EP2519458B1 - Cigarette pack with attached promotional sample - Google Patents

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EP2519458B1
EP2519458B1 EP10803572.6A EP10803572A EP2519458B1 EP 2519458 B1 EP2519458 B1 EP 2519458B1 EP 10803572 A EP10803572 A EP 10803572A EP 2519458 B1 EP2519458 B1 EP 2519458B1
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Edmond J. Cadieux Jr.
Barry S. Smith
Marc D. Belcastro
Steven R. Rinehart
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Philip Morris Products SA
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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
    • B65D85/1081—Inserts or accessories added or joined to the container, e.g. coins, pens, cards, spacers
    • 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
    • B65D77/00—Packages formed by enclosing articles or materials in preformed containers, e.g. boxes, cartons, sacks or bags
    • B65D77/02—Wrapped articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • 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
    • B65D85/1072—Bundle of cigarette packs
    • 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
    • B65D2221/00—Small packaging specially adapted for product samples, single-use packages or échantillons
    • 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
    • B65D2313/00—Connecting or fastening means
    • B65D2313/10—Adhesive or cohesive means for holding the contents attached to the container

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  • the present invention relates to pairs of cigarette packs with attached promotional samples particularly arranged for placement in standard cigarette pack cartons.
  • Cigarette packs fit snuggly within standard cigarette pack cartons with little extra space for additional materials. After packing operations, the cartons are later reopened for tax stamping of the packs using standard tax stamping machines. Tax-stamping capability is economically important due to the expense of tax stamping machines which are used in all states and other venues for applying an appropriate tax stamp to each pack of cigarettes sold.
  • GB 2 449 441 A discloses a package of cigarettes having an outer bag holding a set of disposable cigarette ash bags fastened to a main wall thereof by means of an elastic band.
  • An object of the present invention is a plurality of cigarette packs each having a promotional sample releasably attached thereto with the packs particularly arranged for placement in standard cigarette cartons.
  • the present invention provides a pair of cigarette packs having the features of current claim 1 and a cigarette carton having the features of claim 3.
  • a cigarette carton is provided with ten cigarette packs in the carton arranged in two rows with five cigarette packs in each row.
  • Each pack has a back wall with the back walls of the packs of one row adjacent the back walls of the packs of the second row.
  • a sachet or small bag is removably attached to the back wall of each pack and a small pouch of smokeless tobacco is positioned within each sachet.
  • One pack of each adjacent pair of back-to-back cigarette packs in the carton has a sachet removably attached to the upper portion of the back wall thereof while the other pack of each adjacent pair of back-to-back cigarette packs in the carton has a sachet removably attached to the lower portion of the back wall thereof.
  • the pouches in the sachets of each adjacent pair of back-to-back cigarette packs in the carton do not abut one another.
  • the present invention further includes a pair of cigarette packs each having a back wall with the packs arranged adjacent to one another in back-to-back relationship.
  • a sachet is releasably attached to the back wall of each pack.
  • One sachet is releasably attached to an upper back wall portion of one pack and another sachet is releasably attached to a lower back wall portion of the other pack of the pair.
  • Each sachet includes a small pouch of smokeless tobacco inside the sachet and the pouches do not abut one another.
  • a standard cigarette carton 10 holds ten cigarette packs 12 in two rows of five packs in each row.
  • Each cigarette pack has a container portion 14 that holds a foil bundle of twenty cigarette (not shown), and a hinge lid 16 that articulates along a hinge line 18.
  • the cigarette pack includes front and back walls 20, 22, respectively, as well as a top wall 24, bottom wall 26 and opposite side walls 28.
  • a promotional sample in the form of a sachet or small bag 30 is releasably secured to the back wall 22 of each cigarette pack 12.
  • Double sided adhesive 32 may be used for this purpose, but any convenient means of releasable securement may be utilized.
  • Each sachet comprises two plies 33 secured together at the outside boundary of the plies.
  • a small pouch 34 of smokeless tobacco is within each of the sachets 30.
  • the pouches 34 may be randomly positioned within the sachets or such positioning may be predetermined if desired.
  • the pouches may be horizontally or vertically or randomly oriented within the sachet.
  • two cigarette packs 12 are arranged in back-to-back relationship for placement in the carton 10.
  • the sachet On one pack the sachet is releasably attached to an upper back wall portion 36 of that pack while the sachet 30 is attached to a lower back wall portion 38 of the adjacent pack of the pair.
  • This particular arrangement minimizes the width of an adjacent pair of cigarette packs which enables the packs to be positioned within a standard cigarette carton 10 primarily because the pouches 34 do not abut one another. Abutment of the pouches could easily increase the width of an adjacent pair of packs 12 and possibly require a larger cigarette carton.
  • cigarette cartons holding cigarette pack are subsequently reopened for the application of appropriate tax stamps to each pack within the carton.
  • the tax stamping machinery is constructed and arranged to process standard size cigarette cartons and any dimensional increase of the carton would require special tax stamping machines.
  • the positioning and orientation of the sachets 30 and the pouches 34 therein enable the packs 12 to be positioned within a standard carton 10 and subsequent tax stamping processes are easily accomplished with standard tax stamping machines.
  • Figures 6 and 7 illustrate an alternate embodiment of the present invention where overwrap material 50 is around each pack 12 and the attached sachet 30.
  • Overwrap material 50 Expect for the overwrap material 50, Figures 6 and 7 are the same as Figures 4 and 5 , and similar reference characters are used to identify similar parts.
  • the overwrap material 50 extends around the front and back walls 20, 22 of the pack as well as the opposite side walls 28.
  • the upper and lower boundaries 52, 54 stop short of the top and bottom walls 24, 26 of the pack which leaves those walls uncovered by overwrap material.
  • a pull tab 56 and weakened lines 58 are provided on the overwrap for removal of the overwrap when opening of the pack 12 is desired.
  • the pull tab 56 and weakened lines 58 preferably are positioned adjacent one of the three opposite side wall 28 of the pack.

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  • Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
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PL10803572T PL2519458T3 (pl) 2009-12-29 2010-12-22 Paczka papierosów z dołączoną promocyjną próbką

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US12/648,808 US20110155594A1 (en) 2009-12-29 2009-12-29 Cigarette pack with attached promotional sample
PCT/EP2010/007869 WO2011079930A1 (en) 2009-12-29 2010-12-22 Cigarette pack with attached promotional sample

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EP2519458A1 EP2519458A1 (en) 2012-11-07
EP2519458B1 true EP2519458B1 (en) 2015-07-29

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EP (1) EP2519458B1 (ko)
JP (1) JP5726899B2 (ko)
KR (1) KR101779231B1 (ko)
BR (1) BR112012016207A2 (ko)
CA (1) CA2785107C (ko)
DK (1) DK2519458T3 (ko)
EC (1) ECSP12012071A (ko)
MX (1) MX2012007743A (ko)
MY (1) MY183829A (ko)
PL (1) PL2519458T3 (ko)
RU (1) RU2546414C2 (ko)
TW (1) TWI545066B (ko)
UA (1) UA106408C2 (ko)
WO (1) WO2011079930A1 (ko)

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JP2013515653A (ja) 2013-05-09
PL2519458T3 (pl) 2015-11-30
BR112012016207A2 (pt) 2016-05-17
CA2785107C (en) 2017-06-27
TW201139232A (en) 2011-11-16
KR20120115287A (ko) 2012-10-17
EP2519458A1 (en) 2012-11-07
MX2012007743A (es) 2012-07-30
RU2546414C2 (ru) 2015-04-10
US20110155594A1 (en) 2011-06-30
TWI545066B (zh) 2016-08-11
UA106408C2 (uk) 2014-08-26
RU2012132454A (ru) 2014-02-10
MY183829A (en) 2021-03-17
KR101779231B1 (ko) 2017-09-18
DK2519458T3 (en) 2015-08-24
WO2011079930A1 (en) 2011-07-07
JP5726899B2 (ja) 2015-06-03
CA2785107A1 (en) 2011-07-07

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