TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to packaging system. More particularly, the present
invention relates to bundling system for enclosing a bunch of articles like cigarettes.
Bundling system for opening and closing of the cigarette pack as provided in the present
invention gives an easy access to product through single action automatic opening and
closing mechanism.
BACKGROUND AND THE PRIOR ART
In a cigarette pack, to dispense a cigarette, the consumer has to tear-off the inner bundling
and does not have the possibility of re-closing it automatically, leaving the remaining
cigarettes exposed till the last consumption.
Some of the prior arts in the present field of invention are as follows:
WO2012073001A1 discloses a package for tobacco industry products comprises an elongate
enclosure of barrier material for enclosing a charge of tobacco products. An access aperture is
defined in the enclosure of barrier material. A moveable cover is configured to extend over
the access aperture. The moveable cover comprises a graspable tab, and the tab is located
laterally of the access aperture.
WO2011076405A1 discloses a wrapped container with an adhesive label.
WO2009040378A1 discloses a pack blank formed of a non-plastic material& comprising an
edge portion and a closure portion connected by a removable portion. The pack can be
reclosed through a tuck in tab insertion.
JP2009040505A discloses a method of bundling the cigarettes to create pack with resealable
opening.

CN201065238Y discloses an automatic double open type flip cover cigarette case,
comprising an outer case and an inner case; wherein, a hand-push window is arranged at the
bottom of the outer case, and hooks for a planing strip and location tongues are arranged on
the lateral face of the outer case; a pair of flip cover case covers are arranged at the top of the
inner case, and case cover hook type tiebacks are arranged on the lateral face of the inner
case; the case cover and the case cover hook type tiebacks are integrated; the inner case is
arranged inside the outer case, and the inner case and the outer case are locked with the hooks
for a planing strip of the outer case through case cover hook type tiebacks of the lateral face
on the lateral face of the inner case. The utility model has the advantages of simple and novel
structure, ability to give the smokers a sense of curiosity, convenient use since the cigarette
case can be conveniently opened with light push to take a cigarette when holding the cigarette
case by one hand, convenient making, favorableness to develop market, improved cigarette
grade and quality, and higher collection value.
CN202429539U discloses an automatic bottom-push opening-type cigarette case with two
chambers, which belongs to the technical field of cigarette packing. The automatic bottom-
push opening-type cigarette case with the two chambers comprises an outer box and an inner
box; the outer box is a barrel of which the top surface and the bottom surface are vacant; the
inner box comprises a left inner box and a right inner box arranged in parallel; sliding
grooves are arranged on the inner walls of the left side and the right side of the outer box; a
slide bar with a sliding check plate is sleeved in each sliding groove; the upper end of the
slide bar is connected with the outer upper edges of upper covers of the left inner box and the
right inner box; an upper seam allowance and a lower seam allowance through which a
sliding check plate cannot pass are arranged on the upper end and the lower end of the sliding
groove; the left inner box and the right inner box are box bodies of which the widths of inner
chambers are equal or not, and the adjacent surfaces of the left inner box and the right inner
box are adhered. The automatic bottom-push opening-type cigarette case with the two
chambers disclosed by the utility model is reasonable in design and compact in structure; and
the two different chambers respectively contain different varieties and suction tastes of
cigarettes, so that the opening mode is novel and unique and the cigarette is conveniently
taken.

The above mentioned prior arts talk about methods of reclosing and resealing manually after
product dispensing. Thecited prior arts provide for opening of lid through different
mechanisms like push up action, sliding band action, and collapsible lid through bottom-push
opening-type cigarette case. However none of the prior arts provide a simple and single
action automatic opening and closing bundling.
The present invention therefore provides an opening/closing mechanism that is different from
the cited prior arts and provides a single action automatic open and reclosable bundling which
is technically far superior over the prior arts.
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 enclosing a bunch
of articles like cigarettes.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bundling system that facilitates
dispensing of the articles enclosed therein.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a single action automatic openingand
reclosable bundling.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bundling system for easy access to
product(s).
Another object of the present invention is to provide a package to keep the product properly
enclosed.
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.
There is provided a bundling system for enclosing a bunch of articles like cigarettes.
Otheraspect of the present invention provides a bundling system for enclosing a bunch of
articles like cigarettes, said system comprising an internal container for holding the bunch of
articles like cigarettes having its top side defining an access opening;an outer container for
holding said internal container; a bundling sheet having plurality of serrated identifications
thereon defining a plurality of panels and said bundling sheet having a plurality of crease
lines along which the bundling sheet is folded;wherein said bundling sheet folded along said
crease lines and placed over the internal container covering the access opening and extending
substantially through top, front and back surfaces, a pair of said panels (3 and 14) glued to
said inner container and a pair of panels (1 and 9) glued to internal surface of said outer
container;wherein said internal container articulable with said outer container and on a first
time articulation leading to tearing along said serrated lines thus separating said bundling
sheet in multiple parts forming at least one flap over the access opening.
Other aspect of the present invention provides lid means integrated to said outer container to
secure said flap and adapted to open and reclose on articulation of said inner container with
respect to said outer container.
Other aspect of the present invention provides an internal container articulable with an outer
container by actuating said inner container on an actuating surface optionally from anyside
openingsof the said outer container or through push from bottom mechanism or pull from top
mechanism.

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 thedrawing of the bundling material in flat form in one of its embodiment
Figure 2 illustrates the bundling material in folded form
Figure 3 illustrates thebundling material placed over the internal container
Figure 4 illustrates the bundling material placement within an outer container
Figure 5 illustrates the automatic open-close movement of bundling material
Figure 5a illustrates a lid that forms the top most part of assembly and covers the flaps.
Figure 6 illustrates the bundling material in full open condition
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.
This inventionrefers to an automatically reclosable bundling system which encloses a bunch
of cylindrical articles like cigarettes packed within a box and gives the consumer the choice
of moving between the closed and open state with a single action articulation of the box.
Thus the automation of bundling opening-closing achieved in the proposed invention is
technologically far more advanced than a standard static bundling used in flip top boxes.

The bundling system comprises of a strip of bundling material having strategically placed
serration pattern, covering an inner container containing the cigarettes which can articulate
with respect to an outer container. To access the cigarettes the consumer has to articulate the
inner container with respect to the outer container. The arrangement of the bundling material,
inner and outer containers are such that in process of articulation of the inner container for the
first time, the bundling top tears off with a sound (sound of freshness) in flaps along the
serration pattern and gives way to the cigarettes for accessing. While closing, the inner
container has to be articulated in reverse and the bundling flaps automatically reclose the
cigarettes.
This novel bundling system can be applied to any shape of outer and inner boxes with
cuboidal cross-sections with various edge/corner profiles like rounded, bevelled etc. The
boxes and bundling system can be created entirely with or combining different materials with
suitable strength properties like paperboard, plastics, metals etc.
The non-obvious feature of the proposed invention is a technologically advanced automated
bundling opening-closing mechanism.
The inventive step here is to replace the traditional practice of cigarette bundling with an
automatic bundling system whose opening/closing movements are integrated with asingle
action opening/closing movement of the cigarette pack, wherein the first opening being with
a burst tearing of the bundle to communicate freshness.
The proposed invention is for providing the consumers of cigarettes and the likes an
opportunity to keep the cigarettes enclosed till the last cigarette is consumed through an
automatically reclosable bundling.
The bundling material of the present invention may be formed of any suitable sheet material
including, but not limited to, paperboard, paper, wax paper, glassine, metallised paper, metal
foil or plastic film.
The bundling system for enclosing a bunch of articles like cigarettes in accordance with the
present invention comprises an internal container for holding the bunch of articles like

cigarettes having its top side defining an access opening. There is also an outer container for
holding said internal container. The bundling sheet is having plurality of serrated
identifications thereon defining a plurality of panels and said bundling sheet having a
plurality of crease lines along which the bundling sheet is folded.
The bundling sheet folded along said crease lines and placed over the internal container
covering the access opening and extending substantially through top, front and back surfaces,
a pair of said panels (3 and 14) glued to said inner container and a pair of panels (1 and 9)
glued to internal surface of said outer container. The internal container articulable with said
outer container and on a first time articulation leading to tearing along said serrated lines thus
separating said bundling sheet in multiple parts forming at least one flap over the access
opening.
This bundling system is made from material like paperboard, paper, wax paper, glassine,
metallised paper, metal foil or plastic film and the like having substantially high crease
retention property. The internal container on substantially upward articulation leads to
opening of flapsand on downward articulation leads to folding back of the flap. The outer
container optionally comprising a lid means on its top to secure said flap.
The lid means integrated to said outer container and adapted to open and reclose on
articulation of said inner container with respect to said outer container. The internal container
articulable with said outer container by actuating said inner container on an actuating surface
optionally from either side openings or through push from bottom mechanism or pull from
top mechanism. The actuating surface is having substantially high friction to facilitate
gripping for causing articulation.
The bundling sheet in this embodiment as shown in Fig 1, has serration lines (2, 7) running
through vertical and horizontal directions dividing the bundling in several surfaces (1, 3, 5, 6,
8, 9 etc).
As shown in fig. 2 & 3, the bundling sheet when folded along the horizontal crease lines, the
sheet forms an inverted 'U' and placed over the internal container of cigarettes (12) covering

the cigarette access opening extending through the top, front and back surfaces. Panels 3 and
14 of the bundling material are glued (10) on the inner container (12).
Fig. 4 shows the placement of the inner container and bundling material inside the outer
container wherein panels 1 and 9 of the bundling material are glued (11) to the internal
surfaces of the external container (13).
When the internal container (12) is actuated with respect to the outer container (13) as shown
in fig. 5 for the first time, the serrations along lines 2 and 7 are torn and the bundling material
is separated in multiple parts. One part comprising panel 3, 5 and 14 remains stuck with the
internal container; other two parts comprising panels 1, 6 and 8, 9 respectively remain stuck
with internal surfaces of the outer container (13). As the internal container moves up/down
the flaps 6 and 8 automatically opens/closes over the cigarette access opening.
Fig. 6 shows the opened bundling with flaps 6 and 8 fully opened and cigarette access area
exposed. When the internal container is moved down, bundling flaps 6 and 8 are folded back
automatically covering the cigarette access area top.
The bundling mechanism as herein above explained can be incorporated in any packaging
structure/system wherein it has an arrangement of an internal container slidable with respect
to an outer container. Thelid can be placed from any other edge of the outer carton, or it may
take a flip top hinged lid or any other suitable construction.
Although the aspects 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. An automatically opening & reclosingbundling system for enclosing a bunch of
articles like cigarettes, said system comprising:
an internal container for holding the bunch of articles like cigarettes having its top
side defining an access opening;
an outer container for holding said internal container;
a bundling sheet having plurality of serrated identifications thereon defining a
plurality of panels and said bundling sheet having a plurality of crease lines along
which the bundling sheet is folded;
wherein said bundling sheet folded along said crease lines and placed over the internal
container covering the access opening and extending substantially through top, front
and back surfaces, a pair of panels (3 and 14) glued to said inner container and
another pair of panels (1 and 9) glued to internal surface of said outer container;
wherein said internal container articulable with said outer container and on a first time
articulation leading to tearing along said serrated lines thus separating said bundling
sheet in multiple parts forming at least one flap over the access opening.
2. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 made from material like paperboard, paper,
wax paper, glassine, metallised paper, metal foil or plastic film and the like
havingsubstantially high crease retention property.
3. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said internal container on
substantially upward articulation leading to opening of said flaps and on substantially
downward articulation leading to folding back of said flap.
4. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said outer container optionally
comprising a lid means on its top to secure said flap.

5. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 and 4 wherein said lid means integrated to said
outer container and adapted to open and reclose on articulation of said inner container
with respect to said outer container.
6. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said internal container articulable with
said outer container by actuating said inner container on an actuating surface
optionally from either side openings or through push from bottom mechanism or pull
from top mechanism.
7. Bundling system as claimed in claim 1 and 6 wherein said actuating surface is having
substantially high friction to facilitate gripping for causing articulation.
8. A bundling system for enclosing a bunch of articles like cigarettes as herein described
and illustrated with reference to accompanying drawings.