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Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC	RICHMOND VA 23230

International Classification(s)

• B65D:CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR....
• A24F:SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES
• B65B:MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF,....

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Fuller, Edward C	Ashland, US	3	8
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 8
Hession, Christopher J	Mechanicsville, US	54	604
# of filed Patents : 54 Total Citations : 604
Mitten, Robert T	Glen Allen, US	68	1218
# of filed Patents : 68 Total Citations : 1218

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
September 16, 2014	US,8833552,B2   US8833552B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
November 28, 2013	US,20130313140,A1   US20130313140A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

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US Patent No: 8833552

Folded pack for holding thin elongate products

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Abstract

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A folded, substantially wedge shaped pack useful for holding thin, elongate products such as tobacco sticks includes a back panel, inner front panel, top panel and front closure panel, the front closure panel including a tab at a free end thereof engageable with a closure slot in the inner front panel. The closure tab slides into the closure slot by sliding along a bearing surface and the top panel establishes a raised fulcrum effect which tends to maintain the closure tab in the closure slot when the pack is in a closed condition.

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