Container For Consumer Goods

Abstract

A container includes an outer housing including a box portion having a top opening closable by a lid portion, the box portion including front and back walls connected by a bottom wall and two side walls; consumer goods wrapped with an inner liner and arranged within the outer housing; and an inner frame arranged between outer housing and inner liner, wherein the inner frame includes front and side panels and a first vertical crease or perforated line across at least part of the front panel; wherein the inner liner is formed out of an inner liner sheet which includes an L-shaped perforation; and the removable portion defines an access opening through which consumer goods can be taken out, and wherein the perforation of the inner liner extends along the front wall, a first side wall and the back wall of the container.

1 . A container for consumer goods comprising:
 a. an outer housing comprising a box portion having a top opening closable by a lid portion, the box portion comprising a front wall and a back wall connected to each other by a bottom wall opposite the top opening and two side walls;   b. a bundle of elongated consumer goods wrapped with an inner liner and being arranged within the outer housing; and   c. an inner frame arranged between the outer housing and the inner liner, wherein the inner frame comprises a front panel and two side panels and further comprises a first vertical crease or perforated line across at least part of the front panel for defining at least one foldable portion which can be folded to an inside of the container for selectively limiting space within the container;   wherein   d. the inner liner is formed out of an inner liner sheet which comprises an L-shaped perforation for separating a removable portion from a remainder of the inner liner; and   e. the removable portion defines an access opening through which consumer goods can be taken out, and wherein the L-shaped perforation of the inner liner extends along the front wall, a first side wall of the two side walls and the back wall of the container.   
     
     
         2 . The container according to  claim 1 , wherein the inner frame further comprises at least one horizontal cut across part of the front panel and part of a first side panel of the two side panels, for further defining the at least one foldable portion. 
     
     
         3 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the first vertical crease or perforated line is arranged at a first end of the at least one horizontal cut. 
     
     
         4 . The container according to  claim 3 , wherein the inner frame at the first side panel comprises a second vertical crease or perforated line at a second end of the at least one horizontal cut. 
     
     
         5 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the second vertical crease or perforated line extends at least from the second end of the at least one horizontal cut towards an upper edge of the first side panel of the inner frame. 
     
     
         6 . The container according to  claim 4 , wherein the inner frame between the front panel and the first side panel comprises a third vertical crease or perforated line above the at least one horizontal cut. 
     
     
         7 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the inner frame comprises at the at least one horizontal cut one or more breakable connections between the at least one foldable portion and non-foldable portions of the inner frame. 
     
     
         8 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the inner frame comprises a first glue portion at the front panel below the at least one horizontal cut and/or the inner frame comprises a second glue portion at the first side panel below the at least one horizontal cut. 
     
     
         9 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one horizontal cut is arranged at or below an upper edge of the front panel of the outer housing in an open position. 
     
     
         10 . The container according to  claim 2 , wherein the removable portion of the inner liner and the at least one foldable portion are arranged such that the at least one foldable portion does not contact the inner liner outside the removable portion. 
     
     
         11 . An inner liner for a container for consumer goods, wherein the inner liner is formed out of an inner liner sheet which comprises an L-shaped perforation for separating a removable portion from a remainder of the inner liner. 
     
     
         12 . The inner liner according to  claim 11 , wherein the L-shaped perforation comprises a horizontal portion that starts at a vertical edge of the inner liner sheet and extends parallel to a horizontal axis of the inner liner sheet. 
     
     
         13 . The inner liner according to  claim 12 , wherein the perforation further comprises a vertical portion that starts at a horizontal edge of the inner liner sheet and extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner liner sheet. 
     
     
         14 . The inner liner according to  claim 11 , wherein the inner liner sheet is wrapped in a loop around a wrapping axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner liner sheet, wherein the loop of the inner liner sheet is closed at a top and a bottom of the inner liner. 
     
     
         15 . A method of wrapping a plurality of elongated consumer goods within the inner liner according to  claim 11 , the method comprising the following steps:
 a. forming a substantially cuboid shaped bundle of parallelly arranged elongated consumer goods, said bundle having two opposite major faces, two opposite side faces along a length of the major faces and two opposite end faces at ends of the elongated consumer goods along a width of the major faces;   b. wrapping the inner liner sheet of the inner liner in a loop around the bundle of consumer goods, wherein a wrapping axis is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner liner sheet such that the L-shaped perforation extends at least over at least part of the two major faces and one side face of the side faces of the bundle of elongated consumer goods; and   c. closing the loop of the inner liner sheet at the ends of the loop for forming the inner liner.