US1666520A - Cigarette case - Google Patents

Description

April 17, 1928.

G. W. WHITNEY CIGARETTE CASE Filed July 10, 1926 INI/ENTOR. A George W W/z/ney. 95W 'dimm ATTORNEY 51. Ill. 5, 5 .5.

Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE WQ WHITNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE CASE.

Application filed July 10, 1926. Serial No. 121,505.

The present invention broadly relates to improvements in containers for articles of various sorts and moreparticularly relates to improvements in containersfor cigarettes and cigarette packages which are commonly known as cigarette cases.

The cigarette Case, as usually constructed comprises a box portion open at the top to receive cigarettes.l and a. cover adapted to close the top. The ditliculty with the ordinary type of cigarette case is that when the cover is lifted up the cigarettes are not easily accessible. In order to withdraw a cigarette, it is necessary to grasp it at the top with the finger nails and it frequently happens that the tip of the cigarette w'll be broken and spoiled during the process.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for causing the cigarettes to be projected slightly out of the case when the cover is lifted so that they can easily be grasped by the fingers without. being spoiled in any way.

The invention further consists in the arrangements of parts and details of construction more specifically set forth in the following description of the accompanying' drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view thru a cigarette case constructed in accordance with the invention Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1 and showing thc cigarette case closed;

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 but showing the cigarette case open:

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken thru the line 1 1 of Figure 1; Y

Figure 5 is also a sectional view and is taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a sectional view similar to Figure 1 of a slightly modified form of the invention. Referring now more particularly to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote like elements throughout the several views` the numeral 10 denotes the box portion of the cigarette case which is adapted to receive the cigarettes and which is open at its top, and the numeral 11 designates the cover of the case which is pivote'd on the top of the box at 12. The opposite interior sides of the box are provided with inwardly struck projections 13 thru which extend the slender rods 14. To the lower ends of the rods is vof the box portion through which said rods fastened in any suitable manner, a fiat plate 15 which serves as a bottom for Vthe cigarettes. Beneath the flat plate is disposed aV leaf spring 16, as shown best in Figure 1. Go The cover 11 has inwardly extending projections 17 which are adapted to cooperate with the tops of the rods when the cover is closed.

In the closed position of the cigarette case, the projections 17 of the cover bear against the tips of the rods 13 so that the plate 15 is lowered and the spring 16 is compressed. When it is desired to extract la cigarette, the cover is lifted up, the rods 141 are consequently released, and the spring 16 forces the plate 15 upward causing the cigarettes to project out of the case as indicated in Figure The extent of the upward n'iovement of the plate 15 is determined by Ithe inwardly struck projections 13 which prevent the cigarettes from being entirely ejected from the case. When the cigarettes are caused to project from the case, the tips may be easily grasped by the fingers and a cigarette may be Withdrawn with considerable facility and there is no danger of the tips being broken or spoiled in any way whatsoever.

A slight modification of the invention is shown in Figure 6 vwherein the plate 15 carries upstanding cylindrical members 18, each one of which is adapted to receive a cigarette. This construction serves to protect the cigarettes from crushing and leads to an improved functioning of the case as a whole.

It will be understood that various slight alterations may be made in the above con- Y stuctions without departing from the spirit of the invention, and VI therefore desire to be limited only by the state of the prior art and the scope of the appended claim.

l/Vhat I claim is:

A container of the class described'comprising a box portion open at the top for the reception of an article, a cover for the box, a movable plate within the box on which the article is adapted to be placed, a spring beneath the plate, rods secured to vthe plate, and projecting members on the interior walls pass, Vsaid projecting members serving to guide the rods and to limit the extent of the plates movement. i

In `testimony whereof, I have sio'ne'd my name to this specification this 7th day of H0 July, 1926.

` GEORGE W. WHITNEY,

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