Heather M Parsons

US Patent:

20080099353, May 1, 2008

Filed:

Oct 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/818948

Inventors:

Heather Noelle Parsons - Kernersville NC, US
William Paul Scott - Clemmons NC, US
Pankaj Patel - Clemmons NC, US
Laya Katina Palmer - Winston-Salem NC, US

International Classification:

B65D 85/10
B65D 1/24

US Classification:

206266, 220500

Abstract:

An assembled container for cigarettes possesses an outer body portion that possesses a front wall, a back wall, a right side wall and a left side wall; with each wall outer surface being vertically extending, and generally curved when viewed from the top of the container. The container also possesses an associated outer lid portion. An inner sleeve is positioned within the outer body portion and connected at opposite inner faces of that outer body portion so as to provide a central, vertically extending region whereby the front wall of the outer body portion is connected to the back wall of the outer body portion. The assembled container has the minimum depth in the central, vertically extending region; and the maximum depth being located on each side of that region. The assembled container also has a width that is greater than the maximum depth. As such, the outer container possesses two vertically extending hollow regions or compartments (e.g., one on the left side and one on the right side), and a generally cylindrical packet of smoking articles can be positioned within each respective compartment.

US Patent:

D595453, Jun 30, 2009

Filed:

Mar 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/304656

Inventors:

Heather Noélle Parsons - Kernersville NC, US
William Paul Scott - Clemmons NC, US
Pankaj Patel - Clemmons NC, US
Laya Katina Palmer - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189