1. A structure comprising:
a disk structure located within a coaxial cable connector; and
a metallic coupler circuit formed within the disk structure, wherein the metallic coupler circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector, and wherein the metallic coupler circuit is configured to extract samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the metallic coupler circuit comprises a first cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, and wherein the first cylindrical structure is configured to extract the samples of said RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the metallic coupler circuit comprises a second cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, wherein the second cylindrical structure is located adjacent to the first cylindrical structure, wherein the first cylindrical structure and the second cylindrical are each formed along a radius of the disc structure, and wherein the second cylindrical structure is configured to extract the samples of said RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
4. The structure of claim 2, further comprising:
a conductive signal path structure connected between the first cylindrical structure and a signal processing circuit, and wherein the conductive signal path structure is configured to couple the samples of the RF signal from the first cylindrical structure to the signal processing circuit.
5. The structure of claim 1, wherein the metallic coupler circuit comprises a loop coupling structure formed with in the disk structure, and wherein the loop coupling structure is configured to extract the samples of said RF signal flowing through the connector.
6. The structure of claim 5, further comprising:
a conductive signal path structure connected between the loop coupling structure and a signal processing circuit, and wherein the conductive signal path structure is configured to couple the samples of the RF signal from the loop coupling structure to the signal processing circuit.
7. The structure of claim 1, wherein said coupling circuit comprises a coupling device.
8. The structure of claim 7, wherein said coupling device is an antenna.
9. The structure of claim 7, wherein said coupling device is coupled to a center conductor of the coaxial cable connector.
10. The structure of claim 9, wherein said coupling device is directly coupled to said center conductor of said coaxial cable connector.
11. The structure of claim 9, wherein said coupling device is indirectly coupled to said center conductor of said coaxial cable connector.
12. The structure of claim 1, wherein said coupling circuit further comprises a directional coupling device configured to monitor a standing wave ratio associated with the samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
13. The structure of claim 1, further comprising a signal processing circuit mechanically attached to the disk structure, wherein the signal processing circuit is configured to report the samples of said RF signal to a location external to the coaxial cable connector.
14. The structure of claim 13, wherein the signal processing circuit component reports the samples of said RF signal via a wireless output signal transmission.
15. A coupler structure comprising:
a first metallic coupler structure formed within a disk structure, wherein the disk structure is located within a coaxial cable connector, wherein the first metallic coupler structure is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector; and
a second metallic coupler structure formed within the disk structure, wherein the second metallic coupler structure is located in a position that is external to the signal path of the radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector, and wherein the first metallic coupler structure in combination with the second metallic coupler structure is configured to extract samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
16. The coupler structure of claim 15, wherein the first metallic coupler structure comprises a first cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, and wherein the second metallic coupler structure comprises a second cylindrical structure extending from the bottom surface of the disk structure through the top surface of the disk structure.
17. The coupler structure of claim 16, wherein the second cylindrical structure is located adjacent to the first cylindrical structure, and wherein the first cylindrical structure and the second cylindrical are each formed along a radius of the disc structure.
18. The coupler structure of claim 15, wherein the first cylindrical structure in combination with the second cylindrical form a directional coupling device configured to monitor a standing wave ratio associated with the samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
19. A structure comprising:
a metallic coupler circuit formed within a disk structure located within a coaxial cable connector, wherein the metallic coupler circuit is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector, and wherein the metallic coupler circuit is configured to extract samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector; and
a signal processing circuit mechanically attached to the disk structure, wherein the signal processing circuit is configured to monitor and report the samples of said RF signal to a location external to the coaxial cable connector.
20. The structure of claim 19, wherein the metallic coupler circuit comprises a first cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, and wherein the first cylindrical structure is configured to extract the samples of said RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
21. The structure of claim 19, wherein the metallic coupler circuit comprises a loop coupling structure formed with in the disk structure, and wherein the loop coupling structure is configured to extract the samples of said RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
22. A signal sample retrieval method comprising:
providing a coupler structure formed within a disk structure located within a coaxial cable connector, wherein the coupler structure is located in a position that is external to a signal path of a radio frequency (RF) signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector;
extracting, by the coupler structure, samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector; and
reporting, by the coaxial cable connector to a signal processing circuit, the samples of the RF signal.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the coupler structure comprises a first cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, and wherein the first cylindrical structure performs said extracting.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the coupler structure comprises a second cylindrical structure extending from a bottom surface of the disk structure through a top surface of the disk structure, wherein the second cylindrical structure is located adjacent to the first cylindrical structure, wherein the first cylindrical structure and the second cylindrical are each formed along a radius of the disc structure, and wherein the second cylindrical structure additionally performs said extracting.
25. The method of claim 23, further comprising:
providing a conductive signal path structure connected between the first cylindrical structure and the signal processing circuit; and
coupling, by the conductive signal path structure, the samples of the RF signal from the first cylindrical structure to the status signal processing circuit.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein the coupler structure comprises a loop coupling structure formed with in the disk structure, and wherein the loop coupling structure performs said extracting.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising:
providing a conductive signal path structure connected between the loop coupling structure and the signal processing circuit; and
coupling, by the conductive signal path structure, the samples of the RF signal from the loop coupling structure to the signal processing circuit.
28. The method of claim 22, wherein said coupler structure further comprises a directional coupling device; and wherein said method further comprises:
monitoring, by the directional coupling device, a standing wave ratio associated with the samples of the RF signal flowing through the coaxial cable connector.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
We claim:
1. A container having a lid comprising
a first blank that has a first wall and a second wall as well as a first side wall and a second side wall, said first side wall being separated from said first wall by a first score line, said second side wall being between said first wall and said second wall, said first wall being separated from said first and second side walls by a second score line, said second wall being separated from said second side wall by a third score line, and wherein a fourth score line separates said second wall from a connection tab, said blank further having a first bottom tab and a second bottom tab said first bottom tab being separated said from first wall by a fifth score line and said second bottom tab being separated from second wall by a sixth score line, and extending from said second wall is a first lid connecting tab said first lid connecting tab being separated from said second wall by seventh score line said first lid connecting tab having on a side of the first lid connecting tab opposite said seventh score line an eighth score line that connects said first lid connecting tab to a second lid connecting tab, said second lid connecting tab having a first wing and a second wing opposite said first wing said first wing being separated from said second lid connecting tab by a ninth score line said second wing being separated from said second lid connecting tab by a tenth score line and wherein in forming the first blank into a container said connection tab is adapted to be adhered to a surface of said first side wall thereby forming a four sided, generally rectangular container and one bottom tab is folded over onto the other bottom tab and secured together by a suitable means to form the bottom of the container; and a
second blank that may be used for forming a lid, said lid having a first lid face and a second lid face said first and second lid faces being separated by a lid sidewall and wherein between said first lid face and said lid side wall there is a first score line, a second score line separates said second lid face from said lid side wall, and extending from said first lid face on the side opposite said side wall is a first tab, said first tab and said first lid face being separated by a third score line and wherein extending from the second lid face on a side opposite said side wall is a second tab and wherein said second lid face and said second lid face are separated by a fourth score line, and wherein a first top tab extends from the first lid face and separating said first lid face from said first top tab is a fifth score line and a second top tab extends from said second lid face and separating said second lid face and said second top tab is a sixth score line and on a side of said second lid face opposite from said second top tab is a wing said wing and said second lid face being separated by seventh score line; and
wherein said first and second blanks may be folded to form a container and a lid, said container having a base, a front wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls, a side of the container opposite said base being open to permit placement of product into the container and wherein said first lid connecting tab and said second lid connecting tab extend upwardly from the rear wall of said container,
said lid forming a top surface, a front lid wall and a rear lid wall a pair of side walls and wherein said front lid wall has said wing extending from said front lid wall
and wherein in opening the lid, said lid is adapted to be raised upwardly from said container and said wing contacts said second connecting tab and as the lid is raised and moved upwardly off of the container, this contact of the wing with the second connecting tab lifts the second connecting tab and as the second connecting tab rotates upwardly about first connecting tab, the first connecting tab rotates about said seventh score line, this rotation of the first and second connecting tabs causing the lid to be lifted rearwardly from the container thus opening the container for use.
2. A blank for making a container comprising a first wall and a second wall as well as a first side wall and a second side wall, said first side wall being separated from said first wall by a first score line, said second side wall being between said first wall and said second wall, said first wall being separated from said first and second side walls by a second score line, said second wall being separated from said second side wall by a third score line, and wherein a fourth score line separates said second wall from a connection tab, said blank further having a first bottom tab and a second bottom tab said first bottom tab being separated said from first wall by a fifth score line and said second bottom tab being separated from second wall by a sixth score line, and extending from said second wall is a first lid connecting tab said first lid connecting tab being separated from said second wall by seventh score fine said first lid connecting tab having on a side of the first lid connecting tab opposite said seventh score line an eighth score line that connects said first lid connecting tab to a second lid connecting tab, said second lid connecting tab having a first wing and a second wing opposite said first wing said first wing being separated from said second lid connecting tab by a ninth score line said second wing being separated from said second lid connecting tab by a tenth score line and wherein in forming the first blank into a container said connection tab is adapted to be adhered to a surface of said first side wall thereby forming a four sided, generally rectangular container and one bottom tab is folded over onto the other bottom tab and secured together by a suitable means to form the bottom of the container.
3. A blank for making a lid for a container comprising a first lid face and a second lid face said first and second lid faces being separated by a lid sidewall and wherein between said first lid face and said lid side wall there is a first score line, a second score line separates said second lid face from said lid side wall, and extending from said first lid face on the side opposite said side wall is a first tab, said first tab and said first lid face being separated by a third score line and wherein extending from the second lid face on a side opposite said side wall is a second tab and wherein said second lid face and said second lid face are separated by a fourth score line, and wherein a first top tab extends from the first lid face and separating said first lid face from said first top tab is a fifth score line and a second top tab extends from said second lid face and separating said second lid face and said second top tab is a sixth score line and on a side of said second lid face opposite from said second top tab is a wing said wing and said second lid face being separated by seventh score line.
4. The container according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said blanks is a sheet of paperboard.
5 The container according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said blanks is a sheet of a plastic material.
6. The container according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said blanks is a sheet comprising a layer of a barrier material.
7. The container according to claim 6 wherein said barrier is polyvinylidene chloride.
8. The container according to claim 6 wherein said barrier is ethylene vinyl alcohol.
9. The container according to claim 6 wherein there is at least one layer of a thermoplastic material over said barrier layer.
10 The container according to claim 9 wherein there is an adhesive between said barrier layer and said thermoplastic layer.
11. The container according to claim 4 wherein said sheet further comprises a layer of a plastic material.
12. The container according to claim 1 wherein there is a layer of foil on at least one of said blanks.
13. The container according to claim 1 for packaging a tobacco product.
14. The container according to claim 13 wherein said tobacco product is cigarettes.