Patent ID: 8069981

Claim:
A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid type with a box part ( 10 ), lid ( 11 ), front side, and rear side, and a collar ( 13 ) which consists of a separate blank, the box part ( 10 ) comprising box front wall ( 17 ), box side walls ( 24 ), bottom corner flaps ( 39 ), and side flaps ( 30 , 31 ), and the lid ( 11 ) comprising lid front wall ( 22 ), lid side walls ( 25 ), lid corner flaps ( 40 ), and side flaps ( 32 , 33 ), wherein: a) the box side walls ( 24 ) and the lid side walls ( 25 ) consist of wall portions ( 27 , 28 , 29 ) which are formed in a polygon-like manner and are directed at an obtuse angle to one another, of which central, transversely directed wall portions ( 29 ) consist of interconnected border flaps which are transversely directed with respect to the front side and the rear side of the pack, b) the box side walls ( 24 ) and the lid side walls ( 25 ) correspondingly consist of five wall portions ( 27 , 28 , 29 ) adjoining one another at obtuse angles, c) at both sides of the central transversely directed wall portion ( 29 ) there are arranged in each case two wall portions ( 27 , 28 ) directed at an angle to the central transversely directed wall portion ( 29 ) and to one another, d) all of the wall portions ( 27 , 28 , 29 ) are directed at an identical external angle ( 26 ) of 30Â° to one another, d) all five of the wall portions ( 27 , 28 , 29 ) are designed with a same width (x), e) the bottom corner flaps ( 39 ) and the lid corner flaps ( 40 ) are arranged on a marginal material strip ( 35 ) of inner side flaps ( 31 ) of the box part ( 10 ) and of inner side flaps ( 33 ) of the lid ( 11 ), f) the corner flaps ( 39 , 40 ) have an outer contour which is adapted to the contour of the side walls ( 24 , 25 ), having an outwardly directed flap edge ( 41 ) with a plurality of partial edges arranged at an angle to one another corresponding to the relative position and dimension of the wall portions ( 27 , 28 , 29 ), in such a way that the flap edge ( 41 ) bears positively in a supporting manner on wall portions ( 27 , 28 ) and on a partial region of the box front wall ( 17 ) and of the lid front wall ( 22 ), g) a group of cigarettes ( 49 ) as pack contents forms a formation within the pack having transversely directed rows ( 50 , 51 ), with a marginal row ( 50 ), located at the side walls ( 24 , 25 ), of two cigarettes ( 49 ) situated next to one another in the transverse direction and with an adjacent row ( 51 ) of three cigarettes ( 49 ) situated next to one another with an offset arrangement to the cigarettes of the marginal row ( 50 ), and h) cigarettes ( 49 ) of the marginal row ( 50 ) bear on the wall portions ( 28 ) adjacent to the central transversely directed wall portion ( 29 ), and cigarettes ( 49 ) of the adjacent row ( 51 ) consisting of three cigarettes ( 49 ) bear on the front wall ( 17 , 22 ), adjacent to the wall portion ( 27 ).