Reclosable container
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1. A reclosable container for consumer items, the reclosable container comprising:
- an inner liner wrapped around consumer items and excluding an inner frame inside the inner liner, the inner liner including a removable inner liner section defining an opening for allowing internal access and bounded by at least one line of weakness, said inner liner further including a top panel, a front panel, and a back panel arranged opposite of the front panel, wherein the removable inner liner section comprises a first portion of the top panel and a first portion of the front panel;
a label operable to open and reclose the opening, the label including an attachment portion attached to the removable inner liner section with a high tack adhesive and a tacky portion which is releasably attached with a low tack adhesive to a second portion of the top panel surrounding the first portion of the top panel of the removable inner liner section and releasably attached to a second portion of the front panel surrounding the first portion of the front panel of the removable inner liner section, the tacky portion being operable to reseal the inner liner, the attachment portion operable to be moved together with the removable inner liner section when opening the opening; and
wherein the inner liner is made from a paper material having an aluminum layer.
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Abstract
A reclosable container for consumer items includes a box, a lid hingedly connected to the box, an inner liner wrapped around the consumer items, the inner liner including a section defining an opening for allowing access to the consumer items, means to open and reclose the opening, and an inner frame attached to the box. The inner frame includes a free inner frame portion protruding from the box towards the opening in the inner liner. The free inner frame portion includes a cut out and the inner frame is attached to the inner liner proximate to the cut out.
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1. A reclosable container for consumer items, the reclosable container comprising:
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an inner liner wrapped around consumer items and excluding an inner frame inside the inner liner, the inner liner including a removable inner liner section defining an opening for allowing internal access and bounded by at least one line of weakness, said inner liner further including a top panel, a front panel, and a back panel arranged opposite of the front panel, wherein the removable inner liner section comprises a first portion of the top panel and a first portion of the front panel; a label operable to open and reclose the opening, the label including an attachment portion attached to the removable inner liner section with a high tack adhesive and a tacky portion which is releasably attached with a low tack adhesive to a second portion of the top panel surrounding the first portion of the top panel of the removable inner liner section and releasably attached to a second portion of the front panel surrounding the first portion of the front panel of the removable inner liner section, the tacky portion being operable to reseal the inner liner, the attachment portion operable to be moved together with the removable inner liner section when opening the opening; and wherein the inner liner is made from a paper material having an aluminum layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A reclosable container for consumer items, the reclosable container comprising:
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a box; and a lid, the lid being hingedly connected to the box;
the reclosable container containing;an inner liner wrapped around consumer items and excluding an inner frame inside the inner liner, the inner liner including a removable inner liner section defining an opening for allowing internal access and bounded by at least one line of weakness, said inner liner further including a top panel, a front panel, and a back panel arranged opposite of the front panel, wherein the removable inner liner section comprises a first portion of the top panel and a first portion of the front panel; and a label operable to open and reclose the opening, the label including an attachment portion attached to the removable inner liner section with a high tack adhesive and a tacky portion which is releasably attached with a low tack adhesive to a second portion of the top panel surrounding the first portion of the top panel of the removable inner liner section and releasably attached to a second portion of the front panel surrounding the first portion of the front panel of the removable inner liner section, the tacky portion being operable to reseal the inner liner, the attachment portion operable to be moved together with the removable inner liner section upon rupturing the inner liner along the at least one line of weakness when opening the opening. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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