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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Arjen Hamilcar Slooff, AH Rhenen, NL;
Cassandra Sandra Alcocer Beltran, Lausanne, CH;
Dorothy Tritz, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Lucas Chatelain, Lausanne, CH;
Mathias Beutler, Vallon, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel, CH;
Abstract
A container includes a housing and an outer film. The housing has an inner surface, an outer surface, a rear wall and a circumferential length. The housing includes a box and a lid hingedly attached to the box at a hinge line on the rear wall of the housing. The housing also includes an opening line. The outer film is disposed on the outer surface of the housing. The outer film includes a covering portion and an opening portion. The opening portion has a length that is less than the circumferential length of the housing and the opening portion is disposed along the opening line of the housing.