Package for components of hand made cigarettes

• US 5,794,771 A
• Filed: 04/25/1997
• Issued: 08/18/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.
• Inventors: Mailhot, Jean L., Krawec, Marek S., Simpson, Edward G. A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foster, Jimmy G.
• Application Number:
  US08/840,704
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 206/223, 206/236-242, 206/248, 206/256, 206/265, 206/270, 206/804, 220/528, 312/31, 312/31.1-31.3
• US Class Current: 206/223
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/00 Receptacles or boxes specially adapted for cigars, cigarettes, simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor adaptations for use in vehicles B60N3/12; packages specially adapted for cigarettes B65D85/10
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 23/00 Cases for tobacco, snuff, or chewing tobacco
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/804 with means to lift or draw out content

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging system for hand made cigarettes using loose tobacco and pre-made, filter tipped cigarette tubes. The packaging system includes a reusable container with a bottom section and a top section. Loose tobacco is stored in the bottom section and is separated by a divider from the top section. A removable storage canister holds the empty cigarette tubes and fits within the top portion of the reusable container.

Claims

1. A packaging system for loose tobacco and pre-made filter tipped cigarette tubes for use in hand making cigarettes comprising:

i) a canister with removable lid having stored therein loose tobacco in its bottom portion; and

ii) a container having stacked therein a plurality of cigarette tubes in number at least equal to a number of cigarettes to be made from said loose tobacco,

iii) said cigarette tube container having an outer perimeter dimension which permits placement of said container in said canister on top of said tobacco with said removable lid in place on said canister.

2. A packaging system of claim 1, wherein a divider is positioned on top of said loose tobacco, said cigarette tube container resting on said divider.

3. A packaging system of claim 1, wherein said cigarette tube container is inverted in said canister with a top of said container resting above said loose tobacco, said cigarette tubes being stacked in said container with filter tips of said tubes resting on said top of said container inverted in said canister.

4. A packaging system of claim 1, wherein said container has a central post attached to a bottom of said container with said post extending above said cigarette tubes whereby said post may be grasped to facilitate removal of said container from said canister.

5. A packaging system of claim 3, wherein a pull is provided on a bottom of said container inverted in said canister to facilitate removal of said container from said canister.

6. A packing system of claim 2, wherein said canister has an annular shoulder on its interior to support said divider above said loose tobacco.