Double hinged lid product package

Abstract

A packet is suitable to contain products in loose or organized form and comprises at least two elements such as a mobile lid, affecting the upper part of the packet, and a containing body. The containing body consists of two lateral, a rear wall, a front wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, all defining a front bulk and a lateral bulk. The elements are connected to each other by movement means. The mobile lid is suitable to assume a closed position and an open position. The mobile lid, the walls of the containing body and the movement means define a kinematic mechanism suitable to make the mobile lid assume an open position as well.

Claims

1. A packet for containing products, comprising: a containing body having: a first lateral wall and second lateral wall; a rear wall; a front wall; an upper wall; and a lower wall, wherein the walls define a front bulk and a lateral bulk; a mobile lid movable between a closed position and an open position; and a first tab and a second tab, wherein the first tab and second tab each connect the mobile lid to the containing body and are both hinged on the same wall of the containing body so that the tabs are substantially parallel when the mobile lid is in a closed position; wherein the first tab is attached at an inside central position on the lid and the second tab is attached at an inside edge of the lid.

2. The packet of claim 1, wherein at least a peripheral part of the mobile lid contacts with the containing body when the mobile lid is at the closed position, and the mobile lid at the open position is at least partly lower than the mobile lid at the closed position.

3. The packet of claim 2, wherein the first tab and the second tab have different lengths.

4. The packet of claim 1, wherein the first tab and the second tab have the same lengths.

5. The packet of claim 1 further comprises an internal body disposed within the containing body.

6. A packet for containing products, comprising: a containing body having four side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall, wherein the containing body comprises an internal body having a front wall and two side walls, wherein the internal body is disposed within the containing body; a mobile lid movable between a closed position and an open position; and a first tab and a second tab, wherein the first tab and second tab each connect the mobile lid to the internal body and are both hinged on the same wall of the internal body so that the tabs are substantially parallel when the mobile lid is in a closed position; wherein the first tab is attached at an inside central position on the lid and the second tab is attached at an inside corner of the lid.

7. The packet of claim 6, wherein at least a peripheral part of the mobile lid contacts with the containing body when the mobile lid is at the closed position, and the mobile lid at the open position is at least partly lower than the mobile lid at the closed position.

8. The packet of claim 6, wherein the internal body further comprises an upper wall, both the first tab and the second tab are hinged on the upper wall of the internal body.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) These and other characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of two forms of embodiment, given as a non-restrictive example with reference to the attached drawings wherein:

(2) FIG. 1a is a three-dimensional view of the packet in the closed position according to a first form of embodiment;

(3) FIG. 1b is a three-dimensional view of the packet in FIG. 1a in a completely open position;

(4) FIG. 2a is a lateral view of the packet in FIG. 1a;

(5) FIG. 2b is a lateral view of the packet in FIGS. 1a, 1b in an intermediate open position;

(6) FIG. 2c is a lateral view of the packet in FIG. 1b;

(7) FIG. 3 is a plan view of the first blank to make the packet in FIGS. from 1a to 2c;

(8) FIG. 4 is a plan view of the second blank to make the packet in FIGS. 1a to 2c;

(9) FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional view of the blank in FIG. 4, in condition of use;

(10) FIG. 6a is a front view of a variant of the solution in FIG. 2a;

(11) FIG. 6b is a front view of a variant of the solution in FIG. 2c;

(12) FIG. 7a is a front view of the packet in the closed position, according to a second form of embodiment;

(13) FIG. 7b is a front view of the packet in FIG. 7a in an open position;

(14) FIG. 8a is a front view of the packet in FIG. 7a according to a variant;

(15) FIG. 8b is a front view of the packet in FIG. 7b according to a variant.

(16) To facilitate comprehension, the same reference numbers have been used, where possible, to identify identical common elements in the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SOME FORMS OF EMBODIMENT

(17) A first form of embodiment of the present invention is described hereafter.

(18) With reference to FIGS. 1a and 1b a packet 10 suitable to contain material in loose or organized form, such as for example cigarettes or other smoking articles, or tablets, pills or other, comprises a containing body 11, a mobile lid 12, and an internal body 15.

(19) The containing body 11 has a substantially parallelepiped shape, having two lateral walls 16, a rear wall, a front wall 19, an upper wall 25 and a lower wall. In this case the parallelepiped shape of the containing body lacks almost half of its front face, which in this case is identified by a front wall 19. Moreover, the containing body 11 is hollow inside and has the upper wall 25 as its top element.

(20) The mobile lid 12 comprises an internal wall 13 (FIGS. 2a-2c), which in its turn includes an upper face 14.

(21) In FIGS. 1a and 2a, in which the packet 10 is shown in its closed position, the mobile lid 12 is positioned so that the upper face 14 of its internal wall 13 is coupled to the upper wall 25 of the containing body 11, in this way closing the packet in a complete parallelepiped shape, hollow inside.

(22) With reference to FIGS. 1b, 2b, 2c, the movement of the mobile lid 12 occurs thanks to two tabs, made from a front face 17 of the internal body 15 and referred to as top tab 20 and central tab 21.

(23) FIGS. 3, 4, 5 show a first blank 32 and a second blank 33 to make the packet 10 and the folding lines and cutting lines and an intended breakage line XY are highlighted, which, once activated, defines a peripheral edge 28 of the mobile lid 12. The two tabs, top 20 and central 21, are both hinged at one end to the front face 17 of the internal body 15, while at the opposite end each has a gluing surface 26a, 27a suitable to be attached to the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12.

(24) In the case shown here as an example, the gluing surfaces 26a and 27a of the top tab 20 and of the central tab 21 respectively, are suitable to be glued to two surfaces 26b and 27b provided on the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12.

(25) In this way a kinematic mechanism of the articulated quadrilateral type is created, which defines the motion of the mobile lid 12.

(26) In this form of embodiment, in the closed position, the tabs 20, 21 lie parallel on the same plane.

(27) In order to pass from the closed position shown in FIGS. 1a and 2a to the open one (FIG. 2b) and the completely open one (FIGS. 1b and 2c), the mobile lid 12 completes a rotation-translation, moving initially in a substantially orthogonal direction to the front wall 19 of the containing body 11, and subsequently in a substantially orthogonal direction to its upper wall 25.

(28) In the terminal position of the movement described above, that is, the completely open position, the surface of the top tab 20 fits with the upper face 14 of the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12, in an inclined condition with respect to the initial one. In this position, at least in correspondence to the peripheral edge 28, the mobile lid 12 rests against the front wall 19 of the containing body 11.

(29) From FIGS. 1b, 2b and 2c it is obvious that, in the open and completely open positions, the mobile lid 12 remains inside the front bulk of the packet 10, a bulk defined by the shape of the containing body 11.

(30) According to a variant, shown in FIGS. 6a and 6b, the internal body 15 also comprises an upper wall 23, to which two tabs, referred to as upper tabs 22, are hinged at one end. Both have their other end hinged to the upper face 14 of the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12.

(31) This disposition makes the mobile lid 12 move laterally, rather than frontally, from the closed position to the final, completely open position.

(32) In this last position (FIG. 6b), in correspondence at least to one of its own peripheral edges 28, the mobile lid 12 rests on the front wall 19 of the containing body 11 and also remains around and in close proximity to the lateral bulk of the packet 10, a bulk defined by the shape of the containing body 11.

(33) The elastic characteristics and the conformation of the tabs described above allow the mobile lid 12 to remain in the open position, until a further intervention by the user.

(34) With reference to FIGS. 7a and 7b, a packet 110 according to the present invention provides a second form of embodiment, in which the packet 110 comprises a containing body 111, an internal body 115 and a mobile lid 112, which comprises an internal wall 113, which in turn includes an upper face 114. In this example, a top tab 120 is hinged to an upper wall 123 of the internal body 115, while a central tab 121, made from a lateral wall 116 of the containing body 111, is hinged to the lateral wall 116. Both are also hinged to the upper face 114 of the internal wall 113 of the mobile lid 112.

(35) In this case, in the closed position, the top tab 120 and central tab 121 lie on planes substantially orthogonal with respect to each other.

(36) In order to pass from the closed position (FIG. 7a) to the open position (FIG. 7b), the mobile lid 112 first performs a rotational movement and then a rotation-translation movement laterally and downward.

(37) In the open position, the mobile lid 112 rests against the lateral wall 116 in correspondence at least to its own peripheral edge 128 and is substantially rotated by 90° with respect to the initial closed position.

(38) According to a variant, shown in FIGS. 8a and 8b, the top tab 120 is hinged to an upper edge 124 of the internal body 115, in this case to the right upper edge 124. The movement of the mobile lid 112 is analogous to that described above, except for the entity of the upper opening. This disposition allows the opening of all the upper part of the internal body 115, facilitating access to the material contained in the internal compartment of the packet 110.

(39) In the open position, the mobile lid 112 is rotated by an angle of more than 90° with respect to the initial closed position and rests against the lateral wall 116 of the containing body 111 in correspondence to its own peripheral edge 128.

(40) In this position, the mobile lid 112 remains around and in close proximity to the lateral bulk of the packet 110, a bulk defined by the shape of the containing body 111.

(41) By way of example, we shall now describe the method to make the packet 10 shown in FIGS. 1a to 5.

(42) With reference to FIG. 3, the containing body 11 and the mobile lid 12 are comprised inside a first blank 32. The folding and cutting lines and intended breakage lines needed to make the two elements described above are shown in the blank.

(43) With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, a second blank 33 allows to make the internal body 15. The folding and cutting lines needed to make the top tab 20 and central tab 21 described above are shown in the blank.

(44) To make the packet 10 according to the present invention, first of all the first blank 32 is cut and shaped, inside which the internal body 15 is inserted, made from the shaping of the second blank 33. To facilitate comprehension of the folding method, in FIGS. 3 and 1b two corresponding lateral surfaces of the containing body 11 are identified with the letters A and B, respectively before and after folding.

(45) The gluing surfaces 26a and 27a, belonging respectively to the top tab 20 and to the central tab 21, are then glued to the corresponding surfaces 26b and 27b comprised in the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12.

(46) Finally, a break is made according to the line of intended breakage “XY” in the first blank 32, to define the definitive shape of the mobile lid 12, releasing it from the containing body 11.

(47) According to the form of embodiment considered, at the end of this procedure, a protective wrapper 18 is inserted inside the cavity delimited by the containing body 11 and the internal body 15; the function of the protective wrapper 18 is to protect the product from contamination and/or damage deriving from external agents, above all in the steps before sale.

(48) It is clear that modifications and/or additions of parts may be made to the packet 10, 110 and to the blanks 32, 33 as described heretofore, without departing from the field and scope of the present invention.

(49) For example, at least a tongue may be introduced, made in the lateral wall of the internal body 15, suitable to couple with at least a seating for the tongue, made in the internal wall 13 of the mobile lid 12, starting from the first blank 32, in order to reinforce the closed position.

(50) It is also clear that, although the present invention has been described with reference to some specific examples, a person of skill in the art shall certainly be able to achieve many other equivalent forms of packet or blanks, having the characteristics as set forth in the claims and hence all coming within the field of protection defined thereby.