Patent ID: 6220430
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A rigid wrapper with hinged lid for tobacco products, of the type presenting a front, a back, two flanks, a top and a bottom, and comprising a container and a lid both of cupped embodiment hinged together along respective rear edges, also a reinforcing frame positioned partly inside the cupped container and secured thus to a front face and to two flank faces of the selfsame container; wherein the wrapper is fashioned from a flat diecut blank of substantially rectangular shape with a predominating longitudinal axis that comprises, arranged along the longitudinal axis, a main portion providing the container and the lid, and a longitudinal appendage providing the frame; the main portion of the blank comprises an end panel providing the back, a first intermediate panel providing the top, a central panel providing the front and two lateral panels providing the flanks of the wrapper; and the appendage is substantially U-shaped, appearing as two lateral arms and a transverse panel of which the arms are hingedly attached to the respective lateral panels of the main portion, and disposed in such a way as to circumscribe a free longitudinal extremity of the main portion that affords a second intermediate panel providing the bottom, and two side flaps and a longitudinal end flap functioning as end folds by which the bottom is secured.