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US 12,319,489 B2Granted
Re-sealable cigarette pack
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorStephen Bellamah
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Abstract
A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box, an inner package, an inner frame and a pull tab. The outer box has a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box. The inner frame is paperboard having a pre-cut opening configured to provide access to an inner volume of the inner package. The pull tab covers the opening with a first adhesive that releasably adheres an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner frame and a second adhesive that permanently adheres the pull tab to the inner package and the outer box.
Claims20
A container for consumer goods, comprising:
- a box defining an inner volume,
- a lid connected to the box, the lid configured to provide access to the inner volume;
- an inner package having a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the inner package configured to contain the consumer goods;
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- an inner frame at least partially surrounding the inner package, the inner frame not covering the rear surface of the inner package, the inner frame including,
- a top panel,
- a front panel,
- a left dust flap,
- a right dust flap,
- a left side panel, and
- a right side panel, the top panel connected to the front panel at a first transversely extending fold line, the left side panel connected to the front panel at a first longitudinally extending fold line, the right side panel connected to the front panel at a second longitudinally extending fold line, the inner frame defining an opening in an end of the inner frame corresponding with the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.