Philip Morris Products S.a.

Julie Polier

Digvijay Singh

Luiz Andre Rodrigues

Onur Dayioglu

Ross Lange

Clement Besso

Steven Shainwald

David Pitton

Charles Johnson

Juliana Arango

Luca Tarozzi

Antonio Caporale

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer sleeve () and inner tray () disposed within the outer sleeve (), and configured to slide within the outer sleeve () between: a first position, in which the interior of the inner tray () cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior of the inner tray () can be accessed by a user. The container () has a locking mechanism for preventing the inner tray () from sliding with respect to the outer sleeve from the first position to the second position, when the inner tray () is in the first position in the outer sleeve ().

Container having outer sleeve and inner tray with locking mechanism

A container for consumer goods is provided, including: an outer sleeve including outer sleeve front and back walls, and first and second opposed outer sleeve side walls; an inner slide mounted within the outer sleeve and including inner slide bottom, front, and back walls; and a sleeve cover including sleeve cover first and second panels, the first panel detachably depending from the outer sleeve along a first line of weakness and extending between the outer sleeve back and front walls, the sleeve cover second panel detachably depending from the sleeve cover first panel along a second line of weakness and permanently affixed to an inner surface of the outer sleeve, such that upon separation of the sleeve cover first panel and the sleeve cover second panel: a first outer sleeve opening is revealed, and the inner slide becomes movable between fully inserted and protruding positions.

Container having box and sleeve with anti-tamper mechanism

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer sleeve () and an inner slide () disposed within the outer sleeve (), the inner slide () at least partially enclosing an interior space for housing consumer goods. The inner slide () is slidable with respect to the outer sleeve () between: a first position, in which the interior space of the inner slide () cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior space of the inner slide () can be accessed by a user. When the inner slide () is in the first position in the outer sleeve (), an edge of an inner slide engagement flap () is configured to engage with a corresponding engaging element () on an outer sleeve wall, to form a locking mechanism for preventing the inner slide () from sliding from the first position to the second position.

Container having outer sleeve and inner slide with locking mechanism

Package of consumable sticks

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.

Container with expandable spacer for used and unused consumer goods

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer housing comprising a box portion () and a lid portion (). The lid portion () is linearly movable relative to the box portion between a closed position, in which the lid portion covers the access opening, and an open position, in which the access opening is exposed. The container () comprises a locking mechanism configured to transition between: a locked state, in which the lid portion () is prevented from moving linearly from the closed position to the open position; and an unlocked state, in which the lid portion () is able to move linearly from the closed position to the open position.

Container having sliding lid and locking mechanism

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer sleeve () and inner box () disposed within the outer sleeve (), and configured to be slidable with respect to the outer sleeve () between: a first position, in which the interior of the inner box () cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior of the inner box () can be accessed by a user. The container () having a locking mechanism for preventing the inner box () from sliding from the first position to the second position, when the inner box () is in the first position in the outer sleeve ().

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Neuchatel, Switzerland

Julie Polier