Patent ID: 7757846

Claim:
A folding packet for cigarettes comprising a single-piece blank with main blank ( 14 ) for forming packet part ( 11 ) and lid, and with a collar ( 13 ), which is connected via two connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) to the packet part ( 11 ) of the main blank ( 14 ), with the connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) being connected to the main blank ( 14 ), namely to packet side walls ( 17 , 19 ), by a web folding line ( 41 , 42 ) running transversely to upright pack edges ( 39 , 40 ), that is to say transversely to the connecting web ( 15 , 16 ), characterized by the following features: a) both connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) are connected to each other by a transverse web ( 43 ) to form a U-shaped unit, b) the unit of the two connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) with transverse web ( 43 ) is connected via the web folding lines ( 41 , 42 ) to the lower edge of the packet side ( 17 , 19 ), c) the collar ( 13 ) is laterally attached to one of the two connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ), d) the collar ( 13 ) folded transversely to the connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) along a collar folding line ( 44 ) directed transversely to the web folding lines ( 41 , 42 ) until the collar ( 13 ) abuts the unit comprising connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ) and transverse web ( 43 ), e) the unit comprising connecting webs ( 15 , 16 ), transverse web ( 43 ) and collar ( 13 ) is folded along the web folding lines ( 41 , 42 ) until it comes into direct contact with the inner side of the main blank ( 14 ) in the region of the packet front wall ( 18 ) and the lid front wall ( 23 ).