Patent ID: 6244436
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A blank made of a wrapping material for making a rigid package with hinged lid for an ordered group of cigarette packs, the rigid package having a front, a back, two sides, a top and a bottom, and comprising a container and a lid, both cup-shaped and hinged together along respective rear edges, and an inner frame which is partially inside the container and fixed to a front surface and two sides of the container; the flat blank having a main portion designed to define the container and lid, and an appendix at one end which is substantially U-shaped and comprises two side arms and a transversal panel, being designed to define the inner frame; wherein the blank is substantially rectangular, with a longer longitudinal axis and, extending along the longitudinal axis, comprises the above-mentioned main portion and appendix; the main portion comprising an end panel designed to define the back, a first intermediate panel designed to define the top, a central panel designed to define the front and two side panels designed to define the sides; the appendix being hinged with the arms to the respective side panels and surrounding a longitudinal free end of the main portion; the free end comprising a second intermediate panel designed to define the bottom, two transversal fourth side tabs and a fifth longitudinal end tab designed to define respective flaps for closing the bottom.