Packet sleeve including pocket
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsPamela D. Moore, Stephen J. Bellamah, Dominic J. C. Howard
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Abstract
A combined article package includes a sleeve having a pocket formed integrally therein with a cigarette package in the sleeve and an insert in the pocket. The sleeve can be formed from a single piece blank. The insert can be a coupon or a separate consumer product, such as smoking articles, smokeless tobacco, and the like. For instance, the insert can be a foil pack containing one or more promotional smokeless tobacco products. The combined article package can be sized to be compatible with cigarette cartons, cigarette display racks, tax-stamping equipment and the like.
Claims18
A sleeve formed from a blank of foldable material, the blank comprising:
- back, right side, front, left side and pocket panels for forming respective back, right side, front, left side and pocket walls of the sleeve, wherein each panel comprises two substantially parallel long edges and two substantially parallel ends which are substantially perpendicular to the sides, the pocket panel connected to the back panel by a first fold line, the back panel connected to the right side panel by a second fold line, the right side panel connected to the front panel by a third fold line and the front panel connected to the left side panel by a fourth fold line, wherein the first fold line is along adjacent ends and the second, third and fourth fold lines are along adjacent sides;
- a pocket flap connected by a fifth fold line to an end of the pocket panel opposite to the first fold line;
- a side tab connected to a side of the back panel at a sixth fold line to join the left side panel to the back panel;
- wherein the blank is foldable to form the sleeve having a pocket integrally formed between the pocket panel and the back panel closable by the pocket flap and the sleeve surrounding a recess between the right side, front, left side and pocket panels, the recess open at the top and bottom of the sleeve, and
- wherein:
- the front panel forms an outer front face of the sleeve and an inner front face of the recess;
- the right side panel forms a right outer side face of the sleeve and an inner right side face of the recess;
- the left side panel forms a left outer side face of the sleeve, a portion of an inner left side face of the recess and the side tab forms the remaining portion of the inner left side face of the recess;
- the back panel forms an outer back face of the sleeve and an inner back face of the pocket;
- the pocket panel forms an inner front face of the pocket and an inner back face of the recess;
- and
- the pocket flap overlies a top portion of the outer back face to close the pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.