Patent ID: 6343691
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A hinge-lid pack with a cuboid shape made from thin cardboard for receiving a cigarette group, the pack being comprised of a pack part (10) and a lid (11), the lid (11) being pivotally connected to the pack part (10) in the region of a pack rear wall (15) and a lid rear wall (17), characterized by the following features:a) two upright front edges (30,31) of the pack part (10) and the lid (11) are designed so as to be beveled, whereas the upright rear edges (32,33) of the pack part (10) and the lid (11) have a rectangular cross-section; b) narrow, elongate side walls (18,19,20,21) are comprised of mutually overlapping side tabs (24,25) and lid side tabs (26,27), with the side tabs and lid side tabs merely overlapping one another in the region outside of the beveled longitudinal edges (30,31); c) a collar (12) within the pack part (10) and projecting therefrom includes chamfers between a collar front wall (48) and collar side tabs (49,50); d) bottom corner tabs (29) which are connected to the side tabs (24,25) in the region of a bottom wall (22) of the pack part (10) dimensionally correspond to the width of the bottom wall (22), such that the bottom corner tabs (29), with an outer edge (64), rest against the pack front wall (14) and, with an opposite edge (67), against the pack rear wall (15); e) in the region of corners confronting the beveled longitudinal edges, the bottom corner tabs (29) are provided with an oblique corner (42) such that the bottom corner tabs (29) properly rest in the region of the chamfers (34,35) and, on the opposite side, properly rest against rear edges (32,33) with a rectangular cross-section.