Package for Collating a Plurality of Smoking Articles

Abstract

A package for collating a plurality of smoking articles includes a substantially cuboidal pouch including: a front major portion; a rear major portion; a top minor portion; a bottom minor portion; a first side portion; and a second side portion. The pouch is made from material configured and sealed to prevent the transfer of moisture in and out of the pouch. The pouch is formed from a wrapper that is folded and sealed along a lap seal between an overlapping section and an underlapping section of the wrapper at the front major portion, the lap seal extending across the width of the front major portion. An edge region of the overlapping section is configured to be pulled such that the lap seal breaks along at least part of the width of the front major portion thereby opening the pouch.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.