IP Library Granted Patent US 10,011,420
Granted Patent B2
US 10,011,420 · App. 14/469,195 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Lighter holder for cigarette and cigar packs

Inventor: Scott A. Fath (Richmond, VA)
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
B65D85/109A24F15/00
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Patent No.
US 10,011,420
App. No.
14/469,195
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighter holder for a cigarette or cigar package, comprising a substantially rectangular member foldable into the lighter holder, the rectangular member having a length and a width and five discrete panels defined in the length direction by foldable score lines in the width direction, the second and fourth panels being internally foldable and having apertures at corresponding locations in the width directions thereof.

Claims (26)

1. A cigarette or cigar pack comprising:

a container;

a film wrapped around the container; and

a lighter holder positioned inside the container, or outside the film, said lighter holder comprising:

a substantially rectangular sheet comprising:

a length;

a width;

first and second opposing surfaces;

first, second, third, fourth and fifth panels defined by score lines between the first, second, third, fourth and fifth panels for folding the rectangular sheet;

additional lines in both the second and fourth panels;

a first lower ledge positioned between the first and third panels and separated from the second panel by a first aperture; and

a second lower ledge positioned between the third and fifth panels and separated from the fourth panel by a second aperture,

wherein the first surface of the first panel is adhered to the second surface of the fifth panel, and

wherein the rectangular sheet is folded flat such that:

the first, third and fifth panels overlap to form a central portion;

the second and fourth panels are folded outwardly and extend from the central portion; and

the first and second lower ledges extend outwardly from the central portion.

2. The pack of claim 1 , wherein the flat folded rectangular sheet may be expanded to a configuration comprising:

an inner wall comprising the first panel and the fifth panel;

an outer wall opposite the inner wall, said outer wall comprising the third panel;

a pair of side walls comprising the second and fourth panels folded outward; and

a pair of lower ledges comprising the first and second lower ledges inwardly-folded for supporting a lighter.

3. The pack of claim 1 , wherein the panels are of approximately equal width.

4. The pack of claim 1 , wherein the first and second apertures are pentagonal.

5. The pack of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular sheet is paperboard.

6. The pack of claim 1 , wherein the rectangular sheet is plastic.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2016
From: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.; ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
To: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 037887/0862 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2014
From: FATH, SCOTT A.
To: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.
Reel/Frame 033682/0320 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160060020A1 · Mar 3, 2016