Integral Hinge Patents (Class 206/268)
  • Publication number: 20100230303
    Abstract: A pack for in particular piece-form pack contents having a sealed inner pack (11) with removal opening (21) and closure flap (24), an outer pack (10) with box part or base part (27) and movable closure part (28), and a covering part (12) between the inner pack (11) and outer pack (10), the covering part (12) having an opening or a window (55) in the region of the removal opening (21) of the inner pack (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Henry Buse, Gisbert Engel, Viktor Hein
  • Publication number: 20100224514
    Abstract: An arrangement for accepting cigarette or cigarillo butts and optionally also cigarette and cigarillo ashes includes a strip (1) with at least two bags (3) which are connected to one another so as to be separable along perforations (7) and tear-off aids (4). The strip (1) can be stored in a pack of cigarettes or cigarillos in a rolled-up or folded manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CIGGYBAG GMBH
    Inventors: Alfred Urf, Josef Ressi
  • Publication number: 20100206754
    Abstract: A cigar carrying case including a housing unit having a base in which the cigars are housed and a top which fits over the base to cover the cigars. In one embodiment, the top and the base are hingedly coupled such as by a living hinge and secured by a fastener, such as a zipper, wherein the zipper may also serve as the living hinge. In another embodiment, the top and/or base also have end caps made of buffalo horn. In an alternative embodiment, the base contains an adjustable divider to prevent the cigars from damaging each other. In a further embodiment, the top has a humidification device in order to prevent the cigars from drying out. In yet another embodiment, a storage compartment is incorporated into either the top or the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Ash & Burn , LLC
    Inventor: Abhik Roy
  • Patent number: 7757846
    Abstract: In order to manufacture folding packets having a packet part (11), a lid (12) and a collar (13), a single-piece blank is used, in which a collar (13) is connected to a main blank (14) via connecting webs (15, 16). The collar (13) is connected to a connecting web (15) via an edge-side collar folding line, and the connecting webs (15, 16) are connected to the main blank (14) via transversely oriented web folding lines (41, 42), with the result that the collar (13) can be moved into the position with two folding steps which follow one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Hermann Blome, Viktor Hein
  • Publication number: 20100176011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Philip Moris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas Chatelain
  • Publication number: 20100155274
    Abstract: The disclosure addresses aspects of a PACK FOR SMOKING ARTICLES, wherein smoking articles may include, but are not limited to, cigarettes and the like. This disclosure details a pack for smoking articles comprising a plurality of planar panels, and a blank for producing such a pack. In one embodiment, at least one of the panels includes a plurality of formations extending out of the plane of a surface of the panel(s). In one non-limiting implementation, the formations may provide protection for the contents of the pack from subsequent processes performed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Tanneguy Blaudin de The, John England, Steven Holford
  • Patent number: 7731024
    Abstract: A tongue-lid pack has an outer box (2) whose upper end is open, an inner pack (6) contained in the outer box (2) and having filter cigarettes, and a tongue lid (16) for opening/closing the open end of the outer box (2). A front wall (20) of the outer box (2) has a depression (21) that accepts a tip end portion (26) of a tongue (22) of the tongue lid (16) when the tongue (22) is superimposed upon the front wall (20), and the tip end portion (26) sinks in the front wall (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Naoto Bouno, Masanori Kohama, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7726474
    Abstract: A side-opening hinge-lid container for elongate smoking articles may include a body portion and a lid portion, with the lid portion connected to the body portion along a hinge line for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position, in which at least a portion of the interior of the body portion is accessible. A body portion liner may be provided, and being mounted in the body portion while projecting sideways therefrom into a space covered by the lid portion in the closed position. An outwardly extending ear mounted on the body portion liner. An inwardly extending flap hingedly mounted in 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Roxane Berger, Andre Dahan, Suzanne Girling, Yorick Klipfel, Carsten Schlabach, Sandra Spielmann
  • Patent number: 7726473
    Abstract: A cigarette box includes an inner case (2) enclosing a bundle of cigarettes, an outer case (8) enclosing the inner case (2) in a manner allowing the inner case (2) to be moved up and down, and having a hinged lid (12) forming a part of a top wall thereof and a window (10) formed in a side wall to partly expose the inner case (2), and a link (20) connecting the inner case (2) and the hinged lid (12). When the inner case (2) is pushed up through the window (10) of the outer case (8), the link (20) urges the hinged lid (12) upward so that hinged lid (12) is opened. In an open position, the hinged lid (12) provides an access opening (16) projecting from the plane of the top wall of the outer case (8) and facing sideways of the outer case (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Miyazawa, Tetsuya Nakamura, Shunsuke Tawada
  • Publication number: 20100126889
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Patent number: 7717260
    Abstract: In a hinge-lid box comprising a box part (13), lid and collar (15), the collar (15) is configured such that the collar side tabs (29, 30) lie at a distance from the box side walls (26). The collar side tabs (29, 30) are supported by supporting tabs (35, 36; 40, 41) on the box side walls (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Henry Buse
  • Patent number: 7712607
    Abstract: A rigid, swing-open packet of cigarettes having: at least one group of cigarettes; at least one inner container housing the group of cigarettes; an outer container housing the inner container and having at least one open lateral end; and a hinge connecting the inner container and the outer container to allow the inner container to rotate between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is at least partly extracted from the outer container; the hinge being located close to an edge of a wall of the inner container and close to an edge of a bottom wall of the outer container at the open lateral end of the outer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: G.D Societ a'per Azioni
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7686166
    Abstract: A packing box for photosensitive recording material comprising a box body 5 and a lid member 9, wherein the box body 5 includes a storage section 11 and a lid-covered portion 13; the lid-covered portion 13 includes a lid-covered fixed surface 15 and a lid-covered rotatable portion 19 rotatable outward and downward along a valley bending line 17, a first lid-covered end surface 21 having an upper corner portion formed into an arcuate shape and a second lid-covered end surface 23; and the lid-covered rotatable portion 19 is formed with an inner flap 43 on the side of the second lid-covered end surface 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7681727
    Abstract: A packet comprises an outer shell (0) and an inner shell (I) connected by a spring member (12). The outer shell (0) defines a cavity for receiving the inner shell (I) and comprises a bottom wall (4B), a front wall (1) and two side walls (3R, 3L) upstanding from respective edges of the bottom wall. The inner shell (I) comprises a front wall (11), a rear wall (7) and two side walls (8R, 8L), the rear wall being connected to the bottom wall of the outer shell. The spring member (12) is hingedly connected by a first hinge (H 1) at a lower portion of the front wall (11) of the inner shell and is hingedly connected by a second hinge (H2) to the inner surface of the front wall of the outer shell. The inner shell (I) is hingedly connected to the outer shell (0) by a third hinge (H3) at the said bottom wall such that the inner shell moves with spring action between closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Philip Richard Hunt, Steven Holford
  • Publication number: 20100065449
    Abstract: A tobacco product container comprises an outer sleeve, a holder slidable within the outer sleeve and having a first cavity and a second cavity, the first cavity and the second cavity each having a bottom wall and a first end wall, and wherein the first wall extends intermediate the first and second cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Jack Morgan, Robert G. Dickie
  • Publication number: 20100059395
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises front and rear panels, connected by opposite side panels, a bottom panel and a lid, wherein at least one of the panels includes a plurality of transverse rigidifying bands greater in thickness than a region between the bands. The bands may be formed by an embossing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: John England
  • Publication number: 20100044256
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANBO, Toru Iwano
  • Publication number: 20100044255
    Abstract: A hinge-lid package has a box body (8) and a lid (6) which are formed from a blank. The box body (8) and the lid (6) have rounded edges (16 and 18) as longitudinal edges thereof. The rounded edge (16 and 18) has an arc-like shape created by a groove pattern formed only in the inner surface of the rounded edge. The groove pattern makes the corresponding lattice design (F) appear in the outer surface of the rounded edge (16 and 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANBO, Toru IWANO
  • Patent number: 7624860
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles has a parallelepiped-shaped container housing a group of tobacco articles and having a withdrawal opening; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the withdrawal opening; the container and the lid are formed by folding two independent separate blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: G.D. Societa'per Azioni
    Inventors: Patrizio Roila, Roberto Polloni
  • Publication number: 20090288966
    Abstract: A rigid hinge-lid packet (1) of prismatic shape, appearing substantially-triangular in section, comprises a container (10) surmounted by a lid (12), attached to the container (10) by way of a hinge (19) and pivotable between a position in which the packet is open and a position in which the packet is closed. The lid (12) of the packet (1) is retained in the closed position by locking elements (27) fashioned as a tongue (29), associated with one of the container (10) or lid (12), and a notch (30) formed in the other one of the container (10) or lid (12), insertable positively one into the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Minarelli, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Roberto Polloni, Andrea Biondi
  • Publication number: 20090272660
    Abstract: A pack for smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises front and rear panels, connected by opposite side panels, a bottom panel and a lid, wherein at least one of the panels includes a plurality of transverse rigidifying bands greater in thickness than a region between the bands. The bands may be formed by an embossing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: John England
  • Patent number: 7604117
    Abstract: A container includes an outer shell and an inner slide. The outer shell comprises an outer shell front wall, an outer shell rear wall, left and right outer shell side walls and an outer shell stopper flap, and wherein the outer shell at least partially embraces an inner slide. The inner slide comprises a box portion wherein the box portion comprises a box bottom wall, a box front wall and a box rear wall and an inner slide stopper flap. The inner slide further comprises a lid portion wherein the lid portion comprises a lid top wall, and wherein the lid portion is hinged to the box portion at the box rear wall. The outer shell stopper flap and the inner slide stopper flap interact with each other and limit the movement between the outer shell and the inner slide when opening the container, the box front wall comprising the inner slide stopper flap and the outer shell front wall comprising the outer shell stopper flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Bourgoin, John Vickerstaff
  • Publication number: 20090250360
    Abstract: A three-piece pocket-size container for holding a consumer product such as smokeless tobacco product in an interior volume of a perimeter band which has a base locked to a lower rim portion and an openable cover on an upper rim of the perimeter band. When closed, the cover, the perimeter band and the base form a flush exterior sidewall of the container. The base and cover can be metal and the perimeter band can be transparent (clear, tinted or colored) or opaque plastic to provide a container that maintains product freshness, and is easily opened and closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah, William T. Griffin, Dominic J.C. Howard, Robert T. Mitten
  • Publication number: 20090242434
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: G.D. SOCIETA'PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Luca Petrucci, Stefano Negrini
  • Publication number: 20090230004
    Abstract: A package comprises first and second packs (P1, P2) each capable of containing items. Each pack has a base, and a first face (F1, F1?) bound by a first edge (E1, E1?) and a second edge (E2, E2?) which co-operate with the base to contain items in the packs. Means (JL) connect the first and second packs (P1, P2), the means comprising at least first and second straps (S1, S2). In a first position of the packs the first faces (F1, F1?) of each pack face each other with the first edges (E1, E1?) of the first and second packs adjacent each other and the second edges (E1, E2?) of the first and second packs adjacent each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle
  • Publication number: 20090218242
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Publication number: 20090205982
    Abstract: A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type comprises an outer pack (13) and an inner pack which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction within the outer pack (13). A hinge lid (36) is fitted on one side of the outer pack (13). This hinge lid is moved into an open position by displacement of the inner pack (12) relative to the outer pack (13), to be precise by an opening force being transmitted by means of a pushing-action tab (27) arranged within the pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Viktor Hein, Henry Buse
  • Publication number: 20090188817
    Abstract: A cigarette pack made from cardboard paper stock and the like comprises a body portion and a hinge lid portion. The body portion includes a tear away card having a continuous outer boundary with perforations along the boundary to facilitate removal of the tear away card from the pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald P. Margolis
  • Publication number: 20090188818
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela D. Moore, Eric D. Schardt
  • Patent number: 7562772
    Abstract: A container blank is provided for a box with a hinged lid wherein the lid is reliably closed by way of an enlarged collar section. The closure of the box can be aided by surfaces formed on the container blank such that when folded into a box, the surfaces of the closure can provide resistance to the lid opening. Additionally, a lid portion of the container blank can optionally be provided with an embossed section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Bodo-Werner Lutzig
  • Publication number: 20090159472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Phillip Morris USA Inc.,
    Inventor: PIERRE-ALAIN BARDET
  • Publication number: 20090152138
    Abstract: A packet (1) of cigarettes having a cup-shaped, parallelepiped-shaped outer first container (2); a first lid (4) is hinged to the outer first container (2) to rotate between an open position and a closed position; the outer first container (2) houses two to four inner second containers (18), each of which is cup-shaped, houses a group (19) of cigarettes, and is parallelepiped-shaped; a second lid (21) is hinged to each inner second container (18) to rotate between an open position and a closed position; and the inner second containers (18) are housed inside the outer first container (2) so that, when the first (4) is in the closed position, a top wall (30) of each second lid (21) directly contacts a top wall (13) of the first lid (4), and at least one lateral wall (29) of each second lid (21) directly contacts a lateral wall (12) of the first lid (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: G.D Societa'Per Azioni
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Luca Petrucci, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7543702
    Abstract: A pack of rigid type with a hinged lid for tobacco products comprises a cupped container (3; 26) presenting a front face (8) and two flank faces (10) of which the free edges (8a, 10a) combine to establish an open end (4) of the container, also a reinforcing frame (15) secured to the container (3; 26), presenting a breast piece (16), two side pieces (17) and a top edge (18) of U profile directed toward the lid (5; 27). The lid (5; 27) likewise is cupped, presenting a front face (11) and two flank faces (13) with respective free edges (11a, 13a), and closes the open end (4) of the container (3; 26). A coupon (19) is included in the pack, between the frame (15) and the tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Igino Conti, Fiorenzo Draghetti, Patrizia Persi
  • Patent number: 7537113
    Abstract: A hinge-lid type package for containing an inner pack (IP) of filter cigarettes has an outer body (10), a lid (12) for opening and closing an upper opening end (26) of the outer body (10), and a pair of connector tabs (36) connected to the upper opening end (26) through a breaking line (38). When the package is produced, the connector tabs (36) enter the lid (12) to be adhered to the inner surface of the lid (12). When the connector tabs (36) are broken along the breaking line (38), the connector tabs (36) leave breaking traces (X) in both the outer body (10) and the lid (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tambo
  • Publication number: 20090084694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette packet with a packet body (4) for containing cigarettes and a lid (5) joined to the packet body (4) via a hinge (38), each with a front panel (12, 22), a rear panel (13, 23) and two opposing side panels (11a, 11b, 21a, 21b), and at least one tab (201a, 201b) is provided on the lid (5) and/or on the packet body (4), which extends beyond an imaginary connecting line (37a, 37b) on at least one side panel (11a, 11b, 21a, 21b) of the packet (1) between the hinge (38) and front lid bottom edge (36) when the packet (1) is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Erdinc Agirbas
  • Publication number: 20090078599
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Hitoshi TANBO
  • Patent number: 7506755
    Abstract: Disclosed is a closing aid for cigarette packs of the hinged lid type, comprising vertical webs (31) of a collar (12) and an inner lid fold (25) located on the interior face of a front wall (19) of the lid. Said inner lid fold (25) is provided with lateral recesses (37) whose relative position is selected such that the threading process of the webs (31) into an interlocked position with the inner lid fold (25) is initiated when a maximum edge pressure is attained on top transversal edges (35) of the collar (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Henry Buse, Viktor Hein
  • Publication number: 20090071852
    Abstract: A carton of soft packets of cigarettes, having: an outer package; a group of soft packets of cigarettes housed inside the outer package, and each having an inner package having a first sheet of flexible packing material folded about a respective group of cigarettes; and at least one reusable rigid box housed inside the outer package and containing a soft packet of cigarettes, while the other soft packets of cigarettes serve as refills for the reusable rigid box; the inner package of each soft packet of cigarettes having a tear-off top portion separated from the rest of the inner package by a tear line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventor: Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7500558
    Abstract: A soft package of filter cigarettes comprises an inner pack 10 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and containing a cigarette bundle CB, and an envelope 12 of an almost rectangular parallelepiped and covering the inner pack 10 except for a top face 28 of the inner pack 10. The envelope 12 has slant edges 20 at the four corner edges extending along the longitudinal direction of the inner pack 10, and the slant edges 20 impart an octagonal cross section to the envelope 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Tanbo
  • Publication number: 20090045084
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles has a parallelepiped-shaped container housing a group of tobacco articles and having a withdrawal opening; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the withdrawal opening; the container and the lid are formed by folding two independent separate blanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicants: G.D SOCIETA PER AZIONI, ATIPACKAGING S.R.L.
    Inventors: Patrizio Roila, Roberto Polloni
  • Publication number: 20090038966
    Abstract: A rigid, swing-open packet of cigarettes having: at least one group of cigarettes; at least one inner container housing the group of cigarettes; an outer container housing the inner container and having at least one open lateral end; and a hinge connecting the inner container and the outer container to allow the inner container to rotate between a closed position, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open position, in which the inner container is at least partly extracted from the outer container; the hinge being located close to an edge of a wall of the inner container and close to an edge of a bottom wall of the outer container at the open lateral end of the outer container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Publication number: 20090038965
    Abstract: A cigarette package is provided with a box body (8) and a tongue lid (10). The tongue lid (10) includes a top wall (12) and a tongue (14) adapted such that the top wall closes an open end of the box body (8) and the tongue overlies a front wall (30) of the box body (8) at the time the cigarette package is made, and connecting lugs (20) in a pair joined to the opposite side edges of the tongue (14) by side separation lines (26), respectively, and bonded to the opposite side faces of the box body (8), respectively. The side separation lines (26) each has slits (59) arranged at specified intervals and portions connecting the adjacent slits (59). The connecting portions are formed into fatigue joins (60) by applying a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanbo, Ryuichi Kashimura, Naoto Bono, Hiroyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090008277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoking article packet (1) with an inner packet part (3) for accommodating the smoking articles and an outer packet part (2) for accommodating the inner packet part (3), and the outer packet part (2) has one essentially open face through which the inner packet part (3) can be pushed out of the packet part, and with a slide aperture (5) in the outer packet part (3), and the slide aperture (5) lies essentially on a face of the outer packet part which does not lie opposite the open face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Erdinc Agirbas
  • Publication number: 20080302683
    Abstract: Cellulose-glycerol cigarette papers are described which has advantages such as milder taste, less chemicals, a slower burn with less ash and smoke, and also it is self-adhering when a water-based agent is applied. A cigarette paper dispensing package is also provided which enables easy access to a single cigarette paper. Tear-off mouthpiece filters are also integrally provided for within the package, while providing efficient dispensing of a single cigarette paper without spillage or grabbing too many inadvertently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Michael D. Tanzer
  • Patent number: 7455177
    Abstract: A packet of cigarettes having a rigid container in turn having a hinged lid; and a group of cigarettes housed inside the container and enclosed in an inner foil wrapping having a front tear-off portion; a front wall of the container has a transparent window superimposed over the front tear-off portion of the inner foil wrapping (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: G.D Societa' Per Aziono
    Inventors: Stefano Serafini, Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Patent number: 7455176
    Abstract: A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type is provided with predominantly or fully rounded side walls (19, 20) and lid side walls (24, 25). The side walls here are made up of a plurality of rounded regions with different radii, and also with a planar central side strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Viktor Hein, Reinhard Lohmann, Hans Schönberger, Heinz Focke
  • Publication number: 20080283427
    Abstract: A rigid package (1) for tobacco articles, having at least one container (2), which is cup-shaped, is parallelepiped-shaped, and has a rear wall (6), a front wall (7), two lateral walls (8), a bottom wall (9), and an open top end (3); and a lid (4), which is cup-shaped, is hinged to the container (2) along a hinge (5) on the rear wall (6) of the container (2) to rotate between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open top end (3), and has a rear wall (10), a front wall (11), two lateral walls (12), and a top wall (13); when the lid (4) is in the closed position, the front wall (11) of the lid (4) is positioned over the front wall (7) of the container (2) to almost completely cover the front wall (7) of the container (2), and the lateral walls (12) of the lid (4) are positioned over the lateral walls (8) of the container (2) to partly cover the lateral walls (8) of the container (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: G. D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Luca Petrucci, Marco Ghini, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 7438183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette pack of the hinge-lid type comprising an opening (36) configured in the lower section of the front face, namely in a front wall (12) of the pack. A marking (38), applied to the inner wrapper for identifying the product, is visible through said opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Doris Focke, legal representative, Jürgen Focke, legal representative, Valeri Goncharenko, Henry Buse, Heinz Focke
  • Patent number: 7438182
    Abstract: A cigarette packet (4) with a cross section of flattened oval profile is fashioned from a diecut blank (1) of essentially elongated rectangular outline referable to a longitudinal axis (16) and comprising, aligned along the axis (16), a central panel (17), two intermediate panels (18, 19) and two end panels (20, 21), each intermediate panel (18, 19) displaying a flattened oval outline and joined to the two contiguous panels (17, 20; 17, 21) along respective rectilinear borders (22) extending transversely to the longitudinal axis (16) and interconnected in pairs by way of respective arcuate borders (23) with no break in linear continuity. The central panel (17) and end panels (20, 21) each present a flat central longitudinal area (24) and two lateral longitudinal bands (25) rendered pliable and thus adaptable to the curvature described by the arcuate borders (23), which they are designed to meet when the packet (4) is erected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Gamberi, Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Patent number: 7428967
    Abstract: A rigid package for tobacco articles, having a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open end; a mechanical sound member being provided to generate an audible sound as the lid is opened, and which is located astride the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: G.D Societa′ Per Azioni
    Inventors: Luca Petrucci, Stefano Negrini