Patent ID: 6109516
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A rigid packet with a hinged lid for elongated elements, comprising a cupped container that presents a front face and a rear face mutually opposed and parallel, two parallel flank faces perpendicular to the front and rear faces, an end face orthogonal to the front, rear and flank faces, and one open end; a lid hinged to the container and capable thus of movement relative to the container away from and toward a position in which it functions as a closure for the open end, presenting a front face and a rear face mutually opposed and parallel, two parallel flank faces perpendicular to the front and rear faces, and an end face orthogonal to the front, rear and flank faces; a reinforcing frame of ""U"" outline inserted partly into the container and breasted in contact with the front face and two flank faces thereof, presenting a front portion and two lateral portions projecting from the open end; also mutual retaining means afforded by the frame and the lid, such as will cause the lid to snap shut,wherein the mutual retaining means comprise two flaps bent substantially double to assume a Vee section, each associated with a relative projecting lateral portion of the reinforcing frame, and two flaps located internally of the lid, each associated with a relative flank face, positioned such that each bent flap engages a corresponding flap of the lid when in the closed position.