Patent ID: 7717260

Claim:
A hinge-lid box for a cigarette block ( 12 ) as pack contents, having a box part ( 13 ), a lid ( 14 ) and a collar ( 15 ), which is affixed in the box part ( 13 ), and a collar front wall ( 28 ) and collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) that face a box front wall ( 16 ) and box side walls ( 26 ), respectively, with supporting tabs ( 35 , 36 ) being formed by a C- or U-shaped punched cut ( 37 ) in a region of a collar front wall ( 16 ) adjacent to the collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) in such a manner that the supporting tabs ( 35 , 36 ) extend in a plane of the collar front wall ( 28 ) to abut against a box side wall ( 26 ), characterized by the following features: a) the collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) are disposed at a distance from the box side walls ( 26 ) and—when the lid is closed—at a distance from lid side walls ( 27 ) and run parallel to said lid side walls ( 26 , 27 ), b) the collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) are supported by two support elements of the collar ( 15 ) at the box side walls ( 26 ), namely in a front region of the hinge-lid box by front supporting tabs ( 35 , 36 ) and in a rear region by an edge tab ( 40 , 41 ), which is formed on each of the collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) and which is directed at an obtuse angle to the collar side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) such that the edge tab ( 40 , 41 ) is supported by a respective supporting edge ( 43 ) in a rear pack corner.