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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136661 | Wrapped bundle of smoking articles A wrapped bundle comprises an inner liner wrapped about a predetermined collation of smoking articles. The inner liner comprises an inner liner outer edge and at least two sections defining an opening in the wrapped bundle. At least one section of the at least two s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7484619 | Cigarette box with hinged lid A wrapper with a hinged lid for tobacco products presents a front face (7), a rear race (8), two flank faces (9), a top end face (10) and a bottom end face (11), and comprises a container (13), a lid (15) hinged to th... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7428967 | Rigid, hinged-lid, click-open package for tobacco articles A rigid package for tobacco articles, having a cup-shaped container having an open end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7409955 | Cigarette preserver-container A combined cigarette cutter and container includes a cigarette cutter illustratively engaged to an upper inside surface of a lid of a container which holds preferably a single cigarette (or cigar). The user may partially smoke it, cut off the used portion using the ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7377384 | Cigarette pack comprising twin cigarette packets A cigarette pack has a pair of complementary packets each having a box that includes a straight or angled or non-orthogonal side panel and wherein each box contains a group of cigarettes. The packets are arranged adjacent one another along their straight or non-orth... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7316319 | Lift van system A lift van system that includes: a top and bottom cap, each comprising a folded sheet, wherein each folded sheet has substantially similar design specifications; first and second side wall sections, each comprising a single sheet, wherein the first and second side w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290652 | Container, especially for cigarettes The invention relates to a container, especially for cigarettes, having a base and a lid. The base includes a bottom area and a first wall, and the lid includes a cover area and a second wall. The base and the lid are hinged to each other on a first side of the firs... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7121403 | Blank forming carton and closure therefor A blank for forming a carton, the carton formed therefrom, and a closure for the carton are provided for enclosing a plurality of unbound elongate smoking articles. The blank includes a base sub-blank at the distal end which is folded to form an open top box and a l... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7044294 | Box with hinged lid The invention relates to a box with a hinged lid wherein the lid is reliably closed by way of an enlarged collar section (20) as compared to conventional boxes with a hinged lid. The closure is even rendered more reliable by recesses on the insides of the lid... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017513 | Dosage reminder device and medication carton A dosage reminder device (100) and medication carton (130) includes an indicator/support (140) formed from the carton's flat exterior wall (132) retentively engaging a rotateable ring (110). The ring includes dosage time period ind... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014039 | Sliding shell package for smoking articles Smoking articles, such as filter cigarettes, are packaged in a metal box which is curved to a shape that conforms to the curvature of the human body so that the box can be comfortably carried in a shirt or pant pocket. The metal box comprises a lid and a four sided ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974027 | Rigid cigarette packet A rigid cigarette packet (1), in the form of a right parallelepiped and extending along an axis (Z), has a container (4), and a lid (5) hinged to the container (4) along a hinge (6) so as to move between a closed position and an op... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6929120 | Curved back reclosable metal packaging unit A packaging unit (10) for containing, for example cigarettes (44) has a body made of curved metal (12) and curved metal back (14) surfaces connected by metal sides (16), and a metal bottom (20), preferably having a central r... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6779658 | Rigid pack with a hinged lid A rigid pack (100) with a hinged lid (12) serves both as a carton proportioned to accommodate a plurality of packets (1) of cigarettes (3), and as a single packet (1); in either instance the pack comprises a container (10) s... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6736261 | Sliding shell package for smoking articles and method Smoking articles, such as filter cigarettes, are packaged in a metal box which is curved to a shape that conforms to the curvature of the human body so that the box can be comfortably carried in a shirt or pant pocket. The metal box comprises a lid and a five-sided ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712075 | Smoking timer What I believe is a totally new way to help the people addicted to smoking cigarettes to quit the habit by spacing the time between smokes and preventing the unconscious reach for one by means of a case or container for the cigarettes with a timing mechanism that wi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6681927 | Cigarette pack A (cigarette) pack, in particular a hinge-lid box (10), with an outer wrapper (24) made of thin, transparent film includes a printing carrier (30) which is arranged, between the hinge-lid box (10) and outer wrapper (24), with (zigzag) folding. The printin... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6604530 | Portable receptacle for extinguishing and storing cigarette ends A portable receptacle for extinguishing and storing cigarette ends is described, which comprises two distinct, functionally independent, unequally sized chambers, one smaller chamber being equipped with a fire extinguishing substance for extinguishing a c... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6505735 | Label for resealing a pack of smoking articles A label (7) for resealing an enclosure of a cigarette pack is provided with a pull tab (10) defined by a cut (16) through one layer (14) of a two-layer structure (14, 15), the tab surface (19) being non-adhesive but at least part of the corresponding surf... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6463936 | Cigarette handling system A cigarette handling system comprises a housing in a generally tubular configuration. The housing is formed with a sidewall and an integrally formed circular bottom wall and an open upper end. The housing is fabricated of a rigid moldable plastic material... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6401918 | (Cigarette) pack Pack units comprising a (cigarette) pack, in particular hinge-lid box (10), and an outer wrapper (24) made of thin, transparent film are assigned a printing carrier (30) which is arranged between the hinge-lid box (10) and outer wrapper (24), to be precis... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6343691 | Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes Hinge-lid packs are normally comprised of a lower pack part (10) and a lid (11) which is pivotably connected thereto. The hinge-lid pack is designed such as to have a hexagonal cross-section with beveled front edges (30, 31) of the pack part (10) and the ... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6321757 | Cigarette pack and ash holder/extinguisher A cigarette pack and ash holder/extinguisher for neatly keeping cigarettes and their ashes in a container. The cigarette pack and ash holder/extinguisher includes a container having a plurality of compartments with a first one of which being adapted to re... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6244436 | blank made of a wrapping material for making a rigid package with hinged lid for an ordered group of cigarette packs and the relative packing method A rigid package with hinged lid which holds a group of cigarette packs stacked flat against one another, parallel with the bottom of the package, along a stacking axis which is at a right angle to the longitudinal axes of the packs comprises a container a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6220430 | Rigid wrapper with hinged lid for tobacco products A rigid wrapper for tobacco products comprises a cupped container and a similarly cupped lid hinged together along respective rear edges, also a reinforcing frame located partly inside the container and fixed to a front face and to two flank faces of the ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6199688 | Hinge-lid packet plus method and device for manufacturing same On hinge-lid packets, a collar (31) is usually arranged in a packet portion (10) and is fastened with a lower partial region of collar front wall and collar side flaps (33, 34) to inner sides of packet front wall (12) and packet side walls (14, 15) by glu... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6070591 | Portable cigar ashtray and saver with cutter An improved combination portable ash receptacle and saver for cigars with an area for a cigar cutter, 20, and matches, 16, all in a hinged, two part case* consisting of a top, 2, and a bottom, 4, that shut tightly together via a built-in latch. The top po... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6050402 | Smoking article carton and blank therefor 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 longit... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5938018 | Cigarette or tobacco package with re-usable aroma releasant for multiple package openings A re-usable aroma releasant is provided on a package of tobacco product such as cigarettes, pipe tobacco, fine cut tobacco and the like. The aroma releasant is activated to release aroma every time the package is opened. The packages comprises a tobacco p... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5682986 | Cigarette package assembly having a package and a sleeve for spent cigarettes A cigarette package assembly includes a hinged lid package and a sleeve. The sleeve fits over the package and is movable relative to the package. Cigarettes are removed from the package and smoked. Spent cigarettes then are inserted into an insertion regi... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5595803 | Filmic packaging material and a tear adherent thereto A teartape for packaging materials, and particularly such materials based on polyolefin films, includes a base film coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive composition. The teartape is affixed to the packaging material by the adhesive composition. This ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5584389 | Pack for stick-shaped articles, such as cigarettes, and blank for producing the pack To improve the possibility of extracting cigarettes from the pack, the bottom wall of the pack is made to be bevelled, that is, oblique, with respect to the from and back walls of the pack. The cigarettes stand respectively to the bottom wall and are ther... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5558217 | Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes Hinge-lid packs for cigarettes have a standard structure. To increase the functional value, a lighter (33) is disposed within a chamber (32) which is separated from the cigarette block (10). The walls for delimiting the chamber (32) are formed from the sa... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5533612 | Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes Hinge-lid packs (10) for cigarettes are comprised of a box part (14) and a lid (15) hingedly connected thereto. In order to secure the closing position of such a hinge-lid pack (10), an insertion flap (40) is attached to the lid front wall (25) as a conti... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5526559 | Method of making a cigarette package A method for forming an aluminum cigarette package includes the step of cutting elliptical blanks from an aluminum sheet and shaping the blanks by progressive drawing operations into a lid and a body. The lid and body are joined by a flexible label that s... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5472433 | Disposable safety guard for syringe needles and the like A disposable safety guard for syringe needles and the like, the safety guard being adapted to laterally receive the tip of a needle in an elongated interior chamber within a body member. The interior encloses a high frictional surfaced gripping device whi... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5464093 | Tobacco package with disposal pouch A package for cigarettes comprising an outer housing and a partitioned pouch fitted into the outer housing so that the front wall of the housing the bottom of the housing and spaced apart end walls of the housing form a forst compartment in which cigarett... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5435440 | Hinge lid pack, especially for cigarettes, with structural locking device With hinge lid packs having a pack part 10 and a lid 11 hinged thereon, especially when they are equipped with round edges, it is difficult to ensure that the lid 11 precisely remains in the proper closing position. In order to guarantee an accurate closi... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5379889 | Cigarette package A blank for a hinged lid cigarette package which can have cigarettes removed therefrom as is common for a hinged lid package or as is common for a soft package. The hinged lid package includes a top panel having an opening which permits cigarettes to be r... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5379888 | Sew free button assembly A sew free replacement button unit in which at least one button is attached to the top side of a fabric section having an adhesive underside. A releasable backing sheet is applied to the adhesive underside of the fabric section and the button is sewn to b... | 01/10/1995 |
