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(11) EP 0 557 070 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.04.1994 Bulletin 1994/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.08.1993 Bulletin 1993/34

(21) Application number: 93301149.6

(22) Date of filing: 17.02.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B65D 5/38, B65D 55/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 21.02.1992 GB 9203748

(71) Applicant: BRYANT & MAY LIMITED
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EJ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cox, Michael Graham Carey
    Kingsley, Cheshire WA6 6LS (GB)

(74) Representative: Cooke, William Douglas et al
Hughes Clark & Co. P.O. Box 22 114/118 Southampton Row
London WC1B 5AA
London WC1B 5AA (GB)


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    (54) Child resistant box


    (57) A child resistant box, more particularly a matchbox, comprising an outer sleeve (2) and an inner tray (3), the tray (3) being slidable relative to the sleeve (2) to open or close the box. The sleeve (2) has a section (5) secured to the tray (3) by a hot melt adhesive. The section (5) may be separated from the remainder of the sleeve (2) by folding two side portions (B) of the section (5) along fold lines (8) by gripping cut-outs (7) to break serrations (6) joining the section (5) to the remainder of the sleeve (2). To slide the sleeve relative to the tray the section (5) is deformed inwardly to release it from the aperture in the sleeve formed by separation of the section (5).
    The section (5) may be completely removed from the box by ripping it from the underside of the tray.









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