Patent ID: 8413805

Claim:
A package for smoking articles comprising: first and second packs each capable of containing items, each pack having a first face bound by a first edge and a second edge, and a connection between the first and second packs comprising at least first and second straps which extend between the first and second packs; wherein, in a first position of the packs the first face of the first and second packs face each other with the first edges of the first and second pack adjacent to each other and the second edges of the first and second pack adjacent each other, the first face of each pack lying in a plane that joins the first and second edges of each pack respectively and so that the first and second straps extend across the first face of each pack, wherein the first strap is hinged about the first edge of the first pack and hinged about the second edge of the second pack and the second strap is hinged about the second edge of the first pack and hinged about the first edge of the second pack, the first and second packs being movable, one relative to the other between at least the first position, a second position in which the second pack is rotated relative to the first pack about the first edge of the second pack and a third position in which the second pack is rotated relative to the first pack about the second edge of the second pack, said first and second straps in said first position being integral parts of a single member which joins said first and said second straps together, said single member having a first region adjoined by a line of weakness delineating said first strap and having a second region adjoined by said line of weakness delineating said second strap, said first and second straps being separated along said line of weakness upon first movement of said first and second packs relative to each other to either said second or said third position.