Global Patent Index - EP 3166860 B1

EP 3166860 B1 20180425 - RIGID PACKAGE OF SMOKE ARTICLES

Title (en)

RIGID PACKAGE OF SMOKE ARTICLES

Title (de)

STARRE RAUCHWARENPACKUNG

Title (fr)

EMBALLAGE RIGIDE D'ARTICLES DE FUMÉE

Publication

EP 3166860 B1 20180425 (EN)

Application

EP 15754012 A 20150710

Priority

  • IT BO20140391 A 20140710
  • IB 2015055223 W 20150710

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016005949A1] A package (1) of smoke articles comprising:a container (2), which has a parallelepiped shape and has a front wall (9), a rear wall (10), a bottom wall (8) and two lateral walls (11); a parallelepiped-shaped inner wrapper (3) that wraps a group of smoke articles, which is housed inside the container (2) and has a transverse dimension that is less than the transverse dimension of the container (2) so as to form a cavity inside the container (2); a collar (12), which is arranged inside the container (2) for projecting partially outside an open top end (4) of the container (2) and comprises a front wall (13), which is arranged in contact with the front wall (9) of the container (2), and two lateral walls (14), which are arranged on opposite sides of the front wall (13) and are arranged in contact with the lateral walls (11) of the container (2); and a filling element (15) arranged within the cavity to securely retain the inner wrapper (3) in the container (2), wherein the filling element (15) comprises an abutting wall (16) for supporting the inner wrapper (3), a top wall (17) connected to a top end of the abutting wall (16) and substantially perpendicular to the abutting wall (16), and two lateral walls (19) that are arranged at opposite ends of the abutting wall (16) and are substantially perpendicular to the abutting wall (16); wherein the collar (12) and the filling element (15) are elements that are distinct from one another; the package (1) of smoke articles is characterised in that the filling element (15) comprises a rear wall (18) connected to the top wall (17) and parallel to and opposite the abutting wall (16), wherein an end portion of the rear wall (18) of the filling element (15) rests on and is glued to the rear wall (10) of the container (2).

IPC 8 full level

B65D 5/496 (2006.01); B65D 85/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

B65D 85/1045 (2013.01 - EP US); B65D 85/1081 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016005949 A1 20160114; EP 3166860 A1 20170517; EP 3166860 B1 20180425; ES 2669519 T3 20180528; PL 3166860 T3 20181031

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2015055223 W 20150710; EP 15754012 A 20150710; ES 15754012 T 20150710; PL 15754012 T 20150710