Packet of smoking articles with coupons and production method
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsMarcello Tenaglia, Francesca Galletti, Alver Tacchi, Roberto Polloni, Luca Federici
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Abstract
The invention relates to a packet of smoking articles having: a container; a wrapping wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container and provided with an accessing zone for the smoking articles; a first coupon, disposed between a front wall of the container and a front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end disposed at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end; and a second coupon, interposed between the first coupon and the front wall of the wrapping and comprising a first end at the access zone and a second end, opposed respect to the first end.
Claims9
A packet (1) of smoking articles comprising:
- a container (2);
- a wrapping (4) wrapping the smoking articles disposed into the container (2) and provided with an accessing zone (40) for the smoking articles;
- a first coupon (6), disposed between a front wall (20) of the container (2) and a front wall (41) of the wrapping (4) and comprising a first end (61) disposed at the access zone (40) and a second end (62), opposite the first end (61);
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- a second coupon (60), interposed between the first coupon (6) and the front wall (41) of the wrapping (4) and comprising a first end (63) at the access zone (40) and a second end (64) opposite the first end (63);
- wherein the first coupon (6) is arranged between the second coupon (60) and the container (2);
- and
- wherein the first end (61) of the first coupon (6) has a profile that is different from a profile of the first end (63) of the second coupon (60), in such a way that the first coupon (6) and the second coupon (60) are both visible when the packet (1) is opened for the first time.
A method for producing a packet (1) of smoking articles comprises the step of:
- a) wrapping a sheet of material around the smoking articles in such a way to form a wrapping (4) with the sheet, which wraps the smoking articles and is provided with an accessing zone (40) for the smoking articles;
- b) positioning a first coupon (6) on the wrapping (4);
- c) positioning a second coupon (60) on the wrapping (4);
- and
- d) folding a blank around the wrapping (4), around the first coupon (6) and around the second coupon (60), in such a way to form a container (2);
- wherein the first coupon (6) is disposed between a front wall (20) of the container (2) and a front wall (41) of the wrapping (4) and comprises a first end (61) disposed at the access zone (40) and a second end (62) opposite the first end (61);
- wherein the second coupon (60) is interposed between the first coupon (6) and the front wall (41) of the wrapping (4) and comprises a first end (63) at the access zone (40) and a second end (64) opposite the first end (63);
- wherein the first coupon (6) is arranged between the second coupon (60) and the container (2);
- and
- wherein the first end (61) of the first coupon (6) has a profile that is different from a profile of the first end (63) of the second coupon (60), in such a way that the first coupon (6) and the second coupon (60) are both visible when the packet (1) is opened for the first time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.