Product package
AssigneeR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
InventorsTravis M. Swede, M. Shane Hatcher
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Abstract
A product package includes an inner case for storing the product and an outer case for enclosing the inner case. The product package includes a display area for product messaging. The display area includes exterior surfaces of the outer case. The outer case includes an open position in which the display area also includes exterior portions of the inner case. The product package may also include additional features intended to increase the display area of the product package, including a fold-out panel providing an additional exterior surface, an angled outer surface that is visible from a front perspective of the product package, and pivotable sections increasing the surface area of the product package.
Claims20
A package configured to contain a product, the package comprising:
- an inner case defining a storage volume configured to receive the product, the inner case comprising:
- an inner case front exterior surface, and
- an inner case rear exterior surface;
- and
- an outer case configured to enclose the inner case, the outer case comprising:
- a first outer case section,
- a second outer case section pivotally coupled to the first outer case section by a hinge portion provided at a bottom portion of the outer case, the first and second outer case sections pivotable about an axis provided by the hinge portion between an outer case closed position, in which the inner case is substantially enclosed by the first and second outer case sections, and an outer case open position, in which at least a portion of the product is accessible, and
- a plurality of exterior surfaces formed by the first and second outer case sections that are at least partially visible when the outer case is in the outer case closed position, including an outer case front exterior surface, an outer case rear exterior surface, two or more outer case side exterior surfaces, an outer case top exterior surface, and an outer case bottom exterior surface;
- wherein the inner case front exterior surface and the inner case rear exterior surface are at least partially visible when the outer case is in the outer case open position.
A package configured to contain a product, the package comprising:
- an outer case, comprising:
- a case side wall having an opening,
- a case front wall,
- a case rear wall,
- an open side opposite the case side wall,
- a case top wall extending from the open side to the case side wall, and
- an open bottom opposite the case top wall;
- and
- one or more inserts coupled to the outer case and configured to store the product, the one or more inserts pivotable relative to the outer case between a closed position, in which the one or more inserts are positioned substantially within the outer case, and an open position, in which the one or more inserts at least partially project from at least one of the open side face and the open bottom face, each of the one or more inserts comprising:
- an insert front wall,
- an insert rear wall,
- an insert bottom wall, and
- insert side walls, at least a portion of the insert side walls visible through the opening of the case side wall when the insert is in the closed position.
A package configured to contain a product, the package comprising:
- a first box section, comprising:
- a first lower body portion defining a first base, the first base configured to receive a first portion of the product, the first base including a first base bottom wall, a first base front wall coupled to a front edge of the first base bottom wall, and a first base rear wall coupled to a rear edge of the first base bottom wall, and
- a first connecting panel pivotally coupled to the first base rear wall by a first hinge portion;
- and
- a second box section coupled to the first box section, the second box section comprising:
- a second lower body portion defining a second base, the second base configured to receive a second portion of the product and including a second base bottom wall, a second base front wall coupled to a front edge of the second base bottom wall, and a second base rear wall coupled to a rear edge of the second base bottom wall, and
- a second connecting panel pivotally coupled to the second base rear wall by a second hinge portion, the second connecting panel pivotally coupling the second box section to the first box section by connecting with the first connecting panel so as to form a two-way hinge at the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.