Cigarette box and blank set for same
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsShunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Abstract
A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) and having a push window (10) at the bottom thereof. The outer case (8) has a hinged cap (12). In a closed position, the hinged cap (12) closes the access opening (4) of the inner case (2). When the inner case (2) is pushed upward through the push window (10) to stick out of the outer case (8), the hinged cap turns around a hinge (14) from the closed position to an open position in the manner associated with the sticking-out of the inner case, thereby opening the access opening (4) of the inner case (2).
Claims8
A cigarette box for containing an inner pack, the inner pack including a bundle of cigarettes and a wrapper wrapping the bundle, comprising:
- an inner case enclosing the inner pack and being partly open at a top thereof to provide an access opening at the top, and
- an outer case enclosing said inner case in the manner allowing said inner case to upwardly stick out, said outer case having a push window at a bottom thereof for exposing a bottom face of said inner case, and a hinged cap for opening and closing the access opening of said inner case, wherein when said inner case is pushed upward through the push window to stick out of said outer case, the hinged cap turns around a self hinge in the manner associated with the sticking-out of said inner case, thereby opening the access opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.