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US 2008/0164161 A1Published application
Cigarette box and an outer blank therefor
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsMasahiko Tosaka, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Abstract
A cigarette box has a box body (2), a lid (4) that opens/closes the box body (2), an outer wall (10) superposed on a rear wall of the box body (2) and forms a pocket (P) in cooperation with the rear wall, and a sheet-like pouch (6) removably contained in the pocket (P), the pouch (6) being used as a portable ash container.
Claims12
A cigarette box comprising:
- a box body including an open upper end, a rear wall, and a bottom;
- a lid connected to the rear wall of said box body across a hinge, for opening/closing the upper end of said box body;
- an inner pack contained in said box body, said inner pack having a cigarette bundle and a wrapping material that wraps the bundle;
- a pocket provided to a rear face of said box body;
- and
- a sheet-like article removably inserted in said pocket.
3 more elements
An outer blank for fabricating a hinged-lid cigarette box comprising:
- a main section with a longitudinal axis and a subsection for providing a pocket to the box, wherein:
- said main section includes:
- a first rear panel, a first bottom panel, and a first front panel for forming a rear wall, a bottom, and a front wall of the box, the first rear panel, the first bottom panel, and the first front panel being aligned along the longitudinal axis in the order named and demarcated by fold lines between adjacent panels;
- first inner side flaps connected to both side edges of the first rear panel across fold lines;
- first outer side flaps connected to both side edges of the first front panel across fold lines, for forming both side walls of the box in cooperation with the first inner side flaps;
- and
- a lid part connected to an edge of the first rear panel located opposite to the first bottom panel across a hinge line serving as the hinge of the box, for forming a lid of the box, the lid part extending along the longitudinal axis, wherein:
- the lid part includes:
- a rear panel, a top panel, and a second front panel for forming a rear wall, a top wall, and a front wall of the lid, the back panel, the top panel, and the second front panel being aligned along the longitudinal axis in the order named and demarcated by fold lines between adjacent panels;
- second inner side flaps connected to both sides of the rear panel across fold lines;
- and
- second outer side flaps connected to both sides of the second front panel across fold lines, for forming both side walls of the lid in cooperation with the second inner side flaps, wherein:
- said subsection includes:
- a second rear panel connected to a side edge of one of the first outer side panels across a fold line, for being superposed on the rear wall of the box;
- a second outer flap connected across a fold line to a side edge of the second rear panel located opposite to the one of the first outer side panels, for being superposed upon a corresponding side wall of the box;
- and
- a second bottom panel connected across a fold line to an end edge of the second rear panel located on the first bottom panel side, for being superposed upon a bottom of the box.
14 more elements
An annex blank for a hinged-lid cigarette box comprising:
- a rear panel for being superposed upon a rear wall of the box;
- second outer flaps connected to both side edges of said rear panel across fold lines, for being superposed upon both side walls of the box;
- and
- a bottom panel connected to an end edge of said rear panel across a fold line, for being superposed upon a bottom of the box.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.