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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Xuan Pham, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Scott A. Fath, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Xuan Pham, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Scott A. Fath, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hinge lid pack has a lower pack outerframe and an upper lid hingedly attached to the lower pack outerframe for movement between opened and closed positions. The lid includes front, top, back and opposite sidewall portions. An innerframe is within and upwardly extends from the outerframe, and the innerframe has front and opposite sidewall portions. Microencapsulated aroma surfaces on the pack move across roughened perforations on the pack upon opening of the pack to thereby release flavor by rupturing the microcapsules.