CA2007017A1 - Assembly structure for storing and removing unitary package members. - Google Patents
Assembly structure for storing and removing unitary package members.Info
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- CA2007017A1 CA2007017A1 CA002007017A CA2007017A CA2007017A1 CA 2007017 A1 CA2007017 A1 CA 2007017A1 CA 002007017 A CA002007017 A CA 002007017A CA 2007017 A CA2007017 A CA 2007017A CA 2007017 A1 CA2007017 A1 CA 2007017A1
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- retaining wall
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
- B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
- B65D5/52—External stands or display elements for contents
- B65D5/526—Containers with means for displaying items at different heights
- B65D5/5266—Containers with means for displaying items at different heights in tiered or stepped relationship
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D57/00—Internal frames or supports for flexible articles, e.g. stiffeners; Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. for preventing adhesion of sticky articles
- B65D57/002—Separators for articles packaged in stacks or groups, e.g. stacked or nested
- B65D57/005—Separators for vertically placed articles
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
- B65D5/42—Details of containers or of foldable or erectable container blanks
- B65D5/44—Integral, inserted or attached portions forming internal or external fittings
- B65D5/48—Partitions
- B65D5/48024—Partitions inserted
- B65D5/48046—Plain strips not fixed by gluing or other fastening elements
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- Packaging Of Annular Or Rod-Shaped Articles, Wearing Apparel, Cassettes, Or The Like (AREA)
- Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
- Buffer Packaging (AREA)
- Packages (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION
An assembly for storing and removing unitary package members within a confined space including a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space into which the unitary package members can be stored, spacer means to hold the package members in snugly stored position and digital access structure in the spacer means to permit selective package removal.
An assembly for storing and removing unitary package members within a confined space including a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space into which the unitary package members can be stored, spacer means to hold the package members in snugly stored position and digital access structure in the spacer means to permit selective package removal.
Description
2()07017 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to packaging assembly structure and more particularly to packaging assembly structure which allows for snug, stable s~orage of a unit or units to be packaged and which further allows for ready, selective manual removal thereof.
Various packaging arrangements are known in the art wherein containers can be readily assembled to define a strong, stable confined, storage space. For example, the long-since expired U.S.
Patent No. 1,866,23~, issued to H. R. Stubbs on July 5, 1932, teaches such a container formed from a single blank with the container having reinforced side walls. Further, it is known in the art to provide containers for storing unitary packages with dividers disposed therein to permit selective removal of stored packages, attention being directed to the more recently issued U.S. Patent No. 3,031,813, issued to R. H. Ganz on May 1~ 1962, which teaches a method and machine for making divider blanks to store bottles in a confined zone and to U.S. Patent No. 4,516,717, issued to John J. Curran on May lA, 1985, which also teaches a container divider for separating unitary packages, namely bottles, in a box container or the like. Finally, attention is directed to U.S. patent No. 4,773,531, issued to Thomas T. Tudor, et al, on ~ ., .
September 27, 1988, which discloses a spacer (Figures 3 and 4) with edge digital access and the several references cited in this patent, particularly U.S. patent No. 3,721,335, issued to C. C.
Granton March 20, 1973, which discloses a spacer which has cored openings but which is less than dimensionally and fully coexten-sive with the side of the package which it faces.
The present invention recognizes that past package structures for storing and removing unit packages within a confined zone have been comparatively complex in both manufacture and assembly, requiring comparatively sophisticated folding and cutting machin-ery as well as assembling machinery. Moreover, the present Zr~)7017 invention recognizes that many of the past packaging structures have been limited both in relative size and the particular geometry or shape of the unit to be packaged and stored, requiring specifically defined unit package shapes to permit ready manual removal of the stored package and often creating problems in the stability of the overall package assembly.
Recognizing these disadvantage and limitations of past packaging structure, the present invention provides a unique and novel assembly for storing and removing unitary package members of various shapes, the assembly structure being economical and straightforward in both manufacture and assembly, requiring a `minimum of materials and a minimum of manufacturing and assembly operations. Further, the completed package structure is both strong and stable, provides snug storage of the entirety of one or more unit packages and, notwithstanding the configuration or shape of the units stored, allows for ready and selective manual, digital removal of one or more of the stored units, as the case may be, without compromising the remaining package structure. The unique and novel packaging assembly structure of the present invention is ~compatible for use in storing small, box-shaped unitary packages which re~uire ready, selective digital removal and is particularly compatible for use in storing cigarette packs in cartons in a snug, compact and readily assembled manner to provide a stable, light, easily transportable carton and at the same time permit ready, selective digital removal of a unit pack without undesirable disruption of the remaining package assembly.
Further, the present invention provides a unique and novel spacer;
structure for a package assembly which utilizes a minimum of material, adding a minimum of weight to the overall package assem-bly without inhibiting the snug, packaging stability thereof, thenovel spacer being adaptably contoured to various package retainer environments.
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Zr3~7017 Various other features of the present invention will become obvious to one skilled in the art upon reading the disclosure set forth herein.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
More particularly, the present invention provides an improved packaging assembly for stoxing and removing at least one unitary package member within a confined space comprising a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space in which the unitary package member is stored; and, spacer means disposed in the confined space defined by the surroundinq retain~
ing wall, the spacer means being preselectively sized and shaped to be dimensionally and fully coextensive with the side of the unitary package which it faces and to cooperate with the sur~
rounding retaining wall to maintain the unitary package member in snugly stored position within the confined space, said spacer means being in the form of a peripheral frame surrounding a central recess to minimize weight and material usage. In addition, the novel spacer means of the present invention can be arranged to include digital access means disposed in the spacer means to permit ready manual removal of the unitary package member from the retainer.
It is to be understood that various modifications can be made by one skilled in the art to one or more of the several parts of the inventive structural packaging assembly disclosed herein without departing from the scope or spirit of the present inven-tion.
~RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to the drawings which disclose one advantaqeous embodiment of the present invention:
2t)C~70~7 Figure l is an exploded isometric view of the novel assembly for storing and removing a plurality of unitary package members in adjacent side-by-side rows; :~:
Figure 2 is a side isometric view of a novel spacer member, :~
such as those shown in Figure l of the drawings; and Figure 3 is an enlarged isometric side view of a portion of the spacer member of Figure 2, serving to disclose one advanta-geous composition of such a spacer member.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to Figure l of the drawings, an inventive packaging ~:~
assembly 2 for storing and removing rectangular shaped unitary packages 3 is disclosed in the form of a cigarette carton for ...~ ..
storing a plurality of cigarette packs.
As disclosed, a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall which defines a confined space for receiving unitary packages can be in the form of a conventional cigarette carton 3 formed from a stiffened paperboard to be of longitudinally extending rectangular shape, sized to receive and store a preselected number of unitary rec~angular packages in the form of cigarette packs 4.
As is known in the cigarette manufacturing art, the conventional cigarette carton 3 is sized to receive ten (lO) packs of ciga~
rettes 4 which are removably stored in the carton in two rows of side-by-side packs with the ad joining spaced opposed front and rear walls 6 and 7, respectively, and opposed end walls 8 and 9 forming a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space to store cigarette packs 4. Carton 3 is provided with a bottom wall ll and, although not shown in the drawings for purpose of simplifying Figure l, an opposed top wall, which is usually hinged to the rear wall 7 along the upper longitudinally extending edge thereof, can be provided.
In accordance with the present inven~ion, the two rows of side-by-side cigarette packs 4 are maintained snugly and removably Z~)~7017 in place by spacer sheets in the form of three parallel, longitu-dinally extending xectangular stiffener frames sized to be disposed in container carton 3 so that one of the frames is positioned intermediate or between the adjacent side-by-side rows o.f cigarette packs and the other two of the three frames are each respectively positioned between one of the two opposed longitudi-~ally extending front and rear walls 6 and 7 respectively of carton 3 and the adjacent row of side-by-side cigarette packs 4.
In this regard, it is to be noted that the three longitudinally extending parallel frames 12 are dimensionally coextensive with the sides of the row of cigarette packs 4 which each faces so ~hat the parallel frames 12 extend substantially the entire distance between opposed end walls 8 and 9 and the distance between the bottom wall 11 and the top wall of carton 3 above-described but .not shown. It also is to be noted that frames 12 are of a suitable preselected thickness to insure that the rows of packs are snugly but removably stored in the confined space defined by-the surrounding retaining wall of carton 3.
Further, in accordance with the present invention, each frame 12 is provided with a central recess 13 to minimize the amount of material used as well as the weight of the overall carton. The peripheral frames 12, which can be made of any one of a number of suitable, sturdy yet stiff materials, advantageously and as shown in Figures 2 and 3 can be composed of spaced, opposed sheets of material 14 and 16 which can be made of paperboard and which are glued or fastened by other suitable means to a corrugated sheet of suitable stiffener material 17 such as paper sandwiched between the opposed sheets 14 and 16. Advantageously, corrugations 17 extend diagonally at an angle of forty-five (45) degrees or some other preselected angle which differs from a normal angle to the ... . peripheral edges of frame 12. .
In accordance with still another feature of the present invention, digital access means is provided in spacer frames 12 to Z(~)7017 permit ready manual and selective removal of a cigarette pack 4 without an early compromise of stability of the overall carton assembly. As can be particularly seen in Figure 2 of the drawings, each peripheral frame 12 includes sets of spaced, opposed digital access recesses 18 spaced along the opposed longitudinal edges of frame 12. Each set of digital access recesses are of a preselected number (five as shown) and spaced in ;~-accordance with the number and size of each row of cigarette packs 4 with each recess 18 falling intermediate the sides of a `
cigarette pack 4. The digital access recesses are appropriately dimensioned and geometrically configured to permit ready insertion of the extremity of human digits between cigarette packs and the -carton sides for easy and selective removal of a cigarette pack.
Each stiffener 12 further includes at least one digital recess 18 in each opposed end edge thereof to permit alternative selective digital insertion for manual removal of a snugly packaged pack 4 from carton 3.
From the above description, it can be seen that an improved packaging assembly is provided for storing and removing unitary package members which is economical and straightforward in manufacture and assembly and which permits ready, manually facile ~;~
removal of one or more of several stored unitary packages without `
disturbing the integrity of the remaining packaged assembly. ~ ~
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The present invention relates to packaging assembly structure and more particularly to packaging assembly structure which allows for snug, stable s~orage of a unit or units to be packaged and which further allows for ready, selective manual removal thereof.
Various packaging arrangements are known in the art wherein containers can be readily assembled to define a strong, stable confined, storage space. For example, the long-since expired U.S.
Patent No. 1,866,23~, issued to H. R. Stubbs on July 5, 1932, teaches such a container formed from a single blank with the container having reinforced side walls. Further, it is known in the art to provide containers for storing unitary packages with dividers disposed therein to permit selective removal of stored packages, attention being directed to the more recently issued U.S. Patent No. 3,031,813, issued to R. H. Ganz on May 1~ 1962, which teaches a method and machine for making divider blanks to store bottles in a confined zone and to U.S. Patent No. 4,516,717, issued to John J. Curran on May lA, 1985, which also teaches a container divider for separating unitary packages, namely bottles, in a box container or the like. Finally, attention is directed to U.S. patent No. 4,773,531, issued to Thomas T. Tudor, et al, on ~ ., .
September 27, 1988, which discloses a spacer (Figures 3 and 4) with edge digital access and the several references cited in this patent, particularly U.S. patent No. 3,721,335, issued to C. C.
Granton March 20, 1973, which discloses a spacer which has cored openings but which is less than dimensionally and fully coexten-sive with the side of the package which it faces.
The present invention recognizes that past package structures for storing and removing unit packages within a confined zone have been comparatively complex in both manufacture and assembly, requiring comparatively sophisticated folding and cutting machin-ery as well as assembling machinery. Moreover, the present Zr~)7017 invention recognizes that many of the past packaging structures have been limited both in relative size and the particular geometry or shape of the unit to be packaged and stored, requiring specifically defined unit package shapes to permit ready manual removal of the stored package and often creating problems in the stability of the overall package assembly.
Recognizing these disadvantage and limitations of past packaging structure, the present invention provides a unique and novel assembly for storing and removing unitary package members of various shapes, the assembly structure being economical and straightforward in both manufacture and assembly, requiring a `minimum of materials and a minimum of manufacturing and assembly operations. Further, the completed package structure is both strong and stable, provides snug storage of the entirety of one or more unit packages and, notwithstanding the configuration or shape of the units stored, allows for ready and selective manual, digital removal of one or more of the stored units, as the case may be, without compromising the remaining package structure. The unique and novel packaging assembly structure of the present invention is ~compatible for use in storing small, box-shaped unitary packages which re~uire ready, selective digital removal and is particularly compatible for use in storing cigarette packs in cartons in a snug, compact and readily assembled manner to provide a stable, light, easily transportable carton and at the same time permit ready, selective digital removal of a unit pack without undesirable disruption of the remaining package assembly.
Further, the present invention provides a unique and novel spacer;
structure for a package assembly which utilizes a minimum of material, adding a minimum of weight to the overall package assem-bly without inhibiting the snug, packaging stability thereof, thenovel spacer being adaptably contoured to various package retainer environments.
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Zr3~7017 Various other features of the present invention will become obvious to one skilled in the art upon reading the disclosure set forth herein.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
More particularly, the present invention provides an improved packaging assembly for stoxing and removing at least one unitary package member within a confined space comprising a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space in which the unitary package member is stored; and, spacer means disposed in the confined space defined by the surroundinq retain~
ing wall, the spacer means being preselectively sized and shaped to be dimensionally and fully coextensive with the side of the unitary package which it faces and to cooperate with the sur~
rounding retaining wall to maintain the unitary package member in snugly stored position within the confined space, said spacer means being in the form of a peripheral frame surrounding a central recess to minimize weight and material usage. In addition, the novel spacer means of the present invention can be arranged to include digital access means disposed in the spacer means to permit ready manual removal of the unitary package member from the retainer.
It is to be understood that various modifications can be made by one skilled in the art to one or more of the several parts of the inventive structural packaging assembly disclosed herein without departing from the scope or spirit of the present inven-tion.
~RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to the drawings which disclose one advantaqeous embodiment of the present invention:
2t)C~70~7 Figure l is an exploded isometric view of the novel assembly for storing and removing a plurality of unitary package members in adjacent side-by-side rows; :~:
Figure 2 is a side isometric view of a novel spacer member, :~
such as those shown in Figure l of the drawings; and Figure 3 is an enlarged isometric side view of a portion of the spacer member of Figure 2, serving to disclose one advanta-geous composition of such a spacer member.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to Figure l of the drawings, an inventive packaging ~:~
assembly 2 for storing and removing rectangular shaped unitary packages 3 is disclosed in the form of a cigarette carton for ...~ ..
storing a plurality of cigarette packs.
As disclosed, a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall which defines a confined space for receiving unitary packages can be in the form of a conventional cigarette carton 3 formed from a stiffened paperboard to be of longitudinally extending rectangular shape, sized to receive and store a preselected number of unitary rec~angular packages in the form of cigarette packs 4.
As is known in the cigarette manufacturing art, the conventional cigarette carton 3 is sized to receive ten (lO) packs of ciga~
rettes 4 which are removably stored in the carton in two rows of side-by-side packs with the ad joining spaced opposed front and rear walls 6 and 7, respectively, and opposed end walls 8 and 9 forming a surrounding retaining wall defining the confined space to store cigarette packs 4. Carton 3 is provided with a bottom wall ll and, although not shown in the drawings for purpose of simplifying Figure l, an opposed top wall, which is usually hinged to the rear wall 7 along the upper longitudinally extending edge thereof, can be provided.
In accordance with the present inven~ion, the two rows of side-by-side cigarette packs 4 are maintained snugly and removably Z~)~7017 in place by spacer sheets in the form of three parallel, longitu-dinally extending xectangular stiffener frames sized to be disposed in container carton 3 so that one of the frames is positioned intermediate or between the adjacent side-by-side rows o.f cigarette packs and the other two of the three frames are each respectively positioned between one of the two opposed longitudi-~ally extending front and rear walls 6 and 7 respectively of carton 3 and the adjacent row of side-by-side cigarette packs 4.
In this regard, it is to be noted that the three longitudinally extending parallel frames 12 are dimensionally coextensive with the sides of the row of cigarette packs 4 which each faces so ~hat the parallel frames 12 extend substantially the entire distance between opposed end walls 8 and 9 and the distance between the bottom wall 11 and the top wall of carton 3 above-described but .not shown. It also is to be noted that frames 12 are of a suitable preselected thickness to insure that the rows of packs are snugly but removably stored in the confined space defined by-the surrounding retaining wall of carton 3.
Further, in accordance with the present invention, each frame 12 is provided with a central recess 13 to minimize the amount of material used as well as the weight of the overall carton. The peripheral frames 12, which can be made of any one of a number of suitable, sturdy yet stiff materials, advantageously and as shown in Figures 2 and 3 can be composed of spaced, opposed sheets of material 14 and 16 which can be made of paperboard and which are glued or fastened by other suitable means to a corrugated sheet of suitable stiffener material 17 such as paper sandwiched between the opposed sheets 14 and 16. Advantageously, corrugations 17 extend diagonally at an angle of forty-five (45) degrees or some other preselected angle which differs from a normal angle to the ... . peripheral edges of frame 12. .
In accordance with still another feature of the present invention, digital access means is provided in spacer frames 12 to Z(~)7017 permit ready manual and selective removal of a cigarette pack 4 without an early compromise of stability of the overall carton assembly. As can be particularly seen in Figure 2 of the drawings, each peripheral frame 12 includes sets of spaced, opposed digital access recesses 18 spaced along the opposed longitudinal edges of frame 12. Each set of digital access recesses are of a preselected number (five as shown) and spaced in ;~-accordance with the number and size of each row of cigarette packs 4 with each recess 18 falling intermediate the sides of a `
cigarette pack 4. The digital access recesses are appropriately dimensioned and geometrically configured to permit ready insertion of the extremity of human digits between cigarette packs and the -carton sides for easy and selective removal of a cigarette pack.
Each stiffener 12 further includes at least one digital recess 18 in each opposed end edge thereof to permit alternative selective digital insertion for manual removal of a snugly packaged pack 4 from carton 3.
From the above description, it can be seen that an improved packaging assembly is provided for storing and removing unitary package members which is economical and straightforward in manufacture and assembly and which permits ready, manually facile ~;~
removal of one or more of several stored unitary packages without `
disturbing the integrity of the remaining packaged assembly. ~ ~
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Claims (11)
1) An improved packaging assembly for storing and removing at least one unitary package member within a confined space com-prising:
a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall defining said confined space in which said unitary package member is to be stored; and, spacer means disposed in said confined space defined by said surrounding wall, said spacer means being preselectively sized and shaped to be dimensionally and fully coextensive with the side of said unitary package which it faces and to cooperate with said surrounding retaining wall to maintain said unitary package member in snugly stored position within said confined space, said spacer means being in the form of a peripheral frame surrounding a central recess to minimize weight and material usage.
a retainer including a surrounding retaining wall defining said confined space in which said unitary package member is to be stored; and, spacer means disposed in said confined space defined by said surrounding wall, said spacer means being preselectively sized and shaped to be dimensionally and fully coextensive with the side of said unitary package which it faces and to cooperate with said surrounding retaining wall to maintain said unitary package member in snugly stored position within said confined space, said spacer means being in the form of a peripheral frame surrounding a central recess to minimize weight and material usage.
2) The improved package assembly of Claim 1, and digital access means including at least one edge recess in said spacer means to permit digital insertion for manual removal of said unitary package member from said retainer.
3) The improved package assembly of Claim 1, said retainer being paperboard stock.
4) The improved package assembly of Claim 1, said retainer comprising a paperboard box.
5) The improved package assembly of Claim 1, said spacer means including spaced opposed sheets of paperboard with a corrugated sheet of paper material therebetween.
6) The improved package assembly of Claim 1, said surrounding retaining wall being sized to accommodate a plurality of unitary package members in side-by-side relation with said spacer means being preselectively sized and shaped to cooperate with said surrounding retaining wall to maintain said plurality of package members in snugly stored position within said confined space and said digital access means cooperative with said spacer means to permit selective removal of said unitary package members.
7) The improved package assembly of Claim 6, said surrounding retaining wall defining said confined space being of longi-tudinally extending rectangular configuration.
8) The improved package assembly of Claim 6, said surrounding retaining wall defining said confined space being of longitudi-nally extending rectangular configuration and being sized to accommodate a plurality of unitary package members in at least two adjacent rows in side-by-side package relation with spacer means intermediate said adjacent rows and the adjacent rows and their adjacent surrounding retaining wall side.
9) The improved package assembly of Claim 8, said surrounding retaining wall comprising the side wall of a stiffened cardboard box and said spacer means comprising three stiffened peripheral frame sheets, each formed from spaced opposed sheets of paperboard with a corrugated sheet of paper material sandwiched there-between.
10) An improved packaging assembly for storing and removing a plurality of cigarette packs comprising:
a stiffened paperboard container carton of longitudinally extending rectangular shape sized to receive and store a pre-selected number of cigarette packs in two rows of side-by-side packs within a surrounding retaining wall defined by the adjoining side walls of said container carton;
three longitudinally extending rectangular peripheral stiffener frames sized to be disposed in said container carton with one of said frames being positioned intermediate said adjacent rows of cigarette packs and the other two of said frames each being respectively positioned between one of the two opposed longitudinally extending side walls of said carton and the adjacent row of side-by-side cigarette packs to store said packs snugly and removably within said carton, said peripheral stiffener frames being dimensionally and fully coextensive with the sides of said rows of cigarette packs which each faces, each of said frames having a central recess therein to minimize the material and weight thereof and each frame being composed of spaced opposed sheets of paperboard with a diagonally corrugated sheet of stiffened paper sandwiched therebetween, each of said peripheral frames including sets of spaced opposed digital access recesses on the opposed longitudinal edges thereof, each set of access recesses being of a number and spaced in accordance with the number and size of each pack row with each recess falling inter-mediate the sides of a pack, each of said frames further including at least one digital access recess in each opposed end edge thereof to permit alternative and selective digital insertion for preselected manual removal of a snugly packaged cigarette pack from said carton.
a stiffened paperboard container carton of longitudinally extending rectangular shape sized to receive and store a pre-selected number of cigarette packs in two rows of side-by-side packs within a surrounding retaining wall defined by the adjoining side walls of said container carton;
three longitudinally extending rectangular peripheral stiffener frames sized to be disposed in said container carton with one of said frames being positioned intermediate said adjacent rows of cigarette packs and the other two of said frames each being respectively positioned between one of the two opposed longitudinally extending side walls of said carton and the adjacent row of side-by-side cigarette packs to store said packs snugly and removably within said carton, said peripheral stiffener frames being dimensionally and fully coextensive with the sides of said rows of cigarette packs which each faces, each of said frames having a central recess therein to minimize the material and weight thereof and each frame being composed of spaced opposed sheets of paperboard with a diagonally corrugated sheet of stiffened paper sandwiched therebetween, each of said peripheral frames including sets of spaced opposed digital access recesses on the opposed longitudinal edges thereof, each set of access recesses being of a number and spaced in accordance with the number and size of each pack row with each recess falling inter-mediate the sides of a pack, each of said frames further including at least one digital access recess in each opposed end edge thereof to permit alternative and selective digital insertion for preselected manual removal of a snugly packaged cigarette pack from said carton.
11) In a stiffened paperboard cigarette carton of longitudinally extending rectangular shape sized to receive and store a pre-selected number of cigarette packs in at least one row of side-by-side packs within a surrounding retaining wall defined by the adjoining side walls of said container carton, an improved spacer sheet comprising:
a paper stock stiffener frame dimensionally and fully coextensive with the sides of said row of cigarette packs which it faces, said frame including spaced opposed sheets of paperboard stock with a corrugated sheet of stiffened paper sandwiched and fastened therebetween with the corrugations extending at angle varying from normal relative the common edges of said opposed sheets, said sandwich spacer sheet having its central portion thereof removed to leave a sturdy peripheral frame of minimum weight and material, said sandwich paper frame having a plurality of spaced edge recesses therein on opposite longitudinal edges thereof corresponding with the number of cigarette packs in the row of side-by-side packs and positioned to allow digital inser-tion for selective manual removal of said cigarette packs when stored in said carton with at least one edge recess being provided in each of the opposite end edges of said sandwich paper frame.
a paper stock stiffener frame dimensionally and fully coextensive with the sides of said row of cigarette packs which it faces, said frame including spaced opposed sheets of paperboard stock with a corrugated sheet of stiffened paper sandwiched and fastened therebetween with the corrugations extending at angle varying from normal relative the common edges of said opposed sheets, said sandwich spacer sheet having its central portion thereof removed to leave a sturdy peripheral frame of minimum weight and material, said sandwich paper frame having a plurality of spaced edge recesses therein on opposite longitudinal edges thereof corresponding with the number of cigarette packs in the row of side-by-side packs and positioned to allow digital inser-tion for selective manual removal of said cigarette packs when stored in said carton with at least one edge recess being provided in each of the opposite end edges of said sandwich paper frame.
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| US3721335A (en) * | 1970-08-24 | 1973-03-20 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp | Cigarette carton with pack separator |
| US3752308A (en) * | 1972-08-28 | 1973-08-14 | Philip Morris Inc | Packaging of cigarettes |
| US4120443A (en) * | 1978-02-06 | 1978-10-17 | Container Corporation Of America | Cushioning insert |
| DE8413768U1 (en) * | 1984-05-05 | 1984-07-26 | Schreiber, Walter, 6806 Viernheim | Storage and removal containers for paper tissue packs |
| US4773531A (en) * | 1987-06-24 | 1988-09-27 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation | Cigarette carton with package separator and package spacer therefor |
| US4771882A (en) * | 1987-06-24 | 1988-09-20 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation | Cigarette package with spacer |
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1990
- 1990-01-03 CA CA002007017A patent/CA2007017A1/en not_active Abandoned
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| FZDE | Discontinued |