Abstract:
The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette box including a box body and a cover body. The cover body is sheathed around the box body and connected to sidewalls of the box body by a rotating mechanism. The two opposite sidewalls of the cover body neighboring to the rotating mechanism dispose openings having a width matching the width of the corresponding sidewalls of the box body and configured for the cover body rotating relative to the box body. The structure of the electronic cigarette box of the present invention is simple, processing and assembly easily, and the structure is fashionable.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE 
       [0001]    This application is a U.S. continuation-in-part application under 35 U.S.C. §111(a) claiming priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 and §365(c) to International Application No. PCT/CN2013/076391 filed May 29, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety for all intended purposes. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to electronic cigarettes, especially relate to an electronic cigarette box. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    A cover body of current electronic cigarette box hinges on one end of a shorter edge of the box body by a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism is usually composed of multiple components, such as using a pin to fix a matched rotation shaft and a spring in a shaft hole, or using a pin to fix a matched cam and a spring in the shaft hole. In use, a free end of the cover body separates from the box body by external force and rotates around the pin, then open the electronic cigarette box. Because the electronic cigarette box is small and exquisite, it is very difficult to manufacture such connection mechanism and needs more accessories, leading to increase manufacturing cost and assembly complicatedly. Meanwhile, the traditional hinge is unable to meet the personalized needs of more fashionable nowadays. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0004]    A technical problem of the present invention to be solved is to provide an electronic cigarette box, a connection mechanism for the box body and the cover body is simple, and is easy to manufacture and assemble. 
         [0005]    To solve the above-mentioned technical problem, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette box including a box body and a cover body. The cover body is sheathed around the box body and connected to sidewalls of the box body by a rotating mechanism. The sidewall of the cover body or the box body disposes an opening. The bottom of the cover body is open to be sheathed in the box body, and the top of the box body is open and covered by the cover body. The cover body takes the rotating mechanism as center to coordinately rotate around the box body so as to make the box body or the cover body turning out or turning back from the opening, and then open or cover the top of the box body. 
         [0006]    The box body and the cover body respectively includes two opposite long-edge sidewalls and two opposite short-edge sidewalls; when the cigarette box closing, the corresponding sidewalls of the cover body and the box body are aligned, the cover body covers the open on the top of the box body; when the cigarette box opening, the cover body turns away from the box body and is supported on the box body by a certain angle; the box body is a hard box body which is capable of supporting the weight and rotating of the cover body. 
         [0007]    Furthermore, the rotating mechanism includes a circular boss and a circular groove which are correspondingly disposed on the opposite sidewalls of the cover body and the box body, the outer diameter of the circular boss is matched with the inner diameter of the circular groove, the circular boss extends into the circular groove and is rotatable in the circular groove. 
         [0008]    Furthermore, the circular groove is a through groove or a blind groove. 
         [0009]    Furthermore, the two long-edge sidewalls or the two short-edge sidewalls of the cover body and the box body coaxially dispose the rotating mechanism; or the corresponding one long-edge sidewall of the cover body and the box body disposes the rotating mechanism; or the corresponding one short-edge sidewall of the cover body and the box body disposes the rotating mechanism. 
         [0010]    Furthermore, the rotating mechanism is disposed in the middle of the electronic cigarette box. 
         [0011]    Furthermore, an upper end surface of the box body is disposed as an arc surface to match the rotating arc of the cover body. 
         [0012]    Furthermore, the opposite sidewalls of the cover body and the box body coordinately dispose a positioning mechanism to fix the cover body when the cover body covers the open end of the box body. 
         [0013]    Furthermore, the positioning mechanism includes a convex point and a concave point which are correspondingly disposed on the opposite sidewalls of the cover body and the box body. The outer contour of the convex point fits the inner contour of the concave point to match and clamp. 
         [0014]    Furthermore, the convex point and the concave point are correspondingly disposed on the long-edge sidewalls of the cover body and the box body respectively. 
         [0015]    Furthermore, the box body has a fixing base disposed therein and used to fix the electronic cigarette. The fixing base defines a fixing hole for the electronic cigarette passing through. 
         [0016]    Furthermore, the fixing base is a block mechanism which is disposed at an open of the upper of the box body. 
         [0017]    Furthermore, at the bottom of the box body corresponding to the fixing hole disposes a gasket. 
         [0018]    Furthermore, at least one long-edge sidewall of the box body neighboring to the open of the top of the box body disposes a concave cigarette-accommodating outlet corresponding to the fixing base and for taking and placing the electronic cigarette. 
         [0019]    The rotating mechanism is a pivot mechanism or a hinge mechanism. The cover body takes the rotating mechanism as a center to rotate around the box body. 
         [0020]    The cover body is sheathed on the external of the top of the box body, and the two opposite sidewalls of the cover body neighboring to the rotating mechanism dispose openings having a width matching the width of the corresponding sidewalls of the box body and configured for the cover body  20  rotating relative to the box body; or the cover body is sheathed on the inner of the top of the box body, and the two opposite sidewalls of the box body neighboring to the rotating mechanism dispose opening having a width matching the width of the corresponding sidewalls of the cover body and configured for the cover body rotating away or rotating back to cover the open of the top of the box body. 
         [0021]    The advantages of the embodiment of the present invention are: by coordinately disposing the matching connected circular boss and circular groove on the corresponding sidewalls of the cover body and the box body, and on the other two opposite sidewalls of the neighboring cover body correspondingly disposes an opening having a width matching the width of the corresponding sidewalls, then achieving the relative rotation of the cover body and the box body. On the opposite sidewalls of the cover body and box body coordinately dispose convex point and concave point to achieve the positioning of the cover body. The opening and covering mode of the cover body and the box body is novel, the connecting mechanism is simple, and both the manufacturing and assembly are easy. 
         [0022]    Embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail in the following drawings. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0023]      FIG. 1  is an isometric view of an electronic cigarette box according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0024]      FIG. 2  is a sectional view of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0025]      FIG. 3  is an isometric view of a cover body of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0026]      FIG. 4  is a sectional view of the cover body of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0027]      FIG. 5  is an isometric view of a box body of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0028]      FIG. 6  is a sectional view of the box body of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0029]      FIG. 7  is an exploded view of an electronic cigarette box according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0030]      FIG. 8  is a state view of an electronic cigarette box rotating towards the left according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0031]      FIG. 9  is a state view of an electronic cigarette box rotating towards the right according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0032]      FIG. 10  is an isometric view of an electronic cigarette box according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0033]      FIG. 11  is a sectional view of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0034]      FIG. 12  is an isometric view of a cover body of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0035]      FIG. 13  is a sectional view of the cover body of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0036]      FIG. 14  is an isometric view of a box body of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0037]      FIG. 15  is a sectional view of the box body of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0038]      FIG. 16  is an exploded view of an electronic cigarette box according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0039]      FIG. 17  is a state view of an electronic cigarette box rotating towards the left according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
           [0040]      FIG. 18  is a state view of an electronic cigarette box rotating towards the right according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0041]    Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 18 , embodiments of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette box, including a box body  10  with an upper end open and a cover body  20 . The cover body  20  is sheathed around the external of the box body  10  and pivotally connects to a sidewall of the box body  10  by a rotating mechanism  30  to make the cover body  20  removably cover the open end of the box body  10 . The two opposite sidewalls of the cover body  20  neighboring to the rotating mechanism  30  correspondingly dispose an opening  21  having a width matching with the width of the corresponding sidewalls of the box body  10  and configured for the cover body  20  rotating relative to the box body  10 . The box body  10  is a hard box body, and can support the weight of and rotating of the cover body  20 . 
         [0042]    As a preferable embodiment, in the embodiment, the cross-section of the box body  10  is disposed as rectangular approximately. The box body  10  includes two opposite long-edge sidewalls  101 ,  103  (as the front and back of the box body  10 ) and two opposite short-edge sidewalls  102 ,  104  (as the left and right side). The bottom end  105  is closed and the upper end is open. Correspondingly, the cover body  20  also includes two opposite long-edge sidewalls (front and back)  201 ,  203 , and two opposite short-edge sidewalls (left and right side)  202 ,  204 . A top end  207  of the cover body  20  is closed to cover the open end of the box body  10 , and a lower end is open to be sheathed around the upper end of the box body  10 . The cover body  20  is sheathed around the box body  10  from the top end of the box body  10 . The long-edge sidewalls  201 ,  203  of the cover body  20  correspond to the long-edge sidewalls  101   a ,  103  of the box body  10 . The short-edge sidewalls  202 ,  204  of the cover body  20  correspond to the short-edge sidewalls  102 ,  104  of the box body  10 . The opposite long-edge sidewalls ( 101  and  201 ) and/or ( 102  and  202 ) of the cover body  20  and the box body  10  are rotatably connected by the rotating mechanism  30 . The two opposite short-edge sidewalls  202 ,  204  of the cover body  20  respectively and correspondingly dispose an opening  21  having a width matching with the width of the short-edge sidewalls  102 ,  104  of the box body  10 . When covering the cigarette box, the cover body  20  seals or closes the open end of the box body  10 , and the corresponding sidewall of the box body  10  seals or closes the opening  21  of the cover body  20 . The sidewalls of the cover body  20  are alignment with the corresponding sidewalls of the box body  10 . When opening the cigarette box, the cover body  20  rotates around the rotating mechanism  30  as the rotating center toward the direction of the opening  21 , then the cover body  20  is removed from the open end of the box body  10 . The cover body  20  is supported on the box body  10  by a certain angle with the box body  10 . The cover body  20  takes the rotating mechanism  30  as center to circular rotate around the box body  10 . At the starting point, the cover body  20  covers on the top of the box body  10  and are aligned with each other; when rotating, the cover body  20  can be supported on the box body  10  by any angle. It is understood that, when the rotating mechanism  30  locates at a position of a half or less than a half of a height of the box body  10 , the height of the cover body  20  is more than or equal to the half of height of the box body  10 , then the cover body  20  can take the rotating mechanism  30  as center to rotate circumference of 360 degrees around the box body  10 . Rotating at any location, the cover body  20  is always sheathed around the box body  10 . 
         [0043]    It is understood that, as an embodiment, the rotating mechanism  30  can also be disposed on the opposite short-edge sidewalls of the box body  10  and the cover body  20 . The two opposite long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  correspondingly dispose the opening  21  having a width matching the width of the corresponding long-edge sidewalls of the box body  10  and configured for the cover body  20  rotating relative to the box body  10 . 
         [0044]    Certainly, the electronic cigarette box can be designed as other shapes according to the design requirements, it is required to ensure that the electronic cigarette box can be covered or open by the rotating mechanism  30  when the cover body  20  is sheathed around the external of the box body  10 . 
         [0045]    In the embodiment, the rotating mechanism  30  includes a pivot mechanism cooperatively formed by a circular boss  31  and a circular groove  32  which are correspondingly disposed on the opposite sidewalls of the cover body  20  and the box body  10 . The outer diameter of the circular boss  31  is matched with the inner diameter of the circular groove  32  and extends into the circular groove  32 . The circular boss  31  rotates in the circular groove  32  to drive the cover body  20  to cover or open the box body  10 . 
         [0046]    Specifically, referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 7 , the long-edge sidewall of the cover body  20  extends toward the box body  10  and forms the circular boss  31 . The opposite long-edge sidewall of the box body  10  correspondingly disposes the circular groove  32  having an inner contour matching with the outer contour of the circular boss  31 . The circular boss  31  extends into the circular groove  32  and can rotate in the circular groove  32 . In the embodiment, both the two opposite long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  10  dispose the circular boss  31 , which are coaxially arranged. The two opposite short-edge sidewalls of the box body  10  correspondingly dispose the circular groove  32 . 
         [0047]    Referring to  FIG. 10  to  FIG. 16 , as another embodiment, the circular boss  31  also can be formed by the two long-edge sidewalls of the box body  10  extending toward the cover body  20 . The long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  correspondingly dispose the circular groove  32  which is matched with the circular boss  31  and used for the circular boss  31  extending and rotating. 
         [0048]    In the embodiment, the circular groove  32  is disposed as a through groove to pass through the corresponding long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  or the box body  10 . As an embodiment, when the wall thickness of the corresponding long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  or the box body  10  meets the design requirements, the circular groove  32  also can be a blind groove which is formed by the corresponding parts of the cover body  20  or the box body  10  recessed inwards. 
         [0049]    Referring to  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 11 , in the embodiment, the two long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  and the box body  10  coaxially disposes the rotating mechanism  30  to guarantee the stability of the rotating connection between the cover body  20  and the box body  10 . In the specific implementation, an upper end surface of the box body  10  is disposed as an arc surface which matches the rotating arc of the cover body  20 . The rotating mechanism  30  is preferably disposed in the middle of the electronic cigarette box to make the whole appearance of the electronic cigarette box more beautiful and fashion. 
         [0050]    In order to make the cover body  20  can firmly cover the open end on the upper end of the box body  10  and to make the electronic cigarette box normally accommodate the electronic cigarette  100 , the opposite sidewalls of the cover body  20  and the box body  10  coordinately dispose a positioning mechanism which is used to fix the cover body  20 . In the embodiment, the positioning mechanism includes a convex point  41  and a concave point  42  which are correspondingly disposed on the opposite sidewalls of the cover body  20  and the box body  10 . The outer contour of the convex point  41  fits the inner contour of the concave point  42  for matching and clamping. In the embodiment, the two long-edge sidewalls of the cover body  20  all dispose the convex point  41 , and the two long-edge sidewalls of the box body  10  correspondingly dispose the concave point  42 . Because the depth of the contact surfaces between the convex point  41  and the concave point  42  is shallow, so the convex point  41  can separate from the concave point  42  by the action of a certain external force. Some other appropriate clamping mechanisms are also suitable for the positioning mechanism. 
         [0051]    Referring to  FIG. 7  and  FIG. 16 , in the embodiment, the electronic cigarette box also includes a fixing base  50  which is disposed in the box body  10 . The fixing base  50  is used to fix the electronic cigarette  100 . The fixing base  50  defines a fixing hole  51  along an in-and-out direction of the electronic cigarette  100  for the electronic cigarette  100  passing through. In the embodiment, the fixing base  50  is disposed as a block mechanism and is fixed at the open end of the box body  10 . Meanwhile, the top end of the box body  10  is open, and preferably at least one long-edge sidewall  102  and/or  104  disposes a concave cigarette-accommodating outlet  11  corresponding to the fixing base  50  to facilitate electronic cigarette  100  taking and placing. The bottom in box body  10  disposes a gasket  60  corresponding to the fixing hole  51  and used to place the electronic cigarette  100 . 
         [0052]    Referring to  FIG. 8 ,  FIG. 9 ,  FIG. 17  and  FIG. 18 , when installing, the cover body  20  is sheathed around the external of the box body  10  from the open end of the box body  10 , and makes the circular boss  31  match and latch with the circular groove  32  to form pivot coordination, thus achieving the rotating connection between the cover body  20  and box body  10 . At the state of the cover body  20  covering the box body  10 , the convex point  41  matches and latches with the concave point  42  to make the cover body  20  stably cover the box body  10 . When using, rotating the cover body  20 , the convex point  41  separates from the concave point  42  under an external force, then the cover body  20  rotates toward any one short-edge sidewall of the box body  10  with the aid of the rotating mechanism  30 , and then open the box body  10 . The electronic cigarette  100  can be taken out from the cigarette-accommodating outlet  11  of the box body  10  afterwards. When covering the electronic cigarette box, making the cover body  20  rotate and restore, the convex point  41  matches with the concave point  42  again, and the cover body  20  covers the open of the box body  10 , thus achieves the covering of the electronic cigarette box. 
         [0053]    It is understood that, the opening  21  can be two opposite opening disposed on the two opposite long-edge sidewalls  201  and  203  of the cover body  20 , or two opposite opening disposed on the two short-edge sidewalls  202  and  204 . Then the cover body  20  can rotate around the rotating mechanism  30  along positive or negative direction and towards the direction of the two openings  21  to open the electronic cigarette box, and remove the cover body  20  from the open end of the box body  10 . The opening  21  can also be disposed on one of the two long-edge sidewalls  201  and  203 , or the opening  21  is disposed on one of the two short-edge sidewalls  202  and  204 . Then the cover body  20  rotates around the rotating mechanism  30  toward the direction of the opening  21  to open the electronic cigarette box, and remove the cover body  20  from the open end of the box body  10 . 
         [0054]    As other embodiments, the opening  21  also can be an opening disposed on the long-edge sidewalls  101  and  103  or the short-edge sidewalls  102  and  104  of the box body  10 . Correspondingly, the sidewall of the cover body  20  seals the opening  21 , and the cover body  20  also can be sheathed in an inner of the upper end of the box body  10 . When the cigarette box covering, the cover body  20  seals the open end of the box body  10  and the openings on the sidewall of the box body  10 . Rotating the cover body  20  around the rotating mechanism  30  toward the direction of the opening  21  makes the cover body  20  turn out from the opening  21 , thus remove the cover body  20  from the open end of the box body  10 , and then opens the cigarette box. 
         [0055]    In a further embodiment, the rotating mechanism  30  can be other pivot mechanism or hinge mechanism to make the cover body  20  rotate away or cover relative to the box body  10 . For example, both the corresponding sidewalls of the cover body  20  and the box body  10  dispose shaft holes which further matches with a pin or shaft, thus makes the cover body  20  rotate away or turn back and cover relative to the box body  10 . The cover body  20  takes the rotating mechanism  30  as rotating center to centrally rotate with the box body  10 . 
         [0056]    It is understood that the electronic cigarette box described in the embodiment of the present invention is not only limited to the embodiments in  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 18 . The technology characteristics of these embodiments can be combined with each other to form new embodiments. 
         [0057]    Embodiments of the present invention is shown and described in the above-mentioned. Various improvement and modifications can be made to the embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the disclosure. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.