Patent ID: 8608051

Claim:
Hinge-lid pack for cigarettes ( 10 ) comprising a box part ( 11 ) with box front wall ( 14 ), a box rear wall ( 16 ), box side walls ( 22 ) and a base wall ( 15 ), a lid ( 12 ) which is pivotably attached to the box part ( 11 ) and which comprises a lid front wall ( 19 ), a lid rear wall ( 17 ), lid side walls ( 23 ) and an end wall ( 18 ), and a collar ( 13 ), made from a separate blank, being positioned within an upper part of the box part ( 11 ), characterized by the following features: a) the hinge-lid pack with box part ( 11 ) and lid ( 12 ) is configured as having an octagonal cross-section across its entire dimensions, b) a lateral region facing the box side walls ( 22 ) and lid side walls ( 23 ) is configured as having a cross-section that is trapezoid in shape, with converging material strips, namely legs ( 28 , 29 ; 30 , 31 ), connected respectively to the box front wall ( 14 ), box rear wall ( 16 ) and to the lid front wall ( 19 ) and lid rear wall ( 17 ), c) the width of the legs ( 28 , 29 ; 30 , 31 ) is greater than the diameter of one cigarette ( 10 ) yet less than the aggregate diameter of two adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ), d) the legs ( 28 , 29 ; 30 , 31 ) are directed at an angle ( 39 ) of approximately 30° to the box front wall ( 14 ) and box rear wall ( 16 ), and to the lid front wall ( 19 ) and lid rear wall ( 17 ), respectively, and are directed at an angle ( 40 ) of approximately 60° to the transverse box side wall ( 22 ) and lid side wall ( 23 ), e) a cigarette group ( 34 ), as the pack's contents, comprises transverse rows of said cigarettes, namely transverse rows ( 35 ) with two adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ) and transverse rows ( 36 ) with three adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ), f) the cigarettes ( 10 ) of the adjacent transverse rows ( 35 and 36 ) are arranged in a saddle position, i.e. are offset to one another, g) cigarettes ( 10 ) of a marginal transverse row ( 35 ) of two adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ) are arranged in the region of angulations ( 37 ) between a box side wall ( 22 ) and lid side wall ( 23 ), on one hand, and box legs ( 28 ) and lid legs ( 30 ), on the other hand, h) marginal cigarettes of an adjacent transverse row ( 36 ) with three cigarettes ( 10 ) are arranged in the region of an angulation ( 38 ) between the box legs ( 28 ) and lid legs ( 30 ), on one hand, and box front wall ( 14 ), box rear wall ( 16 ), lid front wall ( 19 ) and lid rear wall ( 17 ), on the other hand.