Claims
- 1. A rigid carton of cigarettes, the carton (1) being parallelepiped-shaped and comprising a cup-shaped bottom container (8) for supporting a group (2) of packets (3) of cigarettes, and a top lid (9); wherein the lid (9) is substantially cup-shaped and connected to the bottom container (8) along at least one preweakened tear line (10) running along two parallel, facing vertical lateral walls (11, 12), and along a vertical front wall (13), so as to divide each vertical wall (11, 12, 13) into a respective bottom portion (11a, 12a, 13a) forming part of the container (8), and a respective remaining top portion (11b, 12b, 13b) forming part of the lid (9); each packet (3) of cigarettes being housed inside the carton (1) with a major lateral wall (5) of the packet parallel to said front wall (13); and the preweakened tear line (10) being located at a first height (H1) along the vertical lateral walls (11, 12) and dropping to a second height (H2), lower than the first height (H1), along the vertical front wall (13); said carton being formed from a flat blank (21); the carton being characterized in that said blank (21) has two longitudinal bend lines (23, 24), and a number of transverse bend lines (27, 28, 29, 30) defining, between said two longitudinal bend lines (23, 24), a first panel (16′) corresponding to a bottom wall (16) of the carton (1), a second panel (11′) corresponding to a first lateral wall (11) of the carton (1), a third panel (15′) corresponding to a top wall (15) of the carton (1), and a fourth panel (12′) corresponding to a second lateral wall (12) of the carton (1); said fourth panel (12′) having a first wing (13′) and a second wing (14′) located on opposite sides of the fourth panel (12′) and respectively corresponding to a front wall (13) and a rear wall (14) of the carton (1); and said second and fourth panel (11′, 12′) and said first wing (13′) comprising respective portions of said preweakened tear line (10).
- 2. The carton of claim 1 wherein each said packet (3) of cigarettes is parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises two vertical major lateral walls (5) and two vertical minor lateral walls (6); said group (2) of packets (3) of cigarettes comprising one row (4) of packets (3) arranged with respective major lateral walls (5) contacting one another.
- 3. The carton of claim 1 wherein each said packet (3) of cigarettes is substantially parallelepiped-shaped, and comprises two vertical major lateral walls (5) and two vertical minor lateral walls (6) said group of packets (3) of cigarettes comprising two side by side rows (4) of packets (3); and the packets (3) in the same row (4) being arranged with respective major lateral walls (5) contacting one another.
- 4. The carton of claim 1 comprising a vertical rear wall (14), which is substantially devoid of said preweakened tear line (10) and is exclusive to said bottom container (8).
- 5. The carton of claim 1 comprising a bottom and a top preweakened tear line (10, 17) parallel to each other.
- 6. The carton of claim 4 wherein said preweakened tear lines (10, 17) comprise respective initial portions (18), which are detached and located side by side close to an outer edge (19) of a said lateral wall (11).
- 7. The carton of claim 1 wherein said fourth panel (12′) is divided by the respective said portion of the preweakened tear line (10) into a first portion (12a′) forming part of said bottom container (8), and a second portion (12b′) forming part of said top lid (9); said second wing (14′) being connected along a portion of the respective longitudinal bend line (24) to the first portion (12a′) of the fourth panel (12′), and being connected along a further portion of said preweakened tear line (10) to the second portion (12b′) of the fourth panel (12′).
- 8. The carton of claim 1 wherein said second panel (11′) is divided by the respective said portion of the preweakened tear line (10) into a first portion (11a′) forming part of said bottom container (8), and a second portion (11b′) forming part of said top lid (9); the first portion (11a′) of the second panel (11′) having respective lateral tongues (31, 32).
- 9. The carton of claim 1 wherein said third panel (15′) has respective substantially rounded lateral tongues (33, 34).
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of PCT application Ser. No. PCT/IT00/00410, filed Oct. 13, 2000, pending.
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Continuations (1)
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