Packaging for smoking articles with sealed enclosure

A pack of smoking articles, having two major faces, two side walls, and top and bottom end walls, said pack comprising:

• a sealed enclosure of a layer of barrier material around a charge of smoking articles, an access aperture being defined in the barrier material layer, said aperture extending from said top end wall into one of said major faces of said pack, a cover layer extending over said aperture and extending beyond the periphery of said aperture, said cover layer comprising a permanently tacky surface engageable with said barrier material layer adjacent to said periphery of said aperture beyond said aperture, whereby, after opening of said aperture said enclosure can be resealed by re-engaging said permanently tacky surface with said barrier material layer adjacent to said periphery beyond said aperture;
• and a frame inside said enclosure and outside said charge, said frame comprising at least a major panel, which major panel is at said one of said major faces of said pack, two side panels at respective side walls of said pack and two top flaps at respective ends of said top end wall of said pack, edge portions of said major panel and said top flaps providing reaction surfaces against the resealing pressure exerted adjacent to said periphery of said aperture when said cover layer is brought into resealing re-engagement with said barrier material layer, wherein each of said top flaps of said frame is attached to a respective one of said side panels at the upper end of the said side panel and further wherein said pack is contained in a rigid carton comprising a flip-top lid, the arrangement being such that opening of said lid provides access to said aperture of said pack and to said cover layer.

A pack of smoking articles, having two major faces, two side walls, and top and bottom end walls, said pack comprising:

• a scaled enclosure of a layer of barrier material around a charge of smoking articles, an access aperture being defined in the barrier material layer, said aperture extending from said top end wall into one of said major faces of said pack, a cover layer extending over said aperture and extending beyond the periphery of said aperture, said cover layer comprising a permanently tacky surface engageable with said barrier material layer adjacent to said periphery of said aperture beyond said aperture, whereby, after opening of said aperture said enclosure can be resealed by re-engaging said permanently tacky surface with said barrier material layer adjacent to said periphery beyond said aperture;
• and a frame inside said enclosure and outside said charge, said frame comprising at least a major panel, which major panel is at said one of said major faces of said pack, two side panels at respective side walls of said pack and two top flaps at respective ends of said top end wall of said pack, edge portions of said major panel and said top flaps providing reaction surfaces against the resealing pressure exerted adjacent to said periphery of said aperture when said cover layer is brought into resealing re-engagement with said barrier material layer, wherein said pack is contained in a rigid carton wherein said rigid card carton comprises a flip-top lid, the arrangement being such that opening of said lid provides access to said aperture of said pack and to said cover layer, and further wherein said frame comprises rounded sides.