Cigarette packet with a hollow space
AssigneeBritish American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH
InventorErdinc Agirbas
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Abstract
The invention relates to a packet for smoking products comprising a front area, a rear area and two opposing lateral areas, wherein a hollow space is formed on at least one lateral area in the interior space of the packet bounded by these areas and extends between the lateral area and the smoking product accommodating space.
Claims15
A packet for smoking products comprising a front wall, a rear wall, and two opposing lateral walls, said front, rear and lateral walls defining an interior space of the packet, the packet further comprising a plurality of interior boundary panels defining a hollow space and a smoking product accommodating space within the interior space of the packet,
- wherein the hollow space is bounded by a lateral wall and an opposing interior boundary panel;
- wherein the packet walls and interior panels are part of a single-piece packet blank;
- and
- wherein at least one interior boundary panel extends beyond an upper edge of a lateral wall of the packet.
A packet for cigarettes comprising:
- a front wall, a rear wall, a base, a lid, and two opposing lateral walls defining a first cigarette-accommodating volume;
- and
- a plurality of pivotable interior boundary walls located within said cigarette-accommodating volume,
- wherein said interior boundary walls define interior hollow spaces which serve to reduce the cigarette-accommodating volume;
- wherein the interior boundary walls are part of a single-piece packet blank;
- and
- wherein at least one of the interior boundary walls extends beyond an upper edge of a lateral wall of the packet.
A packet for cigarettes comprising:
- a front wall, a rear wall, a base, a lid, and two opposing lateral walls defining a first cigarette-accommodating volume;
- and
- a plurality of pivotable interior boundary walls located within said cigarette-accommodating volume,
- wherein said interior boundary walls define interior pockets which serve to subdivide the cigarette-accommodating volume;
- wherein the interior boundary walls are part of a single-piece packet blank;
- and
- wherein at least one of the interior boundary walls extends beyond an upper edge of a lateral wall of the packet.
A single-piece blank for manufacturing a packet comprising:
- a body front panel;
- a body rear panel;
- a lid portion;
- a base portion;
- a plurality of opposing side portions;
- and
- a plurality of pocket-defining portions;
- wherein the lid portion adjoins the body rear panel;
- wherein the pocket-defining portions adjoin the body rear panel;
- wherein at least one pocket-defining portion includes a flap for securing to the body rear panel;
- and
- wherein at least one of the pocket-defining portions is configured to extend beyond an upper edge of a side portion when the blank is folded into a packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.