Patents by Inventor Lucas Chatelain

Lucas Chatelain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11230407
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the consumer goods, a top face of the box being open to provide a top access opening to access an interior of the box, a first box side wall including a side opening proximate the box bottom wall; a lid hingedly connected to the box back wall and movable between a closed lid position in which the lid covers the top access opening and an open lid position in which the top access opening is uncovered; and a dispenser including a tray portion to hold consumer goods and being mounted inside the box and slidable through the side opening between a closed position in which the tray portion is inside the box and a dispensing position in which a part of the tray portion protrudes through the side opening such that the consumer goods are removable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Patent number: 11084649
    Abstract: A container 10 for smoking articles 30 having an outer housing comprising a box 12 and a lid 14 hingedly attached to the box, an inner liner 20 disposed within the outer housing, the inner liner defining an interior volume for the smoking articles, the inner liner being sealed around the smoking articles and having an access opening 26 with a closure flap. An inner stiffener 50 having at least side walls 58 hingedly connected to a main panel for at least partially surrounding the smoking articles is provided within the inner liner, the main panel being hingedly connected to a bottom panel 54 that includes a stepped region 60 for receiving at least part of a smoking article provided in line with the access opening 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, Luiz Andre Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20200354104
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the consumer goods, a top face of the box being open to provide a top access opening to access an interior of the box, a first box side wall including a side opening proximate the box bottom wall; a lid hingedly connected to the box back wall and movable between a closed lid position in which the lid covers the top access opening and an open lid position in which the top access opening is uncovered; and a dispenser including a tray portion to hold consumer goods and being mounted inside the box and slidable through the side opening between a closed position in which the tray portion is inside the box and a dispensing position in which a part of the tray portion protrudes through the side opening such that the consumer goods are removable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas CHATELAIN
  • Patent number: 10661975
    Abstract: Containers that comprise a housing that comprises a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The lid comprises a front wall that has an inner surface, an outer surface and a bottom edge. The container also comprises an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The container also comprises a resealable label configured to open and close the inner package when the lid of the housing is opened and closed, wherein the resealable lable is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the front wall of the lid. The container also comprises an insert comprising a line of weakness and a communication portion, wherein the insert is coupled to the resealable label to maintain connection of the insert with the container until the line of weakness is broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Arjen Hamilcar Slooff, Lucas Chatelain, Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Ross Lange
  • Patent number: 10625932
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods is provided, the container including a box portion and a lid portion depending along a hinge line from a top edge of the box portion. An inner frame is slidably received within the box portion, the inner frame including an inner frame front panel, and first and second inner frame side panels each depending along an inner frame side panel fold line from first and second inner frame front panel side edges respectively. Each of the first and second inner frame side panels includes a back edge spaced apart from the respective inner frame side panel fold line. The inner frame further includes first and second inner frame back panels each depending along a respective inner frame back panel fold line from the first and second inner frame side panels respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Patent number: 10562662
    Abstract: A container includes a housing and an outer film. The housing has an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length. The housing includes a box and a lid hingedly attached to the box at a hinge line on the rear wall of the housing. The housing also includes an opening line. The outer film is disposed on the outer surface of the housing. The outer film includes a covering portion and an opening portion. The opening portion has a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion is disposed along the opening line of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Arjen Hamilcar Slooff, Cassandra Sandra Alcocer Beltran, Dorothy Tritz, Lucas Chatelain, Mathias Beutler
  • Patent number: 10421602
    Abstract: There is provided a container (10) for consumer goods, the container (10) comprising an outer housing comprising a box portion (12) and a lid portion (14) depending from the box portion (12) along a hinge line. The container (10) further comprises a plurality of consumer goods (18) received within the box portion (12) and an inner frame (16) slidably received within the outer housing. The inner frame (16) comprises an inner frame front wall (22) underlying a box portion front wall (17) and a tab portion (28) positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the consumer goods, the tab portion (28) depending along a first weakening zone (30) from the inner frame front wall (22). The tab portion (28) is arranged so that sliding the inner frame (16) away from a box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion (28) with the selection of consumer goods and lifts them away from the box portion bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190152686
    Abstract: A container (10) for smoking articles (30) having an outer housing comprising a box (12) and a lid (14) hingedly attached to the box, an inner liner (20) disposed within the housing, the inner liner defining an interior volume for the smoking articles, the inner liner being sealed around the smoking articles and having an access opening (26) with a closure flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, Luiz Andre Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20190055052
    Abstract: A container includes a housing and an outer film. The housing has an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length. The housing includes a box and a lid hingedly attached to the box at a hinge line on the rear wall of the housing. The housing also includes an opening line. The outer film is disposed on the outer surface of the housing. The outer film includes a covering portion and an opening portion. The opening portion has a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion is disposed along the opening line of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Arjen Hamilcar SLOOFF, Cassandra Sandra ALCOCER BELTRAN, Dorothy TRITZ, Lucas CHATELAIN, Mathias BEUTLER
  • Patent number: 10173832
    Abstract: A container for consumer articles comprises a box for housing the consumer articles. The box comprises a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall. A lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible. The container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall. The inner front panel is configured to releasably keep the lid in a closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, David Pitton
  • Publication number: 20180370716
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20180334317
    Abstract: Containers that comprise a housing that comprises a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The lid comprises a front wall that has an inner surface, an outer surface and a bottom edge. The container also comprises an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The container also comprises a resealable label configured to open and close the inner package when the lid of the housing is opened and closed, wherein the resealable lable is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the front wall of the lid. The container also comprises an insert comprising a line of weakness and a communication portion, wherein the insert is coupled to the resealable label to maintain connection of the insert with the container until the line of weakness is broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Arjen Hamilcar SLOOFF, Lucas CHATELAIN, Luiz Andre RODRIGUES, Ross LANGE
  • Publication number: 20180215530
    Abstract: There is provided a container (10) for consumer goods, the container (10) comprising an outer housing comprising a box portion (12) and a lid portion (14) depending from the box portion (12) along a hinge line. The container (10) further comprises a plurality of consumer goods (18) received within the box portion (12) and an inner frame (16) slidably received within the outer housing. The inner frame (16) comprises an inner frame front wall (22) underlying a box portion front wall (17) and a tab portion (28) positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the consumer goods, the tab portion (28) depending along a first weakening zone (30) from the inner frame front wall (22). The tab portion (28) is arranged so that sliding the inner frame (16) away from a box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion (28) with the selection of consumer goods and lifts them away from the box portion bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Patent number: 9896261
    Abstract: A container for consumer articles (20) comprises a box portion (31) comprising a box front wall (32), a box rear wall (36) and two box side walls (38) extending between the box front wall and the box rear wall. The container further comprises an inner frame (10) comprising an inner frame front wall (12) and inner frame side walls (14), wherein the inner frame front wall (12) is arranged parallel and at a predefined distance to the box front wall (32). The container further comprises an additional flap (50) comprising at least two opposing side edges, the first side edge (52) being attached to an upper edge of the box front wall (32), the second side edge (54) contacting the lower edge (12d) of the inner frame front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20170349362
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20170327304
    Abstract: A package (110) for cigarettes comprises a box (112) comprising a front wall (114), a rear wall (116), a bottom wall (122), opposed side walls (118, 118?) and a top wall (120) having an opening (124) therein for accessing the cigarettes (146) in the package, in which the opening extends across the top wall from the front edge thereof and wherein the periphery of the access opening is spaced apart from the rear edge (132) and the side edges of the top wall so that the top wall extends around the rear (126) and sides (128, 128?) of the opening. A closure flap (130) moveable between a closed position in which the flap covers the opening and an open position in which the opening is uncovered extends from the rear wall of the package. A blank for such a pack is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20170327305
    Abstract: A container (400) for consumer goods is provided, the container (400) comprising a box portion (402) and a lid portion (408) depending along a hinge line from a top edge of the box portion (402). An inner frame (300) is slidably received within the box portion (402), the inner frame (300) comprising an inner frame front panel (12), and first and second inner frame side panels (18) each depending along an inner frame side panel fold line (20) from first and second inner frame front panel side edges respectively. Each of the first and second inner frame side panels (18) comprises a back edge spaced apart from the respective inner frame side panel fold line (20). The inner frame (300) further comprises first and second inner frame back panels (26) each depending along a respective inner frame back panel fold line (28) from the first and second inner frame side panels (18) respectively, wherein the first and second inner frame back panels (26) form at least part of an inner frame back wall (302).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20170240346
    Abstract: A container for consumer articles comprises a box for housing the consumer articles. The box comprises a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall. A lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible. The container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall. The inner front panel comprises re-closing means for releasably keeping the lid in a closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, David Pitton