Patent ID: 7438182

Claim:
A diecut blank for manufacturing a packet of cigarettes having a longitudinal axis parallel with a longitudinal axis of the respective packet and comprising, aligned along the longitudinal axis, a central panel, two intermediate panels and two end panels, the intermediate panels being joined to respective two contiguous panels along rectilinear borders extending transversely to the longitudinal axis and interconnected in pairs by respective arcuate borders without any discontinuity, the central panel and end panels including respective flat central longitudinal areas terminating longitudinally in extremities that coincide at least in part with the rectilinear borders and two respective lateral longitudinal bands constructed and arranged to meet the intermediate panels along the arcuate borders; the intermediate panels each including a flattened oval outline to define a packet having a cross section of flattened oval profile; and further comprising flaps by which the intermediate panels are connected to the respective central and end panels, the flaps being integral with the arcuate borders and embodied as a plurality of tongues on each arcuate border, each tongue having a substantially triangular outline and projecting radially from the arcuate border.