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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Paul Hodges, London, GB;
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A collation of packages and related methods of retaining packages together in a collation wherein each package of the collation being cuboid-shaped and including a pair of opposing first faces, a pair of opposing second faces and a pair of opposing end faces. The packages are arranged in rows such that a second face of a package faces a second face of an adjacent package within the same row, and a first face of a package in a row faces a first face of a package in an adjacent row. A second face of a package at the end of each row, and a first face of each package in a row, being exposed. The collation includes a plurality of bands extending about the packages to hold the collation together. Each band is spaced from its adjacent band and extends over the exposed first face and exposed second face, of each package.