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US4949841A
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Cigarette pack, especially hinge-lid pack
Assignee: Focke and Co GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1989-03-03
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Granted: 1990-08-21
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Expires: 2009-03-03
Abstract
Abstract 2.1 Hinge-lid packs made of thin cardboard and consisting of a pack part (12) and hinge-lid (13) present certain difficulties in gaining access to the closely packed cigarettes when the pack is to be used, even after a flap (30) as part of an inner blank (18) has been pulled off. 2.2 To make it easier to extract cigarettes, part of the inner blank (18), particularly its front wall (20), is lifted by being pulled upwards, so that a row (front row 34) of cigarettes (10) is likewise lifted relative to the remaining ones. It thus becomes easier to extract them. To make it easier to lift the front wall (20), a gripping tab (42) of the front wall (20) is exposed when the flap (30) is pulled off.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Focke
- 👤 Kurt Liedtke
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 23:25
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/07; B65D85/08; B65D85/10; B65D85/1009; B65D85/1018; B65D85/1027; B65D85/1036; B65D85/1045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
263 words
A hinge-lid cigarette pack, with an outer pack part and a hinge-lid, for receiving a cigarette group wrapped in an inner blank, the inner blank being folded around the cigarette group for the formation of a front wall, rear wall and continuous bottom wall and of side walls and end walls from folding tabs partially overlapping one another, characterized in that: one part of the inner blank (18) is anchored in the outer pack part (12), in such a way that another part of the inner blank (18) can be lifted to lift up cigarettes (34): the inner blank (18) has a liftable front wall (20) which remains after a flap (30) in the front wall has been pulled off and which, together with adjoinnig side tabs (24) and a lifting part (40) forming a portion of the bottom wall (19) and facing the front wall, is liftable to lift up a cigarette row (34): said one part of the inner blank (18) is a non-liftable blank part of the bottom wall (19) and is anchored by adhesive bonding in the outer pack part (12); said non-liftable blank part of the bottom wall (19) is an anchoring part (37) which faces the rear wall (21) of the pack, and which is anchored to a pack bottom (38) of the outer pack part (12) by adhesive bonding; and the lifting part (40) of the bottom wall (19) is delimited from the anchoring part (37) of the bottom wall (19) by a hinge line (41) extending in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall (19).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
263 words
A hinge-lid cigarette pack, with an outer pack part and a hinge-lid, for receiving a cigarette group wrapped in an inner blank, the inner blank being folded around the cigarette group for the formation of a front wall, rear wall and continuous bottom wall and of side walls and end walls from folding tabs partially overlapping one another, characterized in that: one part of the inner blank (18) is anchored in the outer pack part (12), in such a way that another part of the inner blank (18) can be lifted to lift up cigarettes (34): the inner blank (18) has a liftable front wall (20) which remains after a flap (30) in the front wall has been pulled off and which, together with adjoinnig side tabs (24) and a lifting part (40) forming a portion of the bottom wall (19) and facing the front wall, is liftable to lift up a cigarette row (34): said one part of the inner blank (18) is a non-liftable blank part of the bottom wall (19) and is anchored by adhesive bonding in the outer pack part (12); said non-liftable blank part of the bottom wall (19) is an anchoring part (37) which faces the rear wall (21) of the pack, and which is anchored to a pack bottom (38) of the outer pack part (12) by adhesive bonding; and the lifting part (40) of the bottom wall (19) is delimited from the anchoring part (37) of the bottom wall (19) by a hinge line (41) extending in the longitudinal direction of the bottom wall (19).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Cigarette pack according to claim 1, characterized in that bottom side tabs (29) of the inner blank (18) which adjoin the bottom wall (19) laterally have severing cuts (45) in the extension of the hinge line (41).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
Cigarette pack according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner blank (18) is additionally anchored in the region of a rear wall (21) by means of adhesive strips (44) on a pack rear wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
Cigarette pack according to claim 1, characterized in that the liftable front wall (20) of the inner blank (18), is equipped with an upwardly directed gripping tab (42) projecting from the outer pack part (12) in the unlifted position of the front wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
256 words
A hinge-lid cigarette pack, with an outer pack part and a hinge-lid, for receiving a cigarette group wrapped in an inner blank, the inner blank being folded around the cigarette group for the formation of a front wall, rear wall and continuous bottom wall and of side walls and end walls from folding tabs partially overlapping one another, characterized in that: one part of the inner blank (18) is anchored in the outer pack part (12) in such a way that another part of the inner blank (18) can be lifted to lift up cigarettes (34); the inner blank (18) has a liftable front wall (20) which remains after a flap (30) in the front wall has been pulled off and which, together with adjoining side tabs (24) and a lifting part (40) forming a portion of the bottom wall (19) and facing the front wall, is liftable to lift up a cigarette row (34); the liftable front wall (20) of the inner blank (18) is equipped with an upwardly directed gripping tab (42) projecting from the outer pack part (12) in the unlifted position of the front wall; and the gripping tab is an upwardly directed projection protruding into a region of the flap (30) and is limited by a punching line (31) for limiting the flap (30), in such a way that the gripping tab (24) is exposed after the flap (30) has been pulled off at an upper edge of that part of the front wall (20) remaining in the pack part (12).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
256 words
A hinge-lid cigarette pack, with an outer pack part and a hinge-lid, for receiving a cigarette group wrapped in an inner blank, the inner blank being folded around the cigarette group for the formation of a front wall, rear wall and continuous bottom wall and of side walls and end walls from folding tabs partially overlapping one another, characterized in that: one part of the inner blank (18) is anchored in the outer pack part (12) in such a way that another part of the inner blank (18) can be lifted to lift up cigarettes (34); the inner blank (18) has a liftable front wall (20) which remains after a flap (30) in the front wall has been pulled off and which, together with adjoining side tabs (24) and a lifting part (40) forming a portion of the bottom wall (19) and facing the front wall, is liftable to lift up a cigarette row (34); the liftable front wall (20) of the inner blank (18) is equipped with an upwardly directed gripping tab (42) projecting from the outer pack part (12) in the unlifted position of the front wall; and the gripping tab is an upwardly directed projection protruding into a region of the flap (30) and is limited by a punching line (31) for limiting the flap (30), in such a way that the gripping tab (24) is exposed after the flap (30) has been pulled off at an upper edge of that part of the front wall (20) remaining in the pack part (12).
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