Hinge lid cigarette packets
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
InventorsJochen Bartels, Jürgen Fiebiger, Thomas Weinhold
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Abstract
A hinge lid cigarette packet has an upper lid and a lower lid. The packet is constructed from a blank which is of a configuration which is symmetrical about the longitudinal centerline thereof. The upper lid is formed, in conventional fashion, of specifically lid panels of the blank, whereas the lower lid is formed of portions of what in a conventional single hinge lid packet are body panels. In order for the second lid to be moved from its closed position on the first opening thereof, front and side panels of the lid are separated at lines of weakening from bounding body panels.
Claims20
A hinge lid cigarette packet comprising:
- a body;
- and
- first and second hinged lids disposed at respective opposed ends of the body, said body together with said lids being formed from a unitary blank, which blank is of a configuration symmetrical about a lengthwise centerline of the blank;
- wherein front and side walls of said first lid are provided by panels of said blank which in said blank are other than in abutting attachment to body panels of said blank, whereas front and side walls of said second lid are provided by panels which in said blank abut and are attached along lines of weakness to body panels of said blank, whereby the first opening of said second lid is permitted by separation of the respective lid and body panels along said lines of weakness.
A cigarette packet formed from a unitary blank of symmetrical configuration, said packet comprising:
- a body;
- and
- first and second lids hingedly attached at respective opposed ends of the body, such that when said lids are closed, said packet is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped;
- wherein said body together with said lids are formed from a unitary blank, which blank is of a configuration symmetrical about a lengthwise centerline of the blank;
- wherein front and side walls of said first lid are provided by panels of said blank which in said blank are other than in abutting attachment to body panels of said blank, whereas front and side walls of said second lid are provided by panels which in said blank abut and are attached along lines of weakness to body panels of said blank, whereby the initial opening of said second lid is accomplished by separation of the respective lid and body panels along said lines of weakness.
A cigarette packet formed from a unitary blank of symmetrical configuration, said packet comprising:
- a body;
- and
- first and second lids hingedly attached at respective opposed ends of the body, such that when said lids are closed, said packet is in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped;
- wherein said body together with said lids are formed from a unitary blank, which blank is of a configuration symmetrical about a longitundinal centerline of the blank whereby the packet is formed by folding the blank in a symmetrical manner in relation to said longitudinal centerline of said blank;
- wherein front and side walls of said first lid are provided by panels of said blank which in said blank are other than in abutting attachment to body panels of said blank, whereas front and side walls of said second lid are provided by panels which in said blank abut and are attached along lines of weakness to body panels of said blank, whereby the first opening of said second lid is accomplished by separation of the respective lid and body panels along said lines of weakness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.