Patent ID: 6595353
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A soft pack for cigarettes, comprising at least one blank (10) of multi-layered packaging material that encases a group of cigarettes (11) and folding webs that are joined by thermal sealing, wherein:a) the packaging material is composed of at least an internally arranged paper layer (18) facing the cigarette group (11) and an external plastic layer (19); b) the external plastic layer (19) is made of a thermally sealable material; c) when the blank (10) is folded, the resulting soft pack comprises a front wall (12), a rear wall (13) and a side wall (14), a z-shaped fold (41) comprising a folding edge (45), and a weakened line (51) in the region of the intersection of the front wall (12), the rear wall (13) and the side wall (14); d) the weakened line (51) comprising a longitudinal shank (53) delimiting a tear-off opening web (48) that is at least partially covered, when closed, by a revenue strip (40); and e) the longitudinal shank (53) of the weakened line (51) is positioned underneath the folding edge (45) of the z-shaped fold (41), underneath mutually overlapping transverse shanks (54) of the weakened line (51), and underneath a cross web (56) of the revenue strip (40).