DISPLAY PACKAGE

• US 20140262871A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Altria Client Services, Inc. (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fath, Scott A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,470,492 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/273
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/02 for domestic use A24F15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 50/26 Folding sheets, blanks or webs
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4204 Inspection openings or windows
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/5007 formed by inwardly protruding of folded parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/20 for incompressible or rigid rod-shaped or tubular articles

Abstract

A display package configured to receive an elongate body, which includes a rectangular box portion having a side edge cavity formed between a front panel and a cavity side panel, wherein the side edge cavity includes a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel formed by an outer portion of the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively, and wherein the rectangular box portion, the first cavity panel and the second cavity panel are perpendicular to the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an article, comprising:

establishing a box structure having a side portion;

dividing said side portion into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, said recess portion disposed between said upper and lower retention portions;

said dividing including;

establishing a first recess panel at a location along a side panel of said box structure;

establishing a second recess panel along a front panel of said box structure, said second recess panel adjacent said first recess panel; and

establishing said window recess portion by folding said first and second recess panels into said box structure;

whereby said window recess portion, said upper retention portion and said lower retention portion are mutually arranged to retain said article along said side portion, with a portion of said article displayed along said recess portion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said establishing said window recess portion further comprises bonding said first recess panel to an adjacent portion of a back panel of said box structure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising blocking from display selected portions of said article with said retention portions.

4. A package capable of displaying a selected portion of an article, comprising:

a box structure having a side portion, said side portion divided into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, said recess portion disposed between said upper and lower retention portions;

said recess portion comprising a first recess panel at a location along a side panel of said box structure and a second recess panel along a front panel of said box structure, said second recess panel adjacent said first recess panel, said first and second recess panels being folded into said box structure;

whereby said window recess portion, said upper retention portion and said lower retention portion are mutually arranged to retain said article along said side portion, with a portion of said article being displayed along said recess portion.

5. The package of claim 4, wherein said first recess panel is bonded to an adjacent portion of a back panel of said box structure.

6. The package of claim 4, wherein said retention portions block selected portions of said article from view.

7. A package capable of displaying a selected portion of an article, comprising:

a tubular body configured to visibly contain the article;

a box structure having a side portion, said side portion divided into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, said recess portion disposed between said upper and lower retention portions;

said recess portion comprising a first recess panel at a location along a side panel of said box structure and a second recess panel along a front panel of said box structure, said second recess panel adjacent said first recess panel, said first and second recess panels being folded into said box structure;

whereby said window recess portion, said upper retention portion and said lower retention portion are mutually arranged to retain said tubular body along said side portion, with a portion of said article being visible through said tubular portion along said recess portion.

8. The package of claim 7, wherein said first recess panel is bonded to an adjacent portion of a back panel of said box structure.

9. The package of claim 7, wherein said retention portions block selected portions of said article from view.

10. The package of claim 7, wherein said tubular body is cylindrical.

11. The package of claim 7, wherein said tubular body is oval in cross-section.

12. The package of claim 7, wherein said tubular body is square in cross-section.

13. The package of claim 7, wherein said tubular body is facetted in cross-section.

14. A blank for forming a rectangular box, which is operable to contain an elongate body, 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 first dust panel connected to the side panel along a top edge of the side 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, the top panel having a upper flap panel and an end panel, and wherein the upper flap panel is connected to the end panel along a sixth fold line;

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

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

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

an upper and a lower cut line extending across an upper and a lower portion of the front panel adjacent to the cavity side panel and extending across the cavity side panel, respectively, and which forms a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel, and wherein upon assembly of the rectangular box, the first cavity panel and the second cavity panel are perpendicular to the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively, forming a cavity, which is configured to receive the elongate body.

15. The blank of claim 14, comprising:

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

16. The blank of claim 14, comprising:

a recess within an upper edge of the back panel.

17. The blank of claim 14, each of the first and second dust panels have an outer edge with a slightly recessed portion, and wherein the outer edge faces is opposite side of the front panel.

18. The blank of claim 14, wherein the front panel and the back panel are substantially the same width.

19. The blank of claim 14, wherein the side panel and the cavity side panel are substantially the same width.

20. The blank of claim 14, wherein the blank is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.

21. The blank of claim 14, wherein the blank is formed of cardboard having a weight ranging from about 100 grams per square meter to about 350 grams per square meter.

22. The blank of claim 14, wherein the blank includes one or more of printing, embossing, debossing, embellishments and combinations thereof on an outer surface of the blank.

23. The blank of claim 14, wherein one of the first and second glue panels are attached to the side panel or the bottom panel with a pressure sensitive tape.

24. The blank of claim 14, wherein the upper and lower cut lines extend across the front panel a distance equal to a width of the cavity side panel.

25. A method of packaging an elongate body, comprising:

partially erecting a box from a blank so as to have an opening at a bottom of the box and an opening at a top of the box, 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; and

an upper and a lower cut line extending across an upper and a lower portion of the front panel adjacent to the cavity side panel and extending across the cavity side panel, respectively, and which forms a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel;

pre-folding the blank along the second fold line and the forth fold line;

folding the blank along the first fold line and the third fold line, so that the side panel and the first glue panel overlap;

applying glue to one or more of a back side of the cavity side panel or a backside side of the back panel and adhering the cavity side panel to the back panel; and

applying glue to one or more of the side panel and the first glue panel to adhere the side panel and the first glue panel together.

26. The method of claim 25, comprising:

folding the blank along the seventh fold line and the eighth fold line, so that the bottom panel and the second glue panel overlap; and

applying an adhesive to more or the bottom panel and the second glue panel to adhere the bottom panel to the second glue panel.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the adhesive is a pressure sensitive tape.

28. The method of claim 26, comprising:

placing an elongate body within the cavity of the erected such that the elongate body is retained within the cavity and is visible to a consumer; and

closing an upper flap panel into an inner portion of the back panel.

29. An electronic cigarette package configured to receive an elongate body, comprising:

a rectangular box portion having a side edge cavity formed between a front panel and a cavity side panel, wherein the side edge cavity includes a first cavity panel and a second cavity panel formed by an outer portion of the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively, and wherein the rectangular box portion, the first cavity panel and the second cavity panel are perpendicular to the front panel and the cavity side panel, respectively.

30. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, wherein the rectangular box portion is erected from a blank, the blank comprising:

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

the 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 first dust panel connected to the side panel along a top edge of the side 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, the top panel having a upper flap panel and an end panel, and wherein the upper flap panel is connected to the end panel along a sixth fold line;

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

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

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

31. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, comprising:

an elongated transparent tubular body containing an electronic cigarette within the side edge cavity, and wherein the transparent tubular body is visible to a consumer within the side edge cavity.

32. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, comprising:

a booklet within a second cavity within the rectangular box portion, which is not visible to a consumer.

33. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, wherein a length of the side edge cavity is less than a length of the tubular body.

34. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, wherein a length of the tubular body is substantially the same as a length of the front panel and ends of the tubular body are covered by portions of the front panel.

35. The electronic cigarette package of claim 29, wherein a diameter of the tubular body is approximately the same as a width of the side edge cavity.