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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:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Tanneguy Blaudin DE the, Tours, FR;
John England, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Steven Holford, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
British America Tobacco (Holdings) Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure addresses aspects of a PACK FOR SMOKING ARTICLES, wherein smoking articles may include, but are not limited to, cigarettes and the like. This disclosure details a pack for smoking articles comprising a plurality of planar panels, and a blank for producing such a pack. In one embodiment, at least one of the panels includes a plurality of formations extending out of the plane of a surface of the panel(s). In one non-limiting implementation, the formations may provide protection for the contents of the pack from subsequent processes performed thereon.