box, where the hinged connector is connected to the lid at a connector-lid hinge line and connected to the box at a connector-box hinge line;
- and,
- a resilient mechanism arranged between the box and the connector such that, during lid opening, the resilient mechanism causes relative movement of the box to the connector,
- wherein the box, the lid, the hinged connector, and the resilient mechanism are integral with each other.
A container for consumer goods, comprising:
- a box for receiving goods, the box comprising an open end;
- a lid rotatable between open and closed positions for respectively opening and closing the open end of the box;
- a hinged connector connected to the lid at a connector-lid hinge line and connected to the box at a connector-box hinge line;
- and,
- at least two panels including a first panel rotatably mounted to the hinged connector along a panel-connector rotation axis, wherein the at least two panels are integrally formed with the box, the lid, and the hinge connector, and and a second panel rotatably mounted to the box along a panel-box rotation axis, wherein the at least two panels are arranged between the box and the connector such that, during lid opening, the at least two panels cause relative movement of the box to the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.