With Opening Or Separating Means Patents (Class 206/264)
  • Patent number: 11993429
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging for storing goods, in particular rod-shaped goods like cigarettes, smoking products with filter inserts, smoking products with tobacco sticks and the like, including an internal box with at least one container-like first receiving area for storing goods and an envelope for receiving the internal box, wherein the envelope includes at least one opening or recess for receiving further items in at least one second receiving area formed by the envelope and separated from the first receiving area by a bottom wall of the internal box. Furthermore, disclosed is an envelope, and a blank therefore, for a box for storing such goods, the envelope including at least one bottom wall, a front wall and a rear wall as well as sidewalls connecting the front and rear walls, wherein the walls form a container-like receiving area for receiving the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAYR-MELNHOF KARTON AG
    Inventors: Harman Vorenkamp, Uwe Theis
  • Patent number: 11964785
    Abstract: A method is described for making a pack of smoking products having an ordered group of packets containing smoking products and positioned in contact with each other, wherein the group of packets has a closed lateral surface around a theoretical axis of the group of packets, which delimits two opposite surfaces of the group of packets, each of which surfaces is defined by the set of homologous surfaces of all the packets. The method includes unwinding from a reel at least one adhesive tape and applying it to the closed lateral surface and completely around the latter, to hold the packets of the group together solely by means of the at least one adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: G.D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alan Armeni, Davide Parazza, Giuliano Gamberini
  • Patent number: 11964809
    Abstract: A food product package is formed by a sheet resulting from a blank with a plurality of sheets, each sheet of the blank having weakened portions, and a tongue secured to a transverse edge of the sheet The sheet is folded according to transverse weakened portions in order to form a tube with a rectangular cross-section and being sealed on itself along a peelable or tearable transverse joint, the tongue projecting longitudinally from the transverse joint, the sheet being sealed longitudinally along a longitudinal base joint, and the package being closed by longitudinally sealing the sheet on itself along a longitudinal top joint spaced apart from the longitudinal base joint, with the transverse joint extending from one longitudinal joint to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEL
    Inventors: Alexandre Vernier, Gilles Coupard
  • Patent number: 11919695
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a re-sealable label for covering an opening of a box includes a sheet of polymer material that includes a re-sealable adhesive on an underside thereof. A liner is adhered to the underside of the sheet of polymer material. The liner is configured to cover the opening and includes a foil layer and a paper layer. The sheet of polymer material includes a line of perforations wherein one or more of the perforations of the line of perforations include a rectilinear portion and a non-rectilinear portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, Scott A. Fath, Andrew Peeler
  • Patent number: 11707087
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon, Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Justin Banker Peart
  • Patent number: 11673735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tobacco product package that comprises at least two, preferably five or more, cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction. A wrapping is sheathed around the tobacco products and covers at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products. A tear strip is disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and is configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user. According to the present invention, the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Ventures Limited
    Inventors: Carmen Buhr, Vinka Frohlich
  • Patent number: 11447285
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes an outer housing including a box portion and a hinged lid portion pivotable between open and closed positions, an inner package arranged within the outer housing, the inner package including an access opening, an insert that can be pulled out of the container, including a front panel and at least a first side panel that are connected to each other, and wherein the front panel is arranged between a front wall of the inner package and a front wall of the box portion, and the first side panel is arranged between a first side wall of the inner package and a first side wall of the box portion, and the first side panel includes a first grasp portion that extends above the first side wall of the box portion in a longitudinal direction, when the insert is in a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jens Franzen
  • Patent number: 11434043
    Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
  • Patent number: 11325338
    Abstract: A set of thin foil surfaces configured to achieve a joint among the foil surfaces, the joint being arranged to be without discontinuity, comprising at least a first portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint; pixelized type embossings on the first portion of surface; and at least a second portion of surface dedicated to achieve the joint. The second portion of surface is shaped to correspond to the first portion of surface for making the joint between the first portion of surface and the second portion of surface through contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BOEGLI-GRAVURES SA
    Inventors: Charles Boegli, Alain Droz, Werner Steffen
  • Patent number: 10994874
    Abstract: A method of producing a pack of smoking articles includes providing a pre-assembled pack of smoking articles comprising an inner pack having a flexible sheet in which a group of smoking articles is wrapped or enclosed and a re-closable flap movable between a closed position preventing access to the smoking articles and an open position for accessing the smoking articles, and an outer pack comprising a container which holds and substantially encompasses the inner pack, the outer pack having a lid in a closed position preventing access to the inner pack; creating a space or gap between the lid of the outer pack and the inner pack; and attaching the re-closable flap of the inner pack to the lid of the outer pack via and/or through the space or gap. An apparatus for producing a pack of smoking articles per the above method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Franzen, Franz-Josef Tritz
  • Patent number: 10787309
    Abstract: Containers that include a housing that includes a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The container also includes an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The inner package includes a first layer and a second layer. The container also includes an insert positioned between the inner surface of the front wall of the box and the outer surface of the front wall of the inner package. The insert is positioned entirely below the sealing region and is positioned so that the lowest point of the upper edge of the box is lower than the highest point of the upper edge of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Marc Perrinjaquet, Philippe Bourgoin
  • Patent number: 10752430
    Abstract: Containers that include a housing that includes a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The container also includes an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The inner package includes a first layer and a second layer. The container also includes an insert positioned between the inner surface of the front wall of the box and the outer surface of the front wall of the inner package. The insert is positioned entirely below the sealing region and is positioned so that the lowest point of the upper edge of the box is lower than the highest point of the upper edge of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Draghetti, Marc Perrinjaquet, Philippe Bourgoin
  • Patent number: 10618684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blank for a flip-top container and a method for producing a blank for a flip-top container and a method of producing a flip-top container from a blank. A blank according to the present invention may preferably comprise a section for an outer body part and a section for an inner frame. The section of the blank for the outer body comprises two side panels, a front panel and a rear panel. Each side panel is typically connected to the front panel at opposite vertical folding lines; the rear panel is typically connected to one of the side panels along a vertical folding line. A scoring line is provided in the side panels and in the front panel; the scoring line extends downwardly sloping in the side panels towards front panel and extends horizontally in at least a part of the front panel. Each of the side panels, front panel and rear panel has a flap connected at an upper and at a lower horizontal folding line of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Sebastian Eckert, Rafael Schraml, Marco Vierling, Martin Zelosko
  • Patent number: 10526121
    Abstract: A container of consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bigelow
  • Patent number: 10457461
    Abstract: A container includes an inner package (130) disposed within a housing (112). The inner package includes a wrapper having a line of weakness (142) that defines a flap (144) in the wrapper. The flap is attached to an inner surface (122) of a lid of the container such that upon opening the lid the flap is separated from the wrapper along the line of weakness (142) and hinged to the remainder of the wrapper along a flap hinge line to form an access opening (160) through which the consumer goods can be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ahmet Dincer, Bodo-Werner Lutzig, Sergey Ledermann
  • Patent number: 10427864
    Abstract: Rigid pack for tobacco articles comprising: a container, which has a parallelepiped shape and has an open upper end; a lid which is hinged to the container and has a parallelepiped shape; an inner wrap which encloses a group of tobacco articles, and is housed on the inside of the container; and a collar, which embraces the inner wrap, is internally glued to the container, protrudes from the open upper end of the container, and has a front wall which is superimposed and glued to a front wall of the container, and two lateral walls which are superimposed and glued to the lateral walls of the container; the collar has an upper wall, a rear wall, and a pull-out opening for the tobacco articles that is defined by a through-incision and involves a portion of the front wall and a portion of the upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Giuseppe Marchitto, Michele Ferrari, Alessandro Venturoli, Luca Federici
  • Patent number: 10414580
    Abstract: A cigarette pack having a foil block as an inner pack and a hinge-lid box as an outer pack is configured with an opening aid for the foil block, in which a closure tab for exposing a retrieval opening of the foil block is connected with a lid inner flap as part of the lid front wall. The lid inner flap is movable or pivotable, respectively. A relative movement of the lid inner flap takes place so as to be tuned to the opening procedure of the closure tab when the lid is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Henry Buse, Christoph Schneider, Viktor Hein, Jan Schnakenberg
  • Patent number: 10239677
    Abstract: A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes a line of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The line of weakness may include a first line of weakness portion that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness portion that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a connecting line of weakness portion that extends between the first line of weakness portion and the second line of weakness portion and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness portion and may be propagated along the other portions to create an opening for accessing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Scott William Huffer, Brent Bosman
  • Patent number: 10214342
    Abstract: A dispenser carton for cigarette tubes having a cutout shaped to outline a flap that is folded on one panel of the carton making it possible, after the cutout has been broken, to open the carton at the flap to access the tubes, while at the same time making it possible to re-close the carton by replacing the flap in its initial closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: REPUBLIC TOBACCO L.P.
    Inventor: Philippe Parcevaux
  • Patent number: 10155617
    Abstract: An exemplary container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box. The outer box has a hinged top configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner box is a laminate of paperboard and an inner liner and pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner box. A pull tab covers the opening. The pull tab includes a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner box and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner box and the outer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bigelow
  • Patent number: 10124953
    Abstract: An exemplary container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box. The outer box has a hinged top configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner box is a laminate of paperboard and an inner liner and pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner box. A pull tab covers the opening. The pull tab includes a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner box and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner box and the outer box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bieglow
  • Patent number: 10077132
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, a rigid inner box, and a pull tab arranged over a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a paper liner larger than the pre-cut opening such as a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The pull tab includes a re-stick adhesive arranged in a single zone which adheres the piece of bundle wrap to cover the opening and the re-stick adhesive outward of the piece of bundle wrap allows the pull tab to reseal to the outer surface of the inner box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Bellamah, James S. Bigelow
  • Patent number: 10021908
    Abstract: A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: James Lindsay Clark, Robert T. Mitten
  • Patent number: 9936648
    Abstract: A packing element having a trapezoidal front panel (1) and trapezoidal rear panel (2), wherein the front panel (1) and the rear panel (2) each have a first pair of two opposite, parallel base edges (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b), and a second pair of nonparallel side edges (1c, 2c) bridging ends of the two base edges (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b), and wherein the front panel (2) and the rear panel (1) are connected to each other at their side edges, preferably in the edge region of their overlapping side edges (1c) such that an inner edge face of the front panel (2) facing the rear panel (1) is glued to an inner edge face of the rear panel (1) facing the front panel (2) and a space for receiving an article, preferably a conical article, preferably a flower pot or a flower bouquet, can be formed between the front panel (2) and the rear panel (1) by moving the panels away from each other, thereby forming an opening at least between the long base edges at the top, characterized in that a grab formation (4), particularly a strap (4) that c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: WEBER VERPACKUNGEN GMBH @ CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Jahn
  • Patent number: 9902553
    Abstract: A packet of smoking articles having: a cup-shaped outer container; a cup-shaped lid hinged to the outer container to rotate, with respect to the outer container itself, between an open position and a closed position; a group of articles; an inner package which encloses the group of articles, is housed inside the outer container, and at the top and front has a lift-up portion separated from the rest of the inner package by a pre-weakened U-shaped parting line and is completely torn the first time the packet of smoking articles is opened to expose an article extraction opening; the lift-up portion of the inner package is directly in contact, without the interposition of other elements with an inner surface of the top wall of the lid and with an inner surface of the front wall of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Roberto Polloni, Manuela Mardare, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 9888715
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette case for accommodating a cigarette. The electronic cigarette case comprises a housing main body and a rotation door mechanism arranged on the housing main body; the housing main body comprises a housing top face and a housing bottom face opposite to each other, and at least one first housing side face which is arc-shaped with a certain radian, an opening is formed in the first housing side face for picking and placing the cigarette; the rotation door mechanism at least comprises a rotation door which has an arc-shaped surface matching with the radian of the arc-shaped first housing side face, for covering the opening, and the rotation door is configured to have a capability of rotating along an arc plane defined by the radian thereof to expose the opening so as to take out or put into the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Mingtao Liu
  • Patent number: 9878821
    Abstract: The present application provides a container for storage, preservation, identification, tracking and transport of a federally controlled substance comprising: (a) a one or more piece airtight container having an exterior surface and an interior surface, an upper portion and a lower portion, configured for containing a federally controlled substance; (b) an inner coating liner lining said interior surface of said airtight container; (c) a one piece tamper resistant easy open lid affixed to said upper portion of said airtight container; and (d) identifying indicia located on the exterior surface for identifying the contained federally controlled substance contents within said container; wherein said airtight container configured for containing a federally controlled substance, has the atmosphere evacuated and the container filled with an inert gas before the airtight container is hermetically sealed, containing a federally controlled substance inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: IDN2 Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: David P. Sibley
  • Patent number: 9796512
    Abstract: A package assembly (20) comprises products enclosed in a tubular packet (24) formed from a flexible wrapper (26). A line of weakness (40) encloses an opening region (42) in a side wall (28) of the packet. The opening region (42) is at least partially removed to create a dispensing opening by tearing the wrapper along the line of weakness (40). In one embodiment, the packet is opened by pressing one of the products through the opening region. In another embodiment, a sticker (150, FIG. 3) is adhered to the opening portion to provide a tab (152, FIG. 3) which can be pulled to open the packet. In a further embodiment, the packet is enclosed in a stiff outer cover (260, FIG. 5). The cover has a reclosable flap (262) bonded to the opening region so that on first opening of the flap, the packet is torn along the line of weakness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Sebastien Bouline, Nicolas Gres
  • Patent number: 9788575
    Abstract: A pack, and a method and apparatus for producing the pack, comprising an outer pack and an inner pack as a sealed block with an inner blank which encloses the pack contents, the inner pack having, in the region of an inner end wall, an opening aid which can be used a number of times and, in the region of side walls of the inner pack, folding flaps which are connected to one another by thermal sealing. Folding flaps in the region of an inner rear wall of the inner blank are configured as a fin fold and are connected to one another by thermal sealing outside the region of the cigarette group to form a fin seam, the fin seam being arranged at a spacing from regions of folding flaps which cover one another multiple times, in the region of the inner side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Henry Buse, Reinhard Lohmann
  • Patent number: 9714134
    Abstract: A packet having: a group of articles; a sealed package enclosing the group of articles and having a first cover flap, which is defined by a first cut through the sealed package and is movable to allow access to the group of articles; a rigid container enclosing the sealed package and having a second cover flap, which is defined by a second cut through the container, is superimposed on the first cover flap of the sealed package, and is movable to allow access to the sealed package; and a reclosable adhesive panel, which is coated on the inside with re-stick adhesive, and has a grip tab with no re-stick adhesive and located at an edge of the adhesive panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Alver Tacchi, Lorena D'Alfonso, Roberto Polloni, Stefano Negrini
  • Patent number: 9688442
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reclosable flexible film package with a flexible film having a folded edge, at least two opposing free edges, and at least a front panel and a back panel. The front and back panels define an interior space. The flexible film package also may have a score in the flexible film of the front panel forming a flap that defines an opening when the flap is moved upward, toward the folded edge and a label extending uninterrupted from edge to edge of the at least two opposing free edges, the label being attached on the film by pressure sensitive adhesive, and extending beyond the score on the front panel to reseal the package opening defined by the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventors: Deborah A. Lyzenga, Jeffrey T. Weber, James Anthony Glydon, Evan Michael Ziolkowski
  • Patent number: 9533821
    Abstract: An aroma-tight cigarette pack with an outer pack (12) configured in the form of a hinge-lid box, and also with an inner pack (11) configured in the form of a sealed block with an opening aid which can be used a number of times. The opening aid has a removal opening (51) which extends in a sub-region of an inner front wall (39) and of an adjacent inner end wall (41) and is covered over by a closure label (54) with an adhesively bonding connecting periphery (55). The inner pack (11) has closure seams (37) which are designed in the form of fin seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventor: Henry Buse
  • Patent number: 9499331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container (100) for consumer goods. The container (100) comprises an outer housing, including a box (102) and a lid (104). The container also comprises an inner package (106) of consumer goods within the outer housing having an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed, an inner frame (112) within the inner package, and an adhesive label (108) covering the access opening of the inner package and extending beyond the periphery of the access opening of the inner package, the adhesive label (108) being at least partially releasably affixed to the outer surface of the inner package (106) by a releasable adhesive. At least one portion of the inner surface of the inner package (106) is permanently affixed, using affixing means, to a corresponding portion of the outer surface of the inner frame (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Daniel Seyfferth De Oliveira
  • Patent number: 9382062
    Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container, the flanges on the back panel of the inner packaging container exert biasing forces on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
  • Patent number: 9359124
    Abstract: A reclosable container for consumer items includes a box, a lid hingedly connected to the box, an inner liner wrapped around the consumer items, the inner liner including a section defining an opening for allowing access to the consumer items, means to open and reclose the opening, and an inner frame attached to the box. The inner frame includes a free inner frame portion protruding from the box towards the opening in the inner liner. The free inner frame portion includes a cut out and the inner frame is attached to the inner liner proximate to the cut out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Bodo-Werner Lutzig
  • Patent number: 9198465
    Abstract: A packet (1) of cigarettes having: an inner package (2) defined by a group (30) of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet (29) of wrapping material having at least one tear line (32) defining a tear-off top portion (31); an inner container (4) housing the inner package (2) and having an extraction opening (10) for access to the tear-off top portion (31); an outer container (5) housing the inner container (4) in sliding manner, to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is extracted partly from the outer container (5); and a tear-off lid (45) connected to the inner container (4) by at least one tear line (48), and covering at least part of the extraction opening (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: G.D. SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Andrea Biondi
  • Patent number: 9174783
    Abstract: A reusable gift wrap assembly includes two discrete sleeves that are together configured to conceal exterior surfaces of a gift box upon covering the gift box with the sleeves. Each sleeve includes two material layers that are connected together along a portion of their perimeter so as to define an interior pocket and an open end through which the gift box is inserted. One of the sleeves includes a free open end that is positioned to at least partially overlap a free open end of other sleeve so as to conceal the free open end of the other sleeve when the sleeves are assembled onto a gift box. Each sleeve is formed from a resilient fabric material such that the sleeves can conform to gift boxes of varying shape and size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wrapeez, LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie Grabell, Jodi Kahane
  • Patent number: 9033141
    Abstract: A packet (1) of cigarettes having: an inner package (2) defined by a group (30) of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet (29) of wrapping material having at least one tear line (32) defining a tear-off top portion (31); an inner container (4) housing the inner package (2) and having an extraction opening (10) for access to the tear-off top portion (31); an outer container (5) housing the inner container (4) in sliding manner, to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is extracted partly from the outer container (5); and a tear-off lid (45) connected to the inner container (4) by at least one tear line (48), and covering at least part of the extraction opening (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: G. D. SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Andrea Biondi
  • Patent number: 8950659
    Abstract: A package assembly (10) provides for enclosing an array of aligned products (14) in a package housing having a pair of product accommodating pockets (12) The pockets are disposed on opposite sides of a fold line (20) for foldable movement between a flat closed condition and a folded open condition for allowing dispensing of the products (14) from the pockets (12). The housing further includes an openable flap (22) disposed over the pockets in the flat condition for closing the pockets, wherein the flap (22) extends from one of the pockets and wherein the other of the pockets includes a slot (25) for receipt of a distal end (22a) of the flap (22) in the closed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
    Inventor: Nevenka Markovic
  • Publication number: 20150021218
    Abstract: Packaging including a line of weakness (10, 11) that is broken to obtain access to an article within said packaging is disclosed. A varnish or lacquer coating is applied to spaced regions (12) along the length of the line of weakness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Aaron McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20150001109
    Abstract: A wrapper (10) comprising a film (11) having a reinforcing tear strip (12) extending at least partially across the film. The tear strip (12) includes an incision (17). No lines of weakening are provided in the tear strip to assist the tearing thereof other than the incision (17). The wrapper is configured such that, when a first portion of the tear strip (12) on one side of the incision (17) is pulled away from a second portion of the tear strip (12) on the other side of the incision, a tear will propagate from the incision along the length of the tear strip (12) and through the film (11) so that the tear strip and film separate into two portions (11a, 11b) with a first portion (11a) of the film attached to the first tear strip portion, and a remaining, second portion (11b) of the film attached to the second tear strip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Gibson, Robert Whiffen
  • Patent number: 8881896
    Abstract: A container for holding unused and used snus is disclosed. The container comprises a base defining a first compartment to receive unused snus. The base has a bottom wall which is reconfigurable to form a second compartment for holding used snus on the other side of said bottom wall. The first and second compartments are each provided with a separate cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Gibson, Aaron McKenzie
  • Publication number: 20140305821
    Abstract: The present application relates to a package for smoking articles. The package has a container (2) for receiving smoking articles and a lid (3) hingedly attached to the container to enclose a space for smoking articles defined by the container when the lid is closed. In one aspect, a line of weakening (29) is defined along a juncture between the lid and the container prior to initial opening of the lid, and a tear element (90) is configured to act on the line of weakening to separate the lid from the container along the juncture to allow the lid to hinge relative to the pack. The present application also relates to a blank for a package for smoking articles and a blank for an inner frame of a package for smoking articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Gibson, Stephen Lewis, Sabrina Bartram
  • Publication number: 20140299492
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette case is provided, comprising a case body and a case lid hinged with the case body via a rotating axis, a control unit configured in the case body, a driving motor and a switch which are electrically connected with the control unit, and a flipping mechanism. The switch is configured on the outside of the case body. One end of the flipping mechanism is connected to an output shaft of the driving motor, and the other end of the flipping mechanism is embedded into the case lid slidably. The driving motor is controlled by the control unit to drive the flipping mechanism to rotate towards the opening or closing direction, so as to open or close the case lid, thus automatically opening or closing the electronic cigarette case via the flipping mechanism and the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 8783454
    Abstract: A wrapped container of consumer goods includes a container, at least one bundle of consumer goods housed within the container and wrapped in an inner liner, an outer wrapper wrapped around the filled container, and at least one adhesive label removably mounted on a separate carrier element. The carrier element is provided inside the outer wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventor: Zsolt Igo
  • Patent number: 8757371
    Abstract: A packet (1) for smoking articles comprises an external casing, including a containing body (3) and a lid (4) rotatable around a hinge (5) made on a wall of the external casing, and an internal casing (18), slidable with respect to the external casing. In order to provide an ample surface available for communications to the consumer, advertising messages or similar, the external casing comprises a further wall (17) joined to the internal casing (18) so as to be distanced from the containing body (3) when the internal casing (18) is at least partially extracted from the external casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: GIMA S.p.A.
    Inventor: Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Publication number: 20140131232
    Abstract: A packet (1) of cigarettes having: an inner package (2) defined by a group (30) of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet (29) of wrapping material having at least one tear line (32) defining a tear-off top portion (31); an inner container (4) housing the inner package (2) and having an extraction opening (10) for access to the tear-off top portion (31); an outer container (5) housing the inner container (4) in sliding manner, to allow the inner container (4) to slide, with respect to the outer container (5), between a closed position, in which the inner container (4) is inserted inside the outer container (5), and an open position, in which the inner container (4) is extracted partly from the outer container (5); and a tear-off lid (45) connected to the inner container (4) by at least one tear line (48), and covering at least part of the extraction opening (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Roberto Polloni, Andrea Biondi
  • Publication number: 20140027325
    Abstract: A package for an oral tobacco product is a package that houses a pouch P including tobacco microparticles made of a tobacco raw material and a packaging material for packaging the tobacco microparticles and configured to cause, when being put in an oral cavity of a user, the user to absorb a tobacco component of the tobacco microparticles, the package including, in the inside thereof, a liquid storing section 24 in which liquid to be supplied to the pouch is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu TAKEUCHI, Norio KAWATA
  • Publication number: 20130319886
    Abstract: A container (2, 50) for consumer goods comprises: a box (10, 10?) for housing the consumer goods; an inner frame (30) mounted within the box and having an upper portion extending above the upper edges of the box; and a hinge lid (20, 20?) connected to the box along a hinge line (A) and pivotable about the hinge line between an open position and a closed position, in which the inner surfaces of the hinge lid are in contact with the outer surfaces of the upper portion of the inner frame (30). The inner surfaces of the hinge lid and the outer surfaces of the upper portion of the inner frame (30) are covered by a sealable coating layer (138) of a sealable material that is capable of sealing. Prior to the first opening of the hinge lid the sealable coating layers (138) on the contacting surfaces of the hinge lid and the inner frame are bonded to each other to form a hermetic seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventor: Sergey Ledermann
  • Patent number: 8590701
    Abstract: A rigid package having a group of articles; an inner package enclosing the group of articles, and having an extraction opening defined by a U-shaped first incision; a reclosable scaling panel for closing the extraction opening of the inner package; a rigid outer container housing the inner package and having an open end; and a rigid collar, which projects partly from the open end of the outer container, is folded about the inner package to at least partly cover a top portion of the inner package, and is fixed to the inner package. The reclosable sealing panel is positioned over the collar, and has an inner surface gummed with non-dry, re-stick adhesive, and which adheres to the collar when the reclosable scaling panel is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: G.D Societa' per Azioni
    Inventors: Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Alessandro Minarelli, Andrea Biondi