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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395924 | Hinge-lid type package for rod-like smoking articles and a blank therefor A hinge-lid type package for filter cigarettes is formed as a rectangular parallelepiped and includes an inner pack 36 of a cigarette bundle and a casing formed from a blank 50 as one sheet and accommodates the inner pack 36. The casing can be d... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395643 | Method of manufacturing rigid cigarette packs including deforming at least one lateral face of the wrapper A rigid pack for tobacco products comprises an outer wrapper (3) furnished with a container (4) presenting an open top (5), surmounted by a lid (6) hinged to the container (4) and rotatable between a position in which the open top ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392899 | Sleeve with pull tab for cigarette pack and method of making A sleeve is wrapped around a package and enveloped within a film. The sleeve can be removed from the interior of the film and used independently of the package and film. The sleeve can include printed information for use by consumers such as product identifier infor... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383950 | Combined uniquely dimensioned cigarettes and associated packaging A cigarette kit includes a case that has a plurality of monolithically formed sidewalls defining a cavity therebetween. One sidewall defines a planar bottom surface of the case. The case includes a lid pivotally conjoined therewith and has a fulcrum axis about which... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370756 | Pack for smoking articles This invention relates to a smoking article pack. The pack and the inner frame used in combination Therewith provide a substantially increased internal surface area for the printing of graphics and/or indicia in order to provide information to the consumer whilst no... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360646 | 2-in-1 cigarettes packaging with a ‘CLICK’ opening system as container for all kinds of cigarettes equipped with matches and striking paper A 2 in 1 packaging utilizing the ‘CLICK opening system (FIG. 1) cigarettes packaging and integrated with matches and its striking paper which is placed in the inner part of the packaging, which consists of: the opening of the packaging utilizing the ‘clic... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353940 | Tongue lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles and a blank thereof A tongue lid pack for filter cigarettes includes a box (2), contents (6) contained in the box (2) and having a cigarette bundle (CB) wrapped in a wrapper (8), a tongue lid (16) for opening and closing an opening end of the box (... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7320399 | Lateral-opening rigid hinged-lid packet A rigid cigarette packet having a case (1) defined by a cup-shaped container (12) closed by a hinged, lateral-opening lid (11), and wherein the lid (11) incorporates at least part of a top wall (4) of the case (1); and the c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318523 | Rigid container for tobacco items and method of producing such a container A rigid container for tobacco items, defined by a tubular lateral wall (11) and by at least one end wall (6), and wherein one of the two walls (6, 11) has at least one inwardly concave portion (13; 82; 91; 96; 102; 113), and the other wal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7273145 | Cigarette pack comprising a slide and case A cigarette pack with a shell (10) and slide (11), the range of movement of the slide (11) within the shell (10) is limited, in particular by stops formed, on the one hand, on a stop tab (30) and, on the other hand, by a recess ( | 09/25/2007 |
| 7238149 | Process for the manufacture of paperboard cartons This invention relates to an improvement in a process for forming a carton from paperboard stock comprising the steps: applying an aqueous based adhesive to select parts of a paperboard carton blank obtained from a paperboard feeds... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234593 | Cigarette carton with separable promotional sheet A generally flat carton blank is arranged for assembly into a carton shape holding multiple cigarette packs. The carton blank has a defined periphery, and a generally flat promotional sheet overlies the carton blank within the outer periphery thereof. A portion of t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234632 | Rigid wrapper for a plurality of packets of cigarettes A rigid carton type wrapper (1; 80; 86) for packets (2) of cigarettes is fashioned as a box-like container (8) with a hinged lid (10) erected from a flat blank (42; 81; 99) presenting a main portion (43), and an appendage ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228961 | Packaged article with tear-away label portion A multi-ply wrapper for a package includes an inner ply of material having printed indicia at selected portions thereon and an outer ply of material laminated to the inner ply wherein the outer ply is provided with perforated sections aligned to cover the printed in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213704 | Pack of rigid type for tobacco products A pack for tobacco products consists in at least one rigid packet (2) appearing as a container (3) presenting a bottom end face (4), surmounted by a hinged lid (5) presenting a top end face (6) and rotatable between a position in w... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210612 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175047 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175022 | Hinged-lid pack for rodlike smoking articles and blank for the pack A hinged-lid pack includes a case (2), and contents (14) contained in the case (2) and fit with an inner frame (16). The case (2) has a transverse cutting line (22) formed in a front wall (4) thereof, oblique cutting ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159717 | Packaging design with separate compartments A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is ad... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156228 | Rigid minor lateral wall hinged-lid package of tobacco articles and blank A rigid package of tobacco articles, having a container, in turn having an open top end closed by a hinged lid, and a collar fixed to the inside of the container to project partly outwards of the open top end; the container is substantially parallelepiped-shaped, an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7111441 | Method and device for producing a container A method and device for producing a rigid container, having two end walls and a lateral wall, from a flat blank having two flat first portions, each of which has a relative panel defining a relative end wall of the container, and a drawn rim integral with the panel,... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104943 | Method and unit for flexing a flat blank for producing a rigid package A method and unit for flexing a flat blank having preformed fold lines; the flat blank is fed by a seat on a conveyor along a path through a flexing station, where a rigid folding body is rolled over the seat to fold the blank against two fixed folding spindles of t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100763 | Rigid pack with a hinged lid A rigid hinged-lid packet for tobacco products appears as container (3) with an open end (4), and a lid (5) hinged to the container (3) so as to rotate between positions in which the open end (4) is open and closed, also a stiffeni... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100798 | Carton with an improved dispensing feature A carton with an improved dispenser at one of the carton which preserves the integrity of the carton when the carton is opened by permitting a bottom end flap attached to the bottom panel to remain in place and also a portion of each side end flap that is adjacent t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7048115 | Resealable cigarette package A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through inse... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036714 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025201 | Pack of rigid type for tobacco products and a relative method of manufacture A rigid pack of substantially parallelepiped appearance for tobacco products appears as a container (5) with an open top end (6), surmounted by a lid (7) hinged to the container (5) and rotatable between positions in which the top end ( | 04/11/2006 |
| 7000761 | Smoking article package The invention relates to a soft-cup package (29) for smoking articles wherein the outer wrap material (10) is a paperboard or cardboard material having the ability to collapse along lines of weakening (26, 28) in the side panels (16, 20) ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978924 | Food container apparatus A stackable food container includes a lower food receptacle portion, and an upper tray forming section with one or more sides foldably coupled to the lower food receptacle portion. The upper tray forming section encloses the contents of the food container when the o... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6874623 | Smoking article packaging The invention relates to a smoking article package, which package comprises a sealed enclosure (1) around a charge of smoking articles and a sheet material wrap (7) disposed exteriorly of the enclosure (1). The sheet material wrap (7) is ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6755300 | Flat blank from which to form a rigid packet A flat blank from which to form a rigid cigarette packet with a hinged lid; the blank being substantially parallelepiped-shaped, and having a number of preweakened fold segments with at least two different degrees of weakness. ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742652 | Folding box for cigarettes Folding box (hinge-lid pack) for cigarettes of the like, comprising a box component (10), a lid (11) and a collar (15), with a print carrier (28) being positioned in the folding box between a collar front wall (16) on one hand, and... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6719131 | Hinged-lid package for cigarettes Hinge-lid box for cigarettes or other packaged items, comprising a box part (10), lid (11) and collar (12) with a closure aid for the lid (11). Inwardly directed protrusions, namely anchoring tabs (37), are arranged on the inside o... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715605 | Rigid hinged-lid cigarette packet A rigid, substantially parallelepiped-shaped packet (1) for cigarettes (3) bas a lateral surface (8) defined by two flat, parallel, facing minor lateral walls (11), and by two facing major lateral walls (12), each of which has an o... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6592023 | Rigid container for tobacco products A rigid container for tobacco products is prismatic in shape, substantially rectangular or triangular in section, and presents a plurality of side faces each presenting a flat central portion and two longitudinally oriented lateral bands of curved profile... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557699 | Cigarette packet with auxiliary opening means Pack, in particular cigarette pack of the soft pack type, with a pack container made of tearable material surrounding the contents of the pack and forming an end wall (17) from folding flaps, an opening tab (39) delimited by perforation lines (38) and/or ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6527166 | Box with a hinged lid, for cigarettes A hinge-lid box for cigarettes has a box part (10) and lid (11). A lid front wall (19) and a box front wall (15) form closing edges which are located opposite each other, specifically a lid closing edge (34) and an opposing closing edge (35). The closing ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6484930 | Rigid hinged-lid packet A rigid packet (1) with a hinged lid (5) for cigarettes (2) has a front wall (6) and a rear wall (7), each curving outwards and having a respective flat central portion (12) and two curved, preweakened lateral bands (17) connecting the relative flat centr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6478149 | Packaging of smoking articles A rigid pack of smoking articles is made to have improved shelf life and to be resealable. A barrier material is sealed around the rigid pack. The rigid pack has a potential or actual access aperture extending from a top face into a major face. The barrie... | 11/12/2002 |
