Container including box and sleeve with locking mechanism
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsOnur Dayioglu, Julie Polier, Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Digvijay Singh
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Abstract
A container (1) for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer sleeve (20) and inner box (10) disposed within the outer sleeve (20), and configured to be slidable with respect to the outer sleeve (20) between: a first position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) can be accessed by a user. The container (1) having a locking mechanism for preventing the inner box (10) from sliding from the first position to the second position, when the inner box (10) is in the first position in the outer sleeve (20).
Claims16
A container for consumer goods, the container comprising:
- an outer sleeve comprising an outer sleeve front wall, an outer sleeve back wall, first and second opposed outer sleeve side walls, an outer sleeve top wall and a first open end;
- and
- an inner box comprising a box portion and a lid portion attached to the box portion wherein the lid portion is configured to cover an access opening of the box portion, the inner box disposed within the outer sleeve and configured to be slidable with respect to the outer sleeve between:
- a first position, in which an interior of the inner box cannot be accessed by a user;
- and
- a second position, in which the interior of the inner box can be accessed by a user through the access opening of the box portion,
- wherein sliding of the inner box from the first position to the second position involves at least part of the inner box passing through the outer sleeve opening;
- wherein the inner box comprises an inner box top wall, an inner box bottom wall, an inner box front wall, an inner box back wall, first and second opposed inner box side walls, and an inner box engagement flap configured to overlie a portion of the outer surface of the respective inner box back wall;
- wherein, when the inner box is in the first position in the outer sleeve, an edge of the inner box engagement flap is configured to engage with a corresponding engaging element on the inner surface of the outer sleeve back wall, to form a locking mechanism for preventing the inner box from being slidable from the first position to the second position;
- wherein the container further comprises a holding mechanism for preventing the inner box from sliding beyond the second position;
- wherein the holding mechanism comprises a flap on the outer sleeve which is configured to engage with a corresponding holding edge on the inner box to prevent the inner box from sliding beyond the second position;
- and
- wherein the holding edge on the inner box is formed by an edge of the lid portion of the inner box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.