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US 11,832,641 B2Granted
Smoking article having hidden indicia
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorLeonardo Nappi
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Abstract
Smoking articles include a marking that includes an indicia that is hidden when viewed from certain angles and visually distinct when viewed from other angles. The marking may be provided on a wrapper, such as a plug wrap, a smokable material wrap, or a tipping paper wrap. The marking may include aligned embossed and printed features with a portion being misaligned. The marking may include a coloured adjacent or surrounding region into which the indica may be hidden and from which it may appear, depending on the viewing angle. The marking may allow a consumer to identify the smoking article as genuine, as opposed to counterfeit.
Claims21
A smoking article comprising:
- a marking comprising a patterned portion and an adjacent portion,
- wherein the patterned portion comprises a printed pattern and an embossed pattern aligned with the printed pattern,
- the printed pattern comprises a portion having a first colour and an adjacent portion having a second colour,
- wherein the first colour of the printed pattern is provided on a side of an embossed feature visible from a first angle when viewed by a user grasping the smoking article and the second colour of the printed pattern is provided on a second side of the embossed feature visible from a second angle when viewed by the user grasping the smoking article,
- wherein the portion having the first colour and the portion having the second colour are of sufficiently small widths when viewed from a third angle by the user grasping the smoking article that the first colour and the second colour blend to produce a third colour,
- wherein the widths of the portion having the first colour and the portion having the second colour of the printed pattern are about 10 micrometers or less;
- and
- wherein the adjacent portion of the marking is provided with one of the first, second or third colours.
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A smoking article comprising:
- a marking comprising a printed pattern and an embossed pattern aligned with the printed pattern;
- wherein the printed pattern comprises a portion having a first colour and an adjacent portion having a second colour,
- wherein, in a first portion, the embossed pattern is in register with the printed pattern, such that the portion having the first colour is on a first side of an embossed feature visible from a first angle when viewed by a user grasping the smoking article and the portion having the second colour is on a second side of the embossed feature visible from a second angle when viewed by the user grasping the smoking article, and
- wherein, in a second portion, the embossed pattern is offset relative to the printed pattern, such that the portion having the second colour is on a side of an embossed feature visible from the first angle when viewed by the user grasping the smoking article, and
- wherein the portion having the first colour and the adjacent portion having the second colour are of sufficiently small widths when viewed from a third angle by the user grasping the article that the first colour and the second colour blend to produce a third colour, and
- wherein the widths of the portion having the first colour and the portion having the second colour of the printed pattern are about 10 micrometers or less.
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A smoking article comprising:
- a marking comprising a printed pattern and an embossed pattern aligned with the printed pattern;
- wherein the printed pattern comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the printed pattern comprising a portion having a first colour and an adjacent portion having a second colour, and the second portion of the printed pattern comprising a portion having the first colour and an adjacent portion having the third colour;
- wherein, in the first portion, the embossed pattern is in register with the printed pattern, such that the portion having the first colour is on a first side of an embossed feature visible from a first angle by a user grasping the smoking article and the portion having the second colour is on a second side of the embossed feature visible from a second angle by the user grasping the smoking article,
- wherein, in the second portion, the embossed pattern is in register with the printed pattern, such that the portion having first colour is on a side of an embossed feature visible from the first angle when viewed by the user grasping the article and the portion having the third colour is on a second side of the embossed feature visible from the second angle when viewed by the user grasping the article,
- wherein the portion having the first colour and the adjacent portion having the second colour are of sufficiently small widths when viewed from a third angle that the first colour and the second colour blend when viewed by the user grasping the smoking article from the third angle to produce a fourth colour, and
- wherein the widths of the portion having the first colour and the portion having the second colour of the printed pattern are about 10 micrometers or less.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.