US1396749A - Cigarette-package - Google Patents

Description

G. W. HILL.

CIGARETTE PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED AUG.4,1916- Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

UNITED STATES GEORGE W. HILL, 0] NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN TOBA A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PATENT OFFICE.

CCO COMPANY,

CIGARETTE-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1921.

Application filed August 4, 1916. Serial No. 113,091.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residin at New York city, inthecounty of New Fork and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Packages, of which the following is a Specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in the packaging of cigarettes, little cigars and the like, in the present instance the invention being shown and describedas a cigarette package.

Heretofore it has been the general practies to resort to two methods of packaging cigarettes, that is to say, the boxing and wra ping.

hen the package is to embrace a rela tively small number of cigarettes, ten for instance, they are usually arranged in one or two rows and are incased in a box of comgaratively stifi? material, such as card-board, ox-board and the like, to prevent the individual cigarettes being broken or otherwise damaged. These cardboard boxes are ofvarious construction and design, and are more or less cumbersome and inconvenient, in addition to affording but a limited amount of protectionto it the contents. On the other hand; where apackage is to embody such arelatively large number of cigarettes that it is inadvisable to use boxes for easing the same, it is the custom to envelop the cigarettes in a wrapper-or cup-shaped container, which is made of flexible, pliable material, such as paper, or a combination of paper and tin-foil. As the cigarettes in such case are arranged in a multiplicity of relatively short rows or layers in the package, or are bunched together, the natural thickness or bulk of the contiguously arranged cigarettes, coupled with the soft wrapper, constitutes a suflicient protection, under certain conditions, such for instance so long as a package remains intact and contains substantially the original number of cigarettes.

This soft bulk that it 1s inconvenient to carry about ackage, however, is of such quent possibility the cigarettes.

In the present instance it is my purpose to provide a cigarette package which will embody all of the advantages of both the box and the wrapper type of packages, and yet Wlll be free from the inherent disadvantages thereof, such as have been above recited.

Still a further object of my invention is to provlde a clgarette package which will be of sufficient stability and strength to adequately protect the contents, irrespective of the fact of whether the package contains its maximum or minimum number of cigarettes.

Furthermore, I propose to provide a package which will present a neat, attract1ve appearance, which may be readily and conveniently carried about in .the pocket without bulging the latter, which may be readily manipulated to provide access to the cigarettes which will protect the latter from atmospheric changes, and from the entry of dirt, and other foreign substances, and which may be made up and marketed at a relatively low cost. i

With the aboverecited objects, and others of similar nature in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth and fallmg within the scope .of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank of card-board or the like, adaptedto be folded to constitute a case in which the cigarettes are initially packed.

of breaking or bending Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cigarettes packed in the card-board case.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the case in position to have the composite wrapping sheet applied thereto.

Fig 4 is a plan View of a blank or sheet, from which the cover or pouch section of the package is made.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the c0mplete' outer cover or pouch portion of the package.

Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the completely wrapped and sealed cigarette package embodying my invention.

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken through the package, shown in Fig. 6.

The cigarette package forming the subject matter of this invention embraces, in the present instance, three principal sections or parts, that is to say, an inner box-like casing A, of card-board, box-board or other like material in which the cigarettes are initially packed in row or rows, a wrapper sheet B which is preferably in the nature of a. composite sheet of paper and tin-foil, and in which sheet the casing A that contains cigarettes is adapted to be wrapped, and an outer cover preferably of pouch-like form which maybe composed ofrsuitable paper, leather, fabric'or any desired material which possesses the requisitedegree of flexibility and which may be ornamented or printed to suit the individual taste of manufacturer or merchant.

The inner, or card-board casing A, is

' preferably madefrom a blank, such as is shown in Fig. 1, comprising a rectangular body section 1, having the side w1ngs2 defined by the vertical score lines 8. The blank is also scored along the transverse lines 4,

' 5 andr6. In folding the blank to form the box,it is bent transversely on the lines 4: and 5 to constitute the bottom wall 7, which hingedly unites the back wall 8 with the front wall 9, while the sides of the casing are formed by the wings 22 after the blank has been folded or bent on the lines 38. Normally the front wall 9 of the casing A is of the same dimensions or area as the back wall 8, and when the cigarettes are packed in the casing, they are confined between these walls 8 and 9. hen the package is in use, as bythecustomer, the front wall 9 may be folded or bent back on the score line 6 to expose the upper endportions of the cigacomposite sheet, B, as is shown in Fig. 3

rettes, such cigarettes being shown as D, with such upper end portions indicated by If'desired, this section ofthe front wall formed by a folding or bending on the line 6, and which section is indicated at 9, may be entirelytorn or severed from the main portion of the top.

After packing as above described, the

' casing A containing the cigarettes is preferrelatively greater width than the card-board casing, the extending marginal edges of the sheet are tucked in or lapped over as shown at 11 in Fig. 6, so that the casing A will be completely wrapped in the composite sheet.

At this stage, the package is completed by the application of an outer cover which is preferably of punch-like form, and is made from a rectangular blank such as shown in Fig. 4. This blank has an adhesive applied to one of the shorter edges, as shown at 13, and to one of the adjacent longer edges thereof as shown at 14.

The casing A containing the cigarettes and now wrapped in the composite sheet, 13, is placed upon the intermediate portion of this blank shown in the Fig. l and the two projecting portions of the blank brought into overlapping relations at one face of the package and united or joined along the seam 15 by adhesive 13. The bottom of the cover or pouch is then formed by tucking in the corners, as shown at 16, and folding inward the bottom edges lithe latter being united by the adhesive 14-.

The cigarette package is now of itself complete, but if desired a suitable band label or the like shown at 18 in Fig. 6, may be applied.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of preparing my improved package will be readily understood.

It will be noted that in the present in stance, I have shown a single row of cigarettes D, but it will be understood that the packagemay contain a plurality of rows if desired. It will further be seen, that where the cigarettes are packed in but one or two rows, the card-board casing will protect the same against breakage owing to its inherent stiffness, and at the same time the wrapping sheet, B, and the pouch-like cover therefor, insure additional protection against moisture and the like, and will also add to the appearance of the package when it is offered for sale.

Furthermore, I provide an inexpensive package, and one which may be readily and conveniently manipulated to afford access to the cigarettes, inasmuch as the card-board casing is formed from a single blank cut in an exceedingly simple manner to provide a box-like receptacle for the cigarettes, having a bottom wall, two side walls, a hinged uniting wall, and a top wall, the end of the box opposite the hinged uniting wall being permanently open. If desired, the purchaser of the package may remove the pouch-like cover and the wrapper sheet, and slip the card-board casing containing the cigarettes into a jacket or pouch especially adapted and prepared for this purpose, and which pouch forms the subject matter of a separate application.

lVhile I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation may be made without departin from the spirit of the invention or excee ing the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A cigarette package comprising an inner casing of relatively stiff material having a permanently open end and in which the cigarettes are initially packed, an intermediate wrapper sheet of relatively flexible material completely enveloping the inner cigarette-containing casing, and an outer nently open, an interme iate com osite wrapper sheet of paper and metallic oil of greater width than the casing and wrapped about and completely enveloping the latter, and a flexible pouch-like cover formed from a single sheet of material adapted to receive and removably contain the wrapped casing,

and also having a permanently open end.

3. A cigarette package comprising a boxlike casing adapted to have the cigarettes packed therein, said casing having a back wall and the side walls integral therewith, and a front wall provided with a bendable flap section and an end Wall hingedly uniting the front wall and the back wall, thus formin a structure to resist bending and protecting the cigarettes when carried by the user and having a permanently open end, a flexible composite sheet of greater width than the casing wrapped about and enveloping the latter, and a pouch-like cover formed from a single sheet of flexible material re ceiving the wrapped casing, such pouch-like cover having a permanently open end.

4. A cigarette ackage comprising a boxlike holder of re atively stiff material permanently open at one end and having a side wall thereof transversely scored to permit the upper portion thereof adjacent the permanent opening to be folded outwardly, a flexible wrapper sheet folded about said holder to completely cover the same, and an outercasing of readily foldable material permanently open at the end corresponding to the open end of the inner holder, and a narrow band around the open end of the outer casing to prevent separation of the parts until ruptured.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. HILL.

Witnesses:

RICHARD J. BOYLAN, J. R. CUMMINGS.

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