Patent ID: 8011501

Claim:
A package of tobacco articles, comprising: a group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles; a collar ( 16 ) surrounding the group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ); and an outer package ( 3 ) surrounding the group ( 2 ) of tobacco articles and the collar ( 16 ), and having a top wall ( 12 ); a bottom wall ( 13 ) parallel to the top wall ( 12 ); and a number of lateral walls ( 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls ( 12 , 13 ), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls ( 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ) of the collar ( 16 ); the package ( 1 ) being characterized in that a lateral joining wall ( 8 ; 10 ) of the outer package ( 3 ) is defined by two panels ( 8 ′, 8 ″; 10 ′, 10 ″), which are separate, coplanar, and side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to an underlying lateral joining wall ( 17 ; 19 ) of the collar ( 16 ).