Patent ID: 7344024

Claim:
A cigarette pack having a blank ( 10 ) which encloses the pack contents, which is made of foldable packaging material selected from the group consisting of paper, film and cardboard, which is of multi-layered design in a sub-region, and which, as a result of folding, has a folding strip all the way around the pack, including a Z-fold strip ( 21 ) with an inner folding tab connected to an outer folding tab by glue passing through an opening ( 29 ) in an intermediate tab, wherein: a) the opening ( 29 ) is bounded by a punch cut ( 30 ) having a contour which is rounded overall; b) the contour is open at a folding edge of the intermediate tab, and includes a punched segment ( 31 ) severed by the punch cut and remaining connected to the blank by one or more residual connections ( 32 ); and c) a glue spot ( 20 ) is positioned at the inner folding tab in an area of the opening ( 29 ).