US 11,807,430 B2
Package with sliding opening for consumer goods
Roberto Polloni, Bologna (IT); Luca Paradiso, Bologna (IT); Lorena D'Alfonso, Bologna (IT); and Giuliano Gamberini, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/771,361
Filed by G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Oct. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/059982
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/079335, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000019748 (IT), filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363431 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/38 (2006.01); B65D 1/36 (2006.01); B65D 5/42 (2006.01); B65D 85/10 (2006.01); B65D 85/60 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/38 (2013.01) [B65D 1/36 (2013.01); B65D 5/4233 (2013.01); B65D 85/1036 (2013.01); B65D 85/60 (2013.01); B65D 2209/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package (1) with a sliding opening for consumer goods, comprising:
a group of consumer goods;
a first container (2) that is tub-shaped, which contains the group of consumer goods and comprises an extraction opening (20) for the extraction of consumer goods from the first container (2);
a first closing label (3) which is fixed in a repositionable manner to the first container (2) to open and close the extraction opening (20) and allow or prevent access to the group of consumer goods;
a covering (4) of the first container (2), which is made starting from a blank of wrapping material; and
a casing (5) made starting from a blank of wrapping material, which casing (5) is arranged externally to the covering (4) and is slidingly coupled to the covering (4) so that the casing (5) and the covering (4) are mutually movable along a sliding direction (X) between a closing position (A), in which access to the group of consumer goods contained in the first container (2) is not allowed, and an opening position (B), in which access to the group of consumer goods contained in the first container (2) is allowed; and
a second container (6) which is designed to contain waste product and comprises an insertion opening (60) for inserting the waste product into the second container (6), which second container (6) is covered by the covering (4).
 
16. A package (1) with a sliding opening for consumer goods, comprising:
a group of consumer goods;
a first container (2) that is tub-shaped, which contains the group of consumer goods and comprises an extraction opening (20) for the extraction of consumer goods from the first container (2);
a first closing label (3) which is fixed in a repositionable manner to the first container (2) to open and close the extraction opening (20) and allow or prevent access to the group of consumer goods;
a covering (4) of the first container (2), which is made starting from a blank of wrapping material; and
a casing (5) made starting from a blank of wrapping material, which casing (5) is arranged externally to the covering (4) and is slidingly coupled to the covering (4) so that the casing (5) and the covering (4) are mutually movable along a sliding direction (X) between a closing position (A), in which access to the group of consumer goods contained in the first container (2) is not allowed, and an opening position (B), in which access to the group of consumer goods contained in the first container (2) is allowed;
a second container (6) which is designed to contain waste products and comprises an insertion opening (60) for inserting the waste products into the second container (6), which second container (6) is covered by the covering (4);
wherein the covering (4) comprises an annular wall (40) that engages in the inner surface of the casing (5) to slide with respect to the casing (5) between the closing position (A) and the opening position (B), which annular wall (40) comprises an upper surface (41) that extends parallel to the sliding direction (X);
wherein the first container (2) comprises a containing portion (21), which contains the group of consumer goods, and an edge (22) that extends from the containing portion (21) and abuts against the upper surface (41) of the annular wall (40) of the covering (4); and
wherein is provided a covering element which is welded to the edge of the first container (2) to close the extraction opening (20) of the first container (2), which covering element comprises a central portion facing the extraction opening (20) of the first container (2) and an edge that at least partially surrounds the central portion and that is welded to the edge (22) of the first container (2); the first closing label (3) is fixed in a permanent manner to the central portion of the covering element and is fixed in a repositionable manner to the edge of the covering element so that, when the first closing label (3) is separated from the first container (2) at the first opening of the package (1), the central portion of the covering element is at least partially separated from the edge of the covering element.