Hinge-lid box for cigarettes and blank

US5904244A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Focke & Co. · DE

Inventors

• Heinz Focke · Verden, DE
• Henry Buse · Rotenburg (Wümme), DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 1997
• Grant date: May 18, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/10564
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A hinge-lid box for cigarettes, and a blank for producing the same. Hinge-lid box (hinge-lid packs) for cigarettes usually comprise a box part 11 and a lid 12 which is connected pivotably on the box part 11. Positioned in the box part 11 is a collar 34 which, by way of a top region, partially projects out of the box part 11 when the hinge-lid box 10 is open. The hinge-lid box 10 according to the invention has a closure aid in the region of side walls 16, 17 of the box part 11 and in the region of lid side walls 26, 27. Formed, for this purpose, in the region of the side walls 16, 17 and lid side walls 26, 27 are mutually corresponding protrusions 44, 45 and depressions 46, 47 which, in the closed position, engage with one another in a frictionally and positively locking manner.