Philip Morris Products S.a.

Altria Client Services LLC

Timothee Cailleaux

Lucas Chatelain

Luiz Andre Rodrigues

Onesio Luis Thesing

Philippe Bourgoin

Marion Birgit Simone Kamphoff

Peter Nimpsch

Arjen Hamilcar Slooff

David Pitton

Frédéric Antoun

The method including providing a sheet of material in the form of a strip, first folding the sheet of material onto itself to form a first package face and a second package face that oppose each other, a first end portion and a second end portion of the sheet of material extending from the first package face, sealing the sheet of material along opposed longitudinal edges of the sheet of material, fixing the first end portion and the second end portion to each other to form a sealing flap, first defining an opening cut in the sealing flap, the opening cut being defined by both the first end portion and the second end portion, and connecting the sealing flap to the first package face to form the assembled package, the opening cut not being visible or directly accessible on the assembled package.

Method of forming assembled package with first package face and second package face

The package includes a sheet material with a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the second end to form a sealing flap, the sealing flap sealing the package along at least a transversal edge of the sheet material, longitudinal edges of the sheet material being connected to each other. The sealing flap defines an opening cut, the opening cut being arranged in a sealed portion of the package. A first part of the sheet material forms a first package face, the sealing flap being connected to the first package face.

Package for consumer goods and method for manufacturing a tear-open package

A container () for consumer goods comprising: an outer housing () comprising a box () and a lid (), the lid () being hinged to the box () along a hinge line extending across a back wall of the outer housing (); and a package () of consumer goods within the box (). A reclosable sealing cover member() occludes an access opening () in the package. The reclosable sealing cover member () comprises: a base layer () comprising a fibrous cellulosic material; a metal-containing layer () provided on an outer side of the base layer (); and a first polymeric layer () provided on an inner side of the base layer ().

Container with improved reclosable cover member

A container includes a housing and a cover film. The housing extends along a longitudinal axis and includes an outer surface. The container also includes a cover film that encloses the housing on one or more sides on the outer surface of the housing. The cover film includes a covering portion and a receiving portion. The receiving portion forms a receptacle that is adapted to receive an accessory.

Container including cover film and receptacle

A container for consumer goods is formed from a laminar blank () having a blank thickness (T) and comprises a three dimensional element () having a thickness (T) from about 50 micrometres to about 500 micrometres. The element () is affixed to the container by means of adhesive provided on an affixing area () of an inner surface () of a first wall of the container. The container comprises a thickness compensating means () provided in its entirety on a region of the inner surface of the container other than the affixing area.

Modified container of consumer articles comprising an element of discernible thickness

Packaging materials are configured such that when sealed to define an interior volume of a package the packaging material has an inner surface facing the interior volume and an outer surface facing away from the interior volume. Between the inner surface and the outer surface, the packagings contain moisture controlling material. The permeability of moisture from the outer surface to the moisture controlling material is less than the permeability of moisture from the inner surface to the moisture controlling material to provide selective moisture transfer between the moisture controlling material and the interior volume of a sealed package formed, at least in part, from the packaging material. The nature of the packaging material and the moisture controlling material can be tuned to control the relative humidity within the sealed inner volume.

Moisture control packaging materials

A container for consumer goods comprises a package of consumer goods, the package being formed from a sheet blank. The sheet blank comprises a base layer comprising a fibrous cellulosic material; a metal-containing layer provided on an outer side of the base layer; and a first sealable layer comprising a sealable polymeric material provided on at least a seal area of an inner side of the base layer, wherein the first sealable layer is substantially transparent.

Inner liner for container for consumer articles

A container comprises a housingthat comprises a boxand a lidthat is hingedly attached to the box. The lidcomprises a front wallthat has an inner surface, an outer surfaceand a bottom edge. The box comprises a front wallthat has an upper edgeand an access region. At least some portion of the upper edgeof the box is formed by at least some portion of the access region. The container also comprises an inner packagedisposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The inner packagecomprises a first layerand a second layer. The first layercomprises a flapwhich is attached to the inner surface of the lid and is configured to be releasably attached to a sealing regionof the second layerto open and close the inner package by opening and closing the lid of the container. The container also comprises an insertpositioned between the inner surfaceof the front wallof the box and the outer surfaceof the front wallof the inner package. The inserthas an upper edgewhich is accessible via the access region

Resealable container including insert

A container () for consumer goods, the container comprising a housing () having an opening for accessing the consumer goods; and a lid () connected to the housing and movable relative to the housing () between a closed position in which the lid () covers the opening and an open position in which the opening is uncovered. A first surface of the lid is disposed adjacent to a first surface of the housing when the lid is in the closed position, and wherein a microsuction structure () is provided on the first surface of the lid, the first surface of the housing, or both the first surface of the lid and the first surface of the housing, for retaining the lid () in the closed position relative to the housing ().

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Timothee Cailleaux