Patent ID: 6311834
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A hinge-lid box for cigarettes, comprising a box part (10), lid (11) and collar (30, 31), wherein a box rear wall (13) is pivotally connected to a lid rear wall (18) about a transversely directed articulation line (22), and wherein the hinge-lid box is of an overall cuboidal configuration with four upright box edges as a lateral boundary of a box front wall (12) and a lid front wall (17) and of the box rear wall (13) and lid rear wall (18), said hinge-lid box being characterized in thattwo of the four box edges are angular edges (26, 27), and the other two box edges are selected from the group consisting of round edges (24, 25) and bevelled edges (28, 29), the round edges (24, 25) and the bevelled edges (28, 29) being adapted, in terms of a quarter-circle and bevel dimensioning, respectively to dimensions of a cigarette, andone box side wall (14/19) is bounded by the round edges (24, 25) or by the bevelled edges (28, 29), and a respectively opposite box side wall (15/20) is bounded by the angular edges (26, 27).