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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1991
John M Adams, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Christopher N Chance, Richmond, VA (US);
James A BeBlasio, Midlothian, VA (US);
Donald H Evers, Richmond, VA (US);
William C Harris, Jr, Midlothian, VA (US);
Michael A Kirby, Sr, Trevilians, VA (US);
Reginald W Newsome, Richmond, VA (US);
Xuan M Pham, Richmond, VA (US);
Robert E Talley, Chester, VA (US);
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A dual cigarette carton formed from two substantially identical single cigarette cartons. The two cartons are connected along their front walls, which face one another, with releasable adhesive, and along their bottom walls with a label such that the two cartons remain securely connected when in the dual carton configuration and hence can be processed for tax-stamping through standard machinery and distributed to the consumer as a dual unit. The cartons can readily be separated by the consumer for the sale of an individual carton.