Tobacco product package
AssigneeImperial Tobacco Limited
InventorsCarmen Buhr, Vinka Frohlich
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Abstract
A tobacco product package includes 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. The tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products.
Claims16
A tobacco product package, comprising:
- at least two cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction;
- a wrapping covering at least part of outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products such that the aligned tobacco products are sheathed by a wrapping layer;
- 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,
- wherein the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products, and wherein the tear strip is configured for tearing off at the at least one weakening line when being pulled by a user.
A tobacco product package, comprising:
- at least two cylindrically shaped tobacco products aligned in an alignment direction;
- a wrapping covering at least part of outer surfaces of the aligned tobacco products so that the wrapping is in direct contact with the at least part of outer surfaces;
- 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,
- wherein the tear strip has at least one weakening line positioned in the vicinity of an interface of adjacent tobacco products, and wherein the tear strip is configured for tearing off at the at least one weakening line when being pulled by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.