# US 2014/0197055 A1 · Cigar box with pedestal lid > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0197055 A1 - Document ID: US20140197055A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/156,984 - Filed: 2014-01-16 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-17 - Assignees: General Cigar Company, Inc. - Applicants: General Cigar Co., Inc. - Inventors: Ed Lahmann; Frank Wei-Kuen Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197055A1 ## CPC - B65D 85/12: for cigars - B65D 43/12: guided for removal by sliding - B65D 51/249: {the closure being specifically formed for supporting the container} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES ## Abstract A cigar box includes a pedestal lid and a base. The base includes front, rear and side panels and a bottom panel. The lid includes a top panel and a front panel. Side edges of the lid are slidably insertable into channels in opposing interior surfaces of the side panels of the base. In a first configuration, the top panel is inserted into the base to close the cigar box. In a second configuration, the lid is removed from the base and placed underneath the bottom panel of the base such that the base is inclined towards its front panel lower. In this configuration, gravity causes cigars within an interior volume of the base to roll downwardly to the front of the base, where an opening in the front panel of the base facilitates their removal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cigar box having the shape of a rectangular prism and comprising: a base having a horizontal bottom panel, a vertical rear panel, a vertical front panel, and two vertical side panels, with the top of each side panel having a horizontal, inwardly facing channel running along its length so that the two channels oppose each other; and a removable lid having a horizontal top panel and a vertical front panel rigidly connected to the top panel, which top panel is dimensioned so that its side edges fit slideably into the channels of the base; the cigar box being configurable back and forth to a first, closed position in which the box contains and protects he cigars during storage, transport, and handling, and to a second, open position in which the box displays the exposed cigars and invites and facilitates their removal by the consumer; whereby, in the first position the top panel covers the top of the box, with the top panel's side edges in the slots and its front panel against the front panel of the base, so as to fully enclose cigars in the box; and whereby, in the second position the lid is removed from the channels and placed under the base, with the bottom panel of the base resting on the top panel of the lid and the front panel of the lid disposed under the rear panel of the base, thereby elevating the rear of the base, and inclining the box so that gravity causes the cigars to roll toward the front panel of the base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A cigar box according to claim 1 wherein the front panel of the base has an opening which, in the second, open position, facilitates the removal of a cigar by a finger of the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A cigar box according to claim 1 wherein the channels are grooves in the interior surfaces of the side panels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A cigar box according to claim 1 wherein, when the box is in the first, closed position, the top of the rear panel has a horizontal, inwardly facing groove running along its length and the rear edge of the top panel fits into that channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A cigar box according to claim 1 wherein the top panel is transparent. ### Claim 6 A cigar box comprising a base having a horizontal bottom panel, a vertical rear panel, a vertical front panel, and two vertical side panels; and a removable lid having a horizontal top panel and a vertical front panel connected to the top panel, wherein: the cigar box is configurable in each of a first, closed position suitable for storing, transporting or handling the cigar box, and a second, open position suitable for displaying the cigar box on a display surface; in the first, closed position, the top panel is secured to the base to fully enclose an interior volume of the box; and in the second, open position, the lid is detachably removed from the base and placed under the bottom panel of the base, such that the bottom panel of the base rests on the top panel of the lid and the front panel of the lid is disposed under the rear panel of the base, thereby elevating a rear edge of the base and inclining the base relative the display surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein the front panel of the base abuts the front panel of the lid in the first, closed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein the front panel of the base includes an upwardly facing opening configured to provide access for removing cigars from the interior volume. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein each side panel further comprises a horizontal, inwardly facing channel running lengthwise along the panel in proximity to a top edge, the inwardly facing channels being positioned in opposition to one another and dimensioned for slidably receiving side edges of the top panel for securing the top panel to the base in the first, closed position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cigar box of claim 9, wherein the rear panel further comprises an inwardly facing channel running lengthwise along the panel in proximity to a top edge, the inwardly facing channel being positioned and dimensioned for receiving a rear edge of the top panel of the lid in the first, closed position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The cigar box of claim 9, further comprising a retainer for retaining the front panel of the base in abutment with the front panel of the lid in the first, closed position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cigar box of claim 11, wherein the retainer comprises magnets affixed in proximity to opposing surfaces of each of the font panel of the base and the front panel of the lid, the magnets being positioned to draw the opposing surfaces of the front panel of the base and the front panel of the lid together in the first, closed position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein the top panel and front panel of the removable lid are rigidly connected to form an L-shape. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein the top panel of the removable lid comprises a first material and the front panel of the removable lid comprises a second material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cigar box of claim 14, wherein the first material comprises a transparent or translucent plastic and the second material comprises a plastic or a wood. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cigar box of claim 15, wherein top panel of the lid is partly transparent. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The cigar box of claim 15, wherein the transparent or translucent plastic comprises an etched or frosted pattern. ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein the removable lid is inverted in the second, open position to achieve an alternate elevation of the base relative to the display surface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 6) The cigar box of claim 6, wherein surfaces of the bottom panel of the base and the top panel of the lid resting on one another in the second, open position are substantially coextensive.