EP2906485B1 - Récipient avec étiquette adhésive - Google Patents
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- EP2906485B1 EP2906485B1 EP13789496.0A EP13789496A EP2906485B1 EP 2906485 B1 EP2906485 B1 EP 2906485B1 EP 13789496 A EP13789496 A EP 13789496A EP 2906485 B1 EP2906485 B1 EP 2906485B1
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- the present invention relates to a container for consumer goods.
- the container finds particular application as a container for smoking articles.
- Patent application WO 00/32499 discloses a typical cigarette packet comprising an inner wrapper enveloping a group of cigarettes and an outer wrapper around the inner wrapper.
- the packet has a hinged lid and a reinforcing frame.
- German patent DE 60303549 discloses a package of tobacco articles, housed inside a container.
- US patent US 6364106 discloses a logo-reinfocing package containing a bundle of products, such as cigarettes.
- US patent application US 2005247583 discloses A multiply wrapper for a package including an inner ply of material having printed indicia at selected portions and an outer ply of material laminated to the inner ply.
- European patent application EP 2431300 discloses a container for consumer goods comprising a first panel having a pattern applied to an area of the external surface and a second panel comprising a transparent optical element
- the invention is defined by claim 1.
- a container for consumer goods comprising: an outer housing comprising a box, and a lid movable between a closed position and an open position; an inner frame having a first portion mounted within the box and a second portion extending outside the box, wherein the second portion of the inner frame underlies the lid when the lid is in the closed position; and a removable adhesive label affixed to the second portion of the inner frame; wherein the inner frame comprises at least one indicium at least partially covered by the adhesive label.
- the container according to the invention is advantageous because it enables a consumer to access additional information not visible on the outer housing, by removing an adhesive label from the inner frame of the container when the lid is in the open position.
- the term "indicium” (and plural “indicia”) is used to refer to a discrete element, or repeating elements or patterns that has at least one of a visual or haptic component.
- the at least one indicium may be in the form of text, images, letters, words, logos, patterns or a combination thereof.
- the at least one indicium may comprise a brand or manufacturer logo.
- the at least one indicium may include material allowing a consumer to access further information.
- the at least one indicium may include details of a website, telephone number or email address.
- underlies is used herein to mean that a first portion of the container is closer to the interior of the container than an overlapping second portion of the container. That is, the first portion underlies the second portion.
- overlies can be used to mean that the second portion of the container is closer to the exterior of the container than the first portion. In this case, the second portion overlies the first portion.
- the outer housing comprises a box and a lid.
- the box has an opening through which the consumer goods are accessible.
- the box may comprise a box front wall, a box left side wall, a box right side wall, a box back wall and a box bottom wall.
- the inner frame comprises an inner frame front wall, an inner frame right side wall and an inner frame left side wall. A portion of the inner liner extends outside of the box and underlies the lid when the lid is in the closed position. Preferably it is the front wall of the inner frame that extends above the top of the front wall of the box.
- front, back, “upper”, “lower”, “side”, “top”, “bottom” and other terms used to describe relative positions of the components of containers according to the invention refer to the container in an upright position with the lid at the top end and the consumer goods accessible from the upper end at the front.
- the terms “left” and “right” are used with reference to side walls of the container when the container is viewed from the front in its upright position.
- the consumer goods within the container are typically wrapped in an inner liner.
- the inner liner and consumer goods together form an inner package.
- a pre-perforated section of the inner liner is removed by the consumer upon first opening the pack.
- the inner frame is mounted between the box and the inner liner.
- the filled container Prior to first opening, the filled container may be wrapped in an outer wrapper.
- the design of the container itself need not be altered to account for the addition of the indicium and adhesive label.
- the at least one indicium and adhesive label can therefore readily be incorporated into wrapped containers for consumer goods without the need for any significant modification of existing apparatus, techniques and container blanks.
- the adhesive label may be applied to the inner frame outside the manufacturing and assembly of the container according to the invention.
- the label may be already applied onto the inner frame at a printer or converter.
- the inner frame may be, for example, stack fed into regular packaging machinery.
- the label application may be performed in the area of the unwinding of the inner frame material. In this way, no adaptations to modern, high speed packaging machinery need to be made in order to take advantage of the present invention.
- the inner frame comprises a front wall, the front wall having a cut out extending from the top edge of the front wall.
- the cut out in the front wall of the inner frame facilitates removal of the consumer goods from the box.
- the cut out in the front wall may be any desired shape.
- the cut out in the front wall may be semicircular or rectangular.
- the cut out may be located at any desired position on the front wall.
- the cut out may be positioned in the centre of the front wall, between the centre of the front wall and one edge of the front wall or at one edge of the front wall.
- the at least one indicium is positioned transversely adjacent the cut out.
- the at least one indicium is adjacent the cut out in the transverse direction of the container. That is to say, the at least one indicium is positioned on the front wall of the inner frame to one side of the cut out.
- the removable adhesive label is positioned such that the at least one indicium is not visible to the consumer until the adhesive label is removed.
- the removable adhesive label is positioned over the at least one indicium so that the at least one indicium is entirely covered by the adhesive label.
- the adhesive label is not visible from the outside of the container when the lid is in the closed position. The adhesive label is therefore protected by the container itself. In addition, the adhesive label can act as a surprise to the consumer.
- the adhesive label may be on the front wall of the inner frame.
- at least one of the front wall of the inner frame and the front wall of the container may be adapted such that a greater area of the inner frame is exposed upon opening the container.
- the surface of the inner frame to which the adhesive label is affixed may be formed of a material that allows the adhesive label to be securely affixed but readily removed. Suitable sheet materials, coatings and adhesives for this purpose are known.
- the adhesive label is also positioned transversely adjacent the cut out.
- the adhesive label may have substantially the same shape as the at least one indicium. Alternatively, the adhesive label may have a different shape from the at least one indicium.
- the label may be discarded or it may be used for a number of different purposes.
- the adhesive label may be adapted such that it may be used to reclose the inner liner between uses. This advantageously may protect the consumer goods within the inner liner once the container has been opened for the first time.
- the adhesive label may be adapted such that it may be applied to the inner frame or the outer surface of the container for decorative purposes. The adhesive label may be adapted to reveal additional information to the consumer once applied to the inner frame or outer surface of the container.
- the adhesive label or the indicium may comprise flavour agents to be released by the consumer.
- the flavour may be contained in microcapsules that the consumer may rupture to release the flavour.
- the adhesive label may include an optical filter, for example a coloured or polarized filter, allowing a consumer to see information when viewed through the filter.
- the adhesive label may include a pattern of holes, allowing a consumer to view information through the holes, for example, when the adhesive label is applied to a particular portion of the inner frame or container, for example to reveal a hidden message.
- the adhesive label may include additional features allowing a consumer to view or reveal further information on the container or inner frame, using the label.
- the adhesive label comprises a portion, adjacent an edge of the label, without adhesive. This may be advantageous to facilitate removal of the adhesive label from the inner frame.
- the portion without adhesive is at a corner of the label.
- the portion without adhesive may have a different appearance from the remainder of the label so that the consumer can easily identify the portion of the adhesive label without adhesive.
- the portion without adhesive may protrude from the inner frame when the lid is in the open position.
- the at least one indicium is on the front wall of the inner frame.
- the indicium may be cut out of the inner frame.
- the indicium may be stamped out of the inner frame. This may reveal the consumer goods or inner liner through the inner frame.
- the indicium may be integral with the inner frame (for example, cut out of the inner frame) or may be separate and applied to the inner frame (for example, printed on the inner frame).
- the indicia may be formed on the inner frame by the same or by different mechanisms.
- the container further comprises an inner package of smoking articles within the box, wherein the inner frame is between the front wall of the inner package and the front wall of the box.
- the at least one indicium may be formed by at least one indicium cut out in the inner frame, such that the inner package is visible through the at least one indicium cut out.
- the inner package may be substantially a different colour from the inner frame. This may create an aesthetically pleasing appearance for the consumer.
- the adhesive label comprises at least one further indicium positioned such that the at least one further indicium is visible when the lid is in the open position.
- the adhesive label may include the at least one further indicium on an outer surface. Any features described in relation to the at least one indicium may also be applicable to the at least one further indicium
- the combination of the at least one indicium and the at least one further indicium may be required to convey information to the consumer.
- the container may comprise a further removable adhesive label positioned such that the at least one further indicium is not visible to the consumer until the further adhesive label is removed.
- a plurality of adhesive labels may be provided on the inner frame, which may be the same or a different size and shape to each other. If intended for the purposes of decorating the exterior of the container, the plurality of adhesive labels may be provided with the same or different graphics or text to each other. If more than one indicium is provided on the inner frame, each indicium may have a corresponding adhesive label. Alternatively, there may be a different number of adhesive labels and indicia. A single adhesive label may be provided for a plurality of indicia, such that none of the indicia are visible to the consumer until the adhesive label is removed.
- the container may take any suitable form for housing consumer goods.
- the container may be a hinge-lid container having one or more hinge lids connected to a box housing the consumer goods.
- the container may be a slide and shell container having an inner slide for housing the consumer goods mounted within an outer shell.
- the outer shell or the inner slide may comprise one or more hinge lids.
- the adhesive label may be adapted to be automatically removed when a consumer opens the lid.
- the act of a consumer moving the lid to the open position may automatically reveal the at least one indicium or part of the at least one indicium to the consumer.
- the container, inner frame, inner liner and outer wrapper may be formed from any suitable materials including, but not limited to, cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.
- the container is formed from one or more folded laminar cardboard blanks.
- the cardboard has a weight of between about 100 grams per square metre and about 350 grams per square metre.
- the inner liner is formed of metal foil or metallised paper.
- the outer wrapper is a transparent polymeric film of, for example, high or low density polyethylene, polypropylene, oriented polypropylene, polyvinylidene chloride, cellulose film, or combinations thereof and the outer wrapper is applied in a conventional manner.
- the outer wrapper may include a tear tape.
- the outer wrapper may be printed with images, consumer information or other data.
- Containers according to the invention may be in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, with right-angled longitudinal and right-angled transverse edges.
- the container may comprise one or more rounded longitudinal edges, rounded transverse edges, bevelled longitudinal edges or bevelled transverse edges, or combinations thereof.
- the container according to the invention may comprise, without limitation:
- the container comprises one or more rounded edges and is made from one or more laminar blanks
- the blanks comprise three, four, five, six or seven scoring lines or creasing lines to form each rounded edge in the assembled container.
- the scoring lines or creasing lines may be either on the inside of the container or on the outside of the container.
- the scoring lines or creasing lines are spaced from each other by between about 0.3 mm and 4 mm.
- the spacing of the creasing lines or scoring lines is a function of the thickness of the laminar blank.
- the spacing between the creasing lines or scoring lines is between about 0.5 and about 4 times larger than the thickness of the laminar blank.
- the bevelled edge has a width of between about 1 mm and about 10 mm, preferably between about 2 mm and about 6 mm.
- the container may comprise a double bevel formed by three parallel creasing or scoring lines that are spaced such that two distinct bevels are formed on the edge of the container.
- the bevel may be formed by two parallel creasing lines or scoring lines in the laminar blank.
- the creasing lines or scoring lines may be arranged symmetrically to the edge between a first wall and a second wall.
- the creasing lines or scoring lines may be arranged asymmetrically to the edge between the first wall and the second wall, such that the bevel reaches further into the first wall of the container than into the second wall of the container.
- the container may have a non-rectangular transversal cross section, for example polygonal such as triangular or hexagonal, or oval, semi-oval, circular or semicircular.
- Containers according to the invention find particular application as packs for elongate smoking articles such as, for example, cigarettes, cigars or cigarillos. It will be appreciated that through appropriate choices of the dimensions thereof, containers according to the invention may be designed for different numbers of conventional size, king size, super-king size, slim or super-slim cigarettes.
- containers according to the invention may be designed to hold different total numbers of smoking articles, or different arrangements of smoking articles.
- containers according to the invention may be designed to hold a total of between ten and thirty smoking articles.
- the smoking articles in the container may be arranged in different collations, depending on the total number of smoking articles.
- the smoking articles may be arranged in a single row of six, seven, eight, nine or ten.
- the smoking articles may be arranged in two or more rows.
- the two or more rows may contain the same number of smoking articles.
- the smoking articles may be arranged in: two rows of five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten; three rows of five or seven; or four rows of four, five or six.
- the two or more rows may include at least two rows containing different number of smoking articles to each other.
- the smoking articles may be arranged in: a row of five and a row of six (5-6); a row of six and a row of seven (6-7); a row of seven and a row of eight (7-8); a middle row of five and two outer rows of six (6-5-6); a middle row of five and two outer rows of seven (7-5-7); a middle row of six and two outer rows of five (5-6-5); a middle row of six and two outer rows of seven (7-6-7); a middle row of seven and two outer rows of six (6-7-6); a middle row of nine and two outer rows of eight (8-9-8); or a middle row of six with one outer row of five and one outer row of seven (5-6-7).
- the length, width and depth of containers according to the invention may be such that, in the closed position, the resultant overall dimensions of the container are similar to the dimensions of a typical disposable hinge-lid pack of twenty cigarettes.
- containers according to the invention have a height of between about 60 mm and about 150 mm, more preferably a height of between about 70 mm and about 125 mm, wherein the height is measured from the top wall to the bottom wall of the container.
- containers according to the invention have a width of between about 12 mm and about 150 mm, more preferably a width of between about 70 mm and about 125 mm, wherein the width is measured from one side wall to the other side wall of the container.
- containers according to the invention have a depth of between about 6 mm and about 100 mm, more preferably a depth of between about 12 mm and about 25 mm wherein the depth is measured from the front wall to the back wall of the container (comprising the hinge between box and lid).
- the ratio of the height of the container to the depth of the container is in between about 0.3 to 1 and about 10 to 1, more preferably between about 2 to 1 and about 8 to 1, most preferably between about 3 to 1 and 5 to 1.
- the ratio of the width of the container to the depth of the container is in between about 0.3 to 1 and about 10 to 1, more preferably between about 2 to 1 and about 8 to 1, most preferably between about 2 to 1 and 3 to 1.
- FIG. 1 shows a container 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the container 100 is a rectangular parallelepiped and comprises a box 101 and a lid 103 that is hinged to the box 101 along a hinge line extending substantially horizontally along the back wall of the container 100.
- the box 101 comprises a box front wall 105, a box left side wall, a box right side wall 107, a box back wall and a box bottom wall.
- the inner frame 109 is mounted within the box 101 of the container 100.
- the inner frame 109 comprises an inner frame front wall 111, an inner frame left side wall and an inner frame right side wall 113 which are connected to the inner surface of the box front wall 105, box left side wall and box right side wall 107, respectively.
- the front wall 111 of the inner frame 109 includes a cut out 115 at the top free edge of the front wall.
- a bundle of cigarettes 117 is housed in the inner frame 109 in the box 101 of the container 100.
- the cut out 115 in the front wall 111 of the inner frame 109 facilitates removal of the cigarettes 117 from the box 101.
- the bundle of cigarettes 117 may be wrapped in an inner liner (not shown).
- the overall size and construction of the box 101, lid 103 and inner frame 109 are substantially the same as that of a known hinge lid cigarette pack.
- the lid 103 is in an open position.
- the upper side of the box 101 is open to provide an upper opening through which the cigarettes 117 can be removed.
- the lid 103 has a lid front wall 119, a lid left side wall, a lid right side wall 121, a lid back wall and a lid top wall.
- the lid 103 is in the closed position, the container 100 is closed, and the free edges of the walls of the lid 103 abut the free edges of the walls of the box 101.
- the walls of the lid 103 therefore form extensions of the corresponding walls of the box 101 to define the walls of the container 100.
- front, back, “upper”, “lower”, “side”, “top”, “bottom” and other terms used to describe relative positions of the components of containers 100 according to the invention refer to the container in an upright position with the lid 103 at the top end and the hinge line on the back.
- the terms “left” and “right” are used with reference to side walls of the container 100 when the container is viewed from the front in its upright position.
- the cigarettes 117 contained in the inner frame 109 in the box 101 may be removed from the upper end of the container 100.
- the container 100 Prior to first opening, the container 100 is wrapped in an outer wrapper (not shown) formed of a transparent film, in the conventional manner.
- an outer wrapper (not shown) formed of a transparent film
- a removable adhesive label 123 is affixed to the front wall 111 of the inner frame 109.
- the label 123 includes a portion 125 without adhesive, to facilitate removal of the label 123 by a consumer.
- the portion 125 has a different appearance from the remainder of the label 123, to allow a consumer to easily identify the portion 125 without adhesive.
- Figure 2 shows the container 100 of Figure 1 , with the adhesive label 123 almost entirely removed from the front wall 105 of the inner frame 109.
- the label 123 has been peeled away by a consumer gripping the portion 125 of the label 123. Removal of the label 123 has revealed an indicium 127 (shown schematically in Figure 2 ) which may comprise a discrete element or repeating elements or patterns.
- the adhesive on the label 123 is preferably such that the label 123 can be removed from the front wall 105 of the inner frame 109 and then reapplied one or, more preferably, a plurality of times.
- the container 100 may be filled and assembled using conventional apparatus and methods, modified to include a conventional machine for adding the removable adhesive label 123 to the inner frame 109.
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- Récipient (100) destiné à des biens de consommation, comprenant :un logement extérieur comprenant une boîte, (101), et un couvercle (103) mobile entre une position fermée et une position ouverte ;un cadre intérieur (109) ayant une première partie montée à l'intérieur de la boîte (101) et une seconde partie s'étendant en dehors de la boîte, où la seconde partie du cadre intérieur (109) est sous-jacente au couvercle (103) lorsque le couvercle est dans la position fermée, le cadre intérieur (109) comprenant une paroi avant (111), la paroi avant ayant une découpe (115) s'étendant à partir du bord supérieur de la paroi avant ; caractérisé en cequ'une étiquette adhésive amovible (123) est apposée à la seconde partie du cadre intérieur (109) ;où le cadre intérieur (109) comprend au moins un marquage (127) au moins partiellement recouvert par l'étiquette adhésive (123), l'au moins un marquage (127) étant positionné de manière transversale adjacent à la découpe (115).
- Récipient (100) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la découpe (115) dans la paroi avant (111) comprend entre environ 30 pour cent et environ 90 pour cent de la largeur de la paroi avant.
- Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'étiquette adhésive (123) a sensiblement le même aspect que le cadre intérieur (109).
- Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'étiquette adhésive (123) comprend un adhésif refermable.
- Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'étiquette adhésive (123) comprend une partie, adjacente à un bord de l'étiquette, sans adhésif.
- Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'au moins un marquage (127) est imprimé sur le cadre intérieur (109).
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- Récipient selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre un emballage intérieur pour articles à fumer à l'intérieur de la boîte (101), où le cadre intérieur (109) est situé entre la paroi avant de l'emballage intérieur et la paroi avant (111) de la boîte.
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