US 12,280,940 B2
Package
Paul Hodges, London (GB)
Assigned to BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/633,567
Filed by British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051822
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/028651, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1911723 (GB), filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289469 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/10564 (2020.05) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A package for one or more delivery systems, the package comprising:
a container;
a lid hingedly connected to the container about a hinge line; and
an inner frame comprising a side wall having a portion which extends from the container and which is received in the lid when the lid is closed,
wherein the portion of the side wall extending from the container comprises at least two regions having different coefficients of friction, and wherein the lid has a side panel that overlaps a corresponding side wall of the inner frame when the lid is closed, and the at least two regions comprise at least a first region and a second region, and wherein the first region has a lower coefficient of friction than the second region, the at least two regions of the side wall being arranged such that when the lid is rotated towards a closed position, the side panel of the lid slides against the first region of the corresponding side wall before sliding against the second region of the corresponding side wall, and
further comprising at least a third region on the inner frame having a different coefficient of friction than the first region and the second region, the third region being located between the first region and the second region.