Title (en)

Side-opening container with audible indication of opening

Title (de)

Behälter mit seitlicher Öffnung und akustischer Anzeige der Öffnung

Title (fr)

Récipient avec ouverture latérale et indication audible de son ouverture

Publication

EP 1669306 A1 20060614 (EN)

Application

EP 04257633 A 20041208

Priority

EP 04257633 A 20041208

Abstract (en)

A side-opening container, which finds particular application as a "wing" pack for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes, comprises: an outer shell 2; an inner shell 4 mounted in the outer shell 2 for pivotal relative thereto between a closed position, in which the interior of the inner shell 4 is not accessible, and an open position, in which at least a portion of the interior of the inner shell 4 is accessible; and at least one protrusion extending from an inner surface of a top wall 10 of the outer shell 2, wherein the at least one protrusion is engaged by an upper portion of the inner shell 4 to produce a sound during movement of the inner shell 4 from the closed position to the open position. The production of a sound during movement of the inner shell from the closed position to the open position advantageously provides the consumer with an audible indication of closure of the container. To provide the consumer with an audible indication of closure of the container, the at least one protrusion may also engaged by an upper portion of the inner shell 4 to produce a sound during movement of the inner shell 4 from the open position to the closed position.

IPC 8 full level

B65D 85/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B65D 5/5213 (2013.01); B65D 85/1036 (2013.01); B65D 2203/12 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

• [YA] US 3881599 A 19750506 - FLAHERTY KENNETH ALLEN
• [Y] US 5067615 A 19911126 - DAVITIAN EDWARD [US]
• [A] US 3052398 A 19620904 - LEWIN BENJAMIN ALAN
• [A] DE 1945277 A1 19710401 - SLATTERY BILL, et al
• [A] US 356244 A 18870118
• [A] US 6530478 B1 20030311 - KANOYADANI TOSHIMITSU [JP], et al
• [A] EP 0884247 A1 19981216 - JAPAN TOBACCO INC [JP]
• [A] US 4294399 A 19811013 - WILFER OSKAR
• [XY] EP 0928751 A1 19990714 - R J REYNOLDS INTERNATIONAL B V [CH]
• [XY] US 3446338 A 19690527 - BOZYK DAVID B
• [XY] US 1521846 A 19250106 - TYER JOHN J

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1669306 A1 20060614; EP 1669306 B1 20090107; AT E420044 T1 20090115; DE 602004018953 D1 20090226; DK 1669306 T3 20090330; ES 2318246 T3 20090501; PL 1669306 T3 20090630; PT 1669306 E 20090218

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04257633 A 20041208; AT 04257633 T 20041208; DE 602004018953 T 20041208; DK 04257633 T 20041208; ES 04257633 T 20041208; PL 04257633 T 20041208; PT 04257633 T 20041208