Patent ID: 6112892
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A24F

Abstract:
A box comprising four walls and a bottom, said box having the shape of a hollow body dimensioned to receive a pack of cigarettes, the bottom of the box extending from one wall of the box and connected to said one wall by a bend line, such that when inserted, a bottom of the pack of cigarettes is disposed facing an internal surface of the bottom of the box; the hollow body having in transverse cross-section the shape of a parallelogram which deforms when the box is set up to pass from a flattened position for permitting flat storage of said box, to a set-up position for receiving the pack of cigarettes; a flap extending from and connected to the bottom of the box by a bend line for positioning the flap substantially at a right angle relative to the bottom of the box; said flap having the form of a flexible dihedral with at least two legs of varying geometry; said two legs being structured and arranged to be inserted within the body between a wall of the pack of cigarettes and a first wall of the box so as to maintain the bottom of the box in a closed position; the internal surface of the bottom of the box having a substantially flat object disposed thereon, such that in the set-up position the object is between the internal surface of the bottom of the box and the bottom of the pack of cigarettes, whereby access to said object is effected by a pull exerted on the bottom of the box so as to extract at least partially the flap inserted between said wall of the pack of cigarettes and said first wall of the box.