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.
Claims18
An inner frame blank configured to form an inner frame of a container for a consumer good comprising:
- a front panel;
- a top panel with a left dust flap and a right dust flap;
- a left side panel;
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- 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 front panel and the top panel defining an opening, the left dust flap at least partially overlapping the left side panel in response to the left dust flap and the left side panel being folded 90 degrees, the right dust flap partially overlapping the right side panel in response to the right dust flap and the right side panel being folded 90 degrees,
- an inner surface of the front panel configured to contact a front surface of an inner package, and
- the inner frame blank does not cover any portion of a rear surface of the inner package in response to the top panel, the left side panel, the right side panel, the left dust flap, and the right dust flap being folded to form the inner frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.