US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Sept. 30 for "Receptacle accessory for fitting on a package of consumer goods" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,214, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Receptacle accessory for fitting on a package of consumer goods" was invented by Stefanos Konandreas (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle accessory for fitting on a package for consumer goods is provided, the package having a body portion and a lid portion hingedly attached to the body portion, the receptacle accessory including: a cap portion configured to receive and releasably retain the lid portion of the package by an interference fit, the cap portion including a front wall, a rear wall, and a lateral top wall connecti...