TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a package assembly. More particularly, the present
invention relates to abundling system for storing articles such as cigarettes and the like, said
bundling system comprises an enclosure means thatfacilitates regulating exposure of the articles.
BACKGROUND AND THE PRIOR ART
In a cigarette pack, to dispense a cigarette, the consumer has to tear-off the inner bundling
leaving majority of the remaining cigarettes exposed till the last consumption. Also, in the retail
shop the shop keeper generally requires selling single units and under such situation the
remaining cigarettes in the pack may be exposed to the environment once the conventional
bundling is torn off; which therefore calls for an arrangement whereby cigarettes can be
protected from exposure.
Some of the prior arts in this field of invention are as follows:
US20120187010A1 discloses a biaxially oriented polypropylene film with at least two perforated
lines is described, which run parallel to one another and are located at a maximum interval of 10
mm. The perforations of the two lines are offset relative to one another. The intervals of
undamaged film between the perforations are longer than the perforations.
US2012152773A1 discloses a biaxially oriented polypropylene film with perforated lines is
described. The film has at least two perforated lines which run parallel to one another and are
located at a maximum interval of 10 mm. The perforations of the two lines are offset relative to
one another.
US3809227A discloses a cigarette packages are wrapped in an aligned single row or assembly of
five such packages, so that two such wrapped assemblies can be placed side-by-side in a
conventional carton making a unit sale of five prepackaged packages possible if desired. The
cigarette packages in each assembly are connected in linked together assembly by means of a
component superposed on and secured to one end surface of each package, the component being

provided as an elongated strip which has frangible segments therein extending transversely of the
strip in regions where the strip overlies the location of abutment of each package with an
adjacent package. If unit sales of less than five packages are desired, a selected package or
packages can be removed from the assembly by severing the strip along appropriate frangible
segments, with the associated strip portion remaining secured to the package or packages which
have been removed, the strip portion associated with the removed packages bearing the tax
marking indicia required by most localities remaining affixed to such packages at the time of
retail sales of the same.
US4081126A discloses a hard-box, hinge-lid package of 25 cigarettes may be provided without
attendant prior art problems by separating the cigarettes into two distinct bundles, each of which
is laterally confined by foil paper with the cigarettes in each bundle being arranged in three
parallel rows in which the front and rear rows of each contain the same number of cigarettes and
the center row contains one less cigarette than the other rows, and each cigarette in the center
row engages two cigarettes in each of the front and rear rows, so that there is a cigarette located
at each corner of each bundle.
US2867368A discloses a dispensing carton comprising a longitudinal bottom panel, a pair of
opposed longitudinal side panels each integral to and at a right angle to said bottom panel, a top
longitudinal panel integral to and normally at a right angle to a side panel, a longitudinal sealer
panel integral to and at a right angle to said top panel and sealed to the adjacent dispensing side
panel, an end panel integral to and at a right angle to each of the ends of the other and opposed
side panel, said top and bottom longitudinal panels having relatively small sealer panels integral
to and at a right angle to each of its respective ends and sealed respectively to the respective end
panels, said dispensing side panels being secured longitudinally by a perforated tear line , said
longitudinal sealer panel secured to said side panel being secured by a perforated tear line, said
side dispensing panel having a medical longitudinal tear line and a plurality of the spaced-apart
parallel tear lines each disposed at a right angle to said medical line thereby dividing up the
dispensing panel into a plurality of small individually removable dispensing panels, said small
sealer panels secured to one of said end panels being secured by a respective perforated line to its

respective top and bottom panel, thereby providing a tear able end panel tear able away from its
normally confining sealer panels secured thereto
JP2002193356 discloses an inner box of a cigarette packaging box in which a cigarette taking-
out opening can be formed simply in a superior outer appearance. In the case of a cigarette
packaging box, its inner box is formed as a box member comprised of a rectangular cylinder
having four side walls with a sheet of packaging paper being folded, a bottom segment with
bottom walls to extending from the side walls of the rectangular cylinder in a downward
direction being folded, and a lid segment with lid walls extending from the side walls of the
rectangular cylinder in an upward direction being folded. Further, a string member having one
end as a free end is positioned in at least one end of the lid segment holding a seal and adhered
along each of the sides in a rectangular region exposed from an outer box 14. When a cigarette is
to be taken out, the one end a of the string member 38 is pulled out to cause the rectangular
region to be peeled off from the lid segment together with the string member 38, resulting in that
a cigarette taking-out opening 36 is formed at the inner box.
US6726006 discloses a flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such
as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body
panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic
material with an open bottom having an internal peripheral shoulder and a base made of a
separate plastic/metal foil laminate that is bonded to the shoulder by induction heating a heat-
activated adhesive covering the metal foil of the base. The body has a central internal front-to-
back stiffening rib and an access opening in its top and front panels with a surrounding ledge to
which is adhesively bonded a removable foil closure. After the access opening is closed with the
foil closure, cigarettes are inserted into the container body through the open bottom thereof. A
protective paperboard liner that prevents adherence between the heat-activated adhesive and the
cigarettes is inserted into the open bottom and supported by the central rib and the cigarettes. The
base laminate is then inserted into the open bottom and bears on the shoulder so that when the
adhesive is activated by induction heating, the base bonds to the shoulder and seals the container.
An adhesive-backed label wrap with brand specific indicia is applied to the outer surfaces of the
container

The above cited prior arts though provide different features for secure packaging. However there
still remains scope thus providing way for a new and much secured packaging.The associated
disadvantages therefore necessitate a better bundling arrangement to keep the articles like
cigarettes covered. The present invention therefore provides bundling system for storing articles
such as cigarettes and the like, said bundling system comprises an enclosure means that
facilitates regulating exposure of the articles from the external environment.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
A basic object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages/drawbacks of the known
art.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bundling system for storing articles such
as cigarettes and the like, said bundling system comprises an enclosure means that facilitates
regulating exposure of the articles thereby keeping said articles covered from the external
environment.
Another object of the present invention is to providepull tabs for facilitating the tearing apart of
the segments.
These and other advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent from the
following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following presents a simplified summary of the invention in order to provide a basic
understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of
the present invention. It is not intended to identify the key/critical elements of the invention or to
delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concept of the invention
in a simplified form as a prelude to a more detailed description of the invention presented later.

In one aspect of the present invention there is provided a bundling system for storing articles
such as cigarettes and the like, said bundling system facilitates regulating exposure of the articles
thereby keeping said articles covered from external environment, said bundling system
comprising a laminar sheet folded to define an enclosure means so as to accommodate a pre-
determined number of the articles, said enclosure means having plural serrated identifications
which when the sheet is folded are located on top side of the enclosure such that some portion of
each identification being spread on horizontal top surface of the top side with remaining portions
spread symmetrically or asymmetrically on lateral surfaces of the top side and define plurality
of segments each of which being adapted to cover a group of the articles, wherein the segments
can be torn apart singly about said identifications thereby providing an access opening for the
group of articles covered by the ripped off segment; and wherein the segments located on both
corners of the said top side comprising means to tear them apart from their neighboring segments
while the said neighboring segments can be optionally torn apart by the user at his own desire;
said system further comprising a container for holding said enclosure means and having a top
opening thereon thus exposing top side of said enclosure means, or optionally said container
having its top side provided with lid to cover the said enclosure means.
Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the invention will become apparent to those
skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the
annexed drawings, discloses exemplary embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
The following drawings are illustrative of particular examples for enabling methods of the
present invention, are descriptive of some of the methods, and are not intended to limit the scope
of the invention. The drawings are not to scale (unless so stated) and are intended for use in
conjunction with the explanations in the following detailed description.
Figure 1 illustrates the drawing of the bundling material in flat form in one of its embodiment.

Figure 2 illustrates the bundling material in folded form.
Figure 3 illustrates the bundling with segment removed.
Persons skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity
and clarity and may have not been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the
elements in the figure may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help to improve
understanding of various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.
Throughout the drawings, it should be noted that like reference numbers are used to depict the
same or similar elements, features, and structures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a
comprehensive understanding of exemplary embodiments of the invention as defined by the
claims and their equivalents. It includes various specific details to assist in that understanding but
these are to be regarded as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will
recognize that various changes and modifications of the embodiments described herein can be
made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, descriptions of
well-known functions and constructions are omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the
bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent
understanding of the invention. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that
the following description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention are provided for
illustration purpose only and not for the purpose of limiting the invention as defined by the
appended claims and their equivalents.
It is to be understood that the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural referents unless
the context clearly dictates otherwise.

By the term "substantially" it is meant that the recited characteristic, parameter, or value need
not be achieved exactly, but that deviations or variations, including for example, tolerances,
measurement error, measurement accuracy limitations and other factors known to those of skill
in the art, may occur in amounts that do not preclude the effect the characteristic was intended to
provide.
Accordingly, present invention provides a mechanism of segmented bundling in a cigarette box.
There is provided a bundling system for storing articles such as cigarettes and the like.The
bundling system as providedcomprises an enclosure means that facilitates regulating exposure of
the articles thereby keeping said articles covered from external environment. The bundling
system comprises a laminar sheet folded to define an enclosure means so as to accommodate a
pre-determined number of the articles.
The enclosure means further comprises a plurality of serrated identifications which when the
sheet is folded are located on top side of the enclosure such that some portion of each
identification being spread on horizontal top surface of the top side with remaining portions
spread symmetrically or asymmetrically on lateral surfaces of the top side and define plurality of
segments each of which being adapted to cover a group of the articles.
Thesegments can be torn apart singly about said identifications thereby providing an access
opening for the group of articles covered by the ripped off segment.Thesegmentslocated on both
corners of thetop side further comprise means to tear them apart from their neighboring
segments. However, the neighboring segments can be optionally torn apart by the user at his own
desire.
This system further comprisesa container for holding said enclosure means and having a top
opening thereon thus exposing top side of said enclosure means, or optionally said container
having its top side provided with lid to cover the said enclosure means.
The segments provided on both corners of the top side comprise pull tabs for tearing apart the
said segments. The segments provided on both corners of the top side comprise pull tabs being

optionally integral part of the segments. This enclosure means is made of material selected from
metalized paper, foil, paperboard, plastics and the like.
As shown in Fig 1, the bundling material in this embodiment in a laminar sheet form has
serration lines (like 3) running through vertical and horizontal directions dividing the sheet in
several segments (1, 2, 5, 6, 7 etc).
Elongated group of products like cigarettes can be wrapped around with the bundling material so
that the filter ends of cigarettes are folded within the central segments (2, 5, 6) of the bundling as
shown in fig. 2. Folded pull tabs (4, 8) remain accessible on the both side panels.
Fig. 3 demonstrates the removal of segments of bundling. The consumer can pull off the panel
(4) which causes the segment 2 being ripped off along serration line 3 revealing the filter ends of
cigarettes for dispensing. Similarly, as the consumer finishes of the first few exposed cigarettes,
he can rip off the next segment (5), thus he can control the number of cigarettes being exposed to
environment.
Such a folded bundling can be placed within any suitable container with a top opening for
product access. The concept functions best while the bundle is glued (9) within the container on
front and back faces (1 and 7)
Although the embodiments herein are described with various specific embodiments, it will be
obvious for a person skilled in the art to practice the embodiments herein with modifications.
However, all such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the invention.
It is also to be understood that the description is intended to cover all of the generic and specific
features of the embodiments described herein and all the statements of the scope of the
embodiments which as a matter of language might be said to fall there between.

WE CLAIM:
1. A bundling system for storing articles such as cigarettes and the like, said bundling
system facilitates regulating exposure of the articles thereby keeping said articles-covered
from external environment, said bundling system comprising:
a laminar sheet folded to define an enclosure means so as to accommodate a pre-
determined number of the articles, said enclosure means having plural serrated
identifications which when the sheet is folded are located on top side of the enclosure
such that some portion of each identification being spread on horizontal top surface of the
top side with remaining portions spread symmetrically or asymmetrically on lateral
surfaces of the top side and define plurality of segments each of which being adapted to
cover a group of the articles,
wherein the segments can be torn apart singly about said identifications thereby providing
an access opening for the group of articles covered by the ripped off segment; and
wherein the segments located on both corners of the said top side comprising means to
tear them apart from their neighboring segments while the said neighboring segments can
be optionally torn apart by the user at his own desire.
said system further comprising a container for holding said enclosure means and having a
top opening thereon thus exposing top side of said enclosure means, or optionally said
container having its top side provided with lid to cover the said enclosure means.
2. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said segments provided on both corners
of the top side comprises pull tabs for tearing apart the said segments.
3. Bundling system as claimed in claims 1 and 2 wherein said segments provided on both
corners of the top side comprises pull tabs being optionally integral part of the segments.

4. Bundling system as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein said enclosure means
made of material selected from metalized paper, foil, paperboard, plastics and the like.
5. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a container for holding said
enclosure means.
6. Bundling system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said container having a top opening so as
to expose top side of said enclosure means.
7. Bundling system as claimed in claims 5 and 6 wherein said container optionally
comprising a lid to cover said enclosure means.
8. A bundling system for storing articles such as cigarettes and the like as herein described
and illustrated with reference to accompanying drawings.

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates generally to a package assembly. More particularly, the present
invention relates to a bundling system for storing articles such as cigarettes and the like, said
bundling system comprises an enclosure means that facilitates regulating exposure of the articles
thereby keeping said articles covered from the external environment.