Patent ID: 6491161
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A bundle pack comprising a group of cigarette packs (10) which is surrounded by an outer wrapping (11) of foldable packaging material, the outer wrapping forming long, stretched-out longitudinal walls, namely a front wall (15), a rear wall (16) and first and second narrow side walls (17, 18), as well as end faces formed by folding flaps, wherein:a) said long, stretched-out first narrow side wall has only one substantially straight perforation line (27) along which the outer wrapping (11) is splitable to open the bundle pack and provide access to the cigarette packs; b) the perforation line (27) extends in only the first narrow side wall, in the longitudinal direction thereof, and continuously over approximately the entire length thereof; c) the perforation line (27) is arranged approximately in the longitudinal center of the first narrow side wall, namely in a separation plane (14) formed by two rows (12, 13) of the cigarette packs (10); and d) the perforation line (27) divides the first narrow side wall into two closed side wall sections which are separable from one another by the perforation line (27) and which are free of any other perforation lines.