Foldable Container For Loose Tobacco And Foldable Case Incorporating The Same

Abstract

The present invention relates in particular to a foldable container (1) for loose tobacco, which is delimited by two longitudinal walls (10, 11) which have a common longitudinal edge (101), and by two opposite transverse walls (12, 13) shaped like bellows, characterized by the fact that said transverse walls (12, 13) shaped like bellows consist of five successive pleats (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), and that the two adjoining transverse wall elements (122, 123) which constitute at least one (P4) of said pleats are configured to occupy either a first position in which they form a re-entrant corner, or a second position in which they form an outer corner and thus constitute a pouring spout.

1 . A foldable container for loose tobacco, which is delimited by two longitudinal walls which have a common longitudinal edge, and by two opposite transverse walls shaped like bellows, wherein said transverse walls shaped like bellows consist of five successive pleats, and that the two adjoining transverse wall elements which constitute at least one of said pleats are configured to occupy either a first position in which they form a re-entrant corner, or a second position in which they form an outer corner and thus constitute a pouring spout. 
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , which is made of cardboard or of a cardboard-based material. 
     
     
         3 . The container according to  claim 1 , which is in one piece, i.e. consisting of a single and sole blank having a plurality of fold lines. 
     
     
         4 . The container according to  claim 1 , which is formed of a first blank which delimits said longitudinal walls, as well as two identical additional blanks each of which delimits a transverse wall, each additional blank being attached to said first blank. 
     
     
         5 . A foldable case which includes a plurality of panes contiguous two by two, wherein it incorporates a container according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         6 . The case according to  claim 5 , wherein said longitudinal walls of the container are attached respectively to two contiguous panes. 
     
     
         7 . The case according to  claim 5 , wherein it includes a set of cardboard strips configured to constitute cigarette filters. 
     
     
         8 . The case according to  claim 5 , wherein it includes a pad of cigarette paper sheets.