Patent ID: 8387788
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A cigarette package comprising: a casing with an open end; a tongue lid connected to a rear edge of the open end of said casing through a first self hinge, said tongue lid including a lid portion for opening/closing the open end, and a tongue portion connected to a tip end of the lid portion through a second self hinge and overlapped with a front wall of said casing when said tongue lid is in a closed position, the tongue portion having two free side edges; and a sound-producing/holding device for making a clap sound indicating that said tongue lid is brought into the closed position at the time of closing said tongue lid, and holding said tongue lid in the closed position, said sound-producing/holding device including a magnet fixed onto an inner surface of either one of the front wall and the tongue portion, and a sheet member fixed onto an inner surface of the other of the front wall and the tongue portion, wherein when said lid is moved to a closed position and one of the magnet and the sheet member strikes the other of the magnet and the sheet member through the front wall, the magnet and the sheet member make the clap sound and keep the front wall sandwiched therebetween by being attracted to each other with the magnet being fixed onto an inner surface of a tip end portion of the tongue portion, and the sheet member is fixed onto the inner surface of the front wall and said magnet increases a weight of the tip end portion of the tongue portion so as to increase turning moment of the tongue portion when the tongue lid is moved toward the closed position with the tongue portion turned about the second self hinge, wherein said sound-producing/holding device further includes a striking flap fixed onto an inner surface of the tongue portion, the striking flap covering the magnet, wherein the striking flap extends integrally from the tip end of the tongue portion, wherein said sound producing/holding device further includes a sheetlike mount arranged between the magnet and the tongue portion and a double sided adhesive tape covering the magnet and the mount, the adhesive tape sticking to both an inner surface of the striking flap and the inner surface of the tongue portion.