Reseal label for box in a box re-sealable pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12006121-B2
Application number	US-202318305473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2023
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A container includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pull tab configured to cover an opening of a box configured to hold consumer goods, the pull tab comprising:
a flexible sheet including,
an inner surface, and
an outer surface;

a first permanent adhesive in a region of the outer surface of the flexible sheet;
a second permanent adhesive in a first region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet; and
a re-stick adhesive on a second region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet, the first region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet and the second region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet being separated by an adhesive-free gap.

2. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the flexible sheet has a first end and a second end and includes a connecting tab between the second end and a line of weakness.

3. The pull tab of claim 2 , wherein the line of weakness includes perforations, a score line, or both perforations and a score line.

4. The pull tab of claim 2 , wherein the line of weakness is about 8 mm from the second end of the flexible sheet.

5. The pull tab of claim 2 , wherein the region of the outer surface of the flexible sheet is on the connecting tab.

6. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the region of the outer surface of the flexible sheet includes a plurality of dots including the first permanent adhesive.

7. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the first region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet is rectangular.

8. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the second region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet is rectangular.

9. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the second region of the inner surface of the flexible sheet includes a plurality of triangles.

10. The pull tab of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of triangles includes triangles having different sizes.

11. The pull tab of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of triangles includes four triangles.

12. The pull tab of claim 9 , wherein
the flexible sheet has a first end and a second end and includes a connecting tab between the second end and a line of weakness, and
the plurality of triangles cover 40% to 60% of a surface area of the connecting tab.

13. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the flexible sheet includes a polymer film.

14. The pull tab of claim 13 , wherein the polymer film is a polyethylene terephthalate film (PET).

15. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein the flexible sheet is rectangular.

16. The pull tab of claim 15 , wherein the flexible sheet includes rounded corners.

17. The pull tab of claim 15 , wherein the flexible sheet has a width of 50 millimeters and a length of 65 millimeters.

18. The pull tab of claim 1 , further comprising:
a liner attached to the flexible sheet.

19. The pull tab of claim 18 , wherein the liner includes paper.

20. The pull tab of claim 1 , wherein one of the inner surface and the outer surface further includes one or more machine readable markings.

Assignees

• Altria Client Services Llc

Inventors

• Bellamah Stephen
• Bigelow James S

Classifications

• B65D85/10568

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

• B65D77/003

  Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped · CPC title

• B65D85/00

  Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00) · CPC title

• B65D75/00

  Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles, or bales of material B65D71/00) · CPC title