USPatent applicationPatented

V-cut innerframe for a hinged lid box

Granted 27 Feb 2001

Current assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Walter V. Jones, Claudette Caulder, John Jerome Fleenor, Steven L. Brown · Examiner: Ted Shooman · AU 2912 · TC 2900

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107468
filed 8 Jul 1999
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Patent
US D438106
granted 27 Feb 2001

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a V-cut innerframe for a hinged lid box with squared corners according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 1, the right side view being a mirror image of the left side view;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of a V-cut innerframe for a hinged lid box with rounded corners according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 5, the right side view being a mirrror image of the left side view;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a front view of a V-cut innerframe for a hinged lid box with beveled corners according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a left side view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 9, the right side view being a mirror image of the left side view; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the V-cut innerframe of FIG. 9.

The broken line showing of the surrounding hinged-lid box and of the interior packaging material is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D09/432D27/186

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