Box blank

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11820547-B2
Application number	US-202217665825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2022
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Nov 21, 2023
Grant date	Nov 21, 2023

Abstract

A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer including paperboard, a second layer including a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer. The foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container for consumer goods comprising:
an outer box defining an inner volume, the outer box including,
a hinged lid;

an inner box defining an opening and including,
a first inner layer including a rigid material,
a second inner layer including a paper,
a third inner layer including a foil between the first inner layer and the second inner layer, and
a fourth layer including a polypropylene film or a metallized polyester on a surface of the first inner layer facing away from the second inner layer; and

a pull tab covering the opening, the pull tab including
a first tab layer including paper, the first tab layer fully covering and extending past edges of the opening in the inner box,
a second tab layer including a first adhesive releasably adhering an edge portion of the pull tab to the inner box, and
a third tab layer including a second adhesive permanently adhering the pull tab to the inner box and the outer box.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the inner box includes panels separated by fold lines, the inner box defining an inner volume.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the rigid material includes paperboard.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the first inner layer and the third inner layer are attached by a third adhesive.

5. The container of claim 4 , wherein the third adhesive is a polyvinyl alcohol-based adhesive.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the fourth inner layer and the first inner layer are attached by a third adhesive.

7. The container of claim 1 , wherein the second inner layer is adjacent to the opening.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the second tab layer further includes a third adhesive permanently adhering the pull tab to the inner box.

9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the pull tab further includes a fourth tab layer including a polymer.

10. The container of claim 9 , wherein the first tab layer is closer to the opening than the fourth tab layer.

11. The container of claim 1 , wherein the outer box includes,
a first outer layer, and
a second outer layer.

12. The container of claim 11 , wherein the first outer layer includes a rigid material.

13. The container of claim 1 , wherein
the outer box is a rigid outer box and
the inner box is a rigid inner box.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Bellamah Stephen
• Bigelow James S

Classifications

• B65D85/10 Primary

  for cigarettes · CPC title

• B31B50/00

  Making rigid or semi-rigid containers, e.g. boxes or cartons · CPC title

• B31B50/81

  Forming or attaching accessories, e.g. opening devices, closures or tear strings · CPC title

• B65B5/06

  Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles · CPC title

• B65D5/02

  by folding or erecting a single blank to form a tubular body with or without subsequent folding operations, or the addition of separate elements, to close the ends of the body (specially constructed to allow collapsing and re-erecting without disengagement of side or bottom connections B65D5/36) · CPC title