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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Lucas Chatelain, Lausanne, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
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 ().