Box-in-box container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11078010-B2
Application number	US-202016791192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2020
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A container for consumer goods includes a rigid outer box having a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box, and a rigid inner box comprising panels separated by fold lines and assembled from an inner box blank. The inner box blank includes a top front panel separated from a top panel by a first transverse fold line, a back panel separated from the top panel by a second transverse fold line, a bottom panel separated from the back panel by a third transverse fold line, a bottom front panel separated from the bottom panel by a fourth transverse fold line, and the top panel and top front panel include side flaps. The inner box blank comprises a plurality of layers including paperboard and bundle wrap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container for consumer goods comprising: a rigid outer box having a hinged lid configured to provide access to an inner volume of the outer box; and a rigid inner box comprising panels separated by fold lines and assembled from an inner box blank including a top front panel separated from a top panel by a first transverse fold line, a back panel separated from the top panel by a second transverse fold line, a bottom panel separated from the back panel by a third transverse fold line, and a bottom front panel separated from the bottom panel by a fourth transverse fold line, wherein the top panel and top front panel include side flaps, and the inner box blank comprises a plurality of layers including paperboard and bundle wrap, the bundle wrap including a layer of foil and a layer of paper forming an inner liner of the inner box wherein the layer of foil is between the paperboard and the paper layer.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the outer box is covered by a first film layer and the inner box contains smoking articles.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the top panel includes left and right side flaps attached to the top panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first edges and second edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the first transverse fold line, and the second edges extending at an angle of about 135° to the second transverse fold line.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the inner box is sized to fit within the inner volume of the outer box.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the top front panel includes left and right side flaps attached to the top front panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to a free end of the top front panel, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines and the third edges extending at an angle of about 135° to the first transverse fold line.

6. The container of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive film between the paperboard and the bundle wrap.

7. The container of claim 1 , wherein the back panel includes left and right side flaps joined to the back panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the second transverse fold line, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines, and the third edges aligned with and extending parallel to the third transverse fold line.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the bottom panel includes left and right dust flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the third transverse fold line, the second edges extending perpendicularly from the first edges, and the third edges aligned with and extending parallel to the fourth transverse fold line.

9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the bottom front panel includes left and right side flaps joined to the bottom front panel along longitudinal fold lines, the left and right side flaps having first, second and third edges, the first edges aligned with and extending parallel to the fourth transverse fold line, the second edges extending parallel to the longitudinal fold lines, the third edges extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal fold lines, and the third edges spaced from a free end of the bottom front panel.

10. The container of claim 1 , wherein the inner box blank is folded such that the side flaps of the back panel are covered by the sides flaps of the top panel, and the side flaps of the top panel are partially covered by the side flaps of the top front panel.

11. The container of claim 1 , wherein a top panel, a top back panel, and a top front panel and associated flaps of an outer box blank form the hinged lid of the outer box.

12. The container of claim 1 , wherein a sum of lengths of a bottom back panel and a top back panel of the outer box are approximately equal to a length of a cigarette pack.

13. The container of claim 1 , wherein the back panel of the inner box has a height or length at least equal to a length of the consumer goods.

14. The container of claim 1 , wherein a sum of lengths of the top front panel and bottom front panel of the inner box is approximately equal to a length of the back panel of the inner box.

15. The container of claim 1 , wherein a sum of lengths of a top back panel and bottom back panel of the outer box is approximately equal to a length of the back panel of the inner box.

16. The container of claim 1 , wherein flaps associated with a bottom front panel, bottom back panel, top front panel, and top back panel of the outer box are pre-cut at respective angles.

17. The container of claim 16 , wherein the pre-cut angle of the flaps associated with the bottom front panel and bottom back panel of the outer box are complementary to the pre-cut angle of the flaps associated with the top front panel and the top back panel of the outer box so that a side surface of the hinged lid of the outer box mates with a side surface of a body of the outer box when the outer box is in a closed state.

18. The container of claim 1 , wherein an adhesive film bonds the paperboard to the bundle wrap.

19. The container of claim 1 , wherein an adhesive layer bonds the paper layer to the foil layer.

20. The container of claim 19 , wherein the adhesive layer comprises a sodium silicate adhesive film.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Bellamah Stephen
• Bigelow James S

Classifications

• B31B2105/00

  Rigid or semi-rigid containers made by assembling separate sheets, blanks or webs · CPC title

• B65D65/02

  Wrappers or flexible covers · CPC title

• B65D5/4295

  Ventilating arrangements, e.g. openings, space elements · CPC title

• B65D5/62

  External coverings or coatings {(B65D5/4245, B65D5/4262 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B65D77/042

  the inner container being of polygonal cross-section formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks, e.g. carton · CPC title