Philip Morris Products S.a.

Philip Morris USA Inc.

Lucas Chatelain

Luiz Andre Rodrigues

Arjen Hamilcar Slooff

Fiorenzo Draghetti

Philippe Bourgoin

Dorothy Tritz

Timothee Cailleaux

Ross Lange

David Pitton

Jacques Weiss

Mathias Beutler

Cassandra Sandra Alcocer Beltran

Roger Nuetzi

Michael Barth

Frédéric Antoun

Casandra Sandra Alcocer Beltran

A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the consumer goods, a top face of the box being open to provide a top access opening to access an interior of the box, a first box side wall including a side opening proximate the box bottom wall; a lid hingedly connected to the box back wall and movable between a closed lid position in which the lid covers the top access opening and an open lid position in which the top access opening is uncovered; and a dispenser including a tray portion to hold consumer goods and being mounted inside the box and slidable through the side opening between a closed position in which the tray portion is inside the box and a dispensing position in which a part of the tray portion protrudes through the side opening such that the consumer goods are removable.

Container for consumer goods including dispensing means

A containerfor smoking articleshaving an outer housing comprising a boxand a lidhingedly attached to the box, an inner linerdisposed within the outer housing, the inner liner defining an interior volume for the smoking articles, the inner liner being sealed around the smoking articles and having an access openingwith a closure flap. An inner stiffenerhaving at least side wallshingedly connected to a main panel for at least partially surrounding the smoking articles is provided within the inner liner, the main panel being hingedly connected to a bottom panelthat includes a stepped regionfor receiving at least part of a smoking article provided in line with the access opening

Container with inner stiffener for smoking articles, inner stiffener, method

Containers that comprise a housing that comprises a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The lid comprises a front wall that has an inner surface, an outer surface and a bottom edge. The container also comprises an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The container also comprises a resealable label configured to open and close the inner package when the lid of the housing is opened and closed, wherein the resealable lable is positioned adjacent the inner surface of the front wall of the lid. The container also comprises an insert comprising a line of weakness and a communication portion, wherein the insert is coupled to the resealable label to maintain connection of the insert with the container until the line of weakness is broken.

Resealable container including insert

A container for consumer goods is provided, the container including a box portion and a lid portion depending along a hinge line from a top edge of the box portion. An inner frame is slidably received within the box portion, the inner frame including an inner frame front panel, and first and second inner frame side panels each depending along an inner frame side panel fold line from first and second inner frame front panel side edges respectively. Each of the first and second inner frame side panels includes a back edge spaced apart from the respective inner frame side panel fold line. The inner frame further includes first and second inner frame back panels each depending along a respective inner frame back panel fold line from the first and second inner frame side panels respectively.

Container having an inner frame with a spaced back wall, corresponding inner frame and reel

A container includes a housing and an outer film. The housing has an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length. The housing includes a box and a lid hingedly attached to the box at a hinge line on the rear wall of the housing. The housing also includes an opening line. The outer film is disposed on the outer surface of the housing. The outer film includes a covering portion and an opening portion. The opening portion has a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion is disposed along the opening line of the housing.

Container including outer film

There is provided a container () for consumer goods, the container () comprising an outer housing comprising a box portion () and a lid portion () depending from the box portion () along a hinge line. The container () further comprises a plurality of consumer goods () received within the box portion () and an inner frame () slidably received within the outer housing. The inner frame () comprises an inner frame front wall () underlying a box portion front wall () and a tab portion () positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the consumer goods, the tab portion () depending along a first weakening zone () from the inner frame front wall (). The tab portion () is arranged so that sliding the inner frame () away from a box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion () with the selection of consumer goods and lifts them away from the box portion bottom wall. An inner wrapper () is wrapped around the consumer goods (), the inner wrapper () comprising an aperture () underlying the selection of consumer goods and overlying the inner frame tab portion ().

Container for consumer goods with sliding portion

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer housing comprising a box portion (), a lid portion () moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a hinged connector () connecting the box portion () and the lid portion (); a plurality of consumer goods () received within the box portion (); and an inner frame () slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods () and the box portion (). The inner frame () is slidable between a lowered position and a raised position and comprises an inner frame front wall (), an inner frame back wall (), opposed inner frame side walls and a lifting element (), depending from the bottom edge of a wall of the inner frame () and extending into the opening at the bottom end of the inner frame. At least part of the lifting element () is positioned between a box portion bottom wall and the consumer goods. The lid portion () depends along a first hinge line () from the hinged connector and along a second hinge line () from the inner frame () so that the inner frame () slides between the lowered position and the raised position as the lid portion () moves between the closed position and the open position.

Container for consumer goods with sliding inner frame

A container for consumer goods comprises an inner portion received within an outer box portion and a lifting mechanism that facilitates easy access to consumer goods received on or within the inner portion. The lifting mechanism connects the back wall of the inner portion to the lid portion top wall or lid portion front wall. The consumer goods, such as smoking articles, are longitudinally orthogonal to the hinge line.

Shoulder pack with lid lift

A container for consumer articles comprises a box for housing the consumer articles. The box comprises a box front wall, a box back wall and a box top wall. A lid is defined by separation lines in the box front wall and in the box top wall, such that the lid is at least partly separable from the remainder of the box, wherein upon separation from the remainder of the box the lid is pivotable about a hinge line between an open position in which consumer goods can be removed from the container through an access opening of the container and a closed position in which the interior of the container is inaccessible. The container further comprises an inner front panel underlying and attached to at least a portion of the box front wall. The inner front panel is configured to releasably keep the lid in a closed position when the lid has been at least partly separated from the box.

Container for consumer articles with tamper-evident lid

A container for consumer articles () comprises a box portion () comprising a box front wall (), a box rear wall () and two box side walls () extending between the box front wall and the box rear wall. The container further comprises an inner frame () comprising an inner frame front wall () and inner frame side walls (), wherein the inner frame front wall () is arranged parallel and at a predefined distance to the box front wall (). The container further comprises an additional flap () comprising at least two opposing side edges, the first side edge () being attached to an upper edge of the box front wall (), the second side edge () contacting the lower edge () of the inner frame front wall.

Container for consumer articles with in depth inner frame

A slide and shell container includes an outer shell and an inner slide mounted within the outer shell. The outer shell and the inner slide are detachably connected to each other along one or more lines of weakness. Upon separation of the outer shell and inner slide along the one or more lines of weakness, the inner slide becomes moveable within the outer shell between a closed slide position and an open slide position. The two or more lines of weakness define an integral opening strip which is separable from the container in order to separate the outer shell and the inner slide.

Slide and shell container having tamper evident seal

A container for consumer goods comprising an outer shell, an inner housing and a resilient member arranged between the outer shell and the inner housing. The inner housing has an opening and is mounted within the outer shell for rotational movement relative thereto between a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the outer shell and an open position in which the opening is at least partially exposed. The inner housing is resiliently biased towards the closed position by the resilient member.

Container with resilient member

A slide and shell container comprising a shell, and a slide, which is movable in the shell along a sliding path from a closed position to an open position, wherein in the closed position the interior of the container is inaccessible, and wherein in the open position the interior of the container is accessible. The shell comprises a guide slit, extending along the sliding path, wherein a guide means of the slide engages with the guide slit. Further, a single blank for forming a slide and a single blank for forming a guide means is disclosed.

Slide and shell container

A slide and shell container for consumer goods includes an outer shell and an inner slide. The inner slide includes a box and a lid, which is hingedly connected to the box at a hinge. The inner slide is slidable within the outer shell between a closed position in which the lid is closed and an open position in which the lid is open. The lid includes a lid flap which is arranged between the inner slide and the outer shell such that an engagement of the lid flap and the outer shell is capable of opening the lid. The lid flap is capable of engaging with the outer shell during movement of the inner slide from the closed position to the open position. The lid also includes a top wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall is connected through a fold line to the back wall and is connected through a fold line to the top wall.

Hinge lid container and blank

A slide and shell container includes an outer shell having a first wall with an aperture provided therein; an inner slide slidable within the outer shell between a closed position in which the interior of the inner slide is inaccessible and an open position in which the interior of the inner slide is accessible; and a hinged flap connected to the inner slide that protrudes through the aperture in the first wall of the outer shell. The hinged flap is pivotable between a first position in which the flap rests against the first wall of the outer shell and a second position in which the flap is hinged outwardly from the first wall of the outer shell upon slidable movement of the inner slide between the closed position and the open position.

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Lausanne, Switzerland

Lucas Chatelain