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Pack for smoking articles

US9259034B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2012
Grant dateFeb 16, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D85/10564
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pack for smoking articles including an outer housing (11) having an open end and an inner casing (12) telescopically received within the outer housing and moveable between an open position in which the inner casing (12) at least partially extends out of the open end of the outer housing (11), and a closed position in which the inner casing (12) is retracted further into the outer housing than in the open position. The inner casing (12) includes an elongate access aperture (29) configured to enable elongate smoking articles to be laterally dispensed therefrom in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes.

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