US 11,745,935 B2
Wrap for smoking articles with a reusable closing portion
Stefano Salmi, Bologna (IT); Stefano Sarti, Bologna (IT); Roberto Polloni, Bologna (IT); and Luca Federici, Bologna (IT)
Assigned to G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
Appl. No. 17/622,168
Filed by G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, Bologna (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/056221
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/001765, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000010518 (IT), filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356004 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/1027 (2013.01) [B65D 85/1045 (2013.01); B65D 85/1081 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrap (3) for smoking articles, which encloses a group (14) of smoking articles, is obtained by folding a wrapping sheet (26) of rectangular-shaped wrap around the group (14) of smoking articles, once folded the wrapping sheet is stabilized by means of heat- sealing, and the wrapping sheet has, at a top and at a front, a first extraction opening (15), which is obtained through the same wrap (3) by means of a first U-shaped through cut (16) and crosses the wrapping sheet (26);
wherein the first extraction opening (15) is normally closed by a reusable closing portion (17), which consists of the part of the wrapping sheet (26) surrounded by the first through cut (16) and the part of the wrapping sheet surrounded by the first through cut can be lifted to free the first extraction opening (15) and then lowered again to engage the first extraction opening (15);
wherein the wrap (3) for smoking articles comprises a support element (18), which is arranged inside the wrap (3) at the first extraction opening (15), the support element is in direct contact with the group (14) of smoking articles without the interposition of other elements, the support element is smaller than the wrapping sheet (26), extending only at a front wall and an upper wall of the wrap (3), the support element is glued to the wrapping sheet (26) by means of a re-stick glue (20), and has a second extraction opening (19), which is smaller than the first extraction opening (15) and is entirely contained in the first extraction opening (15);
wherein the wrap (3) for smoking articles comprises an intermediate element (32), which is interposed between the wrap (3) and the support element (18), is stably and permanently connected to the wrapping sheet (26) by means of a first permanent glue (33), and is glued to the support element (18) by means of the re-stick glue (20).