Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Tawada
Shunsuke Tawada 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).
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Patent number: 8925794Abstract: A swing-open type package has a box body (10), a lid (12) to be put onto the box body (10) from above, and a swing device connecting the lid (12) and the box body (10), the swing device including a movable rear wall portion (36) formed by a part of a rear wall of the box body (10), and a support flap (44) connecting the lid (12) and a transverse wall (21) of the box body (10), and enables a swing motion of the lid (12) when a front wall of the lid (12) is raised from the boxy body (10) so that the swing motion causes the lid (12) to tilt and open wide.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
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Patent number: 8418845Abstract: A cigarette box has an outer case (2) provided in a portion of a bottom wall (14) thereof with a movable base (22) capable of turning around a hinge (20), and an inner case (4) disposed in the outer case (2), the inner case (4) holding an inner pack of cigarettes. The inner case (4) is connected to the movable base (22) only at a bottom wall (26) thereof, and protrudes from an open face (6) of the outer case (2) in a lateral direction of the outer case (2) when turned around the hinge (22) together with the movable base (22), which opens the cigarette box.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 7926653Abstract: A cigarette box has a box body (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and a slide lid (6) attached to cover an upper portion of the box body (2), where the slide lid (6) is allowed to reciprocate along the breadth of the box body (2) to open and close the access opening (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110062175Abstract: A slide action type hinged-lid package (2) includes an inner case (6) having a lid (4), and an outer body (8) slidably accommodating the inner case. The outer body has an opening (46) formed through a front wall thereof (40) and allowing the inner case to be partly exposed, and a contact piece (48) provided at the rear edge of an upper open end thereof (38) and extending toward the interior of the outer body. The inner case has a reinforcing member arranged on the inside of a front wall thereof (14) which is exposed through the opening, and a strip (34) connected to the rear part of the lid and capable of engaging with the contact piece. When the inner case is slid up relative to the outer body, the engagement between the strip and the contact piece causes the lid to open and also regulates the amount of sliding of the inner case.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAMURA, Shunsuke Tawada, Hidehisa Tokita, Masahiro Fukui, Akihiro Saito
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Patent number: 7900770Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100320263Abstract: A swing-open type package has a box body (10), a lid (12) to be put onto the box body (10) from above, and a swing device connecting the lid (12) and the box body (10), the swing device including a movable rear wall portion (36) formed by a part of a rear wall of the box body (10), and a support flap (44) connecting the lid (12) and a transverse wall (21) of the box body (10), and enables a swing motion of the lid (12) when a front wall of the lid (12) is raised from the boxy body (10) so that the swing motion causes the lid (12) to tilt and open wide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Shunsuke TAWADA, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
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Patent number: 7726473Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Akira Miyazawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shunsuke Tawada
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Publication number: 20080164160Abstract: A cigarette box has a box body (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and a slide lid (6) attached to cover an upper portion of the box body (2), where the slide lid (6) is allowed to reciprocate along the breadth of the box body (2) to open and close the access opening (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20080164163Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20080164162Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Akira Miyazawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shunsuke Tawada
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Publication number: 20080164158Abstract: A cigarette box has an outer case (2) provided in a portion of a bottom wall (14) thereof with a movable base (22) capable of turning around a hinge (20), and an inner case (4) disposed in the outer case (2), the inner case (4) holding an inner pack of cigarettes. The inner case (4) is connected to the movable base (22) only at a bottom wall (26) thereof, and protrudes from an open face (6) of the outer case (2) in a lateral direction of the outer case (2) when turned around the hinge (22) together with the movable base (22), which opens the cigarette box.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: D698642Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Japan Tabacco Inc.Inventor: Shunsuke Tawada