Smoking article carton and blank therefor
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorSidney John Walter
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Abstract
This invention relates to an improved carton for smoking articles, which carton has a dispensing portion. The dispensing portion has a particular location in respect to the longitudinal margins of the carton and extends from a position short of one longitudinal side margin of the carton, across the panel thereof, through another longitudinal side margin of the carton and into another panel of the carton. The perforation line of the dispersion portion is particularly selected to provide added strength to the carton and to allow consequent economies in other enclosed packing materials.
Claims21
A carton containing smoking article packs, which carton is formed from a blank comprising a first panel, a second panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a side flap, and inner and outer top and bottom flaps, said panels being defined longitudinally by two longitudinal side margins, wherein there is provided a dispensing portion in said carton, which dispensing portion extends from a position less than about 5 mm short of one of the longitudinal side margins of one panel across the respective panel through the other longitudinal side margin of that panel into another panel and provides an opening in said carton, said dispensing portion being defined by perforations said perforations extending into said another panel without said other longitudinal margin having perforations thereacross, wherein said dispensing portion is dimensioned such that one of said smoking article pack stacked with said other packs in the carton in a face-to-face arrangement in a single stack can be removed easily from said stack via the opening provided by said dispensing portion, said opening being not substantially greater than the side dimension of said one pack when said dispensing portion is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.