Method of displaying electronic vaping device, display packages with divider, blanks for forming display package for containing electronic vaping device, and method of manufacturing display package for electronic vaping device

• US 10,010,108 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2015
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fath, Scott A.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEUNG, CHUN HOI
• Application Number:
  US14/725,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20150342252A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 206 15, 206528-540, 229125125
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/48 using adhesives , i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/4332 by folding a sheet over
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/712 Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/3607 formed by folding or erecting a single blank
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4204 Inspection openings or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/48014 formed by folding extensions hinged to the side edges of a tubular body B65D5/48004 takes precedence; partition separated by erecting the body B65D5/48048
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5007 formed by inwardly protruding of folded parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5016 formed by folding inwardly of extensions hinged to the side edges of the body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/542 the lines of weakness being provided in the container body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1051 by folding

Abstract

A method of displaying an electronic vaping device, display packages, blanks for forming a display package for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, and a method of manufacturing a display package for an electronic vaping device, include establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion, dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including establishing a side recess panel at a location along a first side panel of the box structure, establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure. The front recess panel is attached to the side recess panel, and the front recess panel has a width greater than that of the side recess panel.

Claims

1. A package for displaying a selected portion of an electronic vapor device, the package comprising:

a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion, the box structure including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel and a second side panel, the second side panel being formed by a union of a first glue panel with a first complete side panel, an outer surface of the first glue panel being connected to an inner surface of the first complete side panel,

said side portion divided into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, and

said window recess portion between said upper and lower retention portions; and

said window recess portion including,

a side recess panel at a first location along a first side panel of said box structure, and

a front recess panel along a front panel of said box structure, said front recess panel being attached to said side recess panel,

said front recess panel having a width greater than a width of the side recess panel such that a depth of said window recess portion is greater than a width of said window recess portion, and

said side and front recess panels being folded into said box structure; and

a divider panel being within said inner cavity, a portion of a proximal end of the divider panel being connected to the first glue panel and being connected to the inner surface of the first complete side panel, a distal end of the divider panel including at least two collinear fold lines that define a pivoting axis line running along a width of the divider panel, wherein portions of the divider panel on both sides of the pivoting axis line form an outer panel including an adhesive configured to be adhesively bonded to the front recess panel,

said window recess portion, said upper retention portion and said lower retention portion being mutually arranged to retain said electronic vaping device along said side portion, with the selected portion of said electronic vaping device being displayed along said recess portion.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein said side recess panel is adhesively bonded to an adjacent portion of the back panel of said box structure.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein said upper and lower retention portions block selected portions of said electronic vaping device from view.

4. The package of claim 1, further comprising:

a tubular body configured to visibly contain the electronic vaping device within said recess portion.

5. The package of claim 1, wherein the divider panel, the front recess panel, the second side panel and the front panel are mutually arranged to form a first inner cavity portion configured to contain an information booklet in a manner that the information booklet is not visible to a consumer.

6. The package of claim 5, wherein the divider panel is configured to support at least a portion of an end of a universal serial bus (USB) charger within the inner cavity.

7. The package of claim 5, wherein a proximal portion of the outer panel is at least partially defined by one of score lines and a central cut line, the outer panel being further defined by the two collinear cut lines.

8. The package of claim 7, wherein the proximal portion of the outer panel of the divider panel is U-shaped.

9. The package of claim 7, wherein an upper portion of the remainder of the divider panel, that is not the outer panel of the divider panel, defines an upper cutout region of the divider panel, the upper cutout region being substantially square in shape.

10. A blank for forming a display package for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, the blank comprising:

a side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;

a cavity side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;

a back panel connected to the cavity side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;

a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;

a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;

a bottom panel connected to the front panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a bottom edge of the front panel;

a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a seventh fold line, the seventh fold line extending along a bottom edge of the back panel;

a divider panel connected to the first glue panel along an eighth fold line;

a first complete side panel connected to the front panel along a ninth fold line, the ninth fold line extending along a side edge of the front panel; and

an upper cut line and a lower cut line respectively extending across an upper portion and a lower portion of the front panel adjacent to the cavity side panel, the upper and lower cut lines extending across the cavity side panel, respectively, so as to define a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel,

said first cavity panel having a width greater than a width of the second cavity panel,

upon assembly of the display package,

the first cavity panel and the second cavity panel being perpendicular to the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively, so as to form a side cavity configured to receive the elongated body,

a portion of a proximal end of the divider panel being connected to an inner surface of the first complete side panel,

a distal end of the divider panel includes at least two collinear fold lines that define a pivoting axis line running along a width of the divider panel, wherein portions of the divider panel on both sides of the pivoting axis line form an outer panel that is configured to be adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the first cavity panel so as to divide an inner cavity of the box, and

the display package having a substantially rectangular shape.

11. The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

a first upper dust panel connected to the first complete side panel along a top edge of the side panel;

a second upper dust panel connected to the cavity side panel along a top edge of the cavity side panel;

a first lower dust panel connected to the first complete side panel along a lower edge of the side panel; and

a second lower dust panel connected to the cavity side panel along a lower edge of the cavity side panel,

the top panel having a upper flap panel and an end panel, and

the upper flap panel being connected to the end panel along a tenth fold line.

12. The blank of claim 11, wherein sidewalls of the first and second upper dust panels are recessed.

13. The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

an eleventh fold line connecting an inner edge of the upper cut line and an inner edge of the lower cut line on the front panel.

14. The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

a varnish-free area on the bottom panel, the varnish-free area being configured to include a date code area.

15. The blank of claim 10, further comprising:

a recess cut line within an upper edge of the back panel.

16. The blank of claim 10, wherein a proximal portion of the outer panel is at least partially defined by one of score lines and a central cut line, the outer panel being further defined by the two collinear cut lines.

17. The blank of claim 16, wherein the proximal portion of the outer panel of the divider panel is U-shaped.

18. The blank of claim 16, wherein an upper portion of the remainder of the divider panel, that is not the outer panel of the divider panel, defines an upper cutout region of the divider panel, the upper cutout region being substantially square in shape.

19. The blank of claim 10, wherein the first cavity panel has a width greater than a width of the second cavity panel.

20. A blank for forming a box for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, the blank comprising:

a side panel connected to a front panel along a first fold line, the first fold line extending along a first side edge of the front panel;

a cavity side panel connected to the front panel along a second fold line, the second fold line extending along a second side edge of the front panel;

a back panel connected to the cavity side panel along a third fold line, the third fold line extending along a first side edge of the back panel;

a first glue panel connected to the back panel along a fourth fold line, the fourth fold line extending along a second side edge of the back panel;

a top panel connected to the front panel along a fifth fold line, the fifth fold line extending along a top edge of the front panel;

a bottom panel connected to the front panel along a sixth fold line, the sixth fold line extending along a bottom edge of the front panel;

a second glue panel connected to the back panel along a seventh fold line, the seventh fold line extending along a bottom edge of the back panel;

a third glue panel connected to the back panel along a ninth fold line, which extends along the upper edge of the back panel;

a divider panel connected to first glue panel along an eighth fold line;

a first complete side panel connected to the front panel along a tenth fold line, the tenth fold line extending along a side edge of the front panel; and

an upper cut line and a lower cut line respectively extending across an upper portion and a lower portion of the front panel adjacent to the cavity side panel, the upper and lower cut lines extending across the cavity side panel, respectively, so as to define a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel, and

the upper edge of the back panel defining a series of cut lines,

upon assembly of the display package,

the first cavity panel and the second cavity panel being perpendicular to the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively, so as to form a side cavity configured to receive the elongated body,

a portion of a proximal end of the divider panel being connected to an inner surface of the first complete side panel, a distal end of the divider panel is configured to remain free-floating within the assembled display package, and

the display package having a substantially rectangular shape, the series of cut lines on the back panel defining a semi-circular shape that forms a tear line on an outer-most surface of the back panel of the assembled display package, the tear line being capable of assisting in the opening of an upper end of the assembled display package.

21. The blank of claim 20, further comprising:

an eleventh fold line connecting an inner edge of the upper cut line and an inner edge of the lower cut line on the front panel; and

a twelfth fold line extending between the upper cut line and the lower cut line respectively forming an outer edge of the first cavity panel and an inner edge of the second cavity panel.

22. The blank of claim 20, further comprising:

a first upper dust panel connected to the side panel along a top edge of the side panel; and

a varnish-free area on the bottom panel, the varnish-free area being configured to include a date code area.

23. The blank of claim 20, wherein an upper portion of the divider panel at least partially defines an upper cutout region, the upper cutout region being substantially rectangular in shape.

24. The blank of claim 20, wherein the first cavity panel has a width greater than a width of the second cavity panel such that a depth of the side cavity is greater than a width of the side cavity.