EP2170735B1 - Conditionnement à deux emballages à connecteur - Google Patents

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EP2170735B1
EP2170735B1 EP08826580A EP08826580A EP2170735B1 EP 2170735 B1 EP2170735 B1 EP 2170735B1 EP 08826580 A EP08826580 A EP 08826580A EP 08826580 A EP08826580 A EP 08826580A EP 2170735 B1 EP2170735 B1 EP 2170735B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D85/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D85/07—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles
    • B65D85/08—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular
    • B65D85/10—Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials for compressible or flexible articles rod-shaped or tubular for cigarettes
    • B65D85/1036—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank
    • B65D85/1063—Containers formed by erecting a rigid or semi-rigid blank so as to form two cigarette-compartments interconnected by a hinge-portion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
    • B65D5/009—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper the container body comprising a set of interconnected cells, e.g. hinged one to another

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  • WO-A-2006/079799 discloses packages comprising two packs connected in a Jacob's ladder arrangement by at least first and second straps and blanks and a method for forming such packages.
  • WO-A-2006/079799 describes a package comprising: first and second packs each capable of containing items, each pack having a first face bound by a first edge and a second edge, the second edge being parallel to the first edge; and means, connecting the first and second packs, which means comprising first and second straps which are attachable to the first and second packs; wherein, in a first position of the packs the first face of the first and second packs face each other with the first edges of the first and second pack adjacent to each other and the second edges of the first and second pack adjacent each other, the first and second straps extending across the first face and being hinged about the first and second edges, wherein the first strap is hinged about the first edge of the first pack and hinged about the second edge of the second pack and the second strap is hinged about the second edge of the first pack and hinged about the first edge of the second pack, whereby the first and second packs are movable, one relative to the other between at least the first position, a second position in which the second pack is rotated
  • WO-A-2006/079799 describes a blank for forming the means comprising first and second straps that connects the first and second packs of the package, which comprises a single sheet of material, having at least a first region providing a first strap and a second region providing a second strap, the regions being adjoined by a line operable to separate the first region from the second region, the line having a first, second and third section thereon, the second section being a weakened section such that the first and second regions are separable, and the first and second sections being cut portions extending from respective ends of the weakened section to the edge of the sheet.
  • WO-A-2006/079799 describes another blank for forming the means comprising first and second straps that connects the first and second packs of the package, which comprises a single sheet of material having a first elongate section in which there is an elongate hole having major edges which are spaced apart and a second section aligned with the hole and extending from a minor edge of the first section, the second section having a maximum width substantially equal or less than the minimum width of the hole and a length greater than the length of the hole such that a free minor edge of the second section is threadable through the hole and capable of attaching to the free minor edge of the first section.
  • the first and second packs of all of the packages described in the specification and shown in the drawings of WO-A-2006/079799 are connected in a Jacobs Ladder arrangement by a separate joining blank or by a separate Jacobs Ladder structure.
  • a separate joining blank is either fixed to the first and second packs or the first and second packs are positioned within, and in some cases fixed to, two pack containing sections in a separate Jacobs Ladder structure.
  • EP1801031A discloses a package comprising two packs according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a container for smoking articles comprising at least two hingedly connected packs, each for housing a separate bundle of smoking articles, the container comprising: a first pack having a first wall with opposed first and second edges; a second pack having a first wall with opposed first and second edges; and a connector hingedly coupled to the first wall of the first pack along a first fold line and hingedly coupled to the first wall of the second pack along a second fold line substantially perpendicular to the first fold line.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are hingeable relative to one another about the first fold line between a first position and a second position.
  • first position the first walls of the first and second packs are parallel and opposed and the first edges of the first walls of the first and second packs are adjacent and the second edges of the first walls of the first and second packs are adjacent.
  • second position the first walls of the first and second packs are substantially coplanar.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are also hingeable relative to one another about the second fold line between the initial position and a third position in which the first walls of the first and second packs are substantially coplanar.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are thus advantageously hingedly connected in a double hinged manner not dissimilar to a Jacob's ladder arrangement by the connector. Furthermore, the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are advantageously hingeable in two substantially perpendicular directions relative to one another.
  • the connector of containers according to the invention may be integral with the first pack, integral with the second pack or integral with the first pack and the second pack.
  • the first pack, the second pack and the connector of containers according to the invention may be formed from separate blanks.
  • the container comprises a separate connector comprising at least three hinged panels, the connector comprising: a first panel affixed to the first wall of the first pack; a second panel affixed to the first wall of the second pack; and a third panel hingedly connected to the first panel along the first fold line and hingedly coupled to the second panel along the second fold line.
  • the at least three hinged panels of the connector overlie one in the first position. In the second position the third panel of the connector overlies the second panel of the connector and in the third position the third panel of the connector overlies the first panel of the connector.
  • the third panel of the connector may be hingedly connected to the second panel along the second fold line.
  • the connector may further comprises a fourth panel that is hingedly connected to the third panel along the second fold line and hingedly coupled to the second panel along a third fold line substantially perpendicular to the second fold line.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are also hingeable relative to one another about the third fold line between the first position and a fourth position in which the first walls of the first and second packs are substantially coplanar.
  • the third panel of the connector overlies the second and fourth panels of the connector in the second position
  • the fourth panel of the connector overlies the second panel of the connector in the third position
  • the fourth panel of the connector overlies the first and third panels of the connector in the fourth position.
  • a connector comprising at least four hinged panels advantageously allows the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention to be hinged in three different directions relative to one another.
  • the fourth panel may be hingedly connected to the second panel along the third fold line.
  • the connector may further comprises a fifth panel that is hingedly connected to the fourth panel along the third fold line and hingedly coupled to the second panel along a fourth fold line substantially perpendicular to the third fold line.
  • the connector further comprises a fifth panel
  • the first pack and the second pack are hingeable relative to one another about the fourth fold line between the first position and a fifth position in which the first walls of the first and second packs are substantially coplanar.
  • the third panel of the connector overlies the second, fourth and fifth panels of the connector in the second position
  • the fourth panel of the connector overlies the second and fifth panels of the connector in the third position
  • the fifth panel of the connector overlies the second panel of the connector in the fourth position
  • the fifth panel of the connector overlies the first, third and fourth panels of the connector in the fifth position.
  • a connector comprising at least five hinged panels advantageously allows the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention to be hinged in four different directions relative to one another.
  • the fifth panel is hingedly connected to the second panel along the fourth fold line.
  • the connector may further comprise a sixth panel that is hingedly connected to the fifth panel along the fourth fold line and hingedly connected to the second panel along a fifth fold line substantially perpendicular to the fourth fold line.
  • the container comprises an integral connector comprising one or more panels of similar construction to the separate connectors comprising at least three hinged panels described above.
  • integral denotes that the connector and the first wall of one or both of the first and second packs of containers according to the invention are formed from a single piece of material, for example, from the same blank.
  • the integral connector may be integral with the first pack and hingedly connected to the first wall of the first pack along the first fold line. In this case, the first wall of the first pack replaces the first panel of the separate connectors previously described above.
  • the integral connector may be integral with the second pack and hingedly connected to the first wall of the second pack along the second fold line. In this case, the first wall of the second pack replaces the second panel of the separate connectors previously described above.
  • the first fold line is a lateral fold line and the second fold line is a longitudinal fold line. More preferably, the first fold line is a lateral horizontal fold line and the second fold line is a longitudinal vertical fold line.
  • first fold line is substantially parallel and adjacent to a third edge of the first wall of the first pack, which is substantially perpendicular to the opposed first and second edges thereof.
  • second fold line is substantially parallel and adjacent to a first one of the first edge of the first wall of the first pack and the second edge of the first wall of the first pack.
  • the connector comprises a fourth panel
  • the third fold line is preferably substantially parallel and adjacent to a fourth edge of the first wall of the first pack, which is opposed to the third edge of the first wall of the first pack and substantially perpendicular to the opposed first and second edges thereof.
  • the connector further comprises a fifth panel
  • the fourth fold line is preferably substantially parallel and adjacent to a second one of the first edge of the first wall of the first pack and the second edge of the first wall of the first pack.
  • first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be a slide and shell pack comprising an outer shell and an inner slide within the outer shell.
  • first pack and the second pack of containers according to the first aspect of the invention may be a hinge-lid pack comprising a lower box portion and an upper lid portion hinged to the lower box portion.
  • the connector is preferably of substantially the same dimensions as the first wall of the first pack.
  • the connector of the second pack is preferably of substantially the same dimensions as the first wall of the second pack.
  • the connector is preferably of substantially the same dimensions as the lower box portion of the first wall of the first pack.
  • the connector is preferably of substantially the same dimensions as the lower box portion of the first wall of the second pack.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are both slide and shell packs or both hinge-lid packs.
  • containers according to the invention may comprise a first pack and a second pack provided with different types of opening and closing means.
  • the first pack may be a hinge-lid pack and the second pack may be a slide and shell pack.
  • the first pack may have a hinge-lid pivotable about a hinge line extending across the first wall of the first pack and the second pack may have a hinge-lid pivotable about a hinge line extending across the first wall of the second pack.
  • the first pack may have a hinge-lid pivotable about a hinge line extending across a second wall of the first pack that is parallel and opposed to the first wall of the first pack and the second pack may have a hinge-lid pivotable about a hinge line extending across a second wall of the second pack that is parallel and opposed to the first wall of the second pack.
  • the connector is preferably adhered to the first pack and the second pack in order to form the container.
  • the connector may, for example, be adhered to the first pack and the second pack using hot melt adhesive, contact adhesive or double sided adhesive tape.
  • Containers according to the invention preferably further comprise retention means to provide resistance to movement of the first and second packs from the first position to the second third or fourth position, such that a positive force must be applied by a consumer to hinge the first and second packs relative to one another from the first position to the second, third and fourth position.
  • containers according to the invention may comprise retention means that provides a positive force, which urges movement of the first pack and the second pack towards the first position.
  • first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be releasably connected in the first position by the releasable engagement of first retention means provided on the first pack and second retention means provided on the second pack.
  • the first retention means and the second retention means may comprise any suitable known magnetic fasteners, mechanical fasteners, adhesive fasteners or combinations thereof.
  • the first retention means and the second retention means may comprise one or more releasable pressure-actuated hook-and-loop type fasteners, snap fasteners or other mating plug (male) and socket (female) type fasteners.
  • Containers according to the invention may comprise two or more hingedly connected packs, each for housing a bundle of smoking articles, for example cigarettes, such as conventional lit-end cigarettes or cigarettes for use with electrical smoking systems (for example cigarettes of the type disclosed in US-A-5 692 525 ), cigars or cigarillos.
  • containers according to the invention comprise two or more hingedly connected packs, each for housing a separate bundle of cigarettes.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be designed to house separate bundles of different numbers of cigarettes.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be designed to house separate bundles of cigarettes of different dimensions (for example, cigarettes of different length or different circumference).
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may, for example, be designed to house separate bundles of different numbers of short (between about 70 mm and about 75 mm in length), regular size (about 80mm in length), king size (about 84 mm in length), super-king size, slim, super-slim or wide cigarettes.
  • containers according to the invention may also be designed to hold different total numbers of smoking articles.
  • containers for cigarettes according to the invention may comprise a first pack and a second pack for housing, in combination, a total of twenty or twenty-one regular size cigarettes.
  • containers for cigarettes according to the invention may comprise a first pack and a second pack for housing, in combination, a total of seventeen or eighteen wide cigarettes.
  • the length, width and depth of the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be such that, when in the initial position, the resultant overall dimensions of the containers are similar to, or substantially the same as, the dimensions of a conventional disposable pack of smoking articles.
  • the length, width and depth of the first pack and the second pack may be such that, in the initial or first position, the resultant overall dimensions of the container are similar to the dimensions of a conventional disposable hinge-lid pack of twenty cigarettes.
  • Containers according to the invention may advantageously comprise first packs and second packs for housing separate bundles of smoking articles of different types.
  • a wide variety of different types of cigarettes are produced and sold.
  • different types of tobacco having unique characteristic tastes and aromas such as Burley, Oriental and Virginia tobacco, are used alone or in varying amounts in tobacco blends to produce brands of cigarettes having different characteristic tastes.
  • both plain cigarettes and cigarettes having many different types of filter tips are manufactured as well as cigarettes of differing length (for example, regular size, king size or super-king size), circumference (for example, slim or super-slim), strength of taste, resistance to draw and total particulate matter delivery.
  • cigarettes containing flavourings such as menthol are also available.
  • Containers according to the invention may comprise first packs and second packs for housing separate bundles of cigarettes of a different tobacco blend or flavour.
  • containers according to the invention may comprise first packs and second packs for housing separate bundles of cigarettes of a different size (different length, different circumference or both different length and different circumference).
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be of the same or different cross-section.
  • one or both of the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be rectangular, square, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, D-shaped, semi-circular or semi-oval in cross-section.
  • first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are substantially parallelepipedal. More preferably, the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are substantially cuboid.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may have one or more right-angled longitudinal edges, one or more right-angled transverse edges, one or more rounded longitudinal edges, one or more rounded transverse edges, one or more bevelled longitudinal edges, one or more bevelled transverse edges or any suitable combination thereof.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are of substantially the same shape.
  • the dimensions of the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention may be the same or different.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are of different dimensions. More preferably, the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are of substantially the same length and width, but of different depth.
  • the first wall of the first pack and the first wall of the second pack of containers according to the invention are of substantially the same dimensions.
  • the first wall of the first pack and the first wall of the second pack are major walls of the packs.
  • the first wall of the first pack is a front wall or a rear wall of the first pack.
  • the first wall of the second pack is a front wall or a rear wall of the second pack.
  • the first pack and the second pack of containers according to the invention are preferably formed from one or more folded laminar blanks, more preferably from one or more folded laminar cardboard blanks.
  • the exterior surfaces of the first packs, second packs and connectors of containers according to the invention may be printed, embossed, debossed or otherwise embellished (for example using labels or stickers) with manufacturer or brand logos, trade marks, slogans and other consumer information and indicia. It will be appreciated that the same or different manufacturer and brand logos, trade marks, slogans, and other consumer information and indicia may be applied to the exterior surfaces of the first packs, second packs and connectors.
  • the connectors of containers according to the invention may be formed from one or more suitable materials including, but not limited to, paperboard, cardboard, plastic, metal (such as, for example, aluminium), transparent or opaque foil (such as, for example, polyethylene (PE) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foils) and laminated material (such as, for example, paper/aluminium, plastic/paper/aluminium or other laminates).
  • suitable materials including, but not limited to, paperboard, cardboard, plastic, metal (such as, for example, aluminium), transparent or opaque foil (such as, for example, polyethylene (PE) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foils) and laminated material (such as, for example, paper/aluminium, plastic/paper/aluminium or other laminates).
  • Containers according to the invention may comprise connectors having one or more windows or cut-outs provided therein.
  • the one or more windows or cut-outs interact or cooperate with images provided on the first walls of the first packs, second packs or first and second packs of the containers to generate further images.
  • Containers according to the invention may comprise more than two packs. Third and subsequent packs of containers according to the invention may be connected to one or more other packs thereof in the same or a different manner to that in which the first pack and the second pack are hingedly connected.
  • containers according to the invention comprise three or more packs
  • each pack of the container is hingedly connected in a double hinged manner to at least one other pack thereof by a connector.
  • containers according to the invention may comprise three, four, five or six packs hingedly connected by two, three, four or five connectors, respectively, wherein each pack of the container is hingedly connected in a double hinged manner to either one or two other packs thereof.
  • Solid lines are used to denote cut lines or outer borders of the blanks.
  • Dashed lines are used to denote lines, which are formed by compressing or partially cutting the material of the blanks by creasing, scoring, embossing or an equivalent process, along which the blanks are bent upon erection of the containers or parts of containers formed there from or which act as hinge.
  • Figure 1 shows a blank 10 for forming a separate connector of a container according to an embodiment of the invention, which is formed from at least three blanks.
  • the blank 10 comprises five rectangular panels, a first panel 12, a second panel 14, a third panel 16, a fourth panel 18 and a fifth panel 20, which are hingedly connected to one another along alternate horizontal and vertical fold lines.
  • the upper edge of the third panel 16 is connected to the lower edge of the first panel 12 along a first horizontal fold line and the left side edge of the third panel 16 is connected to the right side edge of the fourth panel 18 along a second vertical fold line.
  • the upper edge of the fifth panel 20 is connected to the lower edge of the fourth panel 18 along a third horizontal fold line and the left side edge of the fifth panel 20 is connected to the right side edge of the second panel 14 along a fourth vertical fold line.
  • the second 12, third 16, fourth 18 and fifth 20 panels of the blank 10 are folded through 180 degrees about the horizontal and vertical fold lines such that the panels of the blank 10 overlie one another.
  • the third panel 16 overlies the first panel 12
  • the fourth panel 18 overlies the third panel 16
  • the fifth panel 20 overlies the fourth panel 18
  • the second panel 14 overlies the fifth panel 20.
  • the outer surface of the first panel 12 is affixed to the first wall of a first pack and the outer surface of the second panel 14 is affixed to the first wall of a second pack.
  • first pack and the second pack of the container may be hinged in four different directions, up, down, left and right, relative to one another about the about the horizontal and vertical fold lines of the connector.

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  1. Boîte pour articles à fumer comprenant au moins deux paquets connectés d'une manière articulée, chacun pour contenir une botte séparée d'articles à fumer, la boîte comprenant :
    un premier paquet ayant une première paroi;
    un deuxième paquet ayant une première paroi; et
    un connecteur (10) couplé d'une manière articulée à la première paroi du premier paquet le long d'une première ligne de pliage et couplé d'une manière articulée à la première paroi du deuxième paquet le long d'une deuxième ligne de pliage, caractérisée en ce que ladite deuxième ligne de pliage est sensiblement perpendiculaire à la première ligne de pliage.
  2. Boîte selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le connecteur (10) fait partie intégrante d'au moins l'un d'entre le premier paquet et le deuxième paquet.
  3. Boîte selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle le connecteur (10) fait partie intégrante du premier paquet et du deuxième paquet.
  4. Boîte selon la revendication 1 comprenant un connecteur (10) comprenant au moins trois panneaux articulés, le connecteur comprenant :
    un premier panneau (12) fixé à la première paroi du premier paquet;
    un deuxième panneau (14) fixé à la première paroi du deuxième paquet; et
    un troisième panneau (16) connecté d'une manière articulée au premier panneau (12) le long d'une première ligne de pliage et couplé d'une manière articulée au deuxième panneau (14) le long d'une deuxième ligne de pliage sensiblement perpendiculaire à la première ligne de pliage.
  5. Boîte selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle le connecteur (10) comprend en outre:
    un quatrième panneau (18) connecté d'une manière articulée au troisième panneau (16) le long de la deuxième ligne de pliage et couplé d'une manière articulée au deuxième panneau (14) le long d'une troisième ligne de pliage sensiblement perpendiculaire à la deuxième ligne de pliage.
  6. Boîte selon la revendication 5, dans laquelle le connecteur (10) comprend en outre:
    un cinquième panneau (20) connectée d'une manière articulée au quatrième panneau (18) le long de la troisième ligne de pliage et connecté d'une manière articulée au deuxième panneau (14) le long d'une quatrième ligne de pliage sensiblement perpendiculaire à la troisième ligne de pliage.
  7. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le premier paquet et le deuxième paquet sont des paquets à tiroir-coulisse.
  8. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le premier paquet et le deuxième paquet sont des paquets à couvercle à charnière.
  9. Boîte selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle le premier paquet a un couvercle à charnière pouvant pivoter autour d'une ligne de charnière s'étendant en travers de la première paroi du premier paquet et le deuxième paquet a un couvercle à charnière pouvant pivoter autour d'une ligne de charnière s'étendant en travers de la première paroi du deuxième paquet.
  10. Boîte selon la revendication 8, dans laquelle le premier paquet a un couvercle à charnière pouvant pivoter autour d'une ligne de charnière s'étendant en travers d'une deuxième paroi du premier paquet, laquelle est parallèle et à l'opposé de la première paroi du premier paquet et le deuxième paquet a un couvercle à charnière pouvant pivoter autour d'une ligne de charnière s'étendant en travers d'une deuxième paroi du deuxième paquet, laquelle est parallèle et à l'opposé de la première paroi du deuxième paquet.
  11. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle le premier paquet et le deuxième paquet sont de dimensions différentes.
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