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).

  • Patent number: 8925794
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
  • Patent number: 8418845
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7926653
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110062175
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuya NAKAMURA, Shunsuke Tawada, Hidehisa Tokita, Masahiro Fukui, Akihiro Saito
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20100320263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Shunsuke TAWADA, Tetsuya Nakamura, Noriaki Mitsui, Kouya Nakamura, Nobuhiko Higashi, Hideki Mori
  • 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: 20080164160
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080164163
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080164162
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Akira Miyazawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shunsuke Tawada
  • Publication number: 20080164158
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: D698642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Tabacco Inc.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Tawada