1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to cigarette packages, and more particularly to such a cigarette package having a pivot mechanism for sealingly closing the package so that the package can be more resistant to moisture for the protection of cigarettes contained therein.
2. Description of Related Art
There have been numerous suggestions in prior patents for cigarette package. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,793,478 discloses a cigarette package for allowing the extraction of cigarettes one at a time without disturbing other cigarettes in the package.
It is known that moisture tends to enter an open cigarette package. Further, cigarettes in the open package may get mildewed. As such, the cigarettes may be not sanitary and are of no use. Hence, a need has arisen for a moisture resistant cigarette package.
It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a cigarette package having a pivot mechanism for sealingly closing the package so that the package can be more resistant to moisture for the protection of cigarettes contained therein.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
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The cigarette package further comprises the following components. A rectangular metal casing 3 is sized and configured to fixedly fit in an enclosure defined by the box 1 and is open to top and bottom ends. The casing 3 comprises an oblique opening 31 at a bottom corner facing the hinge, a first shoulder 311 at about a midpoint of either curved edge of the opening 31,.and two opposite second cavities 32 on its front and rear walls respectively.
A rectangular cigarette holding insert block section 5 is sized and configured to moveably fit in an enclosure defined by the casing 3 and comprises a blind bottom end, an open top end, and a hook 51 secured to an underside.
A pivot mechanism 4 is open to a top and substantially mates with the casing 3. The pivot mechanism 4 comprises a rectangular bottom plate 41 having one side hingedly connected to one bottom side of the box 1 and the other side extending into a space defined by the hook 51 and the underside of the cigarette holding insert block section 5, front and rear walls 42 having a curved edge terminated at an edge of the open top of the pivot mechanism 4, each of the front and rear walls 42 having a second shoulder 421 at its curved edge proximate the bottom plate 41, the second shoulder 421 having an inwardly extending tab (not shown), and two opposite second projections 43 projecting outwardly from its front and rear walls respectively. The second projections 43 are lockingly engaged with the first cavities 21 so that the cover 2 and the pivot mechanism 4 can pivot as a whole. Moreover the bottom plate 41 is substantially perpendicular to the hinged side of the cover 2. Further, the bottom plate 41 has a length about half of the width of the casing 3 (see
The first projections 22 are matingly engaged with the second cavities 32, one or more cigarettes are contained in the cigarette holding insert block section 5, and the bottom of the cigarette holding insert block section 5 is proximate the bottoms of the box 1 and the casing 3 when the package is closed.
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While the invention herein disclosed has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
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20070246383 A1 | Oct 2007 | US |