Tobacco product package
AssigneeImperial Tobacco Ventures Limited
InventorsCarmen Buhr, Vinka Frohlich
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tobacco product package that comprises at least two, preferably five or more, cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction. A wrapping is sheathed around the tobacco products and covers at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products. A tear strip is disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and is configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user. According to the present invention, the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products.
Claims14
A tobacco product package, comprising:
- at least two cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned having outer surfaces in an alignment direction;
- a wrapping covering at least part of the outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products;
- and
- a tear strip disposed in the alignment direction along the wrapping and being configured for tearing apart the wrapping when being pulled by a user,
- characterized in that
- the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products, and wherein the position of the at least one weakening line is shifted from the corresponding interface of adjacent tobacco products in a direction opposite to a tearing direction of the tear strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.