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US 5,476,171 AGranted
Rigid hinged-lid packet for tobacco products, particularly cigarettes
AssigneeG. D. Societa per Azioni
InventorsAlessandro Minarelli, Giuseppe Venturi, Roberto Osti
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Abstract
A rigid, hinged-lid packet, particularly for cigarettes, wherein a cu-shaped container is closed by a hinged lid and houses a substantially rigid reinforcing structure having a number of seats engaged by respective cigarettes; the reinforcing structure being defined by a number of independent, substantially rigid sleeves, each having a seat for a respective cigarette; and the sleeves contacting one another, and being made integral with one another and with the container.
Claims6
A rigid, hinged-lid packet for cigarettes, comprising
- a cup-shaped container;
- a lid hinged to the container and movable between an open position and a closed position wherein said lid closes the container;
- and a substantially rigid reinforcing structure housed inside the container and defining a number of seats for respective said cigarettes;
- said reinforcing structure comprising a number of independent, substantially rigid sleeves, each having a central hole defining a respective said seat for a respective said cigarette;
- the sleeves being arranged inside the container in a front row and a rear row;
- each sleeve in the rear row having internal supporting means for axially offsetting a respective cigarette in relation to a corresponding cigarette, in a front row;
- and each said supporting means comprising a portion of the respective said sleeve, cut and folded inwards of the respective said seat.
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