Patent · US Expired

Rigid wrapper with hinged lid for tobacco products

US6220430A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 13, 2000
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 13, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D85/1045
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rigid wrapper for tobacco products comprises a cupped container and a similarly cupped lid hinged together along respective rear edges, also a reinforcing frame located partly inside the container and fixed to a front face and to two flank faces of the container. The wrapper is fashioned from a substantially rectangular diecut blank with a predominating longitudinal axis, which incorporates a main portion providing the container and the lid and a longitudinal appendage providing the frame; the appendage is essentially U-shaped, hinged by two arms to two lateral panels of the blank providing respective flanks of the wrapper, and circumscribes a free longitudinally-extended extremity of the main portion shaped and creased to include a panel providing a bottom of the wrapper, also two side flaps and a longitudinal end flap functioning as bottom end folds.

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