Content Withdrawal Synchronized With Cover Opening Patents (Class 206/250)
  • Patent number: 11970317
    Abstract: A carton includes a tray having at least one locking tab; and a sleeve having an inner wall having indentations, in which the tray and the sleeve are shaped and sized to enable the tray to move within the sleeve. Then at least one locking tab is configured to engage at least one of the indentations to allow the tray to move in a first direction relative to the sleeve and provide a resistance to discourage the tray from moving in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hub Folding Box Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Zane Peterson, David Kamyk
  • Patent number: 11880438
    Abstract: Embodiments of devices and methods for restricting access to certain age related devices are disclosed, including an accessory for an aerosol delivery device comprising an interface that is configured to provide access to age restricted material within the aerosol delivery device; and authentication circuitry that is configured to receive an age verification of a user, wherein the access is not provided to the aerosol delivery device without the age verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Integrated Solutions International, LLC
    Inventors: Michael F. Sweeney, Thomas J. Stopyra
  • Patent number: 11825967
    Abstract: An adjuster for adjusting the volume of a receptacle which includes a floor dimensioned to be complementary received by the receptacle, and, a displacement mechanism for displacing the floor relative the receptacle, wherein the volume of the receptacle is adjusted when actuating the displacement mechanism thereby displacing the floor relative the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Carolus Johannes Christiaan van der Wath
  • Patent number: 11807447
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles can include a group of smoking articles; an inner wrap, which houses the group of smoking articles; a rigid outer container which is cup-shaped, houses the inner wrap and has: an open upper end, a lower wall opposite the open upper end, a front wall and a rear wall opposite one another, and two side walls opposite one another; a lid, which is cup-shaped, is hinged to the outer container along a hinge so as to rotate, relative to the outer container, between an open position and a closed position, and has: an open lower end, an upper wall, a front wall and a rear wall opposite one another, and two side walls opposite one another; and a locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Claudia Fradeani, Lorena D'Alfonso, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 11583004
    Abstract: An assembly for a vapor provision device includes a vapor generator for vaporizing source liquid, a liquid conduit for delivering source liquid from a reservoir to the vapor generator, and a liquid capture element in liquid transfer contact with at least a portion of the liquid conduit between the vapor generator and a part of the liquid conduit that receives liquid from the reservoir, and including an absorbent structure providing a lower capillary force than a capillary force of the liquid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Rory Fraser, Howard Rothwell, Jeremy Wright
  • Patent number: 11533953
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system provided, including an electrically operated aerosol-generating element; a first electrochemical energy storage device (EESD) configured to supply electrical power to the aerosol-generating element; and an EESD temperature control system including at least one temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the first EESD and an electrical heater configured to heat the first EESD, wherein the EESD temperature control system operates the electrical heater dependent on an output from the at least one temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Tabasso, Fabien Duc, Jacques Robert, Michel Bessant
  • Patent number: 11103013
    Abstract: A charging case for electronic cigarettes includes a container configured to house the electronic smoking device, a micro-control unit (“MCU”), configured to facilitate charging a first rechargeable battery for the electronic smoking device, a plurality of connecting pins configured to facilitate electrical coupling between the electronic smoking device and the MCU; and a connector movably coupled with the container and configured to connect the MCU to external circuitry. A system comprises an electronic smoking device comprising a battery, an eCig memory, and control electronics, and a charging case comprising a container, a micro-control unit (“MCU”), a connector, and a charging case battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Hitesh Bagai, Andreas Ingo Beer
  • Patent number: 11059662
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid having: a group of tobacco articles; an inner container which houses the group of tobacco articles; an outer container which houses the inner container in a movable manner, so as to allow the inner container to move relative to the outer container; a hinged lid; and a moving mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container using the rotation movement of the lid and has a rigid connection tab, which connects a wall of the inner container to a wall of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Giuseppe Marchitto, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10947031
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles with a hinged lid and having: at least one group of tobacco articles; at least one wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles and has a tobacco article extraction opening closed by a re-stick sealing flap; an outer container, which houses the wrap; a lid having a rear wall, which is hinged to the rear wall of the outer container so as to allow the lid to rotate relative to the outer container; an inner container, which houses the wrap and is arranged inside the outer container in a sliding manner; and a lifting mechanism, which moves the inner container relative to the outer container, using the rotation movement of the lid, between a lowered position, in which the inner container is completely inserted into the outer container, and an extracted position, in which the inner container is partially extracted from the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Alver Tacchi, Luca Federici, Luca Paradiso
  • Patent number: 10661966
    Abstract: A storage system for storing a product sensitive to oxygen or moisture includes a container with a bottom, a top edge defining a top opening, and a wall extending between the bottom and the top edge. The bottom, top edge, and wall define an inside volume. The system further includes a sealing member removably attached to the top edge and sealing the top opening, and a scavenger element in fluid communication with the inside volume, where the scavenger element is constructed to absorb moisture, oxygen, or a combination thereof. The wall and the bottom of the container include layers with at least one of an in-mold label, an oxygen barrier, or a moisture barrier. The system may further include a scavenger compartment and a retainer disc for retaining the scavenging element in the scavenger compartment. The container may optionally be flushed with an inert gas and hermetically sealed, and be closed with a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Link Snacks, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Moore, Kent L. Oakland
  • Patent number: 10407236
    Abstract: A container (10) for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer housing comprising a box portion (12), a lid portion (14) moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a hinged connector (16) connecting the box portion (12) and the lid portion (14); a plurality of consumer goods (20) received within the box portion (12); and an inner frame (18) slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods (20) and the box portion (12). The inner frame (18) is slidable between a lowered position and a raised position and comprises an inner frame front wall (36), an inner frame back wall (38), opposed inner frame side walls and a lifting element (48), depending from the bottom edge of a wall of the inner frame (18) and extending into the opening at the bottom end of the inner frame. At least part of the lifting element (18) is positioned between a box portion bottom wall and the consumer goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Lucas Chatelain
  • Patent number: 10384861
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods comprises an inner portion received within an outer box portion and a lifting mechanism that facilitates easy access to consumer goods received on or within the inner portion. The lifting mechanism connects the back wall of the inner portion to the lid portion top wall or lid portion front wall. The consumer goods, such as smoking articles, are longitudinally orthogonal to the hinge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Patent number: 10017284
    Abstract: A packing method and packing machine for producing a slide-open package of tobacco articles with a hinged lid can include obtaining a wrapped group of tobacco articles with a first packing unit; obtaining an inner container which houses the wrapped group of tobacco articles and has the hinged lid with a second packing unit by folding an inner blank about the wrapped group of tobacco articles; and obtaining an outer container which slidably houses the inner container inside and is provided with a connecting tab, that at one end is integral with the outer container and at the other end is glued to the lid of the inner container, with a third packing unit by folding an outer blank about the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Luca Testoni, Stefano Sarti, Marco Garganelli, Mattia Meccagni, Michele Squarzoni
  • Patent number: 10005601
    Abstract: A packaging case suitable for packaging an elongated article (41) and being displayed in a shop or an exhibition hall is provided. The packaging case comprises: an inner case (3) able to accommodate the article (41) and an outer sleeve (4) capable of externally sheathing the inner case (3), wherein the inner case (3) can move back and forth into and out of the outer sleeve (4), the packaging case further comprises a flexible strip (10), one end of the strip (10) is fixed to an outer surface (12) of the inner case (3), the other end of the strip (10) is fixed to an inner surface (21) of the outer sleeve (4), and the outer surface (12) and the inner surface (21) are two surfaces which are opposed to each other and kept close to mutually when the inner case (3) is sheathed in the outer sleeve (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Yuhua Wang
  • Patent number: 9845038
    Abstract: A vehicle food holder or container comprises a cup configured to hold at least one food item or food receptacle and a clip configured to removably attach the food holder to an internal portion of a vehicle. The food holder can have single or multiple food holding compartments, and can be disposable or reusable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Mak, Elia Song Mak
  • Patent number: 9687026
    Abstract: A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: James Lindsay Clark, Robert T. Mitten
  • Patent number: 9545715
    Abstract: A tool box contains: a body, a fixing mount, a casing, a hanging seat, and a plurality of screwdrivers. The body includes two connecting notches and two limiting recesses formed on two sides of an inner wall thereof. The fixing mount includes two ends accommodated in the two limiting recesses and moving upwardly and downwardly in the two limiting recesses, and the fixing mount also includes a plurality of receiving holes and two resilient elements fitted on a bottom end thereof. The casing fits with the body and includes two cutouts, and the hanging seat includes two connection protrusions to connect with the two connecting notches of the body and the two cutouts of the casing. Each of the plurality of screwdrivers includes an extension fitted into each of the plurality of receiving holes of the fixing mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Huang-Tung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9156604
    Abstract: A cigarette packet substantially having the shape of a parallelepiped and containing a group of cigarettes includes an outer case formed by two larger lateral walls, respectively a front wall and a rear wall, and by two smaller lateral walls or sides, by a lower wall or base and by an upper wall or lid. An inner case is inserted in the outer case. The outer case includes a projection for controlling the lid, the projection being interposed between the front wall of the outer case and a front wall of the inner case and moveable between a first position in which the lid is closed and a second position in which the lid is open. A mechanism is provided for reciprocal engagement of the projection and the inner case for partially extracting the group of cigarettes from the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Patrizio Roila, Andrea Biondi
  • Patent number: 9022039
    Abstract: A simulated smoking device (1) comprising a simulated cigarette having a substantially cylindrical cigarette-like shape and a refill device (2, 50) having a substantially cuboid housing with a cigarette pack-like shape containing refill gas (32, 59) for the simulated cigarette and having means for selectively retaining the simulated cigarette. The simulated cigarette may be retained wholly within the housing. It may be retained at a location different from the refill location. A dose counter may be provided to give a visual indication of the doses in the refill device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Kind Consumer Limited
    Inventor: Alex Hearn
  • Publication number: 20140124395
    Abstract: A container is provided, including a box and a lid, and at least one lifting panel for lifting articles, in particular smoking articles, is provided in the container. The at least one lifting panel includes a lifting panel hingedly connected via a first hinge line to the inside of a bottom wall of the box, and a back-folding panel depending from the lifting panel via a second hinge line. The back-folding panel is configured to transfer a movement of the lid to the lifting panel, such that the lifting panel is lifted, when the lid is moved in the open position. The lifting panel further includes at least one cut-out provided in the lifting panel, wherein the at least one cut-out is configured to at least partially receive the articles. A process of lifting the articles in the container using the at least one lifting panel is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Sandrine Nadeau
  • Patent number: 8556071
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited
    Inventors: Steve Holloway, Tim Collins, Solvey Knorr, Neil Southey, Regine Wolfgramm, Inga Gurke, Guillaume Devivier
  • Patent number: 8464867
    Abstract: A package (1) for tobacco-related articles comprises an outer shell (2), a lid (4) which is adapted to close the top side of the outer shell (2) and can be swivelled about a hinge line, and an inner shell (6). The inner shell (6) accommodates a plurality of tobacco-related articles and can be shifted in the outer shell (2) from a retracted position to an advanced position, which enables access to the tobacco-related articles. A cutout (20) in the outer shell (2) exposes part of the inner shell (6) and enables transmitting a force onto the inner shell (6) for moving the inner shell (6). A connector (50) pushes the lid (4) into its opened state when the inner shell (6) is moved into its advanced position and pulls the lid (4) into its closed state when the inner shell (6) is moved into its retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Limited
    Inventors: Steve Holloway, Tim Collins, Solvey Knorr, Neil Southey, Paul Jenkins, Alistair Buckingham, Regine Wolfgramm, Inga Gurke, Slavomir Novak, Guillaume Devivier
  • Publication number: 20120261285
    Abstract: A package (1) for tobacco-related articles comprises an outer shell (2), a lid (4) which is adapted to close the top side of the outer shell (2) and can be swivelled about a hinge line, and an inner shell (6). The inner shell (6) accommodates a plurality of tobacco-related articles and can be shifted in the outer shell (2) from a retracted position to an advanced position, which enables access to the tobacco-related articles. A cutout (20) in the outer shell (2) exposes part of the inner shell (6) and enables transmitting a force onto the inner shell (6) for moving the inner shell (6). A connector (50) pushes the lid (4) into its opened state when the inner shell (6) is moved into its advanced position and pulls the lid (4) into its closed state when the inner shell (6) is moved into its retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED
    Inventors: Steve Holloway, Tim Collins, Solvey Knorr, Neil Southey, Paul Jenkins, Alistair Buckingham, Regine Wolfgramm, Inga Gurke, Slavomir Novak, Guillaume Devivier
  • Publication number: 20120024881
    Abstract: A smoking article dispenser (100) comprises a dispenser housing configured to receive a cartridge (150) of smoking articles. The dispenser housing interior is configured with elements to dispense a smoking article when the cartridge is actuated between a first and second position. In addition, a cartridge for use with such a dispenser, such a dispenser in combination with such a cartridge and a method of operating such a dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Antoni Papaloizou, Josh Wasserman
  • Publication number: 20110147242
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall and two side walls. One of the two side walls is pivotally attached to either the back wall or the front wall so as to be capable of being actuated in a manner such as to be moved between an open position and a closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Jarbas Superti
  • Patent number: 7900770
    Abstract: A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) and having a push window (10) at the bottom thereof. The outer case (8) has a hinged cap (12). In a closed position, the hinged cap (12) closes the access opening (4) of the inner case (2). When the inner case (2) is pushed upward through the push window (10) to stick out of the outer case (8), the hinged cap turns around a hinge (14) from the closed position to an open position in the manner associated with the sticking-out of the inner case, thereby opening the access opening (4) of the inner case (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7823731
    Abstract: A cigarette package, in some embodiments, can comprise a tray, a cover coupled to the tray, and a cigarette holder secured to the tray and adapted to move between a first position substantially inside the tray and a second position substantially outside the tray. In some embodiments, a cigarette package can comprise a tray, a cover adapted to slide on the tray between a closed position and an open position, and a cigarette holder coupled to a first wall of the tray and adapted to move between a first position and a second position as the cover slides on the tray. In some embodiments, a consumer can operate a cigarette package of the present application with one hand to dispense at least one cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Xuan Fei Wu
  • Patent number: 7726473
    Abstract: A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a bundle of cigarettes, an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) in a manner allowing the inner case (2) to be moved up and down, and having a hinged lid (12) forming a part of a top wall thereof and a window (10) formed in a side wall to partly expose the inner case (2), and a link (20) connecting the inner case (2) and the hinged lid (12). When the inner case (2) is pushed up through the window (10) of the outer case (8), the link (20) urges the hinged lid (12) upward so that hinged lid (12) is opened. In an open position, the hinged lid (12) provides an access opening (16) projecting from the plane of the top wall of the outer case (8) and facing sideways of the outer case (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Miyazawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shunsuke Tawada
  • Publication number: 20090205982
    Abstract: A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type comprises an outer pack (13) and an inner pack which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction within the outer pack (13). A hinge lid (36) is fitted on one side of the outer pack (13). This hinge lid is moved into an open position by displacement of the inner pack (12) relative to the outer pack (13), to be precise by an opening force being transmitted by means of a pushing-action tab (27) arranged within the pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Viktor Hein, Henry Buse
  • Patent number: 7455182
    Abstract: The application relates to a flat box (10) with a bottom container part (20), a top lid (30) and with an insert (40) which serves to raise the pack contents when the box (10) is opened. The lid (30) and the container part (20) are connected to each other via the rear side walls of the box (10). The insert (40) is connected to the inside of the rear lid side wall and extends into the container part (20) so that it and the pack contents placed on the insert (40) are automatically raised when the box (10) is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Rudiger Merckell
  • Patent number: 7147103
    Abstract: A lift mechanism for use with a “hard pack” of cigarettes wherein the “hard pack” of cigarettes consists of a housing having four side walls and a bottom wall, a prismatic lid hingeably secured to one of the upper ends of the side walls and a quantity of cigarettes encapsulated in a tear open foil wrap, the lift mechanism positioned within the foil wrap, the lift mechanism having a horizontal planar leg positioned between the foil wrap bottom wall and the cigarettes encapsulated in the foil wrap, the lift mechanism defining a planar surface beneath the cigarettes and at least one vertical surface, the vertical surface secured to a cord, the cord extending upwardly and being secured to the upper inner surface of the prismatic lid such that opening the prismatic lid tensions the cord and raises the lift member elevating a portion of the cigarettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventor: Marian Retelski
  • Publication number: 20040232015
    Abstract: The application relates to a flat box (10) with a bottom container part (20), a top lid (30) and with an insert (40) which serves to raise the pack contents when the box (10) is opened. The lid (30) and the container part (20) are connected to each other via the rear side walls of the box (10). The insert (40) is connected to the inside of the rear lid side wall and extends into the container part (20) so that it and the pack contents placed on the insert (40) are automatically raised when the box (10) is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventor: Rudiger Merckell
  • Patent number: 5503268
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to containers and blanks for forming the containers. The disclosed methods involve forming the containers, loading the containers with cylindrical articles such as cigarettes and dispensing the articles from the containers. The containers may include a box and a telescoping closure sleeve for selectably exposing a circular aperture in a side wall of the box. An inner wall of the box provides a curved surface for aligning an individual article or cigarette so that it may be dispensed through the aperture. The methods and structures disclosed here permit the container to be accessed and the articles or cigarettes to be dispensed, one at a time, by manipulating the container with one hand. A window in the sleeve permits the contents of the container to be viewed through an opening in the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: Xuan M. Pham
  • Patent number: 5435439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blank arranged to be folded into an inner wrapper for wrapping a bundle of articles such as cigarettes within a pack. The blank comprises a fixed portion which is anchored relative to the pack and a displaceable portion which is arranged to lift at least one of the cigarettes clear of the bundle of cigarettes while facilitating subsequent removal thereof from the pack. The displaceable portion comprises a cover flap for covering the accessible ends of the article which are exposed on opening of the pack, and a lifting strip joined to the cover flap. The cover flap is arranged to tear away from the lifting strip only once at least one of the cigarettes has been lifted clear of the bundle of cigarettes under influence of the lifting strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Tobacco Research & Development Institute Limited
    Inventor: Pierre R. Swart
  • Patent number: 5265717
    Abstract: A cigarette case having an arrangement for automatically lighting and ejecting a cigarette therefrom. The case includes an outer casing which receives the cigarettes therein. The cigarettes are loaded within a conveyor carousel which preferably has sufficient space to load an entire pack of cigarettes. An ejector lid is pivoted to the outer casing and provides an ejection opening for the lit cigarette when in the open position. Movement of the lid from the closed to the open position causes the conveyor carousel to advance one increment and places a cigarette on a lift device, which is raised to extend a portion of the cigarette out of the case such that it may be grasped by the user. During this lifting a lighter is activated to light the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Inventor: Imad Daghestani
  • Patent number: 5205402
    Abstract: A cigarettes case comprising (i) a case body with a top partially cut away to provide a top opening located adjacent to one side of the case body for taking out a cigarette from the case body, with a vertical slit provided in the one side, and with an opposed, open side for supplying cigarettes into the case body 1, (ii) a removable side wall member for closing the open side, and (iii) a slider located in the case body and having a lid portion, an upright portion, and a projecting bottom portion. The lid portion closes the top opening when the slider is on the bottom of the case body. The upright portion is in contact with the one side of the case body. The bottom portion projects toward the open side of the case body and has sufficient size to support at least one cigarette thereon. The upright portion is provided at its outer surface with a projection projecting outwardly through the slit. A handle is located outside the case body and is connected to the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Nagoya Kenkotabako Yugen Kaisha
    Inventor: Hikotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 5086918
    Abstract: A portable cigarette caddy is disclosed which includes a mechanism designed to allow easy dispensing of cigarettes one at a time from a container. The mechanism includes a lever pivotable on a fulcrum which lever pushes a cigarette through an opening in the container which is closed by a cover operable at the same time as the lever is actuated. The device may be suitably attached to a wall surface within a vehicle and may also have a separate detachably attached container sized and configured to hold a cigarette lighter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Inventor: Michael P. D'Antonio
  • Patent number: 4778049
    Abstract: A container for carrying small articles, the container including a pivotable top lid that is manually pivotable from a closed position to an open position. The container includes an inner container that is slidably carried within an outer container, the inner container having an open top. The lid of the outer container carries a push button for releasing the lid for pivoting movement about a shaft carried within the container. The pivotable lid also includes a lid that is adapted to engage a side wall of the inner container so that as the pivotable lid is pivoted from a closed to an open position, the inner container is carried upwardly toward the opening in the outer container by the lip on the pivotable lid, thereby carrying the articles closer to the open top of the outer container to facilitate removal therefrom. The outer container can optionally be slidably carried in a container sleeve that includes structure to permit the sleeve to be securely mounted to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Inventors: Lev Elkind, Alex Shapiro
  • Patent number: 4541556
    Abstract: A positive delivery sheath for a knife of the type having a handle and a blade housed within the handle when not in use, and a flexible strap connected at one end to the sheath and normally encircling the knife within the sheath to protect the knife against accidental removal, and the strap being extensible to positively deliver the knife from the sheath when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1985
    Assignee: Gerber Legendary Blades
    Inventors: Walter W. Collins, Jonathan P. Reinschreiber
  • Patent number: 4350171
    Abstract: An arrangement for holding cigarettes has a lower part with an inner hollow and an open end, and an upper part provided with a holding member for holding a plurality of cigarettes. The upper part is movable relative to the lower part between a closed position in which the upper part closes the open end of the lower part and the cigarettes are accommodated in the latter, and an open position in which the upper part is retracted from the lower part and the cigarettes are located outside the latter so as to be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Inventor: Alexander Kemmel
  • Patent number: 4240548
    Abstract: A pack for containing cigarettes or other articles, and which includes a pivotable lid on an upper end of a carton which is opened or closed by a sliding sleeve around the outer side of the carton, the upper end of the sleeve being attached to the lid at a point that is a short distance away from the lid hinge on the carton, so to urge the lid to swing and allow dispensing the articles from the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Inventor: Joseph B. Stio
  • Patent number: 4214658
    Abstract: A smoking system is provided to hold a smoking pipe and smoking material in a compact container and provide a quick and efficient method to fill the pipe with the smoking material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Simple Pleasures, Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd Crow
  • Patent number: 4172520
    Abstract: A cigarette dispensing package and blank are provided wherein an inner shell is pivotably movable within an outer shell between a fully contained closed position and a partially extending open position. The economical package construction embodies a two-piece blank with a novel toggle lock tab which can be loaded on conventional cigarette equipment with generally negligible conversion. In addition, a novel foil bundle is disclosed which facilitates loading during manufacture, and precludes damage to the cigarettes when the package is opened as the novel foil bundle cooperates with the movement of the inner shell within the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignees: Andre Gero, Anthony J. Distefano, Domenick W. Distefano
    Inventor: Gabriel Gero