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US20050224374A1
US20050224374A1 US10/511,240 US51124005A US2005224374A1 US 20050224374 A1 US20050224374 A1 US 20050224374A1 US 51124005 A US51124005 A US 51124005A US 2005224374 A1 US2005224374 A1 US 2005224374A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • B65D5/4212—Information or decoration elements, e.g. content indicators, or for mailing
    • B65D5/4233—Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
    • 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
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
    • Y02W30/00—Technologies for solid waste management
    • Y02W30/50—Reuse, recycling or recovery technologies
    • Y02W30/80—Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging

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  • the present invention relates to a container of cigarettes.
  • the present invention relates to a container of cigarettes comprising an outer package and a number of packets of cigarettes arranged in a given order inside said outer package.
  • Known containers of cigarettes of the above type normally referred to as “cartons”, comprise a number of packets, each of which is used individually and therefore structured to withstand for a given length of time the stress to which a packet of cigarettes is subjected in use, and to preserve, for a relatively long time prior to use, the original characteristics of the cigarettes in the packet, regardless of external environmental conditions.
  • each packet of cigarettes with a package comprising an inner foil wrapping, a rigid or soft outer wrapping designed to withstand mechanical stress during use, and a transparent outer overwrapping for sealing the packet until it is opened.
  • Such a packet is obviously relatively expensive, particularly in view of the fact that the outer wrapping, which is normally the most expensive part of the packet after the cigarettes, cannot be reused.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,301,805 discloses a limited-life reusable hard pack for encasing a soft pack of cigarettes; the reusable hard pack permits easy access to the cigarettes by the feature of a slideable interior wall attached to a pivotable bottom wall which when moved relative to the exterior walls of the hard pack pushes the soft pack upward and beyond the top of the hard pack.
  • An overhang on a top wall extends across and beyond one side wall to prevent the bottom wall from pivoting downward, beyond the bottom plane of the hard pack.
  • the opposite side of the top wall leaves a gap through which cigarettes may be removed without opening the top closure; a tuck portion is pivotably attached to the top wall. When the pack is closed, the tuck portion lies inside and against the front wall of the pack.
  • One such hard pack is collapsed and inserted into a standard ten-pack carton; in particular one of these reusable packs may be inserted into a standard ten-pack carton along with ten standard soft packs or foil packs, the consumer inserts a foil or soft pack into the reusable pack, then discards the inner foil or soft pack when finished, retaining the reusable pack for a fresh foil or soft pack and the consumer may then discard the reusable case after the last soft pack has been smoked.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,493 discloses a bundle pack, or carton, for cigarette packs that is made of thin cardboard and is provided with perforations and/or die-cut lines that allow separation of an end portion of the carton; the tabs that can be separated end portion of the carton having folded to form a smaller reusable box adapted to contain and protect at least one standard pack of cigarettes.
  • a container of cigarettes comprising an outer package, a number of packets of cigarettes arranged in a given order inside the outer package and at least one reusable box housed inside the outer package; the container being characterized by the fact that the reusable box is arranged side by side with the packets, is arranged with the packets in said given order, and contains one of the packet; each one of the other packets acting as a refill for the reusable box.
  • each packet Since the necessary mechanical strength during use is provided entirely by the reusable box, into which each packet is inserted when used, the package of each packet can be greatly simplified and preferably limited to the airtight overwrapping alone.
  • FIG. 1 shows a view in perspective, with parts removed for clarity, of a preferred embodiment of the container according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a larger-scale view in perspective of a first detail in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 shows a larger-scale view in perspective of a second detail in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a view in perspective of how the FIGS. 2 and 3 details are used.
  • Number 1 in FIG. 1 indicates as a whole a container of cigarettes, hereinafter referred to as a “carton”, comprising an outer package 2 , a number of packets 3 of cigarettes housed inside outer package 2 , and at least one reusable box 4 housed inside outer package 2 side by side with packets 3 and arranged with packets 3 in a given order.
  • box 4 is a closed box comprising a lid 5 , which can be opened for access to an opening 6 shaped and sized to allow the passage of a packet 3 , and the inner shape of box 4 and the outer shape of each packet 3 are substantially complementary, so that a packet 3 can be inserted completely and closed inside box 4 , and so that each packet 3 acts as a refill for box 4 .
  • carton 1 is a conventional carton in the form of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped
  • box 4 is a hinged-lid box in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped
  • each packet 3 has an outer package 7 also in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped.
  • a number of packets 3 and at least one box 4 which may either be empty or originally contain a packet 3 , but which in any case can be refilled with packets 3 —can be combined regardless of the shape of outer package 2 , which may be any shape; of the type of package 2 , which may be any type; of the order in which packets 3 and box 4 are arranged inside outer package 2 , which may be any order compatible with the shape and size of outer package 2 ; of the shape of box 4 and packets 3 ; of the type of box 4 , which, in the example shown, as stated, is a hinged-lid type; and of the type of packets 3 .
  • box 4 is preferably made of relatively strong material, such as cardboard, plastic, or sheet metal. Whichever the case, box 4 is made of printable material, so that its outer surface can act as a support for graphics, indicated as a whole by 8 , comprising images 8 a and/or messages 8 b.
  • outer package 7 of each packet 3 is preferably defined solely by an airtight outer wrapping 9 opened by means of a tear-off strip 10 .
  • Outer wrapping 9 which may be transparent or opaque, is also made of printable material, so that its outer surface can act as a support for graphics, indicated as a whole by 11 , comprising images 11 a and/or messages 11 b and not necessarily the same as graphics 8 .
  • outer package 7 also comprises an inner wrapping on which graphics 11 are printed, outer wrapping 9 is made of transparent material so that graphics 11 are visible from the outside.
  • a sheet of paper or carton which has the function of compensating the dimension of the box 4 in order to give uniform dimensions to the group of packets 3 inside the carton 1 .
  • the sheet of paper or carton may be printed and/or folded and can have the function of a coupon.

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PCT/EP2003/050111 WO2003086903A1 (fr) 2002-04-17 2003-04-17 Paquet de cigarettes

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US20090071852A1 (en) * 2007-06-05 2009-03-19 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Carton of Soft Packets of Cigarettes, Containing a Reusable Rigid Box
US20100282626A1 (en) * 2008-01-30 2010-11-11 G.D S.P.A. Pack containing packets of cigarettes
US20110056936A1 (en) * 2008-05-15 2011-03-10 Keiko Nakano Tongue-lid package
US20110062037A1 (en) * 2009-09-17 2011-03-17 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Slide-Open Package of Tobacco Articles, and Relative Production Method
US20110084120A1 (en) * 2008-02-07 2011-04-14 G.D. Societa' Per Azioni Package of Cigarettes Having an Inner Package with a Stiffener
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US20080035501A1 (en) * 2004-08-16 2008-02-14 Beijing Wanjiang Technology Limited Inner lining Sheet for a Sanitary Cigaretter Case and Sanitary Cigaratte Case Including the Same
US20070193896A1 (en) * 2004-10-19 2007-08-23 Japan Tobacco Inc. Cigarette package and method of fabricating the same
US20070251984A1 (en) * 2006-04-20 2007-11-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Hinged lid container with sliding device
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US20100282626A1 (en) * 2008-01-30 2010-11-11 G.D S.P.A. Pack containing packets of cigarettes
US8276750B2 (en) * 2008-02-07 2012-10-02 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Package of cigarettes having an inner package with a stiffener
US20110084120A1 (en) * 2008-02-07 2011-04-14 G.D. Societa' Per Azioni Package of Cigarettes Having an Inner Package with a Stiffener
US20110056936A1 (en) * 2008-05-15 2011-03-10 Keiko Nakano Tongue-lid package
US20110062037A1 (en) * 2009-09-17 2011-03-17 G.D Societa' Per Azioni Slide-Open Package of Tobacco Articles, and Relative Production Method
US20190183173A1 (en) * 2016-05-18 2019-06-20 Dossie McKinney Protective Cigarette Pack Case
US10786002B2 (en) * 2016-05-18 2020-09-29 Dossie McKinney Protective cigarette pack case
US10865038B2 (en) * 2017-02-16 2020-12-15 Stora Enso Oyj Cigarette pack comprising an RFID/NFC tag

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EP1497203B1 (fr) 2006-06-14
JP2005522386A (ja) 2005-07-28
AU2003233345A1 (en) 2003-10-27
CN1297448C (zh) 2007-01-31
WO2003086903A1 (fr) 2003-10-23
DE60306137T2 (de) 2007-06-06
ATE329860T1 (de) 2006-07-15
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CN1646396A (zh) 2005-07-27
EP1497203A1 (fr) 2005-01-19

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