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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Sergey Krasiev, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, CH;
Adrian Eggen, Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A container for consumer goods comprises an outer housing having a box and a lid () hinged to the box along a hinge line and pivotable about the hinge line between an open position and a closed position. Further, the container comprises an inner package () of consumer goods within the outer housing comprising an access opening () for removing consumer goods when the lid is in the open position. The container further comprises a reclosable flap () occluding the access opening and at least one activatable adhesive element () provided on a surface of the reclosable flap, on a surface of the lid or on both. The adhesive element can be selectively activated, and the reclosable flap can be affixed to the lid by the activated adhesive element, such that upon opening the lid the reclosable flap is lifted off the inner package to at least partly reveal the access opening.