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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald H Evers, Richmond, VA (US);
William C Harris, Jr, Midlothian, VA (US);
Robert E Talley, Chester, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206256 ; 206264 ; 206813 ; 206 4531 ; 206273 ; 206459 ; 2064595 ; 229120011 ;
Abstract
A cigarette carton providing pull tabs which allow for convenient opening of the carton and later convenient access to cigarette packs contained within the carton. Windows for conveniently accessing cigarette packs contained within the carton during tax-stamping such that the cartons do not need to be opened for tax-stamping are also shown. The carton may be dimensioned to contain five cigarette packs and joined to a similar carton to form a dual carton which can be passed through tax-stamping machinery.