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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Hiroyuki Uesugi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehisa Tokita, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Fukui, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Uesugi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidehisa Tokita, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Fukui, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The package () has an inner case () having a box body () with an open end () in an upper portion and a lid () that is connected to a first side edge of the open end () and turns about a lid hinge () to open/close the open end (); and an outer slider () that is slidably fitted in a periphery of the inner case (), the outer slider () having a contact flap () extending towards the inside of the outer slider () in an upper edge () of a first side wall () corresponding to the lid hinge (). The inner case () includes a band-like member (), which is connected to the lid () at the upper end thereof and has a folded flap () engageable with the contact flap () of the outer slider () in a lower end thereof. When the outer slider () is slid down in relation to the inner case (), the folded flap () is engaged with the contact flap () and opens the lid ().