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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, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Antonio Gamberini, Bologna, IT;
Assignee:
G. D S.p.A., Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206259 ; 206268 ; 206273 ;
Abstract
The typical rigid cigarette packet consists of a box-like container with one open top end that can be exposed and closed by rotating a lid hinged to a rear edge of the container; the contents of the packet are restrained by a separate 'U'-shaped frame element of which a first portion is anchored to the container and a second portion projects through the open top end and into the closed lid. To advantage, a front section of the first portion of the frame element incorporates a set of transverse stiffening ribs near the open top end of the container.