Smoking article packaging
AssigneeBrown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
InventorJonathan Andrew Bray
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Abstract
The invention relates to a smoking article package, which package comprises a sealed enclosure (1) around a charge of smoking articles and a sheet material wrap (7) disposed exteriorly of the enclosure (1). The sheet material wrap (7) is so configured as to provide means by which the first opening of the enclosure (1) cannot take place without the wrap (7) being torn or partially or fully removed.
Claims19
A smoking article package having two major walls, two side walls, and two end walls, said package comprising:
- a sealed enclosure of a layer of barrier material around a charge of smoking articles, a smoking article removal access aperture being defined in the barrier material layer, said aperture extending from the top end wall into one of said major faces of said package and there extending over said aperture, and extending beyond all of the edges thereof, a cover layer comprising a permanently tacky surface engageable with said barrier material layer adjacent to said edges of said aperture beyond said aperture and said layer comprising a non-adhesive pull-tab, whereby, after opening of said aperture said enclosure can be resealed by re-engaging said permanently tacky surface of said cover layer with said barrier material layer adjacent to said edges beyond said aperture;
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- a sheet material wrap disposed exteriorly of said enclosure and extending over at least a portion of said cover layer and over said barrier layer adjacent thereto, whereby the first opening of said smoking article removal access aperture cannot take place without said wrap being torn or partially or fully removed.
A smoking article package according any one of the preceding claims, wherein said sheet material wrap extends over a portion of said front wall, said side walls and said bottom end wall.
A smoking article package according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said sheet material wrap is adhesively anchored to said sealed enclosure.
A smoking article package according to any one of the preceding claims, said package comprising frame means, said means being disposed between said charge of smoking articles and the walls of said enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.