Front opening cigarette box

Details Front opening cigarette box Front opening cigarette box

2000-02-16

2001-02-27

Bui, Luan K. (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

For tobacco, pipe or cigarette holder

With closure

C206S273000, C229S146000, C229S147000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06193060

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a front opening cigarette box having a container portion and a cover portion which articulates along a hinge line between opened and closed positions. A plural of cigarettes normally wrapped in a foil wrapping is received with the container portion such that the cigarettes lie flat therein, usually in several layers one above the other.
Front opening cigarette boxes are known in the prior art but their designs and constructions are intricate and cumbersome. The blanks from which they are fabricated have numerous fold and cut lines and they are unduly complicated. Moreover, in many instances the cigarettes in such boxes are difficult to remove particularly the lowermost layer of cigarettes in the box.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, one of the objects of the present invention is a front opening cigarette box which is simple in construction and easy to open and close.
Another object of the present invention is a front opening cigarette box which totally exposes the upper end portions of all the cigarettes in the box when the cover is fully open for ease of cigarette removal.
Still another object of the present invention is front opening cigarette box fabricated from a one piece blank having a minimum of fold and cut lines which is easily assembled into the finished box construction.
In accordance with the present invention a front opening cigarette box comprises a container portion and an integral cover portion which articulates between opened and closed positions about a horizontal hinge line. The container portion includes a front face, a rear face generally parallel to the front face, a bottom face and spaced apart side walls interconnecting the front and rear faces. The cover portion includes a front face that fully covers the container portion when the cover portion is in its closed position. The cover portion also includes top and bottom faces, a rear face contiguous with and forming a continuation of the rear face of the container portion when the cover portion is in its closed position. Spaced apart side walls on the cover portion interconnect the front and rear faces thereof. The horizontal hinge line extends along the juncture of the rear faces of the container and cover portions.
Preferably the bottom face of the cover portion extends over the bottom face of the container portion when the cover portion is in its closed position. The front face of the cover portion has an area approximately equal to the area of the combined rear faces of the container and cover portions. Moreover, the side walls of the container portion preferably extend from the bottom face of the container portion to the horizontal hinge line, and the side walls of the container portion each have an upper inclined edge extending from the hinge line in a downward direction to the front face of the container portion.
The side walls of the cover portion each include an upper segment that extends between the front and rear faces of the cover portion and a lower segment that partially covers the side walls of the container portion when the cover portion is in its closed position. Preferably, the front face of the container portion includes an open area exposing cigarettes in the container portion for easy access and removal when the cover portion is in its opened position.


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