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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A DeBlasio, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206256 ; 206813 ; 206273 ; 229120011 ; 53462 ; 53448 ;
Abstract
A multiple unit carton composed of a plurality of individual cartons joined by carrier means. Each carton holds at least one pair of cigarette packs aligned with their long walls abutting, and their short walls coplanar. The multiple unit carton is preferably dimensioned to resemble a ten-pack cigarette carton so that the multiple unit carton may be passed through commercially available tax-stamping machinery, which is commonly designed to process ten-pack cigarette cartons. The individual cartons are joined with adhesive bearing carrier means such that the cartons remain securely connected when being passed through tax-stamping machinery.