Innovative packaging for consumer product
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsBarry S. Smith, Xuan M. Pham, Cary Longest, Carl G. Miller, James D. Evans
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Abstract
A package for containing an oral sensorial product includes a packet having a shaped front sheet having a raised inner portion and a resealable back sheet. The raised inner portion has at least one recess adapted to receive a product. The resealable back sheet peels away from the shaped front sheet without damaging either the shaped front sheet or the back sheet.
Claims24
A package for a smokeless pouched tobacco product comprising a packet, said packet comprising:
- a shaped front sheet having a raised inner portion, the raised inner portion having a plurality of recesses, which each contains at least one pouch of a smokeless tobacco material and a rim portion, which includes a pair of cut-outs along the rim portion on opposite edges of the packet to assist a consumer with grasping the packet;
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- a resealable back sheet, which peels away from the rim portion of the shaped front sheet without damaging either the shaped front sheet or the back sheet, such that an individual pouch of the smokeless tobacco material can be removed from the plurality of recesses, and the packet can be reclosed to preserve freshness of a remainder of contained product.
A resealable packet comprising:
- a shaped front sheet having a raised inner portion, the raised inner portion having a plurality of recesses, which each contains at least one pouch of a smokeless tobacco material, and a rim portion, which includes a pair of cut-outs along the rim portion on opposite edges of the packet to assist a consumer with grasping the packet;
- a resealable flat back sheet, which peels away from the rim portion of the shaped front sheet without damaging either the shaped front sheet or the back sheet;
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- wherein the back sheet hermetically seals the smokeless tobacco material within the shaped front sheet, such that an individual pouch of the smokeless tobacco material can be removed from the plurality of recesses, and the packet can be reclosed to preserve freshness of a remainder of contained smokeless tobacco material.
A package for containing a smokeless pouched tobacco product comprising a packet, said packet comprising:
- a shaped front sheet having a raised inner portion, the raised inner portion having at least one recess, which contains at least one pouch of a smokeless tobacco material and a rim portion, which includes a pair of cut-outs along the rim portion on opposite edges of the packet to assist a consumer with grasping the packet;
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- a back sheet attached to the rim portion of the shaped front sheet, and wherein the back sheet has an openable window having a pull tab for access to the raised inner portion, such that an individual pouch of the smokeless tobacco material can be removed from the at least one recess, and the packet can be reclosed to preserve freshness of a remainder of contained product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.