Product package
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsTravis M. Swede, M. Shane Hatcher
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Abstract
A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.
Claims18
A package configured to contain a product, the package comprising:
- a first box section including a first connecting panel having a planar surface, the first box section with the first connecting panel formed from a single contiguous blank of material, the first box section defining a first storage volume configured to store units of the product;
- a second box section, the second box section defining a second storage volume configured to store other units of the product, the second box section including a second connecting panel having a planar surface, the planar surface of the second connecting panel adhered to the planar surface of the first connecting panel so as to form a two-way living hinge, the second box section including the second connecting panel formed from a single contiguous blank of material;
- wherein the first box section and the second box section are pivotable relative to each other among a package closed position, a first package extended position, and a second package extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.