Cigarette box and a blank set therefor
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsShunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Abstract
A cigarette box has an outer case (2) provided in a portion of a bottom wall (14) thereof with a movable base (22) capable of turning around a hinge (20), and an inner case (4) disposed in the outer case (2), the inner case (4) holding an inner pack of cigarettes. The inner case (4) is connected to the movable base (22) only at a bottom wall (26) thereof, and protrudes from an open face (6) of the outer case (2) in a lateral direction of the outer case (2) when turned around the hinge (22) together with the movable base (22), which opens the cigarette box.
Claims13
A cigarette box containing an inner pack, which includes a bundle of cigarettes and a wrapping material wrapping the bundle, the cigarette box comprising:
- an outer case including
- one side face opened,
- the other side wall with a push window, and
- a bottom wall extending from the open face to the other side wall, the bottom wall in which one portion located on the side of the open face being connected to the other portion across a hinge and formed as a movable base;
- an inner case that is contained in said outer case, holds an inner pack, and protrudes from the open face of said outer case in a lateral direction of said outer case when pushed through the push window of said outer case,
- said inner case including
- an outer side wall for covering the open face of said outer case,
- an inner side wall exposed through the push window of said outer case, and
- a bottom wall coupled to the movable base of said outer case for allowing said inner case to turn around the hinge together with the movable base;
- and
- a stopper for controlling the turning movement of said inner case when said inner case protrudes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.