Provided is a container including a main body, a lid body, and a fixing mechanism that fixes the lid body to prevent the lid body from opening from the main body when the lid body is closed, the fixing being released when the lid body moves to a front side with respect to the main body. Cutouts are formed in side plates of the main body. The container is configured such that, by a rear plate tilting forward toward the cutouts of the side plates, the lid body moves to the front side with respect to the main body and the fixing of the lid body is released, and as the rear plate and a top plate of the lid body form a single plane, the top plate rises and the lid body opens.

Provided is a container including a main body, a lid body, and a fixing mechanism that fixes the lid body to prevent the lid body from opening from the main body when the lid body is closed, the fixing being released when the lid body moves to a front side with respect to the main body. Cutouts are formed in side plates of the main body. The container is configured such that, by a rear plate tilting forward toward the cutouts of the side plates, the lid body moves to the front side with respect to the main body and the fixing of the lid body is released, and as the rear plate and a top plate of the lid body form a single plane, the top plate rises and the lid body opens.

A lidded container includes a tray and a hingedly attached lid. The tray includes a locking panel hingedly connected to a front tray wall. The lid includes corner gussets disposed on the interior surfaces of a lid front wall. When the lid is placed on the tray to close it, the locking panel is reverse folded against either the interior or exterior surface of the tray front wall. In this configuration, angled edges defined by the lid corner gussets mate with complementary angled edges of the locking panel to lock the removable lid to the tray.

A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.

A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.

The container may comprise a box, a lid, at least a first bundle and a second bundle of consumer goods, and an expandable spacer. The expandable spacer comprises at least one spacer weakening line. The at least one spacer weakening line is provided on the spacer bottom wall. The expandable spacer has an initial size that is defined by an initial distance between the first side wall and the second side wall of the expandable spacer for containing a predetermined number of consumer goods. The spacer weakening line is configured to break when more than the predetermined number of consumer goods are inserted between the expandable spacer walls so that the first and the second side walls of the expandable spacer are spaced further apart. Methods of using disclosed containers are also disclosed.

A container for consumer articles comprises a box portion, a lid and an inner frame within the box portion. The inner frame comprises an inner frame front wall; first and second inner frame side walls each depending along an inner frame fold line from the inner frame front wall; a first and a second cut lines in the first and second inner frame side walls. Each cut line intersects a respective inner frame fold line at upper and lower intersection points. The cut lines define a pair of locking tabs, each of which extends outwardly from the inner frame towards a respective side wall of the container and past an edge formed by the inner frame front wall with a respective inner frame side wall, and interacting with the lid portion of the container when the lid portion is between the open position and the closed position. Each of the first and second cut lines comprises an undulated portion comprising at least two peaks and a trough, a distance between adjacent peaks of the undulated portion being at least about 0.8 mm.

Method for producing a plurality of blanks from a continuous strip of material. Firstly, a continuous strip of material (101) is provided, the strip having a plurality of cut-outs (103) spaced along a longitudinal direction thereof. Then, the continuous strip is cut along a plurality of cut lines (203) to form the plurality of blanks (301), each cut line comprising a straight transverse section and a curved section. Each cut line intersects a respective cut-out in the strip in the curved section of the cut line. Each cut line, together with its respective intersected cut-out, corresponds to an edge (303, 305) of at least one of the plurality of blanks. There is also provided a blank (301) formed by the method and a container (400) for consumer goods, the container comprising an inner frame (301) formed from a blank formed according by the method.

A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.