Carton of Soft Packets of Cigarettes, Containing a Reusable Rigid Box

a soft packet and rigid box technology, applied in the direction of flexible container, packaging, sustainable manufacturing/processing, etc., can solve the problems of awkward withdrawal of cigarettes, unsuitable withdrawal of cigarettes, conventional soft packets of cigarettes, etc., and achieve the effect of easy production

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-03-19
GD SPA
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[0009]It is an object of the present invention to provide a carton of soft packets of cigarettes, containing a reusable rigid box and designed to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks while at the same time being cheap and easy to produce.

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A soft packet of cigarettes, however, does not protect the cigarettes nearly as well as a rigid packet, and withdrawal of the cigarettes is more awkward, particularly when the packet is nearly empty.
Conventional soft packets of cigarettes, however, are unsuitable for withdrawing the cigarettes from inside the reusable rigid box, which is often so awkward as to call for partial removal of the soft packet from the reusable rigid box.

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[0023]Number 1 in FIG. 1 indicates as a whole a carton comprising an outer package 2; a group of soft packets 3 of cigarettes housed inside outer package 2; and at least one reusable rigid box 4 side by side with and arranged in a given order with soft packets 3 inside outer package 2. In the FIG. 1 embodiment, outer package 2 comprises a sheet of soft packing material wrapped about the group of soft packets 3 of cigarettes, and which is torn to extract packets 3. Alternatively, outer package 2 may comprise a sheet of rigid packing material forming a rigid hinged-lid box housing the group of soft packets 3 of cigarettes.

[0024]Reusable rigid box 4 is housed inside outer package 2 and contains a soft packet 3 of cigarettes, and the other soft packets 3 of cigarettes serve as refills for reusable rigid box 4. As shown more clearly in FIG. 4, reusable rigid box 4 is a closed box comprising a lid 5, which can be opened for access to an opening 6 shaped and sized to permit insertion of a ...

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A carton of soft packets of cigarettes, having: an outer package; a group of soft packets of cigarettes housed inside the outer package, and each having an inner package having a first sheet of flexible packing material folded about a respective group of cigarettes; and at least one reusable rigid box housed inside the outer package and containing a soft packet of cigarettes, while the other soft packets of cigarettes serve as refills for the reusable rigid box; the inner package of each soft packet of cigarettes having a tear-off top portion separated from the rest of the inner package by a tear line.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a carton of soft packets of cigarettes, containing a reusable rigid box.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce, practical and easy to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.[0003]A rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes comprises an inner package comprising a foil-wrapped group of cigarettes; and a rigid outer package housing the inner package. The outer package comprises a cup-shaped container housing the group of cigarettes and having an open top end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open and a closed position opening and closing the open end respectively. A U-folded collar is normally fitted inside the container, and projects partly outwards of the open end to engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.[...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D5/66B65D85/10
CPCB65D85/10B65D85/1072B65D85/1027Y02W30/80
Inventor NEGRINI, STEFANO
Owner GD SPA
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