# US 11,078,010 B2 · Box-in-box container

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- Number: US 11,078,010 B2
- Document ID: US11078010B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/791,192
- Filed: 2020-02-14
- Published: 2020-06-11
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-13
- Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC
- Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC
- Inventors: Stephen Bellamah; James S. Bigelow
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078010B2

## CPC

- B65D 85/10: for cigarettes
- B31B 50/00: Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons
- B31B 50/81: Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings
- B65B 5/06: Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
- B65D 5/02: by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body (specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections B65D5/36)
- B65D 5/16: the tubular body being formed with an aperture or removable portion arranged to allow removal or insertion of contents through one or more sides
- B65D 5/4266: {Folding lines, score lines, crease lines}
- B65D 5/4295: {Ventilating arrangements, e.g. openings, space elements}
- B65D 5/566: {Linings made of relatively rigid sheet material, e.g. carton (B65D5/0281 and B65D5/58 takes precedence; combined with a flexible lining B65D5/56, B65D5/60; for thermal insulating purposes B65D81/3858; for shock absorbing purposes B65D81/1275)}
- B65D 5/62: External coverings or coatings {(B65D5/4245, B65D5/4262 take precedence)}
- B65D 5/6602: {formed by folding one or more extensions hinged to the upper edge of a tubular container body}
- B65D 65/02: Wrappers or flexible covers
- B65D 77/02: Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
- B65D 77/042: {the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton}
- B65D 77/32: Tearing-strings or like flexible elements
- B65D 85/1027: {Opening devices}
- B65D 85/1045: {having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge}
- B65D 85/10568: {opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container}
- B31B 2105/00: Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B)
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box having a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box, and a rigid inner box comprising panels separated by fold lines and assembled from an inner box blank. The inner box blank includes a top front panel separated from a top panel by a first transverse fold line, a back panel separated from the top panel by a second transverse fold line, a bottom panel separated from the back panel by a third transverse fold line, a bottom front panel separated from the bottom panel by a fourth transverse fold line, and the top panel and top front panel include side flaps. The inner box blank comprises a plurality of layers including paperboard and bundle wrap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A container for consumer goods comprising: a rigid outer box having a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box; and a rigid inner box comprising panels separated by fold lines and assembled from an inner box blank including a top front panel separated from a top panel by a first transverse fold line, a back panel separated from the top panel by a second transverse fold line, a bottom panel separated from the back panel by a third transverse fold line, and a bottom front panel separated from the bottom panel by a fourth transverse fold line, wherein the top panel and top front panel include side flaps, and the inner box blank comprises a plurality of layers including paperboard and bundle wrap, the bundle wrap including a layer of foil and a layer of paper forming an inner liner of the inner box wherein the layer of foil is between the paperboard and the paper layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the outer box is covered by a first film layer and the inner box contains smoking articles.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the top panel includes left and right side flaps attached to the top panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first edges and second edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the first transverse fold line, and the second edges extending at an angle of about 135° to the second transverse fold line.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the inner box is sized to fit within the inner volume of the outer box.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the top front panel includes left and right side flaps attached to the top front panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to a free end of the top front panel, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines and the third edges extending at an angle of about 135° to the first transverse fold line.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, further comprising an adhesive film between the paperboard and the bundle wrap.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the back panel includes left and right side flaps joined to the back panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the second transverse fold line, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines, and the third edges aligned with and extending parallel to the third transverse fold line.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the bottom panel includes left and right dust flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the third transverse fold line, the second edges extending perpendicularly from the first edges, and the third edges aligned with and extending parallel to the fourth transverse fold line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the bottom front panel includes left and right side flaps joined to the bottom front panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the fourth transverse fold line, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines, the third edges extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal fold lines, and the third edges spaced from a free end of the bottom front panel.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the inner box blank is folded such that the side flaps of the back panel are covered by the sides flaps of the top panel, and the side flaps of the top panel are partially covered by the side flaps of the top front panel.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein a top panel, a top back panel, and a top front panel and associated flaps of an outer box blank form the hinged lid of the outer box.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein a sum of lengths of a bottom back panel and a top back panel of the outer box are approximately equal to a length of a cigarette pack.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the back panel of the inner box has a height or length at least equal to a length of the consumer goods.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein a sum of lengths of the top front panel and bottom front panel of the inner box is approximately equal to a length of the back panel of the inner box.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein a sum of lengths of a top back panel and bottom back panel of the outer box is approximately equal to a length of the back panel of the inner box.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein flaps associated with a bottom front panel, bottom back panel, top front panel, and top back panel of the outer box are pre-cut at respective angles.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The container of claim 16, wherein the pre-cut angle of the flaps associated with the bottom front panel and bottom back panel of the outer box are complementary to the pre-cut angle of the flaps associated with the top front panel and the top back panel of the outer box so that a side surface of the hinged lid of the outer box mates with a side surface of a body of the outer box when the outer box is in a closed state.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein an adhesive film bonds the paperboard to the bundle wrap.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer bonds the paper layer to the foil layer.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The container of claim 19, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a sodium silicate adhesive film.