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US 7,954,635 B2Granted
Package of cigarettes
AssigneeG.D Societa' Per Azioni
InventorsAndrea Biondi, Ivanoe Bertuzzi, Roberto Polloni, Michele Squarzoni
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Abstract
A package of cigarettes having a group (4) of cigarettes; an inner package (3) which encloses the group (4) of cigarettes, is defined by a sheet (22) of transparent, heat-seal plastic packing material folded directly about the group (4) of cigarettes and in direct contact with the cigarettes, and is stabilized by heat sealing; and a U-shaped stiffener (23) of rigid material located inside the inner package (3) and contacting the group (4) of cigarettes.
Claims18
A package of cigarettes comprising:
- a group (4) of cigarettes;
- an inner package (3) enclosing the group (4) of cigarettes and having a central cigarette extraction opening (5);
- two elastic bodies (28) located inside the inner package (3), on opposite sides of the inner package (3), to exert elastic thrust on the group (4) of cigarettes and so keep the group (4) of cigarettes in a central position facing the extraction opening (5);
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- a U-shaped stiffener (23) which is made of rigid material, is located inside the inner package (3), contacting the group (4) of cigarettes, and comprises a bottom wall (24) positioned contacting a bottom wall of the group (4) of cigarettes, and two lateral tabs (25) connected to the short sides of the bottom wall (24), positioned contacting the minor lateral walls of the group (4) of cigarettes and supporting the two elastic bodies (28) exerting elastic thrust on the group (4) of cigarettes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.