Rigid package for tobaco articles

Abstract

A rigid package for tobacco articles having a first container for housing the tobacco articles and housed inside a second container so as to slide with respect to the second container between a closed position and an open position; each container is substantially parallelepiped shaped, and has two end walls, and a lateral surface bounded by the end walls, and by at least one minor lateral wall; the major lateral walls of both the containers are curved walls having the same concavity and the same radius of curvature, which is constant along the whole extension of each major lateral wall (FIG. 2).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a rigid, slide-open package for tobacco articles. [0002] The present invention may be used to particular advantage in a rigid cigarette packet, to which the following description refers purely by way of example. BACKGROUND ART [0003] Rigid, slide-open cigarette packets are known, of the type described in Patent Application FR-2499947-A3, U.S. Pat. No. 4,534,463-A1 or U.S. Pat. No. 5,080,227-A1. A rigid, slide-open cigarette packet comprises a first container, which houses a group of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil, and is in turn housed inside a second container so as to slide, with respect to the second container, between a closed position, in which the first container is fully inserted inside the second container, and an open position, in which part of the first container is extracted from the second container. Each container is substantially parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises two end walls, and a lateral surface boun...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a rigid package for tobacco articles that is cheap and easy to produce. The package comprises two containers that can slide into each other, with one container being fully inserted inside the other. Each container is shaped like a rectangular box with curved walls on its sides. The major lateral walls of both containers have the same concavity and radius of curvature. The technical effect of this design is that it allows for easy and secure packaging of tobacco articles, which can protect them from damage during transportation and storage.

Problems solved by technology

Though marketed, by being relatively cheap to produce and generally popular with smokers, rigid, slide-open cigarette packets of the type described above have several drawbacks, on account of their non-anatomical shape, and their failure to safely protect the cigarettes inside.

That is, when the packet is inside the user's' pocket, the inner container has a tendency to slide open, thus resulting in the cigarettes falling out of the packet.

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