KR20140109983A - Pocket-sized packet to contain small-sized products - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to pocket sized packets for small size products, such as candy, tablets, smoking articles such as cigarettes, or other articles.
The pocket sized packet comprises a container 11 having a plurality of walls 15,16,18,19 forming an internal compartment 20 configured to receive small items and a lid hinged to the container 11, And a tongue 25 is hingedly coupled to the upper edge 26 of the container 11.

Description

[0001] Pocket-sized packets for accommodating small size products [0003]

The present invention relates to pocket sized packets for small size products, such as candy, tablets, smoking articles such as cigarettes, or other articles.

A pocket sized packet made using a piece of cardboard features has a receiving body sufficiently rigid to store the product therein, a hinged connection to the container, and an easily movable closing between the closed and open positions, An element or a lid. Here, the lid should be easy to close, and it is better if you can close it with your hand holding the container.

A major problem in the production of such packets is the manufacture of a variety of message combinations for the user to have as many free surfaces as possible, on which advertising slogans, geometric patterns can be written.

Especially, in a packet used for tobacco, it is urgent and important to find a space for advertising a predetermined message in consideration of a space that can display the contents of health according to the related law.

Of the many pocket-sized packets known so far, some of them are disclosed in international application WO-A-2011/010185 (WO '185). The pocket-size packet described in the above-mentioned international application has a problem in that the structure is considerably complicated and costly to manufacture because a pocket-sized packet is provided with a somewhat stiff folding lid in a lateral direction forming a gap. In addition, the conventional pocket size packet has a problem in that it does not have a safety means for preventing the user from inadvertently opening the lid inadvertently.

Accordingly, Applicants have confirmed the existence of a space that could not be created with the technology disclosed in the WO '185 application, using a new strategy.

Other cigarette packets are disclosed in patents US-A-3,438,564, WO-A-2110/063569, JP-U-49083121, US-A-3,794,238, WO-A-2006/090246 and JP-U-H02117314.

Applicants have devised, tested and conducted the present invention to overcome the problems found in the state of the art and to achieve these and other objects and advantages.

A first object of the present invention is to freely create a new space which can be used for advertising, publicity or a predetermined message by a writing method.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a pocket sized packet with a maximum surface for attaching text, images, logos, trademarks or other information for the user, in comparison to its size.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a pocket sized packet with a lid that is simple, reliable, and open only when the user wants to open it.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a pocket sized packet which is capable of protecting the upper part of the product contained therein and which is not protected when the lid is closed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a pocket sized packet that can be opened and handled with one hand.

A container (11) having a plurality of walls (15,16,18,19) defining an interior chamber (20) configured to receive small items, a container (11) hinged to the container (12, 112) configured to be movable between a closed position in which access to the inner chamber (20) of the inner chamber (11) is prevented and an open position in which it is permitted to approach the inner chamber , Wherein the upper element (25,225) of the container (11) is configured to interact with the lid (12, 112) when the lid (12, 112) Wherein the lid is adapted to act in conjunction with the upper element of the container when the lid is in the closed position, An upper part having a lid 23 and a lid 12, 112 thereby being hinged to the container 11, It characterized in that it comprises a lower part (lower part) including a wall (21, 121).

Wherein the upper element is hinged to an upper edge portion 26 of the container 11 and tongues 25 and 225 engage the upper portion of the inner chamber 20 at least partially And a tongue portion (25, 225) movable between an open position, which is also possible in the case of a direction which does not interfere with access to the inner chamber (20) or vice versa.

The width of the tongues 25 and 225 may be adjusted to prevent the lid 12 and 112 from opening spontaneously when both the lid 12 and 112 and the tongues 25 and 225 are in the closed position. (23).

On the other hand, the plurality of walls 15, 16, 18, 19 comprise at least one bottom wall 19, the size of the tongues 25, 225 being such that the lid 12, Is substantially the same as, or slightly smaller than, the size of the bottom wall (19) so as to selectively close the inner space (20).

The side elements 23 also form two corresponding sides of the lid 12, 112 which communicate with the top wall 22 of the lid 12, 112 and the top wall 22 of the lid .

Wherein the plurality of walls 15,16,18,19 comprise at least one front wall 15 and a bottom wall 19 in which the flat wall 21 of the lid 12, Is hinged to a hinge-coupled edge portion (13) located at an intersection where the front wall (15) and the bottom wall (19) intersect each other, the substantially same size as the front wall (15) do.

The plurality of walls 15, 16, 18 and 19 have at least one bottom wall 19, in which the flat wall 121 of the lid 12 is substantially trapezoidal in shape, Is hinged to the inclined edge portion (113) inclined at a predetermined angle "? &Quot; with respect to the front edge portion of the bottom wall (19).

On the other hand, the tongues 225 are identical to each other and are made up of a single shaped sheet 230 and are constructed to be folded back and consist of two parts 225a, 225b which are attached to each other .

At this time, two side fins 232 and 233 are connected to the flat wall 21 of the lid 12, and each side fin is formed to be half as wide as the width of the flat wall 21, And is folded back with respect to the latter.

The two side fins are attached to the flat wall 21, respectively.

The single side fin 333 is connected to the flat wall 21 of the lid 12 with a width equal to the width of the flat wall 21 and is folded back with respect to the latter .

The side fins 333 are attached to the flat wall 21.

The present invention thus constituted is capable of freely creating a new space that can be used for publicity or a given message and is capable of creating a maximum space for attaching letters, images, logos, trademarks or other information for the user, It has an effect of having a surface.

The present invention is simple and reliable, and is provided with a lid which is open only when the user wishes to open the lid. The lid is protected when the lid is closed, There is an effect that can be opened and handled.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a three dimensional frontal view of a pocket sized packet in a closed position in accordance with the present invention.
2 is a three-dimensional back view of the packet of pocket size of FIG.
Figure 3 is a detailed cross-sectional view of the packet of pocket size of Figure 1 in the closed position.
4 is a three-dimensional view of the packet of pocket size in Fig. 1 in an open position; Fig.
5 is a three dimensional front view of a first variant of the pocket sized packet of Fig. 1 in a closed position; Fig.
6 is a three-dimensional front view of a packet of pocket size according to a variant of Fig. 5 in an open position; Fig.
Figure 7 is a three dimensional front view of a second variant of a packet of pocket size shown in Figure 1 in an open position and of reduced size;
Figure 8 is a top view of two configuration sheets showing the fabrication of pocket sized packets of Figure 7 in a manner that folds along the edges indicated by dashed lines and glue them using the two configuration sheets FIG.
9 is a plan view showing a modification of one sheet of the two shape sheets of Fig.

In other aspects of the described embodiments, like reference numerals refer to like elements to facilitate understanding.

The present invention is well characterized in the independent claims, and dependent claims describe other features of the present invention or modifications to the main technical idea.

A new and original technical solution according to the present invention, which a person skilled in the art can realize in the advantageous, surprising and unpredictable manner all the above objects, provides for the manufacture of pocket sized packets comprising a pocket sized container.

The container has a plurality of walls forming an interior chamber. Cigarettes, candy, tablets or other items are placed in the interior of the compartment, in a random fashion or in an organized manner, which is common in cigarettes or similar smoking articles. Pocket-sized packets are provided with a lid which is hingedly coupled to or coupled to the container in a predetermined manner.

The lid is movable by rotation between a closed position and an open position, and is accessible to the interior space by this action.

The container has an upper element that cooperates with the lid when the lid is in the closed position.

According to a main feature of the invention, the lid comprises an upper part having two side elements configured to interact with the upper element of the container when the lid is in the closed position, And a lower part having a flat wall hinged thereto.

In this way, the flat walls of the lid are made of ample size, one inside and one outside, parallel to one another, written in the form of advertising or promotional or specific written It has two surfaces that can be used for messages of the type.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an upper element is hinged to an upper edge portion of a container and includes a closed position at least partially covering an upper portion of the inner container, And a tongue that is movable between open positions that are not obstructive to access. According to one variant, the tongue is configured to interact with the lid to prevent the lid from unintentionally opening when both the tongue and the lid are in the closed position.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the size of the tongue is substantially equal to or slightly less than the size of the bottom wall of the container to selectively close the inner divider when the lid is in the open position.

In particular, according to a second feature of the invention, in the closed position, the tongue is configured to interact with the two side elements of the lid, even if there is some interference when the lid is in the closed position.

According to this method, the tongue has the following three advantageous functions. When the tongue is in the closed position and the lid is also in the closed position, the tongue interacts with the lid to be in its closed position. Even when the lid is in the open position, the tongue can cover the upper opening of the inner chamber of the container while protecting the products located therein. The outer surface and, if desired, the inner surface can be used to increase the space in which information is written for the user.

According to an aspect of the embodiment, the tongue has a width slightly larger than the inner distance between the side elements of the lid to prevent the lid from being opened unintentionally when the lid and the tongue are in the closed position.

Referring to Figures 1, 2 and 3, a pocket sized packet 10 according to the present invention comprises a container 11 and a lid 12 hingedly coupled along the hinge edge portion 13 of the container 11 . The container 11 and the lid 12 may be easily foldable and suitably shaped, such as a cardboard, sheet metal, plastic material, etc., foldable, adhesively attached along the edge, Can be made in a conventional manner using a sufficiently hard sheet-like material that can be applied. In the example given in the present description, the container 11 has a parallelepipedal shape made up of a front wall 15, a rear wall 16, two side walls 18 and a bottom wall 19, An interior chamber 20 is formed which is open to the top by walls. The hinge coupling edge 13 of the lid 12 is located at the intersection point where the front wall 15 intersects the bottom wall 19. The hinge engagement element between the lid 12 and the container 11 can be a simple fold of the sheet from which the lid 12 and the container 11 are made.

The lid 12 includes a rectangular flat plain wall 21 having no stiff ribs or ridges formed thereon and an upper wall 22 located at the opposite end of the hinge engaging portion 13 22 and two side flank or ribs 23 which are triangular in shape and which keep the top wall 22 orthogonal to the flat wall 21.

As an example, a rectangular tongue 25 with one or more rounded or beveled corner portions is hingedly coupled to the upper edge portion 26 of the rear wall 18. [ The tongue 25 is made of the same sheet material as the container 11 and the lid 12 are made of.

Wherein the tongue 25 is movable in a manner rotating relative to the upper edge portion 26 between a closed position or an open position, Closes the opening of the inner chamber 20, and allows access to the inner chamber 20 at a predetermined open position.

The size of the tongue 25 is substantially equal to or slightly smaller than the size of the bottom wall 19. In particular, the width of the tongue 25, i.e. the width corresponding to the larger side in this case, is slightly larger by a few tens of millimeters than the internal distance between the two side flank 23 of the lid 12 (FIG. 4) .

In this way, when both the tongue 25 and the lid 12 are in the closed position, the tongue 25 causes some interference with the side flank 23 of the lid 12, So that the flank 23 is provided with a slight lateral force so that the lid 12 is held in the closed position. It is almost impossible or impossible in some cases to open the lid 12 without any person applying a predetermined force to the lid 12, The force applied to the flank 23 is overcome. Such forces may not be so great, they may be made by the user with a finger, or even by the hand holding the packet 10.

5 and 6, a pocket sized packet 110 according to the present invention includes a lid 112 that is configured to have a lower part different from the previous lid 12, . The lid 112 may have a trapezoidal shape instead of a rectangular shape and may include a flat wall 121 hinged to the beveled edge portion 113 instead of being hinged to the hinged edge portion 13 And the inclined edge portion 113 is inclined at an angle "?" Of about 30 to 50 degrees with respect to the front edge portion of the bottom wall 19, for example. In practice, in the case of a triangular shape, the lower portion 121a of the flat portion 121 is attached to the lower portion of the front wall 15 of the lid 11 by a method of adhering with the adhesive.

The remaining portions of the packet 110 are the same as those of the packet 10 already described.

7, a pocket-sized packet 21 according to the present invention includes a tongue 225 having a length and width equal to the length and width of the tongue 25 of the existing embodiment, As shown in FIG. 8, the tongue 225 is composed of two portions 225a and 225b made of a first shape sheet 230 composed of a cardboard. The two portions 225a and 225b may be folded back and attached to each other by an adhesive method, although this is not required. The second shape sheet 231 is configured to make a part of the front wall 15 and the side wall 18.

The first shape sheet 230 includes two side fins 232 and 233 and each side pin 232 and 233 has a flat wall 21, And may be attached to the flat wall 21 through an adhesive method, for example, although not necessarily essential.

9, the shape sheet 330 is provided with a single side fin 333, which has a width (width) of the flat wall 21, And may be attached to the flat wall 21 through an adhesive method, for example, although not necessarily essential.

It will be appreciated that various modifications and / or additions to the pocket sized packets 10 and 110 are possible without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

For example, the hinge engagement point of the lid against the container may be different from that described above.

The shape of the container may be different from the shape of the parallelepiped.

Although the present invention has been described with specific examples, those skilled in the art will be able to make many similar-sized pocket-sized packets within the scope of protection defined by the present specification, .

10, 110, 210: pocket size packet 11: container
12,112: lid 13: edge portion
15: front wall 16: rear wall
18: side wall 19: bottom wall
20: inner compartment 21,121: flat wall
22: upper wall 23: side flank
25,255: tongue portion 26: upper edge portion
230: first shape sheet 231: second shape sheet
232, 233: side pin 330:
333: single side pin

Claims (12)

A container (11) having a plurality of walls (15,16,18,19) defining an interior chamber (20) configured to receive small items, a container (11) hinged to the container (12, 112) configured to be movable between a closed position in which access to the inner chamber (20) of the inner chamber (11) is prevented and an open position in which it is permitted to approach the inner chamber , Wherein the upper element (25,225) of the container (11) is configured to interact with the lid (12, 112) when the lid (12, 112) Wherein the lid is adapted to act in conjunction with the upper element of the container when the lid is in the closed position, An upper part having a lid 23 and a lid 12, 112 thereby being hinged to the container 11, Packet of the pocket, characterized in that it comprises a lower part (lower part) including a wall (21, 121) size.
The method according to claim 1,
The upper element is hinged to an upper edge portion 26 of the container 11 and a tongue 25,225 is hinged to the upper edge portion 26 of the container 11, , And a tongue (25, 225) movable between open positions, which is also possible in the case of a direction that does not interfere with access to the interior compartment (20) or vice versa.
3. The method of claim 2,
The width of the tongues 25,225 is greater than the width of the side elements 23,252 to prevent the lid 12,122 from opening spontaneously when both the lid 12,122 and the tongues 25,225 are in the closed position. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI > packet size.
The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The plurality of walls 15,16,18,19 comprise at least one bottom wall 19 wherein the size of the tongues 25,225 is such that even though the lid 12,121 is in an open position, Is substantially the same as, or slightly smaller than, the size of the bottom wall (19) to selectively close the inner compartment (20).
5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The side elements 23 form two corresponding sides of the lid 12, 112 which communicate with the upper wall 22 of the lid 12, 112 and the upper wall 22 of the lid. Pocket-sized packets.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or 5,
Wherein the plurality of walls 15,16,18,19 comprise at least one front wall 15 and a bottom wall 19 wherein in the configuration the flat wall 21 of the lid 12 has Is hinged to a hinge coupling edge portion (13) which is substantially the same size as the front wall (15) and is located at the intersection point where the front wall (15) and the bottom wall (19) intersect each other. Packets of size.
6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Wherein the plurality of walls 15,16,18,19 have at least one bottom wall 19 in which the flat wall 121 of the lid 12 is substantially trapezoidal in shape, Is hinged to an inclined edge portion (113) inclined at a predetermined angle "? &Quot; relative to the front edge portion of the wall (19).
The method according to any one of claims 2, 3, and 4,
The tongues 225 are the same as each other and are made of a single shaped sheet 230 and are configured to fold back and consist of two portions 225a and 225b attached to each other Pocket-sized packets.
9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Two side fins 232 and 233 are connected to the flat wall 21 of the lid 12 and each side fin is formed to be as wide as half the width of the flat wall 21, said packet being configured to be folded back with respect to the latter.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the two side fins are attached to the flat wall (21), respectively.
9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The single side fin 333 is connected to the flat wall 21 of the lid 12 with a width equal to the width of the flat wall 21 and is configured to be folded back with respect to the latter Features a pocket-sized packet.
In claim 9,
Wherein the side fin (333) is attached to the flat wall (21).

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