Patent ID: 7370756

Claim:
A smoking article hinged-lid pack having increased space for displaying graphics or indicia on the front wall of the inner frame and on the inward facing surface of the front wall of the lid comprising: a base comprising a base front wall having a base front wall upper edge, a base back wall, two base side walls each respectively interconnecting adjacent side edges of said base front wall and said base back wall, and a bottom wall interconnecting all lower edges of said base front wall, said base back wall, and said two base side walls; a lid comprising a lid front wall, a lid back wall, two lid side walls each respectively interconnecting adjacent side edges of said lid front wall and said lid back wall, and a top wall interconnecting all upper edges of said lid front wall, said lid back wall, and said two lid side walls; said lid being hingedly connected to said base along a hinge line running across said base back wall and said lid back wall; and wherein the angle between each side edge of said base back wall and the upper edge of the base side wall in contact with said each side edge of said base back wall is less than 30°; and wherein the lower edges of each of said two lid side walls run parallel to adjacent upper edges of the base side walls when said lid is in a closed position relative to said base; and wherein the lower edge of said lid front wall runs parallel to the lower edge of said base front wall; said hinged-lid pack having an inner frame with a continuous front wall for the display of indicia or graphics which extends to the upper edge of said inner frame and beyond said base front wall upper edge; and, wherein a ratio of a shortest length of said front wall of said inner frame, between the upper edge of said base front wall and a lowest point of said upper edge of said inner frame, to the shortest length of said base front wall, between said upper edge of said base front wall and the lower edge of said base front wall, is in the range of about 0.3:1 to about 15.0:1.