SLIDE PUSH PACK FOR SMOKING ARTICLES

• US 20180295878A1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Published: 10/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Altria Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Clark, James Lindsay, Mitten, Robert T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,595,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/10 for cigarettes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/1054 combined with an outer sleeve connected to the lid

Abstract

A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.

Claims

1. An outer shell of a slide push pack, the outer shell comprising:

a first side panel connected along a first fold line to a front panel, a second side panel connected along a second fold line to the front panel, a back panel connected along a third fold line to the first side panel, a side glue panel connected along a fourth fold line to the back panel, a top retention panel connected along a fifth fold line to the back panel, and an inner panel connected along a sixth fold line to the back panel;

the inner panel including first and second guide rails separated by a gap.

2. The outer shell of claim 1, wherein the first guide rail includes an inner guide rail panel and an outer guide rail panel connected along a seventh fold line, and the second guide rail includes an inner guide rail panel and an outer guide rail panel connected along an eighth fold line, the outer guide rail panels folded into superposed relation to the inner guide rail panels, the inner panel folded into superposed relation with the back panel, and the top retention panel folded over a portion of the first guide rail and a portion of the second guide rail.

3. The outer shell of claim 2, wherein the inner panel includes an arcuate portion extending between the inner guide rail panels.

4. The outer shell of claim 1, wherein the outer shell is made of cardboard, paperboard, plastic, metal, or combinations thereof.

5. The outer shell of claim 3, wherein the arcuate portion is configured to receive a retention tab of an inner back panel of an inner shell.

6. The outer shell of claim 5, wherein the sixth fold line is configured to limit downward movement of the retention tab and therefore limit downward movement of the inner shell.

7. The outer shell of claim 1, wherein the front panel includes a finger window.

8. The outer shell of claim 1, wherein the top retention panel is configured to receive a folded tab of an outer back panel of an inner shell.

9. The outer shell of claim 8, wherein the top retention panel is further configured to limit upward movement of the folded tab of the outer back panel of the inner shell.

10. The outer shell of claim 8, wherein the fifth fold line is configured to limit upward movement of the folded tab of the outer back panel of the inner shell.

11. An inner shell of a slide push pack, the inner shell comprising an inner back panel, a front panel, and a bottom panel connected along a first fold line to the inner back panel and connected along a second fold line to the front panel, wherein the inner back panel is connected to a hinged lid that includes an inner hinged-lid back panel and left and right lid side panels, and wherein the inner back panel includes a cutout forming a mid retention tab.

12. The inner shell of claim 11, wherein the hinged-lid further includes an inner top lid panel and an outer top lid panel.

13. The inner shell of claim 12, wherein the hinged-lid further includes left and right tuck-in flaps, and wherein the right tuck-in flap is connected to the right lid side panel along a fold line, and is separated from the inner top lid panel by a cut-line so that the right tuck-in flap is tucked between the inner and outer top lid panels, and the left tuck-in flap is connected to the left lid side panel along a fold line, and is separated from the inner top lid panel by a cut-line so that the left tuck-in flap is tucked between the inner and outer top lid panels.

14. The inner shell of claim 12, wherein an outer panel is connected to the outer top lid panel, the outer panel including a cutout defining an upper folded tab.

15. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein the outer panel includes an outer hinged-lid back panel connected to the outer top lid panel, and an outer back panel connected to the outer hinged-lid back panel, and wherein the outer back panel includes the cutout defining the upper folded tab.

16. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein the mid retention tab is configured to limit downward movement of the outer panel relative to the inner back panel.

17. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein the upper folded tab is configured to be received by a top retention panel of an outer shell, the top retention panel configured to limit upward movement of the upper folded tab.

18. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein the upper folded tab includes a round upper edge and rounded or flared left and right edges, and a fold line extending between a lower portion of the edges to form a base of the upper folded tab.

19. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein left and right side edges of the outer panel are tapered inward towards a free edge of the outer panel.

20. The inner shell of claim 11, wherein the front panel includes a cutout defining a fingertip slot configured to facilitate sliding action of the inner shell when the inner shell is positioned inside an outer shell.

21. The inner shell of claim 14, wherein the inner shell is configured such that the upper folded tab and the mid retention tab can be received within an inner channel between a pair of guide rails of an outer shell.

22. The inner shell of claim 11, wherein the inner back panel further includes a cutout forming a lower retention tab.

23. The inner shell of claim 22, wherein the lower retention tab is configured to be received by an inner panel of an outer shell, the inner panel configured to limit downward movement of the lower retention tab.

24. A slide push pack, the pack comprising:

an outer shell including a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and an inner panel including a pair of guide rails, the front panel including a front finger window; and

an inner shell configured to receive a bundle of tobacco articles, the inner shell including an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, and a hinged-lid, the hinged-lid including a hinged-lid back panel connected to the inner back panel, and wherein the outer back panel includes at least one tab configured to be received between the pair of guide rails of the outer shell.