Knock-down, folded, flip-top cigarette box with pop-out tab
OwnerAndrew Levine, Richard Oleszak +1inventors
InventorsAndrew Levine, Richard Oleszak, Philip Rechin
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Abstract
A knock down folded flip-top cigarette box provides a pop-out tab on an interior of its front panel so that when the top portion of the popped-open, completed box is opened along a fold line on the back panel, the pop-out tab is visible. A tab formation on the inner surface of the top panel and front panel can include a perforation allowing removal of a tab panel that includes the pop-out tab. The pop-out tab and the tab panel can include indicia, such as slogans, graphics, URLs, coupons, and the like. The knock down folded configuration allows the folded box to be shipped to a customer pre-glued and can be used, that is, completed, filled, and sealed, on standard, relatively low-cost equipment.
Claims14
A flip-top cigarette box blank comprising:
- a front panel;
- a left wall panel formed on a left edge of the front panel;
- a right wall panel formed on a right edge of the front panel;
- a back panel formed on a right edge of the right wall panel;
- at least two left wall glue flaps formed on a tight edge of the back panel;
- a bottom glue flap formed on a bottom edge of the back panel;
- a top glue flap formed on a top edge of the back panel;
- a bottom panel formed on a bottom edge of the front panel;
- a top panel formed on a top edge of the front panel;
- a tab formation formed on a top edge of the top panel, the edges comprising fold lines;
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- a perforation formed across the front panel and the left and tight wall panels and meeting a fold line formed on the back panel.
A flip-top cigarette box comprising:
- a top portion;
- a bottom portion;
- front, back, right and left wall, top, and bottom panels;
- a perforation extending across the front, tight wall, and left wall panels and dividing them into top and bottom portions;
- a fold line across the back panel, ends of the fold line intersecting ends of the perforation, thereby enabling flipping back of the top portion of the box by separating the perforation and folding the top portion back on the fold line;
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- a tab formation, at least a top tab portion of which is attached to an interior surface of the top panel, at least a tab panel of the tab formation following an interior surface of the top portion of the front panel, and at least a pop-out tab of the tab formation projecting below the perforation in the front panel and following at least a portion of an interior surface of the bottom portion of the front panel.
A method of constructing a knock down, folded, flip-top cigarette box comprising:
- providing a box blank with:
- front, back, right and left wall, top, and bottom panels;
- a perforation extending across the front, right wall, and left wall panels and dividing them into top and bottom portions;
- a fold line across the back panel, ends of the fold line intersecting ends of the perforation, thereby enabling flipping back of the top portion of the box by separating the perforation and folding the top portion back on the fold line;
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- a tab formation, at least a top tab portion of which is attached to an interior surface of the top panel, at least a tab panel of the tab formation following an interior surface of the top portion of the front panel, and at least a pop-out tab of the tab formation projecting below the perforation in the front panel and following at least a portion of an interior surface of the bottom portion of the front panel;
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- folding the tab formation along the top edge of the top panel so that the tab formation lies against the top panel and the front panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.