Special receptacle or package – For tobacco – pipe or cigarette holder – Sheet-formed receptacle
Patent
1998-07-17
2000-04-18
Elkins, Gary E.
Special receptacle or package
For tobacco, pipe or cigarette holder
Sheet-formed receptacle
206273, 206265, 206268, 2291221, 229122, 229933, 229207, A24F 1500, B65D 572
Patent
active
060504021
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to the packaging provided for smoking articles, particularly but not exclusively cigarettes.
Recent EC regulations have been introduced which require the packaging manufacturer of consumer goods to use the minimum amount of board required to protect their goods. In the tobacco industry efforts are now being made to conform with these regulations. Presently, Applicant provides for the European market 10 packs of cigarettes, each pack containing 20 cigarettes, in a 5.times.2 column by row arrangement. There is thus provided packaging comprising a long rectangular 200's carton for surrounding 5 columns in 2 rows of 20's cigarette packs.
This invention has as an object the provision of an improved smoking article carton design over the above described arrangement.
Elsewhere in the world various types of cartons for smoking article packs of different sizes have been used. Some of these cartons provide a dispensing opening therein which enables individual packs to be removed from the carton without opening the whole carton. In these cartons the dispensing portion extends across two longitudinal margins.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved carton dispensing arrangement, which improvement provides increased carton strength and thereby allows consequent economies to be made in other smoking article packages, as desired. As used herein the term package covers a pack, carton, case or box, each of these terms having their usual tobacco industry meaning.
The present invention provides a smoking article carton blank comprising a first panel, a second panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a side flap, and inner and outer top and bottom flaps, each panel being defined longitudinally by two longitudinal side margins, characterised in that there is provided a dispensing portion in said carton, which dispensing portion extends from a position short of one of the longitudinal side margins of one panel across the respective panel through the other longitudinal side margin of that panel into another panel.
Preferably each panel has a top margin and a bottom margin. Advantageously the first side panel depends from one of the longitudinal side margins of the first panel. Advantageously the second side panel depends from the other longitudinal side margin of the first panel and the second panel depends from the further longitudinal side margin of the second side panel. The side flap depends advantageously from the other longitudinal side margin of the second panel. This arrangement is preferred because the cut edge of one of the side panels is located towards the rear of the carton.
In the alternative, suitably the first and second side panels depend from each of the longitudinal side margins of the second panel. One of the side panels further depends from a longitudinal side margin of the first panel. The side flap depends from the other longitudinal side margin of the first panel.
Preferably the dispensing portion is located mainly in the first or second panel of the carton. In the alternative, the dispensing portion is located mainly in one of the side panels. In the first location, one side of one of the enclosed packs will be revealed by opening the dispensing portion, whilst in the other location either the top or bottom of an enclosed pack will be revealed by opening the dispensing portion.
The perforation line extending across the longitudinal margin can be cut or perforated there-across. Preferably the perforation line extends across the longitudinal margin without the margin actually having a cut or perforations there-across. In this way the margin is kept substantially intact, even though the area in close proximity thereto is cut or otherwise perforated.
Advantageously perforation across the longitudinal margin stops less than 5 mm and preferably less than 3 mm from either side of the margin. The actual distance from the margin at which perforation or cutting ceases will depend on the physical characteristics of the board selected for the carton.
Advantageous
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British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
Elkins Gary E.
Mai Tri M.
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