Robert T Mitten

US Patent:

D509623, Sep 13, 2005

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/196581

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189

US Patent:

D523171, Jun 13, 2006

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/196602

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - Richmond VA

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189

US Patent:

D541471, Apr 24, 2007

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/196599

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA, Inc. - Richmond VA

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189

US Patent:

D561933, Feb 12, 2008

Filed:

Sep 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/284997

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189

US Patent:

D568576, May 13, 2008

Filed:

Nov 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/243091

Inventors:

Bruce Neidle - Midlothian VA, US
Cynthia S. Hayes - Midlothian VA, US
Kenneth Newman - Prince George VA, US
Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
William R. Sweeney - Richmond VA, US
Danielle R. Crawford - Chester VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - Richmond VA

International Classification:

0101

US Classification:

D 1102

US Patent:

7377384, May 27, 2008

Filed:

Jul 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/891702

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - Richmond VA

International Classification:

B65D 85/10

US Classification:

206256, 206261, 206265, 206271

Abstract:

A cigarette pack has a pair of complementary packets each having a box that includes a straight or angled or non-orthogonal side panel and wherein each box contains a group of cigarettes. The packets are arranged adjacent one another along their straight or non-orthogonal sides and then overwrapped to produce the cigarette pack. Each packet includes ten cigarettes for a total pack count of twenty cigarettes. The individual packets promote ease of transport and overall freshness. The packet may have rounded or beveled corners, and each packet may have a hinge lid or comprise an outer shell and interior cigarette holding slide.

US Patent:

D594596, Jun 16, 2009

Filed:

Dec 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

29/196598

Inventors:

Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Scott A. Fath - Richmond VA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

2706

US Classification:

D27189

US Patent:

7584843, Sep 8, 2009

Filed:

May 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/414341

Inventors:

John H. Kutsch - Crystal Lake IL, US
Rutger Thiellier - Chicago IL, US
Andrew Vest - Midlothian VA, US
Janet Thompson - Chesterfield VA, US
Xuam Pham - Glen Allen VA, US
Robert T. Mitten - Glen Allen VA, US
Yvonne DeVerry - Midlothian VA, US
Gary Mengeu - Wheeling WV, US
Stephen Getsy - Pittsburg PA, US

Assignee:

Philip Morris USA Inc. - Richmond VA

International Classification:

B65D 85/10

US Classification:

206267, 206 37, 2203451

Abstract:

A pocket-size hand-held container for containing a supply of consumer items comprises a frame, a lid, and preferably a bag is disposed in the container for holding the items being stored. The frame includes front and back portions, top and bottom portions, and side portions, the frame forming an internal storage compartment that stores the items. The front portion forms an access opening for the storage compartment, the access opening being situated closer to the top end portion than to the bottom end portion. The lid is attached to the front portion to be slid linearly between fully closed and fully open positions. In its fully closed position, the lid overlies the access opening, and in its fully open position, the lid lies within the footprint of the container. A securement structure formed by the lid and the frame yieldably holds the lid in the closed position. The bag is formed of a flexible plastic material and includes an openable window situated behind the access opening.