Hinged-lid packet for cigarettes
AssigneeBritish-American Tobacco Company Limited
InventorsNorman Foster, Raymond A. Elson
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Abstract
The invention discloses a hinged-lid packet for cigarettes formed from a one-piece blank and having a body comprising a front wall panel, a rear wall panel and side wall panels. A lid is hingedly secured to the rear wall panel and has a front panel and inner and outer side wall panels on each side. The outer side wall panels are adhered to the outer faces of the associated inner panels only over a portion thereof so that the two panels on each side lie in a face-to-face relationship to provide gripping means for gripping, when the lid is closed, upstanding portions flaps on frame side panels extending upwardly from the side wall to thereby hold the lid closed.
Claims6
A hinged-lid packet comprising a body and a lid hingedly attached to the body, said body having a front wall 2, a rear wall 3 and side walls 4, 5, 6, 7, and said lid having a front wall 12, 19 and side walls 17, 18, flap means (22, 23) (22', 23') of one of said body and said lid, and gripping means (14, 18) (13, 17) in the other of said body and said lid for receiving said flap means (22, 23) (22', 23'), the gripping means comprising a portion of first 13, 14 and second 17, 18 sheet material members disposed in face-to-face unsecured relationship.
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