US 2001/0023833 A1 · Cigarette pack and method of making and rating the same

Abstract

A one-piece paper or cardboard blank is converted into a hinged-lid cigarette pack wherein a box-shaped housing has a rear wall connected to the rear wall of a cover pivotable to and from a closed position in which it closes an opening at the top of the housing. The cover and the housing include sections which are respectively connected to the main portions of the housing and cover by weakened portions and are adjacent each other in the closed position of the cover. An adhesive revenue label or coupon is bonded to the outer sides of the sections and is manually or mechanically removed from the cigarette pack, with or relative to the sections, if a visual or automatic inspection of the freshly made cigarette pack reveals that its condition does not meet a predetermined standard.

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Dependent claims

A receptacle for smokers' products, comprising:

a housing member having an opening;
a cover member, each of said members including a main portion, at least one section separable from the respective main portion and breakable means for connecting the main portion with the respective at least one section, said main portions and said sections having first tearing strengths and said connecting means having lesser second tearing strengths;
means for attaching said members to each other for movement of said cover member between first and second positions in which said cover member respectively closes and exposes said opening;
and
a pad overlying said sections, at least in the first position of said cover member, and being separable from said main portions together with said sections upon breakage of said connecting means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Cigarette pack and method of making and rating the same

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Cigarette pack and method of making and rating the same

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Abstract

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