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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Anthony Snyder, Le Mont sur Lausanne, CH;
Onesio Luis Thesing, Ecublens, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
A container () for consumer goods comprises: 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 a microsuction structure () is provided for securing the first surface of the lid () to the first surface of the housing () when the lid () is in the closed position. The microsuction structure () is formed of a microsuction layer (); a polymeric film layer () underlying the microsuction layer; and an adhesive layer () affixing the microsuction structure to the corresponding first surface of the lid or housing.