US 12,006,132 B2Granted

Sliding packs with flip top hinged lids

AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC

InventorBrian Casey

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Abstract

A slide-action hinged-lid pack includes a hinged-lid inner pack configured to hold consumer items. The hinged-lid inner pack includes a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a bottom wall and a hinged-lid pivotally connected to an upper end of the back wall for movement between an open position and a closed position, and an outer shell. The hinged-lid inner pack can slide from a first position at which the hinged-lid is in the closed position to a second position at which the hinged-lid is in the open position. The outer shell includes a first stop tab on an inner side of the back wall. The hinged-lid inner pack includes a second stop tab on a tongue extending from the hinged-lid, and a third stop tab on the back wall of the hinged-lid inner pack.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A blank for forming a hinged-lid inner pack, the blank comprising:

a first panel;
a second panel coupled to the first panel along a first transverse fold line;
a third panel coupled to the second panel along a second transverse fold line;
a fourth panel coupled to the third panel along a third transverse fold line;
a first flap coupled to a first side of the first panel along a first longitudinal fold line, the first longitudinal fold line including a first series of U-shaped cuts that form a first plurality of projections extending outwardly from the first panel in a first direction when folded along the first longitudinal fold line;
and
a second flap coupled to a second side of the first panel along a second longitudinal fold line, the second longitudinal fold line including a second series of U-shaped cuts that form a second plurality of projections extending outwardly from the first panel in the first direction when folded along the second longitudinal fold line, the second side of the second panel being opposite to the first side of the second panel.

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Facts

Application: 18/180,932Filed 9 Mar 2023 · continuation
Priority: 18 Apr 2019
Published: US 2023/0219740 A113 Jul 2023
Granted: 11 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

B65D 85/1045
Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank: having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge
B65D 85/1054
Having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge: combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials

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Application16/387,688Parent of this division · filed 18 Apr 2019
Application17/242,430Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Apr 2021
US 11,014,736 B2Parent of this division · filed 25 May 2021
Application17/847,693Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jun 2022
US 11,383,918 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jul 2022
US 11,603,258 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Mar 2023
US 2023/0219740 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Jul 2023
Application17/242,430Parent of this division
US 2020/0331690 A1Published application
US 2021/0245948 A1Published application
US 2022/0315316 A1Published application
US 12,006,132 B2This patent

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