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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:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Adams, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Christopher N Chance, Richmond, VA (US);
James A DeBlasio, Midlothian, VA (US);
Donald H Evers, Richmond, VA (US);
Michael A Kirby, Trevilians, VA (US);
Reginald W Newsome, Richmond, VA (US);
Robert E Talley, Chester, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206256 ; 220 234 ; 206504 ;
Abstract
A method of attaching two containers wherein two containers faced toward each other are secured by cooperation of at least one tab on the front wall of one container and at least one slot on the front wall of the other container, and the dual container structure formed thereby. The slot and tab act to securely attach the two containers such that the containers may easily be separated for later sale as independent units.