Folded Blank Patents (Class 206/273)
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Patent number: 8459447Abstract: A package having a parallelepiped-shaped container, which is cup-shaped and has a bottom wall, an open top end opposite the bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall opposite and parallel to each other, and two parallel lateral walls interposed between the front wall and the rear wall; and a lid, which rotates between a closed position and an open position respectively closing and opening the open top end of the container, and has a top wall hinged to the rear wall of the container, and a front wall which, in the closed position, is superimposed on the front wall of the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: G.D Societa' per AzioniInventors: Roberto Polloni, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Marco Ghini, Andrea Biondi
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Patent number: 8448783Abstract: A packet for smoke articles has an external enclosure (2) including a containing body (3) and a closing body (4) that is rotatable around a hinge (35) obtained on an external wall of said packet (1). The packet (1) includes closing elements (50) associated with main wall means (22, 23, 24) of the internal enclosure (2) for closing a base portion (6) and a top portion (7) of the packet (1). The external enclosure (2) further includes a secondary base wall (31) and a secondary top wall (11) connected to the main wall means (22, 23, 24) and arranged for abutting on and supporting said closing elements (50).Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Gima S.p.A.Inventor: Marco Vecchi
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Publication number: 20130098786Abstract: A cigarette pack formed by a box having top and bottom faces and a plurality of longitudinal faces connecting the top face to the bottom face. The longitudinal faces include a front face, a first bevel situated on one side of the front face and being attached to the front face by a first longitudinal fold line and a second bevel situated on the other side of the front face and being attached to the front face by a second longitudinal fold line. The first and second fold lines are curved away from the centre of the front face such that the front face is at least partially concavely bowed in a longitudinal direction. The circumference of the top face of the pack includes at least one concavely curved segment situated along the edge of the top face and at least one of the front face and rear face.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventor: Tim Collins
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Patent number: 8418846Abstract: A hinged-lid package of filter cigarettes has a box (2) with an inner frame (10) and a lid (6) that opens/closes the box (2). Four corner edges of the box (2) which extend in the longitudinal direction of the box (2), are formed into longitudinal edges (16) having an arc-like shape in cross section of the box (2). The arc-like shape of the longitudinal edges (16) is formed with a plurality of longitudinal grooves made only in the inner surface of the box (2). The package has a reinforcement patch (64) arranged in the box (2) across the longitudinal grooves.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
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Patent number: 8418845Abstract: A cigarette box has an outer case (2) provided in a portion of a bottom wall (14) thereof with a movable base (22) capable of turning around a hinge (20), and an inner case (4) disposed in the outer case (2), the inner case (4) holding an inner pack of cigarettes. The inner case (4) is connected to the movable base (22) only at a bottom wall (26) thereof, and protrudes from an open face (6) of the outer case (2) in a lateral direction of the outer case (2) when turned around the hinge (22) together with the movable base (22), which opens the cigarette box.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Publication number: 20130087474Abstract: A cover sleeve for standard cigarette packs to cover over undesirable graphic displays printed on such cigarette packs is formed of an assemblable flat blank comprising a plurality of panels. The flat blank is suitable for point of purchase sale to the consumer and has a bottom panel for structural rigidity with a hole permitting access to the bottom of the cigarette pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventor: Josh Joelson
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Patent number: 8413806Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a hinged-lid pack (1) for smoking articles such as cigarettes. The pack comprises a body (4) and a lid (5) each having respective front (12,22), back (13,23) and opposing side panels (11A,11B,21A,21B). The back panel of the lid (3) is hinged to the back panel of the body. At least one side panel of the lid is provided with an inner tab (201A,201B) extending substantially coplanar with the side panel of the lid to resist opening of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventor: Steven Holford
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Patent number: 8387788Abstract: A cigarette package of the invention has a casing (10), which includes an open end (12) that is opened/closed with a tongue lid (16). The tongue lid (16) has a lid portion (18), a tongue portion (22), and a magnet (28) fixed onto the tongue portion (22). A sheet (34) capable of being attracted to the magnet (28) is fixed onto a front wall (10f) of the casing (10). When the tongue lid (16) is in the closed position, the magnet (28) and the sheet (34) keep the tongue portion (22) attracted to the front wall (10f) in cooperation with each other by using the attracting force of the magnet (28). At the time of closing the tongue lid (16), the tongue portion (22) hits the front wall (10f) and thus makes a clap sound.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Keiko Nakano, Akira Miyazawa
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Patent number: 8365978Abstract: A package (2) comprises a box body (4) with an open end (22) at the top, a tongue-lid (6) adapted to close the open end (22), rotatably connected to a rear edge of the open end (22) by a lid hinge (30), and an inner pack (8) enclosed in the box body (4). The inner pack (8) includes an envelope (13) enclosing tobacco items (10) and keeping the inner pack (8) airtight.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Hiroko Murai, Hidehisa Tokita, Masahiro Fukui, Akihiro Saito
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Patent number: 8322524Abstract: A cigarette box, of a rectangular prism shape, formed of a storage part adapted to accommodate cigarettes within and a hinged lid connected with the said storage part by means of an articulated joint placed on the rear wall. The front wall of the lid is longer than its rear wall, and the side walls are oblique. The storage part, is provided with an additional inside front wall (7) and the outside front wall (8) of the storage part is hinged. Between the hinged front wall (8) and the inside front wall (Z) there is an additional compartment useful for matches (9), lighters or other objects. The inside front wall (7) has two extrusion ridges (10, 11) oriented towards the box interior, where the lower extrusion ridge forms the storage space. The outside front wall is made of the same substance as the box and may feature an extrusion ridge (17) oriented towards the outside which would form an additional storage space.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Inventor: Wojciech Mazur
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Publication number: 20120261286Abstract: A package for tobacco-related articles comprises a shell including a front wall, a rear wall, two lateral walls, and a top side. A lid is adapted to close the top side of the shell when in a closed state. The lid is swivelably connected to the rear wall or one of the lateral walls at a hinge line and is swivelable about the hinge line for transfer between the closed state and an opened state. The lid comprises a top wall including a front edge, a rear edge, two lateral edges, and a bottom side and is adapted to close the top side of the shell when the lid is in its closed state. A beveled edge wall extends from at least the edge of the top wall of the lid opposite to the hinge line and fits into the shell when the lid is in its closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITEDInventors: Steve Holloway, Tim Collins, Solvey Knorr, Neil Southey, Regine Wolfgramm, Inga Gurke, Guillaume Devivier
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Patent number: 8281922Abstract: A slide and shell container for consumer goods includes an outer shell and an inner slide. The inner slide includes a box and a lid, which is hingedly connected to the box at a hinge. The inner slide is slidable within the outer shell between a closed position in which the lid is closed and an open position in which the lid is open. The lid includes a lid flap which is arranged between the inner slide and the outer shell such that an engagement of the lid flap and the outer shell is capable of opening the lid. The lid flap is capable of engaging with the outer shell during movement of the inner slide from the closed position to the open position. The lid also includes a top wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall is connected through a fold line to the back wall and is connected through a fold line to the top wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
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Patent number: 8245841Abstract: The invention relates to a smoking article packet with an inner packet part for accommodating the smoking articles and an outer packet part for accommodating the inner packet part. The outer packet part has one substantially open face through which the inner packet part can be pushed out of the packet part with a slide aperture in the outer packet part. It also relates to a smoking article packet in which the inner packet part has a lid attached to it, or articulated, and a lid opening tab is provided in the region of the articulation line. The lid opening tab has a cut-out in which a co-operating piece on the outer packet part is able to engage, causing the lid to open as the inner packet part is being pushed out of the outer packet part.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbHInventor: Erdinc Agirbas
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Patent number: 8235205Abstract: A folded, substantially wedge shaped pack useful for holding thin, elongate products such as tobacco sticks includes a back panel, inner front panel, top panel and front closure panel, the front closure panel including a tab at a free end thereof engageable with a closure slot in the inner front panel. The closure tab slides into the closure slot by sliding along a bearing surface and the top panel establishes a raised fulcrum effect which tends to maintain the closure tab in the closure slot when the pack is in a closed condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Altria Client Services Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession, Edward C. Fuller
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Publication number: 20120111746Abstract: A cigarette package includes an inner wrapping body formed by folding an inner wrapper having a film material ply sandwiched between a paper ply and a heat seal material ply into a substantially cuboidal shape, including substantially-parallel two half-cut lines extending from a top face into an upper portion of a front face of an inner boxy body each formed of a cut penetrating through the paper ply into the film material ply, a cut line formed of a cut penetrating through an outer layer constituting an overlap on the front face of the inner box body, at an upper location. A heat-sealed part is formed to surround the cut line by heat-sealing inner and outer layers, wherein an outer side of the outer layer is bonded to an inner side of a front lid, in a section above the cut line within a region surrounded by the heat-sealed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Hiroyuki Yamashita
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Publication number: 20120103842Abstract: A cigarette paper pack for storing and supplying cigarette paper sheets for the self-rolling of cigarettes includes a container. The container comprises an insertion opening, the insertion opening comprising a latching protrusion, and at least one stack of cigarette paper sheets. An uppermost layer of the at least one stack of cigarette paper sheets extends through at least one removal opening assigned thereto in a wall. The wall is configured to form an upper side of the container during the use thereof. A recloseable cover is connected to the container. The reclosable cover comprises an insertion tab which comprises a latching opening. The reclosable covering is configured to be pivoted about a periphery so as to form a hinge axis. The insertion tab is configured to be inserted into the insertion opening. The latching opening and the latching protrusion are configured to form a latching device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: GIZEH RAUCHERBEDARF GMBHInventor: Klaus Koester
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Patent number: 8167124Abstract: The package (2) has an inner case (7) having a box body (6) with an open end (22) in an upper portion and a lid (4) that is connected to a first side edge of the open end (22) and turns about a lid hinge (24) to open/close the open end (22); and an outer slider (8) that is slidably fitted in a periphery of the inner case (7), the outer slider (8) having a contact flap (48) extending towards the inside of the outer slider (8) in an upper edge (50) of a first side wall (44) corresponding to the lid hinge (24). The inner case (7) includes a band-like member (34), which is connected to the lid (4) at the upper end thereof and has a folded flap (38) engageable with the contact flap (48) of the outer slider (8) in a lower end thereof. When the outer slider (8) is slid down in relation to the inner case (7), the folded flap (38) is engaged with the contact flap (48) and opens the lid (4).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Hiroyuki Uesugi, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Hidehisa Tokita, Masahiro Fukui, Akihiro Saito
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Patent number: 8157087Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body and a lid, the box body and the lid being formed from a blank (28). The blank (28) has strip-like notch arrays (16a and 18a) for making longitudinal edges of the box body and of the lid into round edges. The notch arrays (16a and 18a) have a large number of notch rows (19) formed only in the inner surface of the blank (28). The notch rows (19) are inclined in relation to the longitudinal direction of the blank (28), and are formed at intervals in a width direction of the notch arrays (16a and 18a).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Toru Iwano
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Patent number: 8141701Abstract: A pack for tobacco industry products such as menthol cigarettes, comprises a housing (1) defining an enclosure containing tobacco industry products (4) and a pad (34) disposed in or on the pack, impregnated with the substance for altering characteristics of the tobacco industry products, such as a menthol flavorant, and a removable strip (32), attached to the pad so that when removed, the substance is released into the pack from the carrier to be adsorbed by the cigarettes. Thus, menthol can be released from the pad into the pack after opening by the consumer, by removal of the strip to boost the level of menthol flavorant in the cigarettes.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventor: Paul Hodges
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Patent number: 8136661Abstract: A wrapped bundle comprises an inner liner wrapped about a predetermined collation of smoking articles. The inner liner comprises an inner liner outer edge and at least two sections defining an opening in the wrapped bundle. At least one section of the at least two sections is provided with an adhesive for releasably attaching the at least two sections to reclose the opening. The at least one section comprises a part of the inner liner outer edge.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Philips Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Bodo-Werner Lutzig, Eduardo Schmitt
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Patent number: 8136662Abstract: A hinge-lid container finding particular application as a hinge-lid pack or carton for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes, which includes a box portion; a lid portion hinged to the box portion across a rear wall thereof for pivotal movement between an pen position and a closed position; a flap extending across a lower part of the inner surface of a front wall of the lid portion; and a spacer panel extending across at least an upper part of the inner surface of a front wall of the box portion. The spacer panel, which preferably depends from and is folded about the upper edge of the front wall of the box portion, has a free edge that extends across the inner surface of the front wall of the box portion and does not project from the box portion into space covered by the lid portion in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Reynald Aeschlimann
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Patent number: 8123030Abstract: An aroma-tight or moisture-tight pack for cigarettes (10) having an inner pack (12), produced from cardboard or a comparable packaging material, made tight as a result of corresponding treatment, and an outer pack (13) in the form of a hinge-lid box, however without a collar. A cigarette group (11) is positioned directly, that is without an inner envelope, in the inner pack (12). The inner pack is provided in an upper region, namely in the region of a cover (15) of the outer pack (13), with a particular opening aid. A closure tab (39) of the inner pack (12) is covered over its entire surface area by an actuating tab (42) which is realized as tape and is produced from a separate blank.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Viktor Hein
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Patent number: 8118160Abstract: A cigarette packet of substantially parallelepiped geometry comprises an outer wrapper (3) divided into two portions (17, 18) connected one to another by a longitudinal hinge (19) extending along one of the two flanks (7, 8), each portion (17, 18) creating a compartment (20, 21) proportioned to accommodate a relative box (22), likewise parallelepiped, which is filled with a limited number of cigarettes (2); the outer wrapper (3) is topped by a lid (10) pivotable on a transverse hinge (16) between a closed position of contact with the top ends of the boxes (22), and an open position in which the boxes (22) are free to swing apart on the longitudinal hinge (19).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: G.D S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
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Publication number: 20120024881Abstract: A smoking article dispenser (100) comprises a dispenser housing configured to receive a cartridge (150) of smoking articles. The dispenser housing interior is configured with elements to dispense a smoking article when the cartridge is actuated between a first and second position. In addition, a cartridge for use with such a dispenser, such a dispenser in combination with such a cartridge and a method of operating such a dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Antoni Papaloizou, Josh Wasserman
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Patent number: 8091703Abstract: A package of tobacco articles, having: a group of tobacco articles; a cup-shaped outer container (2) having an open top end (6), and a cup-shaped lid (7) hinged to the outer container (2) along a hinge (8) to rotate, with respect to the outer container (2), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (6) respectively; and an inner package (3) which is housed inside the outer container (2), encloses the group of tobacco articles, and has a tobacco article extraction opening (4) closed by a cover flap (5); at least a portion of the cover flap (5) is connected permanently and non-removably to the lid (7), so that opening and closing the lid (7) simultaneously also opens and closes the cover flap (5).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: G.D Societa' per AzioniInventors: Roberto Marchetti, Stefano Negrini
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Patent number: 8069981Abstract: A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid box type in which box side walls (24) and lid side walls (25) are correspondingly formed as a polygonal chain from adjoining wall portions (27, 28, 29), and the wall portions (27, 28, 29) are designed with the same width and directed at the same angles to one another and to the front side and rear side of the pack.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)Inventor: Henry Buse
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Patent number: 8051857Abstract: Combined tobacco leaf-rolled wrappers and packaging includes a water-impermeable carrying case with an open top end that is provided with a lid pivotally coupled to a longitudinal side thereof such that the lid covers the top end when articulated to a closed position. The apparatus further includes a plurality of flexible and uniformly shaped tobacco leaves adapted to a rolled and tubular position and a mechanism for maintaining the rolled tobacco leaves in a sealed and air-tight condition while nested within the carrying case so that the rolled tobacco leaves are prevented from becoming saturated with humidity in ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Inventor: Schiller Baptiste
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Patent number: 8047362Abstract: A hinge lid pack has a lower pack outerframe and an upper lid hingedly attached to the lower pack outerframe for movement between opened and closed positions. The lid includes front, top, back and opposite sidewall portions. An innerframe is within and upwardly extends from the outerframe, and the innerframe has front and opposite sidewall portions. Microencapsulated aroma surfaces on the pack move across roughened perforations on the pack upon opening of the pack to thereby release flavor by rupturing the microcapsules.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Xuan M. Pham, Scott A. Fath
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Patent number: 8038001Abstract: The curved pack end flap (20) of the present invention can generally be used in any pack that has a surface that is curved inwards. The curved pack end flap (20) incorporates multiple panels (27) interconnected at points (30) other than the folding edge (51) to provide for the deformation of the end flap when the surface, from which the curved pack end flap (20) is attached, is curved inwards during the formation of the pack. The folded curved pack end flap is subsequently affixed to a second surface in the formation of the pack. The curved pack end flap (20) with the interconnected panels (27) functions to maintain positional accuracy, decrease tearing of the end flap panels (27) during the folding process, and allow for glue application to be more precise during assembly as compared to the end flap of the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventor: Steven Holford
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Publication number: 20110240494Abstract: A packet, in particular a packet for smoke articles, comprises an external enclosure (2) including a containing body (3) and a closing body (4) that is rotatable around a hinge (35) obtained on an external wall of said packet (1), the packet (1) including closing elements (50) associated with main wall means (22, 23, 24) of the internal enclosure (2) for closing a base portion (6) and a top portion (7) of the packet (1), the external enclosure (2) further comprising a secondary base wall (31) and a secondary top wall (11) connected to the main wall means (22, 23, 24) and arranged for abutting on and supporting said closing elements (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: GIMA S.P.A.Inventor: Marco Vecchi
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Patent number: 8020697Abstract: A hinge-lid container includes a box portion and a lid portion hinged to the box portion. The box portion includes an integral first panel connected to the remainder of the container along a first hinge line and an integral second panel. The first panel in an initial position forms at least part of a wall of the box portion and the second panel in an initial position underlies the first panel. The first panel is defined in the wall of the box portion by at least one line of weakness in the initial position and is foldable about the first hinge line from the initial position to a second position in which it is hinged outwardly from the remainder of the container. The second panel is connected to the remainder of the container along a second hinge line. The box portion can include an integral third panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Lucas Chatelain, Jacques Weiss
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Patent number: 8016105Abstract: A package for rod-like smoking articles includes a box having an inner frame, a lid for opening/closing the opening end of the box, and the contents contained in the box. The contents include wrapper that wraps a bundle of filter cigarettes therein. The wrapper has a separable area demarcated by a separating line. The separable area is bonded to the inner face of the lid at a glue-applied area. When the lid is first opened, the separable area is separated from the wrapper by the swing movement of the lid to form a separated piece. The separated piece is kept in the state bonded to the inside of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventor: Makoto Sendo
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Patent number: 8011501Abstract: A package (1) of tobacco articles, having a group (2) of tobacco articles; a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20); and an outer package (3) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and the collar (16), and having a top wall (12), a bottom wall (13) parallel to the top wall (12), and a number of lateral walls (8, 9, 10, 11) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls (12, 13), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20) of the collar (16). A lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3) is defined by two panels (8?, 8?; 10?, 10?), which are separate, coplanar, and side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to an underlying lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: G.D Societa'per AzioniInventors: Andrea Biondi, Paolo Cremonini, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Roberto Polloni
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Patent number: 8006835Abstract: An elongate blank for forming a sleeve includes a plurality of panels. The panels include two rear panels. When the blank is folded to form the sleeve, an outer rear panel overlies an inner rear panel and a pocket is formed between these panels. The pocket is configured to contain one or more objects. The sleeve is adapted to be placed on a container, such as a package containing smoking articles. The pocket can contain another tobacco product, such as one or more promotional smokeless tobacco products.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Pamela D. Moore, Stephen J. Bellamah, Dominic J. C. Howard
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Patent number: 7997407Abstract: A side-opening hinge-lid container includes a body portion and a lid portion, each having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The lid portion is connected to the body portion along a hinge line for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position. A body liner is mounted in the body portion and projects sideways into a space covered by the lid portion in the closed position. An outwardly extending ear is mounted on the liner. An inwardly extending flap is mounted to the lid portion for pivotal movement relative thereto. During pivotal movement of the lid portion between the open and closed positions, the flap engages the ear to produce a sound.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Roxane Berger, Andre Dahan, Suzanne Girling, Yorick Klipfel, Carsten Schlabach, Sandra Spielmann
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Publication number: 20110147242Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall and two side walls. One of the two side walls is pivotally attached to either the back wall or the front wall so as to be capable of being actuated in a manner such as to be moved between an open position and a closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Jarbas Superti
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Patent number: 7905389Abstract: Container obtained by the folding of a single respective foldable blank, is delimited by walls of which at least one is shaped in such a way as to protrude towards the outside of the container, and has at least one flat stiffening wall, which extends between two walls bordering on the shaped wall and is arranged at a distance from the shaped wall in order to make stable the shape of the latter.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: G.D. - S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Ghini, Fiorenzo Draghetti
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Patent number: 7900770Abstract: A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a filter-cigarette inner pack and having an access opening (4) at the top thereof, and an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) and having a push window (10) at the bottom thereof. The outer case (8) has a hinged cap (12). In a closed position, the hinged cap (12) closes the access opening (4) of the inner case (2). When the inner case (2) is pushed upward through the push window (10) to stick out of the outer case (8), the hinged cap turns around a hinge (14) from the closed position to an open position in the manner associated with the sticking-out of the inner case, thereby opening the access opening (4) of the inner case (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Tawada, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 7891542Abstract: A slide and shell container, which finds particular application as a pack for smoking articles such as cigarettes. The container includes an outer shell having opposed first, front, and second, rear, walls connected by opposed third and fourth, side, walls and an inner slide in the outer shell for slidable movement relative thereto between a closed position and an open position. The inner slide comprises: a body having a first, rear, wall and a second, bottom, wall; and a lid having a first, rear, wall, a second, top, wall and opposed third and fourth, side, walls. The rear walls of the body and the lid are connected along a hinge line about which the lid is pivotable when the inner slide is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: John Vickerstaff
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Patent number: 7886900Abstract: A hinge-lid pack of smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises: a box portion; a lid portion hinged to the box portion; and at least two longitudinally offset tiers of smoking articles mounted in the box portion. Each of the at least two tiers comprises a separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In one embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of substantially the same length and the upper ends and the lower ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another. In another embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of different length and the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Jacques Weiss, Philippe Bourgoin, Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Miles Richard Hawley, Matthew Rees
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Patent number: 7874422Abstract: A cigarette box has a V-shaped notch (6) cut in an edge of a top wall thereof, a push-pull wall (8) forming one side wall thereof, and a fin-shaped knob (10) provided on the outer surface of the push-pull wall (8). When the push-pull wall (8) is pulled out of the cigarette box, an upper end thereof is shaped like the letter V forming a rhombic opening (12) in cooperation with the notch (6). On the other hand, when the push-pull wall (8) is pushed into the cigarette box, the upper end thereof coincides with the notch (6), forming an oppositely directed V shape and closing the opening (12).Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Hirobumi Ishii, Tetsuya Nakamura
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Patent number: 7874421Abstract: A container comprises two or more connected packs at least one for housing a bundle of smoking articles. The container comprises a first pack having a first wall and a second, hinge-lid pack comprising a box part and a lid connected to the box part along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the second pack, wherein a wall of the lid is affixed to the first wall of the first pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Pierre-Alain Bardet
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Patent number: 7870953Abstract: A cigarette package having an inner pack of a cigarette bundle, an inner box containing the inner pack in a sealed state, a hinge-lid outer box containing the inner box, a containing space secured between the outer box and the inner box by using an outer blank for the outer box, and a printed article in a folded state, which is disposed in the containing space.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Sadayoshi Matsuura
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Patent number: 7866466Abstract: A slide and shell container, which finds particular application as a pack for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes, and which includes an outer shell having a first access opening; and an inner slide having a second access opening. The inner slide is mounted within the outer shell for slidable movement relative thereto between a closed position, in which the second access opening is occluded by the outer shell and the interior of the inner slide is inaccessible, and an open position, in which the second access opening is substantially aligned with the first access opening such that the interior of the inner slide is accessible through the first and second access openings.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Dirk Rose, Lutz Vocke
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Patent number: 7857128Abstract: A laminate including a flavorant useful for packaging cigarettes or other products such as food products. The laminate includes crosslinked polymer coatings adhered to at least two metal foils, and a volatile flavor component such as menthol is applied to one of the polymer-coated surfaces. The laminate minimizes loss of volatile and/or heat sensitive flavor components from the package during extended periods at elevated temperature which are often associated with long term storage and/or shipping.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventor: Sarojini Deevi
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Patent number: 7845490Abstract: A cigarette package, which includes an outer box and an inner frame. The outer box includes a lower box portion and a side opening hinged lid. The inner frame includes a front panel, a back panel, and a side panel extending between the front panel and the back panel. The outer box includes a tab and the inner frame includes a notch, such that the notch engages the tab when the hinged lid is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.Inventors: Pamela D. Moore, Eric D. Schardt
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Patent number: 7845491Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles has a cup-shaped container, which is substantially parallelepiped-shaped and has two major lateral walls, two minor lateral walls, a bottom wall, and an open top end; a cup-shaped lid hinged along a first hinge to rotate between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open end; and an additional panel hinged to the container along a second hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an unfolded position, in which the additional panel is detached from the container, and a folded position, in which the additional panel rests on a major lateral wall of the container and is maintained contacting the major lateral wall of the container by the lid in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: G.D Societa' per AzioniInventors: Roberto Polloni, Marco Brizzi
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Patent number: 7832556Abstract: A package for tobacco articles, having a group of tobacco articles, and a cup-shaped container which houses the group of tobacco articles and has an open top end, a bottom wall, two parallel, opposite major lateral walls, and two parallel, opposite minor lateral walls; at least one retaining member is located inside the container, projects perpendicularly from at least one of the lateral walls, defines a supporting surface for the group of tobacco articles, and is defined by two rigid panels separated from each other by a crease line and folded one towards the other.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: G.D Societa' per AzioniInventors: Marco Ghini, Luca Petrucci, Stefano Negrini
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Patent number: 7770724Abstract: A rigid package (1) for tobacco articles (3), having a first container (2) housing a group (3) of tobacco articles and in turn housed inside a second container (4) to slide, with respect to the second container (4), between a closed position, in which the first container (2) is fully inserted inside the second container (4), and an open position, in which the first container (2) is partly extracted from the second container (4); the package (1) has two connecting strips (22), each of which is connected, on one side, to a major lateral wall (14) of the first container (2), and, on the opposite side, to a major lateral wall (7) of the second container (4), and has a deformable portion (23) at the first container (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: G.D Societa'per AzioniInventors: Marco Ghini, Stefano Negrini
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Patent number: 7762046Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for making a hard pack cigarette package composed of a transparent material that includes an inner frame that is also composed of a transparent material. The package is assembled using a hot-melt adhesive material to bind the package together as well as to bind the inner frame insert and a foil wrapped assemblage of smoking articles to the package. The hot-melt adhesive material is applied by an electronically controlled hot-melt adhesive applicator working in conjunction with a uniform contrast roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Wesley Steven Jones, Randy Lee McKnight