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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
Lucas Chatelain, Lausanne, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
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.