# US 2024/0180239 A1 · Snus container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0180239 A1 - Document ID: US20240180239A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/562,690 - Filed: 2022-04-07 - Published: 2024-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-21 - Applicants: SäVjo Plastic AB - Inventors: Tommy Asterhed - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240180239A1 ## CPC - A24F 23/00: Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco - B29C 45/0017: {moulding interconnected elements which are movable with respect to one another, e.g. chains or hinges} - B65D 1/34: Trays or like shallow containers {(B65D81/3813 takes precedence)} - B65D 43/162: {the container, the lid and the hinge being made of one piece (B65D43/161 takes precedence)} - B65D 43/22: Devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips - B65D 51/28: with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)} - B29C 45/26: Moulds - B29L 2031/712: {Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages (closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418)} - B65D 2543/00092: circular - B65D 2543/00296: Plastic - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - 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 - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract This patent disclosure relates to a snus container (1), comprising: a body (11) defining a first compartment (110); a first lid (12) pivotably coupled to the body (11) to be able to pivot about a first pivot axis (PI) to and from a closing position in which the first lid (12) closes the first compartment (110), the first lid (12) defining a second compartment (120) separated from the first compartment (110), and a second lid (13) pivotably coupled to the first lid (12) to be able to pivot about a second pivot axis (P2) to and from a closing position in which the second lid (13) closes the second compartment (120). A method (S0) of manufacturing said snus container (1) and a mould (100) to be used in said method (S0) are disclosed also. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A snus container, comprising: a body defining a first compartment; a first lid pivotably coupled to the body to be able to pivot about a first pivot axis to and from a closing position in which the first lid closes the first compartment, the first lid defining a second compartment separated from the first compartment, and a second lid pivotably coupled to the first lid to be able to pivot about a second pivot axis to and from a closing position in which the second lid closes the second compartment, wherein the snus container is a single continuous part. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The snus container according to claim 1, wherein the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are parallel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The snus container according to claim 1, wherein the first lid is pivotably coupled to the body by means of a first pivot coupling, and the second lid is pivotably coupled to the first lid by means of a second pivot coupling, wherein the first and/or the second pivot coupling is/are located along an outwardly facing side edge of the first lid. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The snus container according to claim 3, wherein the first and second pivot couplings are located on opposite sides of the outwardly facing side edge of the first lid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The snus container according to claim 3, wherein the first and/or second pivot coupling is a bendable strip. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The snus container according to claim 1, wherein the first lid and/or the second lid is provided with a latching mechanism for maintaining said lid or lids in the respective closed position in a latching manner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A method of manufacturing the snus container according to claim 1, comprising the steps of: providing a mould defining a plurality of mould cavities corresponding to the shapes of the body, first lid and second lid of the snus container; injecting a material into the plurality of mold cavities, and once solidified, ejecting the snus container from the mould. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the snus container is formed as a single continuous part. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A mould defining a plurality of mould cavities corresponding to the shapes of the body, first lid and second lid of the snus container according to claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The snus container according to claim 1, wherein the snus container is a single continuous part made from a plastic or polymer material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the snus container is a single continuous part made from a plastic or polymer material.