Package for tobacco-related articles

US8556071B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Imperial Tobacco Limited · GB

Inventors

• Steve Holloway · Arlington, US
• Tim Collins · Oxford, US
• Solvey Knorr · Hamburg, DE
• Neil Southey · Slough, GB
• Regine Wolfgramm · Hamburg, DE
• Inga Gurke · Hamburg, DE
• Guillaume Devivier

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D85/1056
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A package for tobacco-related articles comprises a shell including a front wall, a rear wall, two lateral walls, and a top side. A lid is adapted to close the top side of the shell when in a closed state. The lid is swivelably connected to the rear wall or one of the lateral walls at a hinge line and is swivelable about the hinge line for transfer between the closed state and an opened state. The lid comprises a top wall including a front edge, a rear edge, two lateral edges, and a bottom side and is adapted to close the top side of the shell when the lid is in its closed state. A beveled edge wall extends from at least the edge of the top wall of the lid opposite to the hinge line and fits into the shell when the lid is in its closed state.