Container for consumer goods with reclosable flap

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10858174-B2
Application number	US-201816613175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	May 18, 2017
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A container for consumer goods, such as smoking articles, has an outer housing with a hinged lid that houses an inner package of consumer goods. The inner package has an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed and that is covered by a reclosable flap, which is attached to a first lid panel that is relatively movable to a second lid panel during rotation of the lid between lid open and closed positions. The reclosable flap is attached to the hinged lid such that a portion of the reclosable flap is substantially coplanar with a planar wall of the hinged lid. An indicium is provided at the portion of the reclosable flap that is coplanar with the planar wall. A method of forming the container is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container for consumer goods, comprising:
an outer housing comprising a hinged lid rotatable between open and closed positions;
an inner package of consumer goods within the outer housing comprising an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed, the access opening being covered by a reclosable flap, wherein the reclosable flap is attached to the hinged lid such that a portion of the reclosable flap is substantially coplanar with a planar wall of the hinged lid when the hinged lid moves between the open and closed positions; and
an indicium provided by a printing medium;
wherein the hinged lid comprises a first lid panel attached to the reclosable flap,
wherein the first lid panel is movable relative to a second lid panel during movement of the hinged lid between the open and closed positions, wherein the planar wall of the hinged lid is provided by the first lid panel;
wherein the indicium is provided at the portion of the reclosable flap that is coplanar with the planar wall, and wherein the indicium is provided at a position on the reclosable flap that is offset from the access opening when the hinged lid is in the closed position.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the indicium is embedded in the reclosable flap.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the indicium is provided at an inner surface of the reclosable flap.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the indicium is provided at an outer surface of the reclosable flap.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein a protective layer is arranged to cover the printing medium to prevent egression of compounds therefrom to the consumer goods within the inner package.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the indicium is text, a symbol, an image, a pattern, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of forming a container for consumer goods, comprising the steps of:
providing an inner package of consumer goods comprising an access opening through which consumer goods can be removed;
providing a reclosable flap to cover the access opening of the inner package, wherein the reclosable flap comprises an indicium provided by a printing medium;
folding a blank about the inner package to form an outer housing with a hinged lid; and
attaching the reclosable flap to the hinged lid by attaching the reclosable flap to a first lid panel,
wherein the step of folding the blank comprises a step of forming the hinged lid in a way such that the first lid panel can move relative to a second lid panel when the container is in use, wherein a planar wall of the hinged lid is provided by the first lid panel;
wherein the reclosable flap is attached to the hinged lid such that at least a portion of the reclosable flap with the indicium is substantially coplanar with the planar wall of the hinged lid when the hinged lid moves between open and closed positions, and wherein the indicium is provided at a position on the reclosable flap that is offset from the access opening when the hinged lid is in the closed position.

Assignees

• Jt Int Sa

Inventors

• Greco Gabriela

Classifications

• B65D2203/02

  Labels · CPC title

• B65D85/1018

  Container formed by a flexible material, i.e. soft-packages · CPC title

• B65D85/10484

  having rounded corners · CPC title

• B65D2575/586

  with means for reclosing · CPC title

• B65D85/10568 Primary

  opening of the lid opens simultaneously an inner package within the container · CPC title