Inner frame blank for a pack of tobacco industry products
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsAndrew Bray, Steven Holford
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Abstract
An inner frame blank for a pack of tobacco industry products, where the inner frame blank is foldable to form an inner frame for holding a group of tobacco industry products, and the inner frame blank has a first major panel and a second major panel joined to opposing edges of a central panel such that the first and second major panels are foldable relative to the central panel to form opposing sides of the inner frame, and where the inner frame blank also has an aperture in at least the central panel that defines an extraction opening for removing tobacco industry products from within the inner frame when the inner frame blank is folded to form the inner frame.
Claims16
A wrapped bundle of tobacco industry products, the wrapped bundle comprising a group of tobacco industry products, an inner frame folded about the tobacco industry products, and a wrapper enclosing the inner frame and tobacco industry products, the inner frame comprising a first major panel and a second major panel joined to opposing first and second edges of a central panel along respective first and second fold lines such that the first and second major panels are folded relative to the central panel along respective first and second fold lines to form opposing sides of the inner frame, the inner frame further comprising first and second end panels joined to a respective edge of the first and second major panels along respective fold lines, the first and second end panels being arranged to overlie each other and form an end wall that is opposite the central panel and wherein the inner frame further comprises an aperture in at least the central panel that defines an extraction opening for removing tobacco industry products from within the inner frame, wherein the extraction opening extends over the first edge of the central panel and is spaced from the second edge, and wherein the wrapped bundle further comprises an adhesive label adhered to the wrapper to cover the extraction opening of the inner frame, and wherein the interior of the wrapped bundle comprises a pressure differential relative to the exterior of the wrapped bundle, the pressure differential comprising a partial vacuum of less than 500 millibar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.