US1999135A - Cigar package - Google Patents

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April 23, 1935. J, Q BACK CIGAR PACKAGE Filed sept.' 21, 1954 Imventor Jose/91 Back BB g a Gttotneg atented Apr. 23, 17935 UNITED STATES CIGAR PACKAGE Joseph E. Back, Garden City, N. Y., assigner of one-habi to Leo C. Parker, Boston, Mass;

Application September 21, 1934, Serial No. `'144,868

Y The present invention relates to a cigar pack- .age, and the present application constitutes a continuation in part of my prior co-pending applicaticn Serial Numbers 73i,873, filed June 22,

i934. and 736,516, led July 23, 1934.

An object of this invention is to encase a cigar within a shield and enclose both the cigar and the shield in a wrapper which may be easily removed when opening the package.

Another object is to provide a shield which may comprise a thin sheet of cedar Wood, long used for preserving cigars and enhancing the aroma ol' the cigars, and which may have pivoted or otherwise placed thereon or therein desired i5 characters, insignia, names, trade-marks and the like; and to providea wrapper of transparent material enclosing both the cigar and the shield and through which may be viewed not only the wrapper and its characters but alsothe cigar at 2o the ends or through the shield if so constructed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cigar package which may be opened for removing the cigar from both the outside wrapper and the inner shield without contact of the ilngers or hand with the tip or mouth end of the cigar so that the package is hygienic and sanitary in character not only as to the` protection of the cigar when removed from the cigar box, and when carried in the pocket and handled,

3o but also in the actual opening of the package for using the cigar.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out 35 in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to Alike or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cigar pack- 4o age held in the hand and in a partially opened position.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the closed package as appearing immediately after removal from the cigar box or the like.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken through the mouth end or tip end of the cigar package showing one means of sealing or closing the tip end of the package, the dotted lines show-- ing the wrapper prior to closing or sealing.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View of the opposite end of the package showing the freely foldedend thereof.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the butt end of the package showing the freely folded end of the wrapper, the dotted lines show- Cil ing the final open position of the wrapper when operated, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 6 is a. transverse enlarged section taken through an intermediate portion of the package, and 5 Figure '7 is a detail plan view of the blank from which the shield or inner wrapper is formed.

Referring now to the drawing. I0 designates a cigar of any approved shape Aor construction adapted to bek encased in a package. The cigar 10 I0 is wrapped or enclosed within a shield or inner wrapper II preferably made of a thin sheet of cedar wood with a blank which may be cut rectangular, as shown in Figure 7. As seen in Figure 6, the blank 'I may be rolled or bent into l5 tubular form after the wood is steamed or'bth'- erwise suitably treated to prevent fracture or splitting of the Wood during the .bending operation. 'I'his shield II is preferably bent or rolled to the general conguration of. the :exterior of the cigar Ill and the shield II is of a length equal substantially to that of the cigar I0 so that the opposite ends of the cigar are protected or shieldfi, f, ed against impact with surrounding objects.

inner wrapper or shield II may be provided, as' at;

shown particularly in Figure 7, with printed matter-or `characters I2 which may be printed, embossed,lstamped perforated or otherwise provided upon or in the wood sheet. Of course other suitable substa'nces than wood may be used in the 30 making of the shield II provided they have the; necessary inherent stiffness .to protect the cigarand admit of the operation of opening the package as' will hereinafter appear. l

` 'I'he longitudinal edge portions of the shield II preferably overlap at' oneside of the cigar III, as shown in Figure 6, andthe shield isl preferably held in place by means of an outer covering or wrapper I3,.and the latte;l is preferably of transparent material of a suitable character admit- 40 ting of the folding or creasing of the wrapper I3 at opposite ends to close* the package.

The transparent wrapper I3 admits of the visua inspection of the shield I I with its characters I2 or other devices or structural. features withoutA removing the o uter wrapp'eriand 'so that the con-` tents of the package may be readily determined. At the tip end of the package, the outer wrapper' I3 is folded and bent over into relatively flat position in angular relation to the walls of the Vshield II and wrapper I3 to form a closed end Il for the package. This closed end I4 may be sealed by an adhesive or otherwise so as to "perl-a manently ,close the wrapper while in use. tip end of the cigar IIi is thus protected againstcontact with the fingers, dust, moisture and the like so as to preserve the cigar against the outside air and to close the cigar in a relatively small compartment with the cedar wood shield H.

As shown in Figure 4, the opposite end of the cigar package is provided with a fold I5 which is carried across the butt end of the package in relatively flat position and in angular relation to the adjacent walls of the shield II and wrapper I3. The fold I5 terminates in a tongue I6 which is left free, or substantially so and may be lapped against one of the exterior sides of the package so as to be held in place by the creasing of the fold and also by the pressure and weight of the package when used in multiple in a cigar box or the like. The exterior transparent wrapper i3 is relatively slidable on the shield II so that when it is desired to open the package it is only necessary to grasp the intermediate portion thereof between the thumb and ngers of one hand and to press one of the fingers, suchas the index finger against the tip end I4 of the package.

This operation causes the tip end of the flexible wrapper I3 to crease and buckle inwardly while the shield I I slides lengthwise in the major portion of the wrapper I3 and abuts against the freely folded end I5 of the wrapper so as to force the same into open position, as shown in Figure 1. Further pressure of the ngers on the butt end of the package ejects the shield I I beyond the unfolded end -of the wrapper I3 a distance sufficient to admit grasping of the shield and cigar by the other hand so that the shield with the cigar may be quickly and easily withdrawn from the outer wrapper.

It will be noted that when the wrapper is closed, as shown in Figure 2, the opposite ends of the package are fiat so that the packages may be disposed in rows in a cigar box or package in the usual manner of packaging cigars. It will also be noted that the outer wrapper when closed is in effect a seal so as to provide a separate compartment for each cigar I0 in which the cedar shield or inner wrapper is enclosed with the cigar, and the moisture and aroma of the shield and cigar thus intimately associated at all times even when the package is removed from the cigar box and maintained fresh and protected from access of the air .until the package is actually opened to permit the cigar to be discharged therefrom for use.

It islobvious that various changes and modifications may be madel in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

1. As a new article of manufacture, a cigar .package comprising a cigar, a shield disposed opposite ends of the cigar to protect the same against contact and crushing by adjacent objects, and a transparent sealing wrapper of relatively stiff bendable material enclosing the shield and the cigar to permit visual inspection of the shield and ends of the cigar and to maintain the cedar wood sheet in enclosed relation with the cigar, said wrapper having its ends folded flat across the opposite ends of the shield in angular relation to the sides thereof to hold the cigar in the shield and protect the extremities of the cigar and to admit insertion of the package in a receptacle substantially -equal in width to the length of the shield, the fold of the transparent Wrapper at one end of the cigar being yieldable, whereby pressure on the other end of the transparent wrapper while the package is held in the hand may slide the shield with the cigar against the yieldably folded end of the transparent wrapper and force the same into open position for withdrawal of the shield with the cigar to facilitate removal of the cigar from the shield.

2. A cigar package comprising in combination, a cigar, a shield comprising an initially rectangular flat sheet of odorizing material wrapped' loosely about the cigar and having a free overlapping longitudinal edge, said shield having open ends, and an outer wrapper substantially tubular in configuration engaging closely about the shield from end to end to hold said shield in close engagement about the cigar, said wrapper having closed Opposite ends and having a construction inherently impervious to moisture to retain the moisture content of the cigar while simultaneously admitting odorization of the cigar through said shield, one of said closed ends of the wrapper being freely folded and held in position by pressure when the packages are placed in a cigar box and adapted to be forced open upon the relative endwise sliding of the wrapper and shield during ejection of the latter from the wrapper,

the other end having a permanent seal, said other end being the mouth end.

3. A cigar package comprising a cigar, a cedar shield enclosing the cigar and being of substantially the same length as the cigar, and a transparent wrapper disposed about the shield and cigar and having the end adjacent the mouth end of the cigar folded flat and permanently sealed in closed position and having its other end folded and disposedflat across the other end of the package with the free end of the fold overlapping the side of the package to hold the fold closed. said package being adapted to be held in the hand with one finger against the closed and sealed end of the transparent wrapper whereby pressure of the nger against said end of the Wrapper is adapted to shift the wrapper lengthwise on the shield and force the latter against said freely folded end of the wrapper for opening the same for'. simultaneous ejection of the shield and the cigar whereby to render difficult the positioning of the ngersof the hand in contact With the mouth Iend of the cigar when removing same from the wrapper and shield.

JOSEPH B. BACK.

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