US 12,304,723 B2
Container having box and sleeve with anti-tamper mechanism
Ross Lange, Neuchatel (CH); Julie Polier, Neuchatel (CH); Steven Shainwald, Lausanne (CH); and Charles Johnson, Pully (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 18/257,341
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/135982, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20216196 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025630 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B65D 85/10 (2006.01); B65D 5/38 (2006.01); B65D 5/54 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/1036 (2013.01) [B65D 5/38 (2013.01); B65D 5/541 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for consumer goods, the container comprising:
an outer sleeve comprising an outer sleeve front wall, an outer sleeve back wall, and first and second opposed outer sleeve side walls;
an inner slide mounted within the outer sleeve, the inner slide comprising an inner slide bottom wall, an inner slide front wall, and an inner slide back wall; and
a sleeve cover comprising a sleeve cover first panel and a sleeve cover second panel, the sleeve cover first panel detachably depending from the outer sleeve along a first line of weakness and extending between the outer sleeve back wall and the outer sleeve front wall, the sleeve cover second panel detachably depending from the sleeve cover first panel along a second line of weakness and permanently affixed to an inner surface of the outer sleeve, such that upon separation of the sleeve cover first panel from the outer sleeve and the sleeve cover second panel along the first and second lines of weakness:
a first outer sleeve opening is revealed at a top end of the outer sleeve, and
the inner slide becomes movable within the outer sleeve between a fully inserted position, in which the inner slide fully rests within the outer sleeve, and a protruding position, in which the inner slide extends at least partly outside of the outer sleeve through the outer sleeve opening,
wherein a top edge of the inner slide front wall is configured to engage with a corresponding bottom edge of the sleeve cover second panel to prevent the inner slide from being removed from the outer sleeve through the first outer sleeve opening.