US 9,167,851 B2Granted

Cigarette packet

AssigneeG.D S.p.A.

InventorsGiuseppe Marchitto, Lorena D'Alfonso, Stefano Negrini

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Abstract

A cigarette packet includes a container containing a group of cigarettes and provided with an opening defining a zone giving access to the group of cigarettes. The container includes a covering element movable between a closed position and an open position which allows access to the zone giving access to the group of cigarettes. The packet includes a mirroring element located at the access zone and having a mirroring surface at least at one portion of it, and the covering element has at least one graphic sign at least at one portion of an inside surface. The portion of the inside surface is taken, when the packet is opened, to a condition where it substantially faces the mirroring surface, such that the graphic sign is reflected on the mirroring surface and is visible to a smoker.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A cigarette packet comprising:

a container containing a group of cigarettes and including an opening defining a zone giving access to the group of cigarettes,
a covering element for covering the access zone connected to the container;
the container and the covering element being reciprocally movable between a position where the packet is open and a position where the packet is closed;
a mirroring element located at the access zone and having a mirroring surface at least at one portion of the mirroring element;
the covering element having at least one graphic sign at least at one portion of an inside surface of the covering element;
said portion of the inside surface being taken, when the packet is opened, to a condition where the inside surface substantially faces the mirroring surface, in such a way that the graphic sign is reflected on the mirroring surface and is visible to a smoker.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/415,241Filed 16 Jul 2013
Priority: IT BO2012A039020 Jul 2012
Published: US 2015/0164139 A118 Jun 2015
Granted: 27 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65D 85/1048
Having a cap-like lid hinged to an edge: characterized by the shape of the container
B65D 25/205
External fittings: means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like
B65D 43/16
Non-removable lids or covers: hinged for upward or downward movement
B65D 65/22
Wrappers or flexible covers: details