Patent ID: 7455176

Claim:
A cigarette pack of the hinge-lid-box type, comprising a box part ( 11 ), a lid ( 12 ) connected thereto and a collar ( 13 ), the box part ( 11 ) and lid ( 12 ) having corresponding, upright front and rear pack edges ( 35 , 36 ) formed as rounded edges with a round cross section, and narrow, upright box side walls ( 19 , 20 ) and lid side walls ( 24 , 25 ) consisting of inner and outer box side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) and lid side tabs ( 31 , 32 ), respectively, which partially overlap one another and are connected to one another, characterized by the following features: a) the rounded pack edges ( 35 , 36 ) have rounded potions which have a radius which is considerably larger than the radius of a cigarette ( 10 ), namely 6 mm to 10 mm, b) a narrow intermediate region, namely a planar side strip ( 38 ), is formed in a region of the box side walls ( 19 , 20 ) and the lid side walls ( 24 , 25 ) between the rounded pack edges ( 35 , 36 ), said side strip ( 38 ) having a width of approximately 7 mm to 8 mm, c) the inner and outer box side tabs ( 29 , 30 ) and lid side tabs ( 31 , 32 ) which form the respective box side walls ( 19 , 20 ) and lid side walls ( 24 , 25 ) overlap one another only in a region of the side strip ( 38 ) and are connected to one another by adhesive bonding in a region of the side strip ( 38 ), d) scorings ( 39 ) are stamped into the material of the pack in the region of the pack edges ( 35 , 36 ) for the purpose of forming the rounded pack edges ( 35 , 36 ), e) the scorings ( 39 ) extend across the entire width of the outer box side tabs ( 29 ) and lid side tabs ( 31 ), including the side strip ( 38 ), f) the inner box side tabs ( 30 ) and the inner lid side tabs ( 32 ) are provided with the scorings ( 39 ) in such a manner that an outer border strip ( 45 ) is configured without the scorings, g) the inner box side tabs ( 30 ) and the inner lid side tabs ( 32 ) are connected by adhesive bonding to an inner side of the outer side tabs ( 29 ) and lid side tabs ( 31 ), respectively, only in a region of the border strip ( 45 ), h) a cigarette group ( 14 ) is formed in transverse rows as the pack's contents such that each box side wall ( 19 , 20 ) of the pack faces a transverse row with two adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ) and that a transverse row of three adjacent cigarettes ( 10 ) is arranged adjacent thereto, and i) the cigarettes ( 10 ) of the transverse row of two cigarettes ( 10 ) are arranged in an offset manner, that is to say assume a saddle position, with respect to the cigarettes ( 10 ) of the transverse row of three cigarettes ( 10 ).