Patent SG-11201803856W-A (SG)
Title: Improved package for resealable container of consumer articles
Inventor: NIMPSCH PETER
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 2016-12-09
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date .... ...tir ,„.1 15 June 2017(15.06.2017) WIPO I PCT ID Hit (10) 11111111 WO International DE111111110 IIIII II 2017/097999 Publication III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Al Number RIO IIII IIIIIIII (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every B65D 75/58 (2006.01) B65D 85/10 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, B65D 77/06 (2006.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/EP2016/080483 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (22) International Filing Date: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 9 December 2016 (09.12.2016) MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (25) Filing Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (26) Publication Language: English TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 15199621.2 11 December 2015 (11.12.2015) EP (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, [CH/CH]; Quai Jeanrenaud 3, CH-2000 Neuchatel (CH). TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (72) Inventors: NIMPSCH, Timothee; HandjerystraBe 20 A, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, 12159 Berlin (DE). CAILLEAUX, Timothee; 818 me DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, d'Arbere, Res. Le Longchamp Bat. A, 01220 Divonne-les- SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Bains (FR). GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: CIVERA, Andrea; Reddie & Grose LLP, The Published: White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, Lon- 21(3)) don El 8QS (GB). — with international search report (Art (54) Title: IMPROVED PACKAGE FOR RESEALABLE CONTAINER OF CONSUMER ARTICLES 100 no % I I y 104 II ‘ , ‘ / % , , I, II x I 1, II I 1, I 1 , , J I II I- it it * II ti I II I 102 114-- U 1 , 1 1 0 11 ca, , -. II I II I 1-1 112 — .4t 0 ii k i , A II I I I I , i 1 i I 1 i N li % / , N i I , I t, IX % ‘ 1 I v, I I 1 1 '-- 106 CN CN 1 IN 108 Fig. 3 01 0 --.... (57) : There is provided a resealable container for consumer articles comprising a package of consumer articles, the package I N having an access opening through which consumer articles can be removed; and a resealable panel covering the access opening of 1-1 c:::, the package and extending beyond the periphery of the access opening of the package. The package is foiined by folding a blank of ei flexible sheet material having a thickness around a group of consumer articles such that a first end portion of the blank overlaps a 0 second end portion of the blank. An area of a surface of the first end portion of the blank is sealed to an area of a surface of the second end portion of the blank. One of the first and second end portions comprises non-printed indicia at a predetermined location relative to an edge of the end portion.