US 7,320,399 B2
Lateral-opening rigid hinged-lid packet
Marco Ghini, S. Lazzaro Di Savena (Italy); and Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina (Italy)
Assigned to G.D Societa′ per Azioni, Bologna (Italy)
Appl. No. 10/484,125
PCT Filed Jul. 17, 2002, PCT No. PCT/IT02/00471
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 22, 2004,
PCT Pub. No. WO03/008302, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 30, 2003.
Claims priority of application No. BO2001A0451 (IT), filed on Jul. 17, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2005/0016876 A1, Jan. 27, 2005
Int. Cl. B65D 85/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 206—268  [206/271] 44 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lateral-opening, rigid, hinged-lid packet, the packet comprising a case having four lateral walls and a top wall and in turn comprising a cup-shaped container with a top opening, a collar projecting partly from said cup-shaped container through said top opening, and a lid hinged to said cup-shaped container along a lateral hinge and movable about said hinge to and from a closed position closing said top opening; said lid incorporating at least part of said top wall; said case being formed from a blank having two substantially identical first panels which are superimposed to form said top wall and a number of second panels, which form said lateral walls and are substantially identical to each other as regards form and dimensions; three of said second panels being arranged in a substantially straight row so as to be side by side; said collar being a tubular collar coaxial with said cup-shaped container; said collar having a top closing wall adjacent to said top wall and having a passage, for the cigarettes, facing said lid.