Containers for consumer goods with sliding internal frames

Abstract

A container (10) for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer casing including a box portion (12), a lid portion (14) movable between a closed position and an open position, and a lid portion (14) connected to the box portion ( 12) a hinged connection (16) to said lid portion (14); a plurality of consumer goods (20) housed within said box portion (12); and an inner frame (18) slidably housed in The housing is located within the housing and between the plurality of consumables (20) and the box portion (12). The inner frame (18) is slidable between a lowered position and a raised position, and includes an inner frame front wall (36), an inner frame rear wall (38), opposing inner frame side walls, and access from the inner frame ( 18) a lift element (48) depending from the bottom edge of the wall and extending into an opening at the bottom end of said inner frame. At least part of said lifting element (18) is located between the box part bottom wall and said consumer goods. The cover portion (14) depends from the hinge connection along a first hinge line (30) and from the inner frame (18) along a second hinge line (44) such that when the cover portion ( 14) When moving between said closed position and said open position, said inner frame (18) slides between said lowered position and said raised position.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a container for consumer goods comprising a sliding inner frame coupled to a pivotable lid. The invention finds particular use as containers for elongated consumer goods such as smoking articles. Background technique [0002] Consumer goods such as smoking articles are usually packaged in rigid box-like containers, such as hinge-lid containers having a box portion and a lid connected to the box portion about a hinge line extending across the rear wall of the container, a so-called Flip-Top TM box. In some cases, the container further includes an inner frame wrapped at least partially around the consumable. This can provide further rigidity to the container and protect the consumer product. In case the inner frame extends over the upper edge of the box part, the inner frame also provides a surface against which the lid can be closed. [0003] In order to minimize the amount of material used to form and manufacture ea...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in some cases, this rigid packaging of the consumables in the container can make it difficult to remove the first of the consumables from the container.

For example, where multiple smoking articles are packaged in a hinge lid container, it may be difficult to grasp the ends of the smoking articles when the container is full

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