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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1984
Ameer G Mikhail, Methuen, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
The common cigarettes in cigarette packs and boxes are individually wrapped by a thin foil-type wrapping material and each is totally sealed from all four sides to preserve tobacco freshness and aroma and to prevent tobacco brittleness if the cigarettes are stored for extended period of time or if the cigarette package is opened but the contents are consumed long time after the opening. The cigarettes are packed in flexible strips having flexible foldings which allow compacting the cigarettes for packaging in the least volume and allow the separation of individual cigarettes without breaking the total seal of any adjacent cigarettes. With the cigarettes sealed inside the strip, the usual aluminum foil-type lining of the cigarette box is no longer needed. The cigarette strips are then packaged inside a soft package or flip-top box having perforated slots on one of its surfaces to allow the easy opening of the package for pulling of one end of the strip for separation of one or more cigarettes for consumption without destroying either the package or the seal of the remaining cigarettes.