Patent ID: 7156228

Claim:
A rigid package of tobacco articles ( 3 ), having a container ( 2 ) which houses the tobacco articles ( 3 ) and comprises an open top end ( 5 ), a lid ( 6 ) hinged to the container ( 2 ) along a hinge ( 7 ) to rotate, with respect to the container ( 2 ), between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open top end ( 5 ), and a collar ( 16 ) fixed to the inside of the container ( 2 ) to project partly outwards of the open top end ( 5 ) and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid ( 6 ) when the lid ( 6 ) is in the closed position; the container ( 2 ) being substantially parallelepiped-shaped, and having two, respectively top and bottom, end walls ( 8 , 9 ), and a lateral surface which is bounded by the end walls ( 8 , 9 ) and comprises two, respectively front and rear, minor lateral walls ( 10 , 11 ), and two major lateral walls ( 12 ); the hinge ( 7 ) being located on the front minor lateral wall ( 10 ), and being parallel to minor transverse edges ( 14 ) defined between the end walls ( 8 , 9 ) and the minor lateral walls ( 10 , 11 ); and the container ( 2 ) being formed by folding a flat blank ( 25 ) in the form of substantially an elongated rectangle; the package ( 1 ) being characterized in that the collar ( 16 ) is formed by joining two separate portions ( 21 , 22 ), at least one of which is joined to the blank ( 25 ) along a respective preformed fold line ( 28 ).