Pack for consumer goods and a packaging blank and a method for folding a pack for consumer goods

US10752429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JT International SA · CH

Inventors

• Kazuhiro Nishide · Kobe, JP
• Oleksandr Zhurba · Trier, DE
• Andrew Pearson · Schweich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 25, 2020
• Expiry date: May 19, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B31B2120/102
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A lid for a pack for consumer goods, in particular a pack for smoking articles, comprising a container and a lid being pivotable about a hinge with a lid top wall, a lid front wall, a lid back wall and two opposite lid side walls, wherein the lid further comprises a reinforcement structure bonded to a contact surface of the lid top wall comprising a lid top wall counter panel, a first stabilizing flap and a second stabilizing flap, and wherein the reinforcement structure is further configured such that at least a part of an edge of the first stabilizing flap is aligned with at least part of a first edge of the lid top wall counter panel and at least a part of an edge of the second stabilizing flap is aligned with at least part of a second edge of the lid top wall counter panel.