US 5,205,402 AGranted

Cigarettes case

AssigneeNagoya Kenkotabako Yugen Kaisha

InventorHikotaro Maeda

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Abstract

A cigarettes case comprising (i) a case body with a top partially cut away to provide a top opening located adjacent to one side of the case body for taking out a cigarette from the case body, with a vertical slit provided in the one side, and with an opposed, open side for supplying cigarettes into the case body 1, (ii) a removable side wall member for closing the open side, and (iii) a slider located in the case body and having a lid portion, an upright portion, and a projecting bottom portion. The lid portion closes the top opening when the slider is on the bottom of the case body. The upright portion is in contact with the one side of the case body. The bottom portion projects toward the open side of the case body and has sufficient size to support at least one cigarette thereon. The upright portion is provided at its outer surface with a projection projecting outwardly through the slit. A handle is located outside the case body and is connected to the projection. In use, the user can apply, for example, his thumb to the handle to raise the slider. In one embodiment of the invention, the upright portion of the slider comprises an upper member and a lower member which are so connected by a pin that the upper member can be turned relative to the lower member, and a coil spring is provided on the pin to bias the upper member outwardly.

A container for holding and dispensing cigarettes comprising in combination

(A) a case body (1) which comprises
(a) a rectangular top wall (1b) and a spaced apart rectangular bottom wall of corresponding size and shape,
(b) two spaced apart side walls connecting said top wall (1b) and said bottom wall along the longer of said dimensions of said rectangular top wall (1b) and the corresponding rectangular bottom wall,
(c) a fixed end wall (1a) connecting said top wall (1b) and said bottom wall along the shorter dimension of said rectangular top wall (1b) and the corresponding rectangular bottom wall,
(d) a removable end wall (9) extending between said top wall (1b) and said bottom wall along the shorter dimension of said rectangular top wall (1b) and the corresponding rectangular bottom wall,
(e) an opening (3) in said top wall (1b) adjacent the juncture with said fixed end wall (1a) that is large enough for the removal for one or two cigarettes,
(f) a vertical slit (2) in said fixed end wall (1a), and
(B) a slider (5) mounted for vertical sliding movement along the interior side of said fixed end wall (1a) in a path which is closely parallel to said fixed end wall (1a) and perpendicular to said top wall (1b), said slider (5) including
(a) an upper portion (5a) and a lower portion (5b) that are hingedly connected together so that the upper portion (5a) can pivot outwardly after it passes through said opening (3),
(b) a lid portion (5c) on said upper portion (5a) which covers said opening (3) when the slider (5) is in its lowermost position, and which does not cover said opening (3) when the slider (5) is in its uppermost position,
(c) a bottom support (5d) on said lower portion (5b) which is parallel to said bottom wall, which projects toward said removable end wall (9) and which is of sufficient size to support one or two cigarettes thereon, and
(d) a control member (5e) (8) on said slider (5) which extends outwardly through the vertical slit (2) in said fixed end wall (1a) that permits said slider (5) to be manually moved up and down along a controlled vertical path within said case body (1).

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