Container including outer film
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorsArjen Hamilcar Slooff, Cassandra Sandra Alcocer Beltran, Dorothy Tritz, Lucas Chatelain, Mathias Beutler
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Abstract
A container includes a housing and an outer film. The housing has an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length. The housing includes a box and a lid hingedly attached to the box at a hinge line on the rear wall of the housing. The housing also includes an opening line. The outer film is disposed on the outer surface of the housing. The outer film includes a covering portion and an opening portion. The opening portion has a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion is disposed along the opening line of the housing.
Claims20
A container for consumer goods, comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length, the housing comprising a box, a lid, a hinge line and an opening line, where the lid is hingedly attached to the box at the hinge line on the rear wall of the housing, the hinge line having two end points adjacent the two ends of the opening line;
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- an outer film disposed on the outer surface of the housing,
- the outer film comprising a multilayer structure,
- the multilayer structure comprising a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising at least a first line of weakness and a second line of weakness, the second layer comprising a third line of weakness;
- and an adhesive layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer,
- the outer film comprising a covering portion and an opening portion,
- the opening portion having a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion being disposed along the opening line of the housing,
- wherein the opening portion is removed to open the container.
A container for consumer goods, comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length, the housing comprising a box, a lid, a hinge line and an opening line, where the lid is hingedly attached to the box at the hinge line on the rear wall of the housing, the hinge line having two end points adjacent the two ends of the opening line;
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- an outer film disposed on the outer surface of the housing,
- the outer film comprising a multilayer structure,
- the multilayer structure comprising a first layer and a second layer, the first layer comprising at least a first line of weakness and a second line of weakness, the second layer comprising a third line of weakness;
- and an adhesive layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer,
- the outer film comprising a covering portion and an opening portion,
- the opening portion being the portion of the first layer between the first and second line of weakness and having a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion being disposed along the opening line of the housing,
- wherein the opening portion is removed to open the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.