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US 8,997,979 B2Granted
Slide-open package of tobacco articles
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsMarco Ghini, Andrea Biondi
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Abstract
A package of tobacco articles, having an inner container containing a group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in such a manner as to allow the inner container to slide, with respect to the outer container, between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is partly extracted from the outer container; and at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container.
Claims21
A package of tobacco articles, comprising:
- an inner container (4) containing a group (2) of tobacco articles;
- an outer container (5) which houses the inner container (4) in such a manner as to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is partly extracted from the outer container (5);
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- at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5);
- wherein the lock member preventing the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5) is releasable by exerting pressure on a wall (14) of the outer container (5) to press the wall (14) inwards;
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- wherein the lock member, in non-releasable manner, also prevent the inner container (4) in the open position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5).
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A package of tobacco articles, comprising:
- an inner container (4) containing a group (2) of tobacco articles;
- an outer container (5) which houses the inner container (4) in such a manner as to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is partly extracted from the outer container (5);
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- at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5);
- wherein the lock member preventing the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5) is releasable by exerting pressure on a wall (14) of the outer container (5) to press the wall (14) inwards;
- wherein the lock member comprises:
- at least one first lock tab (11) which normally projects outwards from a wall (8) of the inner container (4), and has a first edge (21);
- and a second lock tab (18) which projects inwards from a wall (14) of the outer container (5), and has a second edge (22) facing the first edge (21) of the first lock tab (11), and which defines a mechanical stop against which the first edge (21) jams as the inner container (4) in the closed position is extracted;
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- wherein the lock member comprises a third edge (23) facing the first edge (21) of the first lock tab (11), and defining a mechanical stop, against which the first edge (21) jams as the inner container (4) in the open position is extracted, and which acts as a limit stop to limit slide of the inner container (4) with respect to the outer container (5) and prevent the inner container (4) from detaching completely from the outer container (5).
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A package of tobacco articles, comprising:
- an inner container (4) containing a group (2) of tobacco articles;
- an outer container (5) which houses the inner container (4) in such a manner as to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is partly extracted from the outer container (5);
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- at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5);
- wherein the lock member preventing the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5) is releasable by exerting pressure on a wall (14) of the outer container (5) to press the wall (14) inwards;
- wherein the lock member comprises:
- at least one first lock tab (11) which normally projects outwards from a wall (8) of the inner container (4), and has a first edge (21);
- and a second lock tab (18) which projects inwards from a wall (14) of the outer container (5), and has a second edge (22) facing the first edge (21) of the first lock tab (11), and which defines a mechanical stop against which the first edge (21) jams as the inner container (4) in the closed position is extracted;
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- wherein the second lock tab (18) is glued to an inner surface of a major lateral wall (14) of the outer container (5).
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A package of tobacco articles, comprising:
- an inner container (4) containing a group (2) of tobacco articles;
- an outer container (5) which houses the inner container (4) in such a manner as to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is partly extracted from the outer container (5);
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- at least one lock member which, in releasable manner by user action from the outside, prevents the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5);
- wherein the lock member preventing the inner container (4) in the closed position from sliding with respect to the outer container (5) is releasable by exerting pressure on a wall (14) of the outer container (5) to press the wall (14) inwards;
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- wherein a minor lateral wall (9a) of the inner container (4), facing outwards from an opening (16), comprises two projections (35), which project, parallel to the minor lateral wall (9a), from two longitudinal edges defining the minor lateral wall (9a), and provide for easy grip of the inner container (4) by the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.