Container for smoking articles
AssigneeJT International SA
InventorsMiguel Soriano, Robert Alizon, Jens Franzen
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Abstract
A container for smoking articles has an outer housing including a hinged lid rotatable between open and closed positions. An inner package has an access opening through which smoking articles can be removed. The access opening can be covered by a reclosable flap when the hinged lid is in the closed position. With the lid in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around the periphery of the access opening. The overlap region includes a first adhering region to releasably affix the surface of the inner package and the reclosable flap, and a first non-adhering region. The first non-adhering region includes a portion of the periphery of the access opening.
Claims15
A container for consumer goods comprising:
- an outer housing comprising a hinged lid rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
- and
- an inner package of consumer goods within the outer housing comprising an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed, the access opening being covered by a reclosable flap;
- wherein, in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around a periphery of the access opening, the overlap region comprising a first adhering region to releasably affix the surface of the inner package and the reclosable flap, and a first non-adhering region, the first non-adhering region including a portion of the periphery of the access opening.
A method of manufacturing a container for consumer goods, comprising the steps of:
- providing an outer housing comprising a hinged lid rotatable between an open position and a closed position;
- providing an inner package of consumer goods within the outer housing, wherein the inner package comprises an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed;
- providing a reclosable flap to cover the access opening of the inner package, wherein, in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around a periphery of the access opening;
- providing a first adhering region in the overlap region to releasably affix the surface of the inner package and the reclosable flap;
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- providing a first non-adhering region, the first non-adhering region including a portion of the periphery of the access opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.