US4081126A
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Dual-bundle cigarette packaging structure
Assignee: PETER STUYVESANT OF CANADA Ltd
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Filing: 1976-06-07
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Granted: 1978-03-28
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Expires: 1996-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A hard-box, hinge-lid package of 25 cigarettes may be provided without attendant prior art problems by separating the cigarettes into two distinct bundles, each of which is laterally confined by foil paper with the cigarettes in each bundle being arranged in three parallel rows in which the front and rear rows of each contain the same number of cigarettes and the center row contains one less cigarette than the other rows, and each cigarette in the center row engages two cigarettes in each of the front and rear rows, so that there is a cigarette located at each corner of each bundle.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward G. Barnard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:33
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/07; B65D85/08; B65D85/10; B65D85/1036; B65D85/1045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A flip-top cigarette packaging structure containing 25 cigarettes comprising a parallelopiped container consisting of a lower cigarette-retaining portion and an upper closure portion hingedly connected to the lower portion for opening and closing said container, two laterally-confined bundles of cigarettes located in said container in juxtaposed position and separated from one another, each of said bundles consisting of three parallel rows of cigarettes in which the outer rows contain one more cigarette than the middle row and each member of the middle row engages two members of each of the outer rows, the respective row of each bundle being in straight-line alignment with each other, one of said bundles containing 14 cigarettes and the other of said bundles containing 11 cigarettes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A flip-top cigarette packaging structure containing 25 cigarettes comprising a parallelopiped container consisting of a lower cigarette-retaining portion and an upper closure portion hingedly connected to the lower portion for opening and closing said container, two laterally-confined bundles of cigarettes located in said container in juxtaposed position and separated from one another, each of said bundles consisting of three parallel rows of cigarettes in which the outer rows contain one more cigarette than the middle row and each member of the middle row engages two members of each of the outer rows, the respective row of each bundle being in straight-line alignment with each other, one of said bundles containing 14 cigarettes and the other of said bundles containing 11 cigarettes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The packaging structure of claim 1 having a lateral dimension about 3 to about 3.5 times the depth thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The packaging structure of claim 1 wherein said bundles of cigarettes are laterally-confined and separated from each other by an outer wrapping of foil paper.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The packaging structure of claim 1 wherein said bundles are laterally-confined by separate outer wrappings of foil paper, the separate outer wrappings separating the bundles one from another.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-03-27 | 1981-09-26 | 1982-03-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-03-27 | 1985-09-26 | 1986-03-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1989-03-27 | 1989-09-26 | 1990-03-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |