Patent ID: 6036006
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
In a cuboidal cigarette pack (10) having a relatively large front wall (21) and corresponding rear wall (13), narrow side walls (22, 23), a bottom wall (15) and an opening end wall (16), the bottom wall (15) and end wall (16) being arranged transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cigarettes and the cigarettes (10) being removable from the pack in the region of the opening end wall (16) said pack consisting of an inner wrapper (12), a central wrapper (20) and an outer wrapper (25), with at least the central wrapper (20), or the outer wrapper (25), or both, being arranged so that their respective ends overlap (40, 26) along a first side wall (22), the improvement which comprises:(a) a separate removable printing carrier (20, 30, 31) positioned in the pack adjacent the central wrapper,(b) said separate printing carrier extending across one side wall (23) and at least a portion of the front wall (21), or the rear wall (13), or both the front and rear walls of the pack,(c) where the width of the portion of the separate printing carrier that extends across the front wall, rear wall, or both, is substantially smaller than the width of either the front or rear walls,(d) wherein said separate printing carrier (29, 30, 31) is formed from a separate, independent blank that is not connected to the wrappers forming the pack,(e) and wherein said separate printing carrier (20, 30, 31) is positioned at the side wall (23) opposite the first side wall (22).