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| Year | Description |
| 1991 | Invention patented by Larry D. Cobler and George A. Shouse on September 22th, 1991. Abstract: A cigarette carton assembly for 10 packages of cigarettes can be tax stamped using automated tax stamping machinery; and later divided into 2 half carton assemblies, each containing 5 packages of cigarettes. Each of the half carton assemblies have cigarette packages positioned therein in a 1 by 5 configuration. The carton assembly includes a collar which acts as a top portion of the carton assembly, and allows the carton assembly to be taxed stamped using automated tax stamping machinery. Then, the collar can be removed from the carton assembly, and the remaining carton assembly can be subdivided into two half carton assemblies. |
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