US 12,139,312 B2
Packaging for an aerosol delivery device and consumable components
Mark Shane Hatcher, Pfafftown, NC (US)
Assigned to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,355, filed on Feb. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258911 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 5/50 (2006.01); B65D 5/02 (2006.01); B65D 85/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 5/5059 (2013.01) [B65D 5/0227 (2013.01); B65D 85/20 (2013.01); B65D 2203/06 (2013.01); B65D 2301/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packaging device configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the device comprising:
an outer package comprising a first plurality of panels configurable to define an inner cavity substantially enclosed by the panels in the closed configuration, wherein the outer package comprises a reconfigurable portion and a base portion, the reconfigurable portion being configured to move relative to the base portion to define an opening to the inner cavity and configured to engage the base portion in the closed configuration; and
an insert comprising a second plurality of panels configured to form an inlay disposed within the outer package and having an outer shape corresponding to an internal shape of the inner cavity, wherein at least one of the second plurality of panels comprises a plurality of openings substantially evenly distributed across the at least one panel and configured to hold one or more components, wherein the first plurality of panels is embodied in a first blank having a first surface and a second surface, the first blank comprising:
a back panel comprising first and second lateral sides and first and second longitudinal ends;
a first intermediate panel extending from the first lateral side of the back panel;
a second intermediate panel extending from the second lateral side of the back panel;
a first end panel extending from the first longitudinal end of the back panel and comprising an end tab, a first side tab, and a second side tab, each extending from a side of the first end panel, wherein an adhesive material is at least partially disposed on the first surface of the first end panel;
a second end panel extending from the second longitudinal end of the back panel and comprising an end tab, a first side tab, and a second side tab, each extending from a side of the second end panel, wherein the adhesive material is at least partially disposed on the first surface of the second end panel;
an inside panel extending from the first intermediate panel and comprising first and second lateral sides, first and second longitudinal ends, a first flap extending from the first longitudinal end of the inside panel, and a second flap extending from the second longitudinal end of the inside panel, the second surface of the inside panel configured to engage the first and second end panels via the adhesive, wherein a portion of the first intermediate panel and the second lateral side of the inside panel define a receptacle; and
a front panel extending from the second intermediate panel and comprising first and second lateral sides, first and second longitudinal ends, and a tab extending outwardly from the second lateral side of the front panel, wherein the front panel is configured to at least partially overlap the inside panel and the tab is configured to removably engage the receptacle in the closed configuration.