Cigarette box and blank therefor
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsHirobumi Ishii, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Abstract
A cigarette box has a V-shaped notch (6) cut in an edge of a top wall thereof, a push-pull wall (8) forming one side wall thereof, and a fin-shaped knob (10) provided on the outer surface of the push-pull wall (8). When the push-pull wall (8) is pulled out of the cigarette box, an upper end thereof is shaped like the letter V forming a rhombic opening (12) in cooperation with the notch (6). On the other hand, when the push-pull wall (8) is pushed into the cigarette box, the upper end thereof coincides with the notch (6), forming an oppositely directed V shape and closing the opening (12).
Claims8
A cigarette box comprising:
- a box body containing an inner pack including a bundle of cigarettes and a wrapper wrapping the bundle therein,
- the box body including
- a push-pull wall forming one side wall of the box body and capable of being pulled out of and pushed into the box body, the push-pull wall creating an opening in an upper surface of the box body when the push-pull wall is pulled outward to one side of the box body, the opening being closed when the push-pull wall is pushed in and sunk into the box body, and
- a fin-shaped knob provided on an outer surface of the push-pull wall and extending in a longitudinal direction of the push-pull wall, the knob being sunk into the box body, together with the push-pull wall, when the push-pull wall is pushed into the box body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.