Patent ID: 7896225

Claim:
A smoking article outer pack blank, the blank comprising a lid portion and a base portion, the lid portion and the base portion being interconnected along a hinge line whereas said lid portion forms a hinged lid-pack when the blank is erected, and the base portion comprising a first main panel and a second main panel which face each other when the blank is erected, and a bottom panel, each said main panel being defined by longitudinal side margins, side panels depending from the longitudinal side margins of the first and second main panels, each said side panel extending perpendicularly from a main panel when the blank is erected and each said side panel being flat in its own single plane and having an outer longitudinal margin spaced from said longitudinal side margin of the main panel from which it depends, and a first side flap which is connected by a hinge line to the said outer longitudinal margin of a side panel of one main panel and a second side flap which is connected by a hinge line to said outer longitudinal margin of the opposite side panel on one main panel, each of which first and second side flaps respectively overlaps and lies flat against a surface of an adjacent side panel each of which adjacent side panel surfaces remains wholly within its own single plane, and thereby said first and second side flaps directly connect to their adjacent side panels of the first and second main panels, which adjacent side panels do not overlap each other, when the blank is erected.